Heather Yates on the Emotions of Politics

The Periphery from the Pulaski Institution

Dr. Heather Yates is an associate professor of political science at the University of Central Arkansas and an non-resident fellow at the Pulaski Institution. Her research centers on the intersection between emotions and political behavior. Join us for a ranging discussion looking at some of the big issues in our current moment through that lens. We talk about the emotional psychology underpinning the different responses to the coronavirus pandemic and vaccine rollout, the issues of trust in institutions and our politics, and crucially related to that, the Big Lie and the fallout from the January 6th insurrection.