I am an associate professor of political science @UBuffalo.

Buffalo, NY
Joined May 2017
If the end times and conflict with the forces of evil are coming, what is a person to do? Prepare! In OA research at @PandRJournal @adkinsjm @PaulDjupe & @JacobNeiheisel find a tight link between apocalyptic beliefs and prepping incl stockpiling guns. religioninpublic.blog/2023/0…
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“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo, buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” The above sentence actually means something and is grammatically correct. Come with us on this journey where the buffalo roam.
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New #OpEd! @UBuffalo professor @JacobNeiheisel explains how cultures wars impact political parties. #culturewars #midterms2022 #uspolitics dividedwefall.org/winning-cu…
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Views About the Religious Composition of the Parties Affect Polarization. New research out in Political Behavior by Claassen, Djupe, Lewis, and Neiheisel. religioninpublic.blog/2019/1…
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Highly read award winning paper by @PaulDjupe @JacobNeiheisel & @DrKimConger is in the latest @PRQjournal issue: "Are the Politics of the Christian Right Linked to State Rates of the Nonreligious? The Importance of Salient Controversy". doi.org/10.1177/106591291877…
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Jacob Neiheisel retweeted
Regular churchgoing doesn’t make Trump voters more moderate. It makes them more enthusiastic for Trump. ift.tt/2QFj9pP
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Since it is #NationalVoterRegistrationDay: natural experiment by @bcburden and @JacobNeiheisel show that administrative capacities of local election officials are important moderators of the effect that registration has on turnout. doi.org/10.1177/106591291143…
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Working class academics: Be proud of your roots, be proud of your accent, your dialect, your swears and be proud of the fact that you mispronounce words you have only ever read in books cos you never heard anyone say them. You’re on your way to something brilliant. We need you!
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Award winning article "Are the Politics of the Christian Right Linked to State Rates of the Nonreligious? The Importance of Salient Controversy", by @PaulDjupe @JacobNeiheisel & @DrKimConger can be found journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…. Congratulations!
Congratulations to @PaulDjupe @JacobNeiheisel & @DrKimConger for winning the @APSAtweets best paper in religion & politics! It’s a great article, which you can find in @PRQjournal.
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Apparently, this is happening (w/ @JacobNeiheisel and @DrKimConger). I've never won an award before, so this is pretty special. Thanks R&P Section!
Congratulations to @PaulDjupe @JacobNeiheisel & @DrKimConger for winning the @APSAtweets best paper in religion & politics! It’s a great article, which you can find in @PRQjournal.
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If the CR's anti-gay stances drove libs and mods out of religion, it only should do so when people know about it. State rates of de-identification follow patterns of the CR in salient controversy. Research with @JacobNeiheisel and @DrKimConger
When Winning is Losing: How the Christian Right Undermined Religion in the US religioninpublic.blog/2018/0…
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Exposure to discussion and disagreement does not discourage women from political participation any more than men bit.ly/2o9Va85
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#FirstView from @PandRJournal - Mosque Involvement and Political Engagement in the United States - Aubrey Westfall - ow.ly/ldZx30jTe6D
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.@ryanburge takes aim at a basic question: Are People Leaving the Church? The answer is not so straightforward. Committed believers are staying that way. "Never attenders" are on the rise. religioninpublic.blog/2018/0…
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New paper forthcoming at QJE: "Religious Competition and Reallocation" Has a fascinating result: "Our findings indicate that the Reformation played an important causal role in the secularization of the West." #SocSciResearch jeremiahdittmar.com/files/RR…
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better government services are related to lower religiosity among countries and US states; from 2008-2013, better government services in a year predicted lower religiosity 1 to 2 years later, especially if associated with life quality #SocSciResearch journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…
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New ungated @PRQjournal article by @PaulDjupe, @JacobNeiheisel and Kimberly Conger, "Are the Politics of the Christian Right Linked to State Rates of the Nonreligious?" #SocSciResearch buff.ly/2Fvbc0n
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States with gay marriage bans & strong Christian Right influence saw greater increases in people identifying as having No religion Ungated #SocSciResearch journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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Kicking of the #NewAgendas conference @moodycollege with a conversation between @DrSharonspeaks and 2018 TX-21 Republican primary candidate @utsarver.
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