People in the United States on Democracy

This program looks at two examples of research that inquired into perspectives people in the USA have towards democracy. One poll, conducted by Harvard University in fall of 2021, asked young adults a variety of questions, including several about their opinions on how healthy democracy is in the USA. The second research paper we will consider at this event analyzed data to find out which categories of people were remarkable for the numbers among them who would not mind living under an authoritarian government or would not mind living under a government that follows practices commonly found in authoritarian nations.

The presenter and facilitator for this is Bryan Tunnell, who holds a Master's in Psychology from Auburn University, and a Master of Social Work degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. Bryan has taught psychology courses at Auburn University as well as John Tyler Community College.

Please join the meeting between 6:45 and 7:00 pm, after which we may close access to the event. You will not be required to have your camera on during the entire meeting but have a working camera and microphone and be camera ready for a brief check in at the beginning. Both of these restrictions are intended to deter Zoom bombing and other mischief!

This event is sponsored by Shared Spaces Central Virginia. I just thought some of you might like to attend. I formed Neuroscience, Psychology and Social Science as a Meetup group some time ago and went quiet with it not too long after. But I thought of you all when putting this event together for SSCV. It's on point with social science as a general category, and I think to some degree about psychology more specifically. --Bryan