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WATKINS HALL
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Johnson, Martin

Associate Professor of Political Science

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Political Science


Biography

Martin Johnson (Assistant Professor) received his Ph.D. from Rice University in 2002. His research and teaching interests focus on American political behavior and public policy. He is currently studying how social context and other sources of information shape public opinion and the policy choices governments make. His research has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, Electoral Studies, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Analysis, and State Politics and Policy Quarterly.

Former Institution

Rice University

Degrees

PhD Political Science 2002

Rice University

MA Political Science 2000

Rice University

BA Journalism 1991

Louisana State University

Awards

2002 Invited Participant, National Science Foundation Workshop on Classroom Experiments, College of William and Mary
2000 First Prize, Graduate Division, General Social Survey Student Paper Competition. 2000. "The Implications of Social Diversity: The Influence Context, Attitudes and Behavior on State Public Policy."
2000 Grant Preparation Award, Rice University Center for the Study of Institutions and Values
1999 Best Paper, State Politics & Policy Section, American Political Science Association, 1999. "Public Opinion in the American States" (with Paul Brace, Kellie N. Butler, and Kevin Arceneaux).
1999 Departmental Grant, Rice University Department of Political Science. Award supported participation in Summer Institute in Political Psychology, The Ohio State University


Research Area

American Political Behavior; American Politics; Public Policy

Publications

"The Impact of Social Diversity and Racial Attitudes on Social Welfare Policy." 2001. State Politics and Policy Quarterly 1(1):27-49.

"Public Opinion in the American States: New Perspectives Using National Data." 2002. American Journal of Political Science, 46(1):173-89 (with Paul Brace, Kellie Sims-Butler, and Kevin Arceneaux).

"Contextual Data and the Study of Elections and Voting Behavior: Connecting Individuals to Environments." 2002. Electoral Studies 21(2):219-33 (with W. Phillips Shively and Robert M. Stein).

"Public Support for Term Limits: Another Look at Conventional Thinking." Legislative Studies Quarterly, forthcoming (with Stephanie Shirley Post and Robert M. Stein).

"Fairness and Rejection in the Ultimatum Game." Political Analysis, forthcoming (with Catherine Eckel and Rick K. Wilson).

"Racial Context, Public Attitudes, and Welfare Effort in the American States." In Sanford F. Schram, Joe Soss, and Richard C. Fording, eds. Race, Welfare, and the Politics of Reform. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, expected Summer 2002.