Fall 2016

Leslie McCall, Professor of Sociology and Political Science, Northwestern University. The opportunity model posits that Americans care most about economic inequality when they think it is restricting economic opportunities. McCall and collaborators test...

Donald P. Green, J.W. Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University. To what extent do dramatized portrayals of social issues affect what audiences in developing countries think and do? Using a novel experimental paradigm, we assess the...

Brian A. Jacob, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy and Professor of Economics, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan. In 2011, the U.S. Department of Education granted states the opportunity to apply for waivers...