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Koki Mendis

Communications Director

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Koki Mendis is Communications Director at Political Research Associates. In addition to communications, she has a background in outreach, fundraising, and graphic and brand design.

As a communications professional, she works to underpin strategic partnerships with the interpersonal relationships that drive ongoing collaborations and mutual support. As a graphic designer, she is committed to enhancing nonprofits with vibrant design and iconic branding that builds awareness, strengthens fundraising, and communicates mission.

A former researcher in Generically used to describe factions of right-wing politics that are outside of and often critical of traditional conservatism. Learn more political parties, critical race theory, intersectionality, and refugee studies, Koki holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Florida.

Articles

Political Research Associates
Inform Your Resistance Season 3: Episode 1
We discuss the origins, unlikely intersections, and influence of the contemporary anti-immigration movement, including an overview of how this movement developed, from its White Nationalist origins, with significant bipartisan and centrist support.
Podcast
Political Research Associates
Inform Your Resistance Season 2: Episode 10
In this episode, Koki reads “The Spirit of January 6th” by Frederick Clarkson and André Gagné, the third in our new From the Archives series.
Podcast
Political Research Associates
Inform Your Resistance Season 2: Episode 9
Koki interviews Laura Pulido, who studies race, environmental justice, and cultural memory. They discuss the intersection of racial and climate denialism, and how these realms of politics, understanding, and identity buttress one another.
Podcast