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Bethany Albertson
Assistant Professor

Office: Gowen 125
(206) 543-2791
balberts@u.washington.edu

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Curriculum Vitae

Bethany Albertson (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2006) is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington. She studies political psychology and public opinion. Her dissertation research examined the use of religious language in political appeals, and used experimental methods to understand the effects of these appeals on political attitudes. This research was supported by the National Science Foundation and the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University. Her substantive research interests include persuasion, ambivalence, implicit attitudes, and race and religion in US politics. She teaches American Politics, Voting and Elections, and Political Psychology at UW.

Albertson’s teaching interests include American Politics, American Elections, Political Psychology and Survey Research and Experimental Methods.