ArticlesFaculty/Student Team Join International COVID-19 StudyDate2/10/2022Body Professors Horiuchi and Crabtree led study of pandemic behaviors in Japan and Korea.ImageThumbnail
In the NewsExpert: Florida’s Election Reforms Harm Disadvantaged Voters 2/9/2022Description A new law in Florida likely will depress turnout of disadvantaged voters by making it more difficult to hold third-party voter registration drives, quantitative social science professor Michael Herron testified in a lawsuit seeking to overturn the measure.
ArticlesFact Checks on COVID-19 Misperceptions Need BoostersDate2/3/2022Body Study finds fact checks debunking false claims on COVID-19 do not stick over time.ImageThumbnail
In the NewsWhen Redlines Fail: The Promise and Peril of Public Threats2/2/2022Description Kathleen Powers, assistant professor of government, co-authors a piece on the Biden administration’s response to the standoff with Russia over Ukraine which notes, “Redlines don’t merely threaten—they provoke.”
QuotedQuoteTalking about secession is a radical proposition, so I take this as a pretty strong signal that people are frustrated with the performance of democratic institutions in this country.BylineJohn Carey, government professor | AttributionThe Keene SentinelDate1/19/2022
In the NewsWhy Jan. 6th Was Not a Turning Point1/7/2022Description A podcast episode about the Jan. 6 insurrection features government professor Brendan Nyhan. “We now see a greater partisan division in confidence in the 2022 election than we saw immediately prior to the 2020 election,” Nyhan says.
In the NewsHow Many Americans Support Political Violence?1/6/2022Description An article about the question of support for political violence in the U.S. a year after the Jan. 6 insurrection cites a paper co-authored by government professor Sean Westwood that says documented support for such violence is “illusory.”
QuotedQuoteThe story of democratic erosion in other countries is that it happens invisibly, you don’t have this tanks-in-the-streets moment.BylineBrendan Nyhan, James O. Freedman Presidential Professor | AttributionThe New YorkerDate12/16/2021
ArticlesDartmouth Was an Early Stop in Dole’s Presidential RunsDate12/6/2021Body Political observers say the senator was a fierce conservative who welcomed debate.ImageThumbnail
In the NewsWhich Animal Welfare Organizations Are Most Effective?12/1/2021Description A story about charities that protect animals describes research co-authored by government professor Benjamin Valentino that found a correlation between concern for human suffering and concern for animal suffering.
