Educational Background
- Ph.D., Political Science, Howard University, 1977
- M.A., Political Science, Howard University, 1974
- B.A., Political Science, Howard University, 1972
- University of Michigan, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, Summer 1978 and 1979
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Analysis Center, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1981-1982
Academic Administration
- July 1, 2012 – September 2022: Dean of The Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Duke University
Academic Employment
- September 2000 – present: James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Political Science (with tenure): Professor of Public Policy, Department of Political Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
- Joint-appointments with the Sanford Institute of Public Policy.
- Program Director, Race, Ethnicity and Politics Program.
- Director, Ralph Bunche Summer Institute.
- Former Co-Director, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences (REGSS).
- Teaching areas: Racial and Ethnic Minority Politics, Race and Politics, Comparative Race, Public Policy, Urban Politics.
- 1997-98: Shannon Center for Advanced Studies, University of Virginia.
- September 1991 – August 2000: Professor (with tenure) Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
- Department Chair, 1994 -1997.
- Director, Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, 1996-2000.
- Director, Master of Arts in Public Administration and Public Policy Program, 1992-1994.
- Director, Mid-Career Executive Program, 1993-1994.
- Teaching Areas. Urban Politics, Public Policy, and Racial and Ethnic Minority Politics.
