P. Merle Black
Born1942
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P. Merle Black (born 1942) is a retired American political scientist. He was formerly Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Political Science at Emory University. He specializes in Southern politics, particularly in the 20th and 21st centuries.[1][2]

Career

Black attended Harvard University, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1964.[3] He then joined the Peace Corps, and spent two years teaching in Liberia.[3] After completing his Peace Corps assignment, Black enrolled as a graduate student at the University of Chicago where he would complete both a Master's Degree and a PhD.[3] At the start of his graduate studies he focused broadly on global politics, but during the course of his PhD he shifted focus to the politics of the American south.[3]

In 1970, Black joined the political science faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and in 1989 he moved to Emory University, until his retirement in 2016. https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/05/er_college_retirees/campus.html

Black's twin brother, Earl Black, was a longtime professor at Rice University, and the two coauthored several books on politics in the Southern United States. These include Politics and Society in the South[4] and The Vital South.[5]

Black was President of the Southern Political Science Association from 2002 to 2003.[6] Black won the Southern Political Science Association's 2004 V. O. Key award, together with Taeku Lee as well as his brother Earl Black.[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Obama's racial problems transcend Wright". Politico. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Articles tagged Merle Black". USA Today. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Scott, Henry (2012). "The Importance of Being Merle". Emory University. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Ingalls, Gerald L. (1 November 1988). "Review Politics and Society in the South". Southeastern Geographer. 28 (2): 111–113. doi:10.1353/sgo.1988.0013. S2CID 129690957.
  5. ↑ Ferrell, Thomas H. (15 March 1992). "Review The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected". Library Journal. 117 (5): 104.
  6. ↑ "Past Presidents". Southern Political Science Association. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Previous V.O. Key Award Winners". Southern Political Science Association. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.


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