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Kristina LaPlant
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Assistant Professor
Political Science Public Admin
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Kristina LaPlant Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Assistant Professor
Political Science Public Admin
Specialty area(s)
American politics, campaign advertising, conspiracy theories, emotions, gender stereotypes, political behavior, political psychology, public opinion, and research methodology.
Brief biography
Dr. Kristina M. LaPlant is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Georgia State University in 2019. Her primary field of study is American political behavior with an emphasis on gender stereotypes, public opinion, and conspiracy theories. Her scholarship has been published in American Politics Research, New Political Science, Political Behavior, Politics & Policy, Social Science Quarterly, and The Social Science Journal. Dr. LaPlant is also passionate about mentoring undergraduate research and collaborating with students on innovative projects.
Current courses at UWL
SPRING 2025 (UPCOMING)
POL 205: Women and Politics (Online)
POL 309: Identity Politics and Polarization
FALL 2024
POL 101: American National Government (Online)
POL 205: Women and Politics (Online)
POL 361: Research Methods (Online)
Education
Ph.D. in Political Science, Georgia State University
M.A. in Political Science, Georgia State University
B.A in History, Valdosta State University
Career
Teaching history
SPRING 2024
POL 205: Women and Politics
POL 305: Political Parties
POL 494: Senior Capstone
FALL 2023
POL 101: Introduction to American Government
POL 205: Women and Politics
POL 310: Public Opinion & Political Behavior
SPRING 2023
FYS 100: Take the Red Pill: Conspiracy Theories in America
POL 205: Women and Politics
POL 361: Research Methods
FALL 2022
POL 205: Women and Politics
POL 319: Campaigns and Elections
POL 494: Capstone Seminar: Research Design
SPRING 2022
POL 101: American National Government
POL 205: Women and Politics
POL 494: Capstone Seminar: Survey Methodology
FALL 2021
POL 205: Women and Politics
POL 310: Public Opinion and Political Behavior
POL 494: Capstone Seminar: Survey Methodology
SPRING 2021
POL 205: Women and Politics
POL 361: Research Methods in Politics and Government
FALL 2020
POL 101: American National Government
POL 205: Women and Politics
Professional history
- Program Chair, Georgia Political Science Association (2023)
- Wisconsin Teaching and Fellows Program (2022-2023)
- Board Member, Georgia Political Science Association (2021-present)
- UWL Undergraduate Research Committee member (2021-present)
- UWL College Feminists co-Faculty Sponsor (2021-present)
Research and publishing
Refereed Publications
LaPlant, Kristina M. 2024. "No Laughing Matter: The Moderating Role of Gender Stereotypes in Humorous Political Attack Advertisements." The Social Science Journal, forthcoming.
LaPlant, Kristina M., Keith E. Lee Jr., and James T. LaPlant. 2023. “Stopping the Steal and Selling the Big Lie: An Analysis of Tweets and Certification Votes Among House Republicans in the Wake of the 2020 Presidential Election." American Politics Research, 52(2): 141-156.
LaPlant, Kristina M., Deryl Mack Seckinger, Keith E. Lee Jr., and James LaPlant. 2021. "Cocked, Locked, and Loaded: An Analysis of the Five Policy Regimes of Concealed Carry on College Campuses." Politics & Policy, 49(1): 61-86.
LaPlant, Kristina M., Keith E. Lee Jr., and James LaPlant. 2021. "Christmas Trees, Mass Shootings, and Presidents. Explaining Gun Purchases in the South and Non-South." Social Science Quarterly 102(1): 387-406.
Fridkin, Kim, Sarah Gershon, Jillian Courey, and Kristina M. LaPlant. 2021. "Gender Differences in Emotional Reactions to the 2016 Presidential Debates." Political Behavior 43(1): 55-85.
LaPlant, Kristina M., Bailey Fairbanks, and Toby Bolsen. 2020. "Locked in a Box: How Activist Art Affects Opinions about Solitary Confinement." New Political Science, 42(3): pp. 289-312.
Bolsen, Toby, Bailey Fairbanks, Eduardo Aviles, Regina Griggs, Justin Kingsland, Kristina M. LaPlant, Matthew Montgomery, and Natalie Rogol. 2019. "Merging Undergraduate Teaching, Graduate Training, and Producing Research: Lessons from Three Collaborative Experiments." PS: Political Science & Politics, 52(1): 117-122.
James LaPlant and Kristina M. LaPlant. 2012. "'David is Going to Beat Goliath': An Analysis of the 2012 T-SPLOST Referendum in Georgia." Proceedings of the Georgia Political Science Association 8(1): 1-25.
Kristina M. LaPlant and James LaPlant. 2011. "Dixie Rising? Revisiting the Classification of Southern States in the 21st Century." Proceedings of the Georgia Political Science Association 7(1): 1-25.
Book Chapter
Robert Howard with Kristina M. LaPlant. 2017. "The Executive Branch" in Georgia Politics, 3rd edition. Athens: University of Georgia Press.
Other Publications
Robert Howard and Kristina M. LaPlant. 2017. "The Roberts Court" in Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties, 2nd edition. ABC-CLIO Greenwood.
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