Nicholas W. Carnes
Creed C. Black Professor
Nick Carnes joined the faculty at the Sanford School in July 2011. He is a political scientist whose research focuses on American politics, economic and social class inequality, and political representation.
Carnes is currently working on a book that examines the shortage of people from working-class backgrounds in national legislatures around the world. (On leave Spring 2023.)
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Creed C. Black Professor, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2022 - 2023
- Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2022
- Associate Professor of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2020
- Professor of Sociology, Sociology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2022
Contact Information
- 227 Sanford Building, Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708-0245
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nicholas.carnes@duke.edu
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Princeton University 2011
- M.A., Princeton University 2008
- A.B., The University of Tulsa 2006
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2018 - 2022
- Creed C. Black Associate Professor, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2018 - 2022
- Assistant Professor of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2016 - 2019
- Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Institute 2010 - 2019
- Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2012 - 2018
- Lecturer, Univ in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2011
- Recognition
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In the News
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Awards & Honors
- Expertise
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Global Scholarship
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Expertise
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Research
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- Research
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Selected Grants
- 2021 Waterman Award awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2026
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Broockman, D. E., N. Carnes, M. Crowder-Meyer, and C. Skovron. “Why Local Party Leaders Don't Support Nominating Centrists.” British Journal of Political Science 51, no. 2 (April 1, 2021): 724–49. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123419000309.Full Text
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Carnes, N., and N. Lupu. “The white working class and the 2016 election.” Perspectives on Politics 19, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 55–72. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592720001267.Full Text
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Hansen, E. R., N. Carnes, and V. Gray. “What Happens When Insurers Make Insurance Laws? State Legislative Agendas and the Occupational Makeup of Government.” State Politics and Policy Quarterly 19, no. 2 (June 1, 2019): 155–79. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532440018813013.Full Text
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Carnes, Nicholas, and John Holbein. “Do public officials exhibit social class biases when they handle casework? Evidence from multiple correspondence experiments.” Plos One 14, no. 3 (January 2019): e0214244. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214244.Full Text
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Carnes, N. “Adam Smith would be spinning in His Grave: Government by the rich in the United States.” Forum (Germany) 15, no. 1 (April 1, 2017): 151–65. https://doi.org/10.1515/for-2017-0009.Full Text
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Carnes, N., and E. R. Hansen. “Does paying politicians more promote economic diversity in legislatures?” American Political Science Review 110, no. 4 (November 1, 2016): 699–716. https://doi.org/10.1017/S000305541600054X.Full Text
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Carnes, N., and N. Lupu. “Do voters dislike working-class candidates? Voter biases and the descriptive underrepresentation of the working class.” American Political Science Review 110, no. 4 (November 1, 2016): 832–44. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055416000551.Full Text
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Carnes, N. “White-collar government in the United States.” Swiss Political Science Review 21, no. 2 (June 1, 2015): 213–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12165.Full Text
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Bellemare, M. F., and N. Carnes. “Why do members of congress support agricultural protection?” Food Policy 50 (January 1, 2015): 20–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.10.010.Full Text
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Carnes, N., and M. L. Sadin. “The "mill worker's son" heuristic: How voters perceive politicians from working-class families-And how they really behave in office.” Journal of Politics 77, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 285–98. https://doi.org/10.1086/678530.Full Text
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Carnes, N., and N. Lupu. “Rethinking the comparative perspective on class and representation: Evidence from latin america.” American Journal of Political Science 59, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12112.Full Text
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Carnes, N., and N. Lupu. “Rethinking the comparative perspective on class and representation: Evidence from Latin America.” Working Paper of the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, no. 394 (November 11, 2013): 1–33.
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Arnold, R Douglas, and Nicholas Carnes. “Holding Mayors Accountable: New York's Executives from Koch to Bloomberg.” American Journal of Political Science 56, no. 4 (October 2012): 949–63.
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Nicholas Carnes, P. “Does the Numerical Underrepresentation of the Working Class in Congress Matter?” Legislative Studies Quarterly 37, no. 1 (January 2012): 5–34.Link to Item
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Book Sections
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Carnes, N. “Who votes for inequality?” In Congress and Policy Making in the 21st Century, 106–34, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316411117.005.Full Text
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Conference Papers
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Carnes, N., and N. Lupu. “What good is a college degree? Education and leader quality reconsidered.” In Journal of Politics, 78:35–49, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1086/683027.Full Text
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- PUBPOL 393: Research Independent Study 2023
- PUBPOL 494: Honors Project: Research Independent Study 2023
- PUBPOL 393: Research Independent Study 2022
- PUBPOL 792: Special Readings in Public Policy Studies 2022
- PUBPOL 155D: Introduction to Policy Analysis 2021
- PUBPOL 290S: Selected Public Policy Topics 2021
- PUBPOL 792: Special Readings in Public Policy Studies 2021
- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
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Service to Duke
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