| Christopher Johnston, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies of the Department of Poitical Science
 - Contact Info:
Teaching (Spring 2023):
- POLSCI 630.001, PROBABILITY AND REGRESSION
Synopsis
- Perkins 071, Th 01:45 PM-04:15 PM
- POLSCI 630.01L, PROBABILITY AND REGRESSION
Synopsis
- Bio Sci 154, F 01:45 PM-03:00 PM
- 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:
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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)
- 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].
- Johnston, CD; Madson, GJ, Negativity bias, personality and political ideology.,
Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 6 no. 5
(May, 2022),
pp. 666-676 [doi] [abs].
- 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].
- 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].
- Bartels, BL; Johnston, CD, Curbing the Court Why the Public Constrains Judicial Independence
(August, 2020),
pp. 200 pages, Cambridge University Press [abs].
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