Neil Malhotra

The Edith M. Cornell Professor of Political Economy
Professor of Political Science (by courtesy), School of Humanities and Sciences
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Neil Malhotra

Bio

Neil Malhotra is The Edith M. Cornell Professor of Political Economy at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He also holds a courtesy appointment in the Stanford University Department of Political Science. He serves as the Louise and Claude N. Rosenberg, Jr. Director of the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford GSB.

He has authored over 60 articles on numerous topics including American politics, political behavior, and survey methodology. His research has been published in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Science, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, among other outlets. He currently serves as an associate editor of Public Opinion Quarterly and the Journal of Experimental Political Science.

He received his MA and PhD in political science from Stanford University, where he was the Melvin & Joan Lane Stanford Graduate Fellow. He received a BA in economics from Yale University.

Administrative Titles

Louise & Claude Rosenberg Jr. Director, Center for Social Innovation

Stanford GSB Affiliations

Academic Degrees

  • PhD in Political Science, Stanford University, 2008
  • MA in Political Science, Stanford University, 2005
  • BA in Economics, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Distinction in the Major, Yale University, 2002

Academic Appointments

  • At Stanford University since 2008

Awards and Honors

  • Coulter Family Faculty Fellow, 2023–24
  • Susan Ford Dorsey Faculty Fellow, 2020–21
  • Susan Ford Dorsey Faculty Fellow, 2019–20
  • Susan Ford Dorsey Faculty Fellow, 2016–17
  • Philip F. Maritz Faculty Scholar, Stanford GSB, 2013–14
  • Jewell-Loewenberg Award for the Best Article in Legislative Studies Quarterly, American Political Science Association
  • Invited Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

Service to the Profession

Member

    • American Political Science Association, 2004-2009

    Professional Experience

    • Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation

    Journal Articles

    Jake Alton Jares, Neil Malhotra
    American Political Science Review
    August 2024 Pages 1–23
    Hunt Allcott, Winter Mason, Arjun Wilkins, Pablo Barberá, Taylor Brown, Juan Carlos Cisneros, Adriana Crespo-Tenorio, Drew Dimmery, Deen Freelon, Sandra González-Bailón, Andrew M. Guess, Young Mie Kim, David Lazer, Neil Malhotra, Devra Moehler, Sameer Nair-Desai, Houda Nait El Barj, Brendan Nyhan, Ana Carolina Paixao de Queiroz, Jennifer Pan, Jaime Settle, Emily Thorson, Rebekah Tromble, Carlos Velasco Rivera, Benjamin Wittenbrink, Magdalena Wojcieszak, Saam Zahedian, Annie Franco, Chad Kiewiet de Jonge, Natalie Jomini Stroud, Joshua A. Tucker
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    May 2024 Vol. 121 Issue 21
    Chelsey S. Clark, Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Sean J. Westwood, Maya Sen, Neil Malhotra, Stephen Jessee
    Nature Human Behaviour
    November 2023
    Sandra González-Bailón, David Lazer, Pablo Barberá, Meiqing Zhang, Hunt Allcott, Taylor Brown, Adriana Crespo-Tenorio, Deen Freelon, Andrew M. Guess, Shanto Iyengar, Young Mie Kim, Neil Malhotra, Devra Moehler, Brendan Nyhan, Jennifer Pan, Carlos Velasco Rivera, Jaime Settle, Emily Thorson, Rebekah Tromble, Arjun Wilkins, Magdalena Wojcieszak, Chad Kiewiet de Jonge, Annie Franco, Winter Mason, Natalie Jomini Stroud, Joshua A. Tucker
    Science
    July 2023 Vol. 381 Issue 6656 Pages 392–398
    Andrew M. Guess, Neil Malhotra, Jennifer Pan, Pablo Barberá, Hunt Allcott, Taylor Brown, Adriana Crespo-Tenorio, Drew Dimmery, Deen Freelon, Sandra González-Bailón, Edward Kennedy, Young Mie Kim, David Lazer, Devra Moehler, Brendan Nyhan, Carlos Velasco Rivera, Jaime Settle, Daniel Robert Thomas, Emily Thorson, Rebekah Tromble, Arjun Wilkins, Magdalena Wojcieszak, Beixian Xiong, Chad Kiewiet de Jonge, Annie Franco, Winter Mason, Natalie Jomini Stroud, Joshua A. Tucker
    Science
    July 2023 Vol. 381 Issue 6656 Pages 398–404
    Brendan Nyhan, Jaime Settle, Emily Thorson, Magdalena Wojcieszak, Pablo Barberá, Annie Y. Chen, Hunt Allcott, Taylor Brown, Adriana Crespo-Tenorio, Drew Dimmery, Deen Freelon, Sandra González-Bailón, Andrew M. Guess, Edward Kennedy, Young Mie Kim, David Lazer, Neil Malhotra, Devra Moehler, Jennifer Pan, Daniel Robert Thomas, Rebekah Tromble, Carlos Velasco Rivera, Arjun Wilkins, Beixian Xiong, Chad Kiewiet de Jonge, Annie Franco, Winter Mason, Natalie Jomini Stroud, Joshua A. Tucker
    Nature
    July 2023 Vol. 620 Pages 137–144
    Andrew M. Guess, Neil Malhotra, Jennifer Pan, Pablo Barberá, Hunt Allcott, Taylor Brown, Adriana Crespo-Tenorio, Drew Dimmery, Deen Freelon, Sandra González-Bailón, Edward Kennedy, Young Mie Kim, David Lazer, Devra Moehler, Brendan Nyhan, Carlos Velasco Rivera, Jaime Settle, Daniel Robert Thomas, Emily Thorson, Rebekah Tromble, Arjun Wilkins, Magdalena Wojcieszak, Beixian Xiong, Chad Kiewiet de Jonge, Annie Franco, Winter Mason, Natalie Jomini Stroud, Joshua A. Tucker
    Science
    July 2023 Vol. 381 Issue 6656 Pages 404–408
    Matthew H. Graham, Gregory A. Huber, Neil Malhotra, Cecilia Hyunjung Mo
    The Journal of Politics
    January 2023 Vol. 85 Issue 1
    Matthew H. Graham, Gregory A. Huber, Neil Malhotra, Cecilia Hyunjung Mo
    The Journal of Politics
    January 2023 Vol. 85 Issue 1
    Stephen Jessee, Neil Malhotra, Maya Sen
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    June 14, 2022 Vol. 119 Issue 24
    Sarah F. Anzia, Jake Alton Jares, Neil Malhotra
    American Political Science Review
    April 19, 2022
    Gabor Simonovits, Neil Malhotra, Raymond Ye Lee, Andrew Healy
    Political Behavior
    June 2021 Vol. 43 Issue 2 Pages 737–750
    David Broockman, Neil Malhotra
    Public Opinion Quarterly
    April 2020 Vol. 84 Issue 1 Pages 104–118
    Gregg Sparkman, Elizabeth Weitz, Thomas N. Robinson, Neil Malhotra, Gregory M. Walton
    Sustainability
    March 2020 Vol. 12 Issue 6 Pages 2453
    Steven Liao, Neil Malhotra, Benjamin J. Newman
    Nature of Human Behavior
    February 2020
    Christian Fong, Neil Malhotra, Yotam Margalit
    Political Science & Politics
    July 2019 Vol. 52 Issue 3 Pages 451-456
    Shanto Iyengar, Yphtach Lelkes, Matthew Levendusky, Neil Malhotra, Sean J. Westwood
    Annual Review of Political Science
    May 2019 Vol. 22 Pages 129–146
    Neil Malhotra, Benoît Monin, Michael Tomz
    American Political Science Review
    February 2019 Vol. 113 Issue 1 Pages 19–37
    Benjamin J. Newman, Neil Malhotra
    The Journal of Politics
    January 2019 Vol. 81 Issue 1
    David Broockman, Gregory Ferenstein, Neil Malhotra
    American Journal of Political Science
    January 2019 Vol. 63 Issue 1 Pages 212-233
    Christopher McConnell, Yotam Margalit, Neil Malhotra, Matthew Levendusky
    American Journal of Political Science
    January 2018 Vol. 62 Issue 1 Pages 5-18
    Jon A. Krosnick, Neil Malhotra, Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, Eduardo F. Bruera, LinChiat Chang, Josh Pasek, Randall K. Thomas
    PLoS ONE
    August 14, 2017 Vol. 12 Issue 8
    Neil Malhotra, Christopher McConnell, Yotam Margalit, Matthew Levendusky
    Harvard Business Review
    May 19, 2017 Pages 2-4
    Neil Malhotra, Gregory Huber
    The Journal of Politics
    January 2017 Vol. 79 Issue 1 Pages 269-283
    Neil Malhotra, Alexander Kuo, Cecilia Hyunjung Mo
    The Journal of Politics
    January 2017 Vol. 79 Issue 1 Pages 17-32
    C. Christine Fair, Patrick M. Kuhn, Neil Malhotra, Jacob N. Shapiro
    Quarterly Journal of Political Science
    2017 Vol. 12 Issue 1 Pages 99-141
    Neil Malhotra, Matthew S. Levendusky
    Public Opinion Quarterly
    April 29, 2016 Vol. 80 Pages 378-391
    Matthew Levendusky, Neil Malhotra
    Political Communication
    July 27, 2015 Vol. 33 Issue 2
    Neil Malhotra, Yotam Margalit
    Journal of Politics
    October 2014 Vol. 76 Issue 4 Pages 1000–1016
    Christian R. Grose, Neil Malhotra, Robert Parks Van Houweling
    American Journal of Political Science
    September 2014 Vol. 00 Issue 0 Pages 1 – 20
    Neil Malhotra
    American Journal of Political Science
    2013
    Neil Malhotra
    American Journal of Political Science
    2011
    Andrew Healy, Neil Malhotra
    American Political Science Review
    July 2009 Vol. 103 Issue 3 Pages 387-406
    Neil Malhotra, Alexander G. Kuo
    The Journal of Politics
    2008 Vol. 70 Issue 1 Pages 120-135
    Jowei Chen, Neil Malhotra
    American Political Science Review
    2007 Vol. 101 Issue 4 Pages 657-676

    Other Publications

    Neil Malhotra
    Legislative Studies Quarterly
    August 2022 Vol. 47 Issue 3 Pages 727–740
    Bernadette Clavier, Neil Malhotra
    Stanford Social Innovation Review
    November 1, 2017

    Books

    Neil Malhotra, Ken Shotts
    Cambridge University Press
    2022

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    Cases

    Ken Shotts, Neil Malhotra, Sheila Melvin
    2018
    Ken Shotts, Neil Malhotra, Sheila Melvin
    2018

    In the Media

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    December 15, 2021
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    Five lessons in five minutes: Professors Neil Malhotra and Ken Shotts show how to create a culture of value-driven behavior inside organizations.
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    January 11, 2019
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    March 31, 2015
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    March 17, 2015
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    September 08, 2014
    A study shows that political identity often trumps a voter’s desire for compromise.
    April 07, 2014
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    September 30, 2013
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    July 23, 2013
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    February 13, 2013
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    October 30, 2012
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    New research says polling data helps voters get the information they need to make decisions.
    February 16, 2012
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    July 01, 2010
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    February 01, 2009
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