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Dr. Simon Kiss, Director I’m a political scientist in the Digital Media and Journalism Program at WLU. My research is primarily focussed on political communication, public opinion and political parties. Much of my recent research has focussed on perceptions of risk from technologies and medical interventions.. I’m originally from Alberta and completed my PhD at Queen’s University in 2008 and did post-doctoral work at the Freie Universität Berlin.
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Dr. Jason Roy, Deputy Director My primary areas of interest include political participation and behaviour, electoral politics, public opinion, and Canadian politics. I am currently engaged in research projects that employ online experiments to assess how individuals form political preferences. I have been especially interested in the interaction between political cognition, political interest and contextual factors that influence the effort allotted to the deliberation process and the preferences that are formed.
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Dr. Andrea Perrella, Deputy Director I studied political science at l’Université de Montréal, obtaining a PhD in 2006 and an MSc in 1995. Prior to joining Laurier, I was a postdoctoral fellow at the Canada Research Chair in Electoral Studies. I also held a limited-term assignment at Concordia University in Montreal. My main research areas are political behaviour; participation; electoral politics; political communication; public opinion of public health; Canadian, Ontario and Quebec politics. |
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Dr. Matthew R. Arp, Matthew earned his PhD in Political Science from West Virginia University. His research interests include great power conflict and international norm creation. He joins LISPOP as a research associate with a background in large-N data collection, including During-Conflict Justice (DCJ) and Northern Ireland Research Initiative (NIRI). |
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Samantha McGregor, Samantha is a fourth-year undergraduate student from Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, majoring in Digital Media and Journalism and minoring in Leadership. McGregor is also completing a graduate certificate in Contemporary Media studies from Conestoga College. |
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Kristin Mead, Kristin is a fourth-year political science major at Laurier and a hopeful future JD candidate. She has worked as a research assistant with LISPOP for two academic years now and is passionate about research regarding policy and law in Canada. |
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Scott Lu, Scott is a third-year undergraduate student at Laurier, majoring in Political Science. This is his first year with LISPOP and he is incredibly excited to work with the team. He hopes to continue the analytical work of greats like Dr. Kay. |
The Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy is a research center at Wilfrid Laurier University which studies issues pertaining to the creation, use and representation of public opinion in the policy process. The Institute serves as a catalyst to promote individual and collaborative research on these issues. In addition, the Institute monitors the practices and claims of the public opinion and interest group industries, and serves as an educational resource to the University and the larger community on questions and issues pertaining to those claims and practices.
Affiliate Members
Dr. Christopher Alcantara, Department of Political Science, Western University
Dr. Darrell Bricker, CEO Ipsos Public Affairs, Office: 300-160 Bloor Street East, Toronto, ON M4W 1B9
Dr. Steven Brown, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University
Dr. Christopher Cochrane, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto
Dr. David Docherty, Mount Royal University, 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW
Prof. Kimberly Ellis-Hale, Sociology Department, Wilfrid Laurier University
Dr. Anna Esselment, Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo
Dr. Timothy B. Gravelle, Global Analytics, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Dr. Ailsa Henderson, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh
Dr. Penelope Ironstone, Cultural Studies, Wilfrid Laurier Unversity
Dr. Loren King, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University
Dr. Andrea Lawlor, Department of Political Science, King's University College, Western University
Dr. Nikolaos I. Liodakis, Department of Sociology, Wilfrid Laurier University
Dr. S. Mark Pancer, Psychology Department, Wilfrid Laurier University
Dr. Anthony Piscitelli, Liberal Studies, Conestoga College
Dr. James Popham, Criminology, Wilfrid Laurier University
Dr. Zachary Spicer, Institute of Public Administration of Canada | Department of Political Science, Western University
Geoffrey Stevens, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University