Curriculum Vitae

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(919) 660-4303 (office) (email)

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
PhD	Howard University	1977
M.A.	Howard University	1974
B.A.	Howard University	1972

Areas of Research

Racial politics and Urban politics

Professional Experience / Employment History

Duke University

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

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
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-Convenor, REGSS Spring Conference: "W(h)ither the Voting Rights Act", April 10, 2006

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Symposium "Minority Administrators in the West", July 1, 1984

Professional Service

Dept Officer

Department Chair, Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs, 1994-1997

Dept Committees

American Politics Search Committee, January 2005

Member, American Politics Search Committee, January 2005

Chair, Race, Ethnicity and Politics Search Committee, 2002-2003

University Committee

Member, Arts and Science Council Budget Task Force, 2002

Member, University Librarian Search Committee, 1992

Member, Numerous college and departmental committees

Member, Numerous University search committees, college and departmental committees

Member, Provost's Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure Committee, 2001-2005

Member, Provost's Diversity Task Force, 2002-2003

Chair, Provost's Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure Committee, 2002-2003
   (on leave 2003-2004)

Member, President's Athletic Department Task Force, 1999-2000

Member, Provost's Promotions and Tenure Committee, 1996-2000

Chair, Director of Carter G. Woodson Center for Afro-American and African Studies Search Committee, 1998-1999

Member, Darden Dean Search Committee, 1996-1997

Member, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service Director Search Committee, 1996

Chair, Director of Carter G. Woodson Center for Afro-American and African Studies Search Committee, 1995-1996

Member, Athletic Director Search Committee, 1995

Member, Provost Search Committee, 1994

Member, College of Arts and Sciences Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1993-1994

Member, Arts and Sciences Dean's Budget Reduction Committee, 1992-1993

Member, Doctorate of Public Administration Executive Committee, 1988-1991

Member, Committee on Law and Social Sciences, 1987-1991

Co-chair, Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee, 1989-1990

Member, Campus Environment Team, 1989-1990

Member, College of Public Programs Personnel Committee, 1987-1988

Member, Human Subjects Research Review Board, 1985-1988

Member, Board, Faculty Women's Association, 1984-1988

Member, President's Minority Advisory Council, 1985-1987

Member, Women's Studies Advisory Committee, 1984-1987

Member, Board on Equal Opportunity, 1984-1987

Member, Curriculum Committee, 1978-1981

Member, Institutional Review Board, 1978-1980

University Services

Co-Director, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Science, 2004 - present

Program Director, Race, Ethnicity and Politics Program, September 2000-present

Director, Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, September 2000-present

Director, Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, 1995 - present

Chair, Academic Council, July 01, 2007 - June 30, 2009

Co-Director, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences, Social Science Research Institute, January 2005

Director, Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, 1996-2000

Director, Mid-Career Executive Program, 1993-1994

Director, Master of Arts in Public Administration and Public Policy Program, 1992-1994

Papers Refereed

REU Review Panel, National Science Foundation, October 16, 2006

Special Projects

Member of the Board, Board of Overseers, American National Election Study, 2006 - present

Co-Editor, Book series for Rowman and Littlefield and the University Press of Virginia, 2000 - present

Member of the Committee, Search Committee for new Editor of the American Political Science Review, December 2006

Other

Member, Organizational Membership, current
   American Political Science Association Midwest Political Science Association National Conference of Black Political Scientists Western Political Science Association Southwest Political Science Association Southern Political Science Association International Political Science Association IPSA Research Committee on Socio-Political Pluralism Policy Studies Organization Women's Caucus for Political Science Homicide Research Working Group

Article Reviewer, current
   American Journal of Political Science Western Political Quarterly National Political Science Review American Politics Quarterly Women and Politics Journal of Criminal Justice Social Science Quarterly Journal of Policy History American Review of Politics Policy Studies Review Urban Affairs Quarterly Economic Development Quarterly International Studies Quarterly The Social Science Journal Journal of Politics Policy Studies Journal American Political Science Review

Manuscript reviewer, current
   Prentice-Hall, Inc. Longman, Inc. Scott, Foresman and Co. Harper Collins SUNY Press Temple University Press Oxford University Press Wesview Press Holt, Rinehart and Winston Yale University Press University Press of Virginia University of Chicago Russell Sage Foundation

Proposal Reviewer, current
   National Science Foundation National Institute of Justice

Co-Editor with Luis R. Fraga, Race, Ethnicity and Politics (Book Series) University Press of Virginia, present

Co-Editor with Joseph Stewart, Jr., The Spectrum Series: Race and Ethnicity in National and Domestic Politics (Book Series), Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, present

Member, Editoiral Board, Dilemmas in American Politics Series, Westview Press, present

Member, Editorial Board, Women and Politics Series, University of Nebraska Press, present

Program Co-Chair, 2003 World Congress, Durham, South Africa, 2003

Member, Advisory Committee, Consortium of Social Science Associations, American Political Science Association, 2001-present

Member, Committee of Visitors, CAREER Program, National Science Foundation, 2001

Member, Committee of Visitors, Social Science Programs, National Science Foundation, 2000

Chair, Annual Meeting Program, Midwest Political Science Association, 1999

Member, Advisory Committee, The Decade of Behavior, 1998 - present

Member, Committee of Visitors, Political Science Program, National Science Foundation, 1997

Member, Program Committee, Western Political Science Association, 1995

Chair, Lifetime Achievement Award Committee, Urban Politics Organized Section, 1994

Co-Chair, 1993 Annual Meeting Program, American Political Science Association, 1993

Co-chair Public Policy and Public Administration section, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 1991

Member, Program Committee, Western Political Science Association, 1991

Member, Program Committee, Southwest Political Science Association, 1991
   Chair, Public Policy and Public Administration section, 1991

Member, Editorial Board, Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, 1990-present

Member, Best Book Award Committee, Policy Studies Organization, 1990

Program chair, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 1989

Member, Best Book Award Committee, Policy Studies Organization, 1989

Member and Section Co-Chair, Program Committee, Section, "Race, Gender and Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective, APSA, 1988

Member, Editorial Board, American Politics Quarterly, 1987-present

Member, Nominating Committee, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 1985

Member, Nominating Committee, Women's Caucus for Political Science, 1985

Member, Breckenridge Paper Award Committee, Midwest Political Science Association, 1984

President-elect, Southern Political Science Association, 2004-2005

Vice President, International Political Science Association, 2000-2003

Member, Executive Committee, International Political Science Association, 1997-2003

Member, Advisory Committee, Directorate of the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation, 1999-2002

Member, Executive Committee, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan, 1998-2002

Vice President-elect, Southern Political Science Association, 2000-2001
   (Program Chair, 2002)

Chair, Committee on the Status of Blacks, Southern Political Science Association, 1998-2000

Member, Advisory Committee on African-Americans in a Diversifying Nation, 1995-2000
   Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies/National Planning Association

Book Review Editor, National Political Science Review, 1987-2000

Chair, Harold D. Lasswell Award, American Political Science Association, 1998-1999

Member, Ad Hoc Strategic Planning Committee, Southern Political Science Association, 1998-1999

Temporary Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Minority Programs, American Political Science Association, 1997-1998

Member, Task Force on Annual Meeting, American Political Science Association, 1996-1998

Member, Executive Council, Urban Politics Organized Section, 1995-1998

Member, Editorial Board, American Journal of Political Science, 1994-1997

Member, Editorial Board, Policy Studies Journal, 1992-1997

Member, Editorial Board, American Review of Politics, 1996-2003

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Homicide Studies, 1996-2001

Chair, Vicar Search Committee, Trinity Episcopal Church, Charlottesville, VA, 1995-1996

Senior Warden, Trinity Episcopal Church, Charlottesville, VA, 1995-1996

Member, Advisory Panel for the Political Science Program, Social, Behavioral and Economic Research, 1994-1996
   Division of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate, National Science Foundation

Vestry, Trinity Episcopal Church, Charlottesvile, VA, 1993-1996

Member, Editoiral Board, Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1992-1996

Member, Editorial Board, American Political Science Review, 1995-2001

Junior Warden, Trinity Episcopal Church, Charlottesville, VA, 1994-1995

Member, Executive Council, Southern Political Science Association, 1992-1995

Member, Council for International Exchange of Scholars(Fulbright), Political Science Review Panel, 1992-1995

Vice President, Administrative Committee, American Political Science Association, 1993-1994

Member, Nominating Committee, American Political Science Association, 1990-1992

Member, Executive Council, Western Political Science Association, 1989-1992

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Politics, 1991-1996

Member, Urban Crime Task Force, Phoenix Police Department, 1989-1991

Member, National Advisory Committee for project "Liberal Education, Study in Depth, and the Arts and Sciences Major", Association of American Colleges, 1988-1991

Literature Review Editor, Policy Studies Review, 1987-1991

Member, Publications Committee, Policy Studies Organization, 1987-1991

President, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 1989-1990

Member, Membership Committee, Women's Caucus for Political Science, 1988-1990

Member, Phoenix Bicentennial Commission, 1987-1990

Member, Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession, Western Political Science Association, 1986-1990

President-elect, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 1988-1989

Chair, Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession, Western Political Science Association, 1988-1989

Member, Executive Council, American Society for Public Administration-Arizona Chapter, 1987-1989

Member, Executive Council, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 1986-1988

Member, Leonard D. White Award Committee, American Political Science Association, 1986-1987

Member, Board of Directors, Phoenix Black Theatre Troupe, 1986-1987

Member, Executive Council, American Political Science Association, 1985-1987
   (Administrative Committee, 1986-1987)

Member, Board of Directors, Phoenix Urban League, 1982-1987

Member, Outside Review Committee, Arizona State Department of Corrections, 1982-1984

Member, Editorial Board, PS, 1980-1983

Selected Recent Invited Talks

"Teaching the Dynamics of Race and Gender", The Reinvention Center’s National Conference,, November 13, 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 Political Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, April 9-10, 1998

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

Books

1. P.D. McClain, "Can We All Get Along?" Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics (2006), Boulder: Westview Press.
2. Minority Group Influence: Agenda Setting, Formulation, and Public Policy, edited by P.D. McClain (1993), Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
3. P.D. McClain with Harold M. Rose, Race, Place, and Risk: Black Homicide in Urban America (1990), Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press (Winner of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists' 1995 Best Book Award for a previously published book that has made a substantial and continuing contribution..).
4. Urban Minority Administrators: Politics, Policy and Style, edited by P.D. McClain and Albert K. Karnig (1988), Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
5. P.D. McClain, Alienation and Resistance: The Political Behavior of Afro-Canadians (1979), San Francisco, CA: R & E Research Associates.

Monographs

1. P.D. McClain with John Stuart Hall, Representation, Participation and the New Pheonix District Election System, in Urban Villages/Council Districts, the Future -- or Frustration? (1984), Tempe, AZ: School of Public Affairs.
2. P.D. McClain with Harold M. Rose, Black Homicide and the Urban Environment (1981), Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Mental Health.
3. P.D. McClain, Wisconsin's Approach to Assist Urban and Other Distressed Areas (1979), National Academy of Public Administration.

Chapters in Books

1. P. McClain, Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, 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., “Black Elites and Latino Immigrant Relations in a Southern City: Do Black Elites and the Black Masses Agree?, in New Race Politics in America: Understanding Minority and Immigrant Voting,, edited by Jane Junn and Kerry L. Haynie. (2008), Cambridge University Press,.
2. P.D. McClain, “North Carolina’s Response to Latino Immigrants and Immigration.”, in Immigration's New Frontiers: Experiences from the New Gateway States, edited by Greg Anrig, Jr., and Tova Andrea Wang (November, 2006), pp. 7-32, Century Foundation.
3. McClain, Paula D., Michael C. Brady, Niambi M. Carter, Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, and Efren O. Perez, Rebuilding Black Voting Rights Before the Voting Rights Act, in The Voting Rights Act: Security The Ballot, edited by Richard M. Valelly (2005), Washington: Congressional Quarterly Press.
4. Harold M. Rose and P. McClain, Homicide Risk and Level of Victimization in Two Concentrated Povery Enclaves: A Black/Hispanic Comparison, in Violent Crime: Assessing Race and Ethnic Difference, edited by Darnell F. Hawkins (2003), Cambridge University Press.
5. McClain, Paula D., and Steven C. Tauber, Racial Minority Group Relations in a Multiracial Society, in In Governing American Cities: Immigrants and Inter-Ethnic Coalitions, Competition, and Conflict., edited by Michael Jones-Correa, (ed.) (2001), (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001).
6. P. McClain, Urban Crime in the United States and Western Europe: A Comparison, in In Handbook on Urban Studies., edited by R. Paddison, University of Glasgow (ed. (2000), (London: Sage Publications, 2000).
7. P. McClain, "Foreward", in Legacies of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, edited by Bernard Grofman (2000), Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia.
8. P. McClain and Joseph Stewart, Jr., An Overview of Black American Politics and Participation Since the Civil Rights Movement, in New Directions: African Americans in a Diversifying Nation, pp. 207-239, edited by James S. Jackson and Marilyn Zuckerman (2000), Washington D.C.: National Policy Association.
9. P.D. McClain, Foreward, in Legacies of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, edited by Bernard Grofman (2000), pp. ix-xiii, Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia.
10. P.D. McClain, Foreward, in The Almanac of Women and Minorities in American Politics, edited by Mart Martin (1999), Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
11. P.D. McClain and Steven C. Tauber, Wilder's 1992 Presidential Campaign: A Deracialized Strategy?, in African American Politics and Power, edited by Hanes Walton (1997), New York: Columbia University Press.
12. P.D. McClain, Coalition and Competition: Patterns of Black-Latino Relations in Urban Poltiics, in From Polemics to Practice: Forging Political Coalitions Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities, edited by Wilbur C. Rich (1996), New York: Praeger.
13. P.D. McClain and John A. Garcia, Expanding Disciplinary Boundaries: Black, Latino and Minority Group Politics in Political Science, in Political Science: The State of the Discipline, 2nd edition, edited by Ada W. Finifter (1993), pp. 247-279, Washington, D.C.: American Political Science Association.
14. P.D. McClain, Minority Group Access and Policy Agenda Setting: An Introduction, in Minority Group Influence: Agenda Setting, Formulation, and Public Policy, edited by Paula D. McClain (1993), Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
15. P.D. McClain, Urban Violence: Agendas, Politics, and Problem Redefinition, in Minority Group Influence: Agenda Setting, Formulation, and Public Policy, edited by Paula D. McClain (1993), Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
16. P.D. McClain, Racial Minorities and Agenda Setting: Is There Access and Influence?, in Minority Group Influence: Agenda Setting, Formulation, and Public Policy, edited by Paula D. McClain (1993), Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
17. P.D. McClain, Georgia Montgomery Davis Powers, in Black Women in the United States: An Historical Encyclopedia, Volume II, edited by Darlene Clark Hine, Elsa Barkley Brown, and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (1993), pp. 936-937, Brooklyn, NY: Carlson Publishing Inc..
18. P.D. McClain and Albert K. Karnig, Introduction: Minority Administrators - Another Frontier, in Urban Minority Administrators: Politics, Policy and Style, edited by Albert K. Karnig and Paula D. McClain (1988), Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
19. Albert K. Karnig and Paula D. McClain, Minority Administrators: Lessons from Practice, in Urban Minority Administrators: Politics, Policy and Style, edited by Albert K. Karnig and Paula D. McClain (1988), Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
20. P.D. McClain, Saturday Night Specials and Gun Regulation: A Feasible Policy Option, in Firearms and Violence: Issues of Public Policy, edited by D. B. Kates (1984), New York: Ballinger.
21. P.D. McClain, Introduction to Development Implications of the New Immigration, in Sourcebook on the New Immigration, Book II, edited by Roy S. Bryce-Laporte (1979), New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books.

Journal Articles

1. P. McClain, Monique L. Lyle, Niambi M. Carter, Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, Gerald F. Lackey, Kendra Davenport Cotton, Shayla C. Nunnally, Thomas J. Scotto, Jeffrey D. Grynaviski, and J. Alan Kendrick., “Black Americans and Latino Immigrants in a Southern City: Friendly Neighbors or Economic Competitors?”, The Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, vol. 4 no. 1 (March, 2007), pp. 97-117..
2. P.D. McClain, “Racial Intergroup Relations in a Set of Cities: A Twenty-Year Perspective.”, Journal of Politics, vol. 68 no. 4 (November, 2006), pp. 757-770.
3. P.D. McClain, Niambi M. Carter, Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, Monique L. Lyle, Jeffrey D. Grynaviski, Shayla C. Nunnally, Thomas J. Scotto, J. Alan Kendrick, Gerald F. Lackey, and Kendra Davenport Cotton., “Racial Distancing in a Southern City: Latino Immigrants’ Views of Black Americans.”, Journal of Politics, vol. 68 no. 3 (August, 2006), pp. :571-584..
4. Kenneth J. Meier, Paula D. McClain, J. L. Polinard, and Robert D. Wrinkle., Divided or Together? Conflict and Cooperation between African Americans and Latinos, Political Research Quarterly 57 (September 2004):399-409. (September, 2004).
5. P. McClain, Social Capital and Diversity: An Introduction, Perspectives on Politics, vol. 1 no. 1 (2003), pp. 101-102.
6. Harold M. Rose and P.D. McClain, Race, Place and Risk Revisited: A Perspective on the Emergence of a New Structural Paradigm, Homicide Studies: An Interdisciplinary and International Journal, vol. 2 (May, 1998), pp. 101-129.
7. P.D. McClain and Steven C. Tauber, Black and Latino Socioeconomic and Political Competition: Has a Decade Made a Difference?, American Politics Quarterly, vol. 26 (April, 1998), pp. 101-116.
8. P.D. McClain, Reading more About the Civil Rights Movement: Recommendations from Colleagues Across Disciplines, PS: Political Science and Politics (September, 1997), pp. 472-473.
9. P.D. McClain, Black Politics in the Crossroads? Or, in the Cross-Hairs, American Political Science Review, vol. 90 (December, 1996), pp. 867-873.
10. P.D. McClain, Thirty Years of Urban Policies: Frankly, my Dears, We Don't Give a Damn!, Urban Affairs Review (May, 1995), pp. 641-644.
11. P.D. McClain and Joseph Stewart, Jr., W(h)ither the Voting Rights Act after Shaw v. Reno: Advancing to the Past?, PS: Political Science and Politics, vol. 28 (March, 1995), pp. 24-26.
12. P.D. McClain, The Changing Dynamics of Urban Politics: Black and Hispanic Municipal Employment--Is There Competition?, Journal of Politics, vol. 55 (May, 1993), pp. 399-414.
13. P.D. McClain, Place Specific and Place-Based Homicide Risk Analysis, in Questions and Answers in Lethal and Non-Lethal Violence 1993, edited by Carolyn Rebecca Block and Richard L. Block (1993), pp. 131-135, Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Justice (Proceedings of the Second Annual Workshop of the Homicide Research Working Group.).
14. P.D. McClain and H. W. Perry, Lucius J. Barker: An Accomplished Career Despite No Crystal Stair, PS: Political Science and Politics, vol. 25 (December, 1992), pp. 752-756.
15. P.D. McClain, Reconceptualizing Urban Violence: A Policy Analytic Approach, National Political Science Review, vol. 3 (1992), pp. 9-24.
16. P.D. McClain, Agenda Setting, Public Policy, and Minority Group Influence: An Introduction, Policy Studies Review, vol. 9 (Winter, 1990), pp. 263-272.
17. P.D. McClain and Albert K. Karnig, Black and Hispanic Socioeconomic and Political Competition, American Political Science Review (June, 1990), pp. 535-545.
18. P.D. McClain, Urban Black Neighborhood Environment and Homicide: A Research Note on a Decade of Change in Four Cities -- 1970-1980, Urban Affairs Quarterly, vol. 24 (June, 1989), pp. 584-596.
19. P.D. McClain, Arizona 'High Noon: The Recall and Impeachment of Evan Mecham, PS: Political Science and Politics, vol. 21 (Summer, 1988), pp. 628-638.
20. P.D. McClain, Contemporary Women: Policy, Participation and Poverty, Policy Studies Review, vol. 6 (Autumn 1987), pp. 247-250.
21. P.D. McClain and David K. Pijawka, Agenda Setting and Non-Decisionmaking: Decommissioning Nuclear Generating Stations, Policy Studies Review, vol. 5 (May, 1986), pp. 742-756.
22. A.K. Karnig and P.D. McClain, The New South and Black Economic and Political Development: Changes from 1970-1980, Western Political Quarterly, vol. 38 (December, 1985), pp. 539-550.
23. P.D. McClain, Urban Neighborhoods, Black Residents and Homicide Risk, Urban Geography, vol. 5 (1984), pp. 210-22.
24. P.D. McClain, Possible Outcomes of a 1984 Black Presidential Candidacy, PS, vol. 16 (Summer, 1983), pp. 497-499 (Reprinted in F.D. Jones, M.O. Adams with S. Anderson and T. Tollerson, Readings in American Political Issues, (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt 1987)..).
25. P.D. McClain, Firearms Ownership, Gun Control Attitudes and Neighborhood Environment, Law and Policy Quarterly, vol. 5 (July, 1983), pp. 299-323.
26. P.D. McClain, Determinants of Black and White Attitudes Toward Gun Regulation: A Research Note, Journal of Criminal Justice, vol. 11 (February, 1983), pp. 77-81.
27. P.D. McClain, Black Female Homicide Victims and Offenders: Are They From the Same Population?, Death Education, vol. 6 (Fall, 1982), pp. 265-278.
28. P.D. McClain, Cause of Death - Homicide: A Research Note on Black Females as Homicide Victims, Victimology, vol. 7 (1982), pp. 204-212.
29. P.D. McClain, Environment of Risk and Racial Attitudes Toward Gun Regulation: A Test of the Social Reality Thesis, Journal of Enviornmental Systems, vol. 12 (1982-1983), pp. 229-248.
30. P.D. McClain, Black Females and Lethal Violence: Has Time Changed the Circumstances Under Which They Kill?, Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, vol. 13 (1982-1983), pp. 13-25.
31. P.D. McClain, Social and Environmental Characteristics of Black Female Homicide Offenders, The Western Journal of Black Studies, vol. 5 (Fall, 1981), pp. 224-230.
32. P.D. McClain, Political Alienation: Some Social/Psychological Aspects of the Political Culture of Afro-Canadians, Ethnicity, vol. 6 (December, 1979), pp. 358-372.

Papers Published

1. P.D. McClain, Context Matters! Race, Representation and Public Opinion (a review essay), Dubois Review: Social Science Research on Race, vol. 2 no. 1 (Spring, 2005), pp. 145-150.
2. P.D. McClain, Niambi M. Carter, and Michael C. Brady, Gender and Black Presidential Politics: From Chisholm to Moseley Braun, The Journal of Women, Politics and Policy, vol. 27 no. 1 (2005), pp. 51-68.

Papers Accepted

1. P.D. McClain, Niambi Carter, Victoria DeFrancesco, Monique Lyle, Shayla C. Nunnally, Thomas J. Scotto, J. Alan Kendrick, Jeffrey D. Grynaviski, Gerald F. Lackey, and Kendra Davenport Cotton, Racial Distancing in a Southern City: Latino Immigrants' Views of Black Americans, Journal of Politics (forthcoming August, 2005).

Papers Submitted

1. P.D. McClain, Victoria DeFrancesco, Monique L. Lyle, Niambi Carter, Gerald F. Lackey, Jeffrey D. Gryvaniski, Kendra Davenport Cotton, Shayla Nunnally, Thomas Scotto and J. Alan Kendrick, Black Elites and Latino Immigrant Relations in a Southern City: Do Black Elites and the Black Masses Agree? (February 3, 2005) (Submitted for a conference on "Immigration to the United States: New Sources and Destinations," sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation, February 3-4, 2005, New York, New York..).

Papers In Preparation

1. P. McClain, Inter-minority Group Competition (August, 2004) (2000 data collection. The data collection has been completed and we are in the process of analyzing the data. We hope to have a paper ready for submission by the end of 2005..).
2. P. McClain, The Durham Project Intergroup Relations (research in progress) (This is a new project that involves several different projects, but the primary one is to construct a questionnaire assessing black, Latino, and white attitudes toward each other using Durham as the pilot study site. The sample will be drawn by Genysus, a sampling outfit that specializes in drawing minority samples. The plan is to construct the questionnaire during the fall 2001 semester, have it translated into Spanish, and once we have received approval from the IRB, to be in the field during Spring semester 2002. Although the data from Durham will be analyzed and will lead to publications, the overall goal is to use the pilot study as the foundation for a large grant proposal to either a private foundation or the National Science Foundation. At this point, six political science graduate students are involved in the project..).
3. P. McClain, Inter-minority Group Political and Social Economic Competition (research in progress) (This is an extension of previous research using 1990 census and other data sources to examine the pattern of inter-minority group relations in a set of US cities. There are 98 cities that reached the 10 percent black and 10 percent Latino threshold. This is twice the number of cities in 1980. Data on Asian Americans and American Indians were also collected, when available, for the cities..).
4. P. McClain, American Governments (research in progress) (This project is an American government textbook to be published by Addison Wesley Longman. This text emphasizes that fact that there is no one American government, but there are thousands of American governments. It also argues that not all citizens are treated equally and equitably by government and that ascribed characteristics such as race, gender, socioeconomic class and citizenship status, among others, often results in different treatment from government. This text is being co-authored with Steven C. Tauber, University of South Florida..).

Book Reviews

1. Thomas J. Sugrue, The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit, Virginia Quarterly Review (October, 1997).
2. Huey L. Perry and Wayne Parent, Blacks and the American Political System, American Review of Politics (Spring, 1996), pp. 76-79.
3. Carol M. Swain, Black Faces, Black Interests, Journal of Politics, vol. 56 (November, 1994), pp. 1145-1148.
4. Bernard Grofman and Chandler Davidson, Controversies in Minority Voting: The Voting Rights Act in Perspective, Contemporary Sociology, vol. 22 (May, 1993), pp. 391-392.
5. Hanes Walton, Jr., When the Marching Stopped: The Politics of Civil Rights Regulatory Agencies, American Political Science Review, vol. 83 (September, 1989), pp. 1039-1040.
6. David Lester, Gun Control: Issues and Answers, Journal of Criminal Justice, vol. 14 (1986), pp. 571-572.

Other

1. P.D. McClain and Joseph Stewart, Jr., "Can We All Get Along? Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics" (2005).