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Eric Groenendyk

@ericpolisci.bsky.social

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Professor of Political Science, Stony Brook University. I study motivations, norms, emotions, and polarization.

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Jacob S. Lewis @profjslewis.bsky.social · Aug 13

APSA-bound #polisky: register for the Pol. Psych Pre-Conf by Friday (8/15)!

Featuring @lilymasonphd.bsky.social, @valentimvicente.bsky.social , @mjcohen.bsky.social, @agtheodoridis.bsky.social, S. Feldman, M. Pickup, L. Stephenson, T. Ollerenshaw, & O. Christley!

www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-polit...

2025 Political Psychology Pre-Conference - Vancouver, Canada

Join us at Simon Fraser in Vancouver for the 2025 Political Psychology Pre-Conference on the Comparative Psychology of Authoritarianism.

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Nick Valentino @nickvalentino.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Full Release of the ANES 2024 Time Series Study is now available!

The data and documentation can be downloaded from the ANES website at: electionstudies.org/data-center/...

2024 Time Series Study - ANES | American National Election Studies

electionstudies.org

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Eric Groenendyk @ericpolisci.bsky.social · Aug 12

Stony Brook is hiring in political psychology (assistant professor). Please Share! Feel free to reach out if you have question. For more information: apply.interfolio.com/170193

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Ashley Jardina @jardina.bsky.social · May 31

Calling all #polisky and #polipsy scholars attending APSA 2025. The Political Psychology Pre-Conference will be held on Sep. 10 at the Simon Fraser downtown Campus. Registration is now open: www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-polit...

2025 Political Psychology Pre-Conference - Vancouver, Canada

Join us at Simon Fraser in Vancouver for the 2025 Political Psychology Pre-Conference on the Comparative Psychology of Authoritarianism.

www.eventbrite.com

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · Nov 18

In January @lizsuhay.bsky.social & I will be co-EiC at Political Psychology. We will be the first EiC team that represents both of the key disciplines of this interdisciplinary journal.

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Nick Valentino @nickvalentino.bsky.social · May 1

We are extremely pleased to announce the preliminary release of the combined pre-election and post-election dataset for the ANES 2024 Time Series Study!

The data and documentation can be downloaded from the ANES website at: electionstudies.org/data-center/...

Best,

The ANES Team

2024 Time Series Study - ANES | American National Election Studies

electionstudies.org

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Eunji Kim @eunjikim.bsky.social · Apr 8

After years of doubt, drafts, and disbelief, my first—and likely last—book is finally out. It’s about how entertainment shapes American politics. If you preorder (a.co/d/ctGUWkZ), I’d love to send a small token of thanks: forms.gle/1YrkYX2t2nPC...

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Jacob S. Lewis @profjslewis.bsky.social · Mar 28

At a time when American global engagement is shrinking, I think it's worth considering the direct good that our foreign assistance has contributed. I wrote about this for @goodauth.bsky.social

goodauthority.org/news/effecti...

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Effective foreign assistance can build a safer, more trusting world.

Here’s what we learned about pro-democracy efforts in Zimbabwe.

goodauthority.org

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Social Science Research Council @ssrc.org · Mar 6

In @apsrjournal.bsky.social, a series of survey experiments by Eric Groenendyk, Yanna Krupnikov, John Barry Ryan, and Elizabeth C. Connors suggests that those averse to conflict are less likely to respond to surveys labeled as “political.”

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Adam Berinsky @adamberinsky.bsky.social · Feb 20

This was a LONG time coming. A fun project with a great team. Great to see it out.

Emily Hu @xehu.bsky.social · Feb 19

Our paper is out today in @pnas.org! 🎉 In a large-scale experiment on a YouTube-like platform, we find that giving people politically “slanted” video recs doesn’t shift beliefs or viewing behaviors.

In other words, online filter bubbles may not be as polarizing as we think…

CSSLab at Penn @csspenn.bsky.social · Feb 19

📣New Paper 📝 in PNAS: Short-term exposure to filter-bubble recommendation systems has limited polarization effects: Naturalistic experiments on YouTube

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · Feb 3

From our new issue: "Selecting Out of “Politics”: The Self-Fulfilling Role of Conflict Expectation" by Eric Groenendyk, Yanna Krupnikov, John Barry Ryan, Elizabeth C. Connors. #ASPRNewIssue https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/selecting-out-of-politics-t…

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Alex Coppock @aecoppock.bsky.social · Dec 3

I'm on two 📘 award committees for APSA, deadlines March 1, 2025

Robert Lane Award (with Nichole Bauer and Markus Prior)
connect.apsanet.org/s28/nominati...

Converse Award (with @wzcmarsh.bsky.social, @jfdaoust.bsky.social, @hmridge.bsky.social)
connect.apsanet.org/s32/awards/

pls nominate & share

The Robert E. Lane Award for the best book in political psychology published in the past year.

2024: Alex Coppock (Yale University)
Persuasion in Parallel: How Information Changes Minds about Politics (University of Chicago Press, 2023)
2024: (Honorable mention) Alexandra Filindra
Race, Rights, and Rifles: The Origins of the NRA and Contemporary Gun Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2023)
2023: Efrén Pérez (University of California, Los Angeles) and Margit Tavits (Washington University in St. Louis)
Voicing Politics: How Language Shapes Public Opinion (Princeton University Press, 2022)
2022: Cigdem V. Sirin (University of Texas, El Paso), Nicholas A. Valentino (University of Michigan), and Jose D. Villalobos (University of Texas, El Paso)
Seeing Us in Them: Social Divisions and the Politics of Group Empathy (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
2021: Nicole M. Bauer (Louisiana State University)
The Qualifications Gap: Why Women Must Be Better than Men to Win Political Office (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
2020: Ashley Jardina (Duke University)
White Identity Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2019)
2020: Markus Prior (Princeton University)
Hooked (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
2019: Gwyneth McClendon (New York University)
Envy in Politics (Princeton University Press, 2018)

PHILIP E. CONVERSE AWARD
Given for an outstanding book in the field published five or more years ago.

2024: Dan Hopkins, The Increasingly United States
2023: Jaime Settle, Frenemies: How Social Media Polarizes America.
2022: Ted Brader. Campaigning for Hearts and Minds: How Emotional Appeals in Political Ads Work
2021: Samara Klar and Yanna Krupnikov. Independent Politics: How American Disdain for Parties Leads to Political Inaction
2020: Christopher F. Karpowitz and Tali Mendelberg. The Silent Sex: Gender, Deliberation, & Institutions
2019: Green, Donald P., Bradley Palmquest, and Eric Schickler. Partisan Hearts and Minds: Political Parties and the Social Identities of Voters.

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · Nov 23

Okay, this is a real pinch-me moment. The @financialtimes.com lists my book “The Normalization of the Radical Right” as one the books of 2024, chosen by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social

www.ft.com/content/bddc...

Thanks everyone who helped with this project, from the bottom of my heart. I am very happy ❤️

Best books of 2024: Roula Khalaf, Janan Ganesh and other FT journalists pick their favourites

FT editors, columnists and specialists share the titles that have inspired them

www.ft.com

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Ashley Jardina @jardina.bsky.social · Nov 23

Political scientists: 2025 award nominations from the APSA Political Psychology section are open! Please consider nominating a colleague (or yourself!) for a dissertation, book, paper, junior scholar, or career achievement award.
connect.apsanet.org/s28/nominati...

Nominations

connect.apsanet.org

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · Nov 16

We're following MPSA and extending the deadline to submit applications to participate in the EPOVB conference at Stony Brook. It's a great opportunity to share work in progress.

Consider applying!

www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/poli...

2025 EPOVB Conference | Department of Political Science

political science at stony brook

www.stonybrook.edu

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Eric Groenendyk @ericpolisci.bsky.social · Sep 3

I look forward to seeing many of you tomorrow at the Political Psychology Pre-conference! www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-polit...

2024 Political Psychology Pre-Conference

Notable Speakers, Election Psychology Roundtable, and Poster Session

www.eventbrite.com

Eric Groenendyk @ericpolisci.bsky.social · Jul 17

Reminder: Tomorrow (7/18) is the last day to register for the APSA Political Psychology Pre-Conference!

Eric Groenendyk @ericpolisci.bsky.social · Jun 18

Registration is now open for the APSA Political Psychology Pre-Conference, which will be held Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at Temple University Center City Campus, Room 222: eventbrite.com/e/2024-polit...

Application for Poster presentations: wsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

2024 Political Psychology Pre-Conference

Notable Speakers, Election Psychology Roundtable, and Poster Session

https://eventbrite.com/e/2024-political-psychology-pre-conference-registration-911364534857…

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Jacob S. Lewis @profjslewis.bsky.social · Jun 20

🚨Attention political psychologists!🚨

Registration is now OPEN for the 2024 APSA Pre-Conference for Political Psychology. Come join us at Temple University on Wed. Sep. 4, 2024.

Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-polit...

Poster presentation application: wsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

2024 Political Psychology Pre-Conference

Notable Speakers, Election Psychology Roundtable, and Poster Session

www.eventbrite.com

Eric Groenendyk @ericpolisci.bsky.social · Jun 18

2024 Political Psychology Pre-Conference

Notable Speakers, Election Psychology Roundtable, and Poster Session

https://eventbrite.com/e/2024-political-psychology-pre-conference-registration-911364534857…

Eric Groenendyk @ericpolisci.bsky.social · Jun 11

Robert A. Blair, Jessica Gottlieb, Marie Schenk, and Christopher Woods have received Honorable Mention for the APSA Political Psychology Best Paper Award. Congratulations! Thanks to @lizsuhay.bsky.social , @amengel.bsky.social , and @wzcmarsh.bsky.social for committee service!

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Eric Groenendyk @ericpolisci.bsky.social · Jun 11

Rune Slothuus, @lchristensen.bsky.social, and Rasmus Skytte have won the APSA Political Psychology Section Best Paper Award. Congratulations! Thanks to @lizsuhay.bsky.social, @amengel.bsky.social, and @wzcmarsh.bsky.social for committee service!

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Eric Groenendyk @ericpolisci.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congratulations to @gabriellalevy2.bsky.social whose dissertation, “Variation in Individuals’ Responses to Violence Against Civilians” has received honorable mention for the Best Dissertation Award from the APSA Political Psychology Section! Thanks to the committee for their hard work!

Eric Groenendyk @ericpolisci.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congratulations to Isaac Mehlhaff whose dissertation, “The Natural Origins of Mass Opinion” has received honorable mention for the Best Dissertation Award from the APSA Political Psychology Section! Thanks to the committee for their hard work!

Eric Groenendyk @ericpolisci.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congratulations to Hilary Izatt whose dissertation, “The Political Psychology of Electoral Suppression” has won the Best Dissertation Award from the APSA Political Psychology Section! Thanks to @afilindra.bsky.social, Biz Herman, and @ethanbusby.bsky.social for serving on the committee.

Eric Groenendyk @ericpolisci.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congratulations to @afilindra.bsky.social whose book, “Race, Rights, and Rifles,” has received honorable mention for the Robert E. Lane Best Book Award from the APSA Political Psychology Section! Thanks to Margit Tavits and Josh Gubler for serving on the committee.

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Eric Groenendyk @ericpolisci.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congratulations to @aecoppock.bsky.social whose book, “Persuasion in Parallel,” has won the Robert E. Lane Best Book Award from the APSA Political Psychology Section! Thanks to Margit Tavits and Josh Gubler for serving on the committee.

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Eric Groenendyk @ericpolisci.bsky.social · May 22

The APSA Political Psychology Section will be hosting its annual pre-conference on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. The event will be held at Temple University Center City. For more information, including pre-conference registration fees, stay tuned.

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · Apr 2

How do parents and non-parents decide how children ought to be raised? In a new paper w/Allison Anoll & Mackenzie Israel-Trummel, we argue social movements–like Black Lives Matter–can shape these choices, unpacking the often black-boxed step in child socialization.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Eric Groenendyk @ericpolisci.bsky.social · Mar 19

I am thrilled to announce that I will be joining the faculty at Stony Brook University this fall! I’ve spent 15 wonderful years at the University of Memphis, and I’ll certainly miss all my friends, colleagues, and the city of Memphis. My family and I look forward to this next stage in our life.

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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · Feb 24

The American National Elections Studies (ANES), now 75, has interviewed the US electorate before and after every presidential election since 1948. We asked PI Nicholas Valentino what we’ve learned from it, and where we’d be without it: cpsblog.isr.umich.edu?p=3213 @umisrcps polisky polisci

Nicholas Valentino: "One of the early discoveries of the founders of the ANES was that psychological attachments to parties themselves are group identities.

Party identification is the core predisposition shaping political beliefs and behaviors. In other words, it may be that votes are driven most strongly by those partisan identities rather than a citizen’s individual preferences on a bundle of policies.

That discovery can have a very scary set of implications."

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