Nicholas Dias
- Joint Doctoral Candidate in Communication and Political Science
Nic Dias studies why different citizens find certain policy proposals to be interesting and important, as well as "rational" explanations of apparently partisan behavior.
Nic Dias is a joint doctoral candidate in Communication and Political Science at the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Arts & Sciences.
Prior to attending the University of Pennsylvania, Dias worked as a staff researcher at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. Dias received his master’s degree in Journalism from the Columbia Journalism School, where he specialized in computational and data journalism. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Communication from the University of California, Davis.
Education
- B.A., University of California, Davis, 2015
- M.S., Columbia Journalism School, 2018
Selected Publications
Nicholas Dias Receives Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching
A joint doctoral student in Communication and Political Science, Dias was one of 10 recipients.
