David C. Wilson, Ph.D., is Dean of the Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy and Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His research investigates the psychology of political opinion about policies, contentious social issues, and political figures. He was formerly a senior statistical consultant and researcher at the Gallup Polling Organization, in Washington, DC. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Michigan State University.

Prior to UC Berkeley, Dean Wilson served as a Senior Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and Associate Dean of the Social Sciences, at the University of Delaware. He also served as a statistical researcher at the Gallup Polling Organization in Washington, DC. H earned a BA (government) from Western Kentucky University, and an MPA (policy analysis) and PhD (political science), from Michigan State University.