I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science (American Politics, Research Methods) at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK.
Previously, I was a Science of Science Communication postdoctoral fellow at the Annenberg Public Policy Center (University of Pennsylvania). I was also based at the Yale Law School, where I was an affiliated postdoctoral scholar at the Cultural Cognition Project.
I received my PhD in Political Science from the University of Minnesota, where I was also a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow and Doctoral Dissertation Fellow.
My research focuses on a wide range of topics related to American politics, public opinion, science communication, and both health and environmental policy. I am especially interested in identifying the social and political determinants of anti-science attitudes, and investigating their policy impact. I am also broadly interested in designing communication strategies that promote effective engagement between the public and the scientific community on politically contentious issues.
Experience
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2019–presentAssistant professor, Oklahoma State University
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2018–2019Postdoctoral fellow, University of Pennsylvania
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2018–2019Affiliated postdoctoral researcher, Yale Law School
Education
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2018University of Minnesota, Doctor of Philosophy
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2013Wesleyan University, Bachelor of Arts
Grants and Contracts
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2017Doctoral Dissertation Fellow
- Role:
- Fellow
- Funding Source:
- University of Minnesota
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2014Graduate Research Fellow
- Role:
- Fellow
- Funding Source:
- National Science Foundation
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
- Website
- @matt_motta
- Article Feed
- matthew.motta@okstate.edu
- motta018@umn.edu
- ORCID
- Joined
