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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.

Upcoming Events

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.

Events Archive

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. See here for Professor Mercer's paper.
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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