Nadia Brown is  Assistant Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at Purdue University.Professor Brown received her doctoral degree in Political Science in 2010 from Rutgers University with major fields in Women and Politics and American Politics.  She also holds a graduate certificate in Women's and Gender Studies.Dr. Brown's research interests lie broadly in identity politics, legislative studies, and Black women's studies.

She is the author of Sisters in the Statehouse: Black Women and Legislative Decision Making.