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Matthew (Matt) Luttig
Associate Professor of Political Science
PhD, University of Minnesota
±«Óătv, Department of Political Science
Associate Professor, July 2023 - Present
Assistant Professor, July 2017 - June 2023
University of Chicago, Department of Political Science
Postdoctoral Scholar, January 2016 â July 2017
Luttig, Matthew D. Forthcoming. "Lessons from Russian Literature for Political Science: Reflections on Gary Saul Morson's Wonder Confronts Certainty." Perspectives on Political Science.
Luttig, Matthew D. 2024. "Cognitive Closure and the Rise of U.S. Partisan Polarization." Politics and Rights Review. https://politicsrights.com/cognitive-closure-us-partisan-polarization/
Luttig, Matthew D. 2024. "The best books to open your mind and reduce political polarization." https://shepherd.com/best-books/open-your-mind-reduce-political-polarization
Luttig, Matthew D. The Closed Partisan Mind: A New Psychology of American Polarization. 2023. Cornell University Press.
Luttig, Matthew D. 2021. "Reconsidering the Relationship between Authoritarianism and Republican Support in 2016 and Beyond." The Journal of Politics.
Chen, Phil, and Matthew D. Luttig. 2021. "Communicating Policy Information in a Partisan Environment: The Importance of Causal Policy Narratives in Political Persuasion." Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties.
Cohen, Cathy J., and Matthew D. Luttig. 2020. âReconceptualizing Political Knowledge: Race, Ethnicity, and Carceral Violence.â Perspectives on Politics.
Luttig, Matthew D. 2018. âThe âPrejudiced Personalityâ and the Origins of Partisan Strength, Affective Polarization, and Partisan Sorting.â Advances in Political Psychology, 39.S1: 239-256.
Luttig, Matthew D., Christopher M. Federico, and Howard Lavine. 2017. âSupporters and Opponents of Donald Trump Respond Differently to Racial Cues: An Experimental Analysis.â Research and Politics, 4(4): 1-8.
Luttig, Matthew D. 2017. âAuthoritarianism and Affective Polarization: A New View on the Origins of Partisan Extremism.â Public Opinion Quarterly, 81(4): 866-895.
Luttig, Matthew D.and Matthew P. Motta. 2017. âPresident Obama on the Ballot: Referendum Voting and Racial Spillover in the 2014 Midterm Elections.â Electoral Studies, 50: 80-90.
Luttig, Matthew D. 2017. âObama, race, and the Republican landslide in 2010.â Politics, Groups, and Identities, 5(2): 197-219.
Cohen, Cathy J., Matthew D. Luttig, and Jon C. Rogowski. âMay/June 2017 GenForward Reportâ Topics: A Report on the Lived Economic Lives of Millennials.
Cohen, Cathy J., Matthew D. Luttig, and Jon C. Rogowski. âJanuary 2017 GenForward Reportâ Topics: Obama vs. Trump in the Minds of Millennials
Cohen, Cathy J., Matthew D. Luttig, and Jon C. Rogowski. âDecember 2016 GenForward Reportâ Topics: Understanding the Millennial Vote in 2016: Findings from GenForward
Luttig, Matthew D., and Timothy Callaghan. 2016. âIs President Obama's Race Chronically Accessible? Racial Priming in the 2012 Presidential Election.â Political Communication, 33(4): 628-650.
Luttig, Matthew D., and Howard Lavine. 2016. âIssue Frames, Personality, and Political Persuasion.â American Politics Research, 44(3), 448-470.
Chen, Philip G., Jacob Appleby, Eugene Borgida ⊠Matthew D. Luttig,et al. 2014. âThe Minnesota Multi Investigator 2012 Presidential Election Panel Study.â Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy,14(1): 78-104.
Luttig, Matthew D. 2013. âThe Structure of Inequality and Americansâ Attitudes toward Redistribution.â Public Opinion Quarterly, 77(3): 811-821.
Literature; literature and politics; humanistic psychology; philosophy of the social sciences