Seth Hill

Seth J. Hill is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California San Diego. He studies how citizens motivate politician behavior with interests in how voters learn about politics, political participation, vote choice, and representation. He is the author of “Frustrated Majorities” published by Cambridge University Press along with more than 35 peer-reviewed articles across the best outlets of general science and political science including American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Science Advances, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He has received grant funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the MIT Election Data Science Lab, and the University of California Office of the President, has been invited to speak in seminar series around the country, and is interviewed by media outlets for his expertise on elections and voter behavior. Hill received his Ph.D. from UCLA and held a postdoctoral appointment at Yale University.