Expertise

Professor Richard Fording’s primary teaching and research interests include public policy, race and politics, state politics, social movements, and quantitative methodology. In recent years Professor Fording has focused on the relationship between racial attitudes in American politics and their effects on U.S. elections, protest movements, and the design and implementation of various dimensions of U.S. social policy

Research Areas:

  • American Politics
  • Public Policy Administration

Research Interests:

  • Public Policy
  • State Politics
  • Race, Ethnicity and Politics

 

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Kentucky (past)

Instructor, Florida State University
1996 - 1996

Research Assistant, Florida State University
1992 - 1995

Associate Professor, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky (past)

Department Chair, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama

Communities
Political Science
Degrees
PhD, Florida State University, American Politics, 1998
BA, University of Florida, Political Science, 1986
Keywords
public policy comparative government or politics social movements public policy systems analysis
Associations
American Political Science Association
Midwest Political Science Association
Southern Political Science Association