Faculty

The Center for the Study of Political Psychology brings together faculty from a variety of units at the University of Minnesota. The CSPP core faculty are currently drawn from the Department of Political Science, the Department of Psychology, and the Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication. CSPP also includes affiliated faculty with interests in political psychology from these units and many others throughout the University.

CSPP Director

Name	Email	Department	Interests
Chris Federico Director, CSPP	federico@umn.edu	Psychology, Political Science	Social-psychological foundations of ideology and belief systems, racial attitudes, political sophistication

CSPP Core Faculty

Name	Email	Department	Interests
Eugene Borgida	borgi001@umn.edu	Psychology	Attitudes and social cognition, psychology and law, political psychology
Paul Goren	pgoren@umn.edu	Political Science	Political sophistication, personal and political values, voting behavior, race and the welfare state
Howard Lavine	lavine@umn.edu	Political Science	Personality and politics, partisanship, political persuasion, ambivalence, and authoritarianism
C. Daniel Myers	cdmyers@umn.edu	Political Science	Deliberation, political communication, and experimental methods
Albert Tims Professor Emeritus	timsx001@umn.edu	Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication	The role of media in adolescent political socialization, public opinion formation and change, and political advertising
John Sullivan Professor Emeritus	jsull@umn.edu	Political Science	Political tolerance, political psychology, elections, American politics, electronic communication
Benjamin Toff	bjtoff@umn.edu	Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication	Public opinion, political communication, and changing journalism norms and practices
Emily Vraga Director of Graduate Studies, Political Psychology Minor	ekvraga@umn.edu	Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication	Social media, misinformation, disagreement, media literacy, and biased processing

CSPP Affiliated Faculty

Name	Email	Department
Sid Bedingfield	sbedingf@umn.edu	Journalism & Mass Communication
Avner Ben-Ner	benne001@umn.edu	Carlson School of Management
Karlyn Campbell	campb003@umn.edu	Communication Studies
June Carbone	jcarbone@umn.edu	Law School
Penny Edgell	edgell@umn.edu	Sociology
Sarah Gollust	sgollust@umn.edu	School of Public Health
Claire Hill	hillx445@umn.edu	Law School
Marti Hope Gonzales	gonza001@umn.edu	Psychology
Larry Jacobs	ljacobs@umn.edu	Political Science, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Herbert Kritzer Professor Emeritus	kritzer@umn.edu	Law School
Wendy Rahn Professor Emerita	rahnx003@umn.edu	Political Science
Francis Shen	fxshen@umn.edu	Law School
Joe Soss	jbsoss@umn.edu	Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Mark Snyder	msnyder@umn.edu	Psychology, CSIS
Marco Yzer	mcyzer@umn.edu	Journalism & Mass Communication