Elizabeth C. Connors
Political Science PhD
Research
Peer-Reviewed Articles:
- Elizabeth C. Connors. 2020. "The Social Dimension of Political Values." Political Behavior.
- Elizabeth C. Connors, Yanna Krupnikov, and John Barry Ryan. 2020. "How Transparency Affects Survey Responses." Public Opinion Quarterly.
- Yanna Krupnikov, Kerri Milita, John Barry Ryan, and Elizabeth C. Connors. 2019. "How Gender Affects the Efficacy of Discussion as an Information Shortcut." Political Science Research and Methods.
Papers Under Review:
- Chandler Case*, Christopher Eddy*, Rahul Hemrajani*, Christopher Howell*, Daniel Lyons*, Yu-Hsien Sung*, and Elizabeth C. Connors. “The Effects of Source Cues and Issue Frames During COVID-19.” Funded by University of South Carolina internal grant. * indicates graduate student. Journal of Experimental Political Science, conditional accept.
- Steven Webster, Elizabeth C. Connors, and Betsy Sinclair. “The Social Consequences of Political Anger.” 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. “Partisan Social Pressure and Affective Polarization.” Partly funded by TESS. Under review.
- Elizabeth C. Connors, Jacob A. Martin, and John Barry Ryan. “Revisiting the Link between Expected Election Outcomes and Turnout.”Under review.
- Elizabeth C. Connors, Matthew T. Pietryka and John Barry Ryan. “The Negative Consequences of Political Experts' Social Capital.” Under review.
Select Working Papers:
- Elizabeth C. Connors. “Party Foul: How the Rhetorical Use of Political Values is Constrained by Party Ownership.”
- Elizabeth C. Connors. “The Strength of People in Politics: Political Attitudes Are Driven by Interpersonal Relationships.”
- Elizabeth C. Connors and Christopher Howell*. “Talking Politics in Social Settings: How Tone Influences the Outcome of Disagreement in Political Discussions.” * indicates graduate student.
- 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 published Work:
- 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.