Merle Black

P. Merle Black
Born	1942
Alma mater	Harvard University University of Chicago
Scientific career
Fields	Political science Southern American politics
Institutions	Emory University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

P. Merle Black(born 1942) is a retired American political scientist. He was formerlyAsa Griggs CandlerProfessor of Political Science atEmory University.He specializes in Southern politics, particularly in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Career

Black attendedHarvard University,where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1964.He then joined thePeace Corps,and spent two years teaching inLiberia.After completing his Peace Corps assignment, Black enrolled as a graduate student at theUniversity of Chicagowhere he would complete both a Master's Degree and a PhD.At the start of his graduate studies he focused broadly on global politics, but during the course of his PhD he shifted focus to the politics of the American south.

In 1970, Black joined the political science faculty at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,and in 1989 he moved to Emory University, until his retirement in 2016.https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/05/er_college_retirees/campus.html

Black's twin brother,Earl Black,was a longtime professor atRice University,and the two coauthored several books on politics in the Southern United States. These includePolitics and Society in the SouthandThe Vital South.

Black was President of the Southern Political Science Association from 2002 to 2003.Black won the Southern Political Science Association's 2004V. O. Keyaward, together with Taeku Lee as well as his brother Earl Black.

External links

• Faculty bio
• AppearancesonC-SPAN
  • Booknotesinterview with Earl and Merle Black onThe Vital South: How Presidents are Elected,May 3, 1992.