Carol M. Swain (B.A., Roanoke College, 1983; M.A., Virginia Polytechnic & State Univ., 1984; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989; MSL, Yale, 2000; member of Phi Beta Kappa).

Professor Swain's work on representation and race relations has earned her national and international accolades. Her highly acclaimed book, Black Faces, Black Interests: The Representation of African Americans in Congress (1993, 1995 Harvard University Press; reprinted in 2006 by University Press of America) was named one of the seven outstanding academic books of 1994 by Library Choice Journal, received the 1994 Woodrow Wilson prize for the best book published in the U.S. on government, politics or international affairs, the Hardeman Prize for best scholarly work on Congress during 1994-1995, and was the co-winner of the Key Award for the best book published on southern politics. Black Faces was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in Johnson v. DeGrandy (1994) and by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in Georgia v. Ashcroft (2003).

Her more recent books include The New White Nationalism in America: Its Challenge to Integration (Cambridge University Press, 2002) that was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, Contemporary Voices of White Nationalism (Cambridge University Press, 2003, edited with Russ Nieli), and most recently Debating Immigration (Cambridge University Press, 2007). She is currently working on a manuscript titled: Broken Vows, Banished Virtues: Reclaiming America's Promise.

A widely recognized expert on race relations, immigration, black leadership and evangelical politics, Professor Swain is a member of the Tennessee Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her opinion pieces have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times and USA Today. She was a regular contributor to CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, and her media appearances include BBC World News, NPR, CNN's Anderson Cooper, Fox News Live, Fox New's Hannity, PBS's News Hour with Jim Lehrer, The Washington Journal and ABC's Headline News, among other media. Before joining Vanderbilt in 1999, Professor Swain was a tenured associate professor of politics and public policy at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Bio for Introductions

A Woman Apart
P.J. Tobia , June 5, 2008, Nashville Scene

Against the Odds

Curriculum Vitae

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