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Eric Oliver is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago, specializing in American politics, with a particular focus on urban politics, political psychology, and public opinion. He has authored several influential books including 'Democracy Suburbia' (Princeton University Press, 2001), 'Fat Politics: Real Story America's Obesity Epidemic' (Oxford University Press, 2005), 'Paradoxes of Integration: Race, Neighborhood, Civic Life in Multi-ethnic America' (University of Chicago Press, 2010), and 'Local Elections and Politics: Small Scale Democracy' (Princeton University Press, 2012). His research has been published in numerous reputable journals including the American Political Science Review and Public Opinion Quarterly. Oliver has held prestigious positions such as the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Scholar at Yale University and visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation. He has also received the Young Investigators Career Award from the National Science Foundation. Currently, he is engaged in research on public support for conspiracy theories and the biological foundations of political cognition.
University of Chicago • Chicago, IL
Teaching and researching American politics, focusing on urban politics and political psychology.
Department of Philosophy