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Reactions to terrorism: Attitudes and anxieties is topic of June 18 Congressional briefing by ISR researcher Michael Traugott WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, June 18, from 11:45 to 2:00 p.m., University of Michigan researcher Michael Traugott will participate in a Congressional Briefing in Washington, D.C. on the impact of September 11 on American attitudes, anxieties and beliefs. Media representatives are invited to attend. Traugott, a senior research scientist at the U-M Institute for Social Research (ISR), is a member of the ISR team that organized<a href="http://www.umich.edu/~newsinfo/Releases/2002/ How Americans Respond, a longitudinal panel study of public attitudes and behavior in response to the September 11 attacks. To date, two waves of interviews have been conducted, in September-October and March-April, with analyses focusing on how the public’s shaken sense of personal safety and security has affected economic expectations and behavior. Data on attitudes toward civil liberties, trust in others and in institutions, and the psychological state of the country will also be presented. The author of nine books and more than 40 articles and book chapters, Traugott’s most recent books are a revised edition of The Voter’s Guide to Election Polls and an edited volume, Election Polls, the News Media, and Democracy, both with Paul Lavrakas. He is past president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, and has consulted for a number of news organizations, including the Voter News Service, on election coverage. The briefing, in support of the Decade of Behavior, is co-sponsored by the American Political Science Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Sociological Association and the Consortium of Social Science Associations.