Nicholas W. Carnes
Creed C. Black Associate 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, political representation, legislative decision making, and urban politics.
Carnes is currently working on a book that examines how the shortage of people from working-class backgrounds in American legislatures skews the policymaking process towards outcomes that are more in line with the upper class's economic interests. He is also beginning a large-scale investigation of the factors that discourage working-class citizens from holding political office and the programs that could help to address longstanding inequalities in the class composition of American policymaking institutions. (On leave, fall 2015)
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Creed C. Black Associate Professor, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2018 - 2023
- Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2018
- Assistant Professor of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2016
- Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Institute 2010
Contact Information
- 227 Sanford Building, Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708-0245
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nicholas.carnes@duke.edu
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