Program in Mass Political Behavior

The Program in Mass Political Behavior permits focus on public opinion or on voting behavior and political participation. The Mass Political Behavior Program is complimented by strength in our department in the microfoundations of political behavior (including Political Psychology and Formal Theory), Political Methodology (including the PRISM program and the Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Survey Research); and related specialties (including Race, Gender, and Ethnicity; Political Parties; and Comparative Political Behavior).

Faculty: Herb Asher, Paul Allen Beck, Jan Box-Steffensmeier, Gregory Caldeira, Luke Keele, John Kessel, Harwood McClerking, Kathleen McGraw, Thomas Nelson, David Paul, Herb Weisberg, and Ismael White.

Recent Placements:

• Harvard University
• University of Cincinnati
• University of Georgia
• University of Mississippi
• University of Missouri at Saint Louis
• Wittenberg University

Recent Doctoral Dissertations:

"Candidates' Positions in Congressional Elections"

"Social Groups and Socio-Cultural Explanations in American Public Opinion"

"The Psychological Structure of Partisanship: Affect, Cognition, and Social Identity"

"National and Local Media Coverage and the Presidential Nomination Campaign"

"The Divided Voter in American Politics"

"Party Polarization in American Politics"