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Jennifer L. Hochschild

H.L. Jayne Professor of Government, Professor of African and African American Studies, and Harvard College Professor, Harvard University

Jennifer Hochschild is the Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government at Harvard University, Professor of African and African American Studies, and Harvard College Professor. She holds lectureships in the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Graduate School of Education. In 2011, she held the John W. Kluge Chair in American Law and Governance at the Library of Congress. She is President, of the American Political Science Association, 2015-2016.

Hochschild studies and teaches about the intersection of American politics and political philosophy -- particularly in the areas of race, ethnicity, and immigration -- as well as educational and social welfare policies. She also works on issues in public opinion, political culture, and American political thought, and is currently conducting research on the politics and ideology of genomic science, immigrant political incorporation, and citizens’ use of factual information in political decision-making.

Experience

  • –present
    H.L. Jayne Professor of Government, Professor of African and African American Studies, and Harvard College Professor, Harvard University