Christopher J. Clark
· Director, Undergraduate Studies Director/Associate Professor, Political ScienceUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Political Science
Active 1984–2025
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About
Christopher J. Clark is the Director of Undergraduate Studies and an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He earned his B.A. from Saint Louis University in 2005, followed by an M.A. in 2006 and a Ph.D. in 2010 from the University of Iowa. His academic interests focus on racial and ethnic politics in the United States, with a particular emphasis on minority representation. His current work examines women of color political elites, both in Congress and state legislatures. Additionally, he is interested in political behavior and public opinion.
Research topics
- Computer Science
- Ecology
- Biology
- Acoustics
- Political Science
- Engineering
- Physics
- Aerospace engineering
- Oceanography
- Psychology
Selected publications
Women of Color Political Elites in the U.S.
2023-02-01 · 4 citations
bookThe Intellectual Benefits of Diversity
Oxford University Press eBooks · 2024 · 1 citations
1st authorCorrespondingAbstract This chapter highlights the longstanding call for increased diversity, particularly in terms of gender, race, and socioeconomic backgrounds within the field of political science. It specifically focuses on the intellectual advantages of racial diversity in the discipline, contending that it enhances the quality of research. Racial diversity not only brings a variety of research themes but also a range of methodological approaches. Despite significant underrepresentation of Black scholar…
Exceptional Plumage of a Female Anna’s Hummingbird in Los Angeles
Western Birds · 2024-11-30 · 1 citations
articleSenior authorHummingbirds are often sexually dimorphic, the males of many species showing an ornamental gorget that females lack. Males use this ornamental plumage to attract mates and establish a territory, while females build nests and care for the young alone. In Los Angeles, California, we observed a nesting Anna’s Hummingbird with male-like plumage on the crown and gorget but the rectrix morphology of a female—and it reared chicks. The extent of gorget development on this individual likely represents on…
The Black Women of the US Congress: Learning from Descriptive Data
UNC Libraries · 2025-04-29
articleOpen accessBlack women have been historically excluded from Congress and the policymaking power available in the institution. This essay shares details about the 52 Black women who have navigated this raced and gendered institution (Hawkesworth 2003) since 1969. We discuss data on these Black congresswomen, including, but not limited to, their educational attainment, occupations prior to serving in Congress, and ties to Black Greek Letter organizations. We argue that this descriptive data will prompt new q…
Slender-tailed Woodstar (Microstilbon burmeisteri)
Birds of the World · 2024-11-08
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Frequent coauthors
- 74 shared
Teresa J. Feo
Smithsonian Institution
- 30 shared
Richard O. Prum
American Museum of Natural History
- 17 shared
Jacob S. Berv
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
- 13 shared
Nicholas R. Atkins
University of Cambridge
- 12 shared
A.A. Moulthrop
- 12 shared
M.S. Muha
The Aerospace Corporation
- 9 shared
Andrew Warfield
Amazon (United States)
- 9 shared
Steven Hand
Infinera (United States)
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