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Nicholson Paper Forthcoming at JESP

July 24, 2017

Department Chair Professor Stephen Nicholson's paper "The Hidden Appeal and Aversion to Political Conspiracies as Revealed in the Response Dynamics of Partisans" has just been accepted at the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Congratulations Professor Nicholson and co-...

Study: Distracted Voters More Likely to Vote for White Candidates

July 19, 2017

Distracted or mentally taxed voters across America are less likely to vote for candidates of color, a new paper indicates. Through a series of mock election experiments, UC Merced Professor Jessica Trounstine, graduate student Kau Vue and two colleagues demonstrate that voters often rely on racial...

Eager to Make a Difference, Student Focuses on Human Rights

July 17, 2017

Adriana Diaz Mireles is on a mission. Inspired by coursework on human rights, the UC Merced senior is intent on pursuing a career in humanitarian advocacy. But first, she’s working to make a name for herself before graduating. This summer, Diaz Mireles traveled to New York to participate in the...

Double APSA Awards for Sands

July 10, 2017

Professor Melissa Sands' paper "Exposure to Inequality Affects Support for Redistribution" has been doubly recognized as both the Best Paper in Political Psychology, and the Best Paper in Public Policy, presented at the American Political Science Association...

Three New Tenure-Track Faculty for UC Merced Political Science: Dasgupta, Sands, and de Kadt

June 26, 2017

UC Merced Political Science is delighted to announce three new tenure-track Assistant Professors who will join the faculty on July 1st, 2017. Their appointments will further build the teaching and research profile of the university. Adi Dasgupta joins UC Merced from Stanford University,...

Trounstine and Vue Paper Wins APSA Award

June 26, 2017

Professor Jessica Trounstine and graduate student Kau Vue's paper "A Different Kind of Disadvantage: Candidate Race, Electoral Institutions, and Voter Choice" has been recognized as the Best Paper in Urban and Local Politics presented at the American Political Science Association'...

Celebrating Newly Tenured Political Science Faculty: Hibbing and Huang

June 23, 2017

The UC Merced Political Science faculty is celebrating the promotions of Matthew Hibbing and Haifeng Huang to Associate Professor with tenure, effective July 1st 2017. Congratulations to both! Prof. Hibbing joined the faculty in 2011, having completed his Ph.D at the University of Illinois. His...

Hansford, Intawan, and Nicholson Blog for Political Behavior

June 19, 2017

Prof. Tom Hansford, graduate student Chanita Intawan, and Prof. Steve Nicholson wrote a blog post for Political Behavior, about their recent publication titled “Snap Judgment: Implicit Perceptions of a (Political) Court.”

Intawan and Nicholson Paper Accepted in JOP

June 15, 2017

Graduate student Chanita Intawan and Professor Steve Nicholson's, "My Trust in Government is Implicit: Automatic Trust in Government and System Support," has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Politics.

Hibbing Discusses Satisfaction with Public Policy Decisions on LSE's USAPP Blog

June 6, 2017

Prof. Matthew Hibbing published a post entitled, "Satisfaction with public policy decisions is dependent on the racial composition of decision-makers, not only on the decisions themselves," on the USAPP Blog of the London School of Economics and Political Science.