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Faculty & Researchers (19)

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R. Douglas Arnold
William Church Osborn Professor of Public Affairs; Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Emeritus
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Larry M. Bartels
Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs; Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Emeritus
Office: Offsite
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Charles M Cameron
Professor of Politics and Public Affairs
Office: 205 Fisher Hall

Research Briefs (6)

Research Briefs
Jun 22 2020
Simple Interventions Can Help People Spot False Headlines
The avalanche of online content available to people around the world has outpaced humans’ ability to separate fact from what can be…
Research Briefs
Jan 21 2020
A Cautionary Tale about Measuring Racial Bias in Policing
Racial bias and policing made headlines last year after a study examining records of fatal police shootings claimed white officers were…
Research Briefs
Oct 09 2019
Pesticide Companies Leverage Regulations for Financial Gains
Pesticides are present in many food products and play a central role in the production of traded agriculture, giving them global and…
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Jan 07 2019
Fake News Shared by Very Few, But Those Over 65 More Likely to Pass on Such Stories, New Study Finds
A small percentage of Americans, less than 9 percent, shared links to so-called “fake news” sites on Facebook during the 2016…
Research Briefs
Aug 21 2018
Militarization of Police Fails to Enhance Safety, May Harm Police Reputation
This month marks the four-year anniversary of protests over the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Those protests…
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May 09 2018
Purple Districts Elect the Most Extreme Legislators, Driving Polarization
So-called purple voting districts that change hands between Republicans and Democrats — rather than reliably conservative and liberal…