Niemi appointed to Watson professorship

Niemi

Niemi's latest book, Civic Education: What Makes Students Learn (with Jane Junn), documents how much students know about a wide range of political and civics topics. How and what young people learn about the American political system is one of his long-standing interests.

After graduating from Lawrence College (now Lawrence University) in Appleton, Wis., with a bachelor's degree in government, Niemi received his doctoral degree from the University of Michigan. He joined the Rochester faculty in 1967 when William Riker, then the department chair and a teacher of Niemi's at Lawrence, recruited him.

Niemi has been the recipient of many grants and fellowships, including those from the Ford Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Besides his book on civic education, he's also the co-author of books on voting patterns, legislative districting, public opinion, and statistics on American politics as well as the author of more than 100 articles on these topics.

Don Alonzo Watson (1807-1892) was a benefactor of the University.

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