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Dr Christopher Malone is Associate Professor of political science at Pace University in New York and Director of the Pforzheimer Honors College on the New York City campus. He teaches courses in American Politics and Political Theory. He was also the founding director the newly created American Studies Program at Pace. He holds bachelor’s degrees from Louisiana State University and Suffolk University, an M.A. from Fordham University, and a Ph.D. from The Graduate School and University Center, The City University of New York.

Malone is a nationally recognized teacher of civic engagement and public values. During the 2000 presidential campaign, he helped produce and appeared in the PBS show for teens In the Mix, teaching young voters about analyzing campaign ads. In January 2004 he was identified by the Washington Post as one of the nation's most innovative professors. Dr. Malone has also been quoted in dozens of news articles on presidential elections and has appeared on local New York City television news shows analyzing presidential politics.

Malone is the author of Between Freedom and Bondage: Race and Voting Rights in the Antebellum North.(Routledge Press, 2007). In 2000, he was asked to write the introductory chapter on African Americans in American Politics for the Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics, published by Oryx Press. Besides numerous book reviews, other articles include:

• Rethinking the End of Black Voting Rights in Antebellum Pennsylvania: Racial Ascriptivism, Partisanship, and Political Development in the Keystone State. Journal of Pennsylvania History. volume 72, no 4 (Winter), 468-506.

• A Theory of Race Formation in the Antebellum North. New Political Science Journal. Volume 27, no. 2 (June), 177-198.

• Malone, Christopher and Gregory Julian. 2005. Democratic Action Research (DARE) and Large-Scale Simulations: Teaching Political Literacy and Civic Engagement at Pace University's Presidential Convention, 2004. PS: Political Science and Politics, volume 38, no.4 (October), 771-6.

• Malone. Christopher. 2005. “African Americans: Free Blacks in the North,” Encyclopedia of the New American Nation. Edited by Paul Finkelman. New York: Charles Scribner and Sons.

• Malone, Christopher and Paul Finkelman. 2005. “Voting,” Encyclopedia of the New American Nation. Edited by Paul Finkelman. New York: Charles Scribner and Sons.

Malone sits on the Board of Directors of the Future Voters of America, is a District Coordinator for the Center for Civic Education’s We The People Program, and works with the organization Vote 18 which seeks to get young people involved in the political process. Malone proudly hails from New Orleans, Louisiana. When he is not teaching or writing, you might find him in the swamps and bayous of Southern Louisiana with a fishing pole in his hand.