Yphtach Lelkes is an Associate Professor of Communication and Political Science (Secondary). His work focuses primarily on affective polarization, political information processing, and political ideology and identities. His research has appeared in major journals in Political Science, Communication, and Psychology, including the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Journal of Communication, and the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, as well as general-interest journals including PNAS and Nature Human Behavior.