CINDYD.KAM
DepartmentofPoliticalScience
VanderbiltUniversity
PMB0505
Nashville,TN37203‐5721
615.322.4946
cindy.d.kam@vanderbilt.edu
ACADEMICAPPOINTMENTS
2015–
2013–
2008–2013
2003–2008
WilliamR.Kenan,Jr.ProfessorofPoliticalScience,VanderbiltUniversity
ProfessorofPsychology(bycourtesy,2011‐)
ProfessorofMedicine,Health,andSociety(bycourtesy,2016‐)
ProfessorofPoliticalScience,VanderbiltUniversity
AssociateProfessorofPoliticalScience,VanderbiltUniversity
AssistantProfessorofPoliticalScience,UniversityofCalifornia,Davis
ADMINISTRATIVEAPPOINTMENTS
2014–2016
2013–2014
2011–2014
SeniorAssociateDeanforFaculty,CollegeofArts&Science,Vanderbilt
University
AssociateChair,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,VanderbiltUniversity
DirectorofGraduateStudies,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,Vanderbilt
University
EDUCATION
2003
Ph.D.,UniversityofMichiganDepartmentofPoliticalScience
MajorFields:AmericanPoliticsandPoliticalMethodology
2000
M.A.,UniversityofMichiganDepartmentofPoliticalScience
1996
A.B.,PrincetonUniversityWoodrowWilsonSchoolofPublicandInternational
Affairs.Summacumlaude.PhiBetaKappa.
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Kinder,DonaldR.andCindyD.Kam.2009.UsAgainstThem:EthnocentricFoundationsof
AmericanOpinion.Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress.
Kam,CindyD.andRobertJ.Franzese,Jr.2007.ModelingandInterpretingInteractive
HypothesesinRegressionAnalysis.AnnArbor,MI:UniversityofMichiganPress.
ARTICLES
Kam,CindyD.,AllisonM.Archer,andJohnG.Geer.Forthcoming."CourtingtheWomen'sVote:
TheEmotional,Cognitive,andPersuasiveEffectsofGender‐BasedAppealsinCampaign
Advertisements.”PoliticalBehavior.
Levine,AdamSethandCindyD.Kam.Forthcoming.“Organizations,Credibility,andthe
PsychologyofCollectiveAction.”PoliticalCommunication.
Kam,CindyD.andBethA.Estes.2016.“DisgustSensitivityandPublicDemandforProtection.”
JournalofPolitics78(2):481‐496.
Eckles,DavidL.,CindyD.Kam,CherieL.Maestas,andBrianF.Schaffner.2014.“RiskAttitudes
andIncumbencyAdvantage.”PoliticalBehavior36(4):731‐749.
Utych,StephenM.andCindyD.Kam.2014.“Viability,InformationSeeking,andVoteChoice.”
JournalofPolitics76(1):152‐166.
Kam,CindyD.andElizabethJ.Zechmeister.2013.“NameRecognitionandCandidateSupport.”
AmericanJournalofPoliticalScience57(4):971‐986.
Kam,CindyD.andElizabethN.Simas.2012.“RiskAttitudes,CandidateCharacteristics,and
VoteChoice.”PublicOpinionQuarterly76(4):747‐760.
Kam,CindyD.2012.“RiskAttitudesandPoliticalParticipation.”AmericanJournalofPolitical
Science56(4):817‐836.
Kam,CindyD.andDonaldR.Kinder.2012.“EthnocentrismasaShort‐TermForceinthe2008
AmericanPresidentialElection.”AmericanJournalofPoliticalScience56(2):326‐340.
Kam,CindyD.andStephenM.Utych.2011.“CloseElectionsandCognitiveEngagement.”
JournalofPolitics73(4):1251‐1266.
Kam,CindyD.andCarlL.Palmer.2011.“Rejoinder:Re‐investigatingtheCausalRelationship
betweenHigherEducationandPoliticalParticipation.”JournalofPolitics73(3):659‐663.
Highton,BenjaminandCindyD.Kam.2011.“TheLong‐TermDynamicsofPartisanshipand
IssueOrientations.”JournalofPolitics73(1):202‐215.
Kam,CindyD.andElizabethN.Simas.2010.“RiskOrientationsandPolicyFrames.”Journalof
Politics72(2):381‐396.
Kam,CindyD.2009.“GenderandEconomicVoting,Revisited.”ElectoralStudies,specialissue
onTheAmericanVoter,Revisited,28(4):615‐624.
Kam,CindyD.andJenniferM.Ramos.2008.“JoiningandLeavingtheRally:Understandingthe
SurgeandDeclineinPresidentialApprovalFollowing9/11.”PublicOpinionQuarterly
72(4):619‐650.
Kam,CindyD.andCarlL.Palmer.2008.“ReconsideringtheEffectsofEducationonPolitical
Participation.”JournalofPolitics70(3):612‐631.
Kam,CindyD.andYunjuNam.2008.“ReachingOutorPullingBack:MacroeconomicConditions
andPublicSupportforSocialWelfareSpending.”PoliticalBehavior30(2):223‐258.
Kam,CindyD.,ElizabethJ.Zechmeister,andJenniferR.Wilking.2008.“FromtheGaptothe
Chasm:GenderandParticipationAmongNon‐HispanicWhitesandMexican‐Americans.”
PoliticalResearchQuarterly61(2):228‐238.
Kam,CindyD.,JenniferR.Wilking,andElizabethJ.Zechmeister.2007.“Beyondthe‘Narrow
DataBase’:AnotherConvenienceSampleforExperimentalResearch.”PoliticalBehavior
29(4):415‐440.
Fowler,JamesH.andCindyD.Kam.2007.“BeyondtheSelf:SocialIdentity,Altruism,and
PoliticalParticipation.”JournalofPolitics69(3):813‐827.
Kam,CindyD.andRobertA.Mikos.2007.“DoCitizensCareaboutFederalism?An
ExperimentalTest.”JournalofEmpiricalLegalStudies.4(3):589‐624.
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Kam,CindyD.2007.“ImplicitAttitudes,ExplicitChoices:WhenSubliminalPrimingPredicts
CandidatePreference.”PoliticalBehavior29(3):343‐367.
Kam,CindyD.andDonaldR.Kinder.2007.“TerrorandEthnocentrism:Foundationsof
AmericanSupportfortheWaronTerrorism.”JournalofPolitics69(2):318‐336.
Kam,CindyD.2007.“WhenDutyCalls,DoCitizensAnswer?”JournalofPolitics69(1):17‐29.
Kam,CindyD.2006.“PoliticalCampaignsandOpen‐MindedThinking.”JournalofPolitics68(4):
931‐945.
Fowler,JamesH.andCindyD.Kam.2006.“PatienceasaPoliticalVirtue:DelayedGratification
andTurnout.”PoliticalBehavior28(2):113‐128.
Kam,CindyD.andBarbaraSommer.2006.“Real‐TimePollingTechnologyinaPublicOpinion
Course.”PS:PoliticalScienceandPolitics39(1):113‐117.
Kam,CindyD.2005.“WhoToesthePartyLine?Cues,Values,andIndividualDifferences.”
PoliticalBehavior27(2):163‐182.
OTHERPUBLICATIONS
Kam,CindyD.2012.“ThePsychologicalVeracityofZaller’sModel.”CriticalReview24(4):545‐
567.
*ReprintedinFriedman,Jeffrey,ed.2015.TheNatureandOriginsofMassOpinion
Reconsidered:WhatDeterminesPublicOpinion?NewYork:Routledge.Pp.129‐152.
Druckman,JamesN.andCindyD.Kam.2011.“StudentsasExperimentalParticipants:A
Defenseofthe‘NarrowDataBase’.”InHandbookofExperimentalPoliticalScience,eds.
JamesN.Druckman,DonaldP.Green,JamesH.Kuklinski,andArthurLupia.NewYork:
CambridgeUniversityPress,41‐57.
Kam,CindyD.2010.ReviewofThePartisanSort:HowLiberalsBecameDemocratsand
ConservativesBecameRepublicans,byMatthewLevendusky.PerspectivesonPolitics8(4):
1236‐1238.
ARTICLESINPROGRESS
Kam,CindyD.andCamilleD.Burge.“TheMeaningandImplicationsofRacialResentment
AcrosstheRacialDivide.”Underreview.
Kam,CindyD.andMaggieDeichert.“Boycotts,Buycotts,andthePsychologyofPolitical
Consumerism.”Underreview.
Kam,CindyD.andMarcJ.Trussler.“AttheNexusofExperimentalandObservationalResearch:
Theory,Specification,andAnalysisofExperimentswithHeterogeneousTreatmentEffects.”
Reviseandresubmit,PoliticalBehavior.
HONORSANDAWARDS
2014‐15
VanderbiltLeadershipAcademy
2014
LuciusBarkerAward,forBestPaperonraceandpoliticspresentedatthe2013
AnnualMeetingsoftheMidwestPoliticalScienceAssociation(“TheMeaning
andImplicationsofRacialResentmentAcrosstheRacialDivide,”co‐authored
withCamilleD.Burge)
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2011
EmergingScholarAward,AwardedbytheAmericanPoliticalScience
AssociationOrganizedSectiononElections,VotingBehavior,andPublic
OpinionSection
2011
ErikH.EriksonAward,AwardedbytheInternationalSocietyforPolitical
Psychology
2009
SouthernPoliticalScienceAssociationAwardforbestarticlepublishedinthe
JournalofPoliticsin2008(“ReconsideringtheEffectsofEducationonPolitical
Participation,”co‐authoredwithCarlL.Palmer)
2007
PiSigmaAlphaAwardforbestpaperpresentedatthe2006AnnualMeetingsof
theMidwestPoliticalScienceAssociation(“ReconsideringtheEffectsof
EducationonPoliticalParticipation,”co‐authoredwithCarlL.Palmer)
2006‐07
UCDavisFacultyDevelopmentAward
2004
BestDissertationinPoliticalPsychology,AwardedbytheAmericanPolitical
ScienceAssociationOrganizedSectiononPoliticalPsychology
1996
PrincetonUniversityClassof1924Awardforoutstandingcontributionsasan
undergraduateteachingassistant
GRANTSANDFELLOWSHIPS
EXTERNAL
2012
RussellSageFoundation,“TheGreatRecessionandPublicAttitudestowardthe
RoleofGovernment”($201,412toWashingtonUniversity;withStevenS.
Smith,StanleyFeldman,andStevenM.Fazzari)
2010
NationalScienceFoundation,Time‐SharingExperimentsintheSocialSciences
(withElizabethN.Simas)
2010
NationalScienceFoundation‐FundedAttendee,BehavioralGeneticsAssociation
InternationalWorkshoponMethodologyofTwinandFamilyStudies
2008
NationalScienceFoundation,Time‐SharingExperimentsintheSocialSciences
(withElizabethN.Simas)
2007
NationalScienceFoundation,Time‐SharingExperimentsintheSocialSciences
andDepartmentofHomelandSecuritySpecialCallforProposals
2005
NationalScienceFoundation,Time‐SharingExperimentsintheSocialSciences
SpecialCompetition(withRobertA.Mikos)
2004
NationalPovertyCenterSmallResearchGrant($20,000;withYunjuNam)
2004
UCMexusSmallResearchGrant(withElizabethJ.Zechmeister)
2004
NationalScienceFoundation,Time‐SharingExperimentsintheSocialSciences
SpecialCompetition
2002‐2003
NationalElectionStudiesResearchFellow
2001‐2002
NationalScienceFoundationDoctoralDissertationResearchImprovement
Grant(SES‐0111763)
1996‐1999
NationalScienceFoundationGraduateResearchFellowship
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INTERNAL
2015
Trans‐InstitutionalProgramsInitiatives,VanderbiltInitiativeAward:“Learning
InstituteforHealthSolutionsintheU.S.South,”co‐PI
2003‐2007
UCDavisInstituteforGovernmentalAffairsJuniorFacultyGrants
2004/05/06
UCDavisTeachingResourcesCenterMini‐GrantsforUndergraduate
InstructionandUndergraduateInstructionalImprovementProgramGrant
2005
UCDavisFaculty‐StudentCollaborativeResearchFellowship(withCarlL.
Palmer)
2005
UCDavisChicana/LatinaResearchCenterGrant(withElizabethJ.Zechmeister)
2004
UCDavisInstituteforGovernmentalAffairsSeedGrant(withRobertA.Mikos)
2004
UCDavisGranttoPromoteExtramuralFunding($13,000)
2001‐2002
UniversityofMichiganRackhamPredoctoralDissertationFellowship
2000‐2002
GeraldR.FordDissertationFellowship(00‐01)andResearchAwards(00‐02)
1996‐1998
UniversityofMichiganRegentsFellowship(declined)
INVITEDPRESENTATIONS
2017
AmericanPoliticsWorkshop,UniversityofWisconsin(scheduled)
2015
CentrefortheStudyofDemocraticCitizenship,McGillUniversity
2015
GraduateStudentColloquium,StonyBrookUniversity
2014
AmericanPoliticsResearchWorkshop,UniversityofMinnesota
2014
AmericanPoliticsWorkshop,UniversityofPennsylvania
2014
F.RossJohnson‐ConnaughtDistinguishedSpeakerSeries,CentrefortheStudy
oftheUnitedStates,UniversityofToronto
2013
VanEkLecture,UniversityofColoradoatBoulder
2013
MogensN.Pedersenlecture,UniversityofSouthernDenmark
2013
UniversityofSouthernDenmark/AarhusUniversity(instructorforthree‐day
politicalpsychologyworkshop)
2012
CenterforPoliticalStudiesInterdisciplinaryWorkshoponPoliticsandPolicy,
UniversityofMichigan
2012
ExperimentsforExportConference,GeorgiaStateUniversity
2012
ClinicalScienceDepartmentofPsychologyBrownBagSeries,Vanderbilt
University
2012
PoliticalPsychologyWorkshop,UniversityofChicago
2011
AmericanPoliticsWorkshop,MIT
2011
CenterfortheStudyofDemocraticPolitics,PrincetonUniversity
2011
Miller‐ConverseLecturepanelist,CenterforPoliticalStudies,Institutefor
SocialResearch,UniversityofMichigan
2010
LawandEconomicsWorkshop,VanderbiltUniversity
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2010
CenterforPoliticalStudiesInterdisciplinaryWorkshoponPoliticsandPolicy,
UniversityofMichigan
2010
HarvardUniversityPoliticalPsychologyandBehaviorWorkshop
2009
ExperimentalPoliticalScienceConference,NorthwesternUniversity
2009
CognitionandCognitiveNeuroscienceGroup,DepartmentofPsychology,
VanderbiltUniversity
2008
ShambaughConferenceon“TheAmericanVoter:ChangeorContinuityoverthe
LastFiftyYears?”DepartmentofPoliticalScience,UniversityofIowa
2007
PomperWorkshop,RutgersUniversity
2007
CenterfortheStudyofDemocraticPolitics,PrincetonUniversity
2007
InterdisciplinaryWorkshopinAmericanPolitics,UniversityofMichigan
2007
ResearchWorkshopinAmericanPolitics,InstituteforGovernmentalStudies,
UCBerkeley
2007
PrograminAmericanDemocracyseries,UniversityofNotreDame
2006
PoliticalBehaviorSeries,TheOhioStateUniversity
2006
CenterforPoliticalStudiesWorkshoponDemocraticPolitics,Universityof
Michigan
2006
UCDavisDepartmentofPsychology,SocialandPersonalityPsychology
WorkshopSeries
2006
“ExperimentalApproachesinPoliticalScience,”InstituteforGovernmental
AffairsatUCDavis.PresentationfortheVice‐ChancellorforResearchandthe
DeanofSocialSciences
2005
NationalPovertyCenterConferenceforSmallGrantRecipients,Universityof
Michigan
2004
CenterforPoliticalStudiesWorkshoponDemocraticPolitics,Universityof
Michigan
TEACHING
Undergraduate PublicOpinion,PoliticalPsychology
Graduate
ExperimentalMethods,StatisticalMethods,ResearchDesign,Mathfor
PoliticalScientists,PublicOpinion,PoliticalPsychology,Emotionsand
Politics,ProspectusWriting
ADVISING
CurrentPhDCommittees
Chair
BethEstes(inprogress)
AllisonM.Archer(Co‐Chair;inprogress)
MaggieDeichert(inprogress)
DrewEngelhardt(inprogress)
Member
GuilhermeRusso(inprogress)
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PastPhDCommittees
Chair
JenniferOggAnderson(Co‐Chair;TennesseeTech,tenure‐track)
FredericoBatistaPereira(Co‐Chair;UNCCharlotte,tenure‐track)
CamilleD.Burge(VillanovaUniversity,tenure‐track)
CarlL.Palmer(Co‐Chair;IllinoisStateUniversity,tenure‐track)
StephenM.Utych(BoiseStateUniversity,tenure‐track)
Member
JacobP.Byl(VanderbiltLaw&EconomicsPhDprogram;clerkships:US
DistrictCourtfortheWesternDistrictofMichigan,2015‐2016;and
USCourtofAppealsfortheSixthCircuit,2016‐2017)
JasonHusser(ElonUniversity,tenure‐track)
ArturoMaldonado(PontificiaUniversidadCatolicadelPeru)
KatherineL.Shester(VanderbiltEconomicsPhDprogram;Washingtonand
Lee,tenure‐track)
ElizabethN.Simas(UniversityofHouston,tenure‐track)
DanielZizumbo‐Colunga(CIDE,Mexico)
PROFESSIONALSERVICE
University(Vanderbilt)
2015‐2016
Member,Chancellor’sDiversityDiscussionGroup
2015‐2016
Member,AssociateViceChancellorandChiefHumanResourcesOfficerSearch
Committee
2013‐2014
Co‐Chair,UniversityStrategicPlanningSteeringCommitteeonUndergraduate
ResidentialExperience
2012‐2015
Member,ProfessionalDevelopmentinGraduateEducation(PDGE)Enhancing
GraduateEducationAdvisoryBoard
2012‐2014
Member,CollegeofArts&ScienceCommitteeonGraduateEducation
2012‐2013
Member,GraduateSchoolFoundersMedalCommittee
2012‐2014
Mentor,CollegeofArts&ScienceProgramforCareerDevelopment
2010‐2011
Member,CollegeofArts&ScienceJuniorAdvisoryReviewCommittee
Departmental(Vanderbilt)
2008‐
Director,ResearchonIndividuals,Politics&SocietyLaboratory
2012‐2013
Chair,TenureReviewCommittee
2010‐2011
Member,GraduateAffairsCommittee
2009‐2010
Chair,PoliticalMethodologyFieldExaminationCommittee
2009‐2010
Member,FormalTheorySearchCommittee
2009‐2010
Member,FourthYearReviewCommittee
2008‐2009
Director,MathCampforPoliticalScienceGraduateStudents
2008‐2009
Member,GraduateAffairsCommittee
2008‐2009
Member,PoliticalTheorySearchCommittee
2008‐2009
Member,FourthYearReviewCommittee
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University(UCDavis)
2007‐2008
Representative,LettersandSciencesCollegeAssembly
2006‐2007
Member,SocialPsychologySearchCommittee,DepartmentofPsychology
2006‐2007
AlternateRepresentative,LettersandSciencesCollegeAssembly
2005
Moderator,UndergraduateResearchConference
2005
Guestpanelist,TeachingResourcesCenterroundtableonAudienceResponse
Technology
Departmental(UCDavis)
2004‐2008
Co‐Director,TheOmnibusProject,multi‐investigatorexperiments
2004‐2007
DirectorandInstructor,MathCampforPoliticalScienceGraduateStudents
2007‐2008
Member,PoliticalMethodologyFieldExaminationCommittee
2006‐2008
Member,InfrastructureCommittee
2007‐2008
Member,Chair’sAdvisoryCommittee
2006‐2008
UndergraduateAdvisor
2005‐2006
Member,PoliticalMethodologySearchCommittee
2004‐2005
Member,PoliticalMethodologyFieldExaminationCommittee
2004‐2005
Member,Chair’sAdvisoryCommittee
2004‐2005
Advisor,UndergraduateSeniorThesis
2003‐2004
Member,PoliticalTheorySearchCommittee
Discipline
Co‐Editor
RoutledgeStudiesinExperimentalPoliticalScience(2011‐present)
Editorial
Boards
AmericanJournalofPoliticalScience(2012‐2014);JournalofPolitics(2007‐
2010,2013‐present);PoliticalBehavior(2011‐present);AdvancesinPolitical
Psychology(2013‐present);PoliticalCommunication(2014‐present)
Advisory
Group
TheAmericanPanelSurvey(TAPS),WeidenbaumCenter,Washington
UniversityinSt.Louis(2011‐2013)
Journal
Referee
AdvancesinPoliticalPsychology;AmericanJournalofPoliticalScience;American
PoliticalScienceReview;AmericanPoliticsResearch;AnnalsoftheAmerican
AcademyofPoliticalandSocialSciences;BritishJournalofPoliticalScience;
ComparativePoliticalStudies;ElectoralStudies;EuropeanJournalofPolitical
Research;EuropeanPoliticalScienceReview;HumanCommunicationResearch;
InternationalPoliticalScienceReview;JournalofCommunication;Journalof
Politics;JournalofWomen,Politics,&Policy;LegislativeStudiesQuarterly;
McGraw‐Hill;NationalScienceFoundation;NationalScienceFoundation
GraduateResearchFellowships;PalgraveMacMillan;PartyPolitics;
PerspectivesonPolitics;PoliticalAnalysis;PoliticalBehavior;Political
Communication;PoliticalPsychology;PoliticalResearchQuarterly;Political
ScienceQuarterly;PoliticalScienceResearchandMethods;PoliticalStudies;
PoliticsandGender;Politics,Groups,andIdentities;PrincetonUniversityPress;
PublicChoice;PublicOpinionQuarterly;QuarterlyJournalofPoliticalScience;
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Science;SocialCognition;SocialScienceQuarterly;SocialScienceResearch;
SocialSciencesandHumanitiesResearchCouncil;Time‐SharingExperimentsin
theSocialSciences;TwinResearchandHumanGenetics;UniversityofChicago
Press;adhocdissertation,tenure,andpromotionreviews
Association
Service
President:APSAPoliticalPsychologySection(2012‐2013)
AnnualMeetingSectionChair:MPSAPublicOpinionSection(2012‐2013),
APSAElections,PublicOpinion&VotingBehaviorSection(2010‐2011),MPSA
PoliticalPsychologySection(2008‐2009)
NominatingCommittee:MidwestPoliticalScienceAssociation(2012‐2013);
APSAExperimentalMethodsSectionNominatingCommittee(Chair,2010‐
2011)
CouncilMember:APSAElections, PublicOpinion,andVotingBehaviorSection
(2008‐2010)
AwardCommittees:SPSAMalcolmJewellAwardCommittee(Chair,2016‐
2017);APSAEPOVBMillerAwardCommittee(Chair,2015‐2016);ISPP
AlexanderGeorgeandDavidO.SearsBookAwards(2014‐2015);APSAGladys
M.KammererAward(2013‐2014);MPSAEmergingScholarAward(2013‐
2014);InternationalSocietyforPoliticalPsychologyRobertaSigelJunior
ScholarPaperAward(Chair,2012‐2013);SocietyforPoliticalMethodology
Box‐SteffensmeierandGarciaScholarshipsAward(2012,2013);APSA
Elections,PublicOpinion,andVotingBehaviorSectionConverseBookAward
(2007‐2008);APSAPoliticalPsychologySectionBestDissertationAward
(2007‐2008)
Discussant
MPSA2014,LatinAmericanVoter conference2013, APSA2012,MPSA2012,
APSA2009,MPSA2008,APSA2007,MPSA2007,MPSA2006,APSA2005
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