Research

Book:

Peer-Reviewed Articles:

Papers Under Review:

  • Elizabeth C. Connors and Christopher Howell*. “‘You Need to Calm Down’: Heated Tones Drive Aversion to Political Discussions.”
  • Elizabeth C. Connors, Alessandro Del Ponte, and Peter DeScioli. “Indirect Restrictions Demobilize Supporters of Abortion Rights.”
  • Elizabeth C. Connors, Taylor Carlson, and Steven W. Webster. “You’re Making Us Look Bad: Can Partisan Embarrassment Dampen Hyper-Partisanship and Polarization? Apparently Not.”

Select Working Papers:

  • “No Pressure: A Method to Reduce Overreporting of Political Engagement,” with John V. Kane.
  • “‘Unfriending’: Polarization and Political Disagreement in Social Networks,” with Samara Klar and Yanna Krupnikov.
  • “Trusting Refugees after Learning to Trust Borders,” with Tobias Heinrich, Yoshiharu Kobayashi, and Lauren Poupore**.
    • Partly funded by the Institute for Humane Studies
  • “The Femin[ist] Mystique: How Group Perceptions Shape Affect and Identity,” with Katelyn Stauffer.
    • Partly funded by Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS)
  • “What’s Wrong with Being Confident? A Lot: How Confidence Shapes Political Interactions,” with Christopher Howell* and Taylor Carlson.
  • “Revisiting the Link between Expected Election Outcomes and Turnout,” with Jacob A. Martin* and John Barry Ryan.
  • “How Low Candidate Approval Affects Partisanship,” with Robert Bird, Samara Klar, and Yanna Krupnikov.
  • “Trusted Sources: Why Social Influence Trumps Media Influence.”
  • “Immigration Support: Does Immigrant Skill-Level Override the Effects of Racial and Ethnic Prejudice,” with Leonie Huddy, Stanley Feldman, and Romeo Gray*.

Other Select Work: