Research
The RDY Lab in the Department of Politics and International Affairs (PIA) strives to seek out research opportunities with partners to work on social, economic, and political issues, public policy, and voter sentiment as well as be a resource to the NAU community for research and publications. Below is a brief overview of the current projects we are working on and the programs we sponsor for our students.
Current Projects
Post-Election Survey of Foreign Born Americans Accordion Closed
We are collaborating with researchers from UCLA, U of New Mexico, UT-Austin, U of Wisconsin-Madison, and UMass to do a post-election analysis of foreign-born Hispanics in the United States. We are going into the field in May and will have results by summer.
CMPS Post-Election Survey Accordion Closed
We are participating in the the 2024 CMPS survey, which will field in February 2025. This collaboration includes over 200 scholars across nearly 100 different colleges/universities. The goal of the project is to build upon the 2016 and 2020 CMPS which was the first cooperative, 100% user content driven, multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, post-election online survey in Race, Ethnicity and Politics (REP) in the United States. The survey’s main focus is on attitudes about the 2024 Election and candidates, experiences with racism, policy attitudes, immigration, and personal experiences with civic engagement across many facets of American life.
Survey of Native American Likely Voters in Arizona Accordion Closed
Survey results of a pre-election poll of Native American likely voters in Arizona were released on Friday, October 25th. This research is funded by the Dr. Richard Young Endowment and the non-partisan political action committee, Citizens for a New Arizona. This marks one of the only known pre-election surveys of the Native American community in this election cycle.
Survey on Authoritarian Attitudes and Policy Preferences Accordion Closed
We are collaborating with researchers at UCLA on exploring the connection between authoritarian views and policy stances and candidate preference. This survey experiment explores the extent to which attitudes in the 2024 election were driven by economic hardship or ideological conservatism, and to what extent were there deeper political attitudes of in-group preservation and out-group exclusion at play.
Arizona Vote Security and Accessibility Accordion Closed
We are collaborating with researchers across the state to assess new voting laws and evaluate the security and accessibility of our electoral system.
NAU Research Community
If you have a project in mind, click the “Get a Quote” link on the right to see how we might help you with reliable cost estimates you can use for your grant applications and research proposals.
Public Partnerships
State and local agencies can leverage a coherent data-collection program to increase efficiency and reduce costs. Public institutions often require reliable data collection methods for their reporting and funding requirements. The RDY Lab provides expertise to organize and project costs and benefits for your agency.
Useful Links for Research
Below are some useful links that will help you with our project
- Start a new IRB Project
- Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)
- Conducting University Surveys Policy
- Qualtrics Survey Platform for NAU
- Open Science Framework (OSF) Platform