David J. Ciuk
Professional Biography
Dr. Ciuk earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 2011. His research interests include public opinion, voting behavior, political cognition, experiments in the social sciences, and quantitative methods of analysis. Some of professor Ciuk's recent research examines the link between core values and political attitudes, the interaction between information and partisan agreement, and the extent to which rationalization processes affect the way members of the mass public perceive political candidates.
An updated version of his vita can be found here.
Education
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2011
M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2006
B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2004
Research Interests
Public Opinion, Political Psychology, Voting Behavior, Political Values, Political Culture, Political Cognition, Attitude Structure, Information and Attitudes
Quantitative Methods of Analysis, Scaling Methods, Survey Design, Experimental Design, Visualizing Data, Measurement
Grants & Awards
In-kind: Timesharing Experiments for the Social Sciences, 2011
Publications
“Hierarchical Models.” In Press. With Kurt Pyle. In International Encyclopedia of Political Science, George Thomas Kurien, James E. Alt, Simone Chambers, Geoffrey Garrett, Margaret Levi, Paula D. McClain, eds. Washington DC: CQ Press.
“Resampling Methods.” In Press. With Kurt Pyle. In International Encyclopedia of Political Science, George Thomas Kurien, James E. Alt, Simone Chambers, Geoffrey Garrett, Margaret Levi, Paula D. McClain, eds. Washington DC: CQ Press.
“Social and Political Cognition.” In Press. With Kurt Pyle. In International Encyclopedia of Political Science, George Thomas Kurien, James E. Alt, Simone Chambers, Geoffrey Garrett, Margaret Levi, Paula D. McClain, eds. Washington DC: CQ Press.
“Measurement.” In Press. With William Jacoby and Kurt Pyle. In International Encyclopedia of Political Science, George Thomas Kurien, James E. Alt, Simone Chambers, Geoffrey Garrett, Margaret Levi, Paula D. McClain, eds. Washington DC: CQ Press.
Presentations
"The Effects of 9/11 on Core Political Values and Culture." 2012. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 12--15, 2012, Chicago, IL.
“Measurement and Value System Stability.” 2011. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, March 31–April 3, 2011, Chicago, IL.
“Citizen Perceptions of Candidate Ideology in the 2008 Election.” 2010. With William Jacoby and Kurt Pyle. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association, September 2–5, 2010, Washington D.C. and at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 22–25, 2010, Chicago, IL.
“Information and Reliance on Partisan Cues.” 2010. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 22–25, 2010, Chicago, IL.
“Doing More with Missing Data: Incorporating Systematic Missingness Into Survey Research.” 2009.With Kurt Pyle. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2–5, 2009, Chicago, IL.
Course Information
GOV100: Introduction to American Government
GOV171: Groups, Groupthink, and Politics (First-year Seminar)
GOV250: Political Research
GOV309: The Congress
GOV370: Race and American Politics
