How Politicians Polarize: Political Representation in an Age of Negative Partisanship

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Location: 1030 Jenkins and Nanovic Halls (View on map )

Join us for lunch and a research lecture with guest speaker Mia Costa who will give a talk titled "How Politicians Polarize: Political Representation in an Age of Negative Partisanship."

Mia Costa

About the Speaker: 

Mia Costa is an Assistant Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. She is also a Faculty Associate of Dartmouth's Program in Quantitative Social Science and the Race, Migration, and Sexuality Consortium, as well as a visiting scholar at Harvard University's Center for American Political Studies. Broadly, her research focuses on representation, political psychology, and participation in American politics, often through the lens of identity and using experimental and other statistical methods. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Political BehaviorPolitics & GenderPolitical Research Quarterly, American Politics Research, PLoS ONE, Journal of Experimental Political Science, Research & Politics, and others. Visit Mia's website here to learn more about her teaching and research.