Elizabeth C. Connors
Political Science PhD
Research
Book Project:
- Elizabeth C. Connors, Matthew T. Pietryka and John Barry Ryan. “Examining Motivations in Interpersonal Communication Experiments.” Advanced contract with Cambridge University Press’ Elements in Experimental Political Science.
Peer-Reviewed Articles:
- Steven W. Webster, Elizabeth C. Connors, and Betsy Sinclair. 2021. “The Social Consequences of Political Anger.” The Journal of Politics, accepted.
- Chandler Case*, Christopher Eddy*, Rahul Hemrajani*, Christopher Howell*, Daniel Lyons*, Yu-Hsien Sung*, and Elizabeth C. Connors. 2021. "The Effects of Source Cues and Issue Frames During COVID-19.” Journal of Experimental Political Science. [funded by University of South Carolina internal grant]
- Elizabeth C. Connors. 2020. "The Social Dimension of Political Values." Political Behavior. [APSA 2018 John Sullivan Award Winner]
- Yanna Krupnikov, Kerri Milita, John Barry Ryan, and Elizabeth C. Connors. 2020. "How Gender Affects the Efficacy of Discussion as an Information Shortcut." Political Science Research and Methods.
- Elizabeth C. Connors, Yanna Krupnikov, and John Barry Ryan. 2019. "How Transparency Affects Survey Responses." Public Opinion Quarterly. [partly funded by TESS]
Papers Under Review:
- Elizabeth C. Connors, Yanna Krupnikov, and Christopher B. Mann. “Too Much Information? Undermining Mobilization Efforts with Information Burden about the Voting Process.” Invitation to revise and resubmit.
- Elizabeth C. Connors and Christopher Howell*. “Talking Politics in Social Settings: How Tone Matters.” Under review.
- Elizabeth C. Connors. “Partisan Social Pressure and Affective Polarization.” Under review. [partly funded by TESS; APSA 2020 Best Political Psychology Paper Award Winner]
- Elizabeth C. Connors, Jacob A. Martin, and John Barry Ryan. “Revisiting the Link between Expected Election Outcomes and Turnout.” Under review.
- Elizabeth C. Connors. “Party Foul: The Effectiveness of Political Value Rhetoric is Constrained by Party Ownership.” Under review.
Select Working Papers:
- Elizabeth C. Connors and Christopher Howell*. “What’s Wrong with Being Confident? A Lot: How Confidence in Interpersonal Political Discussions Shapes Outcomes.”
- Elizabeth C. Connors. “Trusted Sources: Why Social Influence Trumps Media Influence.”
- Elizabeth C. Connors, Robert Bird, Yanna Krupnikov, and Samara Klar. “How Low Candidate Approval Affects Partisanship.”
- Stanley Feldman, Leonie Huddy, and Elizabeth C. Connors. “The Conditional Nature of Empathy: Support for Children at the Border.”
Other Work:
- Contributor to the Niskanen Center's The Science of Politics podcast, hosted by Matt Grossmann: "How Political Values and Social Influence Drive Polarization," with Robert Lupton.
- Elizabeth C. Connors. 2020. "Do Republicans Really Believe the Election was Stolen – Or Are They Just Saying That?" The Washington Post.
- Yanna Krupnikov and Elizabeth C. Connors. 2018. “Negative Campaigns: Are They Good for American Democracy?” in New Directions in Media and Politics, 2nd Edition, Ridout, ed. Routledge.
- Elizabeth C. Connors, Samara Klar, and Yanna Krupnikov. 2016. "There May Have Been Shy Trump Supporters After All." The Washington Post.