Publications

Referred Journal Articles

  • Sumaia A. Al‐Kohlani, Carlin C. Crisanti, and Jennifer L. Merolla. 2021. “Droned Out? Counterterrorism Policies in Yemen” Middle East Policy. https://doi.org/10.1111/mepo.12557.

  • Mirya R. Holman, Jennifer L. Merolla, and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2021. “The Curious Case of Theresa May and the Public that Did Not Rally: Gendered Reactions to Terrorist Attacks can Cause Slumps Not Bumps.” American Political Science Review. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055421000861.

  • Stephanie L. DeMora, Jennifer L. Merolla, Brian Newman, and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2021. “Reducing Mask Resistance among White Evangelical Christians with Value-consistent Messages.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101723118.

  • Thad Kousser, Seth Hill, Mackenzie Lockhart, Jennifer L. Merolla, and Mindy Romero. 2021. “How do Americans Want Elections to be Run During the Covid-19 Crisis?” Research & Politics. https://doi.org/10.1177/20531680211012228.

  • Cheryl Boudreau, Jennifer L. Merolla, and Sono Shah. 2020. “Messaging Matters: How Information about Underrepresentation Affects the Political Participation of Racial and Ethnic Groups in California.” California Journal of Politics and Policy. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/54m4h8kc.

  • Thad Kousser, Mindy Romero, Mackenzie Lockhart, Seth Hill, and Jennifer Merolla. 2020. “How do Californians Want to Cast their Ballots During the Covid-19 Crisis?” California Journal of Politics and Policy. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9ft457vc.

  • Thad Kousser, Mindy Romero, Mackenzie Lockhart, Seth Hill, and Jennifer Merolla. 2020. “Early in the Pandemic, There was no Partisan Divide over Preferences for Voting by Mail in the 2020 Election.” California Journal of Politics and Policy. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3rq7p8fp.

  • Mackenzie Lockhart, Seth J. Hill, Jennifer Merolla, Mindy Romero, and Thad Kousser. 2020. “America’s Electorate is Increasingly Polarized along Partisan Lines about Voting by Mail during the Covid-19 Crisis.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2008023117.

  • Benjamin J. Newman, Jennifer L. Merolla, Sono Shah, Danielle Lemi, Loren Collingwood, and S. Karthick Ramakrishnan. 2021. “The Trump Effect: An Experimental Investigation of the Emboldening Effect of Racially Inflammatory Elite Communication.” British Journal of Political Science. . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123419000590.

  • Coan, Travis, Jennifer L. Merolla, Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, and Daniel Zizumbo Colunga. 2020. “Terror Threat, Emotions, and Information Seeking in a Political Campaign.” Political Research Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912920949320.

  • Holman, Mirya R., Jennifer L. Merolla, Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, and Ding Wang. 2019. “Terrorism, Gender, and the 2016 Presidential Election.” Electoral Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2019.03.009. [Science Direct]

  • Fisk, Kerstin, Jennifer L. Merolla, and Jennifer R. Ramos. 2019. “Emotions, Terrorist Threat and Drones: Anger Drives Support for Drone Strikes.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 63(4): 976-1000. [Sage Journals]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2018. “Terrorist Threat and Information Acquisition: Evidence from an Eight Country Study.” Journal of Experimental Political Science 5(4): 167-181. [Cambridge University Press]

  • Alvarez, Linda, Constantine Boussalis, Jennifer L. Merolla, and Caryn Peiffer. 2018. “Love Thy Neighbor: Social Identity and Public Support for Humanitarian Aid.” Development Policy Review 36(S2): 935-953. [Wiley Online Library]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2017. “Can Experience Overcome Stereotypes in Times of Threat.” Research & Politics. DOI: 10.1177/2053168016688121. [Sage Journals]

  • Pringle, Lisa, Melissa R. Michelson, Jennifer L. Merolla, and Deborah Brown McCabe. 2018. “Calling All Neighbors: Mobilizing Turnout for a Local Housing Referendum.” Journal of Political Marketing 17(4): 418-441. [Taylor & Francis Online]

  • Eberhardt, Lindsay, and Jennifer L. Merolla. 2017. “Shaping Perceptions of Sarah Palin’s Charisma.” Journal of Women, Politics & Policy 38(2): 103-227. [Taylor & Francis Online]

  • Holman, Mirya R., Jennifer L. Merolla, and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2016. “Terrorist Threat and the Activation of Masculine Stereotypes on Candidate Evaluations.” Political Research Quarterly 69: 134-147. [Sage Journals]

  • Fowler, Derek, Jennifer L. Merolla, and Abbylin Sellers. 2014. “Descriptive Representation and Evaluations of Government.” Politics, Groups, & Identities 2(1): 66-89. [Taylor & Francis Online]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., Abbylin Sellers, and Derek Fowler. 2013. “Descriptive Representation, Political Efficacy and African Americans in the 2008 Presidential Election.” Political Psychology 34(6): 863-875. [Wiley Online Library]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., Guy Burnett, Kenneth Pyle, Sheila Ahmadi, and Paul Zak. 2013. “Oxytocin and the Biological Basis of Trust in Government.” Political Behavior 35(4): 753-776. [Springer Link]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Chris Haynes. 2013. “Illegal, Undocumented and Unauthorized: Equivalency Frames, Issue Frames and Public Opinion on Immigration.” Perspectives on Politics 11(3): 789-807. [Cambridge University Press]

  • Burns, Sarah, Lindsay Eberhardt, and Jennifer L. Merolla. 2013. "What is the difference between a Hockey Mom and a Pit Bull? Presentations of Palin and Gender Stereotypes in the 2008 Presidential Election." Political Research Quarterly 66(3): 687-701. [Sage Journals]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., Evis Mezini, and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2013. “Crime, Economic Crisis, and Support for Democracy in Mexico.” Política y Gobierno: Special Theme volume, 221-251. [Open file here]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., Adrian D. Pantoja, Ivy A.M. Cargile, Juana Mora. 2013. “From Coverage to Action: The Immigration Debate and Its Effects on Participation” Political Research Quarterly 66(2): 322-335. [Sage Journals]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2013. “Evaluating Political Leaders in Times of Terror and Economic Threat: the Conditioning Influence of Politician Partisanship.” Journal of Politics 75(3): 599-612. [The University of Chicago Press]

  • Bligh, Michelle, Jean Reith Schroedel, Jennifer L. Merolla, and Randall Gonzalez. 2013. “Charismatic Rhetoric in the 2008 Presidential Campaign: Commonalities and Differences.” 2013. Presidential Studies Quarterly 43(1): 101-128. [Wiley Online Library]

  • Barreto, Matt A., Jennifer L. Merolla, and Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto. 2011. “Multiple Dimensions of Mobilization: The Effect of Direct Contact and Political Ads on Latino Turnout in the 2000 Presidential Election.” Journal of Political Marketing 10(4): 303-327. [Taylor & Francis Online]

  • Benson, Brett V., Jennifer L. Merolla, and John G. Geer. 2011. “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back? Bias in the 2008 Presidential Election.” Electoral Studies 30(4): 607-620. [Science Direct]

  • Holman, Mirya R., Jennifer L. Merolla, and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2011. “Sex, Stereotypes, and Security: A Study of the Effects of Terrorist Threat on Assessments of Female Political Leadership” Women, Politics, & Policy 32(3): 173-192. [Taylor & Francis Online]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2011. “The Nature, Determinants, and Consequences of Chávez’s Charisma: Evidence from a Study of Venezuelan Public Opinion.” Comparative Political Studies 44: 28-54. [Sage Journals]

  • Bligh, Michelle, Jennifer L. Merolla, Jean Reith Schroedel, and Randall Gonzalez. 2010. “Finding her Voice: Hillary Clinton’s Rhetoric in the 2008 Presidential Campaign” Women’s Studies 39: 823-850. [Taylor & Francis Online]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2009. “Terrorist Threat, Leadership and the Vote: Evidence from Three Experiments.” Political Behavior 31(4): 575-601. [Springer Link]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2009. “Las Percepciones de Liderazgo en el Contexto de las Elecciones Mexicanas de 2006.” Política y Gobierno volumen temático (special issue): 41-81. [Open file here]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L. 2009. “The Effect of Information Signals on Strategic Voting in Mock Mayoral Elections.” Political Behavior 31(3): 379-399. [Springer Link]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., Laura B. Stephenson, and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2008. “Can Canadians take a Hint? The (In)Effectiveness of Party Labels as Shortcuts in Canada.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 41(3): 673-696. [Cambridge University Press]

  • Coan, Travis, Jennifer L. Merolla, Laura B. Stephenson, and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2008. “It’s not Easy Being Green: Minor Party Labels as Heuristic Aids.” Political Psychology 29(3): 389-405. [Wiley Online Library]

  • Merolla, Jennifer, Jean Reith Schroedel, and Mirya Rose Holman. 2007. “The Paradox of Protestantism and Women in Elected Office in the United States.” Women, Politics, & Policy 28(1): 77-100. [Taylor & Francis Online]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., and Laura B. Stephenson. 2007. “Strategic Voting in Canada: A Cross-Time Analysis.” Electoral Studies 26(2): 235-246. [Science Direct]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., Laura B. Stephenson and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2007. “La Aplicación de Los Métodos Experimentales en El Estudio de Los Atajos Informativos en México.” Política y Gobierno 14 (1): 117- 142. [Open file here]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., Jennifer M. Ramos, and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2007. “Crisis, Charisma, and Consequences: An Experimental Study during the 2004 U.S. Election.” Journal of Politics 69(1): 30-42. [Wiley Online Library]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., and Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto. 2006. “Vota por tu Futuro: Partisan Mobilization of Latino Voters in the 2000 Presidential Election.” Political Behavior 4: 285-304. [Springer Link]

  • Stephenson, Laura B., Jennifer L. Merolla, Carole J. Wilson, and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2005. “Globalization, Globalizacion, Globalisation: Public Opinion and NAFTA.” Law and Business Review of the Americas: Summer/Fall. [Open file here]

  • Schroedel, Jean Reith, Jennifer L. Merolla, and Pamela Foerstel. 2005. “Women’s Relative Lack of Electoral Success in the United States.” Human Rights Global Focus 2: 5-13.

  • Merolla, Jennifer, Michael Munger, and Michael Tofias. 2005. “In Play: A Commentary on Strategies in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election.” Public Choice 123: 19-37. [Springer Link]

Book Chapters

  • Maldonado, Arturo, Jennifer L. Merolla, and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2019. “Public Opinion, the Specter of Violence, and Democracy in Contemporary Peru.” In Soifer, Hillel David and Alberto Vergara, Eds. Politics after Violence: Legacies of the Shining Path Conflict in Peru. Austin: University of Texas Press. pp. 250-284. [University of Texas Press]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., Laura B. Stephenson and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2016. “Deciding Correctly: Variance in the Use of Party Cues.” In Blais, André, Jean-François Laslier, Karine Van der Straeten, Eds. Voting Experiments. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. pp. 19-42. [Springer]

  • Cargile, Ivy A.M., Jennifer L. Merolla, and Jean Reith Schroedel. 2016. “Intersectionality and Latino/a Candidate Evaluation.” 2016. In Navarro, Sharon, Samantha L. Hernandez and Leslie A. Navarro, eds. Latinas in American Politics. London: Lexington Books. pp. 39-60. [Amazon]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., and Raul Madrid Jr. 2016. “The Value and Challenges of Using Local Ethical Review in Comparative Politics Experiments.” In Desposato, Scott, ed. Ethics and Experiments: Problems and Solutions for Social Scientists and Policy Professionals. New York and London: Routledge. pp. 99-112. [Routledge]

  • Boussalis, Constantine, Jennifer L. Merolla, and Caryn Peiffer. 2015. “Identity and Public Support for North American Integration.” In Hurrelmann, Achim and Steffen Schneider, eds. The Legitimacy of Regional Integration in Europe and the Americas. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 98-116. [Palgrave Macmillan]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., and Paul Pulido. 2014. “Follow the Leader: Major Policy Changes to Homeland Security and Terrorism Policy.” In Jenkins, Jeffrey A. and Sidney M. Milkis, ed. The Politics of Major Policy Reform in the U.S.: From WWII to the Present. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 253-281. [Amazon]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., Adrian D. Pantoja, and Ivy A.M. Cargile. 2014. “The Effects of Media Framing on Attitudes toward Undocumented Immigration.” In Carty, Victoria and Tekle M. Woldemikael, ed. Scholars and Southern California Immigrants in Dialogue. Lexington Books. pp. 41-68. [Rowman & Littlefield]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., Jennifer M. Ramos, and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. 2011. “Authoritarianism, Need for Closure, and Conditions of Threat.” In Hogg, Michael A. and Danielle L. Blaylock, ed. Extremism and the Psychology of Uncertainty. Boston: Wiley-Blackwell. pp 212-227. [Wiley Online Library]

  • Merolla, Jennifer L., Jean Reith Schroedel, and Scott Waller. 2009. “Evangelical Strength and the Representation of Women and Gays.” In Brint, Steven and Jean Reith Schroedel, eds. Evangelicals and Democracy in America, Vol 1. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. [Russell Sage]

  • DeFrancesco Soto, Victoria M., and Jennifer L. Merolla. 2008. "Se Habla Espanol: Ethnic Campaign Strategies and Latino Voting Behavior." In Haynie, Kerry and Jane Junn, eds. New Race Politics in America: Understanding Minority and Immigrant Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press. [Cambridge University Press]