Rick Hall

Core faculty

Richard L. Hall

Professor of Public Policy and Political Science

Hall’s research interests focus on American national politics. He has studied participation and representation in Congress, campaign finance reform, congressional oversight, issue advertising, health politics, and health policy. He is currently writing a book on interest group lobbying and the role of political money in Congressional policy making.

News

Hall and Hanson on GOP funding woes

Dec 7, 2023

"The Republican National Committee -- and some embattled state parties -- are dragging behind previous election cycles in fundraising weeks before the first primary voting for president in 2024," UPI reports. Ford School professor Richard Hall...

In the Media

Supreme Court leaked draft abortion ruling animates pro-choice advocates - Hall

May 17, 2022 USA Today

The recent leaked draft Supreme Court opinion which would eliminate the Constitutional right to abortion as settled in Roe v. Wade has energized both sides of the debate. A USA Today article that examines the energy of the advocates—as determined by...

News

Hall accolades continue - APSA Career Achievement Award

Jul 28, 2021

The American Political Science Association (APSA) Political Organizations and Parties Section has selected Ford School professor Richard Hall for its Samuel J. Eldersveld Career Achievement Award, which recognizes a scholar whose lifetime...

State & Hill

Faculty News spring 2021

Jun 10, 2021

Javed Ali has appeared recently in outlets such as 60 Minutes, ABC News, CNN, the Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, NPR’s Morning Edition, and the Los Angeles Times. He’ll become an associate professor of practice at the Ford School this...

Headshots of Javed Ali, Robert Axelrod, Paul Courant, Susan Dynarski, Adrienne Harris, Earl Lewis, Shobita Parthasarathy, Molly Spencer, David Thacher, Megan Tompkins-Stange

State & Hill

Brendan Nyhan's quest for the truth behind fake news

Mar 28, 2019

After receiving his PhD in political science from Duke University in 2009, Brendan Nyhan came to U-M to study health policy as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar. His mentors were the Ford School’s Paula Lantz and Rick Hall. Nyhan was then...

Internship field report, Molly Welch-Marahar @ Breast Cancer Action, San Francisco

Jul 21, 2016

Maureen (Molly) Welch-Marahar (MPP '17) submits this internship field report from her summer 2016 service with Breast Cancer Action in San Francisco, California. I’m one month into my 10 weeks here at Breast Cancer Action and I already feel at home....

Interest groups spend money to support allies rather than woo opponents, Rick Hall tells The New York Times

Aug 28, 2012

The New York Times cited Rick Hall's research on interest groups in its article, "Unleashing the Campaign Contributions of Corporations."The article inspected the real and perceived effects corporate contributions could have on the 2012 presidential...

Detroit News interviews Rick Hall, "Michigan in GOP debate spotlight"

Nov 9, 2011

The Detroit News spoke to Rick Hall about anticipated topics of discussion at Wednesday's Republican presidential debate, hosted by Oakland University. Eight Republicans are slated to debate including Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich,...

Richard Hall quoted in Texas Tribune, KUT about Rick Perry's chance for success in Michigan

Sep 26, 2011

Richard Hall was quoted in the Texas Tribune and on KUT, an Austin-based NPR station, about Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry's chance for success in Michigan.At the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, held on Mackinac Island from...

State & Hill

Legislators, lobbyists, and health care reform

Dec 6, 2010

"Almost every month a new book comes out that impugns the integrity of lobbyists and legislators," says professor of public policy and political science Rick Hall, "that they're in bed together, that there's a corrupt conspiracy, that members are...

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Through the lens of social science: faculty insights on health policy

Dec 6, 2010

When we thoughtfully apply scientific analysis to policy challenges, we discover new and sometimes surprising relationships. If our analysis is sound, sound policies can emerge from these discoveries. The Ford School faculty members featured in...

Rick Hall cited in Washington Post column on legislative lobbying, "Campaign Contributions Change Priorities, Not Beliefs"

Jul 16, 2007

"The conventional view, at least implicitly, is that these donations are designed to sway candidates who win elections in the direction of groups who gave them money. Richard Hall used to think this way, too. But many years ago, Hall came to...

Campaign finance: Does money in politics matter?

Feb 25, 2021, 4:30-6:00 pm EST

Ford School alumni and students are invited to join Rick Hall for an engaging conversation on campaign finance with breakout sessions to follow.

Book Talks @ The Ford School

Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe

Mar 27, 2017, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Palmer Commons, 4th Floor Forum Hall

Shobita Parthasarathy discusses her new book, Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe (University of Chicago Press, 2017), followed by discussion with Richard Hall, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Michigan, then audience Q&A.

Rick Hall: Third Annual Barbara Sinclair Lecture

Dec 2, 2020 1:21:00

Rick Hall gives the 3rd annual Barbara Sinclair Lecture which commemorates the life and scholarship of renowned scholar of legislative politics, Barbara Sinclair.