Hochschild is Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government and Professor of African and African American Studies. She holds Lectureships in the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and is a former Harvard College Professor. She was Chair of the Government Department (2016-2019), founding editor of Perspectives on Politics and a co-editor of the American Political Science Review, and President of the American Political Science Association (2016-17). She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1996). Current research addresses the politics and ideology of genomic science, political and policy disputes within racial and ethnic groups in American metropolitan areas, and reasons for public (mis)trust in science. Recent books include: Genomic Politics (2021), Do Facts Matter? (2015), and Creating a New Racial Order (2012).
Contact
617/496-0181
hochschild@gov.harvard.edu
My Website
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Subfields
American Politics
Academic Interests
Civil Society and Social Movements | Democracy | Education Policy | Health Policy and Bioethics | Migration | Public Opinion | Public Policy | Race & Ethnicity | Social Policy & the Welfare State
Research Methods
Qualitative Methods | Surveys
Geographic Regions of Study
United States