Professor

Office: Ford Hall Room 111
Phone: (502) 852-8969   
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Curriculum Vitae

Dewey M. Clayton, Ph.D., is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville.  He is the author of one book, African Americans and the Politics of Congressional Redistricting, (2000), and numerous publications in scholarly journals, op-ed pieces, and encyclopedia entries.  He is currently writing a book on the presidential election of Barack Obama titled, The Presidential Candidacy of Barack Obama:  A Critical Analysis of a Racially Transcendent Strategy.  His teaching interests are highlighted by an award-winning course that he developed titled Political Discourse which integrates public speaking with political discourse from the modern day civil rights movement.  He received his undergraduate degree from Morehouse College.  He received an M.P.A. degree from North Carolina Central University, Cum Laude, and Valedictorian.  He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1995 where he was a Chancellor's Gus T. Ridgel Academic Fellow.

 Research Interests

• Congressional Redistricting
• African American Politics
• Race, Law & Politics

Academic Distinctions

• University of Louisville Exemplary Multicultural Teaching Award, 1988-1989
• National Conference of Black Political Scientists Outstanding Teaching Award, 2000
• Louisville Metroversity Teaching Award Winner, 2002 
• The Committee on Academic Performance of the University of Louisville Athletic Association invited me to be their honored guest at the Red and Black Honors Banquet and Awards Ceremony for Scholar Athletes who have named me as the faculty member who has most inspired him or her to excel in the classroom:
  - Mentor to Eric Wood – Football – February 2006.
  - Mentor to Megan Helton – Tennis – February 2008.
  - Mentor to Kelsey Rothberg – Golf – March 2009. 
   

Service Distinctions

• Louisville Metro Human Relations Commission Eleanor Young Love Award Winner for Outstanding Service in Promoting Positive Human Relations within the Louisville Metro Area, 2009
• Presented the Distinguished Citizen Award by Louisville Metro Mayor Jerry Abramson in recognition of distinguished service rendered in the public interest in February 2009
   

Selected Publications

• African Americans and the Politics of Congressional Redistricting, January 2000, Garland Publishing, Inc.
• “Teaching Social Justice:  Using the Civil Rights Movement in the Classroom”, The Kentucky Journal of Excellence in College Teaching and Learning, v. 2, 2004, pp. 66-84.
• “The Electoral College:  An Idea Whose Time Has Come and Gone,” The Black Scholar, Volume 37, No. 3, Fall 2007, pp. 28-42.
• “Barack Obama:  The Audacity of Hope,” Journal of Black Studies, Volume 38, No.1, September 2007, pp. 51-63.
• “A Dream Deferred:  The Politics of Race in America.,” Endarch:  Journal of Black Political Research, Fall 2008.

Professional Affiliations

• National Conference of Black Political Scientists

Other Information

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