Adam J. Howat

Biography

Adam Howat is a visiting assistant professor of politics and postdoctoral fellow. His research focuses on the politics of identity and polarization. He is particularly interested in the ways in which people’s perceptions of groups’ characteristics and values impact intergroup political conflict and coalition building.

Howat has two current book projects: one investigating the effects of group identities, core values, and value perceptions on intergroup politics, as well as a coauthored project examining people’s mental images of Democratic and Republican Party supporters and how those stereotypes contribute to partisan polarization.

His research has been published in Political Behavior; Politics, Groups, and Identities; PS: Political Science and Politics; Social Science Quarterly; and the Journal of Political Science Education.

He teaches courses on social movements and quantitative research methods.