Congratulations to Christian Davenport for being awarded a Distinguished University Professorship!
The Distinguished University Professorships are among the university's most prestigious honors, and recognize senior faculty members with exceptional scholarly or creative achievements, national and international reputations for academic excellence, and superior records of teaching, mentoring, and service. Each professorship bears a name determined by the appointed professor in consultation with their dean. Davenport will henceforth be known as the Charles Tilly Distinguished University Professor of Political Science.
Christian Davenport is also the Mary Ann and Charles R. Walgreen Jr. Professor for the Study of Human Understanding, and professor of political science, LSA; professor of public policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; and faculty associate, Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research.
Since joining U-M in 2012, Davenport has produced an expansive body of research examining the dynamics of state power, dissent, and the interplay between institutions and collective action. His scholarship spans topics including genocide, protest policing, racialized repression, and the life cycles of government coercion.
His work has been cited 12,000 times, he has published five influential books, and he received the 2020 Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Prize for Democracy from the International Women’s Network for Democracy and Peace.
“Professor Davenport’s work is characterized by a blend of rigor and accessibility, contributing significantly both to scholarly discourse and policymaking, garnering global recognition,” wrote McCauley and Solomon.
