2017-present Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, Merced

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1 Matthew V. Hibbing Program in Political Science School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts University of California, Merced 5200 North Lake Road Merced, CA Academic Employment 2017-present Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, Merced Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, Merced Education 2011 Ph.D., University of Illinois, Political Science 2006 B.A., University of Iowa, highest distinction Political Science with honors, History Publications The Physiology of Framing Effects: Threat Sensitivity and the Persuasiveness of Political Arguments. Journal of Politics. Coauthors: Chelsea M. Coe, Kayla S. Canelo, Kau Vue, and Stephen P. Nicholson. Forthcoming The Relationship between Personality and Response Patterns on Public Opinion Surveys: The Big Five, Extreme Response Style, and Acquiescence Response Style. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. Coauthors: Raman Deol, Jeffery J. Mondak, Matthew Cawvey, and Andrew Bloeser. Forthcoming. Nostalgia Isn t What It Used to Be: Partisan Polarization in Views On the Past. Social Science Quarterly 98 (March 2017): Coauthors: Matthew Hayes and Raman Deol. The Symbolic Benefits of Descriptive and Substantive Representation. Political Behavior 39 (March 2017): Coauthor: Matthew Hayes. Sex Differences, Personality, and Ideology: A Deeper Investigation via Contexts in a Study of Local Politics. Politics, Groups, and Identities 4 (December 2016): Coauthors: Rebecca J. Hannagan and Christopher W. Larimer. The Effect of Personal Economic Values on Economic Policy Attitudes. Social Science Quarterly 97 (June 2016): Coauthor: Amanda Friesen. Orientations toward Conflict and the Conditional Effects of Political Disagreement. Journal of Politics 76 (July 2014): Coauthors: Paul F. Testa and Melinda Ritchie. 1

2 Side by Side, Worlds Apart: Desired Policy Change as a Function of Preferences AND Perceptions. American Politics Research 42 (March 2014): Coauthors: Dona- Gene Mitchell, Kevin B. Smith, and John R. Hibbing. Genetic and Environmental Transmission of Political Orientations. Political Psychology 34 (December 2013): Coauthors: Carolyn L. Funk, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Alford, Nicholas R. Eaton, Robert F. Krueger, Lindon J. Eaves, and John R. Hibbing. Personality and Public Opinion. In New Directions in Public Opinion, ed. Adam J. Berinsky, New York: Routledge (2012). Coauthor: Jeffery J. Mondak. Personality and Political Discussion. Political Behavior 33 (December 2011): Coauthors: Melinda Ritchie and Mary R. Anderson. Estimating Self-Reported News Exposure Across and Within Typical Days: Should Surveys Use More Refined Measures? Communication Methods and Measures 5 (October 2011): Coauthors: David Tewksbury and Scott L. Althaus. Disgust Sensitivity and the Neurophysiology of Left-Right Political Orientations. PLoS ONE 6 (October 2011): e doi: /journal.pone Coauthors: Kevin B. Smith, Douglas R. Oxley, John R. Alford, and John R. Hibbing. Linking Genetics and Political Attitudes: Re-Conceptualizing Political Ideology. Political Psychology 32 (June 2011): Coauthors: Kevin B. Smith, Douglas R. Oxley, John R. Alford, and John R. Hibbing. The Participatory Personality: Evidence from Latin America. British Journal of Political Science 41 (January 2011): Coauthors: Jeffery J. Mondak, Damarys Canache, and Mitchell A. Seligson. Personality and Civic Engagement: An Integrative Framework for the Study of Trait Effects on Political Behavior. American Political Science Review 104 (February 2010): Coauthors: Jeffery J. Mondak, Damarys Canache, Mitchell A. Seligson, and Mary R. Anderson. Redistricting, Responsiveness, and Issue Attention. Legislative Studies Quarterly 35 (February 2010): Coauthors: Matthew Hayes and Tracy Sulkin. Political Attitudes Vary with Physiological Traits. Science 321 (September 19, 2008): Coauthors: Douglas R. Oxley, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Alford, Jennifer L. Miller, Mario Scalora, Peter K. Hatemi, and John R. Hibbing. The Correlates of Community Attractiveness. Environment and Behavior 39 (March 2007): Coauthors: Verl L. Lekwa and Tom W. Rice. 2

3 Research in Progress The Trump Draw: Personality Traits as Predictors of Candidate Support. Coauthors: David Fortunato and Jeffery J. Mondak. Manuscript under review. Affective Intelligence and Political Behavior in Western Europe. Coauthors: David Fortunato and Raman Deol. Manuscript under review. Race, Sex, and Guns: The Contextual Nature of Americans Policy Positions. Coauthors: David Fortunato and Matthew Hayes. Manuscript under review. Political Psychophysiology: A Primer for Interested Researchers and Consumers. Coauthors: Jaime E. Settle, Nick Anspach, Kevin Arceneaux, Taylor N. Carlson, Chelsea M. Coe, Edward Hernandez, John Peterson, and John Stuart. Manuscript under review. The Big 3 or 4 of Politics: Toward Cross-Culturally Useful Items and Dimensions. Coauthors: Balazs Feher, Kevin B. Smith, Lena Aaroe, Dona-Gene Barton, Michael Bang Petersen, Tobias Rothmund, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, Sergio Wals, and John R. Hibbing. Manuscript in preparation. The Pathologies of Politics. Coauthors: John R. Hibbing, and Kevin B. Smith. Manuscript under review. Other Publications Book Review of Efren O. Perez, Unspoken Politics: Implicit Attitudes and Political Thinking, Cambridge University Press, Journal of Politics, Forthcoming. Book Review of Stuart N. Soroka, Negativity in Democratic Politics: Causes and Consequences, Cambridge University Press, Perspectives on Politics 14 (September 2016): Conference Presentations and Invited Talks Pathologies of the Political Engaged Citizen. Coauthor: David Fortunato. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2016 American Political Science Association meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Pathologies of the Politically Engaged Citizen. Coauthor: David Fortunato. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2016 European Political Science Association meeting, Brussels, Belgium. The $106,250 Question: Red or Blue? Using Experiments to the Effect of Color Choice on Political Knowledge. Coauthors: Bryce Jensen Dietrich and Payel Sen. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2016 Midwest Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, IL. 3

4 Pathologies of the Politically Engaged Citizen. Coauthor: David Fortunato. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2016 Midwest Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, IL. Threatening Stimuli: How Biological Traits Condition Citizens Responses to Issue Framing. Coauthors: Chelsea M. Coe, Kayla S. Canelo, Kau Vue, and Stephen P. Nicholson. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2015 International Society of Political Psychology meeting, San Diego, CA. Threatening Stimuli: How Biological Traits Condition Citizens Responses to Issue Framing. Coauthors: Chelsea Coe, Kayla Canelo, Kau Vue, and Stephen P. Nicholson. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2015 Hendricks Symposium, Lincoln, NE. The Symbolic Benefits of Descriptive and Substantive Representation. Invited presentation to the Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. April 2015 Political Nostalgia and Retrospective Evaluations of Government. Coauthor: Matthew Hayes. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2014 International Society of Political Psychology meeting, Rome, Italy. Agreeing to Disagree: The Conditional Effects of Political Disagreement. Coauthors: Paul F. Testa and Melinda Ritchie. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2013 Midwest Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, IL. Who Serves? Gender, Personality, and their Impact on Decision-Making Groups in Local Politics. Coauthors: Rebecca J. Hannagan and Christopher W. Larimer. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2013 Western Political Science Association meeting, Hollywood, CA. Persuading the Other Side: Persuaders and Cross-Cutting Political Discussion. Coauthors: Melinda Ritchie and Paul Franz Testa. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2012 Midwest Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, IL. Unifying Behavioral Inquiry: Integrating Personality Traits and Situational Effects in the Study of Political Behavior. Invited presentation to the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. May Genetic Covariation between Turnout and Personality. Coauthors: Levente Littvay, Christopher Dawes, Peter Loewen, and Peter K. Hatemi. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2010 American Political Science Association meeting, Washington D.C. Toward a Modern View of Political Man: Genetic and Environmental Sources of Political Orientations and Participation. Coauthors: Carolyn L. Funk, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Alford, Peter K. Hatemi, and John R. Hibbing. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2010 American Political Science Association meeting, Washington D.C. 4

5 Estimating Self-Reported News Exposure Across and Within Typical Days: Should Surveys Use More Refined Measures? Coauthors: David Tewksbury and Scott L. Althaus. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2010 International Communication Association meeting, Singapore. Genetic Covariation between Survey Response Style and Personality. Coauthor: Levente Littvay. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2009 American Political Science Association meeting, Toronto, Canada. Genetic and Environmental Transmission of Value Orientations: A New Twin Study of Political Attitudes. Coauthors: Carolyn L. Funk, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Alford, Peter K. Hatemi, Robert F. Krueger, Lindon J. Eaves, and John R. Hibbing. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2009 American Political Science Association meeting, Toronto, Canada. The Impact of Personality on Response Patterns on Public Opinion Surveys: The Big Five and Extreme Response Style. Coauthors: Andrew J. Bloeser, Damarys Canache, Jeffery J. Mondak, and Mitchell A. Seligson. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2009 International Society of Political Psychology meeting, Dublin, Ireland. The Genetic Heritability of Political Orientations: A New Twin Study of Political Attitudes. Coauthors: Carolyn L. Funk, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Alford, Peter K. Hatemi, Robert F. Krueger, Lindon J. Eaves, and John R. Hibbing. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2009 International Society of Political Psychology meeting, Dublin, Ireland. The Heritability of Value Orientations. Coauthors: Carolyn L. Funk, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Alford, Peter K. Hatemi, Robert F. Krueger, Lindon, J. Eaves, and John R. Hibbing. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2009 Behavior Genetics Association meeting, Minneapolis, MN. The Ick Factor: Disgust Sensitivity as a Predictor of Political Attitudes. Coauthors: Kevin B. Smith, Douglas R. Oxley, John R. Alford, and John R. Hibbing. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2009 Midwest Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, IL. The Ideological Animal: The Origins and Implications of Ideology. Coauthors: Kevin B. Smith, John R. Hibbing, Douglas R. Oxley, and John R. Alford. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2008 American Political Science Association meeting, Boston, MA. Redistricting, Responsiveness, and Issue Attention. Coauthors: Matthew J. Hayes and Tracy Sulkin. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2008 American Political Science Association meeting, Boston, MA. Political Attitudes are Predicted by Physiological Traits. Coauthors: Douglas R. Oxley, Kevin B. Smith, Jennifer L. Miller, John R. Alford, Peter K. Hatemi, and John R. Hibbing. Paper prepared for presentation at the 2008 Midwest Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, IL. 5

6 Research Interests American politics, political behavior, political psychology, public opinion, biology and politics, personality and political behavior, physiological traits and political attitudes, citizen competence, ideology, and perceptions of political opposition. Grants and Awards 2012 UC Merced Graduate Research Council Faculty Research Grant, Personality and the Study of Mass Political Behavior. $19, (with Stephen P. Nicholson) Ogren Award, University of Illinois, Dept. of Political Science Recognizes outstanding performance during first two years in graduate program 2006 James and Patti Murray Scholar, University of Iowa, Dept. of Political Science Department Service Chair, Qualifying Exam Committee Chair, Political Science Speaker Series Committee Chair, Political Science Lab Committee Member, Admissions and Awards Committee Chair, Political Science Lab Committee Member, Political Science Lab Committee Member, Executive Committee Member, Qualifying Exam Committee Organizer, Graduate Student Professionalization Series Member, Search Committee Member, First-Year Exam Committee Member, Undergraduate Program Assessment Committee University Service Judge, Research Week Graduate Poster Competition 2014 Judge, Staff Excellence Award 2012 Professional Service Treasurer, Political Psychology Section, American Political Science Association 2015-Present Conference Organizer, Exploring New Frontiers, Forging New Synergies: Bolstering the Links Between Bio-Politics and Political Psychology. UC Merced, June 9-10, 2016 (with Efren O. Perez). 6

7 Reviewer American Journal of Political Science American Political Science Review American Politics Research British Journal of Political Science British Journal of Psychology Cambridge University Press Canadian Journal of Political Science Cognitive Processing Comparative European Politics Electoral Studies European Journal of Personality European Journal of Political Research Evolution and Human Behavior International Journal of Psychology International Journal of Public Opinion Research Journal of Communication Journal of Politics Journal of Social and Political Psychology National Science Foundation Perspectives on Politics Political Behavior Political Psychology Political Research Quarterly Public Opinion Quarterly Research and Politics Social Science Journal Social Science Quarterly State Politics & Policy Quarterly Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences 7

Ph.D. University of California, Davis, 1998 (Political Science) B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, 1989 (Political Science)

Ph.D. University of California, Davis, 1998 (Political Science) B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, 1989 (Political Science) Stephen P. Nicholson Department of Political Science School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts 5200 North Lake Road University of California, Merced Merced, CA 95343 snicholson [at] ucmerced [dot]