Professor of Political Science Katherine Tate offered commentary on support for Joe Biden from Black lawmakers and voters.
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Political Science
Katherine Tate
Professor of Political Science
Rm. 307/Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs - 111 Thayer Street
Areas of Expertise
Black Politics, Race Ethnicity and Politics, Urban Politics, Gender and Politics
2024-25
On Leave
Biography
Katherine Tate is Professor of Political Science at Brown University. Her Ph.D. in political science is from the University of Michigan. She has a bachelor's degree in political science with honors from the University of Chicago. Tate has published seven books, including the award-winning Black Faces in the Mirror and From Protest to Politics. Tate’s most recent book is Gendered Pluralism (University of Michigan Press, in press, coauthored). Her research and teaching are in the areas of public opinion, government, and Black and women’s politics.
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Harvard Magazine
A “Scholar’s Scholar”
“We were glad to admit her,” recalled Katherine Tate, assistant and then associate professor of government at Harvard from 1989 to 1993, a member of the department’s admissions committee. Among many talented applicants, “She soared,” Tate said recently, and “turned out to be a very talented student.”
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The Barbara Sinclair Legacy Award is new LSS award designed to honor the work of a scholar or set of scholars who have contributed a lifetime of significant scholarship to the study of legislative politics. In the tradition of Professor Sinclair’s body of work, recipients of this award have focused on individual legislative behavior, institutional rules, or the role of party in shaping legislative politics. This award is also intended to recognize scholars who employ a range of methods in their research.
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