Adam R. Panish

Welcome! I am a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science at Stony Brook University. Starting in Fall 2026, I will be an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Louisiana State University.

I study the psychological roots of political behavior and public opinion. In my dissertation, I examined how dispositional anxiety shapes policy preferences, moral values, and ideology. My other substantive work spans topics such as the relationship between political sophistication and cognitive ability and the nature of authoritarians' economic preferences. My methodological work focuses on the specification and interpretation of panel models in survey research, survey design, and item format effects.

My research has been accepted for publication in journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, the British Journal of Political Science, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Behavior, and Political Studies.