Kesicia A. Dickinson is a native of Walnut Grove, Mississippi. She joined the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University in the fall of 2017. She received a Master of Arts in Political Science from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Jackson State University. Kesicia is a 2018 APSA Minority Fellowship Program Fellow. Her research interests lie in the areas of race and ethnicity politics, gender politics, and political behavior. For more information, visit her website here.