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Paula D. McClain

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Political Science
Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708-0067
140 Science Drive, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Political Science · 2020 - Present Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Political Science · 2000 - Present Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy · 2011 - Present Sanford School of Public Policy

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education · 2012 - 2022 Graduate School
Faculty Co-Director of the Center for Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences · 2010 - 2013 Social Science Research Institute, University Institutes and Centers
Professor of Public Policy Studies · 2006 - 2011 Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor of African and African American Studies · 2001 - 2006 Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Public Policy Studies · 2001 - 2005 Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor of Law · 2000 - 2001 School of Law