Marc Hetherington

Marc Hetherington serves as the Raymond H. Dawson Bicentennial Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, based in Hamilton Hall 320 with office hours on Tuesdays 2-3 PM and Fridays 1:30-3 PM.

His research centers on American Politics with deep expertise in Public Opinion dynamics, Political Polarization mechanisms, and Political Trust erosion. Hetherington examines how polarization manifests in the American electorate through works like Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics (2009) and Why Washington Won't Work (2015), analyzing trust deficits in governance structures and their societal consequences. His 2018 book Prius or Pickup dissects cultural divides through four key demographic indicators.

He has received multiple teaching excellence awards at UNC Chapel Hill, though specific award names are not documented in the source materials.