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\nKevin (Vin) Arceneaux<\/a> <\/span>– Behavioral Foundations Lab Director<\/em><\/small><\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Kevin (Vin) Arceneaux<\/strong> is Thomas J. Freaney, Jr. Professor of Political Science, Faculty Affiliate with the Institute for Public Affairs, and Director of the\u00a0Behavioral Foundations Lab<\/a>\u00a0at Temple University. He studies how people make political decisions, paying particular attention to the effects of psychological biases. He has published articles on the influence of partisan campaigns on voting behavior, the effects of predispositions on attitude formation, the role of human biology in explaining individual variation in predispositions, and experimental methodology. His most recent book,\u00a0Taming Intuition: How Reflection Minimizes Partisan Reasoning and Promotes Democratic Accountability<\/a>\u00a0(2017, Cambridge University Press, co-authored with Ryan Vander Wielen), takes a closer look at why people vary in their ability to get beyond their biases and explores the implications for citizens\u2019 ability to live up to the demands of democracy. It won the 2018 Robert E. Lane Best Book Award from the APSA Political Psychology section and was co-winner of the 2018 APSA Experimental Research section\u2019s book award. His last book,\u00a0Changing Minds or Changing Channels: Partisan News in an Age of Choice<\/a>\u00a0(2013, University of Chicago Press, co-authored with Martin Johnson), studies how people\u2019s partisan biases shapes the influence of political media. It was co-winner of the 2014 Goldsmith Book Prize awarded by the Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy.<\/small><\/p>\nProfessor Arceneaux has held visiting fellowships at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University and the Sciences-Po Lyon. In 2012, he received the Emerging Scholar Award from the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA). He is an active member of the APSA Experiments in Political Science section, a member of the Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) group, and a Laboratories of Democracies research affiliate. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief for the\u00a0Journal of Experimental Political Science<\/em>\u00a0and, along with Cindy Kam, as a co-editor for the Routledge Series on Experimental Political Science. He has served on the editorial boards of the\u00a0American Journal of Political Science<\/em>,\u00a0Journal of Politics<\/em>,\u00a0Journal of Behavioral Public Administration<\/em>,\u00a0and\u00a0Political Communication<\/em>.<\/small><\/p>\nProfessor Arceneaux has received research funding from the National Science Foundation, the JEHT Foundation, CIRCLE, and Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences. He received a Ph.D. in Political Science from Rice University (2003). Before joining the faculty at Temple University, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University.<\/small><\/p>\n
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Professor Arceneaux has held visiting fellowships at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University and the Sciences-Po Lyon. In 2012, he received the Emerging Scholar Award from the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA). He is an active member of the APSA Experiments in Political Science section, a member of the Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) group, and a Laboratories of Democracies research affiliate. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief for the\u00a0Journal of Experimental Political Science<\/em>\u00a0and, along with Cindy Kam, as a co-editor for the Routledge Series on Experimental Political Science. He has served on the editorial boards of the\u00a0American Journal of Political Science<\/em>,\u00a0Journal of Politics<\/em>,\u00a0Journal of Behavioral Public Administration<\/em>,\u00a0and\u00a0Political Communication<\/em>.<\/small><\/p>\n Professor Arceneaux has received research funding from the National Science Foundation, the JEHT Foundation, CIRCLE, and Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences. He received a Ph.D. in Political Science from Rice University (2003). Before joining the faculty at Temple University, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University.<\/small><\/p>\n <\/i> Website<\/a><\/small><\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/i> Contact<\/a><\/small><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Meet the Behavioral Foundations Lab: Lab Director\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Graduate Students\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Undergraduates\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Past Members\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Collaborators\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Temple Faculty Kevin (Vin) Arceneaux – Behavioral…<\/p>\n<\/a>Kevin (Vin) Arceneaux<\/strong> is Thomas J. Freaney, Jr. Professor of Political Science, Faculty Affiliate with the Institute for Public Affairs, and Director of the\u00a0Behavioral Foundations Lab<\/a>\u00a0at Temple University. He studies how people make political decisions, paying particular attention to the effects of psychological biases. He has published articles on the influence of partisan campaigns on voting behavior, the effects of predispositions on attitude formation, the role of human biology in explaining individual variation in predispositions, and experimental methodology. His most recent book,\u00a0Taming Intuition: How Reflection Minimizes Partisan Reasoning and Promotes Democratic Accountability<\/a>\u00a0(2017, Cambridge University Press, co-authored with Ryan Vander Wielen), takes a closer look at why people vary in their ability to get beyond their biases and explores the implications for citizens\u2019 ability to live up to the demands of democracy. It won the 2018 Robert E. Lane Best Book Award from the APSA Political Psychology section and was co-winner of the 2018 APSA Experimental Research section\u2019s book award. His last book,\u00a0Changing Minds or Changing Channels: Partisan News in an Age of Choice<\/a>\u00a0(2013, University of Chicago Press, co-authored with Martin Johnson), studies how people\u2019s partisan biases shapes the influence of political media. It was co-winner of the 2014 Goldsmith Book Prize awarded by the Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy.<\/small><\/p>\n
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