
Amanda Bittner
Associate Professor Memorial University
- St. John's NF
www.amandabittner.com | twitter: @amandabittner | tel: (709) 864-8186 | email: abittner@mun.ca
Biography
Amanda Bittner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Memorial University.
She studies public opinion and voting, and her broad research interests include the effects of knowledge and information on voter decision-making, as well as the institutional and structural incentives affecting voting behavior in both Canadian and Comparative contexts.
She is currently working on a number of on-going projects in various areas, including: voters’ evaluations of party leaders and the effects of those evaluations on vote choice;
voters’ attitudes about women in politics; the impact of gender on public opinion; the role of parenthood in politics; voter turnout; voters’ attitudes about immigration; the impact of political knowledge on vote choice and issue attitudes
She studies public opinion and voting, and her broad research interests include the effects of knowledge and information on voter decision-making, as well as the institutional and structural incentives affecting voting behavior in both Canadian and Comparative contexts.
She is currently working on a number of on-going projects in various areas, including: voters’ evaluations of party leaders and the effects of those evaluations on vote choice;
voters’ attitudes about women in politics; the impact of gender on public opinion; the role of parenthood in politics; voter turnout; voters’ attitudes about immigration; the impact of political knowledge on vote choice and issue attitudes
Areas of Expertise
Elections
Voting Behavior
Public Opinion
Political Psychology
Gender and Politics
Women and Politics
Survey Research
Canadian Politics
American Politics
Party leaders
Education
University of British Columbia
PhD
Political Science
2008
University of British Columbia
MA
Political Science
2004
University of Toronto
Hons BA
Political Science
2002
Languages
- English
- French