In 2018 he became the acting director of the Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center at Howard University.

In 2021, he takes on a new role at George Mason University where he previously spent 11 years at prior to Howard.

He has published books on the struggle for self-governance in Washington, D.C., and the relationship between African American voters and the Republican Party.

[6] Fauntroy argues that the movement of African Americans away from the GOP was caused both by the clarification of Republican policy stances that are at odds with the priorities of many African American voters, as well as the Republican Party's usage of racially charged symbolism and rhetoric throughout a series of election campaigns.

[7] Fauntroy therefore attributes the very low levels of support for the Republican Party among African American voters both to the GOP's public policy and to its political strategy.

[8] Republicans and the Black Vote was a finalist for the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award in 2007.