Karyn Amira
Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Chair
Education
Ph.D., Stony Brook University
B.A., Union College
Research Interests
My general research areas are political psychology/behavior and American politics. Within political psychology, I study identities such as ideology and partisanship, political perception, media effects and political cognition. Within American politics, I study elections, political parties and the effect Donald Trump has had on them in recent years.Courses Taught
- POLI 101: American Government
- POLI 205: Doing Research in Politics
- POLI 326: American Politics and Mass Media
- POLI 327: Political Parties
- POLI 336: Political Psychology
- POLI 405: Capstone Seminar
Selected Publications
. 2022. American Politics Research
with Alec Abraham. 2022. PS: Political Science and Politics
Book Chapter: NeverTrump and the Fourth Estate. In T(with April Johnson). 2020. Lexington Books
with Jordan Ragusa, Lauren Johnson and Deon McCray. 2019. Perspectives on Politics
"" with Jenn Wright and Daniela Goya-Tocchetto. 2019. Political Behavior
"". 2019. Social Science Quarterly
“”. 2018. Julie Wronski, Alexa Bankert, Karyn Amira, April Johnson and Lindsey Levitan. The Journal of Politics.
2018. The Journal of Experimental Political Science
“” 2018. American Politics Research. Karyn Amira, Chris Cooper, Gibbs Knotts, and Claire Wofford.
Press and media
My co-authored paper called “In-group love versus out-group hate: Which is more important to partisans and when” was mentioned in the NY Times: