Faculty & Research Published Research Research Education Economics Social Psychology Health Policy Social Entrepreneurship Environmental Policy Ethics Leadership Racial Justice and Equity National Security Political Science Domestic Policy & Politics International and Global Affairs Democracy Social Equity International Development Research and Commentary (-) Advocacy Facet Area of Focus - Research Christine Mahoney Sophie Trawalter Facet People - Research Facet UVA Partner - Research Working Paper Advocacy Can Congress Do Policy Analysis? The Politics of Problem Solving on Capitol Hill Authors: Eric Patashnik, Justin Peck The conventional wisdom is that the U.S. Congress is not well-structured to do policy analysis. According to the received view, Congress’s internal organization is inconsistent with analytical perceptions and definitions of policy issues. Learn more Published Research Advocacy Measuring interest group framing strategies in public policy debates Authors: Christine Mahoney, Heike Klüver Framing plays an important role in lobbying, as interest groups strategically highlight some aspects of policy proposals while ignoring others to shape policy debates in their favour. However, due to methodological difficulties, we have remarkably little systematic data about the framing strategies of interest groups. Learn more Published Research Advocacy Racial Bias in Perceptions of Others’ Pain Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Kelly M. Hoffman, Adam Waytz The present work provides evidence that people assume a priori that Blacks feel less pain than do Whites. It also demonstrates that this bias is rooted in perceptions of status and the privilege (or hardship) status confers, not race per se. Archival data from the National Football League injury reports reveal that, relative to injured White players, injured Black players are deemed more likely to play in a subsequent game, possibly because people assume they feel less pain. Learn more
Working Paper Advocacy Can Congress Do Policy Analysis? The Politics of Problem Solving on Capitol Hill Authors: Eric Patashnik, Justin Peck The conventional wisdom is that the U.S. Congress is not well-structured to do policy analysis. According to the received view, Congress’s internal organization is inconsistent with analytical perceptions and definitions of policy issues. Learn more
Published Research Advocacy Measuring interest group framing strategies in public policy debates Authors: Christine Mahoney, Heike Klüver Framing plays an important role in lobbying, as interest groups strategically highlight some aspects of policy proposals while ignoring others to shape policy debates in their favour. However, due to methodological difficulties, we have remarkably little systematic data about the framing strategies of interest groups. Learn more
Published Research Advocacy Racial Bias in Perceptions of Others’ Pain Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Kelly M. Hoffman, Adam Waytz The present work provides evidence that people assume a priori that Blacks feel less pain than do Whites. It also demonstrates that this bias is rooted in perceptions of status and the privilege (or hardship) status confers, not race per se. Archival data from the National Football League injury reports reveal that, relative to injured White players, injured Black players are deemed more likely to play in a subsequent game, possibly because people assume they feel less pain. Learn more