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Hibbing and Deol Paper Accepted in International Journal of Public Opinion Research

February 27, 2017

Prof. Matthew Hibbing and graduate student Raman Deol's paper, "The Relationship between Personality and Response Patterns on Public Opinion Surveys: The Big Five, Extreme Response Style, and Acquiescence Response Style" (with Matthew Cawvey, Andrew Bloeser, and Jeffery J. Mondak),...

Hansford, Intawan, and Nicholson Paper Accepted in Political Behavior

February 17, 2017

Professor Tom Hansford, graduate student Chanita Intawan, and Professor Steve Nicholson's paper, “Snap Judgment: Implicit Perceptions of a (Political) Court,” has been accepted for publication in Political Behavior.

Conrad Paper Accepted in Journal of Peace Research

February 15, 2017

Professor Courtenay Conrad's paper, "Torture and the Limits of Democratic Institutions" (with Daniel W. Hill, Jr. and Will Moore), has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Peace Research.

Kertzer of Harvard Gave Talk on Costly Signaling in International Relations

February 15, 2017

Josh Kertzer, Assistant Professor of Government at Harvard University, gave a talk on "Tying Hands, Sinking Costs, and Leader Attributes" on Wednesday, February 15th.

Woo Paper Accepted in Journal of Peace Research

February 10, 2017

Jungmoo Woo's paper, "Oil Export, External Prewar Support for the Government, and Civil Conflict Onset," has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Peace Research.

LeVeck Paper Accepted in International Studies Quarterly

February 7, 2017

Brad LeVeck's paper, "The Democratic Peace and the Wisdom of Crowds" (with Neil Narang), has been accepted by the International Studies Quarterly.

LeVeck and Nail Paper Published in Research & Politics

January 10, 2017

Brad LeVeck and Stephanie Nail's paper, "Evidence for a scale invariant relationship between the incumbency advantage and the nationalization of US House election 1866-2014," has been published by Research & Politics.

Philpot Gave Talk on Campaigns, Racial Cues, and Candidate Credibility

December 14, 2016

Professor Tasha Philpot of the Universit of Texas, Austin, gave a talk titled "A New Face to the Race Card? Campaigns, Racial Cues, and Candidate Credibility," as part of the Understanding Politics Speaker Series, on Wednesday, December 14th.

Theodoridis Paper Accepted by Journal of Politics

December 3, 2016

Alex Theodoridis' paper, "Me, Myself, and (I), (D) or (R)? Partisanship and Political Cognition through the Lens of Implicit Identity," has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Politics.

Ritter Blogs about the Relationship between Dissent and Repression

December 2, 2016

In a post on the London School of Economics American Public Policy blog, Emily Ritter discusses the current implications of her research with Courtenay Conrad on the relationship between dissent activities, preventive policies, and repressive responses.