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51����, 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 – July 2017 

Ph.D.  Political Science, University of Minnesota, 2016

• America as a Democracy
• Campaigns and Voting Behavior
• Political Psychology
• News Media and the Political Process
• Senior seminar on Conspiracy Theories and Fake News

Luttig, Matthew D. "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. "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. Forthcoming. "Reconsidering the Relationship between Authoritarianism and Republican Support in 2016 and Beyond." The Journal of Politics.

Chen, Phil, and Matthew D. Luttig. Forthcoming. "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. Forthcoming. “Reconceptualizing Political Knowledge: Race, Ethnicity, and Carceral Violence.” Perspectives on Politics.

Luttig, Matthew D. 2018. “The ‘Prejudiced Personality’ and the Origins of Partisan Strength, Affective Polarization, and Partisan Sorting.” Advances in Political Psychology, 39.S1: 239-256.

Luttig, Matthew D., Christopher M. Federico, and Howard Lavine. 2017. “Supporters and Opponents of Donald Trump Respond Differently to Racial Cues: An Experimental Analysis.” Research and Politics, 4(4): 1-8.

Luttig, Matthew D. 2017. “Authoritarianism and Affective Polarization: A New View on the Origins of Partisan Extremism.” Public Opinion Quarterly, 81(4): 866-895.

Luttig, Matthew D.and Matthew P. Motta. 2017. “President Obama on the Ballot: Referendum Voting and Racial Spillover in the 2014 Midterm Elections.” Electoral Studies, 50: 80-90.

Luttig, Matthew D. 2017. “Obama, race, and the Republican landslide in 2010.” Politics, Groups, and Identities, 5(2): 197-219.

Cohen, Cathy J., Matthew D. Luttig, and Jon C. Rogowski. “May/June 2017 GenForward Report” Topics: A Report on the Lived Economic Lives of Millennials.

Cohen, Cathy J., Matthew D. Luttig, and Jon C. Rogowski. “January 2017 GenForward Report” Topics: Obama vs. Trump in the Minds of Millennials

Cohen, Cathy J., Matthew D. Luttig, and Jon C. Rogowski. “December 2016 GenForward Report” Topics: Understanding the Millennial Vote in 2016: Findings from GenForward

Luttig, Matthew D., and Timothy Callaghan. 2016. “Is President Obama's Race Chronically Accessible? Racial Priming in the 2012 Presidential Election.” Political Communication, 33(4): 628-650.

Luttig, Matthew D., and Howard Lavine. 2016. “Issue Frames, Personality, and Political Persuasion.” American Politics Research, 44(3), 448-470.

Chen, Philip G., Jacob Appleby, Eugene Borgida … Matthew D. Luttig,et al. 2014. “The Minnesota Multi Investigator 2012 Presidential Election Panel Study.” Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy,14(1): 78-104.

Luttig, Matthew D. 2013. “The Structure of Inequality and Americans’ Attitudes toward Redistribution.” Public Opinion Quarterly, 77(3): 811-821.