Adam R. Panish

PhD Candidate
Stony Brook University
adam.panish@stonybrook.edu

Welcome! I am a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science at Stony Brook University.

My research focuses on the political consequences of psychological predispositions - namely, how anxiety (a facet of neuroticism) drives political responses to economic shocks and social cues. My work also spans topics in public opinion and political psychology such as the nature of political sophistication, the influence of ethnic diveristy on authoritarians' support for redistribution, and the psychometric validity of items used to measure democracy support in public opinion surveys. Methodologically, I combine standard approaches like survey experiments with techniques for analyzing panel data such as structural equation modeling, matching, and difference-in-differences.

My research has been published at the British Journal of Political Science and Social and Personality Psychology Compass.


Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  1. Informed or overwhelmed? Disentangling The Effects of Cognitive Ability and Information on Public Opinion. Accepted at the British Journal of Political Science. [Pre-Print]
  2. Why Anxious People Lean to the Left on Economic Policy: Personality, Social Exclusion, and Redistribution. 2025. British Journal of Political Science, 55, e8. (with Andrew W. Delton)
  3. The Neurobiology of Political Ideology: Theories, Findings, and Future Directions. 2024. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(1), e12916. (with H. Hannah Nam)
  4. Big five personality and COVID-19 beliefs, behaviors, and vaccine intentions: The mediating role of political ideology. 2023. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(12), e12885. (with Steven G. Ludeke and Joseph A. Vitriol)

Under Review

In Progress


Teaching

Instructor of Record

Teaching Assistant