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Evaluating political candidates: Does weight matter?

Publication: Journal Article

Elmore, Wade, Elizabeth Miller Vonnahame, Lauren Thompson, Diane Filion, and Jennifer D Lundgren. 2015. “Evaluating Political Candidates: Does Weight Matter?”. Translational Issues in Psychological Science 1 (3): 287.

The crowding of social distancing: How social context and interpersonal connections affect individual responses to the coronavirus

Publication: Journal Article

Leiter, Debra, Jack Reilly, and Beth Vonnahme. 2021. “The Crowding of Social Distancing: How Social Context and Interpersonal Connections Affect Individual Responses to the Coronavirus”. Social Science Quarterly 102 (5): 2435-51.

Associative Memory and Political Decision Making

Publication: Journal Article

Vonnahme, Beth. 2019. “Associative Memory and Political Decision Making.”

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I am an Associate Dean in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor in the Department of Political Science and Philosophy at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. My research and teaching interests fall within the general categories of public opinion and political psychology. At...

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Anglo voting on nativist ballot initiatives: The partisan impact of spatial proximity to the US-Mexico border

Publication: Journal Article

Branton, Regina, Gavin Dillingham, Johanna Dunaway, and Beth Miller. 2007. “Anglo Voting on Nativist Ballot Initiatives: The Partisan Impact of Spatial Proximity to the US-Mexico Border”. Social Science Quarterly 88 (3): 882-97.

An experimental study of the role of weight bias in candidate evaluation

Publication: Journal Article

Miller, Beth J, and Jennifer D Lundgren. 2010. “An Experimental Study of the Role of Weight Bias in Candidate Evaluation”. Obesity 18 (4): 712-18.

Aww, shucky ducky: Voter response to accusations of Herman Cain’s “inappropriate behavior”

Publication: Journal Article

Peterson, David AM, and Beth Miller Vonnahme. 2014. “Aww, Shucky Ducky: Voter Response to Accusations of Herman Cain’s ‘inappropriate Behavior’”. PS: Political Science & Politics 47 (2): 372-78.

Voting Against Bilingual Education: The Partisan Nature of the Impact of Spatial Proximity to the Border of Mexico

Publication: Book Chapter

Branton, Regina, Gavin Dillingham, Johanna Dunaway, and Beth Miller Vonnahme. 2011. “Voting Against Bilingual Education: The Partisan Nature of the Impact of Spatial Proximity to the Border of Mexico”. In The Politics of Latino Education. Teachers College Press.

Practicing Politics

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This course investigates the process by which government attention is allocated to policy issues and the tension this creates between the public, interest groups, and the institutions of government. The goal of the course is to create a basis for civic knowledge and engagement.