Professor Busby received his Ph.D. in political science from Northwestern University and, prior to moving to Brigham Young University, was Assistant Professor at Clemson University.

Busby’s research considers extremism in democracies and the way citizens and elites can respond to extremism. His work explores what extremism is, who people blame for extremism, and what encourages and discourages extremism. Across this work, he considers both a general approach to extremism and several specific kinds – including racial extremism, partisan extremism, and populism. His research relies on various methods, including artificial intelligence, large-language models, lab experiments, quasi-experiments, survey experiments, online conversations, text-as-data, and surveys.

Busby has authored two books with Cambridge University Press and many journal articles, including publications in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Political Analysis, Political Science Research and Methods, Political Behavior, Electoral Studies, Political Research Quarterly, Journal of Experimental Political Science, and The Journal of Politics. His research has been funded by the American Political Science Association, Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences, and the National Science Foundation.

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