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  Benjamin J. Newman

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I have authored over 40 articles on numerous topics and my research has been published in Nature Human Behaviour,  the American Political Science Review ,  the American Journal of Political Science,  the Journal of Politics ,  and the British Journal of Political Science ,  among  other outlets.  Displayed below is select published work by area of research.  For a full list of my published work, please see my CV.   My Google Scholar profile is available  here.  
Race and Ethnic Politics
Newman, Benjamin J., Tyler T. Reny and Bea-Sim Ooi.  2022. "The Color of Disparity: Racialized Income Inequality and Support for Liberal Economic Policies."   Journal of Politics   84(3): 1818-1822   [ pdf ]
Reny, Tyler T. and Benjamin J. Newman.  2021. "The Opinion Mobilizing Effect of Social Protest Against Police Violence: Evidence from the 2020 George Floyd Protests."  American Political Science Review   115(4): 1499-1507   [ pdf  ]
Newman, Benjamin J.,  Jennifer L. Merolla,  Sono Shah, Danielle C. Lemi, Loren Collingwood, and S. Karthick Ramakrishnan.  2021.  "The Trump Effect: An Experimental Investigation of the Emboldening Effect of  Racially Inflammatory Elite Communication."  British Journal of Political Science   51(3): 1138-1159   [ pdf ] 
Liao, Steven, Neil Malhotra, and Benjamin J. Newman.  2020.   "Local Economic Benefits  Increase Positivity toward Foreigners."   Nature Human Behaviour   4: 481-488   [ pdf  ] 
Velez, Yamil R. and Benjamin J. Newman.  2019.  "Tuning In, Not Turning Out: Evaluating the Impact of Ethnic Television on Political Participation."  American Journal of Political Science    63(4): 808-823    [ pdf ]  
Newman, Benjamin J. and Neil Malhotra.  2019.  "Economic Reasoning with a Racial Hue: Is the Immigration Consensus Purely Race Neutral?"   Journal of Politics     81(1): 153-166   [ ​pdf ]
​Reny, Tyler and Benjamin J. Newman.  2018.  "Protecting the Right to Discriminate: The Second Great Migration and Racial Threat in the American West."  American Political Science Review    112(4): 1104-1110   [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J., Sono Shah and Loren  Collingwood. 2018.  "Race, Place, and Building a Base: Latino Population Growth and  the Nascent Trump Campaign for President."   Public Opinion Quarterly   82(1): 122-134   [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J. , Todd K. Hartman , Patrick L. Lown and Stanley Feldman.  2015.  "Easing the Heavy Hand:  Humanitarian Concern, Empathy,  and Opinion on Immigration."   British Journal of Political Science   45(3): 583-607   [ pdf ]
Johnston, Christopher D., Benjamin J. Newman and Yamil R. Velez.  2015.  "Ethnic Change, Personality, and Polarization over Immigration in the American Public."   Public Opinion Quarterly  79(3): 662-686   [ pdf ]
Hartman, Todd K., Benjamin J. Newman and Charles S. Bell.  2014.  "Decoding Prejudice toward Hispanics:  Group Cues and Public Reactions to Threatening Immigrant Behavior."  Political Behavior   36(1): 143-163   [ pdf ]  
Newman, Benjamin J.  2013.  "Acculturating Contexts and Anglo Opposition to  Immigration in the U.S."   American Journal of Political Science  57(2): 374-390  [ pdf ]
Class and Inequality
Newman, Benjamin J.  Forthcoming.  "Economic Inequality, the Working Poor, and Belief in the American Dream."  Public Opinion Quarterly   [ pdf  ]
Newman, Benjamin J.  2020.  "Inequality Growth and  Economic Policy Liberalism: An Updated Test of a Classic Theory."    Journal of Politics   82(2): 765-770   ​ [ pdf ]
Kane, John V. and Benjamin J. Newman.  2019.  "Organized Labor as the New Undeserving Rich?  Mass Media, Class-Based Anti-Union Rhetoric and Public Support for Unions in the United States."  British Journal of Political Science   49(3):  997-1026   [ pdf ​]  ​
Newman, Benjamin J. and Thomas J. Hayes.  2019.  "Durable Democracy?  Economic Inequality and Democratic Accountability in the New Gilded Age."   Political Behavior   41(1): 5-30  [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J., Sono Shah and Erinn Lauterbach.  2018.  "Who Sees an Hourglass?  Assessing Citizens' Perception of Local Economic Inequality."    Research & Politics  5(3): 1-7  ​ [ ​pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J.  2016.  "Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Local Gender-Based Earnings Inequality and Women's Belief in the American Dream."  American Journal of Political Science  60(4): 1006-1025  [ pdf ]  
Johnston, Christopher D. and Benjamin J. Newman.  2016.  "Economic Inequality and U.S. Public Policy Mood Across Time and Space."   American Politics Research  44(1): 164-191   [ ​​​​​​​pdf ​​​​]
Newman, Benjamin J., Christopher D. Johnston, and Patrick L. Lown. 2015.   "False Consciousness or Class Awareness? Local Income Inequality, Personal Economic Position, and Belief in American Meritocracy."  American  Journal of Political Science  59(2): 326-340  [ pdf ​]  
Newman, Benjamin J.  2014. "My Poor Friend: Financial Distress in One's Social Network, the Perceived Power of the Rich, and Support for Redistribution."  Journal of Politics  76(1): 126-138         [ pdf ]  
Public Opinion and Political Behavior
Newman, Benjamin J.,  Stephanie L. DeMora and Tyler Reny.   2021.  "Female Empowerment and the Politics of Language:  Evidence Using Gender-Neutral Amendments to Subnational Constitutions."   British Journal of Political Science   51(4): 1761-1772   [ ​pdf  ]
Newman, Benjamin J. and Todd K. Hartman.   2019.  "Mass Public Shootings and Public Support for Gun Control."    British Journal of Political Science   49(4): 1527-1553   [ pdf ] 
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(1) Hartman, Todd K., and Benjamin J. Newman.   2019.   "Accounting for Pre-treatment Exposure in Panel Data:  Re-estimating the Effect of Mass Public Shootings."   British Journal of Political Science    49(4): 1567-1576     [ pdf ]
Newman, Benjamin J. and Brandon L. Bartels.  2011.  "Politics at the Checkout Line:  Explaining Political Consumerism in the U.S."   Political Research Quarterly   64(4): 803-817   [ pdf ] 
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