John Mark Hansen is the Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science and the College.
As vice provost for academic affairs, Mark oversees all faculty and other academic appointments, promotions, recruitments, and retentions, working under the direction of the Shils Report; he is also tasked with giving guidance and training on the principles of the Kalven Report.
Mark’s scholarship and teaching focus on elections, public opinion, and congressional politics. He is the author of three books, Gaining Access: Congress and the Farm Lobby, 1919 - 1981 (1991); Mobilization, Participation and Democracy in America (1993) with Steven Rosenstone; and The City in a Garden: A Historical Guide to Hyde Park and Kenwood (2019). He is currently researching the history of the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago, the first stage of the Manhattan Project.
Mark joined the faculty in 1986 and previously served as the chair of the Political Science Department, associate provost for Research and Education, dean of the Division of the Social Sciences, and senior advisor to President Robert J. Zimmer. He earned a BA from the University of Kansas and an MPhil and PhD in political science from Yale University.
