Biography

Joanne Miller, PhD (Psychology, The Ohio State University) joined the Department in January 2019. She teaches courses on research design, quantitative methods, political psychology, political propaganda, and misinformation and conspiracy theories. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts and has won awards from the following American Political Science Association sections: Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior, Political Communication, and Political Organizations and Parties. She has published in journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Political Psychology, Public Opinion Quarterly and American Politics Research.

Publications

Enders, Adam, Casey Klofstad, Shane Littrell, Joanne M. Miller, Yannis Theocharis, Joseph Uscinski and Jan Zilinsky. 2024. “Left-Right Political Orientations Are Not Systematically Related to Conspiracism.” Political Psychology, online first.

Farhart, Christina E., Erin B. Fitz, Joanne M. Miller, and Kyle L. Saunders. 2023. “By Any Memes Necessary: Belief- and Chaos-Driven Motives for Sharing Conspiracy Theories on Social Media.” Research & Politics, 10(3): 20531680231193514.

Enders, Adam, Christina E. Farhart, Joanne M. Miller, Joseph Uscinski, Kyle L. Saunders, and Hugo Drochon. 2023. “Are Republicans and Conservatives More Likely to Believe Conspiracy Theories?” Political Behavior, 45, 2001-2024. 

Peterson, David A. M., Joanne M. Miller, Kyle L. Saunders, and Scott D. McClurg. 2022. “Macrointerest.” British Journal of Political Science. 52(1), 200-220. doi:10.1017/S0007123420000356 

Miller, Joanne M. 2020. “Psychological and Situational Factors Combine to Boost COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory Beliefs.” Canadian Journal of Political Science, 53(2), 327-334.