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Dr. David Broockman

Dr. David Broockman


JANUARY 25, 2024
7:00 PM on ZOOM
David Broockman
Associate Professor, Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
“Evidence of Whether People’s Emotions Affect Political Outcomes”
8:00 PM State Senate District 9 Candidates Marisol Rubio and Tim Grayson
6:30 PM Social Time & Local Announcements
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The San Ramon Valley Democratic Club welcomes Dr. David Broockman, Associate Professor in Political Science at UC Berkeley. Prior to his 4 years at UCB, he was an Associate Professor at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He will speak on his research in which he studies whether peoples’ emotions undermine democratic norms or accountability. Other research concerns whether voter outreach campaigns can reduce polarization among political activists. Dr. Boockman received his Ph.D. in Political Science from UC Berkeley in 2015 and his B.A. in Political Science from Yale University in 2011.

Dr. Broockman has won numerous scholarly awards, including UCB’s 2022-2023 Chancellor’s Award for Research in the Public Interest. In 2020, he won the Emerging Scholar Award from the American Political Science Association’s Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior section. In 2019, he shared the Joseph L. Bernd award for the best article published in the Journal of Politics. In 2017, he shared the Cialdini prize from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. In 2015, he shared the Leamer-Rosenthal Prize for Transparency in the Social Sciences. In 2014, he won the Lawrence Longely award for the best paper published on representation and electoral systems.

Dr. Broockman has received many grants. He has received a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation ($158,250), the Democracy Fund ($50,000), the National Science Foundation ($666,276), the Walter and Evelyn Haas Jr. Fund ($10,000) and many more.

Click Here for a list of Brockman’s research in politics: https://polisci.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/cv/broockmancv_0.pdf

Click Here for an interesting article about David Brookman.

Marisol Rubio, Candidate for State Senate District 9

Marisol Rubio, Candidate for State Senate District 9

We will hear from two Democratic candidates for State Senate District 9. State Senator Steve Glazer has termed out.Marisol Rubio, Candidate for State Senate District 9.

Marisol Rubio, a candidate for State Senate District 9 is a former San Ramon City Councilmember, and a former Board Member of Sierra Club California.

Assemblymember Tim Grayson

Assemblymember Tim Grayson

Tim Grayson is the Assemblymember of District 15 which includes parts of Concord, Martinez and Antioch. He serves as Chair of the Assembly Banking and Finance Committee, is a member of the Appropriations Committee, Business and Professions Committee, and the the Revenue and Taxation Committee.

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