Ricky Kenneth Green

Background

Ricky Green was born on March 4, 1958, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is the son of David and Edith Green.

Education

Ricky Green studied at California State University, where he got a Bachelor of Arts in 1990. At the University of California, Ricky got a Master of Arts in 1993 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1998.

Career

After graduating, Ricky Green worked at the University of California in Santa Barbara in 1998. He held the position of lecturer in political science. Since the same year, Ricky started to work at the California State University in Sacramento. He serves as an assistant professor of ethnic studies and government. His areas of research include the culture and ethics of the black diaspora, democratic thought, and ancient political thought.

Apart from his career as an educator, Ricky Green is a writer. He is currently the author of two books. They are Voices in Black Political Thought and Democratic Virtue in the Trial and Death of Socrates: Resistance to Imperialism in Classical Athens. For the most part, Ricky's is writing centered around his research interests. His first work, Democratic Virtue in the Trial and Death of Socrates, came out of his interest in ancient Greek political philosophy and democracy. Ricky Green's other book, Voices in Black Political Thought, is a combination of his interests in African-American culture and political experience and democratic thought.

Achievements

• Ricky Green is well known as a writer and educator. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at California State University. Besides, as a writer, Ricky is currently the author of Voices in Black Political Thought and Democratic Virtue in the Trial and Death of Socrates: Resistance to Imperialism in Classical Athens.

Works

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• book

  • Democratic Virtue in the Trial and Death of Socrates

    (This book reconstructs a fundamental understanding of the...)

    2001
  • Voices in Black Political Thought

    (The Black community has historically suffered stasis on t...)

    2005

Membership

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  American Political Science Association , United States

• National Association of Ethnic Studies , United States

Personality

Quotes from others about the person

• David Covin: "The principal strength of Ricky K. Green's work is that he offers accessible means to think about, discuss, understand, and analyze immeasurable complexity."

Interests

• Writers

  James Baldwin, Richard Wright, Chester Himes, Maya Angelou

Connections

Father:

David Green

Mother:

Edith Green

Edith Green's maiden name was Williams.