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Professor nominated as president of American Political Science Association.
Dianne Pinderhughes, University of Illinois political science professor, was recently nominated to serve as president of the American Political Science Association (APSA) for the 2007-2008 term. If elected, she will also act as president-elect for the 2006-2007 term. Elections will be held during the annual meeting on Labor Day weekend in Philadelphia.
Pinderhughes, a professor in the Department of Political Science for 21 years, also holds a joint appointment in the Department of African American Studies. She is currently studying voter mobilization projects and the influence of civil rights interest groups on the formation of voting rights laws and policies.
Pinderhughes has won numerous awards for her work and is the author of Race and Ethnicity in Chicago Politics: A Reexamination of Pluralist Theory. Her research often focuses on race and ethnic politics, interest groups, American politics, and urban politics.
The APSA is a group of scholars dedicated to promoting the study of political sciences, supporting the interests of those who study political science, and expanding political awareness in the non-academic community.
March 2006
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