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'''Carol M. Swain''' is a Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University, and a blogger on the [[Huffingon Post]].
'''Carol M. Swain''' is a Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University, to which she came, in 1999, from a tenured associate professorship at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, [[Princeton University]]. and a blogger on the [[Huffingon Post]], as well as a frequent guest on radio and television, including [[Lou Dobbs]]' former show on [[CNN]]. She defended Dobbs against what she believes to be politically motivated attacks by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] (SPLC).<ref name=HuPo2009-08-10>{{citation
| author = [[Carol M. Swain]]
| title = Mission Creep and the Southern Poverty Law Center's Misguided Focus
| url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carol-m-swain/mission-creep-and-the-sou_b_255029.html
| date = 10 August 2009 | journal = Huffington Post}}</ref> She is a member of the Tennessee Advisory Committee to the [[U.S. Civil Rights Commission]] and the advisory board of the [[National Endowment for the Humanities]].


Her fields of interest includes representation, [[immigration]] and race relations. One of her books, ''Black Faces'' was cited by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in [[Johnson v. DeGrandy ]](1994) and by Justice [[Sandra Day O’Connor]] in [[Georgia v. Ashcroft]] (2003).  
She rose from humble roots, married at age sixteen and one of twelve children raised in extreme rural poverty in Bedford, Virginia.<ref name=Bio>{{citation
  | url = http://www.carolmswain.com/bio.html
| title = Biography
| publisher = Carol M. Swain}}</ref>


Her highly acclaimed book, Black Faces, Black Interests: The Representation of African Americans in Congress (1993, 1995 Harvard University Press; reprinted in 2006 by University Press of America) was named one of the seven outstanding academic books of 1994 by Library Choice Journal, received the 1994 Woodrow Wilson prize for the best book published in the U.S. on government, politics or international affairs, the Hardeman Prize for best scholarly work on Congress during 1994-1995, and was the co-winner of the Key Award for the best book published on southern politics.Her most recent book, Debating Immigration, is a collection of 18 essays by Swain and other scholars that explore the nuances of contemporary immigration and citizenship in the U.S. and Europe.
She has also been on BBC World News, NPR, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Fox News Live, PBS’s News Hour with Jim Lehrer, The Washington Journal and ABC’s Headline News. Her columns have appeared in the ''[[New York Times]]'', ''The [[Washington Post]]'', ''The [[Wall Street Journal]]'', ''The [[Washington Times]]'' and ''[[USA Today]]''.
 
Her fields of interest includes representation, [[immigration]], evangelical politics and race relations. One of her books, ''Black Faces'' was cited by  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in [[Johnson v. DeGrandy ]](1994) and by Justice [[Sandra Day O’Connor]] in [[Georgia v. Ashcroft]] (2003).
==American politics==
SPLC had designated, in 2000, the [[New Black Panther Party]] as a hate group. During the November 2008 elections, the [[U.S. Department of Justice]] filed charges of voter intimidation against it. The Justice Department, in the [[Obama Administration]], dropped charges without SPLC comment.
==Education==
*B.A., Roanoke College, 1983
*M.A., Virginia Polytechnic & State Univ., 1984
*Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989
*MLS, Yale Law School, 2000
* member of Phi Beta Kappa
==References==
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Carol M. Swain is a Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University, to which she came, in 1999, from a tenured associate professorship at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. and a blogger on the Huffingon Post, as well as a frequent guest on radio and television, including Lou Dobbs' former show on CNN. She defended Dobbs against what she believes to be politically motivated attacks by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).[1] She is a member of the Tennessee Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and the advisory board of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

She rose from humble roots, married at age sixteen and one of twelve children raised in extreme rural poverty in Bedford, Virginia.[2]

She has also been on BBC World News, NPR, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Fox News Live, PBS’s News Hour with Jim Lehrer, The Washington Journal and ABC’s Headline News. Her columns have appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times and USA Today.

Her fields of interest includes representation, immigration, evangelical politics and race relations. One of her books, Black Faces was cited by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in Johnson v. DeGrandy (1994) and by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in Georgia v. Ashcroft (2003).

American politics

SPLC had designated, in 2000, the New Black Panther Party as a hate group. During the November 2008 elections, the U.S. Department of Justice filed charges of voter intimidation against it. The Justice Department, in the Obama Administration, dropped charges without SPLC comment.

Education

  • B.A., Roanoke College, 1983
  • M.A., Virginia Polytechnic & State Univ., 1984
  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989
  • MLS, Yale Law School, 2000
  • member of Phi Beta Kappa

References