Education

Ph.D., Political Science (2006)
Rice University

M.A., Political Science (2003)
University of Illinois at Chicago

M.P.H., Public Health (1997)
University of Illinois at Chicago

B.A., Philosophy (1994)
University of Michigan

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor Fall 2014–Present
Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Assistant Professor Fall 2011–Fall 2014
Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Assistant Professor Fall 2006–Fall 2011
Department of Political Science, Macalester College

Recent Publications

• Shah, Paru. Forthcoming. “Stepping Up: Black Political Ambition and Success.” Politics, Groups and Identities.

• Juenke, Eric Gonzalez and Paru Shah. Forthcoming. “Not the Usual Story: The Effect of Candidate Supply on Models of Latino Descriptive Representation.” Politics, Groups and Identities.

• Shah, Paru. 2014. “It Takes a Black Candidate: A Supply-side Theory of Minority Representation..” Political Research Quarterly, 67(2): 266-279.

• Shah, Paru, Melissa Marschall and Anirudh Ruhil. 2013. “Are we There Yet? The Voting Rights Act and Black Representation on City Councils, 1981-2006.” Journal of Politics, 75(4): 933-1008.

Media Contributions

• To Understand Elective Officeholding by Minorities, Look at Who Runs for Election, Not Just Who Wins, The Society Pages, October 21, 2014.

• Race, Youth and Wisconsin’s Future, Milwaukee Public Television’s Fourth Street Forum, October 10, 2014.

• Voting Rights Act and Local Government, Wisconsin Public Radio’s Kathleen Dunn Show, November 7, 2013.

• How the Voting Rights Act Helped Elect More Black Politicians in Cities, Talking Points Memo, October 7, 2013.

→ See my research page for a complete list of publications, working papers, and grants.