The Racial Identity and Racial Attitudes of White Democrats
Gabriel Lenz, Professor
Political Science
Closed. This professor is continuing with Fall 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Spring 2025.
Research apprentices will assist with a project studying the racial identity and racial attitudes of white Democrats. This group has become markedly more liberal on race-related issues over the past decade, and scholars don’t know exactly why. This projects help to explain this shift by exploring how white survey respondents with different political orientations answer questions about their racial identity compared with Black respondents.
Role: Day-to-day work will consist of coding sentiments expressed in open-ended survey responses. Final coding decisions will be based on consensus between two coders, with discrepancies reconciled through discussion between the coders and the supervisor.
Qualifications: Attention to detail and excellent communication skills. We will use Google Sheets for coding survey responses.
Hours: 3-5 hrs
Off-Campus Research Site: Off-campus research site: working in-person or on Zoom negotiable.
Social Sciences