Jared Anthony Loggins is Assistant Professor of Black Studies and Political Science at Amherst College. With Andrew Douglas, he is the co-author of Prophet of Discontent: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Critique of Racial Capitalism (UGA Press, 2021). He is currently working on two projects: one that traces the idea of heroes and the heroic in the black radical literary imagination; and another, a collection of critical essays, on prosperity gospel. He has written for magazines such as Dissent, Boston Review, and The Nation. He also serves on the board of Western Mass CORE and the Amherst College chapter of American Association of University Professors.