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Office Location: 227 Sanford Bldg
Duke Box: 90245
Email Address: nicholas.carnes@duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.duke.edu/~nwc8
Areas of Expertise
Education:
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2011
M.A., Princeton University, 2008
BA, Political Science, University of Tulsa, 2006
A.B., The University of Tulsa, 2006
Research Categories: American Government and Politics; Economic and Social Class Inequality; Legislative Politics; Representation and Political Accountability
Representative Publications (More Publications)
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Nick Carnes joined the faculty at the Sanford School in July 2011. He is a political scientist whose research focuses on American politics, economic and social class inequality, and political representation.
Carnes is currently working on a book that examines the shortage of people from working-class backgrounds in national legislatures around the world. (On leave Spring 2023.)
Bio/Profile
Nick Carnes joined the faculty at the Sanford School in July 2011. He is a political scientist whose research focuses on American politics, economic and social class inequality, political representation, legislative decision making, and urban politics.
Carnes is currently working on a book that examines how the shortage of people from working-class backgrounds in American legislatures skews the policymaking process towards outcomes that are more in line with the upper class's economic interests. He is also beginning a large-scale investigation of the factors that discourage working-class citizens from holding political office and the programs that could help to address longstanding inequalities in the class composition of American policymaking institutions.
Current Ph.D. Students
(Former Students)