My name is Dominik Stecuła ['ł' is a Polish letter pronounced like a 'w']. I am an Assistant Professor in Political Science at the Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. 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 professional interests include the intersection of public opinion, public policy and mass media in both American and comparative perspective. I study the news media environment and it's effects on society by examining both the supply side (content of the news and it's effects on political polarization and attitudes about topics like climate change or vaccines) and demand side of news consumption (analysis of what sources people deem credible and why). My work primarily falls into the subfields of political communication, political behavior, science communication, and political psychology.
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 professional interests include the intersection of public opinion, public policy and mass media in both American and comparative perspective. I study the news media environment and it's effects on society by examining both the supply side (content of the news and it's effects on political polarization and attitudes about topics like climate change or vaccines) and demand side of news consumption (analysis of what sources people deem credible and why). My work primarily falls into the subfields of political communication, political behavior, science communication, and political psychology.
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).
