Monika L. McDermott

Professor

Bio:

Professor Monika L. McDermott researches and teaches political psychology at Fordham, including how voters use stereotypes and information shortcuts to make voting decisions. She is the author of two books--most recently Masculinity, Femininity, and American Political Behavior (Oxford University Press 2016) and editor of the forthcoming volume Masculinity in American Politics (NYU Press 2025). Her most recent work involves voters' impressions of candidates with mental illness and whether and how this affects their vote.

Publications:

McDermott, M.L., & Smith, J.F.H. (Forthcoming). Chapter 4: The Politics of Ableism and Masculinity: Candidate Mental and Physical Illness and Voters' Evaluations. Eds Monika L. McDermott and Dan Cassino. Masculinity and American Politics. New York: NYU Press.

McDermott, M. L., & Panagopoulos, C. (2015). Be All that You Can Be: The Electoral Impact of Military Service as an Information Cue. Political Research Quarterly, 68(2), 293–305. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24371833