Staff profile
Dr David Andersen
Associate Professor in US Politics
PhD, Rutgers University 2011
| Affiliation | Room number | Telephone |
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor in US Politics in the School of Government and International Affairs | Room 009, Southend House | +44 (0) 191 33 42416 |
Biography
Dr. Andersen received his PhD in 2011 from Rutgers University. He worked at the Eagleton Institute of Politics for two years at the Center on the American Governor before moving to Iowa State University in 2013 as an Assistant Professor of American Government. He joined Durham University in 2019 as an Assistant Professor in United States Politics.
Dr. Andersen studies American politics and government, focusing on political psychology and political behaviour. His research explores how people learn about politics and then how what they learn influences what they believe and how they act politically. His research has been published in some of the top academic journals, including the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and Political Analysis.
Dr. Andersen also has extensive outreach to the media and has made numerous appearances on radio and television broadcasts in the United States and Europe.
Research interests
- American Politics
- Political Psychology
- Campaigns and Elections
- Experimental Methods
- Quantitative Methods
Awarded Grants
- 2020: Trust me, I'm verified: Dynamic experiments exploring susceptibility to social media misinformation campaigns(£10000.00 from The British Academy)
Media Contacts
Available for media contact about:
- Government:
- International politics:
Publications
Journal Article
- Andersen, David J & DiTonto, Tessa (2020). The Importance of Candidate Sex and Partisan Preference Over Time: A Multi-day Study of Voter Decision-Making. The Journal of Politics 82(4): 1337-1353.
- Peterson, David A. M., Biederman, Lori A., Andersen, David, Ditonto, Tessa M. & Roe, Kevin (2019). Mitigating gender bias in student evaluations of teaching. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0216241.
- Andersen, David J., Redlawsk, David P. & Lau, Richard R. (2019). The Dynamic Process Tracing Environment (DPTE) as a Tool for Studying Political Communication. Political Communication 36(2): 303-314.
- Andersen, David J. & Ditonto, Tessa (2018). Information and its Presentation: Treatment Effects in Low-Information vs. High-Information Experiments. Political Analysis 26(4): 379-398.
- Ditonto, Tessa & Andersen, David J. (2018). Two’s a Crowd: Women Candidates in Concurrent Elections. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy 39(3): 257-284.
- Andersen, David J. & Lau, Richard R. (2018). Pay Rates and Subject Performance in Social Science Experiments Using Crowdsourced Online Samples. Journal of Experimental Political Science 5(3): 217-229.
- Lau, Richard R., Andersen, David J., Ditonto, Tessa M., Kleinberg, Mona S. & Redlawsk, David P. (2017). Effect of Media Environment Diversity and Advertising Tone on Information Search, Selective Exposure, and Affective Polarization. Political Behavior 39(1): 231-255.
- Major, Mark & Andersen, David J. (2016). Polls and Elections: Swift Boating Reconsidered: News Coverage of Negative Presidential Ads. Presidential Studies Quarterly 46(4): 891.
- Andersen, David J. (2016). An Outsider’s Inside View of the Iowa Caucuses. PS: Political Science & Politics 49(04): 788.
- Andersen, David J. & Junn, Jane (2010). Deracializing Obama: White Voters and the 2004 Illinois U.S. Senate Race. American Politics Research 38(3): 443.
- Vercellotti, Timothy & Andersen, David (2009). Voter-Identification Requirements and the Learning Curve. PS: Political Science & Politics 42(01): 117.
- Lau, Richard R., Andersen, David J. & Redlawsk, David P. (2008). An Exploration of Correct Voting in Recent U.S. Presidential Elections. American Journal of Political Science 52(2): 395.