CINDY D. KAM Department of Political Science Vanderbilt University PMB 0505 Nashville, TN 37203-5721 615.322.4946 [email protected]
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CINDY D. KAM Department of Political Science Vanderbilt University PMB 0505 Nashville, TN 37203-5721 615.322.4946 [email protected] ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2015 – William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University Current Professor of Psychology (by courtesy) Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society (by courtesy) 2013 – Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University 2008 – 2013 Associate Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University 2003 – 2008 Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, Davis ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS 2018 – 2019 Associate Chair, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University 2014 – 2016 Senior Associate Dean for Faculty, College of Arts & Science, Vanderbilt University 2013 – 2014 Associate Chair, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University 2011 – 2014 Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University EDUCATION 2003 Ph.D., University of Michigan Department of Political Science Major Fields: American Politics and Political Methodology 2000 M.A., University of Michigan Department of Political Science 1996 A.B., Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Summa cum laude. Phi Beta Kappa. PUBLICATIONS BOOKS Kinder, Donald R. and Cindy D. Kam. 2009. Us Against Them: Ethnocentric Foundations of American Opinion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Kam, Cindy D. and Robert J. Franzese, Jr. 2007. Modeling and Interpreting Interactive Hypotheses in Regression Analysis. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. ARTICLES Kam, Cindy D. and Maggie Deichert. 2020. “Boycotts, Buycotts, and the Psychology of Political Consumerism.” Journal of Politics 82(1): 72-88. Kam, Cindy D. 2020. “‘And Why Is That a Partisan Issue?’ Source Cues, Persuasion, and School Lunches.” Journal of Politics 82(1): 361-366. Kam, Cindy D. and Camille D. Burge. 2019. “Racial Resentment and Public Opinion Across the Racial Divide.” Political Research Quarterly 72(4): 767-784. Mikos, Robert A. and Cindy D. Kam. 2019. “Has the ‘M’ Word Been Framed? Marijuana, Cannabis, and Public Opinion.” PLoS ONE 14(10): e0224289. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224289 Kam, Cindy D. 2019. “Infectious Disease, Disgust, and Imagining the Other.” Journal of Politics 81(4): 1371-1387. Kam, Cindy D. and Camille D. Burge. 2018. “Uncovering Reactions to the Racial Resentment Scale Across the Racial Divide.” Journal of Politics 80(1): 314-320. Kam, Cindy D. 2017. “The Polls - Trends: Obesity.” Public Opinion Quarterly 81(4): 973-995. Kam, Cindy D. and Marc J. Trussler. 2017. “At the Nexus of Experimental and Observational Research: Theory, Specification, and Analysis of Experiments with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects.” Political Behavior 39(4): 789-815. Levine, Adam Seth and Cindy D. Kam. 2017. “Organizations, Credibility, and the Psychology of Collective Action.” Political Communication 34(2): 200-220. Kam, Cindy D., Allison M. N. Archer, and John G. Geer. 2017. "Courting the Women's Vote: The Emotional, Cognitive, and Persuasive Effects of Gender-Based Appeals in Campaign Advertisements.” Political Behavior 39(1): 51-75. Kam, Cindy D. and Beth A. Estes. 2016. “Disgust Sensitivity and Public Demand for Protection.” Journal of Politics 78(2): 481-496. Eckles, David L., Cindy D. Kam, Cherie D. Maestas, and Brian F. Schaffner. 2014. “Risk Attitudes and Incumbency Advantage.” Political Behavior 36(4): 731-749. Utych, Stephen M. and Cindy D. Kam. 2014. “Viability, Information Seeking, and Vote Choice.” Journal of Politics 76(1): 152-166. Kam, Cindy D. and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2013. “Name Recognition and Candidate Support.” American Journal of Political Science 57(4): 971-986. Kam, Cindy D. and Elizabeth N. Simas. 2012. “Risk Attitudes, Candidate Characteristics, and Vote Choice.” Public Opinion Quarterly 76(4): 747-760. Kam, Cindy D. 2012. “Risk Attitudes and Political Participation.” American Journal of Political Science 56(4): 817-836. Kam, Cindy D. and Donald R. Kinder. 2012. “Ethnocentrism as a Short-Term Force in the 2008 American Presidential Election.” American Journal of Political Science 56(2): 326-340. Kam, Cindy D. and Stephen M. Utych. 2011. “Close Elections and Cognitive Engagement.” Journal of Politics 73(4): 1251-1266. Kam, Cindy D. and Carl L. Palmer. 2011. “Rejoinder: Re-investigating the Causal Relationship between Higher Education and Political Participation.” Journal of Politics 73(3): 659-663. Highton, Benjamin and Cindy D. Kam. 2011. “The Long-Term Dynamics of Partisanship and Issue Orientations.” Journal of Politics 73(1): 202-215. Kam, Cindy D. and Elizabeth N. Simas. 2010. “Risk Orientations and Policy Frames.” Journal of Politics 72(2): 381-396. C. Kam, p. 2 January 2020 Kam, Cindy D. 2009. “Gender and Economic Voting, Revisited.” Electoral Studies, special issue on The American Voter, Revisited, 28(4): 615-624. Kam, Cindy D. and Jennifer M. Ramos. 2008. “Joining and Leaving the Rally: Understanding the Surge and Decline in Presidential Approval Following 9/11.” Public Opinion Quarterly 72(4): 619-650. Kam, Cindy D. and Carl L. Palmer. 2008. “Reconsidering the Effects of Education on Political Participation.” Journal of Politics 70(3): 612-631. Kam, Cindy D. and Yunju Nam. 2008. “Reaching Out or Pulling Back: Macroeconomic Conditions and Public Support for Social Welfare Spending.” Political Behavior 30(2): 223-258. Kam, Cindy D., Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, and Jennifer R. Wilking. 2008. “From the Gap to the Chasm: Gender and Participation Among Non-Hispanic Whites and Mexican-Americans.” Political Research Quarterly 61(2): 228-238. Kam, Cindy D., Jennifer R. Wilking, and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2007. “Beyond the ‘Narrow Data Base’: Another Convenience Sample for Experimental Research.” Political Behavior 29(4): 415-440. Fowler, James H. and Cindy D. Kam. 2007. “Beyond the Self: Social Identity, Altruism, and Political Participation.” Journal of Politics 69(3): 813-827. Kam, Cindy D. and Robert A. Mikos. 2007. “Do Citizens Care about Federalism? An Experimental Test.” Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. 4(3): 589-624. Kam, Cindy D. 2007. “Implicit Attitudes, Explicit Choices: When Subliminal Priming Predicts Candidate Preference.” Political Behavior 29(3): 343-367. Kam, Cindy D. and Donald R. Kinder. 2007. “Terror and Ethnocentrism: Foundations of American Support for the War on Terrorism.” Journal of Politics 69(2): 318-336. Kam, Cindy D. 2007. “When Duty Calls, Do Citizens Answer?” Journal of Politics 69(1): 17-29. Kam, Cindy D. 2006. “Political Campaigns and Open-Minded Thinking.” Journal of Politics 68(4): 931-945. Fowler, James H. and Cindy D. Kam. 2006. “Patience as a Political Virtue: Delayed Gratification and Turnout.” Political Behavior 28(2): 113-128. Kam, Cindy D. and Barbara Sommer. 2006. “Real-Time Polling Technology in a Public Opinion Course.” PS: Political Science and Politics 39(1): 113-117. Kam, Cindy D. 2005. “Who Toes the Party Line? Cues, Values, and Individual Differences.” Political Behavior 27(2): 163-182. OTHER PUBLICATIONS Kam, Cindy D. and Andrew M. Engelhardt. Forthcoming. “The Mass Public’s View of Implicit Bias, with Implications for Scientific Communication in a Polarized Age.” In Krosnick, Jon A., Tobias H. Stark, and Amanda L. Scott, eds. The Cambridge Handbook of Implicit Bias and Racism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Kam, Cindy D., Skyler J. Cranmer, and James H. Fowler. 2019. “Altruism, Participation, and Political Context.” In Peter Loewen and Daniel Rubenson, eds. Duty and Choice: The evolution of the study of voting and voters. University of Toronto Press, 19-54. Kam, Cindy D. 2018. “Does Evolutionary Cognitive Psychology Crowd Out the Better Angels of Our Nature?” Brain and Behavioral Sciences 41: e173. C. Kam, p. 3 January 2020 Kam, Cindy D. 2018. “Using Psychology to Understand Politics and Elections.” Guest Editor’s Introduction. Public Opinion Quarterly 82(S1): 209-212. Kam, Cindy D. 2012. “The Psychological Veracity of Zaller’s Model.” Critical Review 24(4): 545- 567. *Reprinted in Friedman, Jeffrey, ed. 2015. The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion Reconsidered: What Determines Public Opinion? New York: Routledge, 129-152. Druckman, James N. and Cindy D. Kam. 2011. “Students as Experimental Participants: A Defense of the ‘Narrow Data Base’.” In Handbook of Experimental Political Science, eds. James N. Druckman, Donald P. Green, James H. Kuklinski, and Arthur Lupia. New York: Cambridge University Press, 41-57. Kam, Cindy D. 2010. Review of The Partisan Sort: How Liberals Became Democrats and Conservatives Became Republicans, by Matthew Levendusky. Perspectives on Politics 8(4): 1236-1238. WORK IN PROGRESS Archer, Allison M.N. and Cindy D. Kam. “She’s the Chair(man): Gender, Language, and Leadership.” Archer, Allison M.N. and Cindy D. Kam. “Modern Sexism in Modern Times: Public Opinion in the #MeToo Era.” Kam, Cindy D. and Allison M.N. Archer. “Modern Sexism and Turnout in the 2018 Midterm Elections.” Kam, Cindy D., Sara M. Kirshbaum, and Lauren M. Chojnacki. “Parenthood and Participation: The Effect of Having a Child on Voter Turnout.” Kam, Cindy D. and James L. Martherus. “Binary Thinking and Transgender Policy Attitudes.” HONORS AND AWARDS 2019 Vanderbilt University Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center Mentoring Award 2014-15 Vanderbilt Leadership Academy 2014 Lucius Barker Award, for Best Paper on race and politics presented at the 2013 Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association 2011 Emerging