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 and the influence of ethnic diveristy on authoritarians' support for redistribution. 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 or is forthcoming at the British Journal of Political Science, Political Studies, and Social and Personality Psychology Compass.

I will be on the 2025-2026 academic job market


Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  1. Polarized Attitudes and Anti-Democratic Orientation: Robust Evidence for Paradoxical Relationships Among American Partisans. Forthcoming. Political Studies. (with Ariel Malka, Christopher M. Federico, & Thomas H. Costello)

  2. Informed or overwhelmed? Disentangling The Effects of Cognitive Ability and Information on Public Opinion. 2025. British Journal of Political Science, 55, e58.

  3. 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)

  4. The Neurobiology of Political Ideology: Theories, Findings, and Future Directions. 2024. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(1), e12916. (with H. Hannah Nam)

  5. 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