Research

Our lab has produced a number of impactful studies on identity and politics.

Published Projects

  • Gregory, C. C. and Lindke, C. "I Am No Man: Impacts Of Military Service For Female Veterans." Journal of Political and Military Sociology. Forthcoming.

  • DeMora, S.L., Merolla, J.L., Newman, B. and Zechmeister, E.J., 2024. Jesus was a Refugee: Religious Values Framing can Increase Support for Refugees Among White Evangelical Republicans. Political Behavior, pp.1-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-024-09912-2

  • DeMora, S.L., Lindke, C., Long, S., Merolla, J.L. and Osorio, M.A., 2023. The Effect of the Political Environment on White Women’s Political Ambition. Political Research Quarterly, 76(4), pp.1987-2003. https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129231186572

  • Wang, D., Merolla, J.L. and Manganiello, A., 2023. The Effect of Counterstereotypic Gender Strategies on Candidate Evaluations in American Elections. Politics & Gender, 19(4), pp.1180-1203. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X23000314

  • DeMora, S.L., Lindke, C.A., Merolla, J.L. and Stephenson, L.B., 2022. Ready for a woman president? Polls, public comfort, and perceptions of electability in the 2020 Democratic nomination. Public Opinion Quarterly, 86(2), pp.270-292. https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfac012

  • DeMora, S.L., Merolla, J.L., Newman, B. and Zechmeister, E.J., 2021. Reducing mask resistance among White evangelical Christians with value-consistent messages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(21). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101723118

  • Boudreau, C., Merolla, J.L. and Shah, S., 2020. Messaging matters: how information about underrepresentation affects the political participation of racial and ethnic groups in California. California Journal of Politics and Policy, 12(1), pp.1-16. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/54m4h8kc

  • Holman, M.R., Merolla, J.L., Zechmeister, E.J. and Wang, D., 2019. Terrorism, gender, and the 2016 US presidential election. Electoral Studies, 61, p.102033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2019.03.009

 

Current Projects

  • Caregiving and Political Ambition (Jennifer L. Merolla, Minhye Joo, Jill S. Greenlee, Ivy A. M. Cargile, and Rachel VanSickle-Ward)

  • Caregiving and Preferences for Spending (Jennifer L. Merolla, Jieun Lee, Jill S. Greenlee, Ivy A. M. Cargile, and Rachel VanSickle-Ward)

  • Incumbent Sex and Economic Voting (Adam Hobbs, Jennifer L. Merolla, and Ding Wang)

  • Qualitative Women Vets project (Christina Gregory)

  • Greg vs The Guard: State Policies, National Guard, & Community Resiliency (Christina Gregory)