Dr. Carl Palmer
Associate Professor
Office
SCH Schroeder Hall 433
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
POL 138.004 Quantitative Reasoning In Political Science
POL 412.001 Topics In American Politics
Teaching Interests & Areas
Political Psychology, Public Opinion, Research Methods
Research Interests & Areas
Political Psychology, Public Opinion, and Experimental Methodology
Ph D Political Science
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
BA Political Science and Communications
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Hibbert R. Roberts Teaching Excellence Award
Department of Politics and Government
2016
Journal of Politics Best Paper Award
Southern Political Science Association
2009
Pi Sigma Alpha Award for Best Paper
Midwest Political Science Association
2006
Grants and Contracts
Personality and Resistance to Persuasion
Carl Palmer, Rolfe D Peterson.
National Science Foundation. 2012 - 2012
The Intersection of Group and Outcome Frames in Shaping Opinion
Carl Palmer.
National Science Foundation. 2010 - 2010
Large Bi-Annual Spring Research grant
Carl Palmer, John D Griffin.
Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts. - 2012
Book, Chapter
Gendered Personality and the Knowledge Gap
Rolfe D Peterson, Carl Palmer.
(2025), Masculinity in American Politics, NYU Press
Journal Article
Moving Beyond Binary Measures of Gender in Political Ambition
Rolfe D, Carl Palmer, Elizabeth Bosanko.
Political Research Quarterly, 77 (3), 1037-45, (2024)
The Dark is Rising: Contrasting the Dark Triad and Light Triad on Measures of Political Ambition and Participation
Rolfe D Peterson, Carl L Palmer.
Frontiers in Political Science, 3, 657750, (2021), 10.3389/fpos.2021.657750
Physical Attractiveness, Halo Effects, and Social Joining
Carl L Palmer, Rolfe D Peterson.
Social Science Quarterly, 102 (1), 552-66, (2020), 10.1111/ssqu.12892
The Narrative Policy Framework and Sticky Beliefs: An Experiment Studying Islamophobia
Randy S. Clemons, Mark K. McBeth, Rolfe Daus Peterson, Carl Palmer.
International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 27 (3), 472-500, (2020), https://doi.org/10.1163/15718115-02702002
Toxic Mask-ulinity: The Link Between Masculine Toughness and Affective Reactions to Mask-Wearing in the COVID-19 Era
Carl L. Palmer, Rolfe D. Peterson.
Politics & Gender, 16 (4), 1044-51, (2020), https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X20000422
The Dark Triad and Nascent Political Ambition
Rolfe D. Peterson, Carl Palmer.
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties, (2019), https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2019.1660354
Caught in the Crossfire: The Competing Influence of Outcomes and Beneficiaries on Perceptions of Antipoverty Spending
Carl Palmer.
Politics, Groups, and Identities, 6 (1), 95-115, (2018), 10.1080/21565503.2016.1185019
The Effects of Physical Attractiveness on Political Beliefs
Rolfe D. Peterson, Carl Palmer.
Politics and the Life Sciences, 36 (2), 3-16, (2017), https://doi.org/10.1017/pls.2017.18
The Prejudiced Personality? Using the Big Five to Predict Susceptibility to Stereotyping Behavior
Philip G. Chen, Carl Palmer.
American Politics Research, 46 (2), 276-307, (2017), 10.1177/1532673X17719720
Halo Effects and the Attractiveness Premium in Perceptions of Political Sophistication
Carl Palmer, Rolfe D Peterson.
American Politics Research, 44 (2), (2016), 10.1177/1532673X15600517
Priming Assad: An Experiment of Ethnic Priming and Attitudes toward Military Action in Syria
Randy S. Clemons, Rolfe D. Peterson, Carl Palmer.
Foreign Policy Analysis, 12 (3), 433-49, (2016), 10.1093/fpa/orw012
Rejoinder: Reinvestigating The Causal Relationship Between Higher Education and Political Participation
Cindy D Kam, Carl Palmer.
The Journal of Politics, 73 (3), 659-663, (2011), 10.1017/s0022381611000363
Reconsidering the Effects of Education on Political Participation
Cindy D Kam, Carl Palmer.
The Journal of Politics, 70 (3), 612-631, (2008)
Presentations
Gendered Personality and the Knowledge Gap
Rolfe Daus Peterson, Carl Palmer.
Midwest Poilitical Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2022
What can psychology say about politics?
Carl Palmer, Eric Wesselmann.
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 2015
Too Close for Discomfort? An Explanation of Perceived Institutional Legitimacy
Meghan E Leonard, Kerri Milita, Carl Palmer.
Department of Politics and Government, Normal, IL, April 1, 2015
What can psychology say about politics?
Carl Palmer, Eric Wesselmann.
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May 1, 2014
Caught in the Crossfire: The Competing Influence of Outcomes and Beneficiaries on Perceptions of Antipoverty Spending
Carl Palmer.
I/O-Social Psychology Workshop, Online, October, 2012
Which Cues Matter? The Implications of Stereotypes Appeals and Explicit Predispositions for Group Centric Issue Opinion
Carl Palmer.
Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy Workshop, Online, October, 2010
Pushing Buttons: The Effects of Implicit and Explicit Stereotype Manipulations of Political Behavior.
Carl Palmer.
UC Davis Economics, Justice and Society Workshop, Online, September, 2006