Drew Seib


Forecast Radar Cameras Photos	I was born and raised in Cape Girareau, MO. After graduating from high school, I attended Westminster College in Fulton, MO. I must say it truly was the best four years of my life. While there I majored in political science, Spanish, and international studies, with a minor in European studies. I graduated from Westminster in the spring of 2003. Westminster Collumns After taking a year off, I returned to academia. I have been a graduate student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale since the fall of 2004. I received my Masters in political science in December 2006. My thesis, "Unclear Ideology Heuristics and Voting," explores how people use ideology to vote and what happens when the information that they obtain about candidates make ideological distinctions difficult. I continue to pursue a PhD in political science. I have two primary fields, American politics and comparative politics, and a supporting field of international relations. My primary area of study is political psychology, a subfield within American politics. Calahans For my dissertation I plan on exploring the limits of heuristics ( short-cuts that people use, such as a candidate's party affiliation or ideology, to make up for their lack of information). Some of the ideas that I am toying with right now are how political discussion and time-limits affect people's ability to use heuristics. Additionally, I would like to examine peoples' abilities to project a candidate's position on an issue, based on what the person has learned from other issues. Im am slowly starting to set up my dissertation. I am using a psychology like experiment, which I will be administering over the internet. To preview it, click on the "Dissertation" box above. If you are asked to provide a password (subject ID), use "admin". Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica For fun, some of the things that I enjoy doing are playing tennis, backpacking, camping, racquetball, ping pong, playing the piano, and hanging out with friends. I'm also trying to get into kayaking. By far my favorite thing to do is travel and backpack. This last year for spring break I went to Costa Rica. It was my first trip abroad and was really fun. It was a ten day trip dring which I visitied Arenal (an active volcano), Monte Verde (a town surrounded by rainforest), and Manuel Antonio (a beautiful beachfront town). Also, a year ago my brother, a friend of ours (Shami), and I went backpacking in Arizona. We hit up two different trails: Aravaipa Canyon and Beaver Creak. Both of the trails followed a creek. Who knew there was so much water in the desert? Two of my favorite experiences from the trip were getting to see and Gila Monster (one of two poisonous lizzards in the world) and a rattle snake. I didn't get to hear the snake's rattle. He didn't really know that we were there, which is ok considering that the nearest hospital was over two hours away by car plus having to hike back to the car. Picture of both trips are availbale on the picture tab to the right, along with some other cool pictures. Pictures Research CV Email

I was born and raised in Cape Girareau, MO. After graduating from high school, I attended Westminster College in Fulton, MO. I must say it truly was the best four years of my life. While there I majored in political science, Spanish, and international studies, with a minor in European studies. I graduated from Westminster in the spring of 2003.
Westminster Collumns

After taking a year off, I returned to academia. I have been a graduate student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale since the fall of 2004. I received my Masters in political science in December 2006. My thesis, "Unclear Ideology Heuristics and Voting," explores how people use ideology to vote and what happens when the information that they obtain about candidates make ideological distinctions difficult. I continue to pursue a PhD in political science. I have two primary fields, American politics and comparative politics, and a supporting field of international relations. My primary area of study is political psychology, a subfield within American politics.
Calahans
For my dissertation I plan on exploring the limits of heuristics ( short-cuts that people use, such as a candidate's party affiliation or ideology, to make up for their lack of information). Some of the ideas that I am toying with right now are how political discussion and time-limits affect people's ability to use heuristics. Additionally, I would like to examine peoples' abilities to project a candidate's position on an issue, based on what the person has learned from other issues. Im am slowly starting to set up my dissertation. I am using a psychology like experiment, which I will be administering over the internet. To preview it, click on the "Dissertation" box above. If you are asked to provide a password (subject ID), use "admin".

Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
For fun, some of the things that I enjoy doing are playing tennis, backpacking, camping, racquetball, ping pong, playing the piano, and hanging out with friends. I'm also trying to get into kayaking. By far my favorite thing to do is travel and backpack. This last year for spring break I went to Costa Rica. It was my first trip abroad and was really fun. It was a ten day trip dring which I visitied Arenal (an active volcano), Monte Verde (a town surrounded by rainforest), and Manuel Antonio (a beautiful beachfront town). Also, a year ago my brother, a friend of ours (Shami), and I went backpacking in Arizona. We hit up two different trails: Aravaipa Canyon and Beaver Creak. Both of the trails followed a creek. Who knew there was so much water in the desert? Two of my favorite experiences from the trip were getting to see and Gila Monster (one of two poisonous lizzards in the world) and a rattle snake. I didn't get to hear the snake's rattle. He didn't really know that we were there, which is ok considering that the nearest hospital was over two hours away by car plus having to hike back to the car. Picture of both trips are availbale on the picture tab to the right, along with some other cool pictures.

Pictures Research CV Email