Penn State Department of Political Science: Faculty Bios

Penn State Department of Political Science

Major Coleman, Affiliate Instructor
	Contact Information: 214B Willard University Park, PA 16802-6200 Office phone: 865-5254 mgc10@psu.edu Office Hours: No office hours scheduled.

Brief Biography
Professor Coleman got a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1993; He is an Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies, Political Science, and Labor and Industrial Studies. Professor Coleman, who also holds a J.D. degree from the University of Maryland at Baltimore, has research interests in minority employment and firm performance, the impact of competitive processes on racial equality, law and economics, and affirmative action policy. Came to Penn State in 2001 from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Department of Economics, where he was a postdoctoral scholar. He was also formerly a postdoctoral fellow in politics, race and law at Stanford University.

Brief Biography

Professor Coleman got a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1993; He is an Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies, Political Science, and Labor and Industrial Studies. Professor Coleman, who also holds a J.D. degree from the University of Maryland at Baltimore, has research interests in minority employment and firm performance, the impact of competitive processes on racial equality, law and economics, and affirmative action policy. Came to Penn State in 2001 from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Department of Economics, where he was a postdoctoral scholar. He was also formerly a postdoctoral fellow in politics, race and law at Stanford University.