Student Information
Graduate Student
Political Science
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Long Bio
Trudy Horsting holds a BA in Political Science and a BA in Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication from James Madison University as well as a MA in Political Science from Arizona State University. She is currently a fifth year PhD Candidate at Arizona State University studying American Politics. Her dissertation examines how rhetoric at the individual, gubernatorial, and federal level has the capacity to alter policy decisions and citizen responses. Trudy’s research interests broadly surround political communication, political behavior, public opinion, and women in politics.
Education
PhD Political Science, Arizona State University exp. 2024
M.A. Political Science, Arizona State University 2021
B.A. Political Science, Minor: Humanitarian Affairs, James Madison University 2018
B.A. Writing Rhetoric and Technical Communication, James Madison University 2018
Research Interests
Political Communication, Political Behavior, Public Opinion, Women in Politics
Publications
Williams, Alexandra M., Trudy Horsting and Mark D. Ramirez (2022) What’s in a Campaign Logo? Exploring Differences in Candidate Self-Presentation through Campaign Logos, Journal of Political Marketing, DOI: 10.1080/15377857.2022.2040691
Fridkin, Kim, Trudy Horsting, Anastasia Brown, Alexandra M. Williams. Explaining COVID-19 How College Students React to COVID Vaccine PSAs: An Experimental Investigation (Forthcoming at American Politics Research)
Bennion, Elizabeth A. Ed. 2023. Fridkin, Kim, Manuel Guiterrez, Trudy Horsting, Alexandra M. Williams. Teaching Experimental Political Science Chapter 15: Creating an Experimental Lab on Your Campus Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishers. Forthcoming.
Presentations
Invited Talk: “An Introduction to Experimental Methodology and Types of Sep 2022
Experimental Design,” POS 394: Politics of U.S. Immigration, ASU
Guest Lecture: “The Constitution,” POS 110: American Government & Politics, ASU Jan 2022
Arizona State University, Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Speaking Politically Fall 2020
- Political Ideology Fall 2020
- Empirical Political Inquiry Spring 2020
- American Government & Politics Spring 2020
- American Political Thought Fall 2019
- Political Ideology Fall 2019