The NICD is building an interdisciplinary, scholarly community of top experts that is developing an integrated research agenda on civil discourse to advance the field. NICD's leadership role will be instrumental in the network's ability to conduct research that becomes integrated into practice and moves our nation toward a stronger democracy that is capable of tackling tough issues.
Research Network
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Francis Benjamin Researcher, Washington State University |
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Robert Boatright Associate Professor of Political Science, Clark University Expertise: American Politics, Elections, Voting Behavior Discipline: Political Science |
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Kevin Coe Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Utah Expertise: Political Communication, Public Opinion, Religion, Media Discipline: Communication |
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Dr. Philip Dalton Associate Professor, Rhetoric & Public Advocacy, Hofstra University Expertise: Political Communication, Public Deliberation, Argumentation Discipline: Communication Studies |
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Jennifer Earl Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona Expertise: Social movements, Law Discipline: Sociology |
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Penny Edgell Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota Expertise: Religion, Gender & Family, Inequality Discipline: Sociology |
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Kevin Esterling Professor |
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Morris P. Fiorina Wendt Family Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution Expertise: American Politics, Voting Behavior Discipline: Political Science |
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Kim Fridkin Professor, School of Politics & Global Studies, Arizona State University Expertise: Voting Behavior, Media, Women & Politics, Elections Discipline: Politics, Global Studies |
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Archon Fung Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Expertise: Civic Engagement, Ethics, Urban Politics Discipline: Democracy and Citizenship |
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John Gastil Professor and Head of the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University Expertise: Deliberation, Civic Engagement, Governance, Elections, Public Opinion Discipline: Communication Arts, Political Science |
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Daniel Gillion Professor, Political Science Department, University of Pennsylvania, Affiliate Faculty Member, Center for Africana Studies and the Asian American Studies Program, Ford Foundation Fellow, Harvard University Expertise: American Politics, Racial & Ethnic Politics, Voting Behavior Discipline: Political Science |
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Erhardt Graeff PhD Researcher, MIT Center for Civic Media and MIT Media Lab Expertise: Media, Technology, Civic Engagement Discipline: Sociology, Media, Technology |
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Jonathan Haidt Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership, New York University Stern School of Business Expertise: Political Psychology, Morality Discipline: Business & Society |
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania Expertise: Political Communication, Media, American Politics, Elections Discipline: Communication |
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James T. Hamilton Hearst Professor of Communication & Director of the Journalism Program, Stanford University Expertise: Media, Technology, Political Communication Discipline: Communication |
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Claire Hill Professor & James L. Krusemark Chair in Law, University of Minnesota Law School Expertise: Corporate Governance, Capital Structure, Structured Finance, Rating Agencies, Secured Debt, Contract Theory, Law and Language, Behavioral Economics Discipline: Law |
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David A. Hopkins Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston College |
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Kathleen Hull Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota Expertise: Culture, Law, Social movements, Gender & Family Discipline: Sociology |
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Joseph Kahne Professor of Education, Mills College Expertise: Education, Media, Civic Engagement, Urban Politics Discipline: Education |
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Ryan Kennedy Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Houston |
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Kate Kenski Associate Professor, Department of Communication and School of Government & Public Policy, University of Arizona Expertise: Political Communication, Public Opinion Discipline: Communication, Government, Public Policy |
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Samara Klar Assistant Professor of Political Science, School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona Expertise: American Politics, Voting Behavior Discipline: Political Science |
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Taeku Lee Professor of Political Science & Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley Expertise: American Politics, Racial & Ethnic Politics, Public Opinion, Social movements Discipline: Political Science, Law |
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Enid Logan Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota Expertise: Racial & Ethnic Politics, Inequality Discipline: Sociology |
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Nicholas P. Lovrich Affiliate Researcher in Department of Political Science at the University of Utah |
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Ellen Middaugh Research Director & Co-Principal Investigator, Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age Project Expertise: Media, Education Discipline: Human Development |
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Matt Motyl Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Board Member, CivilPolitics.org Expertise: Political Psychology, Social Ecology, Intergroup Conflict Discipline: Social, Personality Psychology |
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Paul Murray PhD Student, Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago Expertise: Cultural Analytics, Scientific Visualization, Bioinformatics, Statistics Discipline: Computer Science |
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Diana C. Mutz Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Communication and Political Science, University of Pennsylvania Expertise: American Politics, Public Opinion, Political Psychology, Political Communication Discipline: Communication, Political Science |
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Michael Neblo Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, The Ohio State University Expertise: Deliberation, Political Psychology Discipline: Political Science |
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Markus Prior Associate Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Department of Politics, Princeton University Expertise: American Politics, Media, Political Communication, Technology Discipline: Politics |
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Stephen Rains Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Arizona Expertise: Media, Health Policy, Communication Technology Discipline: Communication |
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Mark Ramirez Assistant Professor, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University Expertise: American Politics, Public Opinion, Political Psychology Discipline: Politics, Global Studies |
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Amy Richter Associate Professor, History Department, Director, Higgins School of Humanities |
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Christopher Robertson Associate Professor, James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, Associate, Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard Expertise: Health Law, Law and Science Discipline: Law |
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Deana Rohlinger Professor of Sociology at Florida State University |
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Zachary Schrank Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Indiana University South Bend Expertise: Social Theory, Consumer Culture Discipline: Sociology, Anthropology |
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Timothy J. Shaffer Principal Research Specialist, National Institute for Civil Discourse, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies, Kansas State University, Assistant Director, Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy, Kansas State University Expertise: Public Deliberation, Civic Engagement, Education Discipline: Communication Studies, Civic Studies |
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Boris Shor Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University Expertise: American Politics, Voting Behavior Discipline: Political Science |
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Sarah Sobieraj Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Tufts University Expertise: Media, Sociology, Social movements Discipline: Sociology |
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Dr. Natalie (Talia) Jomini Stroud Associate Professor, Communication Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Assistant Director, Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life, University of Texas at Austin Expertise: Media, American Politics, Public Opinion Discipline: Communication Arts |
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Robin Stryker Professor of Sociology, affiliated Professor of Law, affiliated Professor of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona Expertise: Law, Inequality, Social Change Discipline: Sociology |
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Carolyn Tolbert Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa Expertise: Voting, Elections, Public Opinion Discipline: Political Science |
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Chris Weber Associate Professor, School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona. Expertise: American Politics, Political Psychology, Voting Behavior, Elections Discipline: Government, Public Policy |
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Delaware, Research Fellow, Center for Political Communication, University of Delaware Expertise: Media, Political Humor Discipline: Communication |
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Joseph P. Zompetti Communications Professor, Wayne State University |
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Ethan Zuckerman Director, Center for Civic Media, MIT, Principal Research Scientist, MIT's Media Lab Expertise: Media, Technology, Civic Engagement Discipline: Media |