Kristina M Laplant
Biographic Data
| ID | 4044236 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristina M Laplant |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristina M |
| FAMILY NAME | Laplant |
| SIGNATURE | LAPLANT K M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–La Crosse |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8716-7094 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
No laughing matter
As more women enter the political arena, particularly during an era of intense polarization and negative campaigning, surprisingly few studies have examined the efficacy of political attack advertising through the lens of gender stereotypes. Relying on the premises of affective intelligence theory, I argue that emotional cues in attack advertisements can influence the accessibility of gender stereotypes to viewers. This experimental research exam…
Stopping the Steal and Selling the Big Lie
As our nation struggles to make sense of the pathologies of conspiracy thinking and hyper-polarization in our body politics, this study investigates why some members of the House GOP caucus used Twitter to promote conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 election. Our study first examines the predictors of conspiracy theory tweeting, and second, whether this messaging was related to voting for or against the certification of presidential election…
Cocked, Locked, and Loaded
What are the predictors of the five types of policy regimes on campus carry across the 50 U.S. states? This study explores the roles of problem environment, gun culture, state policy liberalism, region, and racial politics to answer that research question. We argue that morality policy, the role of region in the adoption of public policy, and the southern subculture of violence are useful theoretical lenses for examining campus carry. We find tha…
Christmas Trees, Presidents, and Mass Shootings
Objective This article explores the factors that influence gun purchases in the United States with particular attention to regional differences between the South and non‐South. Methods We use data collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Instant Criminal Background Check System to conduct a time‐series cross‐sectional analysis of monthly firearm background checks, a proxy for gun purchases, in each state from January 1999 to Ma…
Gender Differences in Emotional Reactions to the First 2016 Presidential Debate
Locked in a Box
Does exposure to activist political art influence citizens’ beliefs about solitary confinement? This research uniquely assesses the impact of exposure to an art exhibition on support for solitary confinement. It utilizes an experimental research design that involved randomly assigning half of the participants to enter a public art installment replicating a solitary confinement prison cell prior to completing a survey that measured opinions about …
Merging Undergraduate Teaching, Graduate Training, and Producing Research
Teaching undergraduate students, mentoring graduate students, and generating publishable research are distinct tasks for many political scientists. This article highlights lessons for merging these activities through experiences from an initiative that sparked a series of collaborative-research projects focused on opinions about crime and punishment in the United States. This article describes three collaborative projects conducted between 2015 a…
Gender Differences in Emotional Reactions to the First 2016 Presidential Debate
Cocked, Locked, and Loaded
What are the predictors of the five types of policy regimes on campus carry across the 50 U.S. states? This study explores the roles of problem environment, gun culture, state policy liberalism, region, and racial politics to answer that research question. We argue that morality policy, the role of region in the adoption of public policy, and the southern subculture of violence are useful theoretical lenses for examining campus carry. We find tha…
Christmas Trees, Presidents, and Mass Shootings
Objective This article explores the factors that influence gun purchases in the United States with particular attention to regional differences between the South and non‐South. Methods We use data collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Instant Criminal Background Check System to conduct a time‐series cross‐sectional analysis of monthly firearm background checks, a proxy for gun purchases, in each state from January 1999 to Ma…
Merging Undergraduate Teaching, Graduate Training, and Producing Research
Teaching undergraduate students, mentoring graduate students, and generating publishable research are distinct tasks for many political scientists. This article highlights lessons for merging these activities through experiences from an initiative that sparked a series of collaborative-research projects focused on opinions about crime and punishment in the United States. This article describes three collaborative projects conducted between 2015 a…
Merging Undergraduate Teaching, Graduate Training, and Producing Research
Teaching undergraduate students, mentoring graduate students, and generating publishable research are distinct tasks for many political scientists. This article highlights lessons for merging these activities through experiences from an initiative that sparked a series of collaborative-research projects focused on opinions about crime and punishment in the United States. This article describes three collaborative projects conducted between 2015 a…
Locked in a Box
Does exposure to activist political art influence citizens’ beliefs about solitary confinement? This research uniquely assesses the impact of exposure to an art exhibition on support for solitary confinement. It utilizes an experimental research design that involved randomly assigning half of the participants to enter a public art installment replicating a solitary confinement prison cell prior to completing a survey that measured opinions about …
Cocked, Locked, and Loaded
What are the predictors of the five types of policy regimes on campus carry across the 50 U.S. states? This study explores the roles of problem environment, gun culture, state policy liberalism, region, and racial politics to answer that research question. We argue that morality policy, the role of region in the adoption of public policy, and the southern subculture of violence are useful theoretical lenses for examining campus carry. We find tha…
Christmas Trees, Presidents, and Mass Shootings
Objective This article explores the factors that influence gun purchases in the United States with particular attention to regional differences between the South and non‐South. Methods We use data collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Instant Criminal Background Check System to conduct a time‐series cross‐sectional analysis of monthly firearm background checks, a proxy for gun purchases, in each state from January 1999 to Ma…
Gender Differences in Emotional Reactions to the First 2016 Presidential Debate
Stopping the Steal and Selling the Big Lie
As our nation struggles to make sense of the pathologies of conspiracy thinking and hyper-polarization in our body politics, this study investigates why some members of the House GOP caucus used Twitter to promote conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 election. Our study first examines the predictors of conspiracy theory tweeting, and second, whether this messaging was related to voting for or against the certification of presidential election…
No laughing matter
As more women enter the political arena, particularly during an era of intense polarization and negative campaigning, surprisingly few studies have examined the efficacy of political attack advertising through the lens of gender stereotypes. Relying on the premises of affective intelligence theory, I argue that emotional cues in attack advertisements can influence the accessibility of gender stereotypes to viewers. This experimental research exam…
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