Articles and Chapters
McIlwain, C. D. & Caliendo, S. M. (2009). Black messages, White messages: The differential use of racial appeals by Black & White candidates. Journal of Black Studies, 39: 732 – 743. download PDF
McIlwain, C. D. & Caliendo, S. M. (2009). Permissible discrimination: The view from Congress. In Tamara L. Roleff (Ed.), Issues that Concern You: English Language Learners. Chesterfield, MI: Greenhaven Press.
McIlwain, C. D. (2009). Leadership, legitimacy and public perceptions of Barack Obama. In Andra Gillespie (Ed.) Whose Black Politics. New York: Routledge. 155-172.
McIlwain, C. D. (2007). Race, pigskin, and politics: A semiotic analysis of racial images in political advertising. Semiotica, 167-1/4: 169-192. download PDF
McIlwain, C. D. (2007). Perceptions of leadership & the challenge of Obama’s Blackness. Journal of Black Studies, 38:64-74. download PDF
McIlwain, C. D. (2007). Racial identity, ideology and the youth vote: Observations from the 2004 presidential campaign. American Behavioral Scientist, 50: 1231-1238. download PDF
McIlwain, C. D. (2007). The NAACP. In Lynda Lee Kaid and Christina Holtz-Bacha (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Caliendo, S. M. & McIlwain, C. D. (2007). Minorities’ involvement in politics. In Lynda Lee Kaid and Christina Holtz-Bacha (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
McIlwain, C. D. (2007). Black politics. In William A. Darity et al. (Eds.) International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition. Michigan: MacMillan/Thomson Gale.
Caliendo, S. M., & McIlwain, C. D. (2006). Minority candidates, media framing, and racial cues in the 2004 election. Harvard International Journal of Press Politics, 11: 45-69. download PDF
McIlwain, C. D. & Caliendo, S. M. (2005). Political issues in Black politics. In Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama (eds.), Encyclopedia of Black Studies. Thousand Oaks, Ca.: Sage Publications. 139-141.
Caliendo, S. M. & McIlwain, C. D. (2005). Race and Political Advertising. In Samuel J. Best and Benjamin Radcliff (Eds.) Polling America: An Encyclopedia of Public Opinion. Westport, CT: Praeger. 641-646.
Research presented at professional conferences is listed on the Resources page, along with links to download copies of the papers.