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Gadarian speaks to FiveThirtyEight about partisanship and COVID health behaviors

Based on research she and her colleagues have been conducting, Professor Gadarian says there has been a partisan split on all health behaviors throughout the pandemic.

September 14, 2021

Shana Gadarian Quoted in USA Today Piece on Texas Abortion Law, Republicans

The Texas law includes a provision in which private citizens can sue abortion providers and anyone involved in "aiding and abetting" abortions, including someone driving a person to an abortion clinic. Gadarian, professor of political science, says this kind of very extreme ban, even amonst Republicans is not very popular.

September 11, 2021

Gadarian piece on COVID-19 vaccine, partisanship published on Smerconish

August 3, 2021

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Maxwell School Announces 2021 Faculty Promotions

The Syracuse University Board of Trustees has approved promotions for six faculty members at the Maxwell School. Two of them, Dimitar Gueorguiev and Guido Pezzarossi, were granted tenure in their promotion from assistant to associate professor.

July 16, 2021

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Gadarian quoted in Vox piece on political polarization, COVID-19 vaccine

"Partisanship is now the strongest and most consistent divider in health behaviors," says Shana Gadarian, professor of political science.

July 8, 2021

Gadarian comments on upcoming New York State mayoral races in City & State

Professor Shana Gadarian is included in the City & State article, "Upstate incumbent mayors face challenges from the left."

June 8, 2021

Gadarian talks to WAER about Biden's proposals in speech to Congress

hana Gadarian, associate professor and chair of political science, says the agenda President Joe Biden laid out in his speech to a joint session of Congress is a vision that government can help people and be used for good.

May 6, 2021

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Shana Gadarian Earns Prestigious Carnegie Fellowship

Gadarian is the third Maxwell faculty member to earn the award in the past four years.

April 28, 2021

Gadarian speaks to City & State about NY State Sen. Rachel May

Read more in the City & State article, "Rachel May, a different kind of upstate Democrat."

April 14, 2021

Gadarian quoted in Jewish Insider article on Rep. Tenney, New York district 22 race

Read more in the Jewish Insider article, "109 votes brought Rep. Claudia Tenney back to Congress."

March 11, 2021

Gadarian speaks to the Telegraph about Hunter Biden's memoir

"He’s a person who’s been in the public eye for a long time. He was at the center of former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment, and his public image has been framed to some extent by the political opposition, so his aim may be to establish a public record in his own words," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science.

March 8, 2021

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Gadarian speaks to WTSP about post-COVID mask-wearing

"There's a cultural norm in China or in Hong Kong and other places to wear a mask when you yourself are sick, but in the U.S. the culture of individualism or individual choice is very strong," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science.

February 17, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, United States

Gadarian quoted in City & State article on Tenney's win in New York's 22nd congressional district

"If you’re a Democrat who is trying to walk the line in a kind of socially conservative district, I think having to vote on impeachment, having to take positions on budgets—those are now (votes) that your opponent can push against," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science. "It’s not just rhetoric to say that you vote with Nancy Pelosi. You’re a Democrat in Congress, you have voted with the House speaker."

February 12, 2021

Gadarian discusses Rep. Stefanik's loyalty to Trump with North Country Public Radio

Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science, spoke with North Country Public Radio (NCPR) about the significance of Stefanik's objection to the electoral count and her loyalty to President Donald Trump.

January 8, 2021

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Maxwell faculty speak to the media about violence at the US Capitol

Those who spoke with various media outlets about yesterday's violence at the U.S. Capitol include Professor Emeritus William C. Banks who said the fiasco was a "lawless threat" to the country's democratic institutions.

January 7, 2021

Gadarian discusses partisan divide over COVID-19 in USA Today

"I thought at some point, reality would come back in for people and they would have a hard time balancing their motivations to stay consistent with their partisanship with what's going on on the ground," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science. "That was wholly optimistic on my part."

November 19, 2020

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Gadarian provides post-election commentary on TRT World, WAER

"These baseless accusations of electoral fraud do a lot of damage to the public’s belief in the electoral system and in democracy itself," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science. "And that is extremely damaging to our democracy."

November 12, 2020

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Gadarian quoted in NPR article on COVID-19, support for Trump

"If you are someone who already trusts the president and you trust him to handle the crisis, then you are both not as concerned as Democrats are and you're more willing to trust that he is the person who can keep you safe and keep the country safe from COVID," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science.

November 6, 2020

Bennett, Gadarian quoted in New York Times on voters' fear for our democracy

Professor Emeritus David Bennett expresses concern that Americans view President Trump as a president who has "taken a pickax to the tent poles of democratic institutions." According to Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science, one of the ways the President's strategy has been ineffective "is telling people not to be worried about something that is in fact worrisome."

November 2, 2020

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Gadarian cited in Atlantic, New York Times articles on perceptions of Trump

"In a threatening environment, Americans reward candidates and parties perceived to hold hawkish positions" and "punish candidates perceived to be dovish," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science.

October 29, 2020

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