Polarization of climate change news is no hoax
March 11, 2020
ANN ARBOR—Concern about the politicization of climate change news is not new, but coverage of the issue over the last three decades has shifted.A new University of Michigan study quantitatively shows, for the first time, that during a 30-year period, coverage of climate change has not only become dominated by…
Building an Interdisciplinary Science on Racism
February 28, 2020
In conjunction the University of Michigan’s Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2020 programming, the U-M RacismLab held its annual symposium entitled, “Building and Interdisciplinary Science on Cultural & Structural Racism.”Directed by Maggie Hicken, and housed within ISR’s Survey Research Center, the RacismLab is a transdisciplinary research collective that brings…
The Trump administration says that militarizing the police reduces crime. Is that true?
February 26, 2020
Monkey Cage article by Eldes and Lowande
Kenny Lowande wins two MPSA awards
February 21, 2020
Kenny Lowande received two awards from the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA). “Bureaucratic Responsiveness to LGBT Americans”, coauthored with Andrew Proctor, won the Kenneth J. Meier Award for best paper in bureaucratic politics, public administration, or public policy. “Descriptive and Substantive Representation in Congress: Evidence from 80,000 Congressional Inquiries”, coauthored…
Exclusive: Ahead of 2020 election, a ‘Blue Wave’ is rising in the cities, polling analysis shows
February 19, 2020
The rise in urban political engagement helped Democrats win political victories last year, including governor’s races in conservative-leaning Kentucky and Louisiana.¶¶It may have also contributed to elevated voting levels in some of the more heavily populated communities and college towns in Iowa and New Hampshire, which held their presidential nominating…
U-M report finds gaps in access to career and technical education programs
January 30, 2020
ANN ARBOR—A new University of Michigan report detailing access to career and technical education programs in Michigan has found that while CTE courses are popular among high school students, there’s a gap in access to them.Career and technical education courses prepare students to work in specific careers. Some enter the…
Interdisciplinary team of researchers receive $3.4M convergence grant from NSF
January 9, 2020
ANN ARBOR – A group of University of Michigan researchers has been awarded a $3.4 million collaborative National Science Foundation convergence grant to develop and test methodologies for sampling, validating, and analyzing social media.A collaboration between U-M and Georgetown University, the project, “The Future of Quantitative Research in Social Science,”…
Iran attacks show social media fueling deep deceptions during crisis
January 9, 2020
“You have a system where the potential for people to spread misinformation that gets believed on a wide landscape is huge,” said Josh Pasek, an associate professor of communication, media and political science at the University of Michigan, who has studied the issue.
Chen & students work on a website to make it easier for the public to create Michigan district maps
December 30, 2019
“Most people, even those who are politically active, may think they’re not an expert on redistricting. ‘What can I contribute?'” said Jowei Chen, a political science professor at the University of Michigan.¶¶Chen and students in U-M’s School of Information are now working on a website to make it easier for…
Trump ramps up Facebook ads against impeachment ‘WITCH HUNT’
December 11, 2019
That could change if the Republican-led Senate takes up the impeachment matter next month and dismisses the charges, said Nicholas Valentino, a political scientist at the University of Michigan.¶¶”Dismissal will be a highly mobilizing tool” for Democrats, Valentino said.¶¶House Democrats unveiled formal impeachment charges on Tuesday that accuse Trump of…