Vincent Lamont Hutchings

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Professor of Political Science; Research Professor, Center for Political Studies. Contributions to knowledge of public opinion, elections, voting behavior, and African-American politics. Best-known work uses innovative surveys and experimental designs to clarify how citizens of different races view focal political phenomena. Book on Public Opinion and Democratic Accountability: How Citizens Learn about Politics (2003) focuses on how and under what circumstances citizens monitor (and consequently influence) their elected representatives' voting behavior. Research published in The Journal of Politics examines how the size of the African-American constituency in congressional districts can influence legislative responsiveness to the interests of black Americans. With Nicholas Valentino and Ismail White, published research in the American Political Science Review studying the ways campaign communications can prime various group identities and subsequently affect candidate evaluations.