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Brian Munis

Faculty Member

Kal Munis

Biography

BA, Political Science, University of Montana (2013)
MA, Political Science, University of Montana (2015)
PhD, Government, University of Virginia (2020)

Research interests: campaigns & elections, political communication, political psychology, public opinion, political geography, urban-rural divide, polarization, political violence.

Teaching

POLS 1100

American National Government AS, Spring 2023

POLS 1100

American National Government AS, Spring 2023

POLS 3220

Interest Groups, Spring 2023

POLS 480R

Internship WE, Spring 2023

POLS 480R

Internship WE, Spring 2023

POLS 480R

Internship WE, Spring 2023

POLS 1010

Introduction to Political Science SS, Spring 2023

Presentations

Munis, Kal (Discussant), The Past, Present, and Future of Rural Politics in America, "The Rural Voter", Colby College Department of Government, Waterville, ME. (January 25, 2023)
Munis, Kal (Discussant), Southern Political Science Association 2023 Annual Meeting, "Author Meets Critics_ Charles Hunt's Home Field Advantage_ Roots, Reelection, and Representation in the Modern Congress", St. Pete's Beach, FL. (January 13, 2023)
Munis, Kal (Presenter & Author), Phillips, Joseph B. (Author Only), Huffman, Nicole (Author Only), Memovic, Arif (Author Only), Ford, Jake (Author Only), Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, "When Push Comes to Shove_ What Factors Matter in Americans' Evaluations of Political Violence?", St. Pete's Beach, FL. (January 12, 2023)
Munis, Kal (Presenter & Author), Array, "Clarifying the Connections Between Racial and Geographic Political Attitudes in the United States", University of Kent Department of Psychology, Canterbury, England, United Kingdom. (July 6, 2022)
Munis, Kal (Presenter & Author), Array, "Clarifying the Connection Between Race and Place in Attitudes About Rural Deprivation in the United States", University of Calgary Department of Political Science, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (April 5, 2022)
Munis, Kal (Discussant), 2022 Annual Meeting, "Public Opinion and COVID-19", Western Political Science Association, Portland, OR. (March 11, 2022)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Munis, Kal , Burke, Richard , (2023) "Talk Local to Me_ Assessing the Heterogenous Effects of Localistic Appeals" . American Politics Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X231173402
Saldin, Robert , Munis, Kal , (2023) "Faction is the (only viable) future for the Democratic party" . The Niskanen Center. https://www.niskanencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Faction-is-the-only-viable-future-for-the-democratic-party.pdf
Jacobs, Nicholas , Munis, Kal , (2022) "Place-Based Resentment in Contemporary U.S. Elections_ The Individual Sources of America’s Urban-Rural Divide" . Political Research Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129221124864
Holbein, John , Bradshaw, Catherine , Munis, Kal , Rabinowitz, Jill , Ialongo, Nicholas , (2022) "Promoting Voter Turnout_ an Unanticipated Impact of Early-Childhood Preventive Interventions" . Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-021-01275-y
Munis, Kal , (2022) "Us over here versus them over there… literally_ Measuring place resentment in American politics" . Political Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-020-09641-2
Ashton, Henry Benjamin, Munis, Kal , (2021) "Information Valence and Evaluations of Congress and Individual Legislators_ Experimental Evidence Regarding Negativity Bias in Politics" . Legislative Studies Quarterly. https_//doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12287