Christopher Weber

Appointments

• 2022– Professor — University of Arizona, School of Government and Public Policy
• 2014–2022 Associate Professor — University of Arizona, School of Government and Public Policy
• 2013–2014 Assistant Professor — University of Arizona, School of Government and Public Policy
• 2008–2013 Assistant Professor — Louisiana State University, Political Science & Manship School of Mass Communication

Education

• Stony Brook University

  Ph.D., Political Science, 2008

  M.A., Political Science, 2005

• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

  B.A., Psychology (Political Science minor), Summa Cum Laude, 2003

Books

1. Christopher M. Federico, Stanley Feldman, and Christopher Weber (2026). The Authoritarian Divide: Partisan Identity, Voting, and the Transformation of the American Electorate. Oxford University Press · Series in Political Psychology. amazon

Journal Articles

1. Christopher Weber and Samara Klar (2019). Why Are We Divided? Understanding the Social and Ideological Foundations of Partisan Sorting and Polarization. Advances in Political Psychology, 40, 215–244. doi.org/10.1111/pops.12574
2. Nicholas T. Davis, Samara Klar, and Christopher Weber (2019). Affective Consistency and Sorting. Social Science Quarterly, 100(6), 2477–2494. doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12695
3. Christopher Kenny, Christopher Weber, and Kathleen Bratton (2017). The Characteristics of Interpersonal Networks in Disaster Response. Social Science Quarterly, 98(2), 566–583. doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12328
4. Samara Klar, Christopher Weber, and Yanna Krupnikov (2016). Social Desirability Bias in the 2016 Presidential Election. The Forum, 14(4), 433–443. doi.org/10.1515/for-2016-0037
5. Matthew Lebo and Christopher Weber (2015). An Effective Approach to the Repeated Cross-Sectional Design. American Journal of Political Science, 59(1), 242–258. doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12095
6. Christopher Weber, Howard Lavine, Leonie Huddy, and Christopher M. Federico (2014). Placing Racial Stereotypes in Context: Social Desirability and the Politics of Racial Hostility. American Journal of Political Science, 58(1), 63–78. doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12051
7. Christopher M. Federico, Christopher Weber, Damla Ergun, and Corrie Hunt (2013). Mapping the Connections between Politics and Morality: The Multiple Sociopolitical Orientations Involved in Moral Intuition. Political Psychology, 34(4), 589–610. doi.org/10.1111/pops.12006
8. Christopher Weber and Christopher M. Federico (2013). Moral Foundations and Heterogeneity in Ideological Preferences. Political Psychology, 34(1), 107–126. doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00922.x
9. Christopher Weber (2013). Emotions, Campaigns, and Political Participation. Political Research Quarterly, 66(2), 414–428. doi.org/10.1177/1065912912449697
10. Erin Cassese, Leonie Huddy, Todd Hartman, Lilliana Mason, and Christopher Weber (2013). Socially-Mediated Internet Surveys (SMIS): Recruiting Participants for Online Experiments. PS: Political Science & Politics, 46(4), 775–784. doi.org/10.1017/s1049096513001029
11. Christopher Weber, Martin Johnson, and Kevin Arceneaux (2011). Genetics, Personality, and Group Identity. Social Science Quarterly, 92(5), 1314–1337. doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00820.x
12. Erin Cassese and Christopher Weber (2011). Emotion, Attribution, and Attitudes Towards Crime. Journal of Integrated Social Sciences, 2(1), 63–97.
13. Todd K. Hartman and Christopher Weber (2009). Who Said What? The Effects of Source Cues in Issue Frames. Political Behavior, 31(4), 537–558. doi.org/10.1007/s11109-009-9088-y
14. Christopher Weber and Christopher M. Federico (2007). Interpersonal Attachment and Patterns of Ideological Belief. Political Psychology, 28(4), 389–416. doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9221.2007.00579.x

Book Chapters

1. Stanley Feldman and Christopher Weber (2024). Authoritarianism and Political Conflict. The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology. doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197541302.013.19
2. Paul Schuler, Mai Truong, and Christopher Weber (2023). Ideology in Vietnam: Evidence from Asian Barometer Data. 20th Anniversary of the ABS, Commemorative Volume.
3. Leonie Huddy, Stanley Feldman, and Christopher Weber (2007). The Political Consequences of Perceived Threat and Felt Insecurity. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. doi.org/10.1177/0002716207305951
4. Milton Lodge, Charles Taber, and Christopher Weber (2006). First Steps Towards a Dual-Process Accessibility Model of Political Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behavior. Feeling Politics (ed. David Redlawsk), Palgrave Macmillan, 10–30. doi.org/10.1057/9781403983114_2

Encyclopedia & Reference

1. Christopher Weber (2019). Ideology and Values. Oxford Encyclopedia of Political Decision Making.

Manuscripts in Progress

• Exploring the Changing Nature of Partisan Sorting and Segregation in Arizona — journal manuscript in preparation.
• The Contested Vote: Electoral Contestation and the Future of American Democracy (with Carlisle, Karpowitz, Neuner, Ramirez) — book manuscript in preparation.
• A Review of the Cross-Lagged Panel Regression Model (with Panish, Zheng, Feldman) — journal manuscript in preparation.

Honors, Awards & Grants

• Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona (2024)
• Google Cloud Champion Innovator, Development Expert (2023–present)
• $600,000 University of Arizona RII Grant — The Arizona Voter Project
• Udall Center Fellowship, University of Arizona — course release for Change and Resistance
• Douglas L. Manship, Sr. Professorship, LSU (2011–2013)
• Manship School Seed Grant (Co-PI): Media Coverage of Female Political Candidates (2010–2011)

Professional Service

• 2025– ISPP Governing Council
• 2020–2024 Co-Editor, Political Psychology
• 2015–2020 Director, ISPP Summer Academy
• 2020– Director, The Arizona Voter Project
• 2020– Co-Coordinator, Arizona Policy Lab
• 2018–2021 Director of Doctoral Studies, SGPP
• 2016– UA Institutional Review Board Member

Technical Skills

• Computation & web: R, Python, JavaScript
• Data warehousing: Google BigQuery, SQL
• Machine learning: TensorFlow / Keras — vote-behavior models
• Geospatial: Google Maps API, geocoding, choropleths
• Cloud: Google Cloud Platform, encrypted storage
• Visualization: D3, Tableau, Shiny, Looker

Selected Media

• The Science of Politics — How Authoritarian Parenting Attitudes Explain our Partisan Divide link
• AZ Central / Arizona Republic — 2024 Arizona voter-turnout election forecast link
• The New York Times (with Samara Klar) — Why Would a Republican Vote Biden? Ask Arizonans — Op-ed
• Washington Post: Monkey Cage — How Authoritarianism is Shaping American Politics (and it's not just about Trump)
• C-SPAN Washington Journal — Live panelist
• The Atlantic — Expert interview