Dot Sawler

I am a 4th year Ph.D candidate in Political Science at the University of Rochester, where I am a Fellow with the W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy for the 2025-26 academic year. Broadly, my research focuses on survey methodology, and the formation of political attitudes and beliefs. My work is forthcoming in The Journal of Politics.

My C.V. can be found here.

Published Work

Who Benefits? Experimental Evidence of Gender Differences in Aid Allocations. Funded by the Institute of Politics at FSU.  Forthcoming at The Journal of Politics. [Preprint] [Poster] 

Working Papers

Distrust, not Dislike. With Scott Abramson. Under review.  [Preprint] [Poster] 

How Do Women Improve Political Outcomes? Gender Differences in Information Acquisition and Political Power Usage.  With Kai Ou. Under Review.

Changing Partisan Hearts, Not Minds. [Slides] 

(Mis)Estimating Preferences with Standard Survey Items. With Scott Abramson and Thomas Chamberlin. 

Do Courts Play Fair? Property Rights, Trust, and Partisan Beliefs. With Scott Abramson.

A House Divided: Explaining Negative Intra-Party Affect. With Robert Lytle. 

Teaching