Educational Background

• Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 1989
  B.A. University of Minnesota, 1982 (History)

Honors and Awards

• Fenno Prize from the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association for Congress as Public Enemy: Public Attitudes toward American Political Institutions, coauthored with John Hibbing.
• Best Book in Political Psychology award from the Political Psychology Section of the American Political Science Association for With Malice toward Some: How People Make Civil Liberties Judgments, coauthored with George Marcus, John Sullivan and Sandra Wood.
• CQ Press Award for the Outstanding Paper on Legislative Politics at the 1993 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (with John Hibbing).
• Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1993.
• 2001 Distinguished Graduate Award, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota.
• Gallup Research Professorship, Gallup Research Center, University of Nebraska, 2000-2001.

Professional Affiliations

• American Political Science Association
• Midwest Political Science Association
• Southern Political Science Association
• International Society of Political Psychology

Selected Publications

Books

• Elizabeth Theiss-Morse. 2009. Who Counts as an American? The Boundaries of National Identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• John R. Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse. 2002. Stealth Democracy: Americans’ Beliefs about How
  Government Should Work. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• John R. Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, eds. 2001. What Is It About Government That Americans
  Dislike? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• John R. Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse. 1995. Congress as Public Enemy: Public Attitudes toward
  American Political Institutions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• George E. Marcus, John L. Sullivan, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, and Sandra Wood. 1995. With Malice
  toward Some: How People Make Civil Liberties Judgments. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  

Articles

• George E. Marcus, John L. Sullivan, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, and Daniel Stevens. 2005. “The Emotional Foundation of Political Cognition: The Impact of Extrinsic Anxiety on the Formation of Political Tolerance Judgments.” Political Psychology 26(6): 949-963.
• Elizabeth Theiss-Morse and John R. Hibbing. 2005. “Citizenship and Civic Engagement.” Annual Review of Political Science 8: 227-49.
• Jeff Spinner-Halev and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse. 2003. “National Identity and Self-Esteem.” Perspectives on Politics 1: 515-532.
• John R. Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse. 2001. “Process Preferences and American Politics: What The People Want Government To Be.” American Political Science Review 95: 145-153.
• John R. Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse. 1998. “The Media's Role in Public Negativity Toward Congress: Distinguishing Emotional Reactions and Cognitive Evaluations.” American Journal of Political Science 42: 475-498.
• George E. Marcus, Sandra L. Wood, and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse. 1998. “Linking Neuroscience to Political Intolerance and Political Judgment.” Politics and the Life Sciences 17: 165-178.
• John R. Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse. 1996. “Civics Is Not Enough: Teaching Barbarics in K-12.” PS: Political Science and Politics 29: 57-62.
• Elizabeth Theiss-Morse. 1993. “Conceptualizations of Good Citizenship and Political Participation.” Political Behavior 15: 355-380.
• Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, Amy Fried, John L. Sullivan, and Mary Dietz. 1992. “Mixing Methods: A Multi-Stage Strategy for Studying Patriotism and Citizen Participation.”  Political Analysis, 3: 89-121.

Research

Grants

National Science Foundation Grant (SES-0111887) for project entitled “Public Perceptions of the American People” (2001-2005).  Amount $151,957.

National Science Foundation Grant (SES-9709934) for project entitled “Public Attitudes Toward Democratic Processes in the United States” (1997-1999). Amount $145,700. Co-Investigator: John R. Hibbing.

National Science Foundation Grant (SES-9224043) for project entitled “Contemporary Influences on Political Tolerance: The Role of Threat Perceptions on Tolerance Judgments” (1993-1995).  Amount $125,000.  Co-Investigators:  George Marcus and John Sullivan.

National Science Foundation Grant (SES-9122733) for project entitled “Public Perceptions of the U.S. Congress” (1992-1994).  Amount $90,000. Co-Principal Investigator:  John R. Hibbing.

National Science Foundation Grant for Dissertation Research, 1987 (SES-8712207).  Amount $7,000.

Selected Service

Chair, Department of Political Science, UNL
Graduate Chair, Department of Political Science, UNL
Executive Committee, Department of Political Science, UNL
Graduate Committee, Department of Political Science, UNL
Governing Council, International Society of Political Psychology
Editorial Board, Political Psychology, PS, Political Behavior
Council Member of the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section of the American Political
Science Association
Program Co-Chair of the Midwest Political Science Association
Academic Rights and Responsibilities Committee, UNL
College Assessment Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, UNL