Jason Barabas
Professor
Appointments
Director, Dartmouth Rockefeller Center for Public Policy
Professor, Department of Government
Area of Expertise
Public Policy, American Politics, Public Opinion, Research Design & Methodology
Education
A.B., Dartmouth College
Ph. D., Northwestern University
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Princeton University
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University
Publications
Jerit, Jennifer, Jason Barabas, Hwayong Shin, Molly Gahagen, and Scott May. Forthcoming in AY 2026-27. "Do 'Warm Glow' Feelings Affect Climate Mitigation Behaviors? A Field Experiment on Consumer Electric Energy Choices." Political Psychology.
Jerit, Jennifer, Hwayong Shin, and Jason Barabas. 2024. "Warm Glow Feelings Can Promote Green Behavior." PNAS Nexus 3(12): 509-13.
Jerit, Jennifer, and Jason Barabas. 2023. "Are Nonprobability Surveys Fit for Purpose?" Public Opinion Quarterly 87 (3): 816-40.
Kane, John V., Yamil R. Velez, and Jason Barabas. 2023. "Analyze the Attentive & Bypass Bias: Mock Vignette Checks in Survey Experiments." Political Science Research and Methods 11(2): 293-310.
Barabas, Jason, Benjamin Carter, and Kevin Shan. 2020. "Analogical Framing: How Policy Comparisons Alter Political Support for Health Care Reform." American Politics Research 48 (5): 596-611.
Kane, John V., and Jason Barabas. 2019. "No Harm in Checking: Using Factual Manipulation Checks to Assess Attentiveness in Experiments." American Journal of Political Science 63 (1/January): 234-49.
Jerit, Jennifer, and Jason Barabas. 2017. "Revisiting the Gender Gap in Political Knowledge." Political Behavior 38 (December): 817-38.
Barabas, Jason. 2016. "Democracy's Denominator: Reassessing Responsiveness with Public Opinion on the National Policy Agenda." Public Opinion Quarterly 80 (2): 437-59.
Barabas, Jason, Jennifer Jerit, William Pollock, and Carlisle Rainey. 2014. "The Question(s) of Political Knowledge." American Political Science Review 108 (November): 840-55.
Jerit, Jennifer, and Jason Barabas. 2012. "Partisan Perceptual Bias and the Information Environment." Journal of Politics 74 (July): 672-84.
Barabas, Jason, and Jennifer Jerit. 2010. "Are Survey Experiments Externally Valid?" American Political Science Review 104 (May): 226-42.
Barabas, Jason, and Jennifer Jerit. 2009. "Estimating the Causal Effects of Media Coverage on Policy-Specific Knowledge." American Journal of Political Science 53 (January): 73-89.
Barabas, Jason. 2006. "Rational Exuberance: The Stock Market and Public Support for Social Security Privatization." Journal of Politics 68 (February): 50-61.
Barabas, Jason. 2004. "How Deliberation Affects Policy Opinions." American Political Science Review 98 (November): 687-701.
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