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Christopher Weber

  • Professor, School of Government and Public Policy
  • Director
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
  • Social Sciences, Rm. 333
  • Tucson, AZ 85721
  • chrisweber@arizona.edu
  • Bio
  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Political Psychology
    • Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York

Work Experience

  • SGPP, University of Arizona (2014 - Ongoing)
  • SGPP, University of Arizona (2013 - 2014)
  • Political Science and Mass Communication, Louisiana State University (2008 - 2013)

Awards

  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award
    • College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Fall 2024
  • Google Cloud Champion Innovator
    • Google, Summer 2023
  • Google Cloud Research Innovator
    • Google, Spring 2023
  • RII Investment to Support Voter Project
    • UA RII, Spring 2022
  • Udall Fellowship
    • Udall Center, Spring 2019

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Interests

Teaching

American Politics, Political Psychology, Methodology

Research

American Politics, Political Psychology, Methodology

Courses

2025-26 Courses

  • Foundations of Political Psych
    POL 325 (Fall 2025)
  • Honors Thesis
    POL 498H (Fall 2025)
  • Quantitative Methodology III
    POL 683 (Fall 2025)

2024-25 Courses

  • American Natl Govt
    POL 201 (Spring 2025)
  • Dissertation
    POL 920 (Spring 2025)
  • Foundations of Political Psych
    POL 325 (Spring 2025)
  • Dissertation
    POL 920 (Fall 2024)
  • Quantitative Methodology III
    POL 683 (Fall 2024)

2023-24 Courses

  • American Natl Govt
    POL 201 (Spring 2024)
  • Dissertation
    POL 920 (Spring 2024)
  • Foundations of Political Psych
    POL 325 (Spring 2024)
  • Honors Thesis
    POL 498H (Spring 2024)
  • Media & International Affairs
    POL 553A (Spring 2024)
  • Dissertation
    POL 920 (Fall 2023)
  • Foundations of Political Psych
    POL 325 (Fall 2023)
  • Honors Thesis
    POL 498H (Fall 2023)

2022-23 Courses

  • Dissertation
    POL 920 (Spring 2023)
  • Honors Thesis
    POL 498H (Spring 2023)
  • Dissertation
    POL 920 (Fall 2022)
  • Foundations of Political Psych
    POL 325 (Fall 2022)
  • Honors Thesis
    POL 498H (Fall 2022)
  • Media & International Affairs
    POL 553A (Fall 2022)
  • Quantitative Methodology III
    POL 683 (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Foundations of Political Psych
    POL 325 (Spring 2022)
  • Independent Study
    POL 699 (Spring 2022)
  • Quantitative Methodology II
    POL 682 (Spring 2022)
  • American Natl Govt
    POL 201 (Fall 2021)
  • Foundations of Political Psych
    POL 325 (Fall 2021)
  • Honors Thesis
    POL 498H (Fall 2021)
  • Media & International Affairs
    POL 553A (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • American Natl Govt
    POL 201 (Summer I 2021)
  • American Natl Govt
    POL 201 (Spring 2021)
  • Honors Thesis
    POL 498H (Spring 2021)
  • Norms & Job Market
    POL 697C (Spring 2021)
  • SGPP Methods Workshop
    POL 697 (Spring 2021)
  • American Natl Govt
    POL 201 (Fall 2020)
  • Dissertation
    POL 920 (Fall 2020)
  • Foundations of Political Psych
    POL 325 (Fall 2020)
  • Independent Study
    POL 699 (Fall 2020)
  • Media & International Affairs
    POL 553A (Fall 2020)
  • Norms & Research
    POL 697B (Fall 2020)
  • Quantitative Methodology III
    POL 683 (Fall 2020)

2019-20 Courses

  • American Natl Govt
    POL 201 (Spring 2020)
  • Dissertation
    POL 920 (Spring 2020)
  • Ideology in Politics
    POL 627 (Spring 2020)
  • Norms & Job Market
    POL 697C (Spring 2020)
  • Politics & Policy of Global
    SGPP 301 (Spring 2020)
  • Professional Norms & Teaching
    POL 697A (Spring 2020)
  • Dissertation
    POL 920 (Fall 2019)
  • Media & International Affairs
    POL 553A (Fall 2019)
  • Norms & Research
    POL 697B (Fall 2019)
  • Quantitative Methodology III
    POL 683 (Fall 2019)
  • SGPP Methods Workshop
    POL 697 (Fall 2019)

2018-19 Courses

  • Dissertation
    POL 920 (Spring 2019)
  • Honors Thesis
    POL 498H (Spring 2019)
  • Dissertation
    POL 920 (Fall 2018)
  • Honors Thesis
    POL 498H (Fall 2018)
  • Intro American Politics
    POL 620 (Fall 2018)
  • Media & International Affairs
    POL 553A (Fall 2018)
  • Quantitative Methodology III
    POL 683 (Fall 2018)

2017-18 Courses

  • Honors Thesis
    POL 498H (Spring 2018)
  • Quantitative Methodology II
    POL 682 (Spring 2018)
  • Quantitative Methodology III
    POL 683 (Spring 2018)
  • American Natl Govt
    POL 201 (Fall 2017)
  • Honors Thesis
    POL 498H (Fall 2017)
  • Independent Study
    POL 699 (Fall 2017)
  • Media & International Affairs
    POL 553A (Fall 2017)

2016-17 Courses

  • Independent Study
    POL 699 (Spring 2017)
  • Quantitative Methodology II
    POL 682 (Spring 2017)
  • Independent Study
    POL 699 (Fall 2016)
  • Intro American Politics
    POL 620 (Fall 2016)
  • Media & International Affairs
    POL 553A (Fall 2016)
  • Quantitative Methodology III
    POL 683 (Fall 2016)

2015-16 Courses

  • Adv Research Methods
    POL 682 (Spring 2016)
  • Independent Study
    POL 699 (Spring 2016)
  • Intermed Rsrch Methods
    POL 681 (Spring 2016)

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Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

  • Weber, C. (2023). Authoritarianism and Political Conflict. In Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology(pp 733–768). Oxford University Press.
  • Weber, C. (2019). Ideology and Values. In Oxford Encyclopedia of Political Decision Making.

Journals/Publications

  • Klar PhD, S. M., & Weber, C. (2020). “Why Would a Republican Vote Biden? Ask Arizonans.”. New York Times.
  • Klar PhD, S. M., & Weber, C. (2019). Understanding Individual-Level Variation in Ideological Sorting. Advances in Political Psychology.
  • Weber, C. (2014). God Talk: Experimenting with the Religious Causes of Public Opinion (Book Review). Public Opinion Quarterly, Online.
    More info
    This is a book review. It's not clear where it should go, so I put it under journal/publication.
  • Weber, C. R. (2013). The Measurement of Discussion Networks in Disaster Response. Work in Progress.
    More info
    This was rejected at POQ. We are revising it for resubmission to Political Psychology.
  • Weber, C., & Davis, N. (2017). The Emotional Foundations of Political Sorting. American Journal of Political Science.
  • Weber, C., & Schuler, P. (2020). Ideology in Vietnam: Evidence from Asian Barometer Data. Under Review.
  • Weber, C., Federico, C., & Feldman, S. (2017). Did Authoritarianism Contribute to Trump’s Political Success? Yes—But It Wasn’t All About Trump. Washington Post: Monkey Cage.
    More info
    This isn't a journal article, but it's not clear where it's supposed to go.
  • Weber, C., Klar PhD, S. M., & Davis, N. (2019). Affective Consistency and Sorting. Social Science Quarterly.
  • Weber, C., Klar, S. M., & Davis, N. (2018). Affective Consistency and Sorting. Political Psychology.
    More info
    This paper has been rejected by several general political science journals (JOP, PRQ). The reviews have indicated it's too specialized. We are thus submitting it to Political Psychology the first week of May.
  • Klar PhD, S. M., Weber, C., & Krupnikov, Y. (2017). Social Desirability Bias in the 2016 Presidential Election. The Forum.
  • Weber, C., Kenny, C., & Bratton, K. (2016). The Characteristics of Interpersonal Networks in Disaster Response. Social Science Quarterly. doi:DOI: 10.1111
  • Lebo, M. J., & Weber, C. (2015). An Effective Approach to the Repeated Cross-Sectional Design. American Journal of Political Science, n/a--n/a.
  • Weber, C. R., Lavine, H., Huddy, L., & Federico, C. M. (2014). Placing Racial Stereotypes in Context: Social Desirability and the Politics of Racial Hostility. American Journal of Political Science, 58(1), 63--78.
  • Cassese, E. C., Huddy, L., Hartman, T. K., Mason, L., & Weber, C. R. (2013). Socially Mediated Internet Surveys: Recruiting Participants for Online Experiments. PS: Political Science & Politics, 46(04), 775-784.
  • Dunaway, J., Lawrence, R. G., Rose, M., & Weber, C. R. (2013). Traits versus Issues: How Female Candidates Shape Coverage of Senate and Gubernatorial Races.. Political Research Quarterly, 66(3), 715-726.
  • Federico, C. M., Weber, C. R., Ergun, D., & Hunt, C. (2013). Mapping the Connections between Politics and Morality: The Multiple Sociopolitical Orientations Involved in Moral Intuition. Political Psychology, 34(4), 589--610.
  • Weber, C. (2013). Emotions, Campaigns, and Political Participation. Political Research Quarterly, 66(2), 414-428.
  • Weber, C. R., & Federico, C. M. (2013). Moral Foundations and Heterogeneity in Ideological Preferences. Political Psychology, 34(1), 107--126.
  • Kirzinger, A. E., Weber, C., & Johnson, M. (2012). Genetic and Environmental Influences on Media Use and Communication Behaviors. Human Communication Research, 38(2), 144--171.
  • Weber, C., & Thornton, M. (2012). Courting Christians: How Political Candidates Prime Religious Considerations in Campaign Ads. The Journal of Politics, 74(2), pp. 400-413.
  • Weber, C., Dunaway, J., & Johnson, T. (2012). It’s All in the Name: Source Cue Ambiguity and the Persuasive Appeal of Campaign Ads. Political Behavior, 34(3), 561-584.

Presentations

  • Weber, C., & Westerland, C. (2023, July). Improving Scientific Collaboration and Reproducibility through Containerization. Annual Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology. Stanford University.
    More info
    Computational reproducibility in scientific research is a challenging goal, particularly in the social sciences. While data transparency and submission requirements have improved, ensuring replication across different computing environments remains problematic. This project introduces and reviews containerized applications, specifically Docker, and demonstrates their advantages in three applications: creating a unified workspace for collaborative research, incorporating containerization into a data pipeline, and integrating multiple tools in a single container.
  • Weber, C., Feldman, S., & Federico, C. (2023). Authoritarianism and the Mechanisms of Partisan Sorting. Building a Four Corners Political Psychology Network: A Kopf Conference.
  • Dunaway, J., Weber, C., & Davis, N. (2015, Winter 2015). Does Internet Penetration Drive Elite Polarization?. Southern Political Science Association. New Orleans: Southern Political Science Association.
  • Weber, C. R. (2014, Spring). Framing Reconsidered: How Item Bias Confounds Estimated Treatment Effects in Framing Research. Midwest Political Science Association.
    More info
    Presented at the annual MPSA meeting. Collected more data in Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 and am preparing an article.
  • Weber, C. R., & Thornton, M. (2013, Spring). The Christian Campaign: The Strategic Use of Christianity in Campaign Ads. Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL.
  • Weber, C. R., Hartman, T., & Thornton, M. (2014, Spring). Courting Christians: Religious Appeals and their Effect on the Electorate. Midwest Political Science Association.
  • Weber, C. R., Searles, K., & Ridout, T. (2013, Spring). Anger and the Partisan: How Source and Viewer Characteristics Moderate the Effects of Anger Appeals. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL.
  • Weber, C., & Bradshaw, S. (2015, Summer). Heuristic cues, religion, and scandal: Exploring the effects of religious cues on electoral forgiveness. International Society of Political Psychology.
  • Weber, C., & Klar, S. M. (2018, Summer 2018). Sorting and the Expression of Ideology. International Society of Political PsychologyISPP.
  • Weber, C., Feldman, S., & Federico, C. (2018, Spring). How Authoritarianism Structures Partisan Politics. Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, Illinois: MPSA.
  • Weber, C., Kenny, C., Dunaway, J., & Bratton, K. (2016, Spring). Information, Aversion, or Emotion? Explaining Gender Gaps in Reaction to Disaster Related Negativity. Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL.
  • Weber, C., Kenny, C., Dunaway, J., & Bratton, K. (2016, Winter 2015). Information, Aversion, or Emotion? Explaining Gender Gaps in Reaction to Disaster Related Negativity. Southern Political Science Association.
  • Weber, C., Klar, S. M., & Shmargad, Y. (2016, Spring). Polarization in Congressional Caucuses. MPSA.
  • Weber, C., Shmargad, Y., Puri, S., & Odabas, M. (2019, Spring). #NotMyPresident: How Negative Sentiment Helped Democrats in the 2016 U.S. Congressional Elections. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.

Reviews

  • Weber, C. (2015. Book review: The Hidden Agenda of the Political Mind: How Self-Interest Shapes Our Opinions and Why We Won't Admit It by Jason Weeden and Robert Kurzban. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2014.

Others

  • Weber, C. (2023, June). I presented the AVP to the Arizona Secretary of State's Office. .
  • Weber, C. (2023, May). Presentation of the Voter Project to President Robbins .
    More info
    I presented the AVP to President Robbins. His response was favorable and supports funding the project. Unfortunately, the University's precarious budget situation has stalled funding discussions.
  • Weber, C. (2020, March). Biden's Win Shows the Power of Democratic Moderates. https://theconversation.com/bidens-win-shows-the-power-of-democratic-moderates-133478
    More info
    Correct place for news contributions?

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