Publications

12. Claire Gothreau and Nicholas Haas. “A Replication and Extension of Willer et al. (2013) Overdoing Gender: A Test of the Masculine Overcompensation Thesis” Conditionally Accepted, Journal of Experimental Political Science

11. Claire Gothreau and Lasse Laustsen. “Shifting Stereotypes about Men and Women Candidates: Experimental Evidence from the United States" Forthcoming, Politics & Gender

10. Claire Gothreau, Julian Schuessler, and Amanda Milena Alvarez. 2024. “Can Exposure to Sexual Objectification Impact Policy Attitudes? Evidence From Two Survey Experiments” Politics and the Life Sciences, doi: 10.1017/pls.2024.5

9. Lasse Laustsen and Claire Gothreau. 2023. “Do Danish Voters Discriminate Against Female and Ethnic Minority Candidates? Results From a Survey Experiment” Politica, doi: 10.7146/politica.v55i4.141539

  • Winner of the Politica Best Paper Published in 2023 Prize

8. Joona Räsänen, Claire Gothreau, and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen. 2022. “Does Overruling Roe Discriminate Against Women (Of Colour)?” Journal of Medical Ethics, doi: 10.1136/jme-2022-108504

7. Claire Gothreau, Amanda Milena Alvarez, and Amanda Friesen. 2022 “Objectified and Dehumanized: Does Objectification Impact Perceptions of Women Political Candidates?” Journal of Experimental Political Science, doi: 10.1017/XPS.2022.15

6. Claire Gothreau, Kevin Arceneaux, and Amanda Friesen. 2022. “Hostile, Benevolent, Implicit: How Different Shades of Sexism Impact Gendered Policy Attitudes.” Frontiers in Political Science, doi: 10.3389/fpos.2022.817309

5. Claire Gothreau, Clarisse Warren, and Stephen Schneider. 2022. “Looking the Other Way: How Ideology Influences Perceptions of Sexual Harassment.” European Journal of Politics and Gender, doi: 10.1332/251510821X16445951244136

4. Amanda Friesen, Aleksander Ksiazkiewicz, and Claire Gothreau. 2021. “Political Taste: Exploring How Perception of Bitter Substances May Reveal Risk Tolerance and Political Preferences.” Politics and the Life Sciences, doi: 10.1017/pls.2021.20

3. Claire Gothreau. 2021. “Sex Objects: How Self-Objectification Undermines Political Efficacy and Engagement” Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy, doi: 10.1080/1554477X.2021.1941630

2. Claire Gothreau and Kira Sanbonmatsu. 2021. “Women and Unequal Voice in Governors’ Races: A Study of Campaign Contributions.” Politics, Groups, and Identities, doi: 10.1080/21565503.2021.1932531

1. Bert Bakker, Gijs Schumacher, Claire Gothreau, and Kevin Arceneaux. 2020. “Conservatives and Liberals have Similar Physiological Responses to Threats.” Nature Human Behavior, doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-0823-z

Under Review

  1. “Weighty Politics: Weight-Based Discrimination in U.S. Elections” With Nicholas Haas. Revise & Resubmit, The Journal of Politics

  2. Citizens Around the World Have a Baseline Preference for Women Candidates: Insights From a 20-Country Conjoint Study” With Lasse Laustsen.

    • Winner of the Roberta Sigel Best Conference Paper by Early Career ISPP Member Award 2024

    • Pre-registration

Selected Works in Progress

  1. “Citizens′ Trait and Policy Competence Stereotypes about Men and Women in Politics: A Comparative Study across 20 Countries” With Lasse Laustsen. Working Paper.

  2. “Continuous Gender identity Among Citizens from 20 Different Countries” With Lasse Laustsen and Nicholas Haas. Working Paper.

  3. “Not Fit For Office: Does Weight Bias Impact Evaluations of Political Candidates?” With Amanda Friesen and Nicholas Haas. Data collection in progress.