Past Survey Lab Students
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2020–2021
White Out: Using Surveys To Study White Nationalism, Identity, and Erasure
Elite Cues and Intraparty Conflict
Ideal Remote Workers: Exploring Gendered Implications of the Rise of Remote Work
A Conjoint Analysis of Perceptions of "Family" in the U.S.
Forward Basing, Tripwires, Surprise Attack, and Domestic Audience Costs
Threat Perception in the U.S.–China Great Power Competition
When Crossing the Aisle Gets You in Trouble: Interpersonal Consequences of Receptiveness to Opposing Views
Natural-Is-Better Beliefs across Multiple Contexts
U.S. Military Leaders and the Politics of War Termination
Examining the Impact of Racial Justice Policy Messaging on Support from the White Left
Ideal Remote Workers: Exploring Gendered Implications of the Rise of Remote Work
Soft on Defense: How American Make Judgments on Candidate Hawkishness
Inference under Selection: An Application to Social Media and Partisan Polarization
The Effects of Perspective-Taking on Attitudes towards Undocumented Immigrants and Access to Healthcare
An Empirical Study about the Potential Stickiness of Default Search Engines
Ideal Remote Workers: Exploring Gendered Implications of the Rise of Remote Work
Level of Office and Candidate Attributes
2018–2019
Presidential Influence on Democratic Norms
Equity Compensation at Privately Held Firms: Assessing Employees' Fallacies and Preferences
Popularity, Preferences, and the Problem of Competing Rankings
Confronting the "Electability Trap:" Effects of Campaign Messages, Information, and Perceived Competence on Voter Evaluations of Underrepresented Candidates
Pluralistic Ignorance and Men's Aspirations for Communal Traits
Exploring Public Support for the FDA's Blood Ban: The Effect of PrEP and of the Recognition of Gay Families
Perceptions of Sexual Harassment in a Post-#MeToo World
Status Quo Bias and Perceptions of Freedom
Shifting Support: Changes in Support for Women in Politics Based on Political Ideology
Understanding Changing Perceptions of College Value
All's Well That Ends Well? Policy Choice and Incumbent Approval
Backlash or Encouragement? The Effect of Messaging That Is Critical of Whites on Democratic Voters
Mid-Career Internships and Labor Market Re-Entry Outcomes for Opt-Out Workers
The U.S. Military, Partisan Backing, or Partisan Backlashing?
Military Influence on Public Opinion: Sage Counsel or Political Problem?
The Enabling Mother? Examining Gender Bias in Attributions of Blame, Stigma, and Perceived Harm towards Parents of Opioid Users
Emma Tsurkov (Sociology)
The Cost and Impact of Sexual Harassment in the Workforce
2016–17
Party Cues, Polarization or Something Else? How People Form Perceptions of Public Opinion on Climate Change
Freedom of Speech on Campus
Alliance Resilience: Evidence on China, the U.S., and Two Koreas
Attitudes on Public Education and School Choice
The Fear of Disability Con: Public Suspicion of Abuse of Disability Rights
The Role of Choice and Personal Responsibility Beliefs in American Attitudes towards a Soda Tax
Can Experts Correct Misperceptions in Public Policy?
Economic Anxiety and Support for the Far Right
Perceptions of College Value in an Era of Growing Female Advantage
Category-Spanning Protest: Participation and Public Opinion
Secrecy and Covert Action in U.S. Foreign Policymaking
How Gender Identity Shapes Preferences for Environmental and Health Behaviors
Where Are the Men in Childcare? Gender Essentialism, Care Work, and the Stalled Gender Revolution
Causes and Consequences of News Media Reputations
Influencing Public Opinion on Intervention: Public Appeals by the Military
The Politics of Private Contributions to Public Goods
Security or Democracy? U.S. Public Opinion and Support for Autocrats Abroad
2014–2015
International Organizations and Mobilizing Support for Humanitarian Intervention
Norms, Latinos, and Political Attitudes in the United States
Poverty and Inequality in American Public Opinion
Sanctions as Off-Ramps: Do Economic Sanctions Provide Leaders a Cheap Way out of Military Threats?
Class Bias and Perceived Consensus in Moral Evaluations, or, When Does It Pay To Be Rich?
One of Us? Race, Immigration, and the Construction of Social Boundaries
Funding Education: Trading Income for Achievement Gap Closure
Perspective-Taking, Empathy, and the Morality of Killing in War
Does Data Visualization Influence the Effects of Polls on Political Attitudes?
Mechanisms Explaining Perceptions toward Individuals with Intermittent Labor Force Participation
Conditional Priming Effects in Interest Group Rhetoric
2013–2014
Social Norms and Variations in Political Engagement
Do Promises Attract or Repel Voters?
Teachers Change Lives, Can They Change Public Opinion?
Institutional Domains and Public Support of Civic Organizations
Perceptions of Welfare Dependency and Support for Immigration
Motivated Reasoning and Public Distrust of Polls
'The Facts Speak for Themselves': Impact of Legal Institutions on Public Perception of Contested Facts during Armed Conflicts
Understanding Racial Prejudice in an Age of Immigration
Experiments about Economic Voting
Intermittent Labor Force Participation: A Source of Discrimination?
2012–2013
Public Opinion on Executive Pay in the United States: Can Extraordinary Merit Justify Extremely High Pay?
Latinos in America: Immigrant Political Behavior Beyond SES
American Norms and Political Public Opinion
Muslim-American Integration, Alienation and Government Relations in the Post-9/11 Environment
Preferences for Preschool: The Universal / Targeted Debates in Public Opinion
Race, Gender, and American Voter Behavior
Gender Identity Maintenance and Health Disparities between Men and Women
Fighting Poverty at Home and Abroad: Explaining Attitudes Towards Redistribution
Segregations in Micro-Interactions
Governed by Choice: How School Choosers and the Public Assess School Quality and Respond to Information
The Effects of News Media Representations of Public Opinion on (Future) Public Opinion
The Morality of Status
The Impact of Partisan Identity Salience on Self-Reported Political Behaviors
Who Represents the Labor Movement? Implications of Demographic Change On Public Support and Institutional Power of Labor in American Politics