The COVID-19 pandemic has been marked by political divisions in US public trust of
scientists. Such divisions are well known on other topics, but regarding COVID-19 they …

Behaviours recommended for reducing transmission of COVID‐19–social distancing,
wearing masks, and now, vaccination–are aimed at not only reducing one's own risk, but risk …

Conspiracy theories and misinformation (CTM) became a salient feature of the Trump era.
However, traditional explanations of political attitudes and behaviors inadequately account …

Dominant explanations of state higher education policy tend to emphasize economic models
that foreground the business cycle or political approaches that cast ideology as fairly fixed …

Higher education is a central institution in US democracy. In the 2010s, however, many
states that spent previous decades building up their higher education systems began to tear …

This book postulates that the rise of right-wing populism in the West and its references to
religion are less driven by a resurgence of religious fervour, than by the emergence of a new …

Hate crime legislation is a divisive issue in America. While many Americans agree that hate
crime laws are necessary, roughly one-third of Americans do not support such legislation …

Growing levels of polarization and out-group hostility have become fashionable
explanations for the caustic politics of the Trump presidency. However, partisan and …

Little is known about how men's and women's traditional masculinity ideology (TMI;
patriarchal beliefs about the norms for men's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors) relates to …

Conservative intellectuals have expressed concern that Donald Trump has tarnished the
conservative brand with his authoritarian-populist rhetoric and style of governing. What …