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Stories by Michele Gelfand

Michele Gelfand is a professor and distinguished university scholar teacher at the University of Maryland.

The Cultural Fault Line That Is Reshaping Global Politics

Research shows perceived threats from outside may be the unifying explanation behind Brexit, Trump and the strength of Le Pen in France

May 2, 2017 — Michele Gelfand, Joshua Conrad Jackson, Jesse R. Harrington and The Conversation US

Trump Culture: Threat, Fear and the Tightening of the American Mind

April 27, 2016 — The Conversation, Michele Gelfand, Joshua Conrad Jackson and Jesse R. Harrington

Tightness and Looseness: A New Way to Understand Differences across the 50 United States

July 2, 2014 — Jesse Harrington and Michele Gelfand

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