John Richard Hibbing (born December 31, 1953) is an American political scientist and was the former Foundation Regents University Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is known for his research on the

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John R. Alford John R. Alford is a political science professor at Rice University, known for his research with John R. Hibbing in the field of genopolitics. He has also testified as an expert witness in several court cases pertaining to Congressional redistric ...

, Hibbing is the co-author of ''Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences'', published by Routledge in 2013. He is a fellow of the

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since 2012, and received a

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in 2013.

Career

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

In 1981, John would originally join the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. He would eventually be promoted to the position of Associate Professor in 1985. A few year later in 1990, he would be promoted again, this time to the position of rimaryProfessor. He was finally named as Foundation Regents University Professor of the Department of Pol. Sci. in 2001. In April, 2023, the university N-Lannounced that he would be lecturing for a final time on May 3, 2023. Following this lecture, John would be retire from his role at the university and would continue research, and updates, of personal published content.

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