SENIOR FELLOW, MCCORMACK GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, BOSTON
 

Areas of Expertise Intersection of gender, race, and ethnicity in politics

Degrees PhD. Public Policy, Brandeis University. MSW, Social Work, Smith College. BA, Occidental College

Additional Information Carol Hardy-Fanta’s newest book, Contested Transformation: Gender, Race, and Political Leadership in 21st Century America (co-authored with Pei-te Lien, Dianne M. Pinderhughes, and Christine Marie Sierra), was released by Cambridge University Press in October 2016.

In June 2012, after almost 20 years at the University of Massachusetts Boston and more than 10 as Director of the Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy, Carol Hardy-Fanta retired from the university. She remains affiliated as Senior Fellow at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, and, in this capacity, is pursuing her own scholarship on gender and multicultural leadership.

Dr. Hardy-Fanta is a nationally recognized scholar on Latina/o politics and has published widely on the intersection of gender, race and ethnicity in politics and public policy.

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AWARDS

Distinguished Career Book Award from the Race and Ethnic Politics Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) at the annual meeting of the APSA, San Francisco, August 31, 2017.

Leadership Recognition Award, presented by Women's Pipeline for Change, Boston, May 30, 2012,

Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the National Council for Research on Women, New York, May 19, 2011.

Progress in Equity Award, presented by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) of Massachusetts, Hyannis, April 6, 2008,

Leading Woman Award, Patriots’ Trail Girl Scouts, Boston, October 21, 2004.