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Dianne Pinderhughes

Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies

Pinderhughes studies inequality with a focus on racial and ethnic politics and public policy. She is the author of “Race and Ethnicity in Chicago Politics: A Reexamination of Pluralist Theory,” 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. She also is interested in the creation of American civil society institutions in the 20th century and is analyzing their influence on voting rights policy. Pinderhughes is the former president of the American Political Science Association and is a member of the Board of Governors of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.

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