Christopher Johnston, Professor

Contact Info:

Office Hours:

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

Education:

Ph.D., Stony Brook University, 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. Trexler, A; Johnston, CD, An Ideology by Any Other Name, Political Behavior, vol. 47 no. 1 (March, 2025), pp. 385-409 [doi]  [abs].
2. Jenke, L; Johnston, CD; Madson, GJ, An Assessment of Citizens’ Capacity for Prospective Issue Voting using Incentivized Forecasting, Quarterly Journal of Political Science, vol. 20 no. 1 (January, 2025) [doi]  [abs].
3. Hjermitslev, IB; Johnston, CD, Mixed evidence for a relationship of cognitive fatigue to political engagement, Electoral Studies, vol. 83 (June, 2023) [doi]  [abs].
4. 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].
5. Johnston, CD; Madson, GJ, Negativity bias, personality and political ideology., Nature human behaviour, vol. 6 no. 5 (May, 2022), pp. 666-676 [doi]  [abs].