| Donald R. Kinder | |
| Birth Date: | 14 April 1947 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Political science |
| Workplaces: | University of Michigan |
| Education: | Stanford University University of California, Los Angeles |
| Thesis Title: | Balance theory and political person perception: asymmetry in beliefs about political leaders |
| Thesis Url: | http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/biblio/resources/80573 |
| Thesis Year: | 1975 |
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| Doctoral Students: | Adam Berinsky Walter Mebane |
| Awards: | Guggenheim Fellowship (1990–91) (with Shanto Iyengar) 2004 Phillip E. Converse Book Award from the American Political Science Association |
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Donald Ray Kinder (born April 14, 1947)[1] is an American political scientist and the Philip E. Converse Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan. He is also a professor by courtesy in the University of Michigan's Department of Psychology, and a research professor in the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research's Center for Political Studies. In 2017, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[2]