Witnesses in action: The effect of physical exertion on recall and recognition
2012 report published in Psychological Science on physical exertion and the credibility of eyewitness reports.
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A negativity gap? Gender, attack politics and voting in U.S. elections
2010 study from Dartmouth College published in Politics & Genderon the different effects negative campaigns have on men and women.
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Explaining charter school effectiveness
2011 study from MIT for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the effectiveness of urban and non-urban charter schools on raising student achievement levels.
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Confidence in banks, financial institutions and Wall Street, 1971-2011
2012 longitudinal study from Stanford University on public opinion and financial crises.
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U.S. Justice Department: Does Neighborhood Watch reduce crime?
2008 U.S. Justice Department meta-analysis reviewing the results of 18 research projects and studies on the relationship between crime reduction and citizen policing programs.
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Contemporary hate crimes, law enforcement and the legacy of racial violence
2009 paper published in the American Sociological Association on links between historical lynching and contemporary hate crimes.
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Neighborhood racial context and perceptions of police-based discrimination
2009 study in the journal Criminology on the racial makeup of neighborhoods and trends in racial profiling.
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Tweeting Is Believing? Understanding Microblog Credibility Perceptions
2012 paper from Microsoft Research on assessing the credibility of tweets.
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One vote out of step? The effects of salient roll-call votes in the 2010 election
2012 study published in American Politics Research on how the health care reform roll-call vote may have hurt Democrats.
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Social media and participation in political protest: Observations from Tahrir Square
2012 study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on the effects of social networks in the 2011 uprising in Egypt.
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