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

Affiliated Graduate Students

Name Department E-mail Research Interests
Neil Bendle Marketing

nbendle@csom.umn.edu

 
Vanessa Boudewyns Journalism and Mass Communication

boude002@umn.edu

Health communications frameworks, targeting and changing beliefs and attitudes through campaigns

Matt Cravens

Political Science

crave043@umn.edu

Habit and voter turnout, mobilization

Grace Deason

Social Psychology

deaso002@umn.edu

gender and political campaigns, ideology and beliefs about the family, gender stereotyping in the workplace

Jessica Dial

Social Psychology

dial0007@umn.edu

Perceptions of and attitudes toward social out-groups, media and legitimacy, and disclosure of social identity

Caitlin Dwyer

Political Science

dwyer077@umn.edu

Campaigns and elections, primaries, and voting behavior
Damla Ergun Social Psychology ergu0003@umn.edu Intergroup relations, nationalism and patriotism, information processing
Emily Fisher Social Psychology fishe227@umn.edu Intergroup attitudes, social categorization, social capital, contact theory, and motivated information processing
Chris Galdieri Political Science galdieri@umn.edu  
Erik Girvan Social Psychology girva004@umn.edu Implicit attitudes and jurisprudence, the effects of social and legal norms, message framing, and individual differences on the effectiveness of policies aimed at changing behavior

Amber Gust

Journalism and Mass Communication

gustx029@umn.edu

Health communication, political processes, and effects of advertising on feelings about the self

Corrie Hunt

Social Psychology

hunt0400@umn.edu

Emotion and political attitudes, the role of self-interest and values in social/political attitudes and behavior, motivated social cognition, and intergroup conflict

Rita Langteau

Journalism and Mass Communication

lang0647@umn.edu

 
Brad Lippman Social Psychology lipp0040@umn.edu  

Chris Miller

Social Psychology

mill3026@umn.edu

Social influences on polititcal participation.

Garlyn Moen

Journalism and Mass Communication

moenx155@umn.edu

Political speech, political advertising, and religion and politics
Ryan Paquin Journalism and Mass Communication

paqu0024@umn.edu

Social identity influence on belief change/formation and persuasion; individual vs. community-level health intervention campaigns; and implicit message content and deception

Aaron Rapport

Political Science

rapp0030@umn.edu

Foreign policy, international security, and executive and bureaucratic politics

Geoff Sheagley

Political Science

shea0105@umn.edu

Political decision making, information processing, political participation, motivation, political methodologies. 

Yongling Zhang

Education Policy and Administration

zhang429@umn.edu

Young people's political socialization, development of moral and political judgment, and civic engagement



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