Paul Goren

pgoren@umn.edu

612-624-7513

Political Science

1339 Social Sciences Building

267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Collegiate Affiliation

Political Science

Links

Political Psychology Minor

Center for the Study of Political Psychology

Paul Goren is a Professor of Political Science.

He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on American politics, public opinion, political parties, and political psychology.

He is the author of the 2013 book On Voter Competence (Oxford University Press) and the co-author (with Chris Chapp) of forthcoming book Moral Issues: How Public Opinion on Abortion and Gay Rights Affects American Religion and Politics (University of Chicago Press, Series in American Politics). He has published research articles in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, and other outlets. His current research centers on (1) public opinion on abortion/same-sex rights; (2) the endogeneity of core social, political, and psychological predispositions; (3) basic human values and public opinion; and (4) how views of the "welfare queen" affect racial prejudice and welfare opinions.

In his free time, he enjoys deadlifting and squatting, reading Image comics, and listening to bootleg recordings of the Velvet Underground and Les Rallizes Dénudés.

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

Ph.D.: Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1998
M. A.: Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1994
B. S.: Industrial Management with University Honors, Carnegie Mellon University, 1989

Specialties

US Public Opinion
US Voting Behavior
Political Psychology

Publications

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Publications

Forthcoming. Moral Issues: How Public Opinion on Abortion and Gay Rights Affects American Religion and Politics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. With Christopher Chapp.
2022. “Pliable Prejudice: The Case of Welfare.” American Journal of Political Science 66: 961-976.
2022. “Human Values and Sophistication Interaction Theory.” Political Behavior 44: 49-73. With Brianna Smith and Mathew Motta.
2022. “Core Values.” In Handbook on Politics and Public Opinion, ed. Thomas J. Rudolph. New York: Edward Elgar Publishing.
2021. "Basic human values and compliance with government-recommended prosocial health behavior." Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties 31: 206-217. With Matt Motta.
2020. “The Ideational Foundations of Symbolic Ideology.” Political Psychology 41(S1): 75-94. With Matt Motta and Brianna Smith
2020. “Basic Human Values and Political Judgment: A Broader Approach.” In At the Forefront of Political Psychology: Essays in Honor of John Sullivan, eds. Eugene Borgida, Christopher M. Federico, and Joanne M. Miller. New York: Routledge. With Matt Motta.
2017. "Moral Power: How Public Opinion and Culture War Issues Shapes Partisan and Religious Orientations." American Political Science Review 111: 110-128. With Christopher Chapp.
2016. “Operational Ideology and Party Identification: A Dynamic Model of Individual-Level Change in Partisan and Ideological Predispositions.” Political Research Quarterly 69: 703-715. With Philip G. Chen.
2016. "A Unified Theory of Value-Based Reasoning and U.S.Public Opinion." Political Behavior. (Forthcoming).
2016. “Taking Foreign Policy Personally: Personal Values and Foreign Policy Beliefs.” International Studies Quarterly 60: 124-137. With Joshua Kertzer, Brian Rathbun, Jason Reifler, and Thomas J. Scotto.
2016. “Ideological Constraint in the Age of Polarization.” American Politics Research 44: 81-105. With Caitlin M. Jewitt.
2013. On Voter Competence. New York: Oxford University Press.
2012. “Political Predispositions and Political Awareness.” Critical Review 24: 505-520.
2010. "Party Identification, Issue Attitudes, and the Dynamics of Political Debate.“ American Journal of Political Science. 54: 686-99. With Logan Dancey.
2010. “Political Sophistication and Policy Reasoning: A Reconsideration (updated).” Controversies in Voting Behavior, 5th ed. Richard G. Niemi, Herbert F. Weisberg, and David Kimball, eds. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press.
2009. "Source Cues, Partisan Identities, and Political Value Expressions." American Journal of Political Science 53: 805-20. With Christopher M. Federico and Miki Caul Kittilson.
2009. "Epistemic Motivation and Elite Discourse." In Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification. John T. Jost et al., eds. New York: Oxford University Press. With Christopher M. Federico.
2008. "The Two Faces of Government Spending. " Political Research Quarterly 61: 147-57.
2008. "Dimensionality Redux: A Rejoinder to Professor Jacoby." Political Research Quarterly 61: 162-64.
2007. "Character Weakness, Partisan Bias, and Presidential Evaluations: Modifications and Extensions." Political Behavior 29: 305-25.
2005. "Party Identification and Core Political Values." American Journal of Political Science 49: 882-97.
2004. "Political Sophistication and Policy Reasoning: A Reconsideration." American Journal of Political Science 48: 462-78.
2003. "Race, Sophistication, and White Opinion on Government Spending." Political Behavior 25: 201-20.
2002. "Character Weakness, Partisan Bias, and Presidential Evaluation." American Journal of Political Science 46: 627-641.
2001. "Core Principles and Policy Reasoning in Mass Publics: A Test of Two Theories." British Journal of Political Science 31: 159-77.
2000. "Political Expertise and Principled Political Thought." Political Research Quarterly 53: 117-36.
1997. "Political Expertise and Issue Voting in Presidential Elections." Political Research Quarterly 50: 387-412.
1997. "Gut-Level Emotions and the Presidential Vote." American Politics Quarterly 25: 203-29.
1997. "Religious Conservative Elites as Source Cues." Social Science Quarterly 78: 223-33. With Lynn Robinson.

Awards

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Awards

2012 Red Motley Exemplary Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota
1997 First Prize in the American Association for Public Opinion Research Student Paper Competition, “Political Expertise and Issue Voting in Presidential Elections."

Courses

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Courses

3766: Political Psychology of Mass Behavior
3769: Public Opinion and Voting Behavior
4737: American Political Parties
8302: Public Opinion and Political Participation
8307/8308: Proseminar in Political Psychology I & II