Adam J. Berinsky (born 1970) is a

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at the

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. He is the author of the 2004 book '' Silent Voices: Public Opinion and Political Participation in America'' and the 2009 book '' In Time of War: Understanding Public Opinion, From World War II to Iraq''. A graduate of

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, he completed his undergraduate education at

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and received his Ph.D. from

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

from the Department of Political Science in 2000. In 2013, Berinsky received the Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research from the Board of Directors of the

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. In 2016 the Finnish government hired him to train their staff in countering Russian

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