Dissertation
Phan, Ngoc (2012). "Anger In Action: The Role of Anger, Competition, and Threat on Political Mobilization." Rice University, Ph.D. in Political Science. Committee Members: Rick K. Wilson (Chair); John R. Alford and Robert M. Stein.
Publications
Phan, Ngoc and John A. Garcia (2009). “Asian Pacific-American Partisanship: Dynamics of Partisan and Nonpartisan Identities.”
Social Science Quarterly, Vol 90, Issue 4, December 886-910.
Phan, Ngoc and Sondra Collins (2018). “Information about Poverty and Support for Redistribution.” Journal of Economics and Finance.
Phan, Ngoc; Joe Tafoya; and David Leal. "Naturalization as Mobilization." (Revise and Resubmit).
Social Science Quarterly, Vol 90, Issue 4, December 886-910.
Phan, Ngoc and Sondra Collins (2018). “Information about Poverty and Support for Redistribution.” Journal of Economics and Finance.
Phan, Ngoc; Joe Tafoya; and David Leal. "Naturalization as Mobilization." (Revise and Resubmit).
Working Papers
Phan, Ngoc. "Political and Social Emotions: A Novel Approach for Eliciting Out-Group Anger in an Experimental Setting." (In preparation for submission).
Abstract: Emotional explanations are used throughout political psychology, but scholars disagree on how best to elicit or measure emotions. The methodology used to measure emotions is heavily grounded in self-reported and single measures that fail to integrate the multi-level nature of emotions. After briefly summarizing current methodologies for eliciting and measuring emotions and demonstrating their incompleteness, this research note proposes a novel way to measure social emotions that builds upon current emotional measurements and provides a way to induce and measure out-group anger.
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Phan, Ngoc. “Fearing angry partisans: The impact of party identification and anger towards U.S. presidential candidates on voting in the United States, 1980-2012.” (Under review).
Abstract: The race for the 2016 Democratic and Republican candidates for the US Presidential Election is on. The potential slate of candidates bring about strong emotional responses from partisans and voters alike. Conventional wisdom and existing literature demonstrate that anger is a powerful mobilizer among individuals (voters) and groups (partisans). But few studies examine partisans angry towards elites in their own party? This paper examines how anger towards Presidential candidates and partisanship impacts voter turnout. I find that anger can mobilize, but the impact is conditional. Who is angry and what they are angry towards matters. Using Intergroup Emotional Theory, I examine the impact of anger with American National Election Study data from 1980-2012. I find that general anger towards the Democratic candidate and partisan anger among Democrats or Republicans—towards their own party’s presidential candidate significantly decreases the probability of voting. In contrast to other studies, I fail to find that general anger towards the Republican candidate, partisan anger towards the out-group (other party candidate) to increase the likelihood of voting. These results demonstrate that that the potential of anger to mobilize is contingent on (a) who is angry and (b) what he or she is angry at.
Phan, Ngoc with Jaclyn Kettler . "Where are all the haters? State variation in the number of hate groups in the United States of America, 2000-2013." (In preparation for submission).
“Primary Divisiveness and General Election Outcomes: The Mediating Influence of Race and Ethnicity.” (With Dr. Regina P. Branton).
Abstract: Do divisive primaries increase or decrease competition in the general elections? How do the candidates' race and ethnicity affect the competitiveness of general and primary elections? The empirical evidence on the divisive primary hypothesis is mixed, at best. Using congressional election data from 1994-2004, we examine the role of race and ethnicity in congressional primary and general elections. This study finds that minority candidates, who made it to the general election, faced more competitive primary elections than general elections.
Phan, Ngoc. “Measuring Discrimination: Survey measurement of micro and macro discrimination.”
Phan, Ngoc. “Gender, Anger, and Competition: Do females and males respond to anger differently?”
Phan, Ngoc. “Let’s Talk about Diversity: The Impact of Diversity Cues on Political Representation, Redistributive Politics, and Racial Threat.”
Phan, Ngoc. “Perceptions of Individual or Group Benefits from the Executive’s or President Obama’s Recovery Act.”
Abstract: Emotional explanations are used throughout political psychology, but scholars disagree on how best to elicit or measure emotions. The methodology used to measure emotions is heavily grounded in self-reported and single measures that fail to integrate the multi-level nature of emotions. After briefly summarizing current methodologies for eliciting and measuring emotions and demonstrating their incompleteness, this research note proposes a novel way to measure social emotions that builds upon current emotional measurements and provides a way to induce and measure out-group anger.
[Download Z-Tree Code]
Phan, Ngoc. “Fearing angry partisans: The impact of party identification and anger towards U.S. presidential candidates on voting in the United States, 1980-2012.” (Under review).
Abstract: The race for the 2016 Democratic and Republican candidates for the US Presidential Election is on. The potential slate of candidates bring about strong emotional responses from partisans and voters alike. Conventional wisdom and existing literature demonstrate that anger is a powerful mobilizer among individuals (voters) and groups (partisans). But few studies examine partisans angry towards elites in their own party? This paper examines how anger towards Presidential candidates and partisanship impacts voter turnout. I find that anger can mobilize, but the impact is conditional. Who is angry and what they are angry towards matters. Using Intergroup Emotional Theory, I examine the impact of anger with American National Election Study data from 1980-2012. I find that general anger towards the Democratic candidate and partisan anger among Democrats or Republicans—towards their own party’s presidential candidate significantly decreases the probability of voting. In contrast to other studies, I fail to find that general anger towards the Republican candidate, partisan anger towards the out-group (other party candidate) to increase the likelihood of voting. These results demonstrate that that the potential of anger to mobilize is contingent on (a) who is angry and (b) what he or she is angry at.
Phan, Ngoc with Jaclyn Kettler . "Where are all the haters? State variation in the number of hate groups in the United States of America, 2000-2013." (In preparation for submission).
“Primary Divisiveness and General Election Outcomes: The Mediating Influence of Race and Ethnicity.” (With Dr. Regina P. Branton).
Abstract: Do divisive primaries increase or decrease competition in the general elections? How do the candidates' race and ethnicity affect the competitiveness of general and primary elections? The empirical evidence on the divisive primary hypothesis is mixed, at best. Using congressional election data from 1994-2004, we examine the role of race and ethnicity in congressional primary and general elections. This study finds that minority candidates, who made it to the general election, faced more competitive primary elections than general elections.
Phan, Ngoc. “Measuring Discrimination: Survey measurement of micro and macro discrimination.”
Phan, Ngoc. “Gender, Anger, and Competition: Do females and males respond to anger differently?”
Phan, Ngoc. “Let’s Talk about Diversity: The Impact of Diversity Cues on Political Representation, Redistributive Politics, and Racial Threat.”
Phan, Ngoc. “Perceptions of Individual or Group Benefits from the Executive’s or President Obama’s Recovery Act.”
Grants and Awards
College of Liberal Art's Scholarly Endeavor Program Grant for $2,900 for field research on Native Hawaiian identity in Hilo, HI. (Summer 2019).
College of Liberal Art's Scholarly Endeavor Program Grant for $2,900 for archival research at the National Archives on Hawaii statehood petitions. (Summer 2018).
Travel Grant (Summer 2018), Collaborative Multiracial Post Election Survey Workshop, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Faculty Development Grant (Spring 2018), College of Arts and Letters for travel to conferences. Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, HI.
Creative Research Grant for $5000 (Fall 2013). College of Arts and Letters, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS.
Faculty Development Grant for $2000 (May 2013). Office of Research, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS.
Social Sciences Research Institute’s Dissertation Improvement Grant for $4,000 (May 2010). School of Social Science, Rice University, Houston, TX.
Doctoral Fellowship for full Ph.D. funding (Fall 2006-Spring 2012). Department of Political Science, Rice University, Houston, TX.
Best Paper Award (2006). Undergraduate Research Conference, Department of Political Science, Rice University, Houston, TX.
Fellow, Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute (2006). Fulbright-Hays—Group Projects Abroad Program, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC.
McNair Achievement Program Scholar, The University of Arizona, (2004-2006). U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC.
College of Liberal Art's Scholarly Endeavor Program Grant for $2,900 for archival research at the National Archives on Hawaii statehood petitions. (Summer 2018).
Travel Grant (Summer 2018), Collaborative Multiracial Post Election Survey Workshop, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Faculty Development Grant (Spring 2018), College of Arts and Letters for travel to conferences. Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, HI.
Creative Research Grant for $5000 (Fall 2013). College of Arts and Letters, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS.
Faculty Development Grant for $2000 (May 2013). Office of Research, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS.
Social Sciences Research Institute’s Dissertation Improvement Grant for $4,000 (May 2010). School of Social Science, Rice University, Houston, TX.
Doctoral Fellowship for full Ph.D. funding (Fall 2006-Spring 2012). Department of Political Science, Rice University, Houston, TX.
Best Paper Award (2006). Undergraduate Research Conference, Department of Political Science, Rice University, Houston, TX.
Fellow, Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute (2006). Fulbright-Hays—Group Projects Abroad Program, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC.
McNair Achievement Program Scholar, The University of Arizona, (2004-2006). U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC.