Christopher Johnston, Associate Professor

Christopher Johnston
Contact Info:
Office Location:  294J Gross Hall, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:  +1 919 660 4300
Email Address:  
Web Page:   http://sites.duke.edu/chrisjohnston/

Teaching (Spring 2024):

Teaching (Fall 2024):

Office Hours:

Tuesday & Thursday 1:00-2:00 (Polisci 512S),
Tuesday & Thursday 2:00-3:00 (Polisci 240)
Education:

Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook, 2011
B.A., Wake Forest University, 2005
Specialties:

Behavior & Identities
American Politics
Research Interests: Political Psychology, Public Opinion, Political Ideology

Professor Johnston teaches courses in public opinion, political behavior, and political methodology, with an emphasis on the application of psychological theory and methods to mass politics. His teaching and research examines the motivational underpinnings of political judgment and decision making. His articles appear in a wide range of journals in political science, public opinion, and human behavior. He is the co-author of The Ambivalent Partisan: How Critical Loyalty Promotes Democracy (2012, Oxford University Press), which won book of the year in mass politics from the International Society of Political Psychology, and book of the year in political psychology from the American Political Science Association. Professor Johnston is a member of the editorial board for Advances in Political Psychology.

Curriculum Vitae
Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Hjermitslev, IB; Johnston, CD, Mixed evidence for a relationship of cognitive fatigue to political engagement, Electoral Studies, vol. 83 (June, 2023) [doi]  [abs].
  2. Hassell, HJG; Johnston, CD; Khan, J; Cook, E, The nature and impact of emotional content in congressional candidate emails to supporters, Electoral Studies, vol. 79 (October, 2022), pp. 102501-102501, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  3. Johnston, CD; Madson, GJ, Negativity bias, personality and political ideology., Nature human behaviour, vol. 6 no. 5 (May, 2022), pp. 666-676 [doi]  [abs].
  4. Guay, B; Johnston, CD, Ideological Asymmetries and the Determinants of Politically Motivated Reasoning, American Journal of Political Science, vol. 66 no. 2 (April, 2022), pp. 285-301 [doi]  [abs].
  5. Ollerenshaw, T; Johnston, CD, The Conditional Relationship of Psychological Needs to Ideology, Public Opinion Quarterly, vol. 86 no. 2 (January, 2022), pp. 369-380, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi]  [abs].