About

Kerry L. Haynie is Dean of the Social Sciences, Professor of Political Science and African and African American Studies at Duke University, and a former Chair of Duke’s Academic Council (Faculty Senate) from 2019 to 2021. He earned B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Master’s degree from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. Before joining Duke in 2003, Haynie was a faculty member at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and the University of Pennsylvania. His research examines how the underlying theories, structures, and practices of American political institutions influence African Americans’ and women’s efforts to organize and exert influence on the political system. He has received recognition for his work, including the American Political Science Association’s Women and Politics Research Section’s Best Paper Award in 2012 and the Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Prize in 2021 for his book on race, gender, and legislative representation. Haynie teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on African American politics, southern politics, urban politics, and comparative state politics and policy. He has traveled widely to speak on race and politics and is a frequent contributor to print and broadcast media as a political analyst. Additionally, he has served in various administrative roles at Duke, including Associate Chair of the Department of Political Science, Director of Graduate Studies for Political Science, and faculty director of several undergraduate scholarship programs. He is the founder and director of the Summer Institute on Tenure and Professional Advancement, a mentoring initiative supported by the Mellon Foundation, and is Co-Principal Investigator of the Duke Collaboratory on the Transformed and Transforming American South.

Research topics

• Sociology
• Political Science
• Law
• Gender studies
• Geology

Selected publications

• Genes, Race, and Causation: US Public Perspectives About Racial Difference

  UNC Libraries · 2025-08-19

  articleOpen access
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• Authors’ Response to Book Review of <i>Race, Gender, and Political Representation: Toward a More Intersectional Approach</i>

  Journal of Women Politics & Policy · 2021-11-22

  article

  We thank Dr. Caballero for his kind words and for capturing and embracing our primary goals in researching and writing this book: to learn more about how political representation is raced-gendered ...

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• Acknowledgments

  New York University Press eBooks · 2020

  • Geology

  Like all of my other projects, my work is the product of the places and spaces that inspire me to think and write.There were many such spaces, but four were absolutely critical to my process: the Parkwest Crossing Starbucks, Parker & Otis (particularly during those summer mornings on the porch), the Bean Traders at Homestead Market (especially on the weekends), and finally the Beyu Caffe.In Durham, around the country, and on the grid, I've been fortunate to be inspired and challenged by a range of folk.I'd like to thank my colleagues at Duke University, particularly the folks in the Department of African and African American Stud-

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• Race, Gender, and Political Representation

  Oxford University Press eBooks · 2020 · 42 citations

  • Political Science
  • Sociology
  • Gender studies

  Who gets elected? Who do they represent? What issues do they prioritize? Does diversity in representation make a difference? <italic>Race, Gender, and Political Representation</italic> approaches these questions about the politics of identity in the United States differently. It is not about women’s representation or minority representation; it is about how race and gender interact to affect the election, behavior, and impact of all individuals—raced women and gendered minorities alike. By putting women of color at the center of the analysis and re-evaluating traditional, one-at-a-time approaches to studying the politics of race <italic>or</italic> gender, the authors demonstrate what an intersectional approach to political representation can reveal. With a wealth of original data on the presence, policy leadership, and policy impact of Black women and men, Latinas and Latinos, and White women and men in state legislative office in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, each chapter shows how the politics of race, gender, and representation are far more complex than recurring “Year of the Woman” frameworks suggest. An array of race-gender similarities and differences is evident in the experiences, activities, and accomplishments of these state legislators. Yet one thing is clear: the representation of those marginalized by multiple, intersecting systems of power and inequality is intricately bound to the representation of women of color.

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• Replication Data for: Race, Gender, and Political Representation

  Harvard Dataverse · 2020-10-07

  datasetOpen access

  Replication data for Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 6 of Race, Gender, and Political Representation: Toward a More Intersectional Approach. Analyses of state- and district-level descriptive representation in state houses; bill sponsorship; state-level adoption of welfare policy.

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• Race, Gender, and Political Representation: Toward a More Intersectional Approach

  2020 · 35 citations

  • Sociology
  • Political Science
  • Gender studies

  "Who gets elected? Who do they represent? What issues do they prioritize? Does diversity in representation make a difference? Race, Gender, and Political Representation thinks differently about identity politics in the United States. It is not about women's representation or minority representation; it is about how race and gender interact to affect the election, behavior, and impact of all individuals - raced women and gendered minorities alike. By putting women of color at the center of the analysis and re-evaluating traditional, one-at-a-time approaches to studying the politics of race or gender, the authors demonstrate what an intersectional approach to identity politics can reveal. With a wealth of original data on the presence, policy leadership, and policy impact of Black women and men, Latinas and Latinos, and white women and men in state legislative office in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, each chapter shows how the politics of race, gender, and representation are far more complex than recurring "Year of the Woman" frameworks suggest. An array of race-gender similarities and differences are evident in the experiences, activities, and accomplishments of these state legislators. Yet one thing is clear: the representation of those marginalized by multiple, intersecting systems of power and inequality is intricately bound to the representation of women of color"--

• CONTAINING THE RAINBOW COALITION

  Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race · 2019-01-01 · 2 citations

  article1st authorCorresponding

  Abstract The emergence of an African American and Latino-dominated coalition with the potential to reconfigure American government and politics at the national, state, and local levels is one of the most noteworthy developments in U.S. politics over the past two decades. Racialized mass incarceration and felon disenfranchisement are impediments to this coalition’s political power. Social scientists, legal scholars, and activists have long paid attention to how devices like poll taxes, English competency tests, voter intimidation, racial gerrymandering, and voter identification laws restrict participation and diluted the political influence of racial and ethnic minorities. This essay seeks to direct renewed scholarly attention to racialized mass incarceration and felon disenfranchisement as similar devices for suppressing and containing minority group political power.

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• Genes, Race, and Causation: US Public Perspectives About Racial Difference

  Race and Social Problems · 2018-02-23 · 13 citations

  articleOpen access
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• New Race Politics in America: Understanding Minority and Immigrant Politics, reviewed by Athena M. King

  2017-07-05

  book-chapterSenior author

  Kristi Andersen analyzes the degree to which political parties will seek to incorporate immigrants into American democracy. Confronting the changes in the electorate is the central tenet in New Race Politics in America. Andersen argues political institutions will seek immigrant incorporation if it is in their best strategic interests to do; if so, several contextual factors must be considered, including state of residence, rates of citizenship, and the presence of civic and social organizations. Dennis Chong and Dukhong Kim examine whether the concept of &quot;linked fate&quot; is as important for Latinos and Asian Americans as it is for African Americans. They find that unlike African Americans, Latinos and Asian Americans' views regarding economic status and discrimination are more likely to be based on personal experiences than with the racial/ethnic group as a whole. The authors reference social interaction and Black &quot;political entrepreneurs&quot; as key factors in stimulating Black activism at the aggregate level.

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• Representing Women’s Interests and Intersections of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in US State Legislatures

  Representation · 2014-06-11 · 4 citations

  book-chapterSenior author

  Abstract Political scientists have employed various definitions of women's political interests: some are more women- or gender-specific than others; some are more feminist, liberal, or radical than others. To what extent do our definitions of women's interests affect who is or appears to be more or less willing to act for women? Does the relationship between women's descriptive and substantive representation depend on how we define women's interests? This chapter examines whether and how definitions of women's interests affect the conclusions that may be drawn about women of color in US state legislatures. Intersectionality theory and research caution against generalizing about women's representation across race and ethnicity and suggest that any single-axis conception of women's interests risks excluding or obscuring the representational advocacy provided by women of color, while privileging that provided by white women. To test this proposition, the agenda-setting behavior (bill introductions) of state legislators in six states, in 1997, is examined, across a variety of definitions of women's issues/interests. The study finds no systematic or consistent biases against legislative women of color but nevertheless concludes that the best approach may be to employ a variety of theoretically relevant concepts and measures of women's substantive representation.

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Recent grants

• Collaborative Research: Representation and the Intersections of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity

  NSF · $118k · 2006–2011

Frequent coauthors

• Steven Smith

  18 shared

• Jessica Carew

  Ford Foundation

  9 shared

• M. Leigh

  University of Geneva

  9 shared

• Gierzynski

  Carnegie Corporation of New York

  9 shared

• Jyl Josephson

  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  9 shared

• James Egan

  9 shared

• Tomohisa Hattori

  Tsumura Research Institute (Japan)

  9 shared

• Laura Bures

  Carnegie Corporation of New York

  9 shared

Awards & honors

• 2012 American Political Science Association Women and Politi…
• Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Prize from the American Political Scie…
• Mac Jewell Enduring Contribution Award of the American Polit…