
Professional Title:
Graduate Student
Office:
Lowrise 16
Email:
Office Hours:
By appointment - email me at desnyder@umass.edu
Website Link:
Degree:
B.S in Psychology, Purdue University (2020)
Bio:
I am a Political Science PhD student with focus areas in American Politics, Political Science Research Methods, and Political Psychology. My research hinges on developing interventions that reduce harmful attitudes, biases, and behaviors associated with toxic partisanship. I intend to counteract "us vs them" tendencies associated with strong partisan identities, emphasizing cross-cutting identities to individuate subjects across party lines.