Nadia E. Brown is Assistant Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at Purdue University.

2015 W.E.B. Dubois Best Book Award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists

Anna Julia Cooper Best Publication Award from the Association for the Study of Black Women in Politics

"To be sure, this book will surely provoke scholarly debate and future research attentive to the simultaneous effects of multiple identities on legislative behavior. By rendering visible the complexities of group-based politics as well as the individual political objectives of African American women state legislators, Brown has complicated and enriched the way we think about conventional legislative studies" -Evelyn M. Simien, University of Connecticut, Broadening the Countours in the Study of Black Politics

"This book is path breaking insofar as it blazes a trail for future intersectionality-type research, which focuses squarely upon the lives of African American women state legislators. In it, Brown makes the case that identity foregrounds experience and tells how Black female legislators perceive the effects of their identities (read: plural) on their legislative work. By so doing, she provides both a rich and nuanced explanation for how descriptive representation enhances substantive representation in important and meaningful ways. This is an intriguing, carefully argued, and thoughtfully crafted work that centers on some of the most important and timely policy issues today: domestic violence, elder care, and marriage equality." --Evelyn M. Simien, University of Connecticut, National Political Science Review

"Sisterhood in the Statehouse represents an outstanding contribution to understanding political representation. African American women state legislators will continue to be a critical part of U.S. politics, and Brown's book should be required reading for scholars of Black women, political representation, and state politics." --Ange-Marie Hancock, Associate Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies, University of Southern California