Frank Baumgartner holds the Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professorship in the Department of Political Science at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is one of the country's leading scholars of public policy, framing, agenda-setting, policy change, and lobbying and has published extensively on these topics in both US and comparative perspectives. In recent years, he has focused on statistical studies of criminal justice issues, including the death penalty, racial disparities in traffic stop outcomes, and other issues. His most recent book is Suspect Citizens (Cambridge, 2018), focusing on racial differences in the outcomes of routine traffic stops; this book was recognized with the Best Book Award from the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association in 2019. He is currently working on a number of projects relating to race and criminal justice outcomes. Below are a few of his videos.

What we learn about race from 24 million traffic stops 
Oct. 30, 2020 (44:17)

Criminal Justice Outcomes and Race (*Recommended)
Jan. 19, 2018 (19:22)

DFLSC Symposium 2017 | Explaining Racial Disparities Across U.S. Police Departments
Feb. 10, 2017 (46:52)

A story about democracy, told through 20 million traffic stops
Jan. 4, 2019 (31:43)

Straight Talk with Chief Putney: Traffic Stop Data
Chief Kerr Putney and Dr. Frank Baumgartner, a UNC professor who analyzed the relationship between race and traffic stops, had a candid conversation about the concept of “driving while black.” 
Mar. 13, 2018 (44:02)

Policing and Racial Justice: Where Do We Go From Here?
Feb. 15, 2021