My name is Dominik Stecuła ['ł' is a Polish letter pronounced like a 'w']. I am an Assistant Professor of Communication and (by courtesy) Political Science at The Ohio State University. Previously, I was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Colorado State University. I was formerly the Martin Fishbein Postdoctoral Fellow at the Annenberg Center for Advanced Study in Communication at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. I was also affiliated with the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School. I was also the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow (nonresident) at the Centre For Public Opinion and Political Representation at Simon Fraser University. I received my Ph.D. in political science from the University of British Columbia in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Prior to my studies at UBC, I completed a Master's degree in comparative politics at McGill University in Montreal.
My research agenda is situated primarily in the fields of political and science communication. As an interdisciplinary scholar, my work is influenced by, and engages with, scholarship in political science, public health, and psychology. In my research, I analyze both the supply and the demand side of the information environment, how it impacts public opinion formation on important societal issues, like climate change and vaccinations, and how misinformation can influence these processes.
Additionally, I am personally interested in the demographics and the changing dynamics of the Polish diaspora, especially in the United States, and what role it plays in American identity. These are some of the issues that the Hamtramck, Michigan based Piast Institute is concerned with, where I served as a Research Director and still collaborate with. Since the fall of 2018, I serve on their Board of Directors.
My research agenda is situated primarily in the fields of political and science communication. As an interdisciplinary scholar, my work is influenced by, and engages with, scholarship in political science, public health, and psychology. In my research, I analyze both the supply and the demand side of the information environment, how it impacts public opinion formation on important societal issues, like climate change and vaccinations, and how misinformation can influence these processes.
Additionally, I am personally interested in the demographics and the changing dynamics of the Polish diaspora, especially in the United States, and what role it plays in American identity. These are some of the issues that the Hamtramck, Michigan based Piast Institute is concerned with, where I served as a Research Director and still collaborate with. Since the fall of 2018, I serve on their Board of Directors.
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I was born and raised in Brzeg, Poland before moving to the United States when I was 15. Outside of academia, I enjoy playing, watching and following the real football (soccer) and taking my dogs, Zosia and Jola, on long walks with my wife Katie.
Fun fact: both Mo Salah and I dislocated our shoulders playing soccer, though at slightly different levels (he did it in a Champions League final, while I did it in the UBC Recreational league).
Fun fact: both Mo Salah and I dislocated our shoulders playing soccer, though at slightly different levels (he did it in a Champions League final, while I did it in the UBC Recreational league).
