Erin Huston

Erin Huston is a PhD student in History, with a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Bachelor of Arts in African and African-American Studies from the University of California, Davis. Their research focuses on politics in the 20th century American South, civil rights, voter behaviour, enfranchisement, and political organization.

Their honours thesis at UC Davis uncovered individual Black voters in Jim Crow Louisiana and the activities of local civil rights organizations in fighting for the right to vote.

Erin's work on racial discrimination in California housing law and urban planning has been published in CalMatters. They have presented their research at conferences at the University of California Davis and California State University East Bay.