


His most recent book Suspect Citizens (2018), which focuses on racial differences in the outcomes of routine traffic stops, was recognized with the Best Book Award from the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association in 2019. In recent years, he has focused on statistical studies of criminal justice issues, including the death penalty, racial disparities in traffic stop outcomes, and other issues. He is one of the country’s leading scholars of public policy, framing, agenda-setting, policy change, and lobbying and has published extensively on these topics from both US and comparative perspectives. Richardson Distinguished Professorship in the Department of Political Science at UNC-Chapel Hill. The Spring 2021 Black Mobility and Safety in the US Lecture Series continues with the theme of Driving While Black, and we welcome Frank Baumgartner and Gretchen Sorin.įrank R.
