Dr. Xinsheng Liu, senior research scholar and research scientist with the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, presented two research papers at the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference that took place from April 6-10, 2022, in Chicago.
The first paper, “General Science-Technology Orientation, Specific Benefit-Risk Assessment Frame, and Public Acceptance of Gene Drive Biotechnology,” is coauthored with Carol Goldsmith, ISTPP assistant director and research specialist; Ki Eun Kang, ISTPP postdoctoral research associate; Arnold Vedlitz, ISTPP director and Public Service and Administration (PSAA) professor at the Bush School; Zach Adelman, ISTPP fellow and professor of entomology at Texas A&M University; Leah Buchman, ISTPP research assistant; Elizabeth Heitman, ISTPP Fellow and professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; and Raul Medina, ISTPP fellow and professor of entomology at Texas A&M. The second paper, “How Focusing Event Affects Public Opinion: Natural Experimental Evidence from the Orlando Mass Shooting,” is coauthored with Youlang Zhang, ISTPP fellow and assistant professor of public administration at Renmin University of China.
