Jon Krosnick

Jon Krosnick is Frederic O. Glover Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of Communication, Political Science, and (by courtesy) Psychology, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, and director of the Political Psychology Research Group (PPRG) and the Summer Institute in Political Psychology. Dr. Krosnick conducts research on the psychology of attitudes, especially in the area of politics. His publications explore the causes of people decisions about whether to vote, for whom to vote, whether to approve of the Presidents performance, whether to take action to influence government policy-making on a specific issue, and much more. Another major focus of his research has been questionnaire design and survey research methods. Dr. Krosnick has taught courses for professionals on survey methods for 25 years around the world and has served as a methodology consultant to government agencies, commercial firms, and academic scholars. Dr. Krosnick's scholarship has been recognized with the Phillip Brickman Memorial Prize, the Pi Sigma Alpha Award, the Erik Erikson Early Career Award for Excellence and Creativity, a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and election as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In his spare time, Dr. Krosnick plays drums with a contemporary jazz group called Charged Particles that has released two CD's internationally and tours across the U.S. and abroad (www.chargedparticles.com).

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