Christopher Weber

Interests

Teaching

American Politics, Political Psychology, Methodology

Research

American Politics, Political Psychology, Methodology

Courses

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

• Weber, C., Westerland, C., & Zheng, B. (2021). Causal Estimation and the Cross Lagged Panel Regression Model. In Preparation for Submission to Political Analysis.
• 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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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. (2025, August).

  The Electoral Landscape in Arizona

  . Presentation to Congressman Greg Stanton's Office (CD4).
• Weber, C. (2025, Fall).

  Partisan Segregation in Arizona

  . SGPP Faculty Roundtable. SGPP.
• Weber, C. (2025, July). Exploring the Changing Nature of Partisan Sorting and Segregation. International Society of Political Psychology Annual Meeting. Prague, Czech Republic.
• Weber, C. (2025, September).

  Partisan Segregation in Arizona

  . SGPP Faculty Brownbag. SGPP.
• Weber, C. (2026, January).

  Arizona Voter Project: The Electoral Landscape in Arizona

  . Presentation to Saddlebrooke Free Thinkers. SaddleBrooke ranch, Oro Valley, AZ.
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  Arizona Voter Project: The Electoral Landscape in Arizona
• Weber, C., & Feldman, S. (2017, Summer). Race and Authoritarianism: Convergent and Divergent Effects Among Whites and African-Americans. International Society of Political Psychology. Edinburgh, Scotland: International Society of Political Psychology.
• Weber, C., Carlilse, J., Ramirez, M., Karpowitz, C., & Carlisle, J. (2025, April). Of Sore Losers and Bad Winners: Explaining Public Support for Contesting Election Results across Multiple Election Cycles
  . Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.
• Weber, C., Karpowitz, C., Carlisle, J., Neuner, F., & Ramirez, M. (2025, July). Of Sore Losers and Bad Winners: Explaining Public Support for Contesting Election Results across Multiple Election Cycles. International Society of Political Psychology Annual Meeting. Prague, Czech Republic.
• Weber, C., Karpowitz, C., Ramirez, M., Neuner, F., & Carlisle, J. (2025, July). Challenging the Vote: Exploring the Structure of Electoral Contestation Beliefs. International Society of Political Psychology Annual Meeting. Prague, Czech Republic.
• Weber, C., Tinney, A., Ridenour, J., & Schmitt, E. (2017, Summer). Dynamics of Ideological Classes in the American Electorate Over Time. International Society of Political Psychology. Edinburgh, Scotland: ISPP.
• Weber, C., & Westerland, C. (2023, July). Improving Scientific Collaboration and Reproducibility through Containerization. Annual Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology. Stanford University.
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  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.
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  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.

Other Teaching Materials

• Weber, C. (2025.

  A Course on Regression, Causal Inference, and Data Visualization

  . SGPP.
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  I have created an interactive course reader for the advanced methods course in our PhD sequence

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 .
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  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
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  Correct place for news contributions?