John Michael Carey

|Professor
Academic Appointments
  • John Wentworth Professor in the Social Sciences

  • Professor of Government

  • Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Professor Carey teaches the introductory course, Politics of the World, upper-level courses on elections and on the politics in Latin America, and a seminar on foreign aid. His research is on what makes democracies thrive and why they sometimes fail. He has published widely on the design of electoral rules and how they affect the quality of representation. Recently, he has also conducted research on why people believe in conspiracy theories, and what are the effects on politics. A separate project focuses on what students really think about campus diversity. Professor Carey is also a co-founder of BrightLineWatch.org, an initiative that monitors the quality of U.S. democracy. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012. Lots more information about his work, as well as links to public data, are available on his website

Contact

646 1130
Silsby, Room 226
HB 6108

Education

  • B.A. Harvard University
  • Ph.D. University of California at San Diego

Selected Publications

  • Recent Articles

  • "The ephemeral effects of fact-checks on COVID-19 misperceptions: Evidence from the United States, Great Britain, and Canada." Co-authored with Andrew M. Guess, Peter John Loewen, Eric Merkley, Brendan Nyhan, Joseph B. Phillips, and Jason Reifler. Nature Human Behavior. Forthcoming.  https://osf.io/yezgv/

  • "Disfavor or favor? Assessing the valence of white Americans' racial attitudes." Co-authored with Alexander Agadjanian, Yusaku Horiuchi, and Timothy J. Ryan. Quarterly Journal of Political Science. Forthcoming. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3701331

  • "Learning how others perceive COVID-19 vaccination has minimal effect on uptake intentions: Evidence from injunctive norm and contentiousness treatments in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States." Co-authored with Tracy Keirns, Peter John Loewen, Eric Merkley, Brendan Nyhan, Joseph B. Phillips, Judy Rees, and Jason Reifler. PNAS – Nexus. Forthcoming.

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