William James Booth, is a professor in the department of political science and in the department of philosophy at Vanderbilt University.
W. James booth earned a PhD from Harvard University (Department of Government) in 1982.
Communities of Memory. On Witness, Identity, and Justice, Cornell University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0-8014-4436-4“Maîtres chez nous: Some questions about culture and continuity. A response to Alan Patten’s “Rethinking culture: the social lineage account.” American Political Science Review 107(2013)“From this Far Place: On Justice and Absence,” American Political Science Review 105(2011): 750-764."The Color of Memory: Reading Race with Ralph Ellison." Political Theory 36(2008): 683-707."The Work of Memory: Time, Identity, and Justice." Social Research 75(2008): 237-262.Communities of Memory: On Witness, Identity, and Justice. New York: Cornell University Press, 2006."The Unforgotten. Memories of Justice." American Political Science Review 95(2001): 777-791.Foreigners: Insiders, Outsiders and the Ethics of Membership. Review of Politics 59(1997):259-292 
