Assistant Professor
Quantitative Social Science
Dartmouth College
My name is Elsa Voytas.
I am an assistant professor of Quantitative Social Science at Dartmouth College. My research examines how experiencing, remembering, and confronting past violence influences contemporary political decisions. I apply a range of methodological techniques, including field and survey experiments, causal inference, focus groups, and interviews, to ask how societies can advance social justice and build peace. As an instructor, I teach courses on quantitative methods and peace, justice, and conflict resolution.
You can find my CV here. Photo by Katie Lenhart.Balcells, Laia, Valeria Palanza, and Elsa Voytas.* 2022. "Do transitional justice museums persuade visitors? Evidence from a field experiment." The Journal of Politics.
Balcells, Laia and Elsa Voytas.* 2023. "What difference do museums make?" In The Oxford Handbook of Transitional Justice , edited by Jens Meierhenrich, Alexander Laban Hinton and Lawrence Douglas.
Voytas, Elsa and Benjamin Crisman. "State Violence and Participation in Transitional Justice: Evidence from Colombia." The Journal of Peace Research.
"More than money: the political consequences of reparations." Conditionally accepted.
"Remembering the past in ethnically divided societies" (with Laia Balcells and Olwen Purdue). Revise & resubmit.
"The Troubles and Beyond. The Impact of a Museum Exhibit in a Post-Conflict Society" (with Laia Balcells).
"Shades of justice: victim responses to apology and punishment" (with Sarah Z. Daly).
"From Black Wall Street to Reparations: Racial justice museums and political change" (with Chaya Crowder).
"Communitarian appeals increase opposition to violent extremism: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh" (with Jason Lyall and Brendan Nyhan).
"Historical Narratives and Political Behavior in the US" (with Diego Ramos-Toro).
* denotes equal authorship (listed alphabetically).
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