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DIANNE M. PINDERHUGHES
Curriculum Vitae
Mailing Address: Departmental Home
Department of Political Science Department of Africana Studies
2060 Jenkins Nanovic Halls 327 O’Shaughnessy Hall
University of Notre Dame University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Email Address: [email protected] Campus Phone: 574-631-5666
Education:
Ph.D. University of Chicago 1977 Political Science
M.A. University of Chicago 1973 Political Science
B.A. Albertus Magnus College 1969 Political Science
Academic and Related Appointments:
University of Notre Dame, Professor, 2006-present
Notre Dame Presidential Faculty Fellow, 2006-Present
Professor, Department of Africana Studies; July 2006-present
Professor, Department of Political Science; July 2006-present
The Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy
Kellogg Institute,
Faculty Fellow, 2007-present
PI, Democratization Cluster, 2017-2020
Gender Studies Program, August 2006-2010; 2012 – present
Professor, Department of American Studies,
Concurrent Appointment, December 2008- present
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Civil and Human Rights, 2014-present
Department of Africana Studies, University of Notre Dame,
Acting Chair, 2008-2009
Chair, 2015-present
International Political Science Association Executive Committee 2012-2016
First Vice President, 2014-2016
Committee on Organization, Procedures and Awards, 2014-2016
Committee on Research and Training, 2012-2014
International World Congress, Program Co-Chair, Poznan, Poland.
July 23-28, 2016
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President, American Political Science Association, August 2007-August 2008
President-Elect, American Political Science Association, August 2006-August
2007.
Board of Governors, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies,
2013-Present, Member of the Board, Executive Committee
Member of the Board, April 2005– May 2011
Co-Chair, National Advisory Committee, Civic Engagement and
Governance Institute, 2011- 2013.
Vice Chair and Executive Committee, 2009-2011.
Chair, Program Committee
Professor, Department of Political Science and Afro-American Studies and
Research Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991-
August 2006
Professor, Women’s Studies Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, 1993-August 2006
Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC,
2003-2004
Director, Afro-American Studies and Research Program, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, 1991-2000.
Visiting Professor, Distinguished Faculty, Summer Institute African American
Studies, University of New Mexico, July, 1996.
Guest Scholar, The Brookings Institution, 1995.
Acting Director, Afro-American Studies and Research Program, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1987-1990.
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Afro-American Studies
and Research Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1987-
1991.
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Afro-American Studies
and Research Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1984-
1987.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Afro-
American Studies, Institute of American Cultures, 1984-1985.
Adjunct Fellow, Joint Center for Political Studies, 1982-1990.
Guest Scholar, The Brookings Institution, 1981-1982.
Assistant Professor of Government, Dartmouth College, 1978-1984
Visiting Assistant Professor, Howard University, 1978-1979
Assistant Professor of Government, Dartmouth College, July 1977-July 1978
Instructor of Government, Dartmouth College, 1975-June 1977
Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, Chicago State University, Fall 1974.
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Forthcoming:
“The Sesquicentennial of African American Political Participation and the
2020 Presidential Election.” 2020 African American Booklist, Detroit
Public Library, forthcoming 2020.
Shenita Brazelton and Pinderhughes, co-authors. “Black Federal Judges and
Civil Rights in the Age of Obama”, After Obama: African American
Politics in a Post-Obama Era. Co-editors Todd Shaw and Robert Brown.
New York University Press (contract signed) to be submitted by
September 2019.
Black Politics After The Civil Rights Revolution. Routledge. Forthcoming
Research in Progress and Major Projects:
Book Manuscript: The Evolution of Civil Rights Organizations in the Twentieth
Century: African American Politics and Voting Rights. Ongoing research.
Publications:
Books:
Contested Transformation: Race, Gender, and Political Leadership in 21st
Century America, Co-authored with Carol Hardy-Fanta, Pei-te Lien and
Christine Sierra. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Uneven Roads: An Introduction to US Racial and Ethnic Politics. Co-authored
with Todd Shaw, Louis DeSipio, and Toni-Michelle Travis. Washington,
DC: Sage CQ Press, November 2014, Copyright 2015. 2nd Edition,
February 2018.
Race and Ethnicity in Chicago Politics, A Reexamination of Pluralist Theory,
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987. 318 pages.
Book Chapters:
“Race, The Presidency and Obama’s First Year”, 92-110. Charles Henry, Editor,
The Obama Phenomenon: Toward a Multiracial Democracy, The
University of Illinois Press, 2011.
“Intersectionality: Race and Gender in the 2008 Presidential Nomination
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Campaign”, 171-182. WHO SHOULD BE FIRST? Feminists Speak Out on
the 2008 Presidential Campaign. Edited by Beverly Guy-Sheftall and
Johnetta Betsch Cole, SUNY Press. 2010. (Originally published in The
Black Scholar, 2009).
Dianne Pinderhughes and Richard Yarborough. “Part Four: A Changing Political
Context: The Pinderhughes, Yarborough Report. A Review of Ford
Foundation-Funded African American Studies Programs (2000)”, 159-
230. Inclusive Scholarship: Developing Black Studies in the United
States. A 25th Anniversary Retrospective of Ford Foundation
Grantmaking. Ford Foundation, New York, New York. 2007.
Hardy-Fanta, Carol, Pei-te Lien, Dianne M. Pinderhughes, and Christine Marie
Sierra. 2006. "Gender, Race, and Descriptive Representation in the United
States: Findings from the Gender and Multicultural Leadership Project."
In Intersectionality and Politics: Recent Research on Gender, Race, and
Political Representation in the United States, ed. Carol Hardy-Fanta, 7-41.
New York: Haworth Press, 2006.
Chapter: "Inequality and Public Policy," with Jacob Hacker, and Suzanne Mettler,
in Inequality and American Democracy: What We Know and What We
Need to Learn, edited by Lawrence Jacobs and Theda Skocpol. New York:
Russell Sage Foundation, 2005: 156-213.
"African-American Interest Groups," in A Guide to U.S. and International
Interest Groups, edited by Clive S. Thomas. Westport. CT: Praeger, 2004:
236-237.
"Urban Racial and Ethnic Politics," in Cities, Politics and Policy: A Comparative
Analysis, edited by John P. Pelissero. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2003:
97-125.
"The Renewal of the Voting Rights Act," in The State of Black America 2005,
edited by Lee A. Daniels. National Urban League, 2005: 49-62.
"Race and Ethnicity in Chicago Politics," in Racial Politics in American Cities,
third edition, edited by Dale Rogers Marshall, Rufus Browning and David
Tabb. Addison Wesley, New York, 2002: 143-166.
“Past Patterns and Lessons Learned: Continuing Efforts at Participation in
Empowerment Policy,” in Beyond the Color Line? Race, Representation,
and Community in the New Century, edited by Alex Willingham. New
York: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School, 2002: 71-90.
February 2018
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"African American Political Organizations,” in One Third of a Nation, edited by
Lorenzo Morris, and Ura Jean Oyemade. Washington, D.C.: Howard
University Press, 2002.
“Foreword,” in Black and Multiracial Politics in America, edited by Yvette Alex-
Assensoh and Lawrence Hanks. New York: New York University Press,
2000: xi-xii
“Twenty-First Century Chicago Politics: Ten Years Later,” Commissioned
Reports Handbook 1999-2000. Social and Public Policy Series. The
Human Relations Foundation of Chicago, 2000: 1-23.
“Race and Ethnicity in Chicago Politics,” in Racial Politics in American Cities,
edited by Dale Rogers Marshall, Rufus Browning and David Tabb, second
edition. Addison Wesley, New York, 1997: 117-133.
“Black Interest Groups and the 1982 Voting Rights Extension,” in Blacks and the
American Political System, edited by Wayne Parent and Huey Perry.
University Press of Florida, 1995: 203-224.
“The Role of African American Political Organizations in the Mobilization of
Voters,” in From Exclusion to Inclusion, The Long Struggle for African
American Political Power, edited by Ralph C. Gomes and Linda Faye
Williams. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1995: 35-52. (Paperback reprint of
1992 Publication).
"Faults in the Movement: The End of One Era and the Beginning of Another," in
African American Women Speak Out on Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas,
edited by Geneva Smitherman. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press,
1995: 135-140.
"Racial and Ethnic Politics in Chicago Mayoral Elections," in Big City Politics,
Governance, and Fiscal Constraints, ed. George E. Peterson. Washington,
DC: Urban Institute Press, 1994: 37-61.
"Black Political Participation: The Search for Power," with E. Yvonne Moss,
Tobe Johnson, Michael B. Preston, Susan Welch and John F. Zipp, in
African Americans Essentials Perspectives, edited by Wornie L. Reed.
Westpoint Ct.: Auburn House, 1993: 81-118
"The Civil Rights Movement," in Black Women in America: An Historical
Encyclopedia, edited by Darlene Clark Hine. New York: Carlson
Publishing Inc., 1993: 239-241.
"The Role of African American Political Organizations in the Mobilization of
Voters," in From Exclusion to Inclusion, The Long Struggle For African
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American Political Power, edited Ralph C. Gomes and Linda Faye
Williams. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1992: 35-52.
"Power and Progress: African American Politics in the New Era of Diversity," in
The State of Black America 1992, edited by Billy J. Tidwell. New York:
The National Urban League, Inc., 1992: 265-281, 349-351.
"The Case of African Americans in the Persian Gulf: The Intersection of
American Foreign and Military Policy with Domestic Employment Policy
in the United States," in The State of Black America 1991, edited by Janet
Dewart, New York: The National Urban League, Inc, 1991: 165-186,
311-313.
"Black Political Participation in America - An Overview," with Michael Preston
in Assessment of the Status of Black Americans, University of
Massachusetts, Boston, William Monroe Trotter Institute, 1990.
"The Articulation of Black Interests by Black, Civil Rights, Professional and
Religious Organizations in the Jackson Campaign," in The Social and
Political Implications of the Jesse Jackson Presidential Campaign, edited
by Lorenzo Morris, Charles Jarmon and Arnold Taylor. New York:
Praeger, 1990: 125-134.
"Race and Ethnicity in America," in Proceedings of the Conference on
Comparative Ethnicity: Ethnic Dilemmas in Comparative Perspective,
edited by James H. Johnson, Jr. and Melvin L. Oliver, Institute for Social
Science Research, University of California, Los Angeles, 1989: 279-292.
"Civil Rights and the Future of the American Presidency," in The State of Black
America 1988, edited by Janet Dewart. New York: The National Urban
League, 1988: 39-60.
"Political Choices: A Realignment in Partisanship Among Black Voters?" in The
State of Black America 1986, edited by James Williams, New York: The
National Urban League, 1986: 85-113.
"Urban Policy," with Linda Faye Williams, in Basic Literature in Policy Studies:
A Comprehensive Bibliography, edited by Stuart Nagel. Greenwich, CT:
JAI Press Inc., 1984: 135-143.
"The Black Vote the Sleeping Giant," The State of Black America 1984, National
Urban League, January 1984: 69-94.
"Urban Public Policy: A Research Bibliography," with Linda F. Williams, in
Policy Studies Review, edited by Stuart Nagel, l (Winter) 1982: 619-625.
February 2018
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"Changing Anacostia: Definition and Implementation," with Robert T. Nakamura,
in Implementing Public Policy, edited by Dennis J. Palumbo and Marvin
Harder. Lexington, Mass: Lexington Books, D.C. Heath, 1981: 3-18.
Articles Published in Refereed Journals:
“A Virtual Review: Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Diversity in American
Political Science Association Publications”. Dianne Pinderhughes and
Maryann Kwakwa, co-authors. November 17, 2017.
URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/societies/american-political-science-association/a-virtual-review-gender-
race-ethnicity-and-diversity-in-american-political-science-association-publications
Reflections Symposium “Education and Transparency: Changes in Campus
Iconography” Perspectives on Politics. September 2016, Vol 14 No. 3,
766-767. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592716002097
“The Challenge of Democracy, Explorations in American Racial Politics,” APSA
Presidential Address, Perspectives on Politics,Vol.7, No. 1 (March 2009),
3-11. http://www.apsanet.org/media/PDFs/2008AddressPinderhughes.pdf
“Intersectionality: Race and Gender in the 2008 Presidential Nomination
Campaign”, Black Scholar, Volume 38(2008), No. 1, 47-54.
Lien, Pei-te, Dianne Pinderhughes, Carol Hardy-Fanta, and Christine Marie
Sierra.
"The Voting Rights Act and the Election of Nonwhite Officials."
PS:Political Science & Politics. 2007.
Hardy-Fanta, Carol, Pei-te Lien, Dianne M. Pinderhughes, and Christine Marie
Sierra. 2006. "Gender, Race, and Descriptive Representation in the United
States: Findings from the Gender and Multicultural Leadership Project."
Journal of Women, Politics & Policy 28(3/4): 7-41.
"DISGUST, VISIBLE VENERATION AND ROSA PARKS: African American
Visions of a Democratic America", The Du Bois Review. State of the
Discourse Review Essay, (2005), 2: 303-317.
“Diversidade e Solidariedade: uma introduducao a pesquisa sobre opiniao
publica,” (“Diversity and Solidarity: An Introduction to the Public
Opinion Poll,”) Raca E Democracia Nas Americas, Caderno CRH,
36(Jan-June 2002). Published by the Centro de Recursos Humanos,
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, 2002: 197-208.
February 2018
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“A Reflection on Mathew Holden at 25: Toward Black Regrouping Comments on
Essay V: The Next Five Years: 1. Morale and Objective Capacity,” in
“Symposium: The Politics of the Black Nation A Twenty-Five Year
Retrospective,” edited by Joseph McCormick. National Political Science
Review 8, 2001.
“Civil Rights Reform in the 21st Century,” Urban League Opportunity Journal.
July: 2001: 36-39.
“Voting Rights Policy and Redistricting: An Introductory Essay,” in
“Symposium: Race and Representation,” National Political Science
Review, Race and Representation, edited by Georgia Persons. New
Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 1997: 3-16.
"The Voting Rights Act - Whither History?" in "Symposium: The Voting Rights
Act After Shaw v. Reno?" edited by Paula D. McClain and Joseph Stewart
Jr., PS: Political Science and Politics, 28 (1) (March) 1995: 55-56.
"Urban Policy" with Linda Faye Williams, Encyclopedia of Policy Studies, 2nd
Ed., edited by Stuart S. Nagel. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1994:
249-275.
"Divisions in the Civil Rights Community," in "Politics, Values, and the Thomas
Nomination,: PS: Political Science and Politics, 25(3) 1992: 485-487..
"Redistricting The Issues for Blacks and Hispanics," No. 8, A Media Guide to
Illinois Remap '91, Department of Journalism/Institute of Government and
Public Affairs/University Office of Public Affairs, University of Illinois,
1991: 1-4.
"NCOBPS: Observations on the State of the Organization," National Political
Science Review, 2, 1990: 13-21.
"Social Disorganization and Social Disintegration: Some Observations for Black
Catholics," U.S. Catholic Historian Special Issue: "The Black Catholic
Community, 1880-1987," 7 (Spring/Summer) 1988: 340-345.
"Legal Strategies for Voting Rights: Political Science and the Law," Howard
University Law Journal, 28, 1985: 515-540.
"Legislating Racial and Economic Equality in the 97th Congress," The Urban
League Review, 8 (Summer) 1984: 78-86.
"Urban Policy," with Linda F. Williams, in Encyclopedia of Policy Studies, edited
by Stuart Nagel. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1983, 247-268.
February 2018
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"Collective Goods and Black Interest Groups," The Review of Black Political
Economy, 12 (Winter) 1983: 219-236.
"Black Women and National Educational Policy," The Journal of Negro
Education, 51 (Summer) 1982: 301-308.
"Changing Anacostia: Definition and Implementation," with Robert T. Nakamura,
Policy Studies Journal, 8 (Special Issue #3,) 1980: 1089-1101.
"A Retrospective Examination: The Failure of Black Power," Journal of Afro-
American Issues, 3 (Fall) 1977: 255-263.
Encyclopedia Entries:
“Harold Washington,” in The Encyclopedia of African American Culture and
History, edited by Jack Salzman, David Lionel Smith, and Cornel West.
New York: Macmillan Library Reference, USA, Simon & Schuster
MacMillan, 1995: 2781-2782.
"Ruth Love," and "Edith E. Sampson," in Notable Black American Women, edited
By Jesse Carney Smith. Gale Research Inc., 1992: 685-687, 969-973,
1992.
"Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement," in The Women's Studies
Encyclopedia, Volume 3, edited by Helen Tierney, New York: Greenwood
Press, 1991: 83-86.
Monographs and Reports:
Political Science in the 21st Century. Report of the Task Force on
Political Science in the 21st Century. Washington, DC: American Political
Science Association, 2011. October 2011.
Report of Institute of Government and Public Affairs. Task Force Administrative
Structure and Mission, (co-authored with Committee Chair Robert Resek
and other Task Force Members), April 2003. University of Illinois.
Review of the Afro-American Studies Interdisciplinary Program at the University
of California Los Angeles. Co-authored with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. April
2, 2002. Report to the University of California Los Angeles Academic
Senate, Los Angeles, California.
An Evaluation of Voter Participation Projects for the Governance Program, the
Ford Foundation, 1997-99, October 2000.
February 2018
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"A Political History of Federal Educational Programs in Anacostia 1967-77," with
Robert T. Nakamura, prepared for the National Institute of Education,
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1978, on a consultantship
basis. Unpublished manuscript, 386 pages.
Book Review Essay:
“American Cities and American Political Science – A Look at Thick Injustice –A
discussion of Clarissa Rile Hayward and Todd Swanstrom’s Justice and
the American Metropolis,” (University of Minnesota Press, 2011).
Perspectives on Politics.10(3)2012: 731-734.
"A Review Essay, Black Political Participation," Polity 20 (Spring 1988): 552-
562.
Short Publications and Reports:
“Barack Obama: The First Black President Hope At Last for America?” Focus,
Washington, DC: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, 2009:
1-3.
“Foreword”, ix-xii. Power in the City: Clarence Stone and the Politics of
Inequality, Edited by Marion Orr and Valerie Johnson, University Press of
Kansas, 2008.
“The NAACP on the Eve of the 21st Century,” Focus 23(6) Washington, D.C.:
Joint Center for Political Studies, 1995: 5-6, 8.
“Issues unchanged since 1990,” IGPA Policy News, 14(2) 2001.
Viewpoint: An Essay From A Contributor on the occasion 40th Anniversary, U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights A Civil Rights Symposium, Civil Rights
Journal, 2(1) 1997: 44-45.
"Afro-American Studies and Research Program Celebrates 25th Anniversary",
Afroamericanist, 9 (1) 1996:1-2, 7.
"Successful Summer Institute for Illinois High School Social Studies Teachers 1-
3," The Afro-Americanist Newsletter, The Afro-American Studies and
Research Program, University of Illinois, Urbana. 8(1) 1993.
"Marguerite Ross Barnett - NCOBPS Spotlight" (Obituary), 6-8 NCOBPS
Newsletter 7(3) Spring 1992.
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"Women, Education and The Twenty-First Century," The Afro-Americanist
Newsletter, The Afro-American Studies and Research Program, University
of Illinois, Urbana. 4(2) 1989: 6.
"Black Faculty Decline at University," The Afro-Americanist Newsletter, 2(1)
1986: 1. The Afro-American Studies and Research Program, University of
Illinois, Urbana.
"The Extension of the Voting Rights Act in 1982," The Afro-Americanist
Newsletter, 1(2) 1983 The Afro-American Studies and Research Program,
University of Illinois, Urbana.
"Interest Groups and Voting Rights: Research in Progress," CAAS Newsletter,
University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Afro-American Studies,
Spring 1985.
Book Reviews:
The Caribbeanization of Black Politics: Race, Group Consciousness, and
Political Participation in America. Sharon D. Wright Austin. Albany
State University of New York Press, 2018. Perspectives on Politics. 17(1)
2019: 266-267.
Congress in Black and White: Race and Representation in Washington and At
Home. Christian R. Grose. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Congress and the Presidency. 39(3)2012: 350-352.
The Paradox of Loyalty: An African American Response to the War on Terrorism.
Edited by Julianne Malveaux and Reginna A. Green. Third World Press,
Chicago 2002. NCOBPS Newsletter, Fall 2003.
Strength in Numbers? The Political Mobilization of Racial and Ethnic Minorities.
By Jan E. Leighley. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001.
Perspectives on Politics 1(1) 2003: 189-190.
The Congressional Black Caucus, Racial Politics in the U.S. Congress. By Robert
Singh, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998. The American
Political Science Review, 94(1): 2000: 199-200.
The New Deal’s Black Congressman: A Life of Arthur Wergs Mitchell. By Dennis
S. Nordin, Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1997 in Political
Science Quarterly 113(3) 1998: 536-537.
Black Faces Black Interests, The New Black Voters in American Elections. By
Carol M. Swain, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993. And From
Protest to Politics: The New Black Voters in American Elections. By
Katherine Tate, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993 in American
Political Science Review, 88(4) 1994: 1008-1010.
Bitter Fruit: Black Politics and the Chicago Machine, 1931-1991. By William
Grimshaw. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992), in Political
Science Quarterly, 109(1) 1994: 209-211.
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The Vital South: How Presidents are Elected. By Earl Black and Merle Black
(Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1992) in The Journal of
Interdisciplinary History, 25(2) 1994.
Restoration 1989: Chicago Elects a New Daley. Ed. Paul M. Green and Melvin
G. Holli, Chicago: Lyceum Books, 1991, Political Science Quarterly.
Hope and Independence Blacks' Response to Electoral and Party Politics. By
Patricia Gurin, Shirley Hatchett and James S. Jackson, New York: Russell
Sage Foundation, 1989, American Political Science Review, 85(4) 1994:
1465-1466. Culture and African American Politics. By Charles P. Henry,
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1990, National Political Science
Review, 3, 1991.
A Common Destiny: Blacks and American Society. Ed. Gerald David Jaynes and
Robin M. Williams, Jr., National Research Council, Commission on
Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Status
of Black Americans, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1989.
The Urban League Review, 13 (1 & 2) 1990; 6-9.
Jesse Jackson and the Politics of Charisma: The Rise and Fall of the PUSH/Excel
Program. By Ernest R. House, Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1988.
Political Science Quarterly, 104(4) 1989-90: 717-18.
The Color Line and the Quality of Life in America. By Reynolds Farley and
Walter R. Allen, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1987. Journal of
American History, December 1988: 343-44.
The Jesse Jackson Phenomenon, The Crisis of Purpose in Afro-American Politics.
By Adolph Reed, Jr., New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986. American
Political Science Review, 81(1) 1987: 291-92.
The Origins of The Civil Rights Movement: Black Communities Organizing for
Change. By Aldon Morris, New York: The Free Press, 1984, CAAS
Newsletter, UCLA Center for Afro-American Studies, 9(2) 1986: 14.
Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970. By Doug
McAdam, The University of Chicago Press, 1982. American Political
Science Review, 78, 1984: 232-233.
Blacks and the Military. By Martin Binkin and Jan Eitelberg, Washington, D.C.:
The Brookings Institution, 1982. American Political Science Review, 77,
1983: 197-198.
Ethnicity and Public Policy. Ed. Winston A. Van Home and Thomas V.
Tonnesen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin System,
American Ethnic Studies Coordinating Committee/Urban Corridor
Consortium, 1982. Political Science Quarterly, 98, 1983: 156-157.
Equal Employment Policy for Women. Ed. Ronnie Steinberg Ratner, Philadelphia:
Temple University Press, 1980. Policy Studies Journal, 9, 1980: 475-476.
Blacks and the Military in American History: A New Perspective. By Jack D.
Foner, New York: Praeger Publishers, 1974. American Political Science
Review, 71 1977: 1176.
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Presidential Addresses at APSA Related Conferences:
“Welcome to the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference,” February 22, 2008,
San Jose, California
“The Obama Questions: Race, Gender, Age, Class, Etc., Etc., Etc.,” The Ralph
Bunche Summer Institute, Closing Banquet, Duke University, Durham, NC July
3 , 2008.
“The Challenge of Democracy, Explorations in American Racial Politics,”
Presidential Address, American Political Science Association, August 28, 2008,
Boston Massachusetts.
Presidential Addresses at National and International Political Science Meetings
2007-2008
“Remarks to the Northeastern Political Science Association”, November 15-16,
2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“Dimensions of Representation and the Future of Political Science,” Southern
Political Science Association, January 11-12, 2008, New Orleans,
Louisiana.
“Dimensions of Representation and the Future of Political Science,” Southwestern
Political Science Association, March 13-15, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada.
“Dimensions of Representation and the Future of Political Science,” Western
Political Science Association, March 19-20, 2008, San Diego, California
“Remarks on Being President of the American Political Science Association,”
National Conference of Black Political Scientists, March 21-22, 2008
Chicago, Illinois.
Brief Remarks at Conference Banquet, Political Studies Association (Great
Britain), Swansea University, April 1-3, 2008, Swansea, Wales.
“Dimensions of Representation and the Future of Political Science,” New
England Political Science Association, Providence, RI, April 26-28, 2008.
“American Political Science: An Introduction,” International Political Science
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Association Conference on International Political Science: New
Theoretical and Regional Perspectives, Concordia University, Montreal,
Canada, April 30-May 1, 2008 co-authored with Michael Brintnall and
Tony Affigne.
“American Affirmative Action in Comparative Perspective”, Brazilian Political
Science Association, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, July 29-
August 1, 2008.
“Race and Gender in the 2008 Presidential Campaign”, Pacific Northwest
Political Science Association, Portland, Oregon, November 6-7, 2008.
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:
“Social Disorganization and Social Disintegration: Some Observations for Black
Catholics.” Panel: Social and Current Issues in African Christianity, (March
25). African Christian Theology: Memories and Mission for the 21st Century.
Notre Dame’s Rome Global Gateway Conference, March 22 – 25, 2017
“20th Anniversary Honoring the Race Ethnicity and Politics Organized Section”,
American Political Science Association, San Francisco, September 2,
2015.
Author Meets Critics Panel: Uneven Roads: An Introduction to U.S. Racial and
Ethnic Politics. Midwest Political Science Association, April 16-18, 2015,
Chicago, Illinois.
“Teaching Race in American Politics: Pathways to a Comparative Race and
Ethnicity Textbook: Uneven Roads. National Conference of Black Political
Scientists Annual Meeting, March 19-22, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia.
“Obama and Civil Rights Policy.” National Conference of Black Political
Scientists Annual Meeting, March 19-22, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia.
“Uneven Roads: Exploring, Power, Persuasion, and U.S. Racial Ethnic Politics”,
co-authored with Todd Shaw, Louis DeSipio and Toni-Michelle Travis.
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August 29–
September 1, 2013, Chicago, Illinois.
“Racial and Ethnic Identity of Elected Officials of Color: A Closer Look at a
Complex Matter,” co-authored with Carol Hardy-Fanta, Pei-te Lien and
Christine Sierra. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting,
August 29– September 1, 2013, Chicago, Illinois.
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“Being President Barack Hussein Obama: Black Politics After the Civil Rights
Revolution,” National Conference of Black Political Scientists Annual
Meeting, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, March 16, 2011.
“Race, Religion and Obama”, National Conference of Black Political
Scientists Annual Meeting, March 18-20, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia.
“Race, Religion and Obama,” Association for the Study of African American
Life and History, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 2-4, 2009.
Pinderhughes, Pei-te Lien, Christine Sierra, Carol Hardy-Fanta, “How Do We Get
Along? Linked Fate, Political Allies, and Issue Coalitions”, The American
Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada, September 2-6, 2009.
Presidents’ Panel: “NCOBPS at 40 Years, Then, Now and in the Future,” (Panel
of former NCOBPS’ Presidents, Houston, Texas, March 19-21, 2009.
“Black and Latino Politics: The Possible, Pragmatic and the Problematic,”
Participant in Roundtable on National Conference of Black Political
Scientists, Houston, Texas, March 19-21, 2009.
Pei-te Lien, Carol Hardy-Fanta, Dianne Pinderhughes and Christine Sierra.
Expanding Categorization at the Intersection of Race and Gender:
“Women of Color” as a Political Category for African American, Latina,
Asian American and Native American Women.” The American Political
Science Association, Boston, August 27-31, 2008.
“The Obama Questions, Race, Presidencies and American Crises,” Association
for the Study of African American Life and History, Birmingham,
Alabama, October 2-5, 2008.
“A New Look at Paths to Political Office: Moving Women of Color from the
Margins to the Center,” Carol Hardy-Fanta, Pei-te Lien, Christine Sierra
and Dianne Pinderhughes, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association, August 30-September 2, 2007,
Chicago, Illinois.
“Exploring Dimensions of Interracial Connections between Asian and Other
Nonwhite Elected Officials,” Pei-te Lien, Carol Hardy Fanta, Christine
Sierra and Dianne Pinderhughes, paper presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Association for Asian American Studies, April 4-7, 2007, New
York, New York.
“Cleavage or Convergence: Elected Officials of Color and the Politics of
Immigration”, Christine Sierra, Carol Hardy-Fanta, Pei-te Lien, Dianne
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Pinderhughes, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western
Political Science Association, March 8-10, 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada.
“Creating Representation in Multiple Dimensions, Gender and Multicultural
Leadership in the New American Century”, Dianne Pinderhughes, Pei-te
Lien, Carol Hardy Fanta, Christine Sierra, Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists, March
21-24, 2007, San Francisco, California
“Changing Guards, Changing Views: Preliminary Findings from the Gender and
Multicultural Leadership Survey”, Pei-te Lien, Christine Marie Sierra,
Carol Hardy-Fanta and Dianne Pinderhughes, Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association, August 31 - September 3, 2006,
Philadelphia, Pa.
"Imagining Civil Rights in a Segregationist Era." Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Atlanta,
GA, March 22-25, 2006.
"Race, Gender, and Descriptive Representation in the US: An Exploratory View
of Multicultural Elected Leadership in the United States." Co-authored
with Hardy-Fanta, Carol., Sierra, Christine M., Lien, Pei-te, and Davis,
Wartyna L. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Political Science Association Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham,
Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C., September 1, 2005.
"The Challenge: Innovation and Complexity." Paper presented for Opening
Plenary, Annual Meeting of the National Conference of Black Political
Scientists, Washington, D.C., March 2005.
"The Renewal of the Voting Rights Act." Annual Meeting of the National
Conference of Black Political Scientists, Washington, D.C., March 2005.
"Gender and Multicultural Leadership in American Politics." Co-authored with
Hardy-Fanta, Carol., Sierra, Christine M., Lien, Pei-te, and Davis,
Wartyna L. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association,
Chicago, IL, August-September 2004.
"′Organizing for Change': Coalition Formation, and Political Contacting in the
Segregation Era Washington Community." Paper prepared for
presentation at the Midwest Political Science Association, April 15-17,
2004.
"An Exploration of Race and Organizational Frameworks in Comparative
Perspective." International Political Science Association, Durban, South
Africa, June 29-July 5, 2003,
"Race and Democracy in the Americas: Brazil and the US.". African Association
of Political Science Durban, South Africa, June 27-29, 2003.
“Black Politics: Caught in a Vise between Terrorism and Human Rights.”
National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Oakland, CA, March
13-15, 2003
“Coalition Formation in Civil Rights Policymaking.” Midwest Political Science
Association Meetings, Chicago, IL, April 25-27, 2002.
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“The Framework of Organizations Black People Create: A Comparative
Perspective.” National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Atlanta,
GA, March 6, 2002.
“The Framework of Organizations Black People Create.” Race and Democracy in
the Americas: Brazil and the United States - Workshops California State
University, Sacramento, CA, July 8-13, 2001.
“Diversity and Solidarity: An Introduction to Research on Black Public
Opinion in America.” National Conference of Black Political
Scientists, Richmond, VA, March 8-11, 2001.
“Tracking Black Political Organizations in the 20 th Century: The
Congressional Record.” Twenty-Fourth Annual Black Studies
Conference, Olive-Harvey College, Chicago, IL, April 18-21, 2001.
“The Place of Political Representation in African American Public Life .”
Town Hall Meeting “Overcoming Problems of Race: Are Law, Politics
and Protests Enough? The Hendricks Symposium on Race in America:
Analytical and Policy Perspectives for the 21st Century,” The
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Lincoln, NB, November 2-3, 2000.
“Diversity and Solidarity: An Introduction to Research on Black Public
Opinion in America.” Seminar on Race and Democracy in the
Americas: Brazil and the United States. Salvador Bahia, Brazil, May
22-26, 2000.
“Race and Representation in American Electoral Politics; The Changing
Political Power of Minority Groups and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.”
Seminar on Race and Democracy in the Americas: Brazil and the
United States, Salvador Bahia, Brazil, May 22-26, 2000.
“African America and the New Era of Minorities: Problems of an Uncertain
Future.” Paper presented at The 23rd Annual Black Studies Conference:
The Challenge of Reestablishing Community; Reconnecting African-
America in a Disconnected Age. Olive-Harvey College, Chicago, IL,
April 12-15, 2000,
“The State of the Discipline 1981-1997." Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Baton
Rouge, LA, March1999.
“Black Politics at the Millennium: Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the 21st
Century,” Stanford Conference on Race, Stanford University, Palo
Alto, California, November 10-12, 1999.
“Women and Civil Rights: African American Women as Activists and
Policymakers.” Paper presented at “Black Women in the Academy II:
Service and Leadership”, Washington, D.C., June 24-27, 1999.
“The State of the Discipline 1981-1997” Senior Scholars Pre-Conference
Discussion, Annual Meeting of the National Conference of Black
Political Scientists (NCOBPS) Baton Rouge, LA March 10, 1999.
“The Midwest Election 98: What Does It Mean for Black Politics in the New
Millenium.” Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the National
Conference of Black Political Scientists, Baton Rouge, LA., March
1999.
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Roundtable on Making Black Votes Count: The Legacy of Frank Parker,
American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 1998.
“The Formation of Civil Rights Litigation Organizations in America in the
Twentieth Century.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 23-25, 1998.
“A Reflection of Mathew Holden’s The Politics of the Black Nation at 25:
Toward Black Regrouping and the Next Five Years I: Morale and
Objective Capacity." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
National conference of Black Political Scientists, Atlanta, GA, April 8-12,
1998.
"Black Civil Rights and the American Public Interest." Paper presented at the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 18-20, 1996.
"An Examination of Chicago Politics for Evidence of Political Incorporation and
Representation." Paper presented at the American Political Science
Association, Chicago, IL, August 30-September 4, 1995.
"Time After Time: An Analysis of the Clinton Administration's 'Efforts' to
Nominate and Keep in Office Black, Civil Rights and Other Official."
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Conference of
Black Political Scientists, Baltimore, Maryland, March 8-11, 1995.
"Voting Rights Policy and The Guinier Nomination." Prepared for presentation at
Harvard University Conference on Race, Governance and Public Policy,
Cambridge, MA, June 23-24, 1994.
"The Guinier Nomination and Voting Rights Policy." Paper presented at "Black
Women in the Academy", Massachusetts Institute of Technology, January
13, 1994.
"The Guinier Nomination and Voting Rights Policy," Purdue University Women's
Studies Conference: "Working Women Working Differences," November,
19, 1993.
African American Studies Association, 15th Annual Black Studies Conference,
The New American Consensus and the Disassembling of African-
American Life and Culture, The Critical Challenge for The 21st Century,
Panel Discussion: "The Death of Two Party Politics: Crisis of and For
American Political Thought," April 25, 1992.
"An Analysis of 1965 Voting Rights Act Section 5 Submissions," with Deirdre
Cobb. Annual Meeting of the National Conference of Black Political
Scientists, March 14-16, 1991, Jackson, Mississippi.
"Governing Governing: Voting Rights in the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the
Voting Rights Act of 1965." Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August 30 -
September 1, 1990.
"The Effects of Race on Public Policy." Presented at Conference on "New
Perspectives on Racial Issues, Middle-Sized Metropolitan Areas,” La
Follette Institute of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison, May
30-June 1, 1990.
"The Effectiveness of Voter Mobilization Efforts: An Evaluation." Invited Paper
presented at "One-Third of a Nation: African American Perspectives
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Conference," Howard University, Washington, D.C., November 8-12,
1989.
"Campaign 88: The Jesse Jackson Campaign and Its Consequences for Black
America." National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Atlanta, GA,
March 15-17, 1989.
"Presidential Address." National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Atlanta,
GA, March 15-17, 1989.
"The Black Community in Chicago." Social Science History Association,
Chicago, IL, November 4-5, 1988,
"The Political History of Black Interest Groups." Presented at the American
Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September 1-8, 1988.
"Racial and Ethnic Politics in America." Presented at "Conference on
Comparative Ethnicity: Ethnic Dilemmas in Comparative Perspective,"
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, June 1-3, 1988.
"Presidential Leadership and the Formation of Voting Rights Policy." Presented at
the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, Illinois, April 14-16, 1988.
"The Impact of Interest Groups on Presidential Support for Voting Rights."
Presented at Annual Meeting of National Conference of Black Political
Scientists, Washington, D.C., March 23-27, 1988.
"Race and Ethnicity in Urban Politics: Chicago, Los Angeles, and Miami."
Presented at the Conference on "Ethnic and Racial Minorities in Advanced
Industrial Democracies" at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN,
Dec. 3-5, 1987.
"The Role of the Executive Branch in Voting Rights Policy." American Political
Science Association, Chicago, IL, September 3-6, 1987.
"How the Lobby Shaped the Law, How the Law Shaped the Lobby." National
Conference of Black Political Scientists Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA,
April 23-25, 1987.
Panelist, Roundtable. "The Myrdal Study." National Conference of Black Political
Scientists' Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL., April 2-5, 1986.
"Realignment, Dealignment and Black Politics." National Conference of Black
Political Scientists, Chicago, IL, April 1986.
"The Articulation of Black Interests by Civil Rights, Professional and Religious
Organizations." Conference on "The Social and Political Implications of
the Jesse Jackson Presidential Campaign," organized by the Social Science
Division, Howard University, Washington, D.C., March 27-28,1986.
"The Sexual Paradox Within the Politics of Race." American Political Science
Association, New Orleans, LA, September 1985.
"Interest Groups and Voting Rights: Research in Progress." National Conference
of Black Political Scientists, Columbus, OH, April 1985.
Legal Strategies in Voting Rights Law: Voting Rights Symposium, "Breaking the
Barriers." Howard University Law School, Washington, D.C., January 19,
1985.
"Race, Ethnicity and Chicago's Mayors." Southern Political Science Association,
Savannah, Georgia, 1984.
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"Race, Ethnicity and Chicago Politics." American Political Science Association,
New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1984.
"The House and Senate Judiciary Committees and the Politics of Voting Rights
Legislation." Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meetings,
Chicago, Illinois, April 11-14, 1984.
"The House and Senate Judiciary Committees and the Politics of Voting Rights
Legislation." National Conference of Black Political Scientists,
Washington, D.C., April 18-21, 1984.
"The Sexual Paradox within the Politics of Race." Paper presented at Consultation
on the Role of Black Women in the Civil Rights Struggle and Beyond: A
Search for Connections, Howard Inn, Washington, D.C., November 26,
1983.
"Interest Groups and the Extension of the Voting Rights Act in 1982." American
Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September, 1983.
"Interest Groups and the Passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1982," National
Conference of Black Political Scientists, Houston, TX, April, 1983.
"Immigrants, Emigrants and Politics in Early Twentieth Century Chicago." by
invitation of the Joint Center for Political Studies, Immigration
Conference, Wingspread at Racine, WI, October 24-26, 1982.
"Race, Class and the New American Black Conservatism." Twelfth World
Congress, International Political Science Association, Rio de Janeiro,
August 9-14, 1982.
"Race, Class and the New Black Conservatism: A Critique of William J. Wilson
and Thomas Sowell." National Conference of Black Political Scientists,
New Orleans, LA, April 1982.
"Race and Ethnicity in Chicago Politics.” The Association for the Study of Negro
Life and History, Philadelphia, PA, November 1981.
"Sex, Race and Political Participation." The American Political Association,
September 1981.
"Black Congressional and Interest Group Leadership." National Conference of
Black Political Scientists, Baltimore, MD, April 1981.
"Race; Ethnicity and the Concept of Political Interest." Southern Political Science
Association, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1980.
"The Limits of Electoral Lobbying." National Conference of Black Political
Scientists, Atlanta, GA, March 1980.
"The President, the Congress and Policy Making for Black Community." Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 1979.
"Political Organizations and Leadership Networks in Anacostia, Washington,
D.C., 1960-75." American Political Science Association, New York, NY,
1978.
"Evaluating the Evaluators: The Political History of a Political History." National
Conference of Black Political Scientists, Jackson, MS, April 1978.
"Changing Anacostia: Definition and Implementation." American Education
Research Association, Toronto, Canada, March 1978.
"The Black American Future: A Politics of Black Ethnicity?" National
Conference of Black Political Scientists, Atlanta, GA, March 1977.
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"A Critique of Revisionist Interpretations of Black Political Integration,".
Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 1977.
"Decentralization in Washington, D.C.: The Anacostia Community Schools
Project," National Conference of Black Political Scientists, New Orleans,
LA, May 1973.
Conference Participation:
National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 48th Annual Meeting, San Diego,
California March 15 – 18, 2017:
Panel “Black Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean” (3 papers),
March 16, 2017, Discussant.
Roundtable: Luiza Helena Bairros: Scholar, Activist, Public Official
March 18, 2017, Participant.
Panel: Author Meets Critics: “Melanye Price’s The Race Whisperer: Barack
Obama and the Political Uses of Race, August 31, 2017. Panel Chair.
American Political Science Association, September 2017
Panel: “A Panel in Remembrance of Mark Sawyer”, Presenter, September 2,
2017. American Political Science Association, September 2017.
Panel: Populism, Immigration, Race, and LGBT Rights in the U.S. and Europe,
September 2, 2017 Commentator. American Political Science Association,
September 2017.
Varieties of Democracy Conference, Kellogg Institute, Notre Dame, Panel Chair
The Nature of Democracy Nov 11, 2016.
Ford Fellows Conference, Washington DC September 24, 2016
Panel Chair, Social Science Panel.
American Political Science Association, Philadelphia 2016
“Diversity Recruitment and Retention Roundtable: Transformative
Change”, Panel Chair.
Authors Meet Critics Panel: Contested Transformation: Race, Gender
and Leadership in 21st Century America (Panel on 2016 Cambridge University
Press book) Participant as Author.
International Political Science Association, “Politics in a World of Inequality, “
Congress Program Co-Chair (with Marian Sawer) July 23 – 28, 2016
Poznan, Poland.
Panel Chair, (and Convenor) “Public Sector Approaches to Racial, Ethnic and/or
Gender Inequality: A World of Comparisons.”
Midwest Political Science Association (Chicago Illinois)
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Chair, 2016 Empire Lecture Series Talk: Alvin Tillery,“Immigration in
the African-American Mind: Reverse Racial Triangulation and Proxy
Representation, Friday, April 8.
Chair Panel 57-9 Policy and Inequality, Saturday April 9, 2016.
Roundtable: Honoring Michael Mitchell’s Legacy of Expanding Black Politics in
the Academy, National Conference Of Black Political Scientists Annual Meeting,
Jackson, Mississippi. March 17-20.
Easton Lecture and Memorial Mini-Conference Diversity, Marginalization and
Inclusion: The Future of Political Science, University of California, Irvine,
February 6, 2016. Presentation: “The Origins of the APSA Task Force Political
Science in the 21st Century and an Update Five Years After: OR A Little Bully
Pulpit”
Plenary Panel In Honor of Dr. Jewel Limar Prestage: A Life Remembered.
Organized and Co-Chaired the panel. Southern Political Science Association,
New Orleans, Louisiana, January 16, 2015.
Panel Participant, Roundtable on Promotion and Tenure, National Conference of
Black Political Scientists, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, March 16,
2011.
Intellectual Kinship Panel. In honor of Dianne Pinderhughes 82nd Annual
Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association January 6-8, 2011.
New Orleans, Louisiana.
“Political Science in the Twenty-First Century,” APSA Presidential Task Force
Roundtable, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association Washington, DC, September 2010.
Celebrating 30 Years of the Women’s Caucus: Useful Sources on Women in
Political Science: A Comparative Perspective, Midwest Women’s Caucus
Panel, Midwest Political Science Association April 2010, Chicago, Illinois
“Political Science in the Twenty-First Century,” APSA Presidential Task Force
Panel, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Toronto, Canada, August 26-30, 2009.
Luncheon Tribute in Honor of Michael B. Preston, National Conference of Black
Political Scientists, Houston, Texas, March 19-21, 2009.
“The Promotion and Tenure Process as an Exercise in Strategic Thinking,”
panelist, APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, Baltimore, Md,
February 7, 2009.
Organized two roundtables at the 2005 APSA on the 40th Anniversary of the
Voting Rights Act:
1. The Voting Rights Act and the American Federal System
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2. Changes in The American Political Context 40 Years after the
1965 Voting Rights Act
Forum: “Free Markets and Human welfare in the Global Era: strategies for
Mending the Social Safety Net in the U.S.” The Richard G. & Carole J.
Cline Symposium: “Private Markets, Public Orders and Human Welfare",
Department of Political Science, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, Mary
17, 2003.
Panel Chair and Organizer, “Racial Politics in the Americas: Comparative
Approaches to Identity, Law, and Social Movements.” The American
Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 29-September 1, 2002,
Panel Chair, “Social Divisions and Political Organizations.” Midwest Political
Science Association Meetings, Chicago, IL, April 25-28, 2002.
Panel Chair, “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Study of Race in the
Americas.” National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Atlanta,
GA, March 6-9, 2002.
Panel Chair, “Affirmative Action, School Choice and Racial Profiling: Racial
Policy in the 21st Century.” Midwest Political Science Association
Meetings, Chicago, IL, April 19-21, 2002.
Session Leader, Session of Papers by May 2000 Sessions Participants. Race and
Democracy in the Americas: Brazil and the United States. Workshops
July California State University, Sacramento, CA, 8-13, 2001.
Roundtable: “Beyond ‘Survival’: Improving the Climate for Women of Color in
Political Science.” American Political Science Association, August 31-
September 3, 2000.
Black Women in Africa and the African Diaspora, Planning Committee,
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, June 1-4, 2000.
Session Coordinator, “Race and Public Opinion.” for “Seminar on Race and
Democracy in the Americas: Brazil and the United States.” Salvador
Bahia, Brazil, May 23-26, 2000,
30'h Anniversary Celebration Afro-American Studies and Research Program
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Champaign, IL, April 7-8, 2000,
Conference Chair. Panelist for The Author Meets His Critics: Melvin Hollis The
American Mayor. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting,
Chicago, IL, April 2000.
Discussant, Race, Class and Welfare, Midwest Political Science Association
Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2000.
Discussant, The Contours of Black Feminist Politics and Black Feminist Analysis,
National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Washington, D.C.
March 2000.
Roundtable: Gender and the Study of Black Politics - Never Had It, Never Will,
National Conference of Black Political Scientists Annual Meeting,
Washington, D.C., March 2000.
Roundtable: Networking, Mutual Support, Collaboration and Funding, National
Conference of Black Political Scientists Annual Meeting, Washington,
D.C., March 2000.
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Chair, Pulling Together or Apart: Metro-Regional Politics, Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 1999.
Discussant, Ethnicity and Equality in the New Millennium, Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 1999.
Academic Exchange Session: Political Science, Moderator. 1999 Conference of
Ford Fellows: From Scholarship to Leadership: Science, Technology,
Society and the Arts. Washington, D.C., October 7-9,1999.
"Partisan Competition, Redistricting and Levels of Black Political Participation."
Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL,
April 10-12, 1997 (also discussant).
"Governance and Civil Society." Panel Facilitator, The Ford Foundation
Conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 12-17, 1996.
Vote For Me: Politics in America. Discussant, APSA Education and Professional
Development Committee, APSA Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA,
August 29-September l, 1996.
"Identity, Inequality, and Social Class." Roundtable, APSA Annual Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, August 29-September 1, 1996.
Joint Center for Political Studies and the Tomas Rivera Center, Black-Hispanic
Leadership and Conflict Collaboration, Race and Urban Politics,
Washington, D.C., June 20, 1996. Respondent, Voting Rights Panel,
National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) Annual
Meeting, Savannah, GA, March, 1996.
"Current Research on Racial and Ethnic Politics." Roundtable, Western Political
Science Association 1995 Annual Meeting.
"How to Publish, Teach, and Keep Life in Balance." National Conference of
Black Scientists, Hampton, VA, March 12, 1994,
"Black Women's History." Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and
History, Chicago, IL, October 26, 1990.
"Afro-Americans and Public Policy." Social Science History Association,
Minneapolis, MN, October 19-21, 1990.
"The Chilly Climate for Women of Color Among White Women in Academia."
So-sponsored by the Women's Caucus for Political Science and the
National Conference of Black Political Scientists, American Political
Science Association, , San Francisco, CA, August 30 - September 1, 1990.
"The Evolution of Group Consciousness." Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, IL, April 13-15, 1989.
Convener, Panel for Symposium on "Women, Higher, Education and the Twenty-
First Century.” Tenth Anniversary of the Women's Studies Program, The
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 4, 1989.
Women and the Constitution Conference, Panel Chair: "Public Servants'
Responses to the Constitution." Atlanta, GA, February 11-13, 1988.
The Bicentennial Conference, Discussant, "The Constitution and Its Institutional
Penumbra." The University of Illinois, Department of Political Science,
Urbana, IL, December 6-8, 1987.
"National Coalition on Voter Participation." Conference on "Voting Rights
Issues" in San Antonio, TX, October 22-24, 1987, also Discussant.
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"Voting Rights Litigation" National Conference of Black Political Scientists'
Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA., April 23-25, 1987.
"Afro-American Studies and Women's Studies." National Women's Studies
Association, Urbana, IL, June 1986.
"Research in Progress." National Conference of Black Political Scientists,
Columbus, OH, April, 1985.
"Black Politics in the Midwest." National Conference of Black Political
Scientists, New Orleans, LA, April 1982.
"Funding for Black Academics." African Heritage Studies Association,
Baltimore, MD, April, 1981.
"Black Political Participation on the 25th Anniversary of the Brown Decision."
American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., Fall 1979.
"Mobilizing Black Political Resources in Local Elections," National Conference
of Black Political Scientists.” Washington, D.C., March 1979.
"Community and Authority in Corporate Society." Southern Political Science
Association, Atlanta, GA, Fall 1978.
"Black Politics in the Urban North." National Conference of Black Political
Scientists, Chicago, IL, April 1976.
Major Fields:
American Politics: Racial and Ethnic Politics; Interest Groups; Urban Politics;
Public Policy; Comparative Politics: Racial and Ethnic Politics; Interest
Groups
Academic Honors and Research Awards:
Reinhold Niebuhr Award, University of Notre Dame, May 22, 2012
Mary Lepper Award, Women's Caucus of the American Political Science
Association, September 2004. Included a prize of $1000.
Visiting Scholar, APSA Centennial Center, June-July, 2004, Washington, D.C.
Fannie Lou Hamer Community Service Award, National Conference of Black
Political Scientists, Chicago, Illinois, March 15, 2004.
Fellowship, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2003-
2004.
"Gender and Multicultural Leadership," The Ford Foundation, July 2003-2006.
Co-PI with Christine Sierra, Carol Hardy-Fanta and Pei-te Lien.
($56,000). This subaward was part of a larger total grant of $250,000
from the Ford Foundation. The PIs applied for and received an
extension for the grant from the Foundation until December 2007.The
remaining $17,000 was transferred to the University of Notre Dame in
2007.
Frank J. Goodnow Distinguished Service Award, The American Political
Science Association, August 29, 2001, San Francisco, California.
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YWCA Trailblazer Recognition Award, 15th Annual Black Women’s
Achievement Dinner, Champaign, Illinois, February 9, 2001.
Individual Project Fellowship, The Open Society Institute, June 2000-
November 2001. ($100,000)
Associate, Center for Advanced Study, The University of Illinois, Urbana-
Champaign, Spring 2001. (one semester of leave)
Clarence Berdahl Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Pi Sigma
Alpha Award, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign, May 1999.
Partnership Illinois Research Grant, Afro-American Studies and Research
Program, University of Illinois, 1996.
Ford Foundation Grant, Afro-American Studies and Research Program,
University of Illinois, 1995-2000. ($250,000).
University Scholar, University of Illinois, 1988-1991.
Outstanding Black Faculty/Staff Award, 1988, University of Illinois Urbana-
Champaign, Black Graduate Student Association
Publication Subvention, Research Board, University of Illinois, Spring 1986.
Research Grant, Institute of American Cultures, University of California, Los
Angeles, 1985.
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship for Minorities, 1984-1985.
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Afro-American Studies, Institute of
American Cultures, University of California at Los Angeles, 1984-
1985.
Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship for Minority Group Scholars, 1984-1985
(Declined). Faculty Fellowship, Dartmouth College, 1981-1982.
1981 Alternate Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities.
Hattie M. Strong Fellow, 1973-1974.
Morton Grodzin’s Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of
Chicago, 1970-1973.
University of Chicago Trustee Fellow, 1970-1973
National Achievement Scholar, 1965-1969.
Professional Memberships and Activity:
Southern Political Science Association,
Committee on the Status of Blacks in the South, Member 2013-Present
National Advisory Committee, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health
Policy Scholars Program, 2008-2016.
Research Advisory Board, Center for Women Policy Studies, Washington, DC,
2006-present.
Athenian Leadership Society Advisory Council, University of Illinois, Urbana
Champaign 2005-2006
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Co-Chair, National Advisory Committee, Governance and Civic
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Engagement Institute, 2011-2013
Board of Governors, April 2013 – present
Board of Governors, April 2005 - 2011.
Vice-Chair, 2009- 2011.
Program Committee:
Member, 2005-2007
Chair, 2007-2011
Midwest Political Science Association,
Council, 3 year term 2004-2006
Midwest Women's Caucus, Member
American Political Science Association
Urban Politics Organized Section, Byran Jackson Awards Committee,
for Fall 2017 American Political Science Association Conference.
Ad Hoc Theodore J. Lowi Committee, 2015-16 (APSA-IPSA Joint
Committee)
Ralph Bunche Summer Institute Advisory Committee, 2012-present
President, 2007-2008
Task Force on Political Science in the Twenty-First Century
Creator and Member 2008-present
President-Elect, 2006-2007
APSA Minority Programs Review Committee 2004-2005
Chair, Subcommittee for Review of the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute,
Spring 2006 Task Force on Inequality and American Democracy, 2003-
2005
Chair, Ralph Bunche Awards Committee, 2000-2001
Nominations Committee, Chair 1998-1999
Member 1998-2002
Women’s Caucus of the APSA,
Women of Color Committee, Co-Chair 1998-2000
Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society, Executive
Council, 1998-2002
Urban Politics Organized Section of APSA,
Lifetime Achievement Award Committee, 2002-03,
President 1998-99
Race, Ethnicity and Politics Organized Section of the APSA,
Dissertation Award Committee, 2002-2003
Co-President 1997-1998
Executive Committee, 1995-1996.
Chair, Ad Hoc Committee, Women's Caucus for Political Science,
Maguerite Ross Barnett Award, 1995-1996 (Proposal submitted to
APSA 1996).
Vice-President, American Political Science Association, 1995-1996.
National Conference of Black Political Scientists,
Council of Presidents, 2015-present
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Development Committee, 2014-present
Awards Committee Chairs Committee, Co-Chair 2002-2005
Co-Chair, Fannie Lou Hamer Award Nominations Committee, 2002-2003
NCOBPS Graduate Assistantship Program, Investment Committee 2001-
present
Section Chair: NCOBPS and the Profession, 1999-2000
Newsletter Advisory Board, 1999-2001
Nominations Committee, 1998-1999
Graduate Assistantship Program, Council 1997-Present
Planning Committee, Black Women in the Academy II: Service and Leadership,
Washington, D.C., 1997-1999 for June 24-27, 1999 conference.
Section Chair, NCOBPS and the Profession, NCOBPS Annual Meeting, Atlanta,
March 1998.
Section Chair for Race, Class and Ethnicity, Midwest Political Science
Association, 1997 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 10-12,1997.
Treasurer and Chair for Local Arrangements Committee, National Conference of
Black Political Scientists, 1997 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March,
1997. Nominations Committee for Officers (1997-1998),
Midwest Political Science Association, Service 1996-1997.
Women of Color Committee, Women's Caucus of the Western Political Science
Association, 1996-1997.
Graduate Student Panels, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 1996
Annual Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, March, 1996.
Section Chair for Parties, Interest Groups and Political Organizations, Western
Political Science Association, 1995 Annual Meeting.
Section Co-Chair for Urban Politics, American Political Science Association,
1994 meeting.
National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Chair, Professional
Development Section, 1994 Annual Meeting.
NCOBPS Section Chair, Urban Public Policy, Houston 1992 Meeting.
Review Panel, National Research Council Ford Foundation Minority Postdoctoral
Fellowship Competition, March 13-14, 1991.
Section Chair, Race, Gender and Ethnicity, Midwest Political Science
Association, 1992 Meeting.
Chair, Nominations Committee, Midwest Political Science Association, 1992
Meeting.
Chair, Sophonsiba Breckenridge Award Committee, Midwest Political Science
Association, for 1989 meeting awards.
Council, Midwest Political Science Association, April, 1989-1992.
Chair, Women's Caucus Liaison Committee, NCOBPS, 1989-1991.
Committee of Examiners, Graduate Record Examination, Political Science,
Educational Testing Service, 1988-1994.
Section Chair, Southern Political Science Association, Fall 1989 Meeting.
President, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 1988-1989.
Executive Committee of the Urban Politics and Public Policy APSA organized
section Fall 1987-1989.
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President Elect, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 1987-1988.
Council, American Political Science Association, 1987-1989.
Pi Sigma Alpha Award Committee, Midwest Political Science Association, 1987-
1988.
Section Chair, Interest Groups and Social Movements, American Political Science
Association, 1987, Program Committee.
Executive Committee, Political Organization and Parties, APSA Organized
Section, 1987-1989.
Publications Committee, Center for Afro-American Studies, University of
California at Los Angeles.
Pi Sigma Alpha Awards Committee, American Political Science Association,
June 1986. Local Arrangements Committee, National Conference of Black
Political Scientists, Chicago, April 2-5, 1986.
Program Committee, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, April 2-5,
1986.
Executive Committee, Research Committee on Ethnicity, International Political
Science Association, 1982-1985.
Treasurer, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 1980-1987. National
Conference of Black Political Scientists.
Southern Political Science Association, 1978-1980. Policy Studies Organization,
1977-1979.
Council, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 1977-1985.
Committee on the Status of Blacks, APSA, 1977-1980.
Acting Chair, Local Arrangements Committee for NCOBPS Annual Meeting,
Washington, D.C., March 1979.
Editorial Boards:
National Journal of Black Politics, Editorial Board 2019 – present.
American Political Science Review, 2014-2016
Politics and Governance, Editorial Board, 2013-February 2018
Journal of Race and Policy, Editorial Board, 2011- present.
Urban Affairs Review, 2006- 2008.
Journal of Women, Politics and Policy, Editorial Board, 2005-present
Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race. Advisory Board. 2003 –
present (Cambridge University Press)
Contours: A Journal of the African Diaspora, University of Illinois Press,
Associate Editor, 1998-present
Endarch, Clark Atlanta University, 1997-1998.
Editorial Advisory Board: The University of Virginia, Series on Race, Ethnicity
and Politics Political Science Quarterly, 1994-present.
Social Politics, 1993-1996.
PS: Political Science and Politics, 1993-1996.
American Political Science Review, 1993-1995.
Journal of Politics, 1991-1992, 1993-1994, 1994-1997.
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The Afrocentric Scholar: The Journal of the National Council for Black Studies,
1993-1994
American Journal of Political Science, 1992-1994, 1995-1997.
Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1988-1991 National Political Science Review, 1987-91
The Afro-Americanist, 1985-present
News for Teachers of Political Science, 1980-1983
Public Events:
“Findings from the Gender and Multicultural Leadership Survey: The Future of
Governance”, United States Studies, The Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars, November 7, 2007, in Washington, DC. Also see the
project website, GMCL.ORG, which was made public on November 7,
2007. This event reported the results of the Gender and Multicultural
Leadership Project Survey. Also see the Wilson website for the event
summary:
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1427&fuseaction=topics
.event_summary&event_id=245081
Invited Lectures:
"Race, Gender and American Political Leadership in an Era of Contested
Transformation." Excellence, Leadership and Common Ground: A
Tribute Symposium to Sharon Sayles-Belton. Roy Wilkins Center for
Human Relations and Social Justice, Hubert H. Humphrey School of
Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, February 23, 2018.
“Address to the Women Of Color in Political Science Mini-Conference”
American Political Science Association, San Francisco, September 2,
2015.
"The Voting Rights Act and the Problem of Race in American Politics" Illinois
Wesleyan University Feb 13, 2015, Bloomington Illinois.
"The Voting Rights Act and the Problem of Race in American Politics". 50th
Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 & Voting Rights Act of 1965: An
Interdisciplinary Dialogue Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice,
Washington and Lee University School of Law, Mudd Center for Ethics,
Washington and Lee University. Lexington, Virginia. February 19-20, 2015
"The Voting Rights Act and the Problem of Race in American Politics" Luncheon
Address. The Indiana Political Science Association. Indiana University
South Bend, March 27, 2015.
“On African American Studies,” Yale University African American Studies,
Working Conference: Past, Present and Future, New Haven, Conn,
December 9-10, 2011.
“Racial Politics in the 21st Century: The First Decade and the 2010 Census”,
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Aspen Institute Symposium on The State of Race in America.
Communications and Society Program in Association with the Aspen
Institute Roundtable on Community Change and the Comcast Corporation,
The Newseum, Washington, DC, April 11, 2011.
“Representation and Group Politics in America’s Future: Horizons for Intelligent
Leadership.” The Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, The
University of Texas at Austin, April 4, 2011.
“Being President, Barack Hussein Obama, Black Politics after the Civil Rights
Revolution, “The Fourth Holden Lecture, Jackson State University,
Jackson, Mississippi, November 4, 2010.
The Department of Political Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida:
“New Visions for Political Science: Teaching, Learning and the Life of
the Mind in the Twenty-First Century”, Graduation Banquet Address,
April 15, 2010
“Studying Race in the Age of Obama”, Departmental Seminar, April 16,
2010
“Reflections – Looking Backward, Looking Forward”. “Perspectives on African
American Women in Political Science: Strength, Struggles and
Opportunity,” (Small, invitation only Conference on African American
Women in Political Science), Department of Political Science, Texas A &
M University, College Station, Texas, February 19-20, 2010
“The NAACP’s Second Century: Organizational, Economic, Demographic and
Philosophical Challenges” paper presented at the “NAACP 100
Advancing Civil Rights and Social Justice for a Century – A Symposium”,
The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African
Studies, the University of Virginia, October 29-30, 2009.
“ The Obama Administration at Six Months: Change or Just Hope?, Plenary
Address, International Political Science Association, 21st World Congress
of Political Science, Santiago de Chile, July 16, 2009. http://videolectures.net/ipsa09_pinderhughes_pl/
“The Obama Administration at 100 Days,” Chicago State University, Chicago,
Illinois, April 23, 2009.
“Studying Race in the Age of Obama,” African American Politics and Society
Workshop, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy,
Columbia University, March 11, 2009
“Presidential Leadership,” Madame President: Summit on Women of Color,
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Leadership and the Learned Societies, Arizona State
University, Tempe, Arizona, February 26-27, 2009.
“Explorations in American Racial Politics in the Age of Obama”, Department of
Political Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, February 27,
2009.
“Race and Inequality in America,” Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellows Series,
University of California, Irvine, January 29, 2009.
“And They Call It Intersectionality: Race and Gender in the 2008 Presidential
Nomination Campaign,” Charles Phelps Taft Lecture, Department of
Political Science, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 18,
2008.
“Race and Gender in the 2008 Presidential Election,” Cardiff University,
Inaugural Lecture: Lecture Series on Equality and Diversity, March 31,
2008, Cardiff, Wales.
“And They Call It Intersectionality? Race and Gender in the 2008 Presidential
Nomination Campaign,” The Charles Hyneman Lecture, Department of
Political Science, Indiana University, February 28-29, 2008, Bloomington,
Indiana.
“And They Call It Intersectionality: Race and Gender in the 2008 Presidential
Campaign,” Pennsylvania State University, February 12, 2008, State
College, Pennsylvania.
"The Quest for a Sovereign Public: Organizational Inventions and Legal Legacies
in the Creation of the Voting Rights Act." Africana Studies and Political
Science, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, October 28, 2005.
Lectures, Social Science Methodology Workshop, Race and Democracy in the
Americas Project, Center for Human Resources, Federal University of
Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. July 26-28, 2005.
"Race and Gender in American Politics: Coalition Politics Past and Present",
Women's Studies and Department of Political Science, Invited by Eloise
Buker, St. Louis University, November 10, 2005.
"The Renewal of the Voting Rights Act, National Urban League, talk and book
signing for The State of Black America. Hue-Man Bookstore, New York
City, NY, June 25, 2005.
"Organizational Inventions and Legal Legacies in the Creation of the Voting
Rights Act." Lessons From the Past, Prospects for the Future: Honoring
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the 40th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 A Conference.
Yale University, New Haven, CT, April 21-23, 2005.
Lectures, Social Science Methodology Workshop, Race and Democracy in the
Americas Project, Center for Human Resources, Federal University of
Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. July 4-18, 2004.
National Council for Research on Women, Annual Meeting, June 2004,
Washington, D.C. June 18, 2004.
"From Litigation to Legislation: Organizational Craft and the Relationship
Between the Brown Decision and the 1965 Voting Rights Act."
Smithsonian Institution Symposium "Race and Rights: Brown v. Board of
Education and the Problems of Segregation, Desegregation, and
Resegregation in the United States." National Museum of American
History, February 20-21, 2004.
"From Litigation to Legislation: Organizational Craft and the Relationship
Between the Brown Decision and the 1965 Voting Rights Act." African-
American Studies Department, Brown v. Board Symposium, University of
Maryland, College Park, MD, February 25, 2004.
"The Evolution of Civil Rights Organizations in the Twentieth Century: Voting
Rights and African American Politics.” Work in Progress Presentation,
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, February 17, 2004.
New Perspectives in US Politics Lecture Series, "The Voting Rights Act and
African American Politics in a New Century." University of Oregon,
Eugene, OR, May 30, 2003.
Commentator at Book Launch of Kenneth Robert Janken, White The Biography of
Walter White, Mr. NAACP. New York: The New Press, 2003, Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., October
2003.
"Perspectives on Reparations: The Beginnings of a Dialogue." Black Political
Thought Lecture Series, Sponsored by the Elizabeth P. Allen
Professorship, De Pauw University, Greencastle, IN, November 21, 2002.
“I’ll Be Rich as Rockefeller? Reparations and American Economic Associations."
Presented at the “Forty Acres and A Mule: The Case of Black
Reparations.” A Research Conference, at the Institute for Research in
African-American Studies and the Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture, New York, NY, November 7-8, 2002.
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“African American Political Participation and Economic Inequality.” The Inequity
Nexus: Exploring Links Between Political and Economic Inequality, A
Roundtable Convened by Demos, New York, NY, April 19, 2002.
“Coalitional Politics in the 21st Century: An Examination of Coalitions and
Cooperation between American Racial and Ethnic Groups.” Freedom
Forum, Human Relations Foundation of Chicago, Peggy Notebart Nature
Museum, Chicago, IL, April 3, 2002.
“The Invention of an Infrastructure for Black Political Participation in 20th
Century America.” Conference on Race and Civil Society, The University
of Maryland, College Park, MD, March 11, 2002.
“The Invention of an Infrastructure for Black Political Participation in 20th
Century America.” Noon Lecture, Center for Advanced Study, University
of Illinois, Urbana, IL, January 22, 2002.
“The Invention of an Infrastructure for Black Political Participation in 20th
Century America, Conference on Race and Civil Society. Sponsored by
the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, The University of
Chicago, Wingspread, Racine, WI, January 11-22, 2002,
“A Report on Afro-American Studies Programs.” With Richard Yarborough,
Workshop on the Future of African Diaspora Studies, Department of
African American Studies, University of California Berkeley, CA, April 6,
2001.
“Past Patterns and Lessons Learned: Continuing Efforts at Participation in
Empowerment Policy.” Presented at a conference on “Race, Redistricting
and Census 2000: A Conference on Issues Affecting Access to the
Political Process and Implementation of the Voting Rights Act”, New
York University Law School’s Brennan Center for Justice. Mississippi
Valley State University in Itta Bena, MS, January 12-14, 2001.
“The Role of Civil Rights Organizations in the 2000 Presidential Election
Process.” African American Studies, Third Annual Distinguished Lecturer
Series, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL, November 20, 2000.
The Ralph Bunche Institute, APSA-The University of Virginia, The Formation of
Civil Rights Litigation Organizations in America in the Twentieth
Century”, Charlottesville, VA, June 11, 1998.
"Race and Representation in American Electoral Politics." Master of Arts in
Liberal Studies Program, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, August 7,
1996.
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"Challenge for the Twenty-First Century: Toward an Agenda for the Study of
Race at the University of Chicago." The Inaugural Conference of the
Center for Race, Politics and Culture, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL,
June 6-7, 1996.
"Why There Will Be an NAACP in the Twenty-First Century or the
Representation of Race in the American Public Life." Paul M. and Barbara
Henkel’s Visiting Scholar Series: Separate and Still Unequal: The
Persistence of Racial Segregation in American Life, College of Arts and
Letters, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, March 27-27, 1996.
"African Americans' Conceptions of Collective Goods." Center for the Study of
Race and Ethnicity, Yale University, New Haven, CT, January 23, 1996.
"Strong People Don't Need Strong Leaders: Considerations of Leadership in the
Post-Modern Era.” McConnell Leadership Program, Department of
Political Science, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, December,
1995.
"African American Conceptions of Collective Goods." The American Politics
Workshop, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago,
Chicago, IL, November, 1995.
"Voting Rights Policy in the New Era." Research in Progress Seminar Series,
Brookings Institution, Governmental Studies Program, Washington, D.C.,
May 2, 1995.
"Voting Rights Policy in the New Era." PLEN, Public Leadership Education
Network, (A Consortium of Women's Colleges), Washington, D.C., April,
1995.
"The NAACP and Black Interest Groups." Department of Political Science, Class
Guest Lecture, Howard University, Washington, D.C., April 18, 1995.
"Race and Representation in American Electoral Politics: The Changing Political
Power of Minority Groups." Greater Washington D.C. Alumni Club,
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Alumni Association, University of
Illinois, given at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C., November
17, 1994.
"Race and Representation in American Electoral Politics." Panel Discussion, "The
Future of African American Politics: Leadership, the Civil Rights Agenda
and Social Development," the African Studies Committee, Central
Connecticut State University, New Britain, November 7, 1994.
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"African Americans in the Military Yesterday and Today." Conference organized
by the Twenty-First Century Commission on African American Males,
Washington, D.C., May 1991.
"A Comparative Analysis of Racial and Ethnic Voting Patterns in Chicago
Mayoral Elections 1971-1991." Conference on Big City Governance and
Fiscal Choices, sponsored by Urban Opportunity Program of the Urban
Institute. Written for invited conference at University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA, June 6-7, 1991
"African Americans in the Military." Veterans' Braintrust Hearing: From Parades
to Parity: The Challenge of Full Employment for the African-American
Veteran, Congressional Black Caucus Annual Weekend, September 13,
1991.
"The Military, African-Americans and Urban Employment Policy." at the
Conference on Urban Labor Markets and Labor Mobility, Urban
Opportunity Program, The Urban Institute, Airlie House, Airlie, VA,
March 6-8, 1991.
"Racial Interests and Their Impact on National Politics." Department of Political
Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, February 12, 1991.
"African American in the Military Yesterday and Today." Presented at the
conference, "Exploding the Myth and Analyzing Strategies: An Agenda
for African American Males," sponsored by the 21st Century Commission
on African American Males, Washington D.C., May 21-24, 1991.
"Black Women and Organizations: An Introduction and Suggestions for Cross
Racial Cooperation.” Conference “Public Policies That Make a
Difference” Women’s Studies Program, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL,
October 27, 19990.
Address to Fifth Annual Banquet for Minority Students in the Graduate Divisions,
The University of Chicago, May 11, 1990.
"Race and Ethnicity in Chicago Politics." The Chicago Community Trust, Human
Relations Task Force, Chicago Historical Society, September 18, 1990.
"Political Mobilization by Black Organizations: An Historical Perspective." The
American Politics Workshop, The University of Chicago, April 18, 1990.
"Political Mobilization by Black Organizations: An Historical Perspective."
Department of Political Science, Northwestern University, April 9, 1990.
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"The Impact of Black Politics on the U.S. Political Agenda: 1990 and Beyond,"
and "Policy Issues of Concern to Black America in the 90's," at
"Symposium on Blacks and The American Political Process." 1990
Distinguished Lecture Series and in Celebration of Black History Month,
School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, February
27, 1990/
"Political Mobilization in the Black Community: An Historical Perspective." The
Workshop on Race and Ethnicity in American Politics and Society and
The Department of Political Science, The New School for Social
Research, January 29, 1990.
Respondent, Eleventh David Dodds Henry Lecture, University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign, given by Donna Shalala, Chancellor, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, WI, October 31, 1989.
"How the Lobby Shaped the Law, How the Law Shaped the Lobby." Graduate
Institute of American Studies, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan,
November 22, 1989.
"Interest Representation in American Politics" Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan,
November 21, 1989.
"Interest Representation in American Politics." Graduate Institute of American
Studies, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan, November 20, 1989.
"Black Women and Organizational Leadership." Symposium on "Black Women
in American Politics," University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, October
12-13, 1989.
"Graduate Study in Political Science at the University of Illinois." American
Political Science Association/Southern University/Louisiana State
University Summer Institute, July 19, 1989.
"How the Law Shaped the Lobby, How the Lobby Shaped the Law." Department
of Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles, CA, January
12, 1989.
"Racial and Ethnic Conflict in Contemporary Chicago Politics." Center for
Metropolitan Studies, The University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO,
February 3, 1989.
"The Presidency and the Future of Civil Rights." The Black Faculty/Professional
Staff Seminar Series, The University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO, February
3, 1989.
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"Forum on the State of Black America." State University of New York at Stony
Brook, NY, November 1, 1988.
"Race and Ethnicity in Chicago Politics." Chicago Community Trust, Chicago,
IL, October 21, 1988.
"Political Empowerment: Personalizing the Process." Forum Session National
Urban League Conference, "Working Together to Make a Difference",
Detroit, MI, July 31-August 3, 1988.
"Women and Politics." 1988 Summer Symposium on Politics, Master of Arts in
Liberal Studies Program, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, July 13,
1988.
"The Civil Rights Movement: Organizations and Protest." Presented to Master of
Art in Liberal Studies course: Social Justice in America: Radical Protest
and the Liberal State, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, July 12, 1988.
"Civil Rights and the Future of the American Presidency." Columbus Urban
League, Columbus, OH, April 21, 1988.
"State of Black America, 1988.” Presented at National Press Club, Washington
D.C., January 14, 1988.
"Civil Rights and the Future of the American Presidency." Speech given at the
Scholar's Convocation, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, October 8, 1987.
"Social Disorganization and Social Disintegration: Some Observations for Black
Catholics." Speech to the Sixth National Black Catholic Congress,
Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C., May 23, 1987,
"Principles for Principal's Scholars: Developing Student Leaders." Speech to the
Principal's Scholars' Program Coordinator-Teacher Workshop, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 8, 1987.
"Race and Ethnicity in Chicago Politics a Reexamination of Pluralist Theory."
The Black Book Talk Series, University Library Afro-Americana Unit,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, December 10, 1986.
"Legal Strategies for Voting Rights." National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People Legal Defense Fund Inc., Airlie House Conference,
October 31, 1986.
"The Springfield Voting Rights Case." Forum on City Government with Special
Reference to the November 4 Referendum, Cosponsored by the Sangamon
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State University and the Springfield, Chamber of Commerce, Springfield,
IL, October 29, 1986.
"Women and the Extension of the Voting Rights Act in 1982." Women's Studies
Program, Feminists Scholarship Seminar, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, October 22, 1986.
"Political Choices: A Realignment in Partisanship Among Black Americans?"
Keynote Address to the Southern Regional Assembly, National Urban
League, Tampa, FL, April 10, 1986.
"Interest Groups and the 1982 Voting Rights Extension: How the Lobby Shaped
the Law, How the Law Shaped the Lobby." Seminar Series, Afro-
American Studies and Research Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, March 10, 1986.
“Voting Rights Over Two Decades." Kennesaw State College, April 26, 1985.
Book Circle Review, The Center for Afro-American Culture, Aldon
Morris, The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement, Black Communities
Organizing for Change (New York: The Free Press, 1984), Los Angeles,
CA, March 11, 1985.
"Interest Groups and Voting Rights: Research in Progress." Faculty Colloquium,
Department of Political Science, UCLA, February 26, 1985.
"Voting Rights and the Black Family." "The Afro-American Family in the
Twenty-First Century," Black History Month Program for the Internal
Revenue Service, El Monte, CA, February 25, 1985.
"Interest Groups and Voting Rights: Research in Progress." Center for Afro-
American Studies, UCLA, February 19, 1985.
"Black Interest Groups and Legislation." The Black Agenda, Los Angeles, CA,
February 16, 1985.
"The Jackson Campaign in New Hampshire." The Honors Program Forum, The
University of Delaware, Newark, October 2, 1984.
"The Role of Afro-Americans in the 1984 Elections." Conference on the North
American Elections, Center for the Study of America, Havana, Cuba,
August 30-September 5 1984. "Will the Black Voter Change American
Politics?" University of California, Santa Barbara, April, 1984.
"Will the Black Voter Change American Politics?: Graduate School of Public
Policy." Lecture Series on Policy Issues Facing Black America, University
of California, Berkeley, April 1984.
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"The Politics of Collective Action: Civil Rights Interest Groups and Public
Policy." State University of New York at Albany, March 1984.
"The Politics of Collective Action: Civil Rights Interest Groups and Public
Policy." University of Central Florida, March 1984.
"The Politics of Collective Action: Civil Rights Interest Groups and Public
Policy." University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, February 1984.
"The Politics of Collective Action: Civil Rights Interest Groups and Public
Policy" Northwestern University, February 1984.
"Civil Rights Policy in the Reagan Administration: The Politics of Deregulation;"
"Interest Groups and the Voting Rights Act in 1982;" Trinity University,
San Antonio, Texas, December 1983. "Interest Groups and the Extension
of the Voting Rights Act in 1982." The Heller School, Brandeis
University, June 1983.
"Interest Groups and the Extension of the Voting Rights Act in 1982." University
of Massachusetts, Amherst, May 1983.
"Interest Groups and the Extension of the Voting Rights Act in 1982." Colgate
University, April 1983.
"Blacks and the Political Process." The Oliver Cromwell Cox Lecture Series,
The Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, March 1982.
"Crime and Punishment in Chicago." University of Wisconsin at Madison,
March 1982. "Racial Interest Groups and Incremental Politics," Hunter
College-SUNY, December 1981. "Racial Interest Groups and
Incremental Politics" University of California at Santa Cruz, November
1981.
"Implementation of Structural Change." Opening Address to Conference on
"Social and Political Activism in the Eighties," New York, NY, June
1981.
Invited Interviews (Online):
Dianne Pinderhughes on Race, Gender and Elected Office”. The Gender Policy
Report. March 28, 2018. Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy,
Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
Minnesota. https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/dianne-pinderhughes-on-race-
gender-and-elected-office/
Manuscript Reviews:
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Princeton University Press, University of Michigan Press, University of
Chicago Press, University Press of Virginia, Stanford University Press,
Rutgers University Press, University of California Press, Columbia
University Press, Penn State University Press, State University of New
York Press, Temple University Press, Wayne State University,
Longman, Lyceum Books, Indiana University Press, University of
Illinois Press, Northeastern University Press, University of Minnesota
Press, Joint Center for Political Studies, American Political Science
Review, American Journal of Political Science, American Politics
Quarterly, Contours, The DuBois Review, Endarch, Governance, Journal
of Politics, Journal of Policy History, National Political Science Review,
Political Science Quarterly, Polity, Politics and Gender, Social Science
Quarterly, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Urban Affairs Quarterly,
Western Political Quarterly.
Courses Taught:
Black Chicago Politics; African American Politics; Introduction to U.S. Racial
and Ethnic Politics, Racial Interest Representation; The Politics of
Voting; Social Science Perspectives in Afro-American Studies;
American Government: Organization and Powers; Black Political
Participation in the American Political System; Interest Groups and
Politics, Graduate Course; Introduction to Afro-American Studies;
American Government; Ideology of Black Power; Black Political
Ideology in the Twentieth Century; Issues and Conflicts in American
Cities; Politics of Black Americans; The American Presidency;
Intergovernmental Relations; Politics of Housing; Congress and the
Bureaucracy; Politics and Race in the Movies
Administrative and Committee Responsibilities
The University of Notre Dame
Dean’s Search Committee, College of Arts and Letters , 2018-19
Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights, Faculty Advisory
Committee, 2019-2020
Kellogg Institute,
Democratization Cluster PI 2017-2020
Visiting Fellowships Review, 2014 – 2015
Graduate Fellowships Competition, Spring 2013
English Department, African American Literature Search Committee,
2014-15
An-Bryce Fellowship Review, 2012-present
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Henkels Lecture Series: “Concerns and Politics in the 21st Century:
Policy Leaders and Scholars Speak” Organized series with 5
Speakers – 2012-2013 academic year. Supported by the Institute
for the Study of the Liberal Arts, College of Arts and Letters.
Africana Studies
Committee on Appointments and Promotions, 2006-present
Film Committee, 2014 - present
Political Science
Chair, Mission and Diversity Committee, Spring 2018, 2013-
14
Committee on Appointments and Promotions, 2012-2014
2008-2012 Campus & Department Ongoing Service
Laetare Committee 2008-2011
Faculty Senate Representative, 2008-2014
Africana Studies Representative
Administrative Affairs Committee Member 2008-2013
Benefits Committee Member, 2013-2014
Political Science
The Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy,
Chair, Undergraduate Policy Committee, 2011-2012
College of Arts & Letters
Committee on Comparative Race and Ethnicity, Fall 2011
2009-2011 Africana Studies
Committee on Appointments and Promotions
Erskine Peters Fellowship Review Committee
Political Science
The Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy
Faculty
Mission and Diversity Committee, Chair (Fall 2010)
2008-2009
Africana Studies
Acting Chair
Committee on Appointments and Promotions
Faculty Senate Representative
Ad Hoc Committee for Drafting Senate Response to the
Women and Minority Faculty University Committees
Erskine Peters Fellowship Review Committee
Political Science
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Rooney Search Committee: Latino Politics/Political Behavior
and Religion and Politics
Kellogg Institute Ford Family Search 2008-2009
2007-2008 Africana Studies
Committee on Appointments and Promotions
Library Committee, Chair
Erskine Peters Fellows Review Committee
Political Science
Mission and Diversity Committee, Chair
2006-2007
Africana Studies
Committee on Appointments and Promotions
Library Committee, Chair
Erskine Peters Fellows Review Committee
Political Science
International Relations committee
University of Illinois 1985-2006:
Campuswide
Women and Gender in Global Perspectives, 2005-2008.
UIUC Internal Advisory Council, Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society,
2005- present.
Graduate College Student Fellowship Committee 2006
UIUC Center for Global Studies, Foreign Language Areas Studies Applications,
Review Panel, April 2005
UIUC Graduate College Fellowships Board, Minority Programs Area Committee,
2004-2006. Chair, 2005-2006
Co-Chair, UIUC Black Faculty and Academic Staff Alliance, 2004-2006
University of Illinois System: Task Force on the Institute of Government and
Public Affairs, 2002-2003
Advisory Committee, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, 2002-2003
Advisory Committee, Undergraduate Library, 2002-2003
Planning Committee on Center for Democracy in Multiracial Societies, 2002
National Resource Center on Globalization, Advisory Board, 1999-Present
Review Committee for Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowships, Spring 2000,
2003
Faculty Review Implementation Committee, 1999-2001
2000 University Scholars Selection Committee, Urbana Campus, Spring 2000
Identity and the Arts in Diaspora Communities, Ford Foundation Funded Course,
1997-1999
Advisory Committee, Martin Luther King Symposium, 1997-1998
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Provost’s Search Committee, Spring and Summer 1998
Center for African Studies, Advisory Committee 1997-2000
Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Women, 1993-00.
University of Illinois Ford Foundation Proposal Ad Hoc Committee, 1997.
University Advisory Committee, Spring, 1997. Special Provost’s Committee
George A. Miller Endowment Committee, 1997-2000.
Graduate College Area Sub-Committee for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
1996-1998
Chancellor’s Committee on Minority Affairs, 1993-1997.
Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Women, 1995-1997.
LAS Policy and Development Committee, 1995-97.
University Faculty Senate, 1991-1994.
General University Policy Committee of the Faculty Senate, 1993-1994.
George A. Miller, Endowment Committee, 1992-1994.
Advisory Committee, LAS Critical Thinking Program, 1992-1994.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Search Committee, 1992-1993.
Vice Chancellor for Research Search Committee, 1991-1992.
Chancellor's Ad Hoc Classroom Climate Committee, 1991-1992.
Miller Endowment Committee, 1991-1992.
Black Faculty and Staff Caucus, 1986-Present; Executive Committee, 1989-1991.
Celebration of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Committee, Spring 1990.
Afro-American Cultural Program Advisory Committee, 1989-1990.
Member, Search Committee for Director, Afro-American Studies and Research
Program, 1988-1990.
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dean's Search Committee, 1988-1989.
Acting Director, Afro American Studies and Research Program, 1987-1990.
Chancellor's Committee for Allerton Conference on Education of Minorities.
1987-1988.
Vice-Chancellor's Council on Undergraduate Education, 1987-1988.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Faculty Appeals Committee, Elected to 2005-2007 term.
Political Science:
Chair, Capricious Grading Committee, 2005-2006
Chair, Undergraduate Awards Committee, 2005-06
Louis DeSipio, Chair, Tenure Committee, 1999
Todd Shaw, Third Year Review Committee, Chair
Fifth Year Review Committee: Department Head, Peter Nardulli, October-
December, 1996.
Tenure Review Committee: Melissa Orlie, Fall, 1996.
Advisor, Minorities in Political Science (Faculty Advisor to Undergraduate
Student Organization), 1996-present.
Advisory Committee, 1995-1996, 1996-1997
American Government and Politics Area Committee.
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Chair, Target of Opportunity Search Committee, Political Science, 1993-1994.
Graduate Admissions and Financial Aid, 1991-1992.
Mentor for Minority Postdoctoral Fellow, Suzanne Williams, 1991-1993.
Target of Opportunity Search Committee, 1991-1992.
Chair, Diversity Committee, 1991.
Assistant to the Head Search Committee, 1990.
Advisory Committee, 1987-1990.
Affirmative Action Officer, 1988-1990.
American Politics Field Committee.
Chair, Capricious Grading Committee, 1987-1988.
Graduate Admissions Committee, 1987-88.
Graduate Courses and Curriculum, 1985-1987.
Undergraduate Courses and Curriculum, 1985-1987.
American Government, 1985-present.
American Politics Recruitment Committee, 1986-1988, 1989-1990.
Graduate Students:
University of Notre Dame:
Valerie Goss, Member Dissertation Committee, Organic Chemistry, PhD
completed 2012
Department of Political Science:
Andrea Pena-Vazquez, Dissertation Committee, 2018-present
Maryann Kwakwa, Dissertation Committee, completed 2019.
Lizzie Noonan, Dissertation Proposal Committee, 2014-present
Carmen Orozco-Acosta, Chair, Dissertation Committee, completed 2012.
Janay Cody, Dissertation Committee, completed 2013.
Patrick Schoettmer, Member, Dissertation Committee, completed 2014
University of California, Los Angeles:
Department of Political Science
Lucio Oliveira Magano, Ph.D. candid. September 2013 - present
University of Illinois
Political Science:
Alcarcilus Shelton-Boodram, Dissertation Committee, Chair 2003- 2006; member
2006-2009.
Bryan McQuide, Dissertation Committee, Chair 2004-06; member 2006-2007.
Rosalind Fielder, Dissertation Committee, Chair, 2003-06.
Chose to terminate her status as of Fall 2006.
Eric McDaniel, Dissertation Committee, Chair, Completed May 2004.
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Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Texas,
Austin
Jennifer Oats-Sargent, Dissertation Committee, Member.
Andrew Green, Dissertation Committee, Chair. Completed
USAID
Norman Hurley, Dissertation Committee, Member,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Education Think Tank, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina.
Sociology:
Marwin Spiller, Dissertation Committee Member, Completed May 2004.
Assistant Professor, Bradley University.
Afro-American Studies and Research Program:
Joint Annual Review Committee, for Marc Perry, with Anthropology, Spring
2006.
Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committee, for Robin Jarrett, November 2005. Joint
Committee with Human and Community Development.
Chair, Undergraduate Awards Committee, 2004-06 Awards Committee, 2002-
2003
Faculty Review Committee, 2002-2003
David Wright, Third Year Review, Spring 2002 Faculty, Faculty Affiliates
Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee, 2002 Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee,
Chair 1995-2001 Committee appointments 1998-2001
Ford Foundation Grant Oversight Committees 1995-2001
Diaspora Committee (Course development review)
Black Women in Africa and the African Diaspora Conference Planning
Committee, 1996-2000
Visiting Scholar Committee, 1997-00
Advisory Committee, Chair, 1991-1994, 1995-2000.
Curriculum Committee, 1991-2000
Research and Course Competition Committee, 1991-1993.
Chair, Editorial Board Afroamericanist , 1991 and 1991-2000.
News and Notes, Internal campus newsletter
Faculty Affiliates' Program.
Colloquium Planning, 1987-1989
Coordinator, St. Clair Bourne visit, May 1987, Black Independent Filmmaker.
Coordinator, Linda Williams visit, February 2-3, 1987.
Senior Research Associate, Joint Center for Political Studies.
Coordinator, Charles V. Hamilton Visit, October 1986.
Fall Program Committee, 1986.
Black History Month Planning Committee, 1986.
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Miscellaneous:
University of Notre Dame and South Bend, Indiana
“Race and Ethnicity in the Presidential Elections, Politically Speaking, WNIT
Public Television, February 8, 2020.
“Police-Community Relations,” Politically Speaking, Panel Member, WNIT
Public Television, January 11, 2015.
Forum on Ferguson, Missouri, Co-hosted with Jason Ruiz, September 8, 2014,
University of Notre Dame, Carey Auditorium
“Unwritten Rules of Service,” Mentoring Workshops for Junior Faculty, Institute
For Latino Studies, McKenna Hall, January 20, 2012
“Publishing Advice: Academic Journals,” Junior Faculty Panel, Institute for
Latino Studies, Fall 2011.
“Memories of This..? Subordination, Separation and Stigma: What will South
Bend’s Civil Rights Heritage Be?,” South Bend Civil Rights Heritage
Center, South Bend, Indiana, September 20, 2011.
“Latinos and Politics,” Latino Community Leadership Seminar, Institute of Latino
Studies, July 26, 2011
Presentation, Finalists’ Weekend, The Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars Program, March
28, 2011
“What is Felony Disfranchisement and Why does It Matter?, University of Notre
Dame Law School, Black Law Students Association, February 28, 2011.
Moderator, Rooney Center, Institute for Latino Studies and the Center for
Social Concerns Panel: “American Politics in the 21st Century: The
Latino Vote”, September 22, 2010.
Commentator, Panel discussing the Film “Precious”, after showing at
DPAC, April 2010
Chair, Panel on Cultural Tensions, Undergraduate Scholars Conference,
University of Notre Dame, May 1, 2009.
Commentator, Closing Panel, “The Change Election”, Rooney Center, University
of Notre Dame, October 6, 2009.
Commentator on Professor Matthew Holden as Wepner Distinguished Professor
in Political Science, Ceremony of Investiture, University of Illinois,
Springfield, Illinois, September 25, 2009.
New Faculty Panel, Faculty Orientation, “Opportunities, Challenges and Issues
for Faculty to Consider at a Premier Catholic Research University,”
August 12, 2009.
“My Career,” Philanthropic Education Organization, (South Bend Women’s
Organization), Grace United Methodist Church, South Bend, Indiana,
February 4, 2009.
“The Obama Inauguration Panel,” The Rooney Center, University of Notre Dame,
January 27, 2009.
Building Bridges Mentoring Program
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Homer Reynolds, 2008-2009
Priscilla Nyankson, Fall 2009-2013
Ana Dionne-Lanier, Fall 2010-2014
Amber Barnes, Fall 2011-2015
Candace Thomas, Fall 2013 – 2014
Serafina Joseph, Fall 2014 - 2018
Zoe Walker, Fall 2015 – 2019
Rachel Salamone, Fall 2019-present
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
UIUC Graduate College Conference: "Voices from the Periphery, Influencing
Public Policy in a New Political Era." 2005 Community of Scholars
Conference, "Excelling Through Scholarship in a Redefined Democracy",
March 14, 2005.
Afro-American Studies Spring Symposium: "Changing Worlds of Black
America." The Renewal of the Voting Rights Act, April 4, 2005.
Commentator, Katrina - Megacatastrophes, Miller Committee Sponsored
Symposium, September 26, 2005, UIUC.
"Diversity of Thought." Martin Luther King Committee Panel, January 26, 2005.
Higher Learning. Comments on MIPS Film showing, February 22, 2005.
UIUC Graduate College Conference: "Voices from the Periphery, Influencing
Public Policy in a New Political Era." 2005 Community of Scholars
Conference, “Excelling Through Scholarship in a Redefined Democracy."
March 14, 2005.
Afro-American Studies Spring Symposium: "Changing Worlds of Black
America." The Renewal of the Voting Rights Act," April 4, 2005.
"The Debate - 2004 Elections." Moderator, Pi Sigma Alpha, MIPS, Fall 2004
. "Government Information and the War on Terror After
September 11.” University YMCA, October 29, 2002.
A Guest Lecture on the "Use of Aggregate Data and Government Documents in
Political Science." Library and Information Science Course: Government
Publications, April 18, 2002 UIUC.
“Moving Forward into Leadership of America: African American Women in the
21st Century." Closing Session for the Women of Color 12th Annual
Conference: Oganiru: A Woman’s Progression. University of Illinois,
Urbana, IL, April 1, 2001.
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“Voting and Challenges Before Blacks, Latinos and Asians.” Panel Discussion,
Martin Luther King Symposium, January 1998.
“Raising the Roof: Fusing Academics and Activism." Spring 1998 Millikin
University Lecture Series, Lilly Campus Climate and Diversity Grant:
Panel Discussion: “Expanding the Role of Black Intellectual Life,”
January 16, 1998.
“Discussion on Issues Related to Gender and Racial Inclusivity,” College of
Fine and Applied Arts Retreat, Allerton House, August 24, 1998.
Moderator, Forum on Impeachment, October 19, 1998, co-sponsored by the
Department of Political Science, the College of Law and the Institute of
Government and Public Affairs. “Multiculturalism in the 21St Century,”
Know Your University Series, University YMCA, October 20, 1998.
“What is Community?” Forum sponsored by the Black Graduate Student
Association, November 7, 1998.
African-American Female Professor/Administrator Forum Speaker, sponsored
by the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, University of Illinois, April 22, 1997.
"The State of Black America and the Twenty-First Century." Black Graduate
Students Association, University of Illinois, February 22, 1997.
"The Guinier Nomination and Voting Rights Policy." College of Law, UIUC,
Brown Bag Seminar, March 1, 1994.
"The Afro-American Studies Program." Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Coffee Talk, March 17, 1994.
"The Guinier Nomination and Voting Rights Policy." Department of Political
Science, UIUC Faculty Seminar, February 4, 1994.
"The Afro-American Studies and Research Program at the University of
Illinois" Know Your University, YMCA, February 1, 1994.
Women's Empowerment Coffeetalk, November 30, 1993, Clark Residence Hall,
UIUC. "Mahatma Gandhi's influence on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "
Hindu Students' Council, 1993 Midwestern Fall Seminar, UIUC, October
2, 1993.
"What You Always Wanted to Know About Tenure But were Afraid to Ask - A
Tenure Workshop." The Women's Studies Program, UIUC, September
14, 1993.
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"Justice or Just Us - Is the Legal System Serving or Sentencing African
Americans?" February 9, 1993, UIUC College of Law, Black Law
Students Association.
Women of Color Conference, UIUC, "The True Nature of a Sistah." Panel
Discussion Leader: "What's More Important, My Blackness or My
Femaleness." April 4, 1992.
"A Symposium on the Clarence Thomas Nomination." Afro-American Studies
and Research Program, UIUC, November 5, 1991.
"The Clarence Thomas Hearings." UIUC NAACP, November 4, 1991.
"Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebrations." January 21, 1991, Panel
Respondent to address by Equal Employment Opportunity
Commissioner Joyce Tucker, UIUC.
African Americans and the Persian Gulf Crisis, Black History Month Series, "The
Essence of African-American Culture: Reflections on the Past,
Impressions of the Present, Promises for the Future." sponsored by
National Black Law Student Association, University of Illinois Chapter
and Minority Association of Future Attorneys, February 26, 1991.
Professional Networks and Resume Writing, Summer Research Opportunity
Program, UIUC, July 17, 1991,
The U of I Black Alumni, Student/Alumni Concerns Seminar, presentation on
"New Politics of Race." UIUC, September 14, 1991,
ACDIS Seminar, LAS 295, "United States: Superpower in Transition or
Decline?" Guest Lecture on "African Americans in the U.S. Military"
November 1991.
Symposium, "Blacks in the Military, From the Civil War to the Persian Gulf."
Afro-American Studies and Research Program, February 28, 1991.
Commentator, Annual Martin Luther King Day Symposium, January 21, 1991.
Comments on "Birth of a Nation." Ethnic Notions in American Cinema, People of
Color in White Minds Film Series, November 11, 1990.
"Observations on the Persian Gulf War." YMCA - YWCA Teach in on the
Persian Gulf War, October 4, 1990.
"Minority Leadership Seminar." Dean of Student's Office, April 3, 1990.
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"Cultural Values and Ethics." Allerton Conference, Panel on "The Broader Social
and Political Context." UIUC, March 2, 1990.
Commentator, Annual Martin Luther King Day Symposium, January 15, 1990.
Mentor, Summer Research Opportunity Program, 1987, 1988, 1989.
"Greetings," African Students' Association's Annual Dinner, April 22,
1989. Panel Chair, "Symposium on Women, Higher Education and the
Twenty-First Century," Women's Studies, UIUC, March 4, 1989.
"Racism 101." Post Film Discussion, Hopkins Residence Hall, February 21, 1989.
Solongo Black History Month Dinner (Black Student Union), Pennsylvania
Avenue Residence Hall, February 15, 1989.
"Beyond the Dream: A Celebration of Black History." Panel Discussion after
Satellite Teleconference, Cosponsored by UIUC and Parkland College,
February 1, 1989.
Group Leader, Senate Retreat on Undergraduate Education, December 1988.
Symposium on Racial Awareness. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, November 6,
1988.
"Post-Election Evaluation." Afro-American Studies and Research Program,
Colloquium Series, November 10, 1988.
"Voting Rights Politics." Discussion at Garner Hall with Student Resident
Assistants, October 24, 1988.
"Election '88: An International Perspective." Office of International Student
Affairs, October 19, 1988.
Faculty Remarks: "Thoughts on Graduation." 1988 Black Congratulatory
Program, UIUC, May 21, 1988.
"1988 Presidential Campaign." Campus NAACP Meeting, March 14, 1988.
Invited Participant, Faculty Interaction Month, Florida Avenue Residence
Hall, February 1988.
Discussion Facilitator, "From Montgomery to Memphis." for Martin Luther
King's Birthday, Allen Residence Hall, University of Illinois, January
19, 1987.
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"Chicago Politics and the Mayoral Primary." WBML Radio Talk Show,
Sponsor, President's Award Program, 1986-1987. February 18, 1987.
Waller Scholars' Graduate and Professional Career Conference, "Thinking
Ahead about Getting Ahead." November 11, 1986.
"Survival in Higher Education - Personal Perspectives." Department of
Political Science, UIUC, November 13, 1986.
Unit Leader, United Way and Combined Health Appeal, University of Illinois,
Urbana, Campus Charity Appeal, Fall, 1986.
Campus Visit Program for High School Counselors, Admissions Office, April
29, 1986.
"How Academics Think." Chancellor's Faculty Conference, Allerton, Illinois,
February 28-March 1, 1986.
Participant, Admissions Program for National Achievement Scholars, College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences, February 22, 1986.
Local Radio Talk Show, WLRW on The Afro-American Studies and Research
Program, Fall 1986.
Dartmouth College Committees: 1975-84
Black Studies Steering Committee, 1975-1984; Search Committee, 1975-
1976. .
Dartmouth Black Caucus, 1975-1984.
Economic Status of the Faculty, 1982-1983.
Women's Faculty Caucus, 1977-1983.
Urban Studies Program, 1975-1983.
Affirmative Action Officer Search Committee, 1981.
Black Memorabilia Exhibit and Lecture Series, Director and Coordinator,
1980-1981. Chair, Dartmouth College Black Caucus, 1980-1981.
Committee on Off Campus Activities, 1980-1981.
Government Department Colloquium, 1979-1981.
Faculty Affirmative Action Review Committee, 1979-1981.
Director, Dartmouth Government Washington Intern Program - 1977, 1978,
1981. Afro-American Society Advisor, 1976-1977.
Public Affairs Internship Program, Review Committee, 1975-1976.
Black Studies Search Committee, 1975-1976.
Howard University 1978-1979:
Admissions and Financial Aid Committee.
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Political Science Lecture Series.
Recruitment Committee
Chair, Black Politics Field Committee, Graduate Program.
Professional Service, Media and Consulting:
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Superpanel, Review of
Postdoctoral Applicant Finalists for 2011-2012 Class of Scholars,
February 23, 2011
Chair, External Review Panel, Program in Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the
Social Sciences. With Larry Bobo and Hazel Carby. Duke University,
November 11-13, 2009. Written Report “Review of the Center for the
Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender In the Social Sciences at Duke
University” completed December 13, 2009.
“Negotiation…in Your Best Interest”, Panel, Ford Fellows Conference,
Washington, D.C. October 19, 2006.
“The Midterm Elections”, Pi Sigma Alpha, Department of Political Science,
Howard University, October 19, 2006, Washington, D.C.
External Advisory Committee, CAREER Program Evaluation, National Science,
Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, October 18-19, 2006.
UC Berkeley, Department of African American Studies Review, Member of
External Review Committee, May 7-9, 2006.
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Program, Predoctoral Review Panels,
Chair, Social Science C Panel, March 2-5, 2006.
Presentation on "The Renewal of the Voting Rights Act." Based on article in 2005
State of Black America, at the press conference for release and briefing by
the National Urban League's 2005 Legislative Policy Conference: "NUL
on The Hill." April 6, 2005. Taped, also shown on C-Span.
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Program, Predoctoral Review Panels,
Social Science C Panel, March 3-5, 2005
"Black Politics in the post-Civil Rights Era.” To The Point with Warren Olney,
KCRW, January 17, 2005 (radio).
"And Still I Rise." Dialogue, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars:
Radio and Web interview, with George Liston Seay, Spring 2004.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Fellowship Review Panel,
U.S. Studies, Washington, D.C., December 14, 2004,
Application Prescreening, Fellowship Program, American Council of Learned
Societies, November 2001, November 2002, November 2003.
Research Advisory Board, Center for Women Policy Studies, Washington, D.C.
Appointed December 31, 2000.
Panelist, “Black Perspectives, A Public Affairs Program." Talking Point, WILL
TV, The 2000 Presidential Election, January 28, 2001.
Panelist, “Black Perspectives, A Public Affairs Program.” Talking Point, WILL
TV, The 2000 Presidential Election, October 19, 2000.
United States Senate Nominating Commission for the Central District of Illinois,
(appointed by Senators Carol Moseley-Braun and Richard Durbin) 1997-
98.
Panelist, “Black Perspectives, A Public Affairs Program" Talking Point, WILL
TV, July 9, 1998.
“Black History Month.” Talking Point with David Inge, WILLTV, February 6,
1997 Post Debate Academic Commentator, USA Today (Website), First
Presidential Debate, October, 1996
Congressional Black Caucus Veterans' Braintrust Hearing: "Affirmative Action
Under Review.” Congressional Black Caucus Weekend, September, 1995,
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
Howard University, Department of Political Science, Pi Sigma Alpha Event,
Washington, D.C., February, 1995.
Lecture, Zeta Psi Chapter Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha, Induction, Department
of Political Science, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, May,
1995.
Advisory Board Member, "America's War on Poverty." Series Produced by
Blackside Inc.,aired on PBS, February, 1995.
Advisory Board Member, 1995-96, "Politics in America." Television series
produced and directed by Paul Stekler, Center for New American Media,
aired on PBS, Fall, 1996.
The Ford Foundation, Country Program Officers Meeting, New York, New York,
Academic Advisor, Education Testing Service, Review 1990, April, 1995.
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Center for the American Woman and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics,
Rutgers University, 1989-90.
Academic Advisor, Eyes on the Prize II, Blackside, Inc. 1988-90.
Assessment of the National Research Council's Study, the Status of Black
Americans; Vice-Chair, Political Participation Panel, Coordinated by the
University of Massachusetts, Boston, 1987-88.
APSA, Summer Institute in Political Science for Black Students, Southern
University-Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, July, 1987.
Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues National
Academy of Sciences, 1986-Present.
Co-Chair, Planning Committee, Ford Foundation Doctoral-Post Doctoral Fellows
Conference, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., November,
1986.
Textbook Proposal Review, Longman Publishers, June, 1986.
Advisory Panel, National Black Election Study, University of Michigan, 1985-
Present.
Manuscript Review, American Political Science Review, Polity, Urban Affairs
Quarterly, Joint Center for Political Studies.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Review Panel, Summer Seminar for
College Teachers, April, 1983.
Manuscript Review, Northeastern University Press, 1981-1982.
Women's Educational Equity Act Program, U.S. Department of Education,
Review Panel, Washington, D.C., February, 1981.
National Science Foundation, Science Education, Local Course Improvement
Program, Review Panel, Washington, D.C., April, 1981.
National Minority Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice, with Nellum
Associates, Fall, 1979.
Office of Personnel Management, Intergovernmental Affairs Fellowship Program,
"Political Aspects of Federalism." April, 1979.
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National Institute of Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare,
Anacostia Project, 1977-1978.
Popular Articles:
"Thomas Jefferson." New York Times, Letter to the Editor, November, 1996.
"Blacks on Campus." with Kenneth P. Monteiro, New York Times Magazine,
Letters to the Editor, June 1, 1986.
The Christian Science Monitor, April 6, 1983: "Goodbye, Jane Byrne! Hello,
Mayor Washington?"
The Christian Science Monitor, April 12, 1982: "Blacks in the Mainstream:
Calling the GOP."
Community Service:
Trustee, Sengekontacket Condominium I Trust, Martha’s Vineyard, 2002-03.
“Parkland College and the Rest of Your Life," Short Address presented at the
Academics and Recognition Award Ceremony by the Urban League of
Champaign County and Parkland College, Parkland College, Champaign,
IL, April 20, 2000.
The Philosophy Club, UIUC, 1999- 2006.
“The Legacy of the National Council of Negro Women”, Thanksgiving Dinner,
Urbana, IL, November 21, 1998.
The Links, Inc. of Central Illinois, 1996-99 Chair, The Arts Facet
National Council of Negro Women, 1995-present
"Power and Progress: African American Politics in the New Era of Diversity."
Urban League of Champaign County, Annual Dinner, April 3, 1992.
Local Advisory Council, Planned Parenthood of Champaign, 1991-1993.
"African Americans in the Military and the Persian Gulf." WILL, Focus 580,
February 27, 1991.
"Educating America We Are Better Together," Chanute Air Force Base Black
History Month Program, February 20, 1991, Rantoul, IL.
First Presbyterian Church of Urbana, "Overcoming Racism in Champaign-
Urbana." Introduction and Conclusion to Lecture Series, September 9,
1990 and October 28, 1990.
"Why Vote?" Talk to NAACP, Champaign-Urbana, October 16, 1990.
"Lessons From My Life." Junior Sodality, Mother-Daughter Breakfast, Our Lady
of Perpetual Help Church, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1990.
"Women in the Civil Rights Movement." Focus 580, WILL, June 19, 1990.
"Beyond the Dream: A Celebration of Black History." Panel Discussion, Co-
sponsored by the University of Illinois and Parkland College, February 1,
1989.
"How the City of Chicago Affects the Life of the Champaign-Urbana Campus."
Know Your University, University YMCA Tuesday Luncheon Speaker
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Series, November 15, 1988. "Insight 88: The Mayors (of Champaign and
Urbana) Debate on the Martin King, Jr. Holiday," January 27, 1988.
"Civil Rights and the Future of the American Presidency;" Discussion of State of
Black America article on Focus 580, WILL FM radio, February 9, 1988.
"Black Studies Interests and How to Apply to College," Black History Month
Talk, Afro American Club-College Preparation Club, Centennial High
School, Champaign, IL, February 18, 1987.
"Minority Women in Higher Education," Racial Awareness Committee,
University YWCA, Champaign, IL, November 24, 1992.
Board of Directors, Urban League of Champaign County, 1986-1992.
"The Thirty-Second Anniversary of the Brown Decision," Bethel African
Methodist Episcopal Church, Women's Guild Luncheon, Urbana, Illinois,
May 17, 1986.
Media Events:
Radio talk shows associated with Urban League article, "The Case of African
Americans in the Persian Gulf': WVKO, Columbus, Ohio; KDK,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; "Night Talk" with Bob Law (National Call in
Program) January 20, 1991; WYNC (public station in NYC) January 21,
1991; WOL, Washington, D.C. January 22,1991; NPR Fresh Air, National
Program,. January 29, 1991; WBCP Straight Talk Live, January 27. 1991.
Moderator, Satellite Teleconference: "Political Empowerment: The Black Vote
and Implications for the Future," Center for Applied Research and Urban
Policy, The University of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.,
January 19, 1989.
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