Professor Dan Butler had a very productive semester!
Professor Butler published several articles this semester, including two in a top-3 journal of the discipline.
News
Margit Tavits book Voicing Politics was featured in The Source
“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
“Voter ID in the UK – Eroding Democracy or Guaranteeing Electoral Integrity?”
Dan Bulter, Sarah Anderson and Laurel Harbridge-Yong were awarded a Research Grant
“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
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
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
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
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.
Are bots winning the war to control social media?
Recent statistical analysis shows that armies of bots have infiltrated Twitter, and the bot about to influence you is already inside your feed.
Tavits installed as the Dr. William Taussig Professor
Margit Tavits, chair and professor of political science, was installed Oct. 19 as the Dr. William Taussig Professor in Arts & Sciences.
Professor Tavits Awarded Global Incubator Seed Grant
Congratulations to Professor Margit Tavits for receiving $25,000 Global Incubator Seed Grant from the McDonnell International Scholars Academy and Office of the Provost for her proposal on "The Behavioral and Attitudinal Effects of Voter ID."
Professors Carter & Gabel Awarded Funding from the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures
Congratulations to Professors David Cater and Matt Gabel and their collaborators Michael Espositio and Mark Huffman on being awarded $261,500 in funding from the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures for their cluster proposal of "Trust and Public Health."