Gabriel Lenz
Professor
Office Hours
By appointment.
Upcoming/Future Courses
Spring 2025
Graduate
Spring 2025
Graduate
Personal Statement
Gabriel Lenz is a professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley. He studies democratic accountability, focusing on how to help voters hold their politicians accountable and how governments can protect people from violence and incarceration. He has published a book on elections with the University of Chicago Press and has published articles in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, and Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, and other journals.
Academic Subfields
Research Interests
Elections
Public Opinion
Political Psychology
Political Economy
State and interpersonal violence
Books
Follow the Leader? How Voters Respond to Politicians' Performance and Policies. Published in 2012 by University of Chicago Press. For more information, see my website.