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Whites’ Responses to Police Violence Depend on the Race of the Victim
Post developed by Nicole Yadon, Kiela Crabtree, and Katherine Pearson ICYMI (In Case You Missed It), the following work was presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). The presentation, titled “Breeding Contempt: Whites'...
Presidents and/or Prime Ministers
Post developed by Allen Hicken and Katherine Pearson ICYMI (In Case You Missed It), the following work was presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). The presentation, titled “Presidents and/or Prime Ministers: A...
Angela Ocampo Examines the Importance of Belonging
Post developed by Katherine Pearson and Angela Ocampo Feelings of belonging are powerfully important. A sense of inclusion in a group or society can motivate new attitudes and actions. The idea of belonging, or attaining inclusion, is the centerpiece of Angela...
Improving Research on Subnational Violence with xSub
Post developed by Yuri M. Zhukov, Christian Davenport, Nadiya Kostyuk, and Katherine Pearson. How can scholars of political conflict and violence apply research in different settings? Too often, data that are collected and analyzed in one setting cannot inform us...
‘13 Reasons Why’ and Young Adults’ Risk of Suicide
By Michael Rozansky. Original post for the Annenberg Public Policy Center. One of the most heavily watched and debated fictional portrayals of suicide in recent years was the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why,” which raised outcries about potential contagion stemming...
Winners and Losers: The Psychology of Attitudes Toward Foreign Trade
Post developed by Katherine Pearson and Diana Mutz Foreign trade is a complex issue, but the public still has strong opinions about the issue. Diana Mutz demonstrated that social psychology can help to understand attitudes about trade when she delivered the 2019...
Divided by Culture: Partisan Imagery and Political Evaluations
Post developed by Katherine Pearson and Stuart Soroka When you think of a Prius, what political party comes to mind? What about country music? Increasingly, Americans associate partisan leanings with otherwise non-political objects. Dan Hiaeshutter-Rice, Fabian G....
New Book Examines Ghana’s Political Trap
Post developed by Katherine Pearson As a country grows and develops economically, most experts expect political behavior to develop as well, becoming more policy-oriented and programmatic and moving away from clientelism that characterizes less developed countries....
Faida Zacharia Addresses the Challenges of Fresh Water Access in Tanzania
post developed by Katherine Pearson Faida Zacharia studies access to energy and water resources for smallholder farmers in Dodoma Region in Tanzania. As a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan, she worked closely with Professor Kelly Askew to further her...
It’s Up to Us – Transparency and the Public Value of Science
post developed by Katherine Pearson There are people all over the world who need the social sciences to reconcile the problems of their lives. At the Open Social Science Conference in Mannheim, Germany, Arthur Lupia told attendees that this is why social scientists...
