I am the Charles A. Dana Professor of Politics at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College as well as an Affiliated Scholar of the American Bar Foundation in Chicago. For academic year 2026-27, I am also a Visiting Research Scholar at the American Bar Foundation where I am conducting research and writing on public accommodations laws and conflicts among free speech, freedom of religious exercise, and non-discrimination laws.

My research and teaching focus on American political development, constitutional law, and social movements, particularly LGBTQ+ socio-political and legal mobilization. In 2018 I was honored to receive from ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ the Ruth M. and Robert H. Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching.

I have authored four books. My most recent book is (NYU Press June 2021), co-authored with Timothy Lyle of Iona College. In this multidisciplinary exploration of public health policy, popular culture, and law, Timothy and I detail how politicians, policymakers, judges, media leaders, and even some within LGBTQ+ communities have used the concept of dignity to shame and disempower members of those communities. We show how dignity—and the subsequent chase to be defined by its terms—became a tool of the state and the marketplace thereby limiting its more radical potential.

My first book, (Cambridge University Press 2001), evaluates how the distinct political institutional environments of the United States and Great Britain affected the development, strategies, and goals of the LGBTQ+ rights movements in each country.

My second book, (Cambridge University Press 2011), is a cross-institutional analysis that examines how changing understandings over time of loyal opposition has influenced both political party development and elected branch relations with the federal judiciary.

My third book, Ìý(NYU Press 2016), utilizes fundamental concepts in the field of American Political Development, particularly the notion of a fragmented polity and the partiality of political change, to evaluate how and why inequalities for gay and lesbian citizens persist in the United States even as formal rules mandating equal treatment are put into effect.

I have also co-edited–with Stephen Skowronek (Yale political science) and Bruce Ackerman (Yale Law School)— Ìý(Yale University Press 2016) which evaluates a century’s worth of progressive legal, political, and constitutional reform to consider its resilience or exhaustion and to propose alternative formulations that might advance the cause of democratic renewal. This book was the culmination of on Progressivism that I co-organized at Yale in the Fall of 2013.

My articles have been published in Studies in American Political Development, Perspectives on Politics, Constitutional Studies, and Law & Social Inquiry.

My research has been supported by grants from and fellowships with

• ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Faculty Development Fund
• National Science Foundation
• American Bar Foundation
• Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fund of the Yale Law School
• Institute for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University
• Yale University Center for the Study of American Politics
• Yale University Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies

Courses I Teach

• The Least Dangerous Branch? Grappling with Judicial Power in the U.S. (FYS 522)
• US Political Institutions and Processes (PLTC 115)
• Constitutional Law I: Balance of Powers (PLTC 216)
• Constitutional Law II: Rights and Identities (PLTC 282/GSS 282)
• Queer Power: Political Sociology of Sexuality Movements (PLTC 238/SOC 238/GSS 238)
• US Presidency: Development and Problems (PLTC 319)
• Problems and Progress in U.S. Political Development (PLTC 329)
• Politics of Judicial Power (PLTC 351)
• Designing Your ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Experience: Part I (EXDS 202)
• Designing Your ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Experience: Part II (EXDS 203)

Upcoming Research Leave

• Academic Year 2026-2027

B.A., M.A, University of Chicago

Duina – CV July 2026

Francesco Duina is Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology and European Studies at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College. He was Chair of the Social Sciences Division and a member of the Academic Affairs Council during 2022-2026.

Francesco has held appointments at Harvard University, Copenhagen Business School, and the University of British ColumbiaÌý – where he was Professor and Head of Sociology during 2013-2015, and Honorary Professor from 2015 to 2019.

His research addresses themes in economic sociology, political sociology, and international political economy. His interests focus in particular on:

1. how countries shape and react to the international economy
2. the design and impacts of international economic organizations (especially the EU)
3. how culture, institutions, and the economy interact
4. globalization and de-globalization: nationalism, populism, and social cohesion

Francesco was a partner in the (Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union) for 2020-2024. The initiative was led by Carleton University.

He is currently a member of the for 2026-2034 (funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada). This initiative is led by Carleton University.

Articles and Chapters

Francesco has published widely in leading political science and sociology journals. These include the , , , , ,, ,, ,Ìý, , and .

Ten of those articles were co-authored with undergraduate students.

Francesco also has contributed chapters to numerous edited volumes.

Books

Francesco is the author of seven books:

(Stanford University Press 2018). Numerous media outlets have covered the book. These include , and. It won an Independent Publisher Book Award (2018) for Current Events.

(Princeton University Press 2006). The book was translated into Chinese in 2009, and won the American Library Association Award for an Outstanding Academic Book.

Ìý (Polity Press 2011).

(Princeton University Press 2011). The book has attracted considerable media attention and was featured on two radio shows: and WAMC Northeast Public Radio (Academic Minute).

(Polity Press 2014).

(SUNY Press 1999) .

ÌýÌý(Routledge 2024). This is a short book co-authored with Hermione Xiaoqing Zhou, a former ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ student.

Edited Special Issues and Volumes

Benefiting from collaborations with scholars across the world, Francesco has edited or co-edited the following:

(Oxford University Press 2025). The volume has generated consideration discussion. See, for instance, this episode of (a CUNY podcast), the article in the Italian news outlet , and this episode of on Maine Public Radio.

(Oxford University Press 2023)

(University of Toronto Press 2019).

And special issues of the Ìý(on the spread of regional trade agreements worldwide) and (on the European Union and its current crises).

Op-Eds

Supportive of the idea that academics should reach a wider audience, Francesco has written op-eds and thought pieces in venues such as the , ,Ìý ,ÌýÌý, and He regularly appears at public events and he has written several contributions for the London School of Economics’ andÌý blogs.

Professional Service

Francesco is currently on the Editorial Advisory Board of Economy and Society,Ìýand on the editorial board ofÌýContexts.Ìý

Between 2010 and 2015, Francesco was a member of the Editorial Board of theÌýJournal of European Public Policy. Between 2015 and 2018, he served as an Elected Council Member of the American Sociological Association’s Section on Culture.

Over the years, Francesco has held various consulting positions, starting with The Monitor Group (now Monitor Deloitte) from 1996-2008.