Ray
Block

Ray Block is an associate professor of political science and African American studies and Brown-McCourtney Career Development Professor in the McCourtney Institute. He is also the inaugural Michael D. Rich Distinguished Chair for Countering Truth Decay and a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. Block specializes in racial and ethnic group politics, voting behavior, public opinion, and truth decay and social identity politics. His research focuses on minority groups voting dynamics, racial norms in elections, and the role of political orientation and racial identity in supporting a political candidate. At RAND his research focuses on misinformation and disinformation, with a focus on racial disparities, misinformation and how problems can affect certain demographic groups worse than others. He serves as co-chair of the public opinion and political participation section of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists and is part of a team of academics, practitioners, and analysts known as the African American Research Collaborative. He is also a member of several professional organizations including the American Political Science Association and the Society for Political Methodology.