Speaking
A Bold New Voice for the Issues of our Times
Carol M. Swain is widely recognized as an expert on race relations, immigration, black leadership, and evangelical politics. Her media appearances include BBC Radio, NPR, CNN’s Andersen Cooper, Lou Dobbs Tonight, Fox’s Hannity, PBS’s News Hour with Jim Lehrer, The Washington Journal, ABC’s Headline News, to name just a few. Her op-eds have appeared in numerous newspapers. These include The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, and USA Today.
Popular Lecture and Workshop Topics:
Carol M. Swain’s targeted lectures provide thoughtful and provocative views on:
- Abortion
- Race Relations
- White Nationalism
- Immigration Reform
- Women’s Issues
- Education
- Evangelical Politics
- Current Issues social, political, and economic issues
Motivational Speeches based on Swain’s unique life story include:
1. Christian Testimony
2. From GED to Ph.D: The Carol Swain Story
3. Carol M. Swain: A Work-in-Progress
Discussions of Books Authored:
- Debating Immigration: (Cambridge University Press, April 2007)
- Black Faces, Black Interests: The Representation of African Americans in Congress (Harvard University Press, 1993, 1995: reprinted University Press of America, 2006)
- The New White Nationalism in America: Its Challenge to Integration (Cambridge University Press, 2002) *Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize
- Contemporary Voices of White Nationalism (Cambridge University Press, 2003, edited with Russ Nieli), and most recently Debating Immigration (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
Speaking Engagements Have Included:
Allied Women (Alabama)
Blue Ridge Women’s Center (Virginia)
Regional Tea Party Events (Nashville & Hendersonville) Headline Speaker, The City Club of Cleveland (Ohio)
Keynote Speaker, Center for Immigration Studies Washington, D.C.
Invited Speaker, CACE Spring Conference at Wheaton and Roanoke College
Keynote Lecture for Black History Month, Kent State University
Lecture, Islamic Arts Museum – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Commencement Speaker at Virginia Western Community College
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Reviews of Carol’s Recent Speaking Engagements & Scholar Testimonials:
“Carol Swain is a world-class communicator. She has the on-air charm of Oprah, the debating skills of Pat Buchanan, and the intellect of Daniel Patrick Moynihan.” -TJ Walker, President, Media Training Worldwide
“Professor Swain is an informed and eloquent speaker who champions the values of hard work, individual effort, and personal responsibility. Set against the backdrop of her own difficult struggle to succeed, her lectures provide a welcome alternative to prevailing trinity of group rights, government support, and collective guilt.” – Mark. W. Weber, Dean of Libraries, Kent State University
“Carol Swain is one of the most original and interesting thinkers I know. I recommend her work to anyone who wants to think hard about the problems this country faces” – Jane Mansbridge, Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
“Carol Swain shines a powerful light on issues…People across the ideological spectrum have a great deal to learn from this thoughtful and courageous scholar” – Robert P. George, Founding Director of the James Madison Program, Princeton University
“Professor Swain is one of the most perceptive political scientists. . . Her analyses challenge conventional wisdom . . .every one may not be persuaded by her articulate arguments, but no one will be able to ignore them.” – Lewis Bateman, Senior Editor, Cambridge University Press
“Carol Swain is doing some of the most courageous and innovative work at the intersection of law and politics today. [She] challenges entrenched positions.” – Richard Nagareda, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University
Contact
For further information on Carol M. Swain, please visit: www.carolmswain.com
To contact Carol about speaking to your group, please email: carol.swain@vanderbilt.edu
Professor Carol M. Swain
Vanderbilt University Law School
131-21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37203-1181
(615) 322-1435(Administrative Assistant, Christie Bishop)
(615) 322-6631 (F)
carol.swain@vanderbilt.edu
