Jason Barabas' research interests include public opinion, methodology, and public policy. As a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Scholar, Dr. Barabas studied how citizens learn about health issues from the mass media as well as Health Savings Accounts and attitudes toward privatization in America.

• "Rational Exuberance: The Stock Market and Public Support for Social Security Privatization," in the Journal of Politics (2006) Vol. 68 (February): 51-60. [Abstract].

• "Citizens, Knowledge, and the Information Environment", in the American Journal of Political Science (2006) Vol. 50 (April): 266-82 with Jennifer Jerit and Toby Bolsen. [Abstract].

• "Bankrupt Rhetoric: The Social Security Reform Debate and Citizen Knowledge," in Public Opinion Quarterly (Forthcoming) with Jennifer Jerit. [Abstract].

• "How Deliberation Affects Policy Opinions" , in the American Political Science Review (2004) Vol. 98 (Nov.): 687-701. [Abstract] or [Supplemental Methodological Appendix].

• "Another Look at the Measurement of Political Knowledge", in Political Analysis (2002) Vol. 10 (Spring): 209. [Abstract] or [Expanded Web-Article].

• "Invoking Public Opinion: Policy Elites and Social Security", in Public Opinion Quarterly (2002) 66 (Summer): 235-64 with Fay Lomax Cook and Benjamin I. Page. [Abstract].

• "Foreign Policy Gaps between Citizens and Leaders", in International Studies Quarterly (2000) 44: 339-64 with Benjamin I. Page. [Abstract].

• "Redistricting Principles and Racial Representation", in State Politics and Policy Quarterly (2004) Vol. 4 (Winter): 415-35 with Jennifer Jerit. [Abstract].