Shana Kushner Gadarian

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Shana Kushner Gadarian
Born1979 (age 41–42)
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Michael David Gadarian
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(m. 2005)​
Academic background
EducationB.A., Political Science, 2002, Rutgers University
M.A, 2004, PhD., Political Science, 2008, Princeton University
ThesisThe politics of threat: terrorism, media, and foreign policy opinion (November 2008)
Doctoral advisorTali Mendelberg
Academic work
InstitutionsSyracuse University
University of California, Berkeley
Swarthmore College
Notable worksAnxious Politics: Democratic Citizenship in a Threatening World
Websitesgadaria.expressions.syr.edu

Shana Alyse Kushner Gadarian (born 1979) is an American political psychologist. She is an Associate professor of Political Science at Syracuse University. Her co-authored book Anxious Politics: Democratic Citizenship in a Threatening World received the Robert E. Lane Award for being the best book in political psychology published in 2015.

Early life and education[]

Kushner Gadarian was born to parents Robin Z. Kushner and Gary J. Kushner in Cherry Hill, New Jersey[1] in 1979.[2] While attending Rutgers University for her Bachelor of Arts degree, she met her future husband Michael David Gadarian.[1] Upon graduating from Princeton University with her Master's degree and PhD,[3] she married Michael David Gadarian in 2005.[1]

Career[]

Upon earning her PhD, Kushner Gadarian accepted a faculty position at Swarthmore College as an instructor.[4] She spent one year there before accepting a three-year Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley.[5]

During the fall of 2011, Kushner Gadarian joined the faculty of Political Science at Syracuse University.[4] As an assistant professor, Kushner Gadarian earned a Norway Research Council grant to conduct a long-term study of the effect of terrorism on social capital.[6] In the same year, she received the Society for Political Methodology's Harold F. Gosnell Prize with seven other scientists for their "Topic Models for Open-Ended Survey Responses with Applications to Experiments" project.[7]

In 2015, Kushner Gadarian co-published a book with Bethany Albertson titled Anxious Politics: Democratic Citizenship in a Threatening World, which detailed how anxiety can influence political elections. They found that when a threat is present, citizens tend to rely on government officials as "experts" and vote towards bills that are focused on protecting against said threat.[8] Beyond acts of terrorism, they also examined how the 2009 swine flu pandemic and the fictional smallpox outbreak, which they later re-examined in a modern context during the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] Their book received the Robert E. Lane Award for being the best book in political psychology published in 2015[10] and she earned the 2015 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research.[11]

In 2017, Kushner Gadarian was promoted to Associate professor of Political Science with tenure.[12] She also received the 2017 Best Paper Award from the Urban and Local Politics Section of American Political Science Association (APSA) and 2018 Best Paper Award in American Politics from the Midwest Political Science Association.[13]

In April 2021, Kushner Gadarian was named a Carnegie Fellow.[14] Her Carnegie-funded project, "Pandemic Politics: How COVID-19 Revealed the Depths of Partisan Polarization," will investigate the long-term impacts of the pandemic on health behaviors and evaluations of government performance.[15]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Shana Kushner and Michael Gadarian". New York Times. August 14, 2005. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Gadarian, Shana Kushner, 1979". viaf.org. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "Shana Kushner Gadarian". maxwell.syr.edu. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Teaching". sgadaria.expressions.syr.edu. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "About". sgadaria.expressions.syr.edu. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "Shana Gadarian receives grant". maxwell.syr.edu. July 1, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "Gadarian part of award-winning political methodology team". maxwell.syr.edu. June 9, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  8. ^ Clifford, Scott (2016). "Review of Anxious Politics: Democratic Citizenship in a Threatening World". The Journal of Politics. 78 (4). doi:10.1086/688312. S2CID 157823403. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  9. ^ Coaston, Jane (April 28, 2020). "How anxiety changes political behavior". vox.com. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  10. ^ "Past Winners: Robert E. Lane Award". connect.apsanet.org. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  11. ^ "Gadarian Wins Maxwell School's Moynihan Award". news.syr.edu. May 20, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  12. ^ "Political Science Department Newsletter" (PDF). maxwell.syr.edu. April 26, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  13. ^ "Faculty Awards" (PDF). maxwell.syr.edu. 2018. p. 4. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  14. ^ "2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Recipient - Shana Kushner Gadarian". Carnegie Corporation of New York (Press release). 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Shana Kushner Gadarian Named 2021 Carnegie Fellow". SU News. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

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