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Dionne Bensonsmith (2005)

Assistant Professor, earned a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, and a M.A. and Ph.D. from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

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Courses Regularly Taught:
  • POL-101: Introduction to Political Science
  • POL-222: Welfare State, Politics and Society
  • POL-295: American Public Policy and Democracy
  • POL-395: Advance Seminar: American Public Policy
Interests and Areas of Research:
  • Public Policy/Public Administration
  • U.S. Social Policy
  • Race and Politics
  • American Political Development
  • African American Feminist Thought
Recent Publications:

"Jezebels, Matriarchs, and Welfare Queens: The Moynihan Report of 1965 and the Social Construction of African American Women in Welfare Policy," in Deserving and Entitled: Social Constructions and Public Policy, Anne L. Schneider and Helen Ingram editors. State University of New York Press, 2005.


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