Paul Testa

Paul Testa

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Brown University

Biography

Paul Testa is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Brown University. His work examines how interactions with institutions of criminal justice shape political behavior and how citizens more broadly form opinions about what is just and fair. He has published in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, and Political Research Quarterly. He teaches courses in applied quantitative research at the graduate and undergraduate level. He is a fellow with The Policy Lab at Brown University where he helps integrate insights from behavioral science to the design, implementation, and evaluation of public policies, and an affiliate with Taubman Center for American Politics where he is a member of the Center’s Poll Advisory Board.

Interests
  • Political Behavior
  • Race and Ethnicity
  • Criminal Justice
  • Political Methodology
Education
  • PhD in Political Science, 2016

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • BA in Government and Economics, 2007

    Cornell University

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Research

(2021). Who Stays at Home? The Politics of Social Distancing in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.

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(2021). Messengers Matter: Why Advancing Gender Equity Requires Male Allies. PS - Political Science and Politics.

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(2021). Pandemic Policymaking in Presidential Federations: Explaining Subnational Responses to Covid-19 in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States. Publius: The Journal of Federalism.

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(2020). Heritable Human Genome Editing: The Public Engagement Imperative. CRISPR Journal.

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Teaching

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POLS 2581
Quantitative Research Workshop
POLS 2580
Quantitative Research Methods
POLS 1824
The Politics of Race and the Criminal Justice System (Upper-level seminar)
POLS 1600
Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods
POLS 0820Y
The Politics of Race and the Criminal Justice System (First-year seminar)
POLS 1140
Public Opinion and American Democracy

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