Partisanship. Druckman explores the causes and consequences of political polarization in the United States. This includes studies looking at how to measure polarization, and its impact on political norms and attitudes about COVID-19.
COVID-19. Druckman is involved in a large-scale collaboration to study COVID-19 on a state level basis. He also is part of a project aimed at identifying Interventions to strengthen democracy with this project.
Political and Science Communication. Druckman has various projects that explore how mass communication influences citizens' opinions. This includes work looking at the impact of partisan media, and the hurdles and antidotes to effective scientific communication (e.g., with regard to climate change and other scientific issues).
Sports Politics. Druckman is writing a book about gender quality in college sports and specifically the roots of vast inequalities. He has a forthcoming book about Title IX and college sports.
Campaigns in a New Media Age: How Candidates Use the World Wide Web to Win Elections. Martin Kifer of High Point University, Michael Parkin of Oberlin College, and Druckman are studying the congressional elections and representation. This project has been ongoing since 2002 and has coding of 1,000s of candidate websites, along with surveys of campaigns and experiments on campaign effects.
Books
Druckman, J.N. and E. Sharrow. Forthcoming. Equality unfulfilled: How policy design, sex segregation, and organizational culture shape college sports. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Druckman, J. N. 2022. Experimental thinking: A primer on social science experiments. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Druckman, J. N., and D. P. Green, eds. 2021. Advances in experimental political science. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Druckman, J. N., and L. R. Jacobs. 2015. Who governs? Presidents, public opinion, and manipulation. University of Chicago Press.
Druckman, J. N., with D. P. Green, James H. Kuklinski, and Arthur Lupia, eds. 2011. Cambridge handbook of experimental political science. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Journal Articles
Lacombe, M., M. Simonson, J. Green, and J. N. Druckman. Forthcoming. “Social disruption, gun buying, and anti-system beliefs.” Perspectives on Politics.
Voelkel, J., J. Chu, M. Stagnaro, J. Mernyk, C. Redekopp, S. Pink, J. N. Druckman, D. Rand, and R. Willer. Forthcoming. “Interventions reducing affective polarization do not improve anti-democratic attitudes.” Nature Human Behavior.
Green, J., J. N. Druckman, M. Baum, and D. Lazer. Forthcoming. “Using general messages to persuade on a politicized scientific issue.” British Journal of Political Science.
Boxell, L., J. Conway, J. N. Druckman, and M. Gentzkow. Forthcoming. “Affective polarization did not increase during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Quarterly Journal of Political Science.
Trawalter, S., N. Habib, and J. N. Druckman. 2022. “Racial bias in perceptions of disease and policy.” Group Processes & Intergroup Relations.
Bayes, R., J. N. Druckman, and A. Safarpour. 2022. “Studying science inequities: How to use surveys to study diverse populations.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 700: 220-233, 2022.
Druckman, J. N., S. Klar, Y. Krupnikov, M. Levendusky and J. Barry Ryan. 2022. “(Mis-)estimating affective polarization.” The Journal of Politics.
Mernyk, J., S. Pink, J. N. Druckman, and R. Willer. 2022. “Correcting inaccurate aetaperceptions reduces Americans’ support for partisan violence.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119(16): e2116851119.
Perlis, R.H., M. Simonson, J. Green, J. Lin, A. Safarpour, K. Lunz Trujillo, A. Quintana, H. Chwe, J. Della Volpe, K. Ognyanova, M. Santillana, J. N. Druckman, D. Lazer, and M. Baum. 2022. “Prevalence of firearm ownership among individuals with major depressive symptoms.” JAMA Network Open. 5(3): e223245.
Perlis, R. H., K. Ognyanova, A. Quintana, J. Green, M. Santillana, J. Lin, J. N. Druckman, D. Lazer, M. Simonson, M. Baum, and H. Chwe. 2021. “Gender-specificity of resilience in major depressive disorder.” Depression & Anxiety.
Molden, D. C., R. Bayes, and J. N. Druckman. 2021 “A motivational systems approach to investigating opinions on climate change.” Thinking & Reasoning.
Bayes, R., T. Bolsen, and J. N. Druckman. 2020. “A research agenda for climate change communication and public opinion: The role of scientific consensus messaging and beyond.” Environmental Communication.