Past Survey Lab Students
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2020–2021

Ellen Chapin (Political Science)
White Out: Using Surveys To Study White Nationalism, Identity, and Erasure


Claire Daviss (Sociology)
Ideal Remote Workers: Exploring Gendered Implications of the Rise of Remote Work


Nathan Fleischaker (Political Science)
Forward Basing, Tripwires, Surprise Attack, and Domestic Audience Costs


Mohamed Hussein (Business)
When Crossing the Aisle Gets You in Trouble: Interpersonal Consequences of Receptiveness to Opposing Views



Rachel Lienesch (Political Science)
Examining the Impact of Racial Justice Policy Messaging on Support from the White Left

Erin Macke (Sociology)
Ideal Remote Workers: Exploring Gendered Implications of the Rise of Remote Work

Leah Matchett (Political Science)
Soft on Defense: How American Make Judgments on Candidate Hawkishness

Helena Roy (Economics)
Inference under Selection: An Application to Social Media and Partisan Polarization

Cesar Vargas Núñez (Political Science)
The Effects of Perspective-Taking on Attitudes towards Undocumented Immigrants and Access to Healthcare

Omar Vásquez Duque (Economics)
An Empirical Study about the Potential Stickiness of Default Search Engines

Emma Williams-Baron (Sociology)
Ideal Remote Workers: Exploring Gendered Implications of the Rise of Remote Work

2018–2019

Alejandra Aldridge (Political Science)
Presidential Influence on Democratic Norms

Yifat Aran (Law)
Equity Compensation at Privately Held Firms: Assessing Employees' Fallacies and Preferences


Jennifer Cryer (Political Science)
Confronting the "Electability Trap:" Effects of Campaign Messages, Information, and Perceived Competence on Voter Evaluations of Underrepresented Candidates

Christianne Corbett (Education)
Pluralistic Ignorance and Men's Aspirations for Communal Traits

Doron Dorfman (Law)
Exploring Public Support for the FDA's Blood Ban: The Effect of PrEP and of the Recognition of Gay Families



Lisa Hummel (Sociology)
Shifting Support: Changes in Support for Women in Politics Based on Political Ideology


Soyoung Lee (Political Science)
All's Well That Ends Well? Policy Choice and Incumbent Approval

Rachel Lienesch (Political Science)
Backlash or Encouragement? The Effect of Messaging That Is Critical of Whites on Democratic Voters

Julia Melin (Sociology)
Mid-Career Internships and Labor Market Re-Entry Outcomes for Opt-Out Workers

Benjamin Schaftel (Political Science)
The U.S. Military, Partisan Backing, or Partisan Backlashing?

Neil Snyder (Political Science)
Military Influence on Public Opinion: Sage Counsel or Political Problem?

Tagart Sobotka (Sociology)
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

Adina Abeles (Communication)
Party Cues, Polarization or Something Else? How People Form Perceptions of Public Opinion on Climate Change


Jonathan Chu (Political Science)
Alliance Resilience: Evidence on China, the U.S., and Two Koreas


Doron Dorfman (Law)
The Fear of Disability Con: Public Suspicion of Abuse of Disability Rights

Cayce Hook (Psychology)
The Role of Choice and Personal Responsibility Beliefs in American Attitudes towards a Soda Tax



Amanda Mireles (Sociology)
Perceptions of College Value in an Era of Growing Female Advantage


Rachel Myrick (Political Science)
Secrecy and Covert Action in U.S. Foreign Policymaking

Sandra Nakagawa (Sociology)
How Gender Identity Shapes Preferences for Environmental and Health Behaviors

Taylor Orth (Sociology)
Where Are the Men in Childcare? Gender Essentialism, Care Work, and the Stalled Gender Revolution


Michael Robinson (Political Science)
Influencing Public Opinion on Intervention: Public Appeals by the Military


Scott Williamson (Political Science)
Security or Democracy? U.S. Public Opinion and Support for Autocrats Abroad
2014–2015

Jonathan Chu (Political Science)
International Organizations and Mobilizing Support for Humanitarian Intervention

Lucila Figueroa (Political Science)
Norms, Latinos, and Political Attitudes in the United States


Craig Neuman (Political Science)
Sanctions as Off-Ramps: Do Economic Sanctions Provide Leaders a Cheap Way out of Military Threats?

Katharina Roesler (Sociology)
Class Bias and Perceived Consensus in Moral Evaluations, or, When Does It Pay To Be Rich?

Ariela Schachter (Sociology)
One of Us? Race, Immigration, and the Construction of Social Boundaries

Ken Shores (Center for Education Policy Analysis)
Funding Education: Trading Income for Achievement Gap Closure

David Traven (Center for International Security and Cooperation)
Perspective-Taking, Empathy, and the Morality of Killing in War

David Vannette (Communication)
Does Data Visualization Influence the Effects of Polls on Political Attitudes?

Kate Weisshaar (Sociology)
Mechanisms Explaining Perceptions toward Individuals with Intermittent Labor Force Participation

Frannie Zlotnick (Political Science)
Conditional Priming Effects in Interest Group Rhetoric
2013–2014




Marion Coddou (Sociology)
Institutional Domains and Public Support of Civic Organizations

Simon Ejdemyr (Political Science)
Perceptions of Welfare Dependency and Support for Immigration

Lauren Christine Howe (Psychology)
Motivated Reasoning and Public Distrust of Polls

Shiri Krebs (Law)
'The Facts Speak for Themselves': Impact of Legal Institutions on Public Perception of Contested Facts during Armed Conflicts

Ariela Schachter (Sociology)
Understanding Racial Prejudice in an Age of Immigration


Kate Weisshaar (Sociology)
Intermittent Labor Force Participation: A Source of Discrimination?
2012–2013

Esra Burak Ho (Sociology)
Public Opinion on Executive Pay in the United States: Can Extraordinary Merit Justify Extremely High Pay?

Jeanette Bustamante (Political Science)
Latinos in America: Immigrant Political Behavior Beyond SES


Rachel Gillum (Political Science)
Muslim-American Integration, Alienation and Government Relations in the Post-9/11 Environment

Erica Greenberg (Education)
Preferences for Preschool: The Universal / Targeted Debates in Public Opinion

Mackenzie Israel-Trummel (Political Science)
Race, Gender, and American Voter Behavior

Sandra Nakagawa (Sociology)
Gender Identity Maintenance and Health Disparities between Men and Women

Lauren Prather (Political Science)
Fighting Poverty at Home and Abroad: Explaining Attitudes Towards Redistribution


Jon Valant (Education)
Governed by Choice: How School Choosers and the Public Assess School Quality and Respond to Information

David Vannette (Communication)
The Effects of News Media Representations of Public Opinion on (Future) Public Opinion


Rebecca Weiss (Communication)
The Impact of Partisan Identity Salience on Self-Reported Political Behaviors

Frannie Zlotnick (Political Science)
Who Represents the Labor Movement? Implications of Demographic Change On Public Support and Institutional Power of Labor in American Politics