New PhD graduates!

Congratulations to our spring and summer 2024 PhD graduates on their outstanding dissertations:

Furkan Cakmak
“When losing matters: An analysis into the dynamics of affective polarization through emotions and media choice in politics”

Steffanie Chritz
“Understanding policy changes in the US states: Vaccine exemptions during the 2019 Measles outbreak”

Chase Riddle
“How Genocide works: The Language, psychology and understanding behind mass atrocity”

Orion Yoesle
““I’m a human being, dammit!” – Partisan media, sociopolitical identity, emotional arousal, and incivility-seeking behavior”