Paul R. Abramson is professor of political science at Michigan State University. He is author of Politics in the Bible (2012), coauthor of Value Change in Global Perspective (1995), and author of Political Attitudes in America (1983), The Political Socialization of Black Americans (1977), and Generational Change in American Politics (1975). Along with John H. Aldrich and David W. Rohde he is coauthor of sixteen additional books in the Change and Continuity series, all of which were published by CQ Press.