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Overview

Cindy D. Kam is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on social sciences, with a notable concentration in sociology and political science. The scholar's work encompasses key areas such as social and intergroup psychology, gender studies, and public health-related topics.

The main topics explored in Cindy D. Kam's research include:

  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • Gender Studies in Language
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Kam has contributed to a variety of academic publications, with frequent appearances in well-known journals such as Public Opinion Quarterly and The Journal of Politics. Other frequent publication venues include Harvard Dataverse, Journal of Experimental Political Science, and The Leadership Quarterly.

Representative papers authored or co-authored by Cindy D. Kam include:

  • "MOBILIZING AND DEMOBILIZING" (2021) in Public Opinion Quarterly
  • "Babies and Ballots: Timing of Childbirth and Voter Turnout" (2022) in The Journal of Politics

In addition, the researcher has collaborated frequently with a number of other academics. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Allison M.N. Archer
  • Jennifer Jerit
  • Andrew Engelhardt
  • Scott Clifford
  • Bert N. Bakker

The scholar's recent works also demonstrate intersections with gender and leadership studies, reflected in co-authored papers such as:

  • "Modern Sexism in Modern Times Public Opinion in the #Metoo Era" (2020)
  • "She is the chair(man): Gender, language, and leadership" (2022)

The range of topics and interdisciplinary subfields addressed in Kam's research reflect a broad engagement with gender, political behavior, and social psychological processes. Their work spans studies of inequality, voter behavior, and everyday social biases across sociopolitical contexts.

Best Publications

  • Us Against Them: Ethnocentric Foundations of American Opinion

    Donald R. Kinder;Cindy D. Kam

  • Modeling and Interpreting Interactive Hypotheses in Regression Analysis

    Robert J Franzese;Cindy Kam

  • Beyond the Self: Social Identity, Altruism, and Political Participation

    James H. Fowler;Cindy D. Kam

  • Who Toes the Party Line? Cues, Values, and Individual Differences

    Cindy D. Kam

  • Reconsidering the Effects of Education on Political Participation

    Cindy D. Kam;Carl L. Palmer

  • Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science: Students as Experimental Participants

    James N. Druckman;Cindy D. Kam

  • Students as Experimental Participants: A Defense of the ‘Narrow Data Base

    James N. Druckman;D KamCindy;Cindy D. Kam

  • Terror and Ethnocentrism: Foundations of American Support for the War on Terrorism

    Cindy D. Kam;Donald R. Kinder

  • Beyond the “Narrow Data Base”: Another Convenience Sample for Experimental Research

    Cindy D. Kam;Jennifer R. Wilking;Elizabeth J. Zechmeister

  • Name Recognition and Candidate Support

    Cindy D. Kam;Elizabeth J. Zechmeister

  • Risk Attitudes and Political Participation

    Cindy D. Kam

  • Risk Orientations and Policy Frames

    Cindy D. Kam;Elizabeth N. Simas

  • Ethnocentrism as a Short-Term Force in the 2008 American Presidential Election

    Cindy D. Kam;Donald R. Kinder

  • Implicit Attitudes, Explicit Choices: When Subliminal Priming Predicts Candidate Preference

    Cindy D. Kam

  • Joining and Leaving the Rally Understanding the Surge and Decline in Presidential Approval Following 9/11

    Cindy D. Kam;Jennifer M. Ramos

  • The Long-Term Dynamics of Partisanship and Issue Orientations

    Benjamin Highton;Cindy D. Kam

  • At the Nexus of Observational and Experimental Research: Theory, Specification, and Analysis of Experiments with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects

    Cindy D. Kam;Marc J. Trussler

  • Reaching Out or Pulling Back: Macroeconomic Conditions and Public Support for Social Welfare Spending

    Cindy D. Kam;Yunju Nam

  • Uncovering Reactions to the Racial Resentment Scale across the Racial Divide

    Cindy D. Kam;Camille D. Burge

  • Rejoinder: Reinvestigating the Causal Relationship between Higher Education and Political Participation

    Cindy D. Kam;Carl L. Palmer

  • Risk Attitudes and the Incumbency Advantage

    David L. Eckles;Cindy D. Kam;Cherie L. Maestas;Brian F. Schaffner

  • Risk Attitudes, Candidate Characteristics, and Vote Choice

    Cindy D. Kam;Elizabeth N. Simas

  • Disgust Sensitivity and Public Demand for Protection

    Cindy D. Kam;Beth A. Estes

  • Boycotting, Buycotting, and the Psychology of Political Consumerism

    Cindy D. Kam;Maggie Deichert

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald R. Kinder
Donald R. Kinder University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James H. Fowler
James H. Fowler University of California, San Diego
James N. Druckman
James N. Druckman University of Rochester
Elizabeth J. Zechmeister
Elizabeth J. Zechmeister Vanderbilt University

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