Department of Political Science

Political Science
1414 Social Sciences Building
267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-4144
Fax: 612-626-7599
E-mail: polisci@umn.edu

Chair: Raymond D. Duvall

Center for the Study of Political Psychology

Welcome to the Center for the Study of Political Psychology (CSPP)! Located on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities, the Center is dedicated to the establishment of a strong research community for social scientists focused on the theoretical and practical advancement of political psychology.

CSPP is widely regarded as one of the premier research and graduate training centers in the United States. CSPP receives support from the Graduate School and College of Liberal Arts, as well as three individual departments: Department of Political Science, Department of Psychology and School of Journalism and Mass Communication. To read more about CSPP, click here. To read more about the Center's affiliated PhD minor, click here.

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Upcoming Events

  • Call for application travel grant: Dealine: Feb. 29th 5pm. The Ph.D. Minor in Political Psychology at the University of Minnesota invites all eligible graduate students to submit a proposal for travel to an academic conference to present a paper, awards between $500-$750 will be made.
  • Call for application research grant: Dealine: Feb. 29th 5pm The Ph.D. Minor in Political Psychology at the University of Minnesota invites all eligible graduate students to submit a proposal for supplemental funds to pursue their research (either solo research, research in collaboration with another graduate student, or research in collaboration with a faculty member). Awards between $500-1000 will be made.
  • On Friday March 7th, Professor Jon Krosnick from the Departments of Mass communication, political science and psychology at Stanford University will have a morning talk with graduate students in the political psychology minor and deliver a talk in the afternoon "What the American Public Really Think about Global Climate Change: Evidence from 10 years of National Survey Illuminating the Psychology of Opinion Change". Room TBA
  • On Friday April 18th, Prof. Chip Eveland from the Ohio State University will have a morning talk with political psychology students in concurreance with the political psychology proseminar and have a talk in the afternoon to a wider audience. Room and title TBA.

News Arhives

  • Angie Bos has defended her dissertation entitled "Stereotypes at the Gate? The Influence of Legal and Institutional Rules on Evaluations of Women Candidates in Candidate Nominations" in July 2007. In fall 2007, she has begun a position as Assistant Professor of Political Science at the College of Wooster in Wooster, OH. Her research and teaching interests are in the areas of gender and politics, civic education, political participation, and media and politics.
  • Monica Schneider has started as an Assistant Professor of Political Science starting in August, 2007 at Miami University of Ohio in Oxford, OH. She teaches Public Opinion/Political Psychology, Campaigns and Elections, Media and Politics, and Statistics. Her research interests include political psychology, campaigns and elections, media and politics, and survey research methodology.
  • Justin Wedeking accepted a tenure track position as an assistant professor of political science at the University of Kentucky. Justin teaches courses on judicial politics and the law. His dissertation focused on issue framing and decision making on the U.S. Supreme Court. Justin's general research interests include judicial politics, political psychology, and research design. More specifically, they included Judicial Process, Supreme Court Behavior & Decision Making, Courts in American Society, Public Opinion, Voting and Participation, ideology and sophistication, and Survey Methodology.

The Center for the Study of Political Psychology * 1325 Social Sciences Tower * 267 19th Avenue South * Minneapolis, MN 55455 * 612-624-0864 * ppcenter@umn.edu