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Ray Block Jr

Brown-McCourtney Career Development Professor in the McCourtney Institute and associate professor of political science and African American studies, Penn State

Brown-McCourtney Career Development Professor in the McCourtney Institute and associate professor of political science and African American studies, Penn State Ray Block Jr., PhD, is the Brown-McCourtney Early Career Professor, McCourtney Institute; and an Associate Professor, Political Science and African American Studies Departments, Penn State University. He specializes in the areas of racial and ethnic group politics, political behavior, and public opinion. Ray’s current research explores how members of non-dominant demographic groups translate their psychological attachment to politics into political actions. He is also the RAND Corporation's inaugural Michael D. Rich Chair for Countering Truth Decay.