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Conversations with the Dean

Featuring Professor Alvin B. Tillery, Jr.

Alvin B. Tillery, Jr., professor of Political Science and director of the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy, and Dean Adrian Randolph discuss the way in which democracy, diversity, and politics interact in the United States and around the globe.

Professor Alvin B. Tillery, Jr.Alvin B. Tillery, Jr. is an associate professor of Political Science and director of the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy. His research and teaching focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion issues in the United States. His book Between Homeland and Motherland: Africa, U.S. Foreign Policy and Black Leadership in America (Cornell University Press, 2011) won the W.E.B. Du Bois Distinguished Book Award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. His papers have appeared in the American Political Science Review, Studies in American Political Development, Political Research Quarterly, the Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics.

adrian-randolph-photo.jpgAdrian Randolph is dean of the Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Art History. Prior to joining Northwestern, Randolph served as the associate dean of the faculty for the Arts and Humanities at Dartmouth College. He also served as chair of the Department of Art History at Dartmouth, as well as director of the college’s Leslie Center for the Humanities. 

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