For an African-American of my generation, I still marvel at the racially diverse composition of anti-police brutality protests today, virtually absent in the 1960s. Tuesday’s action, like 1992, was in its majority Caucasian. Professor August Nimtz writes this op-ed for MinnPost.
First-generation graduate student Kristin Lunz Trujillo hopes her work can halt the spread of misinformation surrounding health policies. But first she wants to understand the underlying psychology that makes people accept misinformation in the first place.
Bob was a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Minneapolis, earned an undergraduate degree in History and Psychology from Hamline University, then went on to receive his PhD in Politics from Princeton University in 1957. Bob joined the political science faculty at the University of Minnesota in 1956 and remained here for his entire career.
Associate Professor Kathryn Pearson comments on Minnesota governor Tim Walz's efforts to balance stay-at-home restrictions with calls to reopen businesses.
Can a society based on the private ownership of the means of production and, more importantly, the values intrinsic to such a mode of production—self-interest—respond effectively to a collective problem? Professor of Political Science and African American & African Studies August Nimzt gives his insight.
“I can only make a judgment as governor that I believe is in the best interest, the health and safety of Minnesotans and stick with that,” Walz said during a recent coronavirus press briefing. Associate Chair of Political Science, Kathryn Pearson, is quoted in this Star Tribune Article.
The COVID-19 pandemic is dominating the headlines these days, eclipsing the political campaigns currently underway. How are the candidates adapting to the reality of social distancing that has upended traditional campaign strategies? And how is fear of the virus impacting the presidential primary elections? Associate Professor of Political Science Kathryn Pearson discusses the state of American politics in the era of COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic is dominating the headlines these days, eclipsing the political campaigns currently underway. How are the candidates adapting to the reality of social distancing that has upended traditional campaign strategies? And how is fear of the virus impacting the presidential primary elections? University of Minnesota Associate Professor of Political Science Kathryn Pearson discusses the state of American politics in the era of COVID-19.
Christopher Federico, a professor of political psychology in CLA, and Howard Lavine, a professor of political science and psychology in CLA on the Twin Cities campus, co-author this commentary.
