Papers

Publications

Ekstrom, P.D., Gonzales, M.H., Williams, A.L., Weiner, E., & Aguilera, R (2024). On the Defensive: Language, identity, and partisan reactions to political scandal.

Ekstrom, P.D. & Lai, C.K. (2022). A good person shouldn’t feel this way: Moralized attitudes, identity, and self-esteem. Collabra: Psychology, 8: 36344.

Ekstrom, P.D., Le Forestier, J. M, & Lai, C.K. (2022). Racial disparities in police traffic stops are related to county-level racial attitudes. Psychological Science.

Lisnek, J., Wilkins, C., Wilson, M., & Ekstrom, P.D. (2022). Backlash against the #MeToo movement: How women’s voice causes men to feel victimized.

Ekstrom, P.D. & Lai, C.K. (2021). The Selective Communication of Political Information. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12, 789-800.

Ekstrom, P.D., Smith, B., Williams, A.L., & Kim, H. (2020). Social Networks and Reasoned Candidate Preferences. American Politics Research.

Ekstrom, P. D. & Federico, C. M. (2019) Personality and Political Preferences Over Time: Evidence from a multi-wave longitudinal study. Journal of Personality, 87, 398-412.

Federico, C. M. & Ekstrom, P.D. (2018). The Political Self: How identity aligns preferences with epistemic needs. Psychological Science, 29, 901–913.

Federico, C.M., Ekstrom, P.D., Reifen Tagar, M., Williams, A.L. (2016). Epistemic Motivation and the Structure of Moral Intuition: Dispositional Need for Closure as a Predictor of Individualizing and Binding Morality. European Journal of Personality, 30, 227-239. [Available upon request]

Chen, P.G., Appleby, J., Borgida, E., Callaghan, T. H., Ekstrom, P. D., Farhart, C. E., Housholder, E., Kim, H., Ksiazkiewicz, A., Lavine, H., Luttig, M. D., Mohanty, R., Rosenthal, A., Sheagley, G., Smith, B. A., Vitriol, J. A., & A. Williams. (2014). The Minnesota Multi-Investigator 2012 Presidential Election Panel Study. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy. [Available upon request]

Under Review

Ekstrom, P.D. Gonzales, M.H., Williams, A.L., Weiner, E., & Aguilera, R. Accounts Balanced: The contingent role of rhetoric in who survives political scandal.

Puryear, C., Kubin, E., Schein, C., Bigman, Y.E., Ekstrom, P. D., & Gray, K. Bridging Political Divides by Correcting the Basic Morality Bias.

In Preparation

Ekstrom, P.D. We’re Good People: Moral conviction as social identity.

Ekstrom, P.D. & Farhart, C.E. (in prep). Who doesn’t love a good fight? Elite polarization energizes strong partisans and alienates independents.

Presentations

Invited Talks

Ekstrom, P.D. (2023, February). We’re Good People: Moral conviction as social identity. University of Illinois - Chicago, Social Psychology Brown Bag.

Ekstrom, P.D. (2021, May). Who decides your political opinion? Interview with Civic Series (https://civicseries.org/). 

Lai, C.K. & Ekstrom, P.D. (2020, July). Racial disparities in police stops are associated with county-level racial attitudes. Minority Politics Online Seminar Series.

Ekstrom, P.D. (2019, September). Causes and Consequences of Political Conflict. Talk delivered at Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO.

Ekstrom, P. D. & Federico, C. M. (2015, June). Personality and the Evolution of Political Preferences During Campaigns. Paper presented at Maple Grove Community Center, Maple Grove, MN.

Conference Symposia

Ekstrom, P.D. & Federico, C.M. (2017, January). Where, when, and for whom personality predicts political attitudes. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

Conference Talks

Ekstrom, P.D. & Novak, L. M. (2023, July). Finding Common Ground: Can shared moral convictions, attitudes, or identities reduce intolerance?. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Montreal, Canada.

Ekstrom, P.D. & Novak, L. M. (2023, April). Finding Common Ground: Can shared moral convictions, attitudes, or identities reduce intolerance?. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.

Ekstrom, P.D., Le Forestier, J. M., & Lai, C.K. (2022, July). Racial disparities in police stops are associated with county-level racial attitudes. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology.

Ekstrom, P.D. & Lai, C.K. (2021, February). Selective Communication: Ideological biases in information sharing. Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality Psychology.

Ekstrom, P.D., Gonzales, M.H., Williams, A.L., Weiner, E., & Aguilera, R. (2020, July). Accounts Balanced: Rhetoric's modest role in who survives political scandal. Talk accepted for presentation at the annual meeting for the International Society for Political Psychology, Berlin, Germany.

Ekstrom, P.D. & Lai, C.K. (2020, February). Ideological Differences in Sharing of Political Information: Conservatives Conform, Liberals Confront. Talk accepted for presentation at the Annual meeting for the Society for the Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Ekstrom, P.D. & Lai, C.K. (2019, July). Selective Communication: Ideological biases in information sharing. Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Lisbon, Portugal.

Ekstrom, P.D. & Federico, C.M. (2017, June). The Political Self: How identity aligns preferences with epistemic needs. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Ekstrom, P.D., Smith, B., Williams, A.L., & Kim, H. (2016, June). Social Networks, Campaigns, and Reasoned Candidate Preferences. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Minneapolis, MN.

Ekstrom, P.D. & Federico, C.M. (2017, January). Personality and the Evolution of Political Preferences During Campaigns. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

Ekstrom, P. D., Gonzales, M. H., Williams, A. L. & Weiner, E. (2014, July). Saving Face: Language, identity, and reactions to political scandal. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Rome, Italy.

Conference Posters

Ekstrom, P.D. & Novak, L. M. (2023, February). Finding Common Ground: Can shared moral convictions, attitudes, or identities reduce intolerance?. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Ekstrom, P.D., Le Forestier, J. M., & Lai, C.K. (2022, February). Racial disparities in police stops are associated with county-level racial attitudes. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality Psychology.

Ekstrom, P.D. (2019, February). We’re good people: Moral conviction as social identity. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Ekstrom, P.D. (2018, March). I’m a good person: Moral convictions as identities. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Ekstrom, P. D. & Federico, C. M. (2015, February). Personality and the Evolution of Political Preferences During Campaigns. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.

Ekstrom, P. D., Gonzales, M. H., & Williams, A. L. (2014, February). Saving Face: Language, identity, and reactions to political scandal. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Ekstrom, P. D., Brehm, J. J., & Visser, P. S. (2012, May). Fool me once, shame on whom? Trust and betrayal in political and interpersonal contexts. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Ekstrom, P. D., Brehm, J.J., & Visser, P.S. (2011, January). As far as I can throw him: Trust in political and interpersonal contexts. Poster presented at the Political Psychology Pre-conference of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.