James is an educator who researches continuities in Black radical thought and resistance as it relates to understanding the interaction between human rights, labor/social movement and critical consciousness formation.

He currently teaches at Winston Salem State University [Associate Professor & Program Coordinator, Africana Studies] and Howard University [Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Political Science].

He has published on topics ranging from race & human rights to consciousness formation & identity. James is author of An Africana Reader: An Anthology of Sociopolitical Thought and Cultural Resistance with other work appearing in the Journal of African American Studies; ROAR Magazine; A Gathering Together: Literary Journal; Poverty & Race Journal to name a few.

He is a founding member and co-curator of the Africa World Now Project Collective, member, IWW & Co-coordinator, Education Workers Council & Political Education Committee, Southern Workers Assembly.