John Hibbing

John Richard Hibbing (born December 31, 1953) is an American political scientist and was the former Foundation Regents University Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is known for his research on the biological and psychological correlates of political ideology. With Kevin B. Smith and John R. Alford, Hibbing is the co-author of Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences, published by Routledge in 2013.

He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2012, and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2013.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
In 1981, John would originally join the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. He would eventually be promoted to the position of Associate Professor in 1985. A few year later in 1990, he would be promoted again, this time to the position of [Primary] Professor. He was finally named as Foundation Regents University Professor of the Department of Pol. Sci. in 2001. In April, 2023, the university[UN-L] announced that he would be lecturing for a final time on May 3, 2023. Following this lecture, John would be retire from his role at the university and would continue research, and updates, of personal published content.