the investigators

Who We Are

The RaceProject team would like to thank all of the Research Assistants who have helped out since the inception of the Project. If you are a student who would like work on the Race Project, send an email to SMCaliendo@RaceProject.org.

If you are preparing for a Race Project event, scroll down for high-resolution photographs and biographies of differing lengths that can be used for flyers, press releases and other types of publicity.

Stephen Maynard Caliendo is associate professor of political science at North Central College.  He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Purdue University and focuses his research in the areas of political communication and political psychology. His book Teachers Matter (Praeger 2000) examines the effects of political socialization on attitudes toward American political institutions. Caliendo's research has been presented at major conferences and published in The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics and The Journal of Research and Science Teaching.  He has authored or co-authored numerous entries in specialized encyclopedias such as Polling in America, The Encyclopedia of Human Rights, and The Encyclopedia of Political Communication.  He is a regular analyst for international, national, state and local media outlets. [download CV (.pdf) here]
Charlton McIlwain is associate professor of media, culture and communication at New York University. He has provided expert commentary on a wide range of racial issues for state, national and international media such as CNN, the New York Times, NPR, Associated Press, Reuters TV, O Globo (Brazil), Le Monde (France), CTV (Canada) and many others. Professor McIlwain worked a short stint in politics as Press Secretary for Ed Crocker’s 1996 campaign against former Congressman J.C. Watts, as communications director for Laura Boyd, a former state legislator running for governor against incumbent Frank Keating, and as communications director for the Oklahoma Democratic Party. [download CV (.pdf) here]




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