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I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan. My research specializes in political behavior and psychology in the United States and other advanced democracies. My dissertation and book project (Body Politic: Disability and Political Cohesion) examines the political psychology of disability in the United States, with a particular focus on disability as a source of political identification and group cohesion.
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This study explores the impact of vulnerability appeals during the COVID-19 pandemic using a nationally representative, preregistered survey experiment ( N = 4,087) conducted in mid-2021. We explore whether providing citizens with information about the vulnerability of ethnic minority and disabled citizens to COVID-19 fosters empathy and increased...
When do people support government assistance for people with disabilities? Disability welfare programs account for large shares of national welfare budgets, but little is known about public attitudes toward disabled welfare claimants. Drawing on psychological research in stereotype content, we argue that attitudes toward welfare for people with dis...
In this article, we test the extent to which the perceived deservingness of people with disabilities (PWD) for state support is conditional. To do so, we use two novel survey experiments asking respondents to assess the deservingness of a fictitious subject. We manipulate two characteristics of the subject: how they acquired their impairment, and a...
