Skip to content Skip to navigation
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED

News

Hansford, Canelo, and Depaoli in PSQ

August 16, 2019
Prof. Thomas Hansford and recent PhD Kayla Canelo, along with Prof. Sarah Depaoli (UC Merced Psychology), have just published "Locating US Solicitors General in the Supreme Court's Policy Space" at Presidential Studies Quarterly. Congratulations to Prof. Hansford, Dr. Canelo...

Hibbing and Deol Published in IJPOR

August 13, 2019
Prof. Matthew Hibbing's paper "The Relationship Between Personality and Response Patterns on Public Opinion Surveys: The Big Five, Extreme Response Style, and Acquiescence Response Style" has just been published in the International Journal of Public Opinion Research....

Theodoridis in Political Behavior

July 25, 2019
Prof. Alex Theodoridis' paper "Party Animals? Extreme Partisan Polarization and Dehumanization" has just been published in Political Behavior. Congratulations to Prof. Theodoridis and his coauthors! Check out the blogpost version of the article for a quick summary of the findings...

Sands in the American Political Science Review

July 15, 2019
Prof. Melissa Sands' paper "Can Violent Protest Change Local Policy Support? Evidence from the Aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles Riot" has just been published in the American Political Science Review. Congratulations to Prof. Sands and her coauthors! The paper studies the...

Denny in the Journal of Experimental Political Science

July 10, 2019
Prof. Elaine Denny's paper "Calling Mogadishu: How Reminders of Anarchy Bias Survey Participation" has just been published in the Journal of Experimental Political Science. Congratulations to Prof. Denny and her coauthor! The paper explores how the fear of anarchy affects telephone...

Dual APSA Awards for Trounstine

July 3, 2019
Big congratulations to Professor Jessica Trounstine, whose book "Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities" has been recognized with two American Political Science Association (APSA) section book awards. The book was awarded the J. David Greenstone Book...

APSA Awards for Dasgupta and Theodoridis

June 14, 2019
Celebrations are in order as Professors Aditya Dasgupta and Alexander Theodoridis both recently won section awards from the American Political Science Association (APSA)! Prof. Dasgupta's paper "Technological Change and Political Turnover: The Democratizing Effects of the Green...

de Kadt and Sands published in Political Behavior

May 3, 2019
Profs. Daniel de Kadt and Melissa Sands' paper "Racial Isolation Drives Voting Behavior: Evidence from the New South Africa" has just been published in Political Behavior. Congratulations both! The paper asks how local demographic context -- in particular racial isolation --...

Provins wins Mooney Dissertation Award

April 1, 2019
Recent PhD graduate Tessa Provins (now an assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh) has been awarded the Christopher Mooney Dissertation Award for her thesis "The Value of Legislative Design: A Comparative Analysis of State Legislative Institutions"....

Trounstine Featured by Women Also Know Stuff

March 15, 2019
As part of the celebration of International Women’s Day 2019, Women Also Know Stuff, an entity that’s focused on elevating women’s expertise within the political science discipline, as well as in the broader policy and journalism communities, asked political scientists to share...

Pages