My work seeks to understand the ways in which citizens interact with the political world in an era of hyper-polarization. My substantive research and teaching interests are in American electoral politics, with a focus on political behavior/psychology, campaign effects and policy attitudes. My methodological focus is on survey methodology, experimental methods, design-based causal inference, and implicit measures. Much of my work applies new survey experimental and measurement paradigms to examine the implications of partisan identity and party cues for political cognition. I also study public opinion as it relates to a variety of policy domains, especially environmental policy.
My work has appeared in the Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, Political Behavior, the Journal of Experimental Political Science, Political Psychology, Election Law Journal, Environmental Politics, The Forum, and PS, and has been recognized with numerous grants, the John Sullivan Award, the Elections Public Opinion and Voting Behavior Best Paper Award, and the Society for Political Methodology's Warren Miller Prize. It has also been featured by the New York Times, Washington Post, Scientific American, Time, CNN, The Hindu, The Economist and many other media outlets.
