2002-2003 Schedule

 

October 9th        Jon Krosnick, Ohio State University, Department of Psychology and Political Science

Political Psychology vs. Psychological Political Science:  What the Distinction Is and Why It Matters

 

October 23rd        Scott Blinder, University of Chicago, Department of Political Science

The Reproduction of Modern Racism: The Role of Parents in the Development of White American Children’s Racial Attitudes

 

November 6th       Cynthia Pickett, University of Chicago, Department of Psychology

Intergroup Harmony vs. Ingroup Loyalty: Gender and Self-Construal as Predictors of Intergroup Goal Orientation and their Implications for Political Behavior

 

November 20th    Eric Oliver, University of Chicago, Department of Political Science

Public Opinion and America’s Obesity Epidemic

 

December 4th     Catherine Norris, University of Chicago, Department of Psychology

 Ambivalence and Evaluative Space

 

January 15th    Kenneth Rasinski, NORC at the University of Chicago & Bethany Albertson, University of Chicago, Department of Political Science

The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: Ethnic Differences in Emotional Response and Recovery

 


January 29th    Linda Skitka, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Psychology

Political Tolerance and Coming to Psychological Closure Following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks: A Model Comparison Approach
 



February 12th    Edith Rickett, University of Chicago, Department of Psychology

Differential Emotions in Prejudice

 


February 26th    Karen Stenner, Princeton University, Department of Politics

The Authoritarian Dynamic and the Politics of Fear: Racism and Intolerance under Conditions of Threat

 

April 2nd             Adam Berinsky, Princeton University, Department of Politics

American Public Opinion and World War II

 

April 23rd             Shira Offer, University of Chicago, Department of Sociology

The Contribution of Informal Support to the Economic Status and Daily Coping of Former and Current TANF Recipients

 

May 7th              Bernd Wittenbrink, University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business

The Police Officer's Dilemma: Using Ethnicity to Disambiguate Potentially Threatening Individuals

 

May 21st             Victor Ottati, Loyola University Chicago, Department of Psychology

The Psychological Determinants Of Political Judgment: Some Past, Present And Future Research

 

May 28th            Larry Bobo, Harvard University, Department of Sociology

A Taste for Punishment: Race, Prejudice, and Criminal Justice Punitiveness in America