I am a Vice Provost Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. I am also affiliated with the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies (PORES). Beginning in July 2019, I will be an Assistant Professor at the United States Naval Academy.
My research interests include political communications, race and gender politics, public opinion, and political psychology. My book project, Influencing Minds by Shaping Perceptions: Storytelling in the Political Arena, examines political elite's use of familiar storylines and characters in political communication and the effect of these choices on media depictions of policy issues. I am also conducting work on several related topics including the conditions under which individuals use their personal experiences to reason politically. I use survey experiments, content analysis, and focus groups in my research.
I received a Ph.D. in Political Science from Vanderbilt University. I also received a M.A. in Political Science from Brown University and a B.A. in Government from Smith College.
I can be contacted at mharbin at sas dot upenn dot edu
My research interests include political communications, race and gender politics, public opinion, and political psychology. My book project, Influencing Minds by Shaping Perceptions: Storytelling in the Political Arena, examines political elite's use of familiar storylines and characters in political communication and the effect of these choices on media depictions of policy issues. I am also conducting work on several related topics including the conditions under which individuals use their personal experiences to reason politically. I use survey experiments, content analysis, and focus groups in my research.
I received a Ph.D. in Political Science from Vanderbilt University. I also received a M.A. in Political Science from Brown University and a B.A. in Government from Smith College.
I can be contacted at mharbin at sas dot upenn dot edu