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Associate Professor
Research Associate Professor, Center for Political Studies
Adjunct Associate Professor, Communication Studies

• Fields of Study

  • American Government and Politics
  • Political Psychology
  • Comparative Government and Politics

• About

  Ted Brader is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan and Research Associate Professor in the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research. He is the author of Campaigning for Hearts and Minds (Chicago 2006) and currently serves as Associate Principal Investigator for the American National Election Studies and Associate Principal Investigator for Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences. His research focuses on the role of emotions in politics, political partisanship, media effects on public opinion, and other topics in political psychology. He has conducted numerous surveys and experiments on politics across seven countries. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Government at Harvard University.

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  Selected Publications

  • 2011.  “Election Night’s Alright for Fighting: The Role of Emotions in Political Participation.” (with Nicholas A. Valentino, Eric W. Groenendyk, Krysha Gregorowicz, and Vincent L. Hutchings)  Journal of Politics 73(1): 156-70.
  • 2008.  What Triggers Public Opposition to Immigration? Anxiety, Group Cues, and Immigration Threat.”  (with Nicholas A. Valentino and Elizabeth Suhay) American Journal of Political Science 52(4): 959-78.
  • 2006.  Campaigning for Hearts and Minds: How Emotional Appeals in Political Ads Work.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • 2005.  “Striking a Responsive Chord: How Campaign Ads Motivate and Persuade Voters by Appealing to Emotions.”  American Journal of Political Science 49(2): 388-405.
  • 2001.  “The Emergence of Mass Partisanship in Russia, 1993-1996.”  (with Joshua A. Tucker)  American Journal of Political Science.  45(1): 69-83.

• Curriculum Vitae

  View Ted Brader's CV.

• Education

  • Ph.D., Harvard