
Paul Atwell
(Arriving Autumn 2025) Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Areas of Expertise
- Decision Making/Choice
- Internet and Online Platforms
- Networks
- Politics
- Stereotyping and Prejudice
I study political psychology, information, and voting in the Global South (focusing on Africa, but have an active research agenda in Brazil as well). My work is primarily experimental in nature and targets identity-based drivers of interest in misinformation, both among elites and voters.