In the News: Shana Kushner Gadarian
Gadarian Discusses the Presidential Debate and Election With Al Jazeera and USA Today
“One of the things I think the split screen was able to do was to show Harris looking really composed. She was looking right at Trump and she wasn't going to let up. And I think part of the strategy wasn't really about him at all. It was about ‘I can hold the stage. I can be presidential. I can be commander in chief,’” says Shana Gadarian, professor of political science.
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Gadarian Weighs In on How Heat May Impact Upcoming Elections in Nonprofit Quarterly Article
Shana Gadarian, professor of political science, notes that while rising temperatures may not shape vote choice directly in the United States this year, they will likely increase the salience of climate as an issue. “This will especially be the case for candidates on the left, where voters name the environment and climate as issues they care about,” she says.
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Gadarian Discusses the Role of Delegates in Nominating a Presidential Candidate in UPI Article
“They [delegates] themselves are part of the party apparatus,“ says Shana Gadarian, professor of political science. “As with everything in politics in the United States, everything comes from the states. Occasionally you see a delegate make an individual decision and decide to vote for somebody else but that's pretty rare.”
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Gadarian Quoted in CS Monitor Article on Democrats’ Rhetorical Challenge After Trump’s Shooting
“You don’t have to say that Trump all of a sudden is a perfect candidate, and doesn’t pose a potential threat to the electoral system, in saying he also shouldn’t be a victim of a crime,” says Shana Kushner Gadarian, professor of political science.
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Gadarian Quoted in BNN Bloomberg, USA Today Articles on Politics and Abortion
Trump's position “allows for competitiveness of Democrats in states where these state bans are still in flux, and where Democrats have the potential to put constitutional amendments up for the voters to vote directly on,” says Shana Gadarian, professor of political science. “That has been a story that’s been pretty successful so far for Democrats.”
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Gadarian Speaks With Chronicle-Tribune About 2024 Political Tension, Violence
“The Republican party now has a leader who has been very clear, in his speeches, rhetoric and actions, that he has authoritarian tendencies. He [President Donald Trump] doesn’t have a lot of respect for the norms of democracy, and he is willing to use violence and call on others to use violence to save power,” says Shana Gadarian, professor of political science and associate dean for research.
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Pollster Joins Maxwell School Panel to Explore Super Tuesday and Beyond
John Zogby ’74 M.A. (Hist) joined political scientists for the State of Democracy lecture to examine voter turnout and other top issues affecting the 2024 election.
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Gadarian Talks to USA Today About the Alabama IVF Ruling and Its Impact on Voters
“I think IVF is an issue that hasn't been politicized before and could be one that could get people thinking about the ways that reproductive health is connected to politics and engage them,” says Shana Gadarian, professor of political science and associate dean for research. “It may push people to the polls.”
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Gadarian Talks to BBC News, States Newsroom About the Alabama IVF Ruling
“IVF is a pretty common procedure now, and if someone directly hasn’t gone through it, it is relatively common among groups that are more likely to be conservative,” says Shana Gadarian, professor of political science and associate dean for research. “These are procedures people think of as important in their own lives and are probably separable from abortion.”
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Gadarian and Reeher Talk to WalletHub About the New Hampshire Primary
"Doing well in New Hampshire or doing better than expected can give campaign attention and a sense of momentum that will bring new media attention as well as donations and support from party members in states that come later in the process," says Shana Gadarian, associate dean for research and professor of political science.
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Gadarian Speaks to Christian Science Monitor About Trump’s Steady Rebound
“The party didn’t coalesce around one alternative to Trump, and that’s what the skeptics needed,” says Shana Gadarian, associate dean for research and professor of political science.
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Gadarian’s ‘Pandemic Politics’ Named a Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2023
The associate dean’s research for the book was supported by a prestigious Carnegie Fellowship.
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Politics of the Gender Gap in COVID-19: Partisanship, Health Behavior, Policy Preferences in the US
"The Politics of the Gender Gap in COVID-19: Partisanship, Health Behavior, and Policy Preferences in the US," co-authored by Shana Gadarian, professor and chair of political science, was published in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
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Gadarian Speaks With NBC News About Speculation of Additional Attacks in US Like Those in Israel
It’s human nature to seek out information about additional threats in the days after an attack like the ones in Israel, so that people can avoid risk and reduce their anxiety, says Shana Gadarian, professor and chair of political science . But many of the social media posts circulating this week aren’t helpful, she says, because they don’t include a specific solution.
Emotion and Political Psychology
Shana Gadarian, professor and chair of political science, co-authored a chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology 3rd Edition titled "Emotion and Political Psychology."
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Shana Kushner Gadarian Named Maxwell School’s Associate Dean for Research
In her new role, Gadarian will help students and faculty develop their research projects and secure funding to advance scholarly pursuits.
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Gadarian Quoted in Christian Science Monitor Article on Trump’s Indictment Over 2020 Election
“These indictments aren’t endearing independents to Trump,” says Shana Gadarian, professor and chair of political science, noting that in the last election, independents were key to Mr. Biden’s victory in pivotal battleground states.
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Gadarian Speaks to France 24 About Trump and the 2024 Presidential Race
"DeSantis would most benefit from Trump dropping out of the race but he seems to have calculated that they have many of the same potential voters so doesn't want to alienate them," says Shana Gadarian, professor and chair of political science.
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Racial Resentment and Support for COVID-19 Travel Bans in the United States
"Racial resentment and support for COVID-19 travel bans in the United States," co-authored by Professor and Chair of Political Science Shana Gadarian was published in Political Science Research and Methods.
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Gadarian Speaks with WBUR About the Politicization of COVID-19 and Its Impact on Democracy
“It turns out that partisanship just swamped everything else as early as March of 2020," says Shana Gadarian, professor and chair of political science.
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