- Co-PI: Dr. Erin Heerey, Associate Professor of Psychology (UWO)
- Funded by Canada Foundation for Innovation and UWO Interdisciplinary Development Initiatives Grant.
- Methods Tutorial and Pre-Print here: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/p4ayc_v2
BPL Projects
Social Signals: The Dynamics of Naturalistic In-person Political Conversations
Stress and Politics: Improving Measurement and Devising Interventions to Mitigate Politically-induced Stress
- Co-PIs: Dr. Jordan Mansell, Researcher (UWO) and Dr. Melissa Baker, Assistant Professor of Political Science (University of Texas-El Paso)
- Funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Grant, Canada Foundation for Innovation, and the Canada Research Chairs Program.
Form is Temporary, Leadership is Permanent: Investigating the Role of Sport Participation on Political Engagement and Leadership
- Additional information coming soon!
The Appearance of Political Actors: A series of studies on how weight stigma, gender presentation, and attractiveness impact candidate evaluation and success
- Related Papers and Publications:
- Gothreau, Claire, Amanda Milena Alvarez, and Amanda Friesen. 2023. “Objectified and Dehumanized: Does Objectification Impact Perceptions of Women Political Candidates?” Journal for Experimental Political Science. 10 (2): 174-187.
- Cozza, Joseph, Tobias Rohrbach, Amanda Friesen, and Philip Edward Jones. “Man/Woman Enough: How Gender Presentation Shapes Voter Evaluations of Lesbian and Gay Cabinet Members,” under review.
- Gothreau, Claire, Nicholas Haas, and Amanda Friesen. “Not Fit for Office: Does Weight Bias Impact Evaluations of Political Candidates?” under review.
- Friesen, Amanda & Tobias Rohrbach. “Attractive Candidates Win Elections Partially through Increased Political Donations,” in preparation.
Scandals and Success: Cataloguing Canadian Candidate Scandals and Responses and their Impact on Political Donations
- Co-PI: Dr. Christopher Alcantara, Professor of Political Science (UWO)
- Funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant
- Additional information coming soon!
