Tali Mendelberg (born 1964) is the John Work Garrett Professor in Politics at Princeton University,^[1] co-director of the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, and director of the Program on Inequality at the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, and winner of the American Political Science Association (APSA), 2002 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Book Award for her book, The Race Card: Campaign Strategy, Implicit Messages, and the Norm of Equality.^[2]

Mendelberg gained her degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1985,^[3] and her PhD in political science from the University of Michigan in 1994.^[2]

• 2002 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Book Award from (APSA)^[4]
• 2014 Paul Lazarsfeld Best Paper Award: Political Communication Section from APSA^[5]
• 2012 Best Paper Award: Political Psychology Section from APSA (with Christopher Karpowitz)^[6]
• 2014 Best Paper Award: Political Psychology Section from APSA^[6]
• Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected 2018^[7]

• Mendelberg, Tali; Karpowitz, Christopher F. (2007), "How people deliberate about justice: groups, gender and decision rules", in Rosenberg, Shawn W. (ed.), Deliberation, participation and democracy: can the people govern, Basingstoke England New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 101–129, ISBN 9780230517356.
• Mendelberg, Tali; Karpowitz, Christopher F.; Shaker, Lee (August 2012). "Gender inequality in deliberative participation". American Political Science Review. 106 (3): 533–547. doi:10.1017/S0003055412000329. S2CID 26714987. Pdf.
• Mendelberg, Tali; Karpowitz, Christopher F. (8 November 2012). "The opinion pages: More women, but not nearly enough". The New York Times.
• Mendelberg, Tali; Karpowitz, Christopher F. (2014), The silent sex: gender, deliberation, and institutions, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, ISBN 9780691159768
• Mendelberg, Tali; Karpowitz, Christopher F.; Oliphant, J. Baxter (March 2014). "Gender inequality in deliberation: unpacking the black box of interaction". Perspectives on Politics. 12 (1): 18–44. doi:10.1017/S1537592713003691. S2CID 56166800. Pdf.
• Mendelberg, Tali; Karpowitz, Christopher F.; Goedert, Nicholas (April 2014). "Does descriptive representation facilitate women's distinctive voice? How gender composition and decision rules affect deliberation". American Journal of Political Science. 58 (2): 291–306. doi:10.1111/ajps.12077. Pdf.
• Mendelberg, Tali; Karpowitz, Christopher F.; Mattioli, Lauren (January 2015). "How group forces demonstrate the malleability of gendered behavior". Politics, Groups, and Identities. 3 (1): 203–208. doi:10.1080/21565503.2014.999808. S2CID 34866377. Pdf.
• Mendelberg, Tali; Karpowitz, Christopher F.; Mattioli, Lauren (January 2015). "Why women's numbers elevate women's influence, and when they do not: rules, norms, and authority in political discussion". Politics, Groups, and Identities. 3 (1): 149–177. doi:10.1080/21565503.2014.999804. S2CID 144320596. Pdf.

• Mendelberg, Tali; Oleske, John (April 2000). "Race and public deliberation". Political Communication. 17 (2): 169–191. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.516.2150. doi:10.1080/105846000198468. S2CID 39737712. Pdf.
• Mendelberg, Tali; Karpowitz, Christopher F. (2011), "An experimental approach to citizen deliberation", in Druckman, James N.; Green, Donald P.; Kuklinski, James H.; Lupia, Arthur (eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science, Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 258–272, ISBN 9780521174558.
• Mendelberg, Tali (2002), "The deliberative citizen: theory and evidence", in Carpini, Michael X. Delli; Huddy, Leonie; Shapiro, Robert Y. (eds.), Political decision-making, deliberation and participation, Research in Micropolitics: Volume 6, Amsterdam Boston: Emerald Group Publishing, pp. 151–194, ISBN 9780762302277. Pdf.
• Mendelberg, Tali; Karpowitz, Christopher F. (Winter 2007). "Groups and deliberation". Swiss Political Science Review. 13 (4): 645–662. doi:10.1002/j.1662-6370.2007.tb00092.x.
• Mendelberg, Tali; Karpowitz, Christopher F. (2011), "An experimental approach to citizen deliberation", in Druckman, James N.; Green, Donald P.; Kuklinski, James H.; Lupia, Arthur (eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science, Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 258–272, ISBN 9780521174558. Pdf.
• Mendelberg, Tali; Myers, C. Daniel (2013), "Political deliberation", in Huddy, Leonie; Sears, David O.; Levy, Jack S. (eds.), The Oxford handbook of political psychology (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 699–736, ISBN 9780199760107. Pdf.

• Mendelberg, Tali; Kinder, Donald R. (May 1995). "Cracks in American apartheid: the political impact of prejudice among desegregated whites". The Journal of Politics. 57 (2): 402–424. doi:10.2307/2960313. JSTOR 2960313. S2CID 154277012. Pdf.
• Mendelberg, Tali (May 1997). "Executing Hortons: racial crime in the 1988 presidential campaign". Public Opinion Quarterly. 61 (1): 134–157. doi:10.1086/297790. Pdf.
• Mendelberg, Tali; Kinder, Donald R. (2000), "Individualism reconsidered: principles and prejudice in contemporary American opinion", in Sears, David O.; Sidanius, Jim; Bobo, Lawrence D. (eds.), Racialized politics: the debate about racism in America, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 44–74, ISBN 9780226744070.
• Mendelberg, Tali; Oleske, John (April 2000). "Race and public deliberation". Political Communication. 17 (2): 169–191. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.516.2150. doi:10.1080/105846000198468. S2CID 39737712. Pdf.
• Mendelberg, Tali; Oliver, J. Eric (July 2000). "Reconsidering the environmental determinants of white racial attitudes". American Journal of Political Science. 44 (3): 574–589. doi:10.2307/2669265. JSTOR 2669265. Pdf.
• Mendelberg, Tali (2001). The race card: campaign strategy, implicit messages, and the norm of equality. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691070711
• Mendelberg, Tali; Berinsky, Adam J. (October 2005). "The indirect effects of discredited stereotypes in judgments of Jewish leaders". American Journal of Political Science. 49 (4): 845–864. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5907.2005.00159.x. Pdf.
• Mendelberg, Tali (March 2008). "Racial priming revived". Perspectives on Politics. 6 (1): 109–123. doi:10.1017/S1537592708080092. S2CID 56446412. Pdf.
• Mendelberg, Tali (March 2008). "Racial priming: issues in research design and interpretation". Perspectives on Politics. 6 (1): 135–140. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.576.4669. doi:10.1017/S1537592708080110. S2CID 10375080. Pdf.
• Mendelberg, Tali (2009), "Deliberation, incivility, and race in electoral campaigns", in King, Desmond; Lieberman, Robert; Ritter, Gretchen; et al. (eds.), Democratization in America: a comparative-historical analysis, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 157–186, ISBN 9780801893254. Pdf.
• Mendelberg, Tali; Berinsky, Adam; Hutchings, Vincent; Shaker, Lee; Valentino, Nicholas (June 2011). "Sex and race: are black candidates more likely to be disadvantaged by sex scandals?". Political Behavior. 33 (2): 179–202. doi:10.1007/s11109-010-9135-8. S2CID 15987563. Pdf.
• Mendelberg, Tali; Junn, Jane; Czaja, Erica (2011), "Race and the group bases of public opinion", in Berinsky, Adam (ed.), New directions in public opinion, New Directions in American Politics, New York: Routledge, pp. 119–138, ISBN 9780415885294. Pdf.
• Mendelberg, Tali; Tokeshi, Matt (2015). "Countering implicit appeals: which strategies work?". Political Communication. 32 (4): 648–672. doi:10.1080/10584609.2014.969463. S2CID 30262783.

• Mendelberg, Tali (August 2005). "Bringing the group back into political psychology: Erik H. Erikson early career award address". Political Psychology. 26 (4): 637–650. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9221.2005.00435.x. Pdf.

• Mendelberg, Tali; McCabe, Katherine; Thal, Adam (October 2014). "The rich are different from you and me": how wealthy student bodies foster economically conservative students (Report). Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP) and the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice. Pdf.

• North, Anna (23 July 2014). "Gabby women, silent men? Maybe not". The New York Times.
• Norden, Merrell (17 September 2014). "Faculty book: Tali Mendelberg: Speak up! Women lack confidence in debates". Princeton Alumni Weekly. The Trustees of Princeton University.

• Deliberative democracy
• Feminist philosophy
• Feminist theory
• Political philosophy

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