Political Science

Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held virtually almost every Tuesday 12:30-1:30. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. Contact Professor Dickinson at dickinso@middlebury.edu to receive zoom link.

Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held virtually almost every Tuesday 12:30-1:30. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. Contact Professor Dickinson at dickinso@middlebury.edu to receive zoom link.

Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held virtually almost every Tuesday 12:30-1:30. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. Contact Professor Dickinson at dickinso@middlebury.edu to receive zoom link.

Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held virtually almost every Tuesday 12:30-1:30. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. Contact Professor Dickinson at dickinso@middlebury.edu to receive zoom link.

Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held virtually almost every Tuesday 12:30-1:30. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. Contact Professor Dickinson at dickinso@middlebury.edu to receive zoom link.

Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held virtually almost every Tuesday 12:30-1:30. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. Contact Professor Dickinson at dickinso@middlebury.edu to receive zoom link.

Many worry that uncivil discourse can undermine democratic processes. Yet, what exactly does it mean for discourse to be uncivil? In an experiment on white Americans, I randomly vary several features of uncivil discourse to see which features more strongly trigger people’s perceptions of incivility. I find that white Americans’ perceptions of incivility are extremely subject to societal and personal biases.

Public opinion on immigrants and immigration varies wildly and support for these vulnerable populations is subject to ideas of deservingness and threat. These ideas, I argue, are filtered through racial identities that are heightened when individuals believe terrorist threats may be possible in their immediate areas. These racial identities are complex and change the ideas of who is dangerous or worthy of support for entry to the United States.

Guest speaker Joshua Tucker from New York University and co-author of The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage will lead us in a discussion on how we speak to a general audience about our research. Whether the topic is data science, climate change, policy, history, or art, it can seem difficult for those of us steeped in the details of a subject to present our work in ways that are accessible to non-experts. In this workshop we will hear from an expert on bridging the expert-non-expert gap and will be reminded of resources at Middlebury that can assist us in broadening the audience for our work.

A Hamilton Forum Counterpoint Webinar