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Jaclyn Kaslovsky Co-Authors New Article in Legislative Studies Quarterly

9.3.25

The article investigates how senators discuss Supreme Court nominations with their constituents, focusing on one common rhetorical strategy: highlighting the descriptive traits of nominees.

Dan Butler Co-Authors New Article in American Politics Research

8.27.25

The article looks at a political candidates sources of funding and how those sources affect perceptions of the candidate and campaign.

Michael Strawbridge Publishes Article with the London School of Economics

8.25.25

Strawbridge's article highlights his research into Black political socialization earlier published in Politics, Groups and Identities.

The intersection of technology and politics

8.12.25 | The Source

Covering everything from social media to bitcoin to AI, a timely and all-too-topical political science graduate course challenges students to think differently.

Shiran Victoria Shen Publishes Article in Policy Studies Journal

7.11.25

The article highlights research that looks at “regularized campaigns” as an institutional innovation that combines the high-intensity enforcement of campaigns with the stability of institutions to mitigate principal-agent problems.

James Gibson Publishes Article with The Conversation - "Self-censorship and the ‘spiral of silence’: Why Americans are less likely to publicly voice their opinions on political issues"

7.10.25 | The Conversation

Gibson's article builds off his research into political affiliation and self-censorship published in Political Science Quarterly.

Tavits, Montgomery, Lucas, and Former PhDs Kim and Muraoka Publish in Political Science Research and Methods

7.3.25

The article investigates whether election results are associated with emotional reactions among voters across democracies and under what conditions these responses are more intense.

Dan Butler Publishes New Articles in Political Behavior and Administration & Society

6.19.25

One article presents a study on primary voters during the 2022 statewide primary elections, while the other looks at the impact of the Supreme Court's ruling in Loper Bright.

Michael Strawbridge Publishes Article in Politics, Groups, and Identities

6.4.25

The article looks to resolve the lack of consensus regarding the relationship between Black social networks and institutions as socializing agents within the Black community.

Lucia Motolinia Publishes Article in Legislative Studies Quarterly

6.4.25

The article looks at Mexican state legislators and how pre-election coalitions shape candidate selection decisions.

Elaine Yao Publishes Article in American Journal of Political Science

6.2.25

The incoming faculty member's piece focuses on how groups can focus on compromise to boost preferred outcomes.

David Carter Publishes New Article in Annual Review of Political Science

5.19.25

The article provides a new framework for understanding patterns of territorial conflict historically up to the present period.