Dr. Nick Davis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alabama and the principle investigator of the DEMOS lab. He studies the structure of belief systems and the meanings that people associate with democracy. His work has been published in various general and political science journals, and has been covered by several mainstream news outlets. You can read more about that stuff here.

Michael Regnier is a freshman dual major in Political Science and Economics. He's currently working on a project that maps how scholars have talked and written about support for democracy over the last sixty years. 

Julia Dominguez is a third year student studying Political Science, Psychology, Neuroscience, and Public Administration. She is working on a project that examines the racialized way that US citizens think about Social Security benefits and welfare obligations involving residents of US territories. 

Dr. Matthew Hitt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Colorado State University.  His research focuses on how institutional and external factors influence the choices political actors make, especially at the collective level, in the judiciary, Congress, and the media. As an expert on the Supreme Court, his research fits naturally into the DEMOS lab's mission to better understand how institutional actors that engage in anti-democratic behaviors -- like producing rulings that make it harder to vote, for example -- affect citizens' support for institutions and democracy itself.  You can read more about his work here. 

Dr. Drew Cagle (Alabama, 2023) is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at College of Coastal Georgia. His research explores the connections among the news media, democratic norms, and citizens' perceptions of democracy.

Anna Kutbay (Alabama, 2022) earned dual undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Economics, as well as an MA in Economics. She designed and worked on a project to unobtrusively measure anti-Muslim bias using visual stimuli and is currently a law student at Georgetown University's law school.