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213
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1975 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Paul M. Sniderman is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research falls primarily within the Social Sciences, with significant contributions to Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Education, and Strategy and Management.

The scientist's major research topics include:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Religion and Society Interactions
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Political Philosophy and Ethics

Paul M. Sniderman has contributed to various publication venues with the following frequency:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (2 publications)
  • Perspectives on Politics (2 publications)
  • Political Science Research and Methods (1 publication)
  • British Journal of Political Science (1 publication)
  • Bulletin of Sociological Methodology/Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique (1 publication)

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Sniderman include:

  • The BIAT and the AMP as measures of racial prejudice in political science: A methodological assessment, 2022, Political Science Research and Methods
  • Value Conflicts Revisited: Muslims, Gender Equality, and Gestures of Respect, 2024, British Journal of Political Science
  • The Validity of the IAT and the AMP as Measures of Racial Prejudice, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Value Conflicts Revisited: Gender Equality and Gestures of Respect, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Experimenting with experiments: a 'Shandean' approach, 2023, Bulletin of Sociological Methodology/Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Elisabeth Ivarsflaten
  • Marc Helbling
  • Richard Traunmüller
  • Katherine Clayton
  • Jordan Horrillo

In addition to articles, Sniderman has published multiple books with notable academic presses. Publications include:

  • Black Pride and Black Prejudice, 2021, Princeton University Press
  • The Outsider, 2021, Princeton University Press
  • The Political Dynamics of Partisan Polarization, 2025, Cambridge University Press
  • The Democratic Faith, 2020, Yale University Press

Paul M. Sniderman has received several awards during their career, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2005
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1997
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1975

Best Publications

  • Reasoning and Choice: Explorations in Political Psychology

    Paul M. Sniderman;Richard A. Brody;Phillip E. Tetlock

  • Predisposing Factors and Situational Triggers: Exclusionary Reactions to Immigrant Minorities

    Paul M. Sniderman;Louk Hagendoorn;Markus Prior

  • The scar of race

    Paul M. Sniderman;Thomas Leonard Piazza

  • Attitude Attribution: A Group Basis for Political Reasoning

    Henry E. Brady;Paul M. Sniderman

  • Reasoning and choice

    Paul M. Sniderman;Richard A. Brody;Philip E. Tetlock

  • Reaching beyond race

    Paul M. Sniderman;Edward G. Carmines

  • Symbolic Racism: Problems of Motive Attribution in Political Analysis

    Paul M. Sniderman;Philip E. Tetlock

  • Racial Stereotypes and Whites' Political Views of Blacks in the Context of Welfare and Crime STOR

    Mark Peffley;Jon Hurwitz;Paul M. Sniderman;Stable Url

  • When Ways of Life Collide: Multiculturalism and Its Discontents in the Netherlands

    Paul M. Sniderman;Louk Hagendoorn

  • Racial prejudice and attitudes toward affirmative action

    James H. Kuklinski;Paul M. Sniderman;Kathleen Knight;Thomas Piazza

  • Political persuasion and attitude change

    Diana C. Mutz;Richard A. Brody;Paul M. Sniderman

  • The New Racism

    Paul M. Sniderman;Thomas Piazza;Philip E. Tetlock;Ann Kendrick

  • The Outsider: Prejudice and Politics in Italy

    Paul M. Sniderman

  • From Life Space to Polling Place: The Relevance of Personal Concerns for Voting Behavior

    Richard A. Brody;Paul M. Sniderman

  • Personality and democratic politics

    Paul M. Sniderman

  • Innovations in Experimental Design in Attitude Surveys

    Paul M. Sniderman;Douglas B. Grob

  • When Ways of Life Collide

    Paul M. Sniderman;Louk Hagendoorn

  • Prejudice, Politics, and the American Dilemma.

    Katherine Tate;Paul M. Sniderman;Philip E. Tetlock;Edward G. Carmines

  • Personal and Political Sources of Political Alienation

    Jack Citrin;Herbert Mcclosky;J. Merrill Shanks;Paul M. Sniderman

  • Race and inequality : a study in American values

    Paul M. Sniderman;Michael Gray Hagen

  • The Reputational Premium: A Theory of Party Identification and Policy Reasoning

    Paul M. Sniderman;Edward H. Stiglitz

  • Affirmative Action and the Politics of Realignment

    Martin Gilens;Paul M. Sniderman;James H. Kuklinski

  • Reflections on American Racism

    Paul M. Sniderman;Philip E. Tetlock

  • Coping: The Ethic of Self-Reliance

    Paul M. Sniderman;Richard A. Brody

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Brody
Richard A. Brody Stanford University
Philip E. Tetlock
Philip E. Tetlock University of Pennsylvania
Michael Bang Petersen
Michael Bang Petersen Aarhus University
Edward G. Carmines
Edward G. Carmines Indiana University
Henry E. Brady
Henry E. Brady University of California, Berkeley
Jack Citrin
Jack Citrin University of California, Berkeley
James H. Kuklinski
James H. Kuklinski University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Markus Prior
Markus Prior Princeton University
Diana C. Mutz
Diana C. Mutz University of Pennsylvania
Shanto Iyengar
Shanto Iyengar Stanford University

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