Kathleen M. McGraw

Professor of Political Science

• American Politics
• Public Opinion
• Political Psychology and Experimental Methods

Professor McGraw has research and teaching interests in political psychology, public opinion, and experimental methodology. She has published articles in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics and other leading journals, and is a member of several editorial boards. Her current research focuses on individual and institutional accountability; the role of value conflict in the expression of public opinion; and cognitive processes in political judgment. She is the recipient of the 1994 Erik Erikson Award for Early Career Achievement in Political Psychology.

Selected Publications

2003. "Ambivalence, uncertainty,and processes of candidate evaluation." Political Psychology 21:421-48. (with Edward Hasecke and Kimberly Conger)

2002. The pandering politicians of suspicious minds." Journal of Politics 64:362-83.

My Curriculum Vita (pdf)