Brian F Harrison
Biographic Data
| ID | 227255 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian F Harrison |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian F |
| FAMILY NAME | Harrison |
| SIGNATURE | HARRISON B F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7896-5353 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 135 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Politics Should Be a Drag: Why Political Science Needs to Take Drag Seriously
Drag has a long history in the LGBTQ community as a means of political engagement, activism, protest, and community building. Today, drag is popular in the LGBTQ community and in the rest of society. At the same time, it is routinely a target of conservative backlash against the LGBTQ community. Despite drag’s inherently political nature, political science has failed to engage substantially with the influence of drag. This article offers a justif…
Sexual orientation and vote choice: How race affects support of openly-gay candidates
The increasing number of Black LGBTQ candidates and elected officials suggests that voters are being asked to evaluate their candidacies more often. These scenarios raise the question about how voters—particularly white voters—respond to these candidates, including in non-partisan races such as primaries. In this study, we test how sharing information about a candidate's racial and sexual identity affects support from white and Black voters. Data…
Ties that Bind: The Effects of Transgender Contact on Transphobia
Allport's Theory of Interpersonal Contact suggests that coming into contact with a member of an outgroup should increase support for that outgroup. Previous studies find mixed results when applying Allport's theory to reported contact with transgender people. We posit that this is due to imprecise and aggregated measures of contact and a lack of attention to the differences between contact that is ephemeral or ongoing and voluntary or obligatory.…
LGBTQ Scholarship: Researcher Identity and Ingroup Positionality
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A Change is Gonna Come: How to Have Effective Political Conversations in a Divided America
Get your head out of your @*&. Snowflake. You’re an idiot. Stupid liberal. Ignorant conservative. It can feel good to use a disparaging name and dismiss a divergent belief or opinion but it turns people off from genuine engagement. At best, feelings are hurt and family and friends decide to avoid political discussions altogether. Often social groups break apart. How can deliberative democracy survive if we can’t even speak to people with whom we …
Change Is Gonna Come: How to Have Effective Political Conversations in a Divided America
Gender, Masculinity Threat, and Support for Transgender Rights: An Experimental Study
Using experiments to understand public attitudes towards transgender rights
While lesbian, gay, and bisexual Americans have seen recent legal victories and declining explicit discrimination, transgender and gender non-conforming individuals (TGNC) remain astoundingly vulnerable. An area of recent public debate is the right of transgender individuals to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity, regardless of the sex they were assigned at birth. Little is known, however, about how the public forms their v…
What’s Love Got To Do With It: Emotion, Rationality, and Framing LGBT Rights
Recent years have a seen a dramatic and rapid shift in attitudes about same-sex marriage—quite possibly one of the largest shifts in public opinion ever recorded. Another shift has occurred regarding the framing of persuasive appeals by gay rights advocacy organizations. Earlier campaigns focused on rationality by highlighting the idea of equal rights for Lesbian Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender individuals; more recent campaigns have focused on lo…
More Than a Game: Football Fans and Marriage Equality
Public opinion tends to be stable. Once formed, attitudes are persistent and endure over time at both the individual and the aggregate levels. Attitudes toward marriage equality, however, have changed rapidly in recent years. This article posits that this is partly due to people learning that other members of their in-groups are supporters; they then alter their own opinions to be consistent with those of other in-group members. The authors teste…
Bully Partisan or Partisan Bully: Partisanship, Elite Polarization, and U.S. Presidential Communication
Objective The objective of the study was to investigate the impact of perceptions of elite polarization on presidential communication. Polarization among political elites has been a well‐studied aspect of political science scholarship. Party competition is seen as healthy for democracy; however, polarization often leads to gridlock and legislative inaction. There is ongoing debate about how elite polarization affects individual attitude formation…
God and Marriage: The Impact of Religious Identity Priming on Attitudes Toward Same‐Sex Marriage
Objective We hypothesize that priming a shared in‐group identity can lead to openness to attitudinal change, even on highly polarized issues. Specifically, we test whether priming a shared identity as a religious person can generate willingness to voice support for same‐sex marriage. Methods We conduct a randomized survey experiment using the SocialSci platform, exposing religious and secular respondents to religious and anonymous primes about sa…
Public Preferences for Bipartisanship in the Policymaking Process
At a time of a high level of polarization inCongress, public opinion surveys routinely find thatAmericans want politicians to compromise. When evaluating legislation, does the preference for bipartisanship in the legislative process trump partisan identities? We find that it does not. We conduct two experiments in which we alter aspects of the political context to see how people respond to parties (not) coming together to achieve broadly popular …
Not That There’s Anything Wrong with That: The Effect of Personalized Appeals on Marriage Equality Campaigns
Public Preferences for Bipartisanship in the Policymaking Process
At a time of a high level of polarization inCongress, public opinion surveys routinely find thatAmericans want politicians to compromise. When evaluating legislation, does the preference for bipartisanship in the legislative process trump partisan identities? We find that it does not. We conduct two experiments in which we alter aspects of the political context to see how people respond to parties (not) coming together to achieve broadly popular …
Gender, Masculinity Threat, and Support for Transgender Rights: An Experimental Study
Not That There’s Anything Wrong with That: The Effect of Personalized Appeals on Marriage Equality Campaigns
Using experiments to understand public attitudes towards transgender rights
While lesbian, gay, and bisexual Americans have seen recent legal victories and declining explicit discrimination, transgender and gender non-conforming individuals (TGNC) remain astoundingly vulnerable. An area of recent public debate is the right of transgender individuals to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity, regardless of the sex they were assigned at birth. Little is known, however, about how the public forms their v…
What’s Love Got To Do With It: Emotion, Rationality, and Framing LGBT Rights
Recent years have a seen a dramatic and rapid shift in attitudes about same-sex marriage—quite possibly one of the largest shifts in public opinion ever recorded. Another shift has occurred regarding the framing of persuasive appeals by gay rights advocacy organizations. Earlier campaigns focused on rationality by highlighting the idea of equal rights for Lesbian Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender individuals; more recent campaigns have focused on lo…
Ties that Bind: The Effects of Transgender Contact on Transphobia
Allport's Theory of Interpersonal Contact suggests that coming into contact with a member of an outgroup should increase support for that outgroup. Previous studies find mixed results when applying Allport's theory to reported contact with transgender people. We posit that this is due to imprecise and aggregated measures of contact and a lack of attention to the differences between contact that is ephemeral or ongoing and voluntary or obligatory.…
God and Marriage: The Impact of Religious Identity Priming on Attitudes Toward Same‐Sex Marriage
Objective We hypothesize that priming a shared in‐group identity can lead to openness to attitudinal change, even on highly polarized issues. Specifically, we test whether priming a shared identity as a religious person can generate willingness to voice support for same‐sex marriage. Methods We conduct a randomized survey experiment using the SocialSci platform, exposing religious and secular respondents to religious and anonymous primes about sa…
More Than a Game: Football Fans and Marriage Equality
Public opinion tends to be stable. Once formed, attitudes are persistent and endure over time at both the individual and the aggregate levels. Attitudes toward marriage equality, however, have changed rapidly in recent years. This article posits that this is partly due to people learning that other members of their in-groups are supporters; they then alter their own opinions to be consistent with those of other in-group members. The authors teste…
LGBTQ Scholarship: Researcher Identity and Ingroup Positionality
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Sexual orientation and vote choice: How race affects support of openly-gay candidates
The increasing number of Black LGBTQ candidates and elected officials suggests that voters are being asked to evaluate their candidacies more often. These scenarios raise the question about how voters—particularly white voters—respond to these candidates, including in non-partisan races such as primaries. In this study, we test how sharing information about a candidate's racial and sexual identity affects support from white and Black voters. Data…
Bully Partisan or Partisan Bully: Partisanship, Elite Polarization, and U.S. Presidential Communication
Objective The objective of the study was to investigate the impact of perceptions of elite polarization on presidential communication. Polarization among political elites has been a well‐studied aspect of political science scholarship. Party competition is seen as healthy for democracy; however, polarization often leads to gridlock and legislative inaction. There is ongoing debate about how elite polarization affects individual attitude formation…
Not That There’s Anything Wrong with That: The Effect of Personalized Appeals on Marriage Equality Campaigns
Public Preferences for Bipartisanship in the Policymaking Process
At a time of a high level of polarization inCongress, public opinion surveys routinely find thatAmericans want politicians to compromise. When evaluating legislation, does the preference for bipartisanship in the legislative process trump partisan identities? We find that it does not. We conduct two experiments in which we alter aspects of the political context to see how people respond to parties (not) coming together to achieve broadly popular …
God and Marriage: The Impact of Religious Identity Priming on Attitudes Toward Same‐Sex Marriage
Objective We hypothesize that priming a shared in‐group identity can lead to openness to attitudinal change, even on highly polarized issues. Specifically, we test whether priming a shared identity as a religious person can generate willingness to voice support for same‐sex marriage. Methods We conduct a randomized survey experiment using the SocialSci platform, exposing religious and secular respondents to religious and anonymous primes about sa…
More Than a Game: Football Fans and Marriage Equality
Public opinion tends to be stable. Once formed, attitudes are persistent and endure over time at both the individual and the aggregate levels. Attitudes toward marriage equality, however, have changed rapidly in recent years. This article posits that this is partly due to people learning that other members of their in-groups are supporters; they then alter their own opinions to be consistent with those of other in-group members. The authors teste…
Bully Partisan or Partisan Bully: Partisanship, Elite Polarization, and U.S. Presidential Communication
Objective The objective of the study was to investigate the impact of perceptions of elite polarization on presidential communication. Polarization among political elites has been a well‐studied aspect of political science scholarship. Party competition is seen as healthy for democracy; however, polarization often leads to gridlock and legislative inaction. There is ongoing debate about how elite polarization affects individual attitude formation…
Using experiments to understand public attitudes towards transgender rights
While lesbian, gay, and bisexual Americans have seen recent legal victories and declining explicit discrimination, transgender and gender non-conforming individuals (TGNC) remain astoundingly vulnerable. An area of recent public debate is the right of transgender individuals to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity, regardless of the sex they were assigned at birth. Little is known, however, about how the public forms their v…
What’s Love Got To Do With It: Emotion, Rationality, and Framing LGBT Rights
Recent years have a seen a dramatic and rapid shift in attitudes about same-sex marriage—quite possibly one of the largest shifts in public opinion ever recorded. Another shift has occurred regarding the framing of persuasive appeals by gay rights advocacy organizations. Earlier campaigns focused on rationality by highlighting the idea of equal rights for Lesbian Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender individuals; more recent campaigns have focused on lo…
Gender, Masculinity Threat, and Support for Transgender Rights: An Experimental Study
A Change is Gonna Come: How to Have Effective Political Conversations in a Divided America
Get your head out of your @*&. Snowflake. You’re an idiot. Stupid liberal. Ignorant conservative. It can feel good to use a disparaging name and dismiss a divergent belief or opinion but it turns people off from genuine engagement. At best, feelings are hurt and family and friends decide to avoid political discussions altogether. Often social groups break apart. How can deliberative democracy survive if we can’t even speak to people with whom we …
Change Is Gonna Come: How to Have Effective Political Conversations in a Divided America
LGBTQ Scholarship: Researcher Identity and Ingroup Positionality
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Sexual orientation and vote choice: How race affects support of openly-gay candidates
The increasing number of Black LGBTQ candidates and elected officials suggests that voters are being asked to evaluate their candidacies more often. These scenarios raise the question about how voters—particularly white voters—respond to these candidates, including in non-partisan races such as primaries. In this study, we test how sharing information about a candidate's racial and sexual identity affects support from white and Black voters. Data…
Ties that Bind: The Effects of Transgender Contact on Transphobia
Allport's Theory of Interpersonal Contact suggests that coming into contact with a member of an outgroup should increase support for that outgroup. Previous studies find mixed results when applying Allport's theory to reported contact with transgender people. We posit that this is due to imprecise and aggregated measures of contact and a lack of attention to the differences between contact that is ephemeral or ongoing and voluntary or obligatory.…
Politics Should Be a Drag: Why Political Science Needs to Take Drag Seriously
Drag has a long history in the LGBTQ community as a means of political engagement, activism, protest, and community building. Today, drag is popular in the LGBTQ community and in the rest of society. At the same time, it is routinely a target of conservative backlash against the LGBTQ community. Despite drag’s inherently political nature, political science has failed to engage substantially with the influence of drag. This article offers a justif…
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