--- title: Melissa Harris-Perry | TIME description: Melissa Harris-Perry is a political commentator and scholar, and a professor at Wake Forest University. canonical: https://time.com/author/melissa-harris-perry/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/melissa-harris-perry/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Melissa Harris-Perry ## Melissa Harris-Perry [Melissa Harris-Perry](http://melissaharrisperry.com/) is a political commentator and scholar, and a professor at Wake Forest University. ## Melissa Harris-Perry *  May 24, 2018 ### [How Stacey Abrams’ Historic Win Could Change the Democratic Party](https://time.com/5290333/stacey-abrams-georgia-governor-race-southern-democrats/) 'Abrams is what a Southern Democrat looks like' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/melissa-harris-perry/","name":"Melissa Harris-Perry"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/melissa-harris-perry/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/melissa-harris-perry/"},"name":"Melissa Harris-Perry","jobTitle":"","description":"Melissa Harris-Perry is a political commentator and scholar, and a professor at Wake Forest University.","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-harris-perry/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```