 Professor
Kent
E. Portney - Quantitative Methods, Public Policy, Political Behavior
Student Research
Research on the Political and Civic Engagement of Young People:
Student Research from PS 78: The Political
Behavior of Young People, Fall 2007
Note: These papers represent original analysis
of one or more of the youth political and civic
engagement data sets available through the
CIRCLE web site or the Tisch College "National
Survey of Political and Civic Engagement of
Young People Surveys."The papers are unedited,
and are copyrighted by the respective authors.
(in alphabetic order of the student authors)
- Madeleine Buras, The Effects of Religion on the
Political Engagement of Young People.
- MacKenzie Carlson,
Effects of External Efficacy
on Political Participation: A Multigenerational
Analysis of Efficacy.
- Zach Greenky, Youth, Trust and Political
Participation.
- Jeff Hamilton, The Effects of Politically
Motivated Internet Use on the Political
Engagement of Youth.
- Emily Hellman, Outside Contact and Young Voter
Responsiveness: An Analysis of Voter
Mobilization Techniques and Youth.
- Rebecca Hughes, Drawing Connections Between
Race, Media, and Voting Behavior.
- Shana Hurley, The Civic-Political Divide: Is it
worth the hype?
- Melissa Jones, Parental Influence on the
Political Participation of Young People.
- Dean Ladin, Civic Education and the Voting
Behavior of College Students.
- Amanda Nover, The Rosy Side of Teenage Peer
Pressure.
Student Research from PS 115:
Public Opinion and Survey Research, Fall 2007
Note: These papers represent original analysis
of data from the 2007 Tisch College “National
Survey of Political and Civic Engagement of
Young People Survey,” which was the product of
this class. The papers are unedited, and are
copyrighted by the respective authors.
(in alphabetic order of the student authors)
- Stephanie E. Brown,
Majoring in Success: The Influence of
College Studies on Youth Civic Engagement.
- Maggie Chaitman,
Tuning in and Turning Out: An
assessment of the relationship between media
exposure and electoral participation among
Americans ages 18 to 24.
- John Dawley, Parental Influences on the
Political Behavior of College Students.
- Jake Gross, The Influence of Parents in the
Voting Behavior of Young People: A Look at the
National Civic and Political Engagement of Young
People Survey and the 2008 Presidential Election.
- Sari Haime, Educational Levels and Degree of
Civic Engagement: Are They Connected?
- Leslie Hayward,
Changes political and civic
forms of engagement by age in college students.
- Marlee Kutcher, Determinants of Political
Ideology Among Young People.
- Kevin Lownds, "Political Ideology"
and "Economic Ideology" Among College and Non-College Young People
- Rafi Nolan-Abrahamian,
The Role of Socioeconomic
Status in Determining Political Participation
among College and Non-College Students.
- Sam Perrone,
Political Ideology and Community
Outreach Among Young People.
- Alexandra Pryor,
Liberal Arts Breeding Liberal
Minds?
- Rob Seiden, Parental Influences on the Political
Ideologies of Young People.
- William Sokoloff,
Impartiality in Televised News
and its Influence on Youth Audiences.
- Stephanie Viola, The Effect of External
Political Efficacy on Electoral Participation.
- Matthew Whitehead,
Gender and Political
Attitudes of Young People.
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