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Curriculum Vitae
Paula D. McClain
June 2009
Office: Department of Political Science
Duke University
214 Perkins Library
P. O. Box 90204
Durham, North Carolina 27708-0204
(919) 660-4303
(919) 660-4330
E-mail: [email protected]
Educational Background
Ph.D., Political Science, Howard University, 1977
M.A., Political Science, Howard University, 1974
B.A., Political Science, Howard University, 1972
University of Michigan, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, Summer
1978 and 1979.
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Analysis Center, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,
1981-1982. Academic Employment
September 2000 - present. Professor of Political Science (with tenure): Professor Public Policy and
African and African American Studies, Department of Political Science, Duke University,
Durham, North Carolina. Joint-appointments with the Sanford Institute of Public Policy, and
the Department of African and African American Studies. Program Director, Race, Ethnicity
and Politics Program. Director, Ralph Bunche Summer Institute. Co-Director, Center for the
Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences (REGSS). Teaching areas: Racial
and Ethnic Minority Politics, Race and Politics, Comparative Race, Public Policy, Urban
Politics.
Shannon Center for Advanced Studies, University of Virginia, 1997-98.
September 1991 - August 2000. Professor (with tenure) Woodrow Wilson Department of
Government and Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Department Chair, 1994 -1997. Director, Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, 1996-2000.
Director, Master of Arts in Public Administration and Public Policy Program, 1992-1994.
Director, Mid-Career Executive Program, 1993-1994. Teaching Areas. Urban Politics, Public
Policy, and Racial and Ethnic Minority Politics.
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August 1990 - August 1991. Professor (with tenure), School of Public Affairs, Arizona State
University, Tempe, Arizona. Teaching Areas: Quantitative Methods, Public Policy analysis,
Public Administration, and Minority Communities and Public Policy (Masters and Doctoral
level).
August 1982 - August 1990. Associate Professor (with tenure), School of Public Affairs, Arizona
State University, Tempe, Arizona. Acting Director, Doctorate of Public Administration
Program, 1990. Teaching Areas: Quantitative Methods, Public Policy Analysis, Public
Administration, and Minority Communities and Public Policy (Masters and Doctoral level).
September 1981 - July 1982. Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate, Analysis Center, The
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Research/study areas: International energy
usage and needs; energy needs and the black community; Energy Information Administration
and public policy formation.
August 1980 - May 1982 (on leave 1981-82). Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI. Teaching Areas: Public
Administration, Organization Theory, Public Policy Analysis, and Scope and Methods of
Political Inquiry (Undergraduate and Masters level).
September 1977 - August 1980. Assistant Professor, Departments of Political Science and
Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI. Teaching
Areas: Public Administration, American Government, Black Politics, and Scope and
Methods of Political Inquiry (Undergraduate).
Forthcoming Publications
Books
American Politics in Black and White. Co-authored with Steven C. Tauber. (Boulder:
Paradigm Press forthcoming January 2010).
“Can We All Get Along?” Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics, 5th edition. Co-
authored with Joseph Stewart, Jr. (Boulder: Westview Press forthcoming July 15, 2009).
Publications
Books
ACan We All Get Along?@ Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics, 4th edition. Co-
authored with Joseph Stewart, Jr. (Boulder: Westview Press, 2006), 283 pp.
The fourth edition contains, among other major revisions and additions, complete
2000Census data, results of the 2004 presidential election, and information on the
2005 Los Angeles mayoral race.
Third edition, 2002, 263 pp.
Second edition, updated, 1999, 250 pp. plus 6 pages of Prologue on 1998 elections.
Second edition, 1998, 250 pp.
First edition, 1995, 208 pp. (Winner of the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of
Human Rights in North America Award for Outstanding Scholarship on the Subject of
Intolerance, 1996.)
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Minority Group Influence: Agenda Setting, Formulation, and Public Policy. Editor.
(Westport, CT: Greewood Press, 1993).
Race, Place, and Risk: Black Homicide in Urban America. Co-authored with Harold M.
Rose (Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 1990). 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.
Urban Minority Administrators: Politics, Policy and Style. Edited with Albert K. Karnig
(Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988).
Alienation and Resistance: The Political Behavior of Afro-Canadians (San Francisco, CA: R
& E Research Associates, 1979).
Monographs and Reports
Black Homicide and the Urban Environment. Washington, D C: National Institute of Mental
Health, 1981 Co-authored with Harold M. Rose.
Wisconsin's Approach to Assist Urban and Other Distressed Areas. National Academy of
Public Administration, 1979.
"Representation, Participation and the New Phoenix District Election System." Co-authored
with John Stuart Hall, in Urban Villages/Council Districts, the Future -- or Frustration?
(Tempe, AZ: School of Public Affairs, 1984).
Articles (*refereed)
* McClain, Paula D., Jessica Johnson Carew, Eugene Walton, Jr. and Candis S.Watts.
“Group Membership, Group Identity and Group Consciousness: Evolving Racial
Identity in American Politics.” Annual Review of Political Science 12 (June 2009):471-
485.
*McClain, Paula D., 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 4, 1
(March 2007):97-117.
McClain, Paula D. “Racial Intergroup Relations in a Set of Cities: A Twenty-Year
Perspective.” (Presidential Address) Journal of Politics 68, 4 (November 2006):757-770.
*McClain, Paula D., 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 68, 3 (August 2006):571-584.
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*McClain, Paula D., Niambi M. Carter, and Michael C. Brady.
“Gender and Black Presidential Politics: From Chisholm to Moseley Braun.” The
Journal of Women, Politics and Policy 27: 1,2 (2005):51-68
McClain, Paula D.
“Context Matters! Race, Representation and Public Opinion.” (A review essay) Du Bois
Review: Social Science Research on Race 2:1 (Spring 2005):145-150.
*Meier, Kenneth J., Paula D. McClain, J. L. Polinard, and Robert D. Wrinkle.
ADivided or Together? Conflict and Cooperation between African Americans and
Latinos.@ Political Research Quarterly 57 (September 2004):399-409.
*Rose, Harold M., and Paula D. McClain.
ARace, Place and Risk Revisited: A Perspective on the Emergence of a New Structural
Paradigm.@ Homicide Studies: An Interdisciplinary and International Journal 2 (May
1998):101-129.
*McClain, Paula D., and Steven C. Tauber.
ABlack and Latino Socioeconomic and Political Competition: Has a Decade Made a
Difference?@ American Politics Quarterly 26 (April 1998):101-116.
*McClain, Paula D.
ABlack Politics at the Crossroads? Or, in the Cross-Hairs.@ American Political Science Review
90 (December 1996):867-873.
McClain, Paula D.
"Thirty Years of Urban Policies: Frankly, my dears, We Don't Give a Damn!" Urban Affairs
Review (May 1995):641-644.
McClain, Paula D. and Joseph Stewart, Jr.
"W(h)ither the Voting Rights Act after Shaw v. Reno: Advancing to the Past?" PS: Political
Science and Politics 28 ( March 1995):24-26.
*McClain, Paula D. 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.(ed.) Ada W.
Finifter (Washington, D.C.: American Political Science Association, 1993):247-279.
*McClain, Paula D.
"The Changing Dynamics of Urban Politics: Black and Hispanic Municipal Employment--Is
There Competition?" Journal of Politics 55 (May 1993):399-414.
McClain, Paula D.
"Place Specific and Place-Based Homicide Risk Analysis." in Questions and Answers in
Lethal and Non-Lethal Violence 1993, Proceedings of the Second Annual Workshop of
the Homicide Research Working Group, (editors) Carolyn Rebecca Block and Richard L.
Block (Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Justice, 1993):131-135.
McClain, Paula D.
"Reconceptualizing Urban Violence: A Policy Analytic Approach." National Political
Science Review 3(1992):9-24.
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*McClain, Paula D. and Albert K. Karnig.
"Black and Hispanic Socioeconomic and Political Competition." American Political Science
Review, June 1990:535-545.
McClain, Paula D.
"Agenda Setting, Public Policy, and Minority Group Influence: An Introduction." Policy
Studies Review 9, (Winter 1990):263-272.
*McClain, Paula D.
"Urban Black Neighborhood Environment and Homicide: A Research Note on a Decade of
Change in Four Cities -- 1970-1980." Urban Affairs Quarterly 24(June 1989):584-596.
McClain, Paula D.
"Arizona `High Noon: The Recall and Impeachment of Evan Mecham." PS: Political
Science and Politics 21 (Summer 1988):628-638.
*McClain, Paula D. and Pijawka, K. David.
"Agenda Setting and Non-Decisionmaking: Decommissioning Nuclear Generating Stations."
Policy Studies Review 5 (May 1986):742-756.
*Karnig, A.K. and McClain, Paula D.
"The New South and Black Economic and Political Development: Changes from 1970-1980."
Western Political Quarterly 38 (December, 1985):539- 550.
*McClain, Paula D.
"Urban Neighborhoods, Black Residents and Homicide Risk." Urban Geography 5
(1984):210-22.
*McClain, Paula D.
"Possible Outcomes of a 1984 Black Presidential Candidacy." PS 16 (Summer
1983):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).
McClain, Paula D.
"Contemporary Women: Policy, Participation and Poverty." Policy Studies Review 6
(Autumn 1987):247-250.
*McClain, Paula D.
"Firearms Ownership, Gun Control Attitudes and Neighborhood Environment." Law and
Policy Quarterly 5 (July 1983):299-323.
*McClain, Paula D.
"Determinants of Black and White Attitudes Toward Gun Regulation: A Research Note."
Journal of Criminal Justice 11 (February 1983):77-81.
*McClain, Paula D.
"Cause of Death - Homicide: A Research Note on Black Females as Homicide Victims."
Victimology 7 (1982): 204-212.
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*McClain, Paula D.
"Environment of Risk and Racial Attitudes Toward Gun Regulation: A Test of the Social
Reality Thesis." Journal of Environmental Systems 12 (1982-83):229-248.
*McClain, Paula D.
"Black Female Homicide Victims and Offenders: Are They From the Same Population?"
Death Education 6 (Fall 1982):265-278.
*McClain, Paula D.
"Black Females and Lethal Violence: Has Time Changed the Circumstances Under Which
They Kill?" Omega: Journal of Death and Dying 13 (1982- 83): 13-25.
*McClain, Paula D.
"Social and Environmental Characteristics of Black Female Homicide Offenders." The
Western Journal of Black Studies 5 (Fall 1981): 224-230.
*McClain, Paula D.
"Political Alienation: Some Social/Psychological Aspects of the Political Culture of
Afro-Canadians." Ethnicity 6 (December 1979): 358- 372.
Book Chapters
McClain, Paula D., 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, eds. Jane Junn and Kerry L. Haynie. (New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2008)
McClain, Paula D.
“North Carolina’s Response to Latino Immigrants and Immigration.” In Immigration's New
Frontiers: Experiences from the New Gateway States. Greg Anrig, Jr., and Tova Andrea
Wang (editors). New York: The Century Foundation, 2006.
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:
Securing the Ballot. Richard M. Valelly (editor). Washington: Congressional Quarterly
Press, 2005.
Rose, Harold M., and Paula D. McClain
AHomicide Risk and Level of Victimization in Two Concentrated Poverty Enclaves: A
Black/Hispanic Comparison.@ In Violent Crimes: Assessing Race and Ethnic Difference.
Darnell F. Hawkins, University of Illinois-Chicago (ed.) (New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2003).
McClain, Paula D., and Steven C. Tauber.
ARacial Minority Group Relations in a Multiracial Society.@ In Governing American Cities:
Immigrants and Inter-Ethnic Coalitions, Competition, and Conflict. Michael Jones-
Correa, (ed.) (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001) pp. 111-136.
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McClain, Paula D.
AUrban Crime in the United States and Western Europe: A Comparison.” In Handbook on
Urban Studies. R. Paddison, University of Glasgow (ed.) (London: Sage Publications,
2000), pp.
McClain, Paula D., and Joseph Stewart, Jr.
AAn Overview of Black American Politics and Participation Since the Civil Rights
Movement.@ In New Directions: African Americans in a Diversifying Nation. James S.
Jackson, University of Michigan and Marilyn Zuckerman, National Policy Association
(eds.) (Washington, D.C.: National Policy Association, 2000), pp. 207-239.
McClain, Paula D., and Steven C. Tauber.
"Wilder's 1992 Presidential Campaign: A Deracialized Strategy?" in African American
Politics and Power, (ed.) Hanes Walton (New York: Columbia University Press, 1997).
McClain, Paula D.
ACoalition and Competition: Patterns of Black-Latino Relations in Urban Politics@ in The
Politics of Minority Coalitions: Race, Ethnicity, and Shared Uncertainties. (ed.) Wilbur
C. Rich (New York: Praeger, 1996).
McClain, Paula D.
"Minority Group Access and Policy Agenda Setting: An Introduction." in Minority Group
Influence: Agenda Setting, Formulation, and Public Policy (ed.) Paula D. McClain
(Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993).
McClain, Paula D.
"Urban Violence: Agendas, Politics, and Problem Redefinition." in Minority Group Influence:
Agenda Setting, Formulation, and Public Policy (ed.) Paula D. McClain(Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, 1993).
McClain, Paula D.
"Racial Minorities and Agenda Setting: Is There Access and Influence?" in Minority Group
Influence: Agenda Setting, Formulation, and Public Policy (ed.) Paula D. McClain
(Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993).
McClain, Paula D. and Albert K. Karnig.
"Introduction: Minority Administrators - Another Frontier," in Urban Minority
Administrators: Politics, Policy and Style. (ed.) Albert K. Karnig and Paula D. McClain
(Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988).
Karnig, Albert K. and Paula D. McClain.
"Minority Administrators: Lessons from Practice," in Urban Minority Administrators:
Politics, Policy and Style. (ed.) Albert K. Karnig and Paula D. McClain (Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, 1988).
McClain, Paula D.
"`Saturday Night Specials and Gun Regulation: A Feasible Policy Option?" in Firearms and
Violence: Issues of Public Policy ed. D. B. Kates (New York: Ballinger, 1984).
McClain, Paula D.
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"Introduction to Development Implications of the New Immigration," in Sourcebook on the
New Immigration, Book II ed. Roy S. Bryce-Laporte (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction
Books, 1979).
Book and Film Reviews
Review of Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey and Citizen King (film review). Political
Communication 24, 4 (October-December 2007):489-491.
Review of Gun Control: Issues and Answers by David Lester. Journal of Criminal Justice
14(1986): 571-572.
Review of When the Marching Stopped: The Politics of Civil Rights Regulatory Agencies by
Hanes Walton, Jr. American Political Science Review 83 (September 1989): 1039-1040.
Review of Bernard Grofman and Chandler Davidson, Controversies in Minority Voting: The
Voting Rights Act in Perspective. Contemporary Sociology 22 (May 1993):391-392.
Review of Black Faces, Black Interests by Carol M. Swain. Journal of Politics 56 (November
1994):1145-1148.
Review of Blacks and the American Political System, by Huey L. Perry and Wayne Parent.
American Review of Politics (Spring 1996):76-79.
Review of Thomas J. Sugrue, The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in
Postwar Detroit. Virginia Quarterly Review (October 1997):
Other Publications
McClain, Paula D. “Social Capital and Diversity: An Introduction.” Perspectives on Politics 1
(March 2003):101-102.
McClain, Paula D. “Foreword.” Legacies of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Bernard Grofman,
editor. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000), pp. ix-xiii.
McClain, Paula D. AForeword.@ The Almanac of Women and Minorities in American Politics,
Mart Martin. (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1999).
McClain, Paula D.
AReading More About the Civil Rights Movement: Recommendations from Colleagues Across
Disciplines.@ PS: Political Science and Politics (September 1997):472-473.
McClain, Paula D., and H. W. Perry.
"Lucius J. Barker: An Accomplished Career Despite No Crystal Stair." PS: Political Science
and Politics 25 (December 1992):752-756.
McClain, Paula D.
AGeorgia Montgomery Davis Powers." In Black Women in the United States: An Historical
Encyclopedia, Volume II, Darlene Clark Hine, Elsa Barkley Brown, and Rosalyn
Terborg-Penn, eds. (Brooklyn, NY: Carlson Publishing Inc. 1993), p. 936-937.
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Manuscripts under Review
Research in Progress
What=s New About the New South? Race, Latino Immigration, and Inter-group Relations
As a result of the Durham Pilot Project: St. Benedict the Black meets the Virgin of Guadalupe,
we now have site-specific answers to some of the questions raised earlier, but in order to see
whether attitudes identified in Durham manifest themselves in other Southern cities that have
been the recipients of substantial Latino immigration. Thus, I submitted a proposal to the
Russell Sage Foundation to resurvey Durham and expand the project into four additional
cities—Memphis, TN, Little Rock, AR, Greensboro, NC, and Dalton, GA. The Russell Sage
Foundation awarded a grant to fund three of the cities, e.g., Durham, Memphis and Little
Rock. I will be searching for additional funds to include the other two. The grant is for
$157,000 and runs from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2008.
The Durham Pilot Project: St. Benedict the Black meets the Virgin of Guadalupe
The past 10 to 15 years has seen a tremendous increase in the Latino population in the South.
What is different about the South, especially the states of the Old Confederacy, from the other
cities that I have studied over the years, is that Latinos, for the most part, are an entirely new
population introduced into the region. Historically, the racial dynamic, rooted in slavery and
solidified during Jim Crow, has been wholly black and white. The increasing presence of this
third group, Latinos, has created and is creating conflicts and tensions among blacks, Latinos
and whites. This project is aimed at identifying the sources of the conflict among blacks,
whites and Latinos, and the effect Latinos are having on the politics and socioeconomic status
of blacks and whites in a Southern context. It is a pilot study using Durham as the research
site.
The project, begun in 2001, has several data sources--historical, elite interviews and a survey.
We developed a questionnaire and are in the process of interviewing black, Latino, and white
elites. Our goal is to complete fifty interviews. The Ford Foundation has funded the city-wide
survey which was conducted by the Center for Survey Research at the University of Virginia
and completed in July 2003. The sample consists of 500 black, white, Latino and other
residents of Durham, NC.
Research and Student Fellowship Grants
Research Grants
Russell Sage Foundation, What’s New about the New South, 2006-2009 ($157,000).
Ford Foundation, St. Benedict the Black Meets the Virgin of Guadalupe, 2002-2004
($22,000).
National Science Foundation, Undergraduate Research Supplement, 1998-1999 (5,578).
National Science Foundation, Undergraduate Research Supplement, 1997-1998 ($4,463).
Dean's Incentive Grant, College of Public Programs, 1990 ($4,000).
General Population Survey, City of Scottsdale, Arizona, 1986. ($9,900)
Faculty-Grant-in-Aid grant, 1984, Graduate College, Arizona State University, Tempe,
Arizona ($3,000).
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University Research Fund grant, 1983-84, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Grant
amount: $13,930; Project total: $30,240.
Faculty-Grant-in-Aid grant, 1983, Graduate College, Arizona State University, Tempe,
Arizona. ($2,900).
Graduate School Research Award, 1980-81, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee,
WI. ($5,000).
Biomedical Research Support Grant, 1979-80, College of Letter and Science, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ($3,200).
National Institute of Mental Health, 1977-81. "Black Homicide and the Urban Environment,"
with Harold M. Rose ($244,000).
Summer Program Grants
Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, National Science Foundation, 2009-2012, $404,100.
Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, National Science Foundation 2006-2009, $375,834.
Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, National Science Foundation, 2005 (supplemental grant),
$35,000
Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, National Science Foundation, 2003-2006, $360,000.
Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, American Political Science Association, 2001, $3,600.
Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, National Science Foundation, 2000-2003, $330,000.
Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, National Science Foundation, 1997-1999, $246,000.
Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, American Political Science Association, 1997, $5,000.
Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, National Science Foundation, 1996, $25,160.
Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, American Political Science Association, 1996, $10,000
Student Fellowship Grants
Patricia Roberts Harris Public Service Fellowship, Department of Education, 1991-92
($96,000).
Patricia Roberts Harris Public Service Fellowship, Department of Education, 1990-91
($48,000).
Patricia Roberts Harris Public Service Fellowship, Department of Education, 1989-90
($48,000).
Patricia Roberts Harris Public Service Fellowship, Department of Education, 1988-89
($48,000).
Patricia Roberts Harris Public Service Fellowship, Department of Education, 1987-88
($51,600).
Native American Public Service Program, Department of Education, 1986-87 ($15,000).
Native American Public Service Program, Department of Education, 1984-85. ($42,000).
Native American Public Service Program, Department of Education, 1983-84. ($25,200).
Conference Grants
Goldwater Chair of American Institutions, 1986, "Minority Administrators: Perspectives and
Problems" ($11,000).
College of Public Programs Centennial Committee, and Goldwater Chair of American
Institutions, 1983, "Minority Administrators in the West Conference." With Lou
Weschler ($3,700).
Professional Activities
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Editorships and Editorial Board Memberships
Board of Overseers, American National Election Study, 2005-.
Editorial Board, Political Research Quarterly, 2006- .
Editorial Board, Journal of Women, Politics and Policy, 2006- .
Executive Council, National Pi Sigma Alpha, 20002-2006.
Associate Editor, Perspectives on Politics, 2000-2005.
Associate Editor, International Encyclopedia of Political Science (CQ Press)
Associate Editor, International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (Thompson Publishers)
Co-Editor (with Luis R. Fraga), Race, Ethnicity and Politics (Book Series), University of
Virginia Press. (Six books published thus far.)
Co-Editor (with Joseph Stewart, Jr.), The Spectrum Series: Race and Ethnicity in National and
Domestic Politics (Book Series), Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. (Six books
published thus far.)
Literature Review Editor, Policy Studies Review, 1987-1991.
Book Review Editor, National Political Science Review, 1987-2000.
Editorial Board, American Political Science Review, 1995-2001.
Editorial Board, American Politics Quarterly, 1987-2003.
Editorial Board, American Journal of Political Science, 1994-1997.
Editorial Board, Journal of Politics, 1991-1996; 2006-
Editorial Board, American Review of Politics, 1996-2003.
Editorial Board, Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, 1990-2000.
Editorial Board, Policy Studies Journal, 1992-1997.
Editorial Board, Journal of Homicide Studies, 1996-2001.
Editorial Board, Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1992-1996.
Editorial Board, Dilemmas in American Politics Series, Westview Press.
Editorial Board, Women and Politics Series, University of Nebraska Press (series has ended).
Editorial Board, PS, 1980-1983.
Editor, Symposium, "Agenda Setting, Public Policy and Minority Group Influence," Policy
Studies Review 9 (Winter 1990): 263-395.
Editor, Symposium, “The Voting Rights Act after Shaw v. Reno? PS: Political Science and
Politics 28 (March 1995):24-56.
Professional Associations
National Conference of Black Political Scientists
Program Committee, 1991 Annual Meeting. Co-chair Public Policy and Public
Administration section.
President, 1989-1990.
President-elect, 1988-89. Program chair for the 1989 annual meeting.
Executive Council, 1986-1988.
Nominating Committee, 1985.
American Political Science Association Director, Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, 1995-present.
Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, 2006-2009.
Ad Hoc Committee for the Selection of the Editor of the American Political Science
Review, 2005-2006.
Chair, Harold D. Lasswell Award, 1998-1999
Temporary Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Minority Programs, 1997-1998
Member, Task Force on Annual Meeting, 1996-1998
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Vice President, 1993-1994 (Administrative Committee 1993-1994)
1993 Annual Meeting Program Co-Chair (with Peter Gourevitch, University of
California, San Diego)
Nominating Committee, 1990-1992.
Program Committee, 1988 Annual Meeting. Section Co-chair, Race, Gender and
Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective
Leonard D. White Award Committee, 1986-1987.
Executive Council, 1985-1987 (Administrative Committee, 1986-1987).
International Political Science Association Executive Committee, 1997-2003
Vice President, 2000-2003
Program Co-Chair (with James L. Gibson) 2003 World Congress, Durban, South Africa.
Urban Politics Organized Section Chair, Lifetime Achievement Award Committee, 1994.
Executive Council, 1995-1998.
Western Political Science Association Program Committee, 1995.
Program Committee, 1991.
Executive Council, 1989-1992.
Chair, Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession, 1988-1989.
Member, Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession, 1986-1990.
Midwest Political Science Association Vice President, 2002-2004.
Nominations Committee, 2002, 2003.
1999 Annual Meeting Program Chair.
Breckenridge Paper Award Committee, 1984.
Southern Political Science Association President, 2005-2006
President-elect, 2004-2005
Vice President, 2002-2003 (Program Chair, 2002)
Vice President-elect, 2000-2001
Member, Ad Hoc Strategic Planning Committee, 1998-1999
Chair, Committee on the Status of Blacks, 1998-2000
Executive Council, 1992-1995.
Southwest Political Science Association Program Committee, 1991, Chair, Public Policy and Public Administration section.
Policy Studies Organization Best Book Award Committee, 1990.
Best Book Award Committee, 1989.
Publications Committee, 1987-1991.
Women=s Caucus for Political Science Membership Committee, 1988-1990.
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Nominating Committee, 1985.
American Society for Public Administration-Arizona Chapter Executive Council, 1987-1989.
Other Associations National Advisory Committee for project "Liberal Education, Study in Depth, and the
Arts and Sciences Major," Association of American Colleges, 1988-1991.
Conference Participation
National Conference of Black Political Scientists
Presented a paper, served on a panel and/or served as a discussant at the annual meeting in the
following years: 2004, 2001, 1994, 1993, 1990, 1989, 1985, 1983, 1980, 1979 and 1978.
American Political Science Association
Presented a paper, served on a panel and/or served as a discussant at the annual meeting in the
following years: 2008, 2007,2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1996,
1995, 1994, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1988, 1987, 1985, and 1983.
International Political Science Association
Presented a paper, served on a panel and/or served as a discussant at the triennial meeting in
the following years: 1997 (Seoul, Korea), 2000 (Quebec City, Canada), 2003 (Durban, South
Africa).
Western Political Science Association
Presented a paper, served on a panel and/or served as a discussant at the annual meeting in the
following years: 2005, 1996, 1995, 1993, 1990, 1989, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, and 1983.
Midwest Political Science Association
Presented a paper, served on a panel and/or served as a discussant/panel chair at the annual
meeting in the following years: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1998,
1997, 1995, 1993, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1982, 1981, and 1980.
Southern Political Science Association
Presented a paper, served on a panel and/or served as a discussant at the annual meeting in the
following years: 2008, 2007,2006, 2005, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1994, 1993, 1992,
and 1991.
Southwestern Political Science Association
Presented a paper, served on a panel and/or served as a discussant at the annual meeting in the
following years: 2006, 1994.
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American Society for Public Administration Presented a paper, served on a panel and/or served as a discussant at the annual meeting in the
following years: 1980.
Invited Talks and Participations
Conducted workshop on "Teaching the Dynamics of Race and Gender" at The Reinvention
Center’s National Conference, Washington, DC, November 13, 2008.
Participant on two-person panel, “The New Politics: A Town Hall Conversation on Race,
Class, and Gender in Today’s Electorate,” Smith College, April 16, 2008.
Participant, "Redefining America: Race, Migration and the Politics of Inclusion," Georgetown
University, April 10-11, 2008.
Discussant on papers, “Latino National Survey Junior Scholars Conference,” Center for
American Studies, Cornell University, November 1-3, 2007.
Participant, “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.
Lecture, Department of Politics, Princeton University, October 19, 2006.
Lecture, 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 21-23, 2005
Keynote Address, “Alabama Public Affairs Forum: Advancing Women and Minorities in
Public Administration.” Auburn University Montgomery, April 4, 2005, Montgomery,
Alabama.
Paper presentation (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), “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,” February 3-4, 2005, New York, New York.
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.
Lecture, Department of Political Science, University of Southern California, April 28, 2003.
Lecture, Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, February 21, 2003.
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Lecture, Department of Political Science, Texas A & M University, April 27, 2001.
Lecture, Department of Political Science, Rice University, Houston, TX, April 26, 2001.
Presentation, University of Houston/Rice University conference, APower Shift: America=s
Political Boundaries After the 2000 Elections and Census,@ Houston, TX, December 8,
2000.
Lecture, Department of Politics, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, January
27, 2000.
Presentation, Stanford University Conference on Race, Stanford, CA, November 11-14, 1999.
Presentation, Michigan State University Conference, ARace in the Twenty-first Century,@ East
Lansing, MI, April 8-10, 1999.
Lecture, Department of Politics, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, April 28-May 3,
1998.
Paper presentation, ASocioeconomic and Political Resources and Black, Latino, and Asian
Electoral Outcomes in Urban Politics,@ (co-authored with Steven C. Tauber), at
conference, AGoverning American Citites: Inter-Ethnic Coalitions, Competition, and
Conflict,@ sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation and the Center for American
Political Studies, Harvard University, April 17-18, 1998.
Lecture, Department of Political Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, April 9-10, 1998.
Lecture, Department of Political Science, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas,
November 11-14, 1997
Paper presentation with Harold M. Rose, 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.
Paper presentation with Joseph Stewart, Jr., ADemocracy, Civic Culture, and the Civil Rights
Movement,@ Social Science Research Council Workshop, AImmigrants, Civic Culture,
and Modes of Political Incorporation: A Contemporary and Historical Comparison,@ Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 1-4, 1997.
Pi Sigma Alpha Lecture, Department of Government, Colby College, April 2, 1997.
Visiting Scholar, Illinois State University, February 24-27, 1997.
Lecture, Department of Political Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, January
29-31, 1997.
Workshop AInter-ethnic Relations in American Cities,@ Center for American Politics,
Department of Government, Harvard University, December 6, 1996.
After dinner speaker, Georgetown Leadership Conference, University of Virginia, October 23,
1996.
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Speaker, Conference on International Violence, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, August
8-11, 1996.
Conducted workshop on AIntegrating Race and Ethnicity into Political Science courses@ at the
annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 14-17, 1996.
Keynote Address, Georgetown University High School Conference on Current Affairs,
December 2, 1995.
Presentation, Department of Justice Studies, Arizona State University, December 4, 1995.
Lecture, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, November 1995.
Presentation with Joseph Stewart, Jr. on ARacial Minorities in American Politics,@ Research
Committee on Socio-Political Pluralism, International Political Science Association,
September 9-11, 1995, Colby College.
Presented paper, "Black and Hispanic Competition in Urban Politics," at National Conference
on Conflicts and Coalitions among Minorities, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, April
9-11, 1994.
Conducted workshop, " Incorporating Racial and Ethnic Minorities into the American
Government course," at 1994 annual meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 30 - April 2,
1994.
Panel Participant, "Improving the Electoral Process," Northeastern University, Boston, MA,
December 10-11, 1993.
Guest speaker, Wallace Sayre Seminar on the Changing Metropolis, Columbia University,
February 20, 1991.
Guest lecturer, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of
Michigan, August 1-2, 1990.
Presented Paper, "Black and Hispanic Socioeconomic and Political Competition," at
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," at a
symposium on "Black Women in American Politics," University of Kentucky,
Lexington, KY, October 12 and 13, 1989.
Guest lecturer, Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, American Political Science Association,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 13-14, 1989.
Presented Paper, "Social Science and Black Survival: The Question of Black Homicide," at a
symposium on "Teaching, Scholarship, and Activism," Brooklyn College, CUNY, New
York, NY, February 18, 1989.
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Invited Participant, National Conference for Women in Emergency and Fire Service
Management sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington,
D.C., April 23-26, 1984.
Conducted Workshop on "Introducing Social Science Research into Public Sector
Decision-making," at conference sponsored by the Arizona Chapter of the American
Society of Public Administration, March 23, 1983, Tempe, AZ.
Participant in Symposium, "Black Movements in Western Societies," Center for Black
Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara, CA, February 8, 1980.
Other
Organized a one-day symposium, "Blacks and the American Political Process," Arizona State
University, Tempe, AZ, February 17, 1990.
Discussant on Panel, "Incoherence in the Social Sciences and Humanities? The Transcript
Evidence, the Implications for `Study-in-Depth" at the 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" at the annual meeting of the Association of
American Colleges, San Francisco, CA, January 10-13, 1990.
Organized a conference titled "Minority Administrators: Perspectives and Problems," Arizona
State University, Tempe, AZ, April 3-4, 1986.
Discussant, "Public Choice and Co-Production," at the annual meeting of the Public Choice
Society, Phoenix, AZ, March 31, 1984.
Organized one day symposium, "Minority Administrators in the West," Arizona State
University, Tempe, AZ, March 17, 1984.
Panel Convener and Chair, "Death and Dying in the Black Community: Homicide, Suicide
and Genocide," at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations,
Milwaukee, WI, October 13-17, 1981.
Presented Paper "Black on Black Homicide," at the annual meeting of the National Council for
Black Studies, New York, NY, April 1-5, 1981.
Moderator, "The Politics of Urban Renewal," at the 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," at the 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. Other Professional Activities
Article reviewer for:
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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 for:
Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Longman, Inc.
Scott, Foresman and Co.
Harper Collins
SUNY Press
Temple University Press
Oxford University Press
Westview Press
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Yale University Press
University Press of Virginia
University of Chicago
Proposal Reviewer for:
National Science Foundation
National Institute of Justice
Review Panels/Advisory Panels:
Advisory Committee, Consortium of Social Science Associations, American Political Science
Association Representation, 2001-present.
Advisory Committee, Directorate of the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, National
Science Foundation, 1999-2002.
Advisory Committee, The Decade of Behavior, 1998-present.
Committee of Visitors, CAREER Program, National Science Foundation, 2001.
Committee of Visitors, Social Science Programs, National Science Foundation, 2000.
Committee of Visitors, Political Science Program, National Science Foundation, 1997.
Advisory Committee on African-Americans in a Diversifying Nation, Joint Center for Political
and Economic Studies/National Planning Association, 1995-2000.
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (Fulbright), Political Science Review Panel,
1992-1995.
National Research Council, National Science Foundation Minority Graduate Fellowship
Program, 1993, 1994.
Advisory Panel for the Political Science Program, Social, Behavioral and Economic Research,
Division of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate, National Science
Foundation, 1994 to 1996.
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Executive Committee, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR),
University of Michigan, 1998-2002.
Awards and Fellowships
2007 Frank J. Goodnow Distinguished Service Award for outstanding contributions to the
development of the discipline and the American Political Science Association, American Political
Science Association.
2007 Meta Mentor Award, Women’s Caucus for Political Science, American Political Science
Association.
1997 Aaron Wildavsky Award for the Best Book in Public Policy, Policy Studies Organization.
(Award was given to multiple editors of PSO policy books.)
1996 Award for the Best Scholarship on the Subject of Intolerance in North American for ACan We
All Get Along?@ Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics, The Gustavus Myers Center for
the Study of Human Rights in North America.
1995 Award in Recognition of Excellence in Scholarship and Service to the Profession, American
Political Science Association, Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession.
1995 Best Book Award for Race, Place, and Risk: Black Homicide in Urban America, National
Conference of Black Political Scientists.
Miriam Mills Award, 1994, Policy Studies Organization.
Distinguished Ph.D. Alumni Award, 1993, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Howard
University.
School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1989-1990.
School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, Award for Excellence in Research 1988-1989.
College of Public Programs, Arizona State University, Outstanding Achievement Award for
Service, 1987-88.
School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, Award for Excellence in Service, 1987-88.
Honorable Mention Acknowledgment for the American Association of University Women=s
Recognition for Young Scholars, 1984.
"Best Paper on Black Politics Award" with Albert K. Karnig, Western Political Science
Association, 1984.
Pacific Institute for Public Policy Research Fellow, 1982-83, San Francisco, CA.
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Southern Fellowships Fund (Ford Foundation), Atlanta, GA, 1981-82.
Named as one of the Outstanding Young Women of America for 1980.
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Phi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society (Gamma Kappa Chapter), Howard
University, Washington, D.C.
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. Dissertation Year Grant 1976-77.
Departmental Fellowship, Department of Political Science, Howard University, Washington, D.C.,
1974-75 and 1975-76.
Lucy Moten Research Fellowship for research and travel in Canada, Howard University,
Washington, D.C., Summer, 1974. Courses Taught
Duke University
Graduate: Race and American Politics (advanced undergraduate/graduate)
Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics
Race in Comparative Perspective (advanced undergraduate/graduate)
Undergraduate: Introduction to Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics
University of Virginia
Graduate:
Urban Politics
Policy Analysis
Race and American Politics (advanced undergraduate/graduate)
Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics
Undergraduate:
Minority Group Politics
Politics, Policy, and Administration
Policy Analysis
Arizona State University
Doctoral Seminars:
Foundations of Public Administration
Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation
Masters Level:
Research Methods I and II (two course sequence)
Bureaucracy and Public Affairs I and II
Policy Analysis
Minority Communities and Public Policy
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Graduate:
Organization Theory and Behavior
Undergraduate: Introduction to American Government
Introduction to Afro-American Politics
Introduction to Public Administration
Blacks and City Government
American Public Policy
Scope and Methods of Political Inquiry
Organizational Theory
Service
Duke University Chair, Academic Council, 2007-2009
University Appointments, Promotions, and Tenure Committee, 2001-2005 (Chair, 2002-2003;
on leave 2003-2004)
Provost=s Diversity Task Force, 2002-2003.
Arts and Sciences= Budget Task Force, 2002
Program Director, Race, Ethnicity and Politics Program, Department of Political Science
Numerous departmental committees
University of Virginia University Librarian Search Committee, 1992
Arts and Sciences Dean's Budget Reduction Committee, 1992-1993
Provost Search Committee, 1994
College of Arts and Sciences Promotions and Tenure Committee, 1993-1994
Athletic Director Search Committee, 1995.
Chair, Director of Carter G. Woodson Center for Afro-American and African Studies Search
Committee, 1995-96.
Chair, Director of Carter G. Woodson Center for Afro-American and African Studies Search
Committee, 1998-1999.
Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service Director Search Committee, 1996.
Darden Dean Search Committee, 1996-97.
President=s Athletic Department Task Force, 1999-2000
Provost=s Promotions and Tenure Committee, 1996-2000.
Numerous college and departmental committees
Arizona State University Co-chair, Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee, 1989-1990
Campus Environment Team, 1989-1990
Human Subjects Research Review Board, 1985-1988
Women=s Studies Advisory Committee, 1984-1987
Board on Equal Opportunity, 1984-1987
Presidents Minority Advisory Council, 1985-1987
Board, Faculty Women=s Association, 1984-1988
College of Public Programs Personnel Committee, 1987-1988
Committee on Law and Social Sciences, 1987-1991
Doctorate of Public Administration Executive Committee, 1988-1991
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Numerous University search committees
Numerous college and departmental committees
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Institutional Review Board, 1978-1980.
Curriculum Committee, 1978-1981 Community
Chair, Vicar Search Committee, Trinity Episcopal Church, Charlottesville, VA 1995-1996.
Senior Warden, Trinity Episcopal Church, Charlottesville, VA, 1995-1996.
Junior Warden, Trinity Episcopal Church, Charlottesville, VA, 1994-1995.
Vestry, Trinity Episcopal Church, Charlottesville, VA, 1993-1996.
Urban Crime Task Force, Phoenix Police Department, 1989-1991
Board of Directors, Phoenix Urban League, 1982-1987
Board of Directors, Phoenix Black Theatre Troupe, 1986-1987
Phoenix Bicentennial Commission, 1987-1990
Outside Review Committee, Arizona State Department of Corrections, 1982-1984.
Numerous other volunteer activities Other Employment
Consultant, Social Science Research Center, Howard University, Washington, D.C., July, 1976.
Produced a "Social Science Research Resources Manual."
Consultant, Adaptive Systems, Annapolis, Maryland. February-March, 1976. Interviewed
Pennsylvania State officials concerning CETA Program effectiveness.
November, 1971-June, 1974. Intern, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission- Office of
Compliance. 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.
February, 1971-October, 1971. Special Assistant to U.S. Senator Birch Bayh (D. Indiana).
Responsibilities: Research and legislation on welfare, child care, drugs and education.
Supervisor: Mr. Gordon Alexander.
July, 1970-February, 1971. Administrative Assistant, Trans-Century Corporation, 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 the Director on matters relative to staff
administration; processing all consultant correspondence and payments; and acting as librarian
and general information officer during the several cycles of the Transition Center.
April, 1970-July, 1970. Program Coordinator, National Coordinating Council on Drug Abuse
Education and Information. Duties included development of programs on drug abuse
education and executing various public relations responsibilities.
August, 1969-April, 1970. Office of Senator Mike Gravel (D. Alaska). Main responsibilities
included legislative research and a limited amount of casework with various federal
departments.
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August, 1968-August, 1969. Office of Congressman Howard Pollock (R. Alaska). Main
responsibilities included reception duties and legislative research. Organizational Memberships
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