Current PhD Students
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Daniella Alva
Daniella's research focuses on American politics, political economy, and political
behavior. In particular, she studies income inequality and redistribution and how
our experiences, along with motivations like compassion and fairness, influence our
decisions about redistribution. |
daniella.alva@stonybrook.edu
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Harry Applestein
Harry's research focuses on the personality traits of legislators and how voters perceive
and incorporate these traits into their political behavior.
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harry.applestein@stonybrook.edu
Brandon Bennes
Brandon's research interests include behavioral political economy, the effects of
heterogeneity on climate change negotiations, and incentivized experimental methods
with a focus on public goods and collective risk social dilemmas. |
brandon.bennes@stonybrook.edu
Claire Christensen
Claire's research interests fall mostly within American politics including electoral
politics, partisan polarization, policy outcomes. In particular she focuses on understanding
the effects of extremism and conspiratorial politics. |
claire.christensen@stonybrook.edu
Romeo Gray
Romeo's interests include the psychology of intergroup relations and the influence
of elites on public opinion, and he is currently investigating the role that political
threats play in the degradation of support for political norms and institutions. |
romeo.gray@stonybrook.edu
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Cheryl Hege
Cheryl’s research interests lie in the realm of Political Psychology, with a focus
on group behavior, conspiratorial beliefs, and right-wing extremism. Her research
centers on the impact of the Great Replacement Theory (GRT) on American society and
politics, building upon her Master's-level work in this field.
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cheryl.hege@stonybrook.edu
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Diego Hernandez
Diego’s research interests fall within political psychology. He is particularly interested
in the political behaviors of groups, support for right-wing populism globally, and
applying political psychological perspectives to the study of conspiratorial belief.
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diego.hernandez@stonybrook.edu
Nicole Huffman
Nicole's research interests are in group identities, representation, legislative behavior,
and media. Their work focuses on how race and gender impact legislative behavior and
communication as well as citizen's reception of that behavior and rhetoric. |
nicole.huffman@stonybrook.edu
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Srivardhan Jangili
Srivardhan's research interests are generally in the field of Political Psychology,
focusing on political communication on social media and affective polarization. |
srivardhan.jangili@stonybrook.edu
Shawn Kim
Shawn's research intrests include political behavior, race, ethnicity and politics
and partisanship in American politics. His current research is focused on how pan-ethnic
cohesion and political preferences among Asian Americans are shaped given heterogeneity
among diverse subgroups. |
suhwan.kim.1@stonybrook.edu
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Olga Khvostunova
Olga's research interests are broadly in the fields of political psychology, comparative politics, and political communication. |
olga.khvostunova@stonybrook.edu
Jacob Martin
Jacob's research interests include political behavior and political psychology in
the United States, focusing on political identities and political communication. |
Jacob.Allen.Martin@stonybrook.edu
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Maggie Martin (McDonnell)
Maggie studies political psychology and political behavior, with a focus on gender
identity. Research interests include evaluating measures of gender identity in political
science and the role that gender has on partisan preferences. |
maggie.mcdonnell@stonybrook.edu
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Veronica Oelerich
Veronica's research interests broadly fall under political psychology, behavioral
political economy, and American politics, with particular interest in collective action. |
veronica.oelerich@stonybrook.edu
Adam Panish
Adam's research focuses on how individual differences in emotion and cognition influence
public opinion. His dissertation explores how dispositional anxiety shapes attitudes
toward social welfare policy and redistribution. |
adam.panish@stonybrook.edu
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Morgan Pettit
Morgan's research interests fall primarily within the fields of Political Psychology
and American Politics. Specifically, her interests are centered on issues of ideology,
democratic institutions, and authoritarianism. |
morgan.pettit@stonybrook.edu
Joseph Sandor
Joseph studies the effect of political misinformation on political behavior, emphasizing
the role of political polarization in fostering the belief and spread of political
misinformation. |
Joseph.Sandor@stonybrook.edu
Vitória Sgorlon
Vitória's research interests include public opinion, voting behavior, and political
communication. Her geographical focus is in Latin America and the United States. |
vitoria.sgorlonoliveira@stonybrook.edu
Ignacio Urbina
Ignacio's research interests are in comparative political behavior, behavioral political
economy, and methods. He focuses on the politics of AI, exploring citizens' attitudes
about AI and the impact of human-computer interactions on cooperation and political
beliefs. He also studies democratic attitudes in Latin America and the effects of
state violence on politics. |
ignacio.urbina@stonybrook.edu
Asha Venugopalan
Asha’s research interests include the political psychology of intergroup relations,
survey methodology and political behaviour. Her current research explores the intersection
of partisan and gender identities and stereotypes in evaluating candidates for federal
elections. |
asha.venugopalan@stonybrook.edu
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Abigail Woodfield
Abby's research interests relate to the intersection of democracy and identity in
a comparative context. Using political psychology methods, she is focused on answering
questions about rhetoric, separatist conflict, electoral institutions, and party sorting. |
abigail.woodfield@stonybrook.edu