Ian Shapiro, PhD
Ian Shapiro joined the faculty in 2024. Ian specializes in American political behavior and political psychology---using surveys and experiments to study political attitude formation in the United States. His work focuses on understanding why people believe political misinformation and how racial considerations drive these misperceptions. His scholarship appears in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Political Decision-making and the Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion and Politics. He is originally from Xenia, Ohio, attended Denison University for his BA, and then was shipped off to the University of Colorado, Boulder for his MA and PhD (2021). From 2021-2023, Ian was Civic Engagement Fellow with the Brennan Center for Justice. In his spare time, Ian enjoys cycling, his Airedale terrier, and reading too many journal articles.
Contact
208 Crouch Hall, ishapiro@tnstate.edu
Education
PhD, Political Science, University of Colorado Boulder
MA, Political Science, University of Colorado Boulder
BA, Denison University
Courses Taught
American National Government, Parties and Elections, Interest Groups, Research Methodology
Research Interests
Political Behavior, Political Psychology, Misinformation, Racial Attitudes, Voting Rights, Social Influence, Political Hypocrisy, Survey Design, and Survey Experiments