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Taylor Carlson published "Freedom of Expression in Interpersonal Interactions" in Political Science & Politics

1.5.23

Reviews replication data and code for conjoint experiment presented in "Freedom of Expression in Interpersonal Interactions," which examines characteristics of political discussions and discussants that lead people to be more or less willing to express their true political opinions. This is a peer reviewed contribution to a symposium on free expression, edited by Yanna Krupnikov and Eitan Hersh.

Anne Wilke's "Gender Gaps in Support for Vigilante Violence"

1.1.23

Anne Wilke had a paper published in Comparative Politics special symposium on vigilantism!

William Nomikos won an Impact Grant from the Weidenbaum Center

1.1.23

"Peacebuilding amidst Information Warfare: How Disinformation Shapes Local Attitudes toward Peacebuilders in Conflict Settings" explores social media users’ exposure to disinformation in fragile and conflict-afflicted societies and how to shape their attitudes toward international peacebuilders This disinformation affects the prospects for peace, stability, and democratization.

"A Multi-Task Gaussian Process Model for Inferring Time-Varying Treatment Effects in Panel Data" accepted at AISTATS

12.30.22

Jacob Montgomery (WashU), Annamarie Prati (WashU), Roman Garnett (CSE), and Yehu Chen (DCDS) had their paper accepted at AISTATS.

Professor Dan Butler had a very productive semester!

12.28.22

Professor Butler published several articles this semester, including two in a top-3 journal of the discipline.

Margit Tavits book Voicing Politics was featured in The Source

12.22.22

“The central argument is that the small quirks and differences across languages matter because they direct our attention to certain things and away from others. Those little nudges are then reflected in how we express politically relevant opinions.”

Margit Tavits won the John Fell Oxford Award

12.15.22

“Voter ID in the UK – Eroding Democracy or Guaranteeing Electoral Integrity?”

Dan Bulter, Sarah Anderson and Laurel Harbridge-Yong were awarded a Research Grant

12.5.22

“Moderate Emergence in Alaska’s Top-4 Primary.”

Professor Nomikos and Graduate Students Kim & Lin Publish Article on Social Media/Public Opinion and the Ukraine War

11.29.22

Professor Will Nomikos and graduate students Gechun Lin & Dahjin Kim published an article, "America's electorate remains polarized along partisan lines about foreign policy during Ukraine crisis."

Professor Wilke Awarded McDonnell Academy Seed Grant

11.29.22

Congratulations to Professor Anna Wilke for being awarded a McDonnell Academy seed grant for her research titled, "How does girls' empowerment affect boys? Two field experiments on cross-gender spillover effects of public health campaigns"!

Professor Tavits Publishes Book with Princeton University Press

11.29.22

Congratulations to Professor Margit Tavits on her new book, Voicing Politics! The book is co-authored by Efrén Pérez from UCLA and explores how language shapes public opinion.

Senior Miao elected to College Democrats board

11.7.22

Miao is one of 10 students who will represent 100,000 College Democrats in the nation and the first Washington University student to be elected to the executive board.