Dr. Nunnally is a summa cum laude graduate from North Carolina Central University. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in political science at Duke University, and she completed her dissertation as an Erskine A. Peters Fellow in the African and African American Studies Program at the University of Notre Dame. She specializes in public opinion and political behavior, race and politics, African American public opinion and political behavior, and black political development. Her research interests include political socialization, racial socialization, trust, intergroup relations and attitudes, social capital, and collective memory.