Dean Bonner
Associate Survey Director and Research Fellow
Expertise: Public opinion, political participation
Dean Bonner is associate survey director and research fellow at PPIC, where he coauthors the PPIC Statewide Survey—a large-scale public opinion project designed to develop an in-depth profile of the social, economic, and political attitudes at work in California elections and policymaking. He has expertise in public opinion and survey research, political attitudes and participation, and voting behavior. Before joining PPIC, he taught political science at Tulane University and was a research associate at the University of New Orleans Survey Research Center. He holds a PhD and MA in political science from the University of New Orleans.
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Few Californians Are Prepared for a Disaster
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PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment
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