Power structure research

George William "Bill" Domhoff (born August 6, 1936) is is an American psychologist and sociologist who is Distinguished Professor Emeritus and research professor of psychology and sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a founding faculty member of UCSC's Cowell College. He is best known for his work on power structure research and for his contributions to the scientific study of dreaming, particularly through the development of the neurocognitive theory of dreaming. Domhoff is the author of Who Rules America? (1967), a widely cited analysis of political and economic power in the United States that has appeared in eight editions and has been used extensively in sociology courses. He has also authored multiple books and peer‑reviewed articles on dreams, integrating quantitative dream content analysis with findings from developmental psychology, lesion studies, and neuroimaging.