Dan M. Kahan

Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law
Education

J.D., Harvard Law School, 1989

B.A., Middlebury College, 1986

Curriculum Vitae
Courses Taught
  • Criminal Law & Administration
  • Evidence
  • Supreme Court Advocacy
  • The Science of Science Communication
  • Law and Cognition
Dan M. Kahan

Dan Kahan is the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law at Yale Law School. In addition to risk perception, his areas of research include criminal law and evidence. Prior to coming to Yale in 1999, Professor Kahan was on the faculty of the University of Chicago Law School.  He also served as a law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court (1990-91) and to Judge Harry Edwards of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1989-90).  He received his B.A. from Middlebury College and his J.D. from Harvard University.

News

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The New York Times

Republican Science Denial Has Nasty Real-World Consequences

A 2015 paper by Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law Dan M. Kahan is cited.

Republican Science Denial Has Nasty Real-World Consequences
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The New York Times

What We Know About the Women Who Vote for Republicans and the Men Who Do Not

An essay on the deepening gender gap in American voting cites a study by Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law Dan M. Kahan.

What We Know About the Women Who Vote for Republicans and the Men Who Do Not
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The New York Times

This Senator Has Got the Math Wrong About a $15 Minimum Wage

Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law Dan Kahan’s scholarship is cited in a commentary about minimum wage in The New York Times.

This Senator Has Got the Math Wrong About a $15 Minimum Wage
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Report by Dan Kahan Surveys Science Video Audiences

Research by Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Dan Kahan has helped Northern California public radio station KQED learn more about its audiences.
Report by Dan Kahan Surveys Science Video Audiences
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The Conversation

The Counter-Intuitive Solution to Getting People to Care about Climate Change

Research by Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Dan M. Kahan is cited in a commentary about psychology and climate change.

The Counter-Intuitive Solution to Getting People to Care about Climate Change
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Project Based on Research by Dan Kahan Wins National Science Foundation Grant

Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Dan Kahan is among a team of scholars whose research initiative on engaging millennials in science media received a $2.7 million grant award from the National Science Foundation.
Project Based on Research by Dan Kahan Wins National Science Foundation Grant
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Vox

The stories Fox News covers obsessively — and those it ignores — in charts

Scholarship by Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Dan Kahan is cited in an article about Fox News coverage and how it exploits the tendency for politics to overshadow logic in response to issues.

The stories Fox News covers obsessively — and those it ignores — in charts
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Scientific American

We Should Teach All Students, in Every Discipline, to Think Like Scientists

Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Dan Kahan is mentioned in a commentary by Yale President Peter Salovey.

We Should Teach All Students, in Every Discipline, to Think Like Scientists
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Vox

9 essential lessons from psychology to understand the Trump era

Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Dan Kahan is quoted in an article about the way people don’t make decisions based on facts.

9 essential lessons from psychology to understand the Trump era
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Scientific American

Universities Are Vital for Bridging the Science Gap

Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Dan Kahan is mentioned in a commentary by Yale president Peter Salovey.

Universities Are Vital for Bridging the Science Gap

Contact Information

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Faculty Assistant

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