Hilton Root is an American academic. He is a professor of public policy at the Schar School of Policy and Government of George Mason University, in Virginia.^{[1][third-party source needed]} He specializes in international political economy and international development.^{[citation needed]}

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Hilton Root
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Academic work
Discipline	Political economy
Institutions	Schar School of Policy and Government of George Mason University
Website	hiltonroot.gmu.edu

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His published work includes Dynamics among Nations: The Evolution of Legitimacy and Development in Modern States, which was published by the MIT Press in 2013.

• Mellon Post-Doctoral Program in Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology
• Ph.D., University of Michigan
• Diplôme d’Etudes Avancées, Politics & Law, Université de Bourgone, Dijon, France
• M.A., University of Michigan
• B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo^[2]