About

Claudine Gay is the Wilbur A. Cowett Professor of Government and Professor of African and African-American Studies. She has served as the 30th president of Harvard University, the Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the dean of social science in the FAS. Gay is a scholar of political behavior, considering issues of race and politics in America. She has explored topics such as how the election of minority officeholders affects citizens’ perceptions of their government and their interest in politics and public affairs; how neighborhood environments shape racial and political attitudes among Black Americans; the roots of competition and cooperation between minority groups, with a particular focus on relations between Black Americans and Latinos; and the consequences of housing mobility programs for political participation among poor people. In her teaching, Gay has focused on topics including racial and ethnic politics in the U.S., Black politics in the post-Civil Rights era, American political behavior, and democratic citizenship. She is the founding chair of the Inequality in America Initiative, a multidisciplinary effort launched in 2017. Gay is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has pursued her scholarship as a fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Sociology
• Computer Science
• Knowledge management
• Public relations
• Business

Selected publications

• The Effect of Black Congressional Representation on Political Participation – CORRIGENDUM

  American Political Science Review · 2024-01-15

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• Dynamiser la capacité d’innovation des PME dans un monde en mutation

  Technologie et innovation · 2024-01-01

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• L’agritourisme comme diversification régénératrice : de la multifonctionnalité aux approches culturelles et créatives

  Marché et organisations · 2023-05-12 · 4 citations

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  L’agritourisme présente un double enjeu, à la fois politique, en faveur de la préservation du patrimoine, et stratégique, comme levier de développement du secteur agricole. Cet article propose une interprétation analytique et historique de l’agritourisme. Il en dégage trois approches qui renvoient à trois périodes et à trois stratégies de diversification, reposant chacune sur une vision particulière du patrimoine. Dans la première, l’agritourisme, « poussé » par les politiques publiques au travers du concept de multifonctionnalité, constitue une stratégie défensive dont l’enjeu dominant est la préservation du patrimoine rural. Dans la deuxième, l’agritourisme se développe comme une stratégie plus offensive qui apparaît « tirée » par le patrimoine culturel. Dans la dernière conception, l’agritourisme apparaît comme un moyen d’apporter de la valeur au patrimoine agricole, à même de régénérer l’agriculture à l’ère de l’anthropocène. Afin d’en souligner les perspectives, cet article propose de qualifier cette stratégie de « diversification régénératrice ».

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• Risk management in the adoption of smart farming technologies by rural farmers

  Uncertain Supply Chain Management · 2023-01-01 · 11 citations

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  Smart farming is a feasible solution to help farmers effectively and sustainably manage the potential threats and risks those traditional farmers face, such as product quality, increased production costs, the environment, climate change, natural catastrophes, pests, and inferior goods. Using a survey research design, this research examined smart farming adoption and risk management models by combining the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Innovation Diffusion Theory (IDT). The research sampled 400 farmers who are members of community enterprises in the northeastern region of Thailand. Data was collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using a statistical package program in four steps: confirmatory factor analysis, path analysis, structural equation model analysis (SEM), and Sobel's test. The findings revealed that government support variables had the most significant influence by adopting smart farming to risk management. Based on the research results, the government can apply this model to create strategies to encourage farmers to adopt smart farming and increase the production efficiency of agricultural products. The farmer can manage the risks of smart farming, which leads to sustainable smart farming and is useful for further academic acceptance and risk management studies. Furthermore, this study contributes to the existing literature on combining TAM and IDT in model adoption and risk management. The limitations include the small sample size adopted and the limited coverage area for the study, which restricts the generalization of the findings. However, the findings offer a glimpse into the benefits of smart farming.

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• Management de l'innovation

  Dunod eBooks · 2022-05-25

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• Comment caractériser les plateformes publiques d'innovation? Regards croisés

  HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 2022-01-01

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• Management de l'innovation

  Dunod eBooks · 2022-05-25

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• Management de l'innovation

  Dunod eBooks · 2022-05-25

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• Management de l'innovation

  Dunod eBooks · 2022-05-25

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• Management de l'innovation

  Dunod eBooks · 2022-05-25

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Frequent coauthors

• Kenneth Benoit

  628 shared

• Greg Adams

  628 shared

• Russ Mayer

  628 shared

• Eric Reinhardt

  Emory University

  628 shared

• Bradley Palmquist

  Syracuse University

  628 shared

• Jeffrey B. Lewis

  University of California, Los Angeles

  628 shared

• Gary King

  Harvard University Press

  628 shared

• Micah Altman

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  628 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Government

  Harvard University

  1995

• M.A., Government

  Harvard University

  1991

• B.A., Government

  Princeton University

  1988

Awards & honors

• Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California
• Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sc…
• Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harv…