Mark Williamson

Prior to coming to McGill, Mark Williamson earned his PhD in the Department of Politics at New York University and previously held a postdoctoral fellowship with the Evidence in Governance and Politics network at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Professor Williamson’s research sits at the intersection of political behaviour, public opinion, and intergroup relations. His work investigates how information shapes people’s beliefs, attitudes and behaviours, with a specific interest in their engagement with issues of race, ethnicity, and colonialism. Focusing primarily on Canada and the United States, his research employs a range of research designs and data sources, including experiments, surveys, observational data, and text-as-data methods.