Awards & Honors
2025 Award for the Best Book on Race and Political Change
National American Political Science Association (APSA), Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (REP) Section · September 20252025 UNCF Champion for HBCU Progress Award
National United Negro College Fund · June 2025 More about this awardSusan E. Tifft Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring Award
School Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University · May 2019 The award, named for the late Susan Tifft, the Eugene C. Patterson Professor of the Practice of Communications and Journalism, recognizes excellence in undergraduate teaching. More about this award2017-2018 Postdoctoral Fellowship
National National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Foundation · 2017Leonard D White Award
National American Political Science Association · 2013Leonard D. White Award for the Best Dissertation in the Field of Public Administration
National American Political Science Association (APSA) · 2013Walter Dean Burnham Award for the Best Dissertation in History and Politics
National American Political Science Association (APSA) History and Politics Section · 2013In the News
Published September 12, 2024
New Books by Duke Authors: Exploring Politics, Theology, AI and Basketball
Published March 5, 2024
‘People Are Exhausted by Politics’: Faculty Assess the 2024 Election at Briefing for International Journalists
Published September 21, 2023
Restrictions on Abortion, Voting Among Likely Drivers in NC, U.S. Elections, Experts Say
Published June 2, 2022
Deondra Rose on the Ethical Obligations of Scholars to Help Preserve Democracy
Published June 2, 2020
How Three Politicians Used Their Personal Experiences to Expand Access to Higher Education
Published September 16, 2019
Sanford's Policy Lab Puts Students' Academic Work in the Hands of Lawmakers