N E Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 44598 |
|---|---|
| NAME | N E Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | N E |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN N E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purdue University West Lafayette |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5145-2811 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 60 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 396 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 58 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Voting the Same, Feeling Differently
Kamala Harris, a first multi-racial Black woman, became the official Democratic presidential nominee on August 5, 2025. This historic achievement only amplified the intensity of discussions about Black women’s politics in the United States. As Black feminist political scientists studying Black women’s politics, we knew we needed to document the nuance, dynamism, and historical nature of Harris’s campaign. We were keenly aware that we needed to ca…
Even among the 92%, It’s Complicated
Representing ‘Women’s Interests’ in 2025
Lawmakers from historically marginalized groups often emphasize unique political messages from their counterparts that hinge on their identities or those of their constituency. Because symbolic representation increases constituent support and satisfaction, elected officials are keen to use high-profile nomination hearings as an opportunity to communicate their positions as a tool to maintain or expand constituent backing. Using the case of Robert…
The Canary in the Coal Mine
We present and examine qualitative interviews to better understand the processes where gender and race mutually constitute each other in a non-additive way to inform the experiences of political violence among women mayors during and post-COVID-19. Drawing on a unique sample of interviews with 31 women mayors serving between 2020 and 2024, our analysis uncovers that COVID-19 era policy changes that allowed for more citizen participation led to ad…
Rhetorical Promises
Not all emotions are the same
If there was ever a time in US history to understand women’s politics, that time is certainly now, as with the increase of women candidates, the rise of women’s political engagement, and women-led social movements, scholars have little intersectional insight into what motivates women’s political participation. Anger and fear are powerful forces in US politics, yet how negative emotions about race matter for women is less understood. Using the 202…
Unsung Political Leaders
Leadership in a Pandemic
This study builds on the existing literature by considering the extent to which minority legislators offer different forms of constituency outreach during times of emergency. This case study of state legislator constituent outreach during the COVID-19 pandemic uses an analysis of Facebook posts in 2020 to track how state legislators provided outreach and communicated resources to their constituents during a public health crisis. We ask, in times …
Intersectional Identity and Representative Politics
Representation scholarship has drawn from intersectionality theory 0to examine how systemic structures of oppression and privilege have created social groups with distinct political needs. Derived from Black feminist theory that recognizes that identities are mutually constitutive and interconnected, intersectionality research is rooted in the lived experiences of marginalized groups who call attention to social (in)justice. Empirical scholarship…
An Incomplete Recognition
As a discipline centered on power, political science provides an important window into potential responses to episodes of heightened attention to long-standing racial violence and inequality in the United States. During the summer of 2020, political science departments, like many other entities, issued public statements in response to the brutal murder of George Floyd and the long and ongoing history of deadly violence against Black people at the…
Approaching Democracy
Approaching Democracy
Democracy cannot be taken for granted, whether at home or internationally, and eternal vigilance (along with civic intelligence) is required to protect it. Approaching Democracy provides students with a framework to analyze the structure, process, and action of US government, institutions, and social movements. It also invites comparison with other countries. This globalizing perspective gives students an understanding of issues of governance and…
Introduction
Two main questions animate our desire to produce this special issue: first, what are the main claims, struggles and possibilities of contemporary intersectional feminisms; and second, how shall we, as scholars, address intersectional feminist activisms in our research – theoretically, methodologically and empirically. In this special issue, these topics are debated from several intersectional feminist perspectives, locations and positionalities.K…
Sister Space
Black women in elective office in the United States have demonstrated how descriptive representative transforms democratic institutions. This transformation is most evident in previously uncrystallized interests, those new to the agenda or not yet owned by specific political groups (Mansbridge 1999), articulated in legislative communication and action. For instance, Black maternal health is an issue that addresses the disproportionately poor heal…
All the Feelings
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Women of Color Political Elites in the US
2022). Women of Color Political Elites in the US: An Introduction, Personal Reflections, and a Call for Scholarly Engagement. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy: Vol. 43, Women of Color Political Elites in the US, pp. 1-7
Sister Style
In this response, Brown and Lemi address feedback from Wrighten's read of Sister Style: The Politics of Appearance for Black Women Political Elites. Here we take seriously the implications of the work as well as future studies that draw from our findings. The conversation between the authors and the respondent reveal deeper insights into how and why the politics of appearance maintain a continued salience in American politics for Black women
The Black Women of the US Congress
Black 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 …
An Invitation
This essay serves as the introduction to the special issue that focuses squarely on the political leadership of women of color in the United States. In recent years, it is becoming increasingly common for women of color to seek and attain elected office. As these actors become more prominent in politics, then it will become increasingly difficult for scholars of American politics to ignore them. We argue that if the discipline wants to remain rel…
The Intersectional Dynamics of Descriptive Representation
Research on political representation demonstrates that the presence of historically underrepresented groups in political office (descriptiverepresentation) can have not only asubstantiveimpact on policies and procedures but also asymbolicimpact that changes the attitudes and even behavior of those groups. The dynamics of group identity and its significance for representation, however, are complicated. Individuals often hold multiple identities, a…
Sister Style
Nadia E. Brown and Danielle Casarez Lemi argue that Black women's political experience and the way that voters evaluate them is shaped overtly by their skin tone and hair texture, with hair being a particular point of scrutiny. They ask what the politics of appearance for Black women mean for Black women politicians and Black voters, and how expectations about self-presentation differ for Black women versus Black men, White men, and White women. …
A Black Feminist Rationale for Doing Public Facing Research
Why and How Not to Say No
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Shared Identities
Scholars of gender and race have long acknowledged the importance that descriptive representation plays for marginalized groups, if not substantively than symbolically. Yet, as candidate pools diversify to better reflect the population, it becomes less clear which among intersecting and overlapping identities will matter and how. Employing data from the 2016 Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey, we explore the association between minori…
Glass half full
In this essay, we place Black women's electoral challenges and opportunities in context. We situate this year of “Black Women Candidates” as an anomaly, but one that has been a long in the making. We also point to the appeal of Black women lawmakers among voters to mirror Alberder Gillespie's claims in this epigraph. We note that Black women have long been the backbone of the Democratic Party and are willing to use their clout for their own polit…
Political Participation of Women of Color
This article develops the hypothesis that participation in American politics of minority women differs from political participation of white women. I propose that individuals with multiple subordinate group identities, namely, racial and ethnic minority women, will experience differences in political mobilization and interest in politics and demonstrate different participatory styles than white women do. On the basis of their identity in racial/e…
Intersectional linked fate and political representation
In the last several elections, there has been a substantial diversification of political candidates both at the national and state level, particularly in the Democratic Party. This includes record
Shared Identities
Scholars of gender and race have long acknowledged the importance that descriptive representation plays for marginalized groups, if not substantively than symbolically. Yet, as candidate pools diversify to better reflect the population, it becomes less clear which among intersecting and overlapping identities will matter and how. Employing data from the 2016 Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey, we explore the association between minori…
The Intersectional Dynamics of Descriptive Representation
Research on political representation demonstrates that the presence of historically underrepresented groups in political office (descriptiverepresentation) can have not only asubstantiveimpact on policies and procedures but also asymbolicimpact that changes the attitudes and even behavior of those groups. The dynamics of group identity and its significance for representation, however, are complicated. Individuals often hold multiple identities, a…
Intersecting Interests
Despite claims by normative theorists that gender diversity in Congress leads to better representation of women's interests, the results of empirical studies have been largely mixed. While some scholars have found positive effects of gender diversity, others have found very little impact. We argue that it is not the presence of White and minority women alone that makes political institutions more responsive to women's issues, but rather it is the…
Intersectional Presentations
In recent decades the number of women and minorities elected to public office has increased significantly, prompting a wealth of studies examining the ways these different gender and racial identities shape elected officials' appeals to constituents. However, much previous research focuses on representational differences among either men and womenorAnglos and minorities, neglecting the intersection of race and gender. We seek to fill this void by…
A prospective study of swimming-related illness. I. Swimming-associated health risk
During the summer of 1980, both swimmers and nonswimmers were enlisted in a prospective epidemiological study to determine the relationship between swimming, water quality, and the incidence of illness. Results of 4,537 telephone follow-up interviews showed that crude morbidity rates were 69.6 per 1,000 swimmers versus 29.5 per 1,000 nonswimmers. Swimmers experienced respiratory ailments most frequently, followed by gastrointestinal, eye, ear, sk…
The Power of Black Girl Magic Anthems
Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé are two of the most successful Black women artists in today's popular culture. They occupy a hypervisible and invisible position in Black and mainstream popular culture, and therefore exist as a crucial discursive site to understand Black girls' self-articulation as "blackgirlmagic" at this moment. Faced with the rise of public feminist and postracial discourses presented in new digital media forms, Minaj and Beyoncé's rep…
Black Women’s Agenda Setting in the Maryland State Legislature
Body politics
A prospective study of swimming-related illness. II. Morbidity and the microbiological quality of water
A prospective cohort epidemiological-microbiological study was carried out at 10 beaches in Ontario, Canada. Lake water and sediment samples collected at the beaches were analyzed for fecal coliforms, fecal streptococci, heterotrophic bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and total staphylococci. Mean fecal coliform levels in the surface water of the lakes were within accepted guidelines. Bacterial densities were found to be approximately 10 times hi…
Me Too Political Science
Beyond the Gender Citation Gap
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Examining intersectionality and symbolic representation
This contribution highlights the need and benefits of a mixed methodological approach in intersectional studies of symbolic representation. Existing research concerning symbolic representation among traditionally marginalized groups such as women, racial and ethnic minorities focuses on the role either gender or race/ethnic identity plays in shaping symbolic forms of representation such as communication or presentation of self. However, extant li…
Mentoring, Sexual Harassment, and Black Women Academics
The #MeToo Movement both within academia and popular culture has largely been seen as an issue for white women (and men). While the phrase Me Too was originally coined by Tarana Burke in 2006 to raise public awareness of sexual harassment, violence and assault experienced by women of color, the Movement has largely been whitewashed by primarily depicting victims and survivors as white women. Black women academics, like myself, also experience sex…
Glass half full
In this essay, we place Black women's electoral challenges and opportunities in context. We situate this year of “Black Women Candidates” as an anomaly, but one that has been a long in the making. We also point to the appeal of Black women lawmakers among voters to mirror Alberder Gillespie's claims in this epigraph. We note that Black women have long been the backbone of the Democratic Party and are willing to use their clout for their own polit…
Unsung Political Leaders
Leadership in a Pandemic
This study builds on the existing literature by considering the extent to which minority legislators offer different forms of constituency outreach during times of emergency. This case study of state legislator constituent outreach during the COVID-19 pandemic uses an analysis of Facebook posts in 2020 to track how state legislators provided outreach and communicated resources to their constituents during a public health crisis. We ask, in times …
An Incomplete Recognition
As a discipline centered on power, political science provides an important window into potential responses to episodes of heightened attention to long-standing racial violence and inequality in the United States. During the summer of 2020, political science departments, like many other entities, issued public statements in response to the brutal murder of George Floyd and the long and ongoing history of deadly violence against Black people at the…
Sister Space
Black women in elective office in the United States have demonstrated how descriptive representative transforms democratic institutions. This transformation is most evident in previously uncrystallized interests, those new to the agenda or not yet owned by specific political groups (Mansbridge 1999), articulated in legislative communication and action. For instance, Black maternal health is an issue that addresses the disproportionately poor heal…
Women of Color Political Elites in the US
2022). Women of Color Political Elites in the US: An Introduction, Personal Reflections, and a Call for Scholarly Engagement. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy: Vol. 43, Women of Color Political Elites in the US, pp. 1-7
The Black Women of the US Congress
Black 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 …
Introduction to the Symposium on “The Role of Gender in the 2018 Midterm Elections
Women Also Know Stuff
Women know stuff. Yet, all too often, they are underrepresented in political science meetings, syllabi, and editorial boards. To counter the implicit bias that leads to women’s underrepresentation, to ensure that women’s expertise is included and shared, and to improve the visibility of women in political science, in February 2016 we launched the “Women Also Know Stuff” initiative, which features a crowd-sourced website and an active Twitter feed…
The Impact of Feminist Attitudes on the Relation between Racial Awareness and Racial Identity
A prospective study of swimming-related illness. I. Swimming-associated health risk
During the summer of 1980, both swimmers and nonswimmers were enlisted in a prospective epidemiological study to determine the relationship between swimming, water quality, and the incidence of illness. Results of 4,537 telephone follow-up interviews showed that crude morbidity rates were 69.6 per 1,000 swimmers versus 29.5 per 1,000 nonswimmers. Swimmers experienced respiratory ailments most frequently, followed by gastrointestinal, eye, ear, sk…
A prospective study of swimming-related illness. II. Morbidity and the microbiological quality of water
A prospective cohort epidemiological-microbiological study was carried out at 10 beaches in Ontario, Canada. Lake water and sediment samples collected at the beaches were analyzed for fecal coliforms, fecal streptococci, heterotrophic bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and total staphylococci. Mean fecal coliform levels in the surface water of the lakes were within accepted guidelines. Bacterial densities were found to be approximately 10 times hi…
What Revolution? Incorporating Intersectionality in Women and Politics
Right around the time Jeane Kirkpatrick's Political Woman (1974) appeared in print, a different uprising was taking shape. That very year, a group of radical black feminists began to meet, later calling themselves the Combahee River Collective. The group's name was inspired by the actions of Harriet Tubman, the former slave who freed nearly 800 slaves during the Civil War at the Combahee River in South Carolina. Black feminism or womanism grew ou…
Identity and the Legislative Decision Making Process
Both politicians and the mass public believe that identity influences political behavior yet, political scientists have failed to fully detail how identity is salient for all political actors not just minorities and women legislators. To what extent do racial, gendered, and race/gendered identities affect the legislation decision process? To test this proposition, I examine how race and gender based identities shape the legislative decisions of B…
Black Women’s Agenda Setting in the Maryland State Legislature
Sisters in the Statehouse
This book argues that identities based on race and gender affect how Black women legislate. Unlike other studies that only analyze intergroup variances, this book examines intragroup differences among Maryland’s African American women legislators. It develops representational identity theory to examine when and why Black women state legislators will behave similarly or have divergent policy preferences and uses intragroup analysis to compare and …
“It's more than hair … that's why you should care”
African American women female state legislators navigate the politics of appearance differently from others. Black women's texture and style of their hair and their skin tone influences their experiences as state legislators. In sum, this essay contends that Black women's appearances have led to experiences that are linked to building their self-confidence, internal fortitude, and building their character, which they attribute to assisting them w…
The Impact of Feminist Attitudes on the Relation between Racial Awareness and Racial Identity
Political Participation of Women of Color
This article develops the hypothesis that participation in American politics of minority women differs from political participation of white women. I propose that individuals with multiple subordinate group identities, namely, racial and ethnic minority women, will experience differences in political mobilization and interest in politics and demonstrate different participatory styles than white women do. On the basis of their identity in racial/e…
Intersecting Interests
Despite claims by normative theorists that gender diversity in Congress leads to better representation of women's interests, the results of empirical studies have been largely mixed. While some scholars have found positive effects of gender diversity, others have found very little impact. We argue that it is not the presence of White and minority women alone that makes political institutions more responsive to women's issues, but rather it is the…
Distinct Identities
Scholarship on #BlackLivesMatter and its implications on local electoral politics
August 9 2016 marked the second anniversary of Mike Brown’s murder at the hands of Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. This anniversary affords scholars the opportunity to reflect on the nature of
Intersectional Presentations
In recent decades the number of women and minorities elected to public office has increased significantly, prompting a wealth of studies examining the ways these different gender and racial identities shape elected officials' appeals to constituents. However, much previous research focuses on representational differences among either men and womenorAnglos and minorities, neglecting the intersection of race and gender. We seek to fill this void by…
Body politics
Examining intersectionality and symbolic representation
This contribution highlights the need and benefits of a mixed methodological approach in intersectional studies of symbolic representation. Existing research concerning symbolic representation among traditionally marginalized groups such as women, racial and ethnic minorities focuses on the role either gender or race/ethnic identity plays in shaping symbolic forms of representation such as communication or presentation of self. However, extant li…
Women Also Know Stuff
Women know stuff. Yet, all too often, they are underrepresented in political science meetings, syllabi, and editorial boards. To counter the implicit bias that leads to women’s underrepresentation, to ensure that women’s expertise is included and shared, and to improve the visibility of women in political science, in February 2016 we launched the “Women Also Know Stuff” initiative, which features a crowd-sourced website and an active Twitter feed…
A Note from the Co-Editors
Politics, Groups, and Identities is kicking off its sixth year of publication, and emerging as the premiere journal for scholarship on the politics of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality
Beyond the Gender Citation Gap
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Introduction to Gender in the Journals, Continued
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The Power of Black Girl Magic Anthems
Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé are two of the most successful Black women artists in today's popular culture. They occupy a hypervisible and invisible position in Black and mainstream popular culture, and therefore exist as a crucial discursive site to understand Black girls' self-articulation as "blackgirlmagic" at this moment. Faced with the rise of public feminist and postracial discourses presented in new digital media forms, Minaj and Beyoncé's rep…
Melanin and Curls
Research on candidate evaluation has delved into questions of how voters evaluate women candidates, Black male candidates, as well as how candidates’ appearances may condition electoral opportunities. Combined, this scholarship has tended to focus on how race, gender, and skin tone privilege or undermine evaluations of Black male or White women candidates. We intervene to study Black women candidates and draw on research on colorism and Black wom…
Intersectional linked fate and political representation
In the last several elections, there has been a substantial diversification of political candidates both at the national and state level, particularly in the Democratic Party. This includes record
Introduction
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Politics, Groups, and Identities and New Pathways to Rep Publishing in Political Science
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