Education
Originally from Iowa, he graduated from Lake Forest College before attending Yale University for Master of Arts, Master of Philisophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Political Science.
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Philip Klinkner
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Klinkner is currently the James South. Sherman Professor of Government at Hamilton College, where he has also served in administrative positions. In 1990-1991, he was a Research Fellow at the Brookings Institution and he served as a guest scholar there in 1993 and 1995. In The Unsteady March, Klinkner and Rogers Smith argue America"s record of race relations cannot be categorized as consistent, gradual advancement towards equality but rather as a series of dramatic moments where multiple factors aligned to advance or hinder progress.
In 2003, Klinkner founded PolySigh, a frequently-cited blog featuring commentary from a group of political science professors.
PolySigh was part of the first generation of academic blogs and its contributors represented a variety of academic institutions, political orientations, and political science sub-fields. He has also blogged at the Huffington Post and The Monkey Cage, another political science blog.
He has been an occasional contributor to The Nation and as well as other print, television and online media outlets.
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Politics
He is noted for his work on American politics, especially political parties and elections, race and American politics, and American political history. In 1995, he received the Emerging Scholar Award from the Political Organizations and Parties Section of the American Political Science Association.
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