Carol M. Swain

Carol M. Swain, born in Bedford, Virginia, was one of twelve children. Although she never attended high school, she earned a high school equivalency diploma and her first academic degree from Virginia Western Community College. She received a B.A. from Roanoke College and M.A. from Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and in 2000 was awarded a M.L.S from Yale Law School. She is a foundation member of the Nu of Virginia Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

Professor Swain, formerly a tenured faculty member at Princeton University, is currently Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University. She is a member of the James Madison Society at Princeton University. In 2003, Dr. Swain founded the Veritas Institute, Inc., a non-profit organization, dedicated to promoting justice and reconciliation among people of different races, ethnicities, faith traditions, and nations.