Dr. Daniel Gillion

Biography

Daniel Gillion is the Julie Beren Platt Marc E. Platt Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Rochester and was a distinguished Provost Fellow. Gillion has served as a Ford Foundation Fellow and a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Scholar at Harvard University, as well as a CSDP Research Scholar at Princeton. His research interests include racial and ethnic politics, political protest, elections, political institutions, public policy, and the American presidency. He is the author of the book 'Loud Minority: Protest Matters American Democracy' (Princeton University Press, 2020), which has received broad attention. His work demonstrates how political dialogue surrounding race and minority activism shapes public policy and cultural norms. Gillion's accolades include the 2014 Book Award from the Race, Ethnicity, Politics Section of the American Political Science Association for his book 'Political Power Protest: Minority Activism Shifts Public Policy' and the 2017 W.E.B. Du Bois Book Award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists for 'Governing Words: Political Dialogue Race, Public Policy, Inequality America'. His publications are found in prominent academic journals and he contributes to various popular media outlets.

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