Michael C. Dawson

Michael Dawson "is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He has dedicated his career to studying black political ideologies within the United States. Over the past decade, he has established a reputation as one of the best survey researchers in the country and the leading authority on political opinion in the African American community. His publications include Behind the Mule: Race, Class and African American Politics (Princeton University Press, 1994) and Black Visions: The Roots of Contemporary African American Mass Political Ideologies (University of Chicago Press, 2001)."

• Director, Social Science Research Council