Category: Faculty

Does calling your political opponent names work?  Prof. Aaron Dusso and former student Sydnee Perkins designed a research project in order to provide that answer. Their article titled, “Crooked Hillary and Sleepy Joe: Name-Calling’s Backfire Effect on Candidate Evaluations,” was recently published in the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. Since graduating in 2020, …

Dr. Dusso was recently interviewed for a WRTV story on voting in non-presidential elections. Check it out: Experts say people don’t vote in nonpresidential elections Also, for those with a subscription to The Herald-Times, he has a recent interview titled, Flag-waving ‘Freedom rally’ in Brown County draws dozens worried about guns, government  

Dr. Dusso was recently interviewed by Adam Pinsker for a WishTV piece “Article links Daniels to potential run for governor in 2024.” Does a 2000s Republican stand a chance in a 2020s Republican primaries?

Dr. Dusso was recently interviewed for a piece in the IndyStar on the Zionsville Mayor’s use of Profanity in a Facebook exchange: “‘(Expletive) you’: Zionsville mayor causes stir with comments over mass shooting debate.” Does it matter?

IUPUI Professors Weigh In on the Ukraine War Christopher Claffey  Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. In the days that followed, IUPUI students began to learn names and places that never left their mouths before. Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Kyiv. NATO. These names and places are nothing new to Scott Pegg and Andrew McFarland, both political …

Don’t miss Dr. Pegg’s numerous interviews on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: 1) WTWO/WAWV, Terre Haute, 2/22/22: https://www.mywabashvalley.com/news/local-news/rising-gas-prices-affect-local-motorists/ . 2) WEHT/WTVW, Evansville, 2/24/22: https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/crisis-in-ukraine-raises-concerns-for-u-s-economy/ . 3) WTHR 13, Indianapolis, 2/24/22: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Vk7esGA9w .

Dr. Demirel-Pegg and Dr. Dusso won an RSFG grant to conduct voter surveys after this year’s national elections in Hungary, Columbia, Brazil, and the Philippines. The project’s title is “Executive Takeover and Democratic Backsliding: Voters’ Concern for Democratic Decline and Support for Authoritarian Leaders.” This follows up on work they conducted in Turkey after the …

Introduction to American Politics (POLS Y103) taught by Desmond L. Kemp, American Studies doctoral candidate, were given opportunity to take a creative approach to solving political centered issues using technology. The purpose of this project was for students to explore the role of interest groups. They met with the creator of EMPOWRD, Horace Williams, which …

By John McCormick All of us who have been through college – as students or professors – are familiar with textbooks: those sometimes long and often expensive tomes designed to summarize everything an instructor wants to cover in a course. We’re also familiar with the differences between the good, the bad, and the ugly ones. …

Professor Demirel-Pegg was invited to an online discussion on protests at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey. Students, lecturers, and faculty began demonstrating peacefully in early January 2021, following the appointment of Melih Bulu as the rector of the University. Melih Bulu, who was previously not a faculty member of Boğaziçi University, was brought to this …