News and Events

News

Caitlin Dwyer, with Professors Daniel Stevens, John Sullivan, and Barbara Allen, have an article titled "Racism, Sexism, and Candidate Evaluations in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election" forthcoming in the December 2009 edition of the peer reviewed journal "Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy."

Eve Ringsmuth (Ph.D. Political Science) began a tenure track position at Oklahoma State University in Fall 2009.
Kjersten Nelson (Ph.D. Political Science) began a tenure track position at North Dakota State University in Fall 2009.

Upcoming Events

On Dec. 4, 2009, Prof. Howard Lavine, from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and Prof. David Redlawsk, from Rutgers University, will be participating in a symposium on dual-process models and candidate evaluation. The focus will be on how citizens process information and how differences in processing influence how citizens evaluate and select political candidates. In a morning session and an afternoon session, they will be presenting papers detailing their own perspectives on the topic. Faculty affiliated with the CSPP will serve as discussants on the papers and facilitate discussion with members of the political psychology proseminar as well as others who attend the talk. The morning session will take place from 9:30-11:00 and the afternoon session from 3:30-5:00. Both sessions will take place in the Lippincott Room, Social Science Tower room 1314. More details will be posted as they become available

Events Archive

On Thursday, Sept.11, 2008 Professor Alice Eagly from Northwestern University gave a presentation at the CSPP Colloquium, entitled "Women as Leaders: Negotiating the Labyrinth", at 3.30pm, 1314 Social Science Building. This talk was co-sponsored by the Ph.D. minor in Political Psychology and the Center for the Study of Political Psychology.
On Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 Professor Susan Fiske from Princeton University wgave a presentation at the CSPP Colloquium, entitled "Peril of Prejudice: Universal Biases in Mind, Brain and Culture" at 3.30pm, Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Institute of Public Policy. This talk was co-sponsored by the Ph.D. minor in Political Psychology and the Center for the Study of Political Psychology.
On Friday March 7, 2008 Professor Jon Krosnick from the Departments of Mass communication, political science and psychology at Stanford University had a morning talk with graduate students in the political psychology minor and delivered 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".
On Friday April 18, Prof. Chip Eveland from the Ohio State University had a morning talk with political psychology students in concurreance with the political psychology proseminar and gave a talk in the afternoon to a wider audience.
On Friday, November 2, 2007Professor John G. Geer of the Department of Political Science at Vanderbilt University has given a morning talk with graduate students in concurrence with the political psychology proseiminar and a presentation in the afternoon: "In defense of negativity"
On Thursday, September 20, 2007 Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, gave a talk entitled "Steven Pinker -- The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature " at Pohlad Hall, Minneapolis Central Library, 7pm.
On Wednesday, June 20 2007, Professor Ludwin Molina of the UCLA Psychology Department presented "Interface of Ethnicity and Nationality in a Diverse Society." The talk was in conjunction with the political psychology minor and will be held in Elliott Hall, N639. The event is free and open to the public.
On Friday, April 27 2007, Professor Ani Sarkissian of the University of Minnesota's Political Science Department presented to the political pscyhology proseminar at noon in Lippincott (1314 Social Sciences). Her talk was titled "Do Actions Speak Louder Than Words? Religion, Participation, and Support for Democracy in a Cross-National Sample, " and the relevant paper can be accessed here. The event is free and open to the public.
On Friday, March 23, 2007, Professor Leonie Huddy of the State University of New York -- Stony Brookl presented to the political pscyhology proseminar at 3:45 pm in N391 Elliott Hall. Her talk was titled "On the Distinct Political Effects of Anxiety and Anger," and the relevant paper can be accessed here. The event is free and open to the public.

Professor Leonie Huddy meets with Mass Communications graduate student Ryan Paquin.

On Friday, February 16, Professor John Alford of Rice University presented "Genes, Brains, and Behavior." The talk was in conjunction with the Political Psychology Proseminar, at 3:45 pm in 1314 Social Sciences. The event is free and open to the public. See here and here for Professor Alford's related papers.

Professor John Alford of Rice University meets with graduate students during his visit to the department.

On Friday, February 23, Professor Jonathan Mercer of the University of Washington presented "Deterrence and Emotional Beliefs." The talk was in conjunction with the Political Psychology Proseminar, at 3:45 pm in 1314 Social Sciences. The event is free and open to the public.
On Friday, March 2, Professor Marco Yzer of the University of Minnesota's Journalism and Mass Communications Department presented "An old idea that is still new: Conversation explains effects of mass media campaigns." The talk was in conjunction with the Political Psychology Proseminar, at noon in 1314 Social Sciences. The event is free and open to the public. See here for Professor Yzer's paper.
On Thursday, March 8, Professor Michael Sargent of Bates College presented "Race-Sensitive Weapons Misidentification: When Does It Occur?" The talk was from 11:30 am to 12:55 pm in N423 Elliott Hall.

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