Nadia E. Brown

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Nadia E. Brown
Nationality American
Alma mater
Awards
  • W.E.B. DuBois Distinguished Book Award
  • APSA Member of the Month
  • Purdue University Scholar
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Nadia Elizabeth Brown [1] is an American political scientist. She is a University Scholar and professor of Political Science and African American Studies at Purdue University, where she is also affiliated with the department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. In 2020 she was appointed Director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program at Georgetown University, with a term starting in August 2021. [2] Brown is a scholar of American politics whose work focuses on identity politics, legislative studies, and Black women's studies, using the theory of intersectionality to study topics across multiple disciplines.

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Education and early career

Brown studied political science at Howard University, obtaining a BA in 2004. She chose to study political science because of an interest in how power is distributed in society, and particularly how Black women engage in political activity. [3] In 2010 she completed her PhD in political science at Rutgers University, specializing in Women and Politics and American Politics. [4] She also received a Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies. [3] From 2010 to 2013, she was a professor of political science and African American studies, and affiliated with women's studies, at St. Louis University. [4]

Career

In 2014, Brown published the book Sisters in the Statehouse: Black Women and Legislative Decision Making, [5] which studies how the policy preferences and legislative behavior of African American women legislators are influenced by experiences with racism and sexism during their lives, given the context that in 2013, only 239 of the 7,776 female legislators in the United States were African American women. [6] The book was reviewed positively not just for its substantive findings, but also for its analytical approach, with Muireann O'Dwyer writing that it "delivered an answer to the enduring question of how exactly intersectionality can be brought to bear on the empirical questions of social science". [6] Sisters in the Statehouse won the 2015 W.E.B. DuBois Distinguished Book Award, as well as awards from Purdue University and the Association for the Study of Black Women and Politics. [3]

In 2016, Brown was appointed a University Scholar at Purdue University, [7] an honor which is intended "to recognize outstanding mid-career faculty who are on an accelerated path for academic distinction". [8] Brown was chosen as the American Political Science Association's Member of the Month for April 2019. [3]

Brown is the lead editor of the journal Politics, Groups, and Identities, which she has noted may make her the first Black woman to be the sole lead editor of a political science journal. [9] She has also been a member of the editorial board of the political science expert database Women Also Know Stuff. [10]

Brown is an advocate for political scientists to communicate about their discipline with the media. [10] She has published in The Washington Post , [11] [12] the Huffington Post , [13] and Ozy , [14] and been cited in outlets like The New York Times [15] and The Washingtonian . [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Brown, Nadia E." id.loc.gov. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Nadia Brown Appointed as New Director of Women and Gender Studies Program". Georgetown College. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "APSA Member of the Month: Dr. Nadia E. Brown, Purdue University". Political Science Now. American Political Science Association. 19 April 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 "Nadia E. Brown Profile". Purdue University. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Nadia E. Brown". Women Also Know Stuff. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  6. 1 2 Muireann O'Dwyer (14 August 2014). "Book Review: Sisters in the Statehouse: Black Women and Legislative Decision Making by Nadia E. Brown". London School of Economics Review of Books. London School of Economics. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  7. 1 2 "University Faculty Scholars". Purdue University. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Scholars Program". Purdue University. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Politics, Groups, and Identities". Taylor & Francis Online. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  10. 1 2 "Nadia E. Brown Encourages Women in Politics to Practice Mentorship & Self-Advocacy". Political Science Now. American Political Science Association. 17 May 2016.
  11. ↑ Brown, Nadia E. (30 August 2019). "How the #MeTooPoliSci Collective is making a difference in political science". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  12. ↑ Brown, Nadia E.; Michelson, Melissa R.; Sharrow, Libby; Strolovitch, Dara (4 March 2019). "Virginia Democrats' political problems show us why intersectionality is so important". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  13. ↑ Emily Beaulieu; et al. (8 March 2016). "Experts Weigh In: Women Also Know Stuff". Huffington Post. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  14. ↑ Brown, Nadia E.; Halliday, Aria S. (10 October 2018). "Making Black women, not girls, magic?". OZY magazine. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  15. ↑ "Vanessa Tyson, Accuser of Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, Describes Assault". The New York Times. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  16. ↑ Shepherd, Brittany (7 February 2019). "Washingtonian Today: Colleagues Rally Around Justin Fairfax Accuser". The Washingtonian. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
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