David Wilson

David C. Wilson, Ph.D., is the Dean of the Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy and a Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. As a political psychologist, he specializes in survey-based experiments to study political behavior and policy preferences, focusing on justice-related biases. He authored the 2022 book "Racial Resentment in the Political Mind" and has published in various research outlets. Before joining UC Berkeley, he held leadership roles at the University of Delaware and worked as a statistical researcher at the Gallup Polling Organization. He holds a BA from Western Kentucky University and an MPA and PhD from Michigan State University.