Erin Cikanek, PhD

I am a political scientist whose research focuses on political psychology, political communication, public opinion, and measurement. My current work focuses on how emotional cues in news media have changed over time and how those cues impact the American electorate. My research also focuses on how changes in emotional states impact support for democratic norms and political violence, and how we measure emotion in public opinion surveys.

I am currently a Klarman Fellow at Cornell University. My research has also been supported by the Russell Sage Foundation in addition to the Garth Taylor Dissertation Fellowship in Public Opinion, the Roy Pierce Scholars Fund, and the Gerald R. Ford Fellowship. I received my PhD in political science from the University of Michigan, with a focus on American Politics and Methods. Prior to Michigan I received my M.A. in Social Science at the University of Chicago.