Natasha Goel

PhD Candidate
natasha.goel@mail.utoronto.ca

Fields of Study

  • Comparative Politics

Areas of Interest

  • Belief perseverance
  • Public Opinion
  • American politics
  • Canadian politics
  • Affective polarization
  • Experimental survey research

Major and Minor Fields

Major

  • Comparative Politics

Minor 1

Canadian Politics

Working Dissertation

Title

Thinking About Thinking: Considering the Processing of Incongruent Information

Supervisors

Christopher Cochrane
Eric Merkley

Biography

Natasha is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science. She holds a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship and is a doctoral fellow in both the Policy, Elections, and Representation Lab (PEARL) at the University of Toronto and the Media Ecosystem Observatory (MEO) at McGill University. Natasha’s research interests lie broadly in the areas of political psychology, political communication, and political behavior.

Natasha’s dissertation examines the perseverance of false beliefs, misperceptions, and conspiracy theories. More specifically, her work considers how individual dispositions and differences shape the way people process information, form beliefs and opinions, and respond to persuasion.

Education

MA in Geography & Planning, University of Toronto
BA in Economics and Psychology, York University

Cohort

  • 2021-2022