Dr. Ian G. Anson

Tenured

Department of Political Science

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

He/Him/His/Himself

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About

Ian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Associate Director of the Institute of Politics at UMBC.

Research interests

American public opinion, voting behavior, media and politics, inequality, quantitative methods, scholarship of teaching and learning

Teaching interests

American government, public opinion, voting behavior, media and politics, research methodology, political psychology

Education

  • MS, Applied Statistics — Indiana University (2015)
  • Ph D, Political Science — Indiana University (2015)
    Media Bias and the American Economic Vote
  • BA, Political Science — University of North Carolina (2010)

Grants and Contracts

  • TESS Short Study Program 2015 Time-Sharing Experiments in the Social Sciences · Sponsored Research · Funded
  • CCCC Research Grant 2015 National Council of Teachers of English · Sponsored Research · Funded Ian G Anson (Co-Principal), Christopher M Anson (Co-Principal), Larissa Carneiro (Co-Principal)

Courses Taught

  • Public Opinion POLI 309 · Fall 2015
  • American Government and Politics POLI 100 · Fall 2015
  • American Government and Politics POLI 100 · Fall 2015

Press topics

Psychology of voter decision-making, campaign communication, political media, political knowledge and attitudes, political behavior