MOS Seminar, April 29: Paula McClain

Dear RSF:

Please join us next Wednesday, April 29 at 11 in the library and on Zoom for a presentation by Margaret Olivia Sage scholar Paula McClain, “Factors Contributing to Black, Latino and Asian American Vote Choice for Kamala Harris in the 2024 Elections.”

McClain is James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Professor of Public Policy and Dean of The Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education at Duke University.

She also directs the American Political Science Association’s Ralph Bunche Summer Institute hosted by Duke University and funded by the National Science Foundation and Duke University. Her primary research interests are in racial minority group politics, particularly inter-minority political and social competition, and urban politics. Her articles have appeared in numerous journals, most recently the Journal of Politics, American Political Science ReviewUrban Affairs Review, the Du Bois Review, and Groups and Identities, among others.. She has authored several books, including the award-winning Race, Place and Risk, co-authored with Harold W. Rose and American Government in Black and White, co-authored with Steven Tauber. She is a contributing author to RSF volumes Just Neighbors? and Governing American Cities. She is also a RSF research grant recipient.