About the series

Many (if not most) political outcomes depend on the perceptions, opinions, beliefs, decisions and behaviors of different groups of people. To understand politics, we need to understand the different ways that people interact with their political environments. Therefore, to understand politics, we must turn to psychology.  This series publishes new, cutting-edge work at the intersection of psychology and political science.  The goal is to understanding contemporary politics by starting with the explanations of the motivations and beliefs that shape people’s political behavior. The pieces in the series bring together psychology and politics, along with novel empirical methods.

Editor Bio

Elizabeth Suhay is Associate Professor of Government in the School of Public Affairs at American University, Washington, D.C. Her research focuses on political psychology and political communication, with particular interests in the politics of inequality and the politicization of knowledge. Her research has been published in political science, psychology, and interdisciplinary journals, and she has co-edited three edited volumes. Suhay will be Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Political Psychology beginning in 2025.

Areas of Interest

Political Science
Psychology
Communication

Contact the Editor

suhay@american.edu