My research broadly explores how citizens translate their individual characteristics (e.g. personality dispositions, emotions, values, and social identities) into political preferences, and how factors within the American political context (e.g. party coalitions, presidential candidates, elite frames, media images, and social networks) condition this process. My current work focuses on the roles of national and partisan identities, authoritarianism, and empathy in shaping political behavior in the United States. These lines of scholarship are all distinctly multi-disciplinary in nature, as I integrate theories and methodologies from both political science and psychology.

My research can be found on my Google Scholar page or ResearchGate page. Working papers are available upon request.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Mason, Lilliana, Julie Wronski, and John V. Kane. 2021. "Activating Animus: The Uniquely Social Roots of Trump Support." American Political Science Review 115(4): 1508-1516. (Replication Data Available here)

Kane, John V., Lilliana Mason, and Julie Wronski. 2021. “Who's at the Party? Group Sentiments, Knowledge, and Partisan Identity.” Journal of Politics 83(4): 1783–1799. (Replication Data Available here)

Gross, Kimberly, and Julie Wronski. 2021. “Helping the Homeless: The Role of Empathy, Race, and Deservingness in Motivating Policy Support and Charitable Giving." Political Behavior 43: 585-613. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-019-09562-9 (Replication Data Available here)

Feldman, Stanley, Leonie Huddy, Julie Wronski, and Patrick Lown. 2020. "The Interplay of Empathy and Individualism in Support for Social Welfare Policies." Political Psychology 41(2): 343-362. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12620

Armstrong, Grant M., and Julie Wronski. 2019. "Framing Hate: Moral Foundations, Party Cues, and (In)Tolerance of Offensive Speech." Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 7(2): 695-725. https://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/1006 (Replication Data Available upon request)

Stein, Robert M., Charles Stewart III, Christopher Mann, . . ., and Julie Wronski. 2019. ``Waiting to vote in the 2016 Presidential Election: Evidence from a multi-jurisdiction Study.” Political Research Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912919832374

Wronski, Julie, Alexa Bankert, Karyn Amira, April Johnson, and Lindsey Levitan. 2018. “A Tale of Two Democrats: How Authoritarianism Divides the Democratic Party.” Journal of Politics. 80(4): 1384-1388. (Replication Data Available here)

Mann, Christopher B., Gayle A Alberda, Nathaniel A Birkhead, . . ., and Julie Wronski. 2018. "Pedagogical Value of Polling-Place Observation by Students." PS: Political Science & Politics, 51(4): 831-837.

Mason, Lilliana and Julie Wronski. 2018. “One Tribe to Bind Them All: How Our Social Group Attachments Strengthen Partisanship.” Political Psychology, 39(S1): 257-277.

Christopher D. Johnston & Julie Wronski. 2015. “Personality Dispositions and Political Preferences across Hard and Easy Issues.” Political Psychology, 36(1), 35-53.

Lindsey Levitan & Julie Wronski. 2014. “Social Context and Information Seeking: Examining the Effects of Network Attitudinal Composition on Engagement with Political Information.” Political Behavior, 36(4): 793-816.

Working Papers

"Un-American Citizenship." Book manuscript in progress.

"Who Doesn’t Count as an American: An Exclusionary Approach to National Identity.”

"Ingroup Lovers or Outgroup Haters? The Social Roots of Trump Support and Partisan Identity" with Lilliana Mason and John Kane.

"Talk Authoritarian to Me" with Jonathan D. Klingler, Adam J. Ramey, and Gary E. Hollibaugh.

“Mississippi Exit Polling." with Travis Endicott, Grant M. Armstrong, and Thessalia Merivaki.

“American Authoritarian Partisanship in a Dynamic Social Landscape.”

“Oxytocin, Empathy & Political Attitudes.” with Stanley Feldman, Leonie Huddy, and Patricia Whitaker

“Speaking on Behalf of the American People: The Nature and Potential Consequences of Asymmetries in Partisan Rhetoric.” with Robert Entman and Abby Jones.

Book Chapters & Review Essays

Stein, Robert M., Charles Stewart III, Christopher Mann, . . ., and Julie Wronski. 2020. ``Polling Place Quality and Access.” in Kathleen Hale and Bridgett A. King, eds., The Future of Election Administration, pgs. 83-100. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Wronski, Julie. 2016. “Intergroup Identities, Moral Foundations, and Their Political Consequences: A Review of Social Psychology of Political Polarization Eds. Piercarlo Valdesolo & Jesse Graham.” Social Justice Research, 29(3) 345-353.