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Caroline Pippert

Program Area(s):  American Politics

Regional Specialization(s):  United States

Dissertation Committee:  James N. Druckman (Chair); Reuel Rogers; Laurel Harbridge-Yong; Mary McGrath

Research Interest(s):  Political efficacy, electoral institutions, representation, voting behavior, youth turnout, public opinion, survey research, experiments.

Conference Presentations:

  • “Representational Expectations, Evaluations, and Political Efficacy”: Poster presented at the University of Notre Dame Keeping The Republic Conference, South Bend, Indiana. 2024.
  • “The Pressures of Place: Urban-Rural Variation in Considerations for Political Participation” with Jennifer Lin and Kristin Lunz Trujillo: Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. 2024.
  • “How Do College Students Decide Where to Vote?”: Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. 2023. Poster presented at the Chicago Area Behavioral Workshop, Chicago, Illinois. 2023. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2024.
  • “Go Far by Going (To the Polls) Together: A Case Study of Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania in the 2018 Midterm Elections” with Jennifer Lin: Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. 2023.
  • “Divisive or Descriptive: How Americans Understand Critical Race Theory” with Alauna C. Safarpour, Kristin Lunz-Trujillo, Jon Green, Jennifer Lin, and James N. Druckman: Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. 2022.
  • “Lesbian Political Identity as a Matter of Public Opinion Research” with Maya Novak-Herzog: Paper presented at the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. 2021. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. 2022.

Publications:

  • Safarpour, Alauna, Kristin Lunz Trujillo, Jon Green, Caroline High Pippert, Jennifer Lin, and James N. Druckman. 2024. “Divisive or Descriptive?: How Americans Understand Critical Race Theory.” The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics: 1–25. doi: 10.1017/rep.2023.39.