Dianne Pinderhughes

Professor
Department of Political Science
Department of Africana Studies

Degrees

B.A., Albertus Magnus College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

Research Profile

Pinderhughes studies inequality with a focus on racial and ethnic politics and public policy. She published Race and Ethnicity in Chicago Politics A Reexamination of Pluralist Theory (1987) as well as numerous articles including several for the National Urban League's State of Black America, and book chapters addressing issues of race, public policy, and electoral politics. Her current research project, The Evolution of Civil Rights Organizations in the Twentieth Century: Voting Rights and African American Politics, explores the creation of American civil society institutions in the twentieth century, and analyzes their influence on voting rights policy. Pinderhughes is incoming President-Elect of the American Political Science Association, and is a member of the Board of Governors of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. Her fellowships include awards from the Open Society Institute, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Ford Foundation, and UCLA’s Bunche Center for African-American Studies. 

Contact Information

158 Decio Faculty Hall
dpinderh@nd.edu