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Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Analysis Center, The Wharton School	University of Pennsylvania	1982
University of Michigan, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research		1979
University of Michigan, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research		1978
Ph.D.	Howard University	1977
M.A.	Howard University	1974
B.A.	Howard University	1972

Professional Experience / Employment History

Duke University

Dean, The Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education, The Graduate School, July 1, 2013 - present

Professor, Department of Political Science, September 2000-present

Joint appointments: Sanford Institute of Public Policy

University of Virginia

Professor, Shannon Center for Advanced Studies, 1997-1998

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Professor, Woodrow Wilson Departmen of Government and Foreign Affairs, September 1991-August 2000

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

Professor, School of Public Affairs, August 1990-August 1991

Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, August 1982-August 1990

Acting Director, Doctorate of Public Administration Program, 1990

University of Pennsylvania

Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate, Analysis Center, The Wharton School, September 1981-July 1982

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, August 1980-August 1981

Assistant Professor, Departments of Political Science and Afro-American Studies, September 1977-August 1980

Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Consultant, Social Science Research Center, July 1976

Produced a "Social Science Research Resource Manual"

Annapolis, Maryland

Consultant, Adaptive Systems, February-March 1976

Interviewed Pennsylvania State officials concerning CETA Program effectiveness.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Intern, Office of Compliance, November 1971-June 1974

Responsibilities: Research and reply to Congressional inquiries concerning the status of charges, also participated in the briefing and researching of violations of discrimination in the utility of industry.

U.S. Senator Birch Bayh (D. Indiana)

Special Assistant, February 1971-October 1971

Responsibilities: Research and legislation on welfare, child care, drugs and education. Supervisor: Mr. Gordon Alexander.

Trans-Century Corporation

Administrative Assistant, July 1970-February 1971

serving the Project Director and three other staff members of the Peace Corps Transition Center. Responsibilities included processing and preparation of all returned volunteer invitations; drafting part of the Directors correspondence; advising

National Coordinating Council on Drug Abuse Education and Information

Program Coordinator, April 1970-July 1970

Duties included development of programs on drug abuse education and executing various public relations responsibilities.

Office of Senator Mike Gravel (D. Alaska)

Intern, August 1969-April 1970

Main responsibilities included legislative research and a limited amount of casework with various federal departments.

Office of Congressman Howard Pollock (R. Alaska)

Intern, August 1968-August 1969

Main responsibilities included reception duties and legislative research.

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Manning Dauer Award, Southern Political Science Association
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2011 Winner of the Best Textbook on topics of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics published in 2010, Race, Ethnicity and Politics Section, American Political Science Association, August, 2011
2011 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring, Graduate School, Duke University, April, 2011
Frank J. Goodnow Distinguished Service Award, American Political Science Association, August, 2007
Meta Mentor Award, Women’s Caucus for Political Science, American Political Science Association., August, 2007
Frank Goodnow Award, American Political Science Association
Aaron Wildavsky Award for Best Book in Public Policy, Policy Studies Organization, 1997
Award for the Best Scholarship on the Subject of Intolerance in North America, The Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America, 1996
Award in Recognition of Excellence in Scholarship and Service to the Profession, American Political Science Association, 1995
Best Book Award for Race, Place, and Risk: Black Homicide in Urban America, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 1995
Miriam Mills Award, Policy Studies Organization, 1994
Distinguished Ph.D. Alumni Award, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Howard University, 1993
National Research Council, National Science Foundation Minority Graduate Fellowship Program, 1993, 1994
Award for Excellence in Teaching, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, 1989-1990
Award for Excellence in Research, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, 1988-1989
Award for Excellence in Service, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, 1987-1988
Outstanding Achievement Award for Service, College of Public Programs, Arizona State University, 1987-1988
"Best Paper on Black Politics Award" with Albert K. Karnig, Western Political Science Association, 1984
Honorable Mention Acknowledgement for the American Association of University Women's Recognition for Young Scholars, 1984
Pacific Institute for Public Policy Research Fellow, San Francisco, CA, 1982-1983
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Atlanta, GA, Southern Fellowships Fund (Ford Foundation), 1981-1982
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Analysis Center, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1981-1982
one of the Outstanding Young Women of America for 1980, 1980
Visiting Research Student, Research Institute on Immigration and Ethnic Studies, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., January-June 1977
Graduate Fellowships for Black Americans, National Fellowships Fund (Ford Foundation), Atlanta, GA, 1976-1977
Departmental Fellowship, Department of Political Science, Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1974-75 and 1975-76
Lucy Moten Research Fellowship, Howard University, Washington, D.C., Summer 1974
Phi Sigma Alpha (Gamma Kappa Chapter), Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1972

Conferences Organized

Co-Program Chair, IPSA 2003 World Congress, Durban, South Africa, 30 December 2003

Professional Service

University Committee

Member, Arts and Sciences Budget Committee, 30 December 2003

Member, Provost's Diversity Committee, 30 December 2003

Participant, Focus Group, Women's Initiative, 2002-2003 academic year

Chair, Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2002-03

Papers Refereed

Referee, 30 December 2003

Participant, NSF Conference on Underrepresented Groups in the Sciences, 30 December 2003

Referee, 30 December 2003

Tenure and Promotion Reviews, 30 December 2003

Other

Numerous service activities, 30 December 2003

Lectures

Invited Lectures:

Lecture, “Race, Politics and the American Political System,”, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College, April 17, 2013

Pi Sigma Alpha Lecture, “Race, Immigration and Intergroup Relations: Results from Three Southern Cities,”, Department of Political Science, University of South Carolina, March 28, 2013

Keynote Address, North Carolina Political Science Association, Raleigh, NC, February 22, 2013

Lecture and workshop, Postdoctoral and Dissertation Fellows’ Mentoring Program, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, February 16 - 17, 2012

“Diversity in the Discipline,”, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University, October 12, 2011

Intergroup Relations in Three Southern Cities, Purdue University, May 04, 2011

"An Era of Change or Politics as Usual? Can Women Find Commonality in Politics Across Race and Culture?", Charlotte, NC, May 19, 2009

An Era of Change or Politics as Usual? Can Women Find Commonality in Politics Across Race and Culture?, Charlotte, NC, 19 May 2009

"Diversity and Equality in the 21st Century America", Vienna, Salzburg, and Linz, Austria, February, 2009

Diversity and Equality in the 21st Century America, Vienna, Salzburg, and Linz, Austria, 1 February 2009

"Teaching the Dynamics of Race and Gender", The Reinvention Center’s National Conference,, November 13, 2008

Teaching the Dynamics of Race and Gender, The Reinvention Center’s National Conference,, 13 November 2008

“The New Politics: A Town Hall Conversation on Race, Class, and Gender in Today’s Electorate,”, Smith College,, April 16, 2008

“Latino National Survey Junior Scholars Conference,”, Center for American Studies, Cornell University, November 1-2, 2007

“Black Americans and Latino Immigrants in a Southern City: Friendly Neighbors or Economic Competitors?”, Princeton University, October 19, 2006

“Racial Distancing in a Southern City: Latino Immigrants’ Views of Black Americans.”, The American Empirical Series, Stanford Institute for the Quantitative Study of Society (SIQSS), Stanford University, May 31, 2006

Panel and Conference Participant, “Immigrant Political Incorporation,”, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University,, April 21, 2005

Keynote Address, “Alabama Public Affairs Forum: Advancing Women and Minorities in Public Administration.”, Auburn University Montgomery, April 04, 2005

Presented invited paper co-authored with Victoria M. DeFrancesco, Monique L. Lyle, Niambi M. Carter, Gerald F. Lackey, Jeffrey D. Grynaviski, Kendra Davenport Cotton, Shayla C. Nunnally, Thomas J. Scotto, and J. Alan Kendrick, Conference on “Immigration to the United States: New Sources and Destinations,” Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY, February 3, 2005

Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, March 17, 2004

Delmos Jones Visiting Scholar, CUNY Graduate Center, February 5, 2004

Department of Political Science, University of Southern California, April 28, 2003

Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, February 21, 2003

Department of Political Science, Texas A & M University, April 27, 2001

Department of Political Science, Rice University, Houston, TX, April 26, 2001

Department of Politics, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, January 27, 2000

Department of Politics, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, April 28-May 3, 1998

Department of Political Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, April 9-10, 1998

Department of Political Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, January 29-31, 1997

Pi Sigma Alpha Lecture, Department of Government, Colby College, April 2, 1997

Department of Political Science, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, November 11-14, 1997

Hobart and William Smith Colleges, November 1995

Guest lecturer, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan, August 1-2, 1990

Guest lecturer, Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, American Political Science Association, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 13-14, 1989

Panel and Conference Participant, “Immigrant Political Incorporation,”, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, April 21-23, 2005

“Immigrant Political Incorporation, Workshop I,”, Center for American Political Studies and the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University,, September 14-15, 2007

"Redefining America: Race, Migration and the Politics of Inclusion,", Georgetown University, April 10-11, 2008

"Redefining America: Race, Migration and the Politics of Inclusion,", Georgetown University, April 10-11, 2008

Lecture and workshop, Postdoctoral and Dissertation Fellows’ Mentoring Program, Pennsylvania State University, February 16-17, 2012

Lecture and workshop, Postdoctoral and Dissertation Fellows’ Mentoring Program, Pennsylvania State University, February 1617, 2012

Meetings:

National Advisory Board, RWJ Health Policy Center at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, December 01, 2011

Workshop "Inter-ethnic Relations in American Cities", Center for American Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University, December 6, 1996

Conducted workshop on "Integrating Race and Ethnicity into Political Science courses", Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 14-17, 1996

Conducted workshop, "Incorporating Racial and Ethnic Minorities into the American Government course", 1994 annual meeting, San Antonio, TX, April 2, 1994

Conducted Workshop on "Introducing Social Science Research into Public Sector Decision-making", Tempe, AZ, March 23, 1983

Participant in Symposium, "Black Movements in Western Societies", Center for Black Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara, CA, February 8, 1980

Talks:

"Immigration and the New South: Opportunities and Obstacles", Georgis State University, Atlanta, GA, 30 November 2006

"Immigrant Political Incorporation", Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, April 21-23, 2005

"Alabama Public Affairs Forum: Advancing Women and Minorities in Public Administration", Auburn University, Montgomery, Alabama, April 4, 2005

"Black Elites and Latino Immigrant Relations in a Southern City: Do Black Elites and Black Masses Agree?", Russell Sage Foundation conference on "Immigration to the United States: New Sources and Destinations," New York, New York, February 3-4, 2005

Keynote Address, “Alabama Public Affairs Forum: Advancing Women and Minorities in Public Administration.”, Auburn University Montgomery,, April 04, 2005

Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, March 17-19, 2004

Delmos Jones Visiting Scholar, CUNY Graduate Center, February 5-6, 2004

"Power Shift: America's Political Boundaries After the 2000 Elections and Census", Houston, TX, December 8, 2000

Stanford University Conference on Race, Stanford, CA, November 11-14, 1999

Michigan State University Conference, "Race in the Twenty-first Century", East Lansing, MI, April 8-10, 1999

"Socioeconomic and Political Resources and Black, Latino, and Asian Electoral Outcomes in Urban Politics", April 17-18, 1998

Visiting Scholar, Illinois State University, February 24-27, 1997

"Democracy, Civic Culture, and the Civil Rights Movement", Social Science Research Council Workshop, "Immigrants, Civic Culture, and Modes of Political Incorporation: A Contemporary and Historical Comparison," Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 1-4, 1997

Seventh Annual Spring Faculty-Graduate Student Workshop on Urban Poverty and Public Policy, Center for the Study of Urban Poverty, University of California, Los Angeles, May 15, 1997

Speaker, Conference on International Violence, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, August 8-11, 1996

After dinner speaker, Georgetown Leadership Conference, University of Virginia, October 23, 1996

Presentation on "Racial Minorities in American Politics", Research Committee on Socio-Political Pluralism, International Political Science Association, Colby College, September 9-11, 1995

Presentation, Department of Justice Studies, Arizona State University, December 4, 1995

Keynote Address, Georgetown University High School Conference on Current Affairs, December 2, 1995

Presented paper, "Black and Hispanic Competition in Urban Politics", National Conference on Conflicts and Coalitions among Minorities, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, April 9-11, 1994

Panel Participant, "Improving the Electoral Process", Northeastern University, Boston, MA, December 10-11, 1993

Guest speaker, Wallace Sayee Seminar on the Changing Metropolis, Columbia University, February 20, 1991

Presented Paper, "Black and Hispanic Socioeconomic and Political Competition", Symposium on "Representation, Reapportionment and Minority Empowerment, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, March 29, 1990

Presented Paper, "Black Women in Two Movements: Civil Rights and Womens Rights", Symposium on "Black Women in American Politics," University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, October 12 and 13, 1989

Presented Paper, "Social Science and Black Survival: The Question of Black Homicide", Symposium on "Teaching, Scholarship, and Activism," Brooklyn College, CUNY, New York, NY, February 18, 1989

Invited Participant, National Conference for Women in Emergency and Fire Service Management, Washington, D.C., April 23-26, 1984

“Immigrant Political Incorporation, Workshop I,”, Center for American Political Studies and the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University, September 13-14, 2007

Conferences:

Enhancing Research:Workshop for Political Scientists from Underrepresented Groupshop, SSRI, Duke University, February 2, 2011

Black and White Americans and Latino Immigrants: A Preliminary Look at Attitudes in Three Southern Cities, American Political Science Association Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 2, 2009

American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, September, 2006

Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April, 2006

Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia, January 04, 2006

National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 2004

Midwest Political Science Association, 2004

Southern Political Science Association, 2004

American Political Science Association, 2003

International Political Science Association, Durban, South Africa, 2003

International Political Science Association, Quebec City, Canada, 2000

International Political Science Association, Seoul, Korea, 1997

Western Political Science Association, 1996

Southwestern Political Science Association, 1994

American Society for Public Administration, 1980

Other:

Discussant, "Public Choice and Co-Production", Annual meeting of the Public Choice Society, Phoenix, AZ, March 31, 1994

Discussant on Panel, "Incoherence in the Social Sciences and Humanities? The Transcript Evidence, the Implications for 'Study-in-Depth'", Annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges, San Francisco, CA, January 10-13, 1990

Moderator at Plenary Session, "Coherence, Community, Connected Knowing: Faculty Responsibility and the Integrity of the Major", Annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges, San Francisco, CA, January 10-13, 1990

Panel Convenor and Chair, "Death and Dying in the Black Community: Homicide, Suicide and Genocide", Annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Milwaukee, WI, October 13-17, 1981

Presented Paper "Black on Black Homicide", Annual meeting of the National Council for Black Studies, New York, NY, April 1-5, 1981

Moderator, "The Politics of Urban Renewal", Annual meeting of the National Council for Black Studies, Milwaukee, WI, March 26-29, 1980

Moderator of Panel "Development Implications of the New Immigration for the Sending Countries", Smithsonian's Research Institute on Immigration and Ethnic Studies Conference, "The New Immigration: Implications for American Society and the International Community", November 15-17, 1976

Presentations:

Zócalo in New Orleans "La Nueva Orleans?" Race and Immigration in Post-Katrina America, New Orleans, October 16, 2009 [aroun]

Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation, July 01, 2009 through August 4, 2009

Doctoral Theses Directed

Efren O. Perez, (2006 - May 12, 2008)

Efren O. Perez, No Way José: The Nature and Sequence of U.S. Anti-Immigrant Opinion., (August 01, 2003 - May 12, 2008)

Niambi M. Carter, The Black/White Paradigm Revisited: African-Americans Between Race and Immigration in Durham, N.C., (August 01, 2000 - May 09, 2007)

James A. Kendrick, "'Kith and Kin' Black British Political Behavior (I cannot recall the exact title), (December 30, 2003 - January 06, 2006)

Shayla C. Nunnally, "Racial Socialization and Political Trust", (December 30, 2003 - May 12, 2005)

Publications (listed separately)

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