Political Science Faculty and Staff
Christopher N. Lawrence
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Mississippi, 2003
Ph.D., University of Mississippi, 2003
Professor Lawrence's research primarily focuses on mass political behavior–how people think about political issues and how they participate in politics–in the United States and other democracies. His doctoral dissertation was an inquiry into how voters' political knowledge affects the way in which they think about political issues and make decisions on how to vote. He also has advanced training in statistical analysis of social scientific data, and was the recipient of the inaugural Warren E. Miller Scholarship in quantitative methodology from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).
He has previously taught as a visiting assistant professor at Millsaps College, Duke University, Saint Louis University, and Tulane University, and most recently was an assistant professor of political science at Texas A&M International University (Laredo, Texas). His recent publications include "Blogging in the Political Science Classroom" (2010, PS: Political Science and Politics, with Michelle L. Dion, McMaster University) and "Of Shirking, Outliers, and Statistical Artifacts: Lame-Duck Legislators and Support for Impeachment" (2007, Political Research Quarterly). His current research projects investigate race-of-interviewer effects in telephone surveys, public opinion and presidential approval in economic downturns, and the state of the undergraduate curriculum in political science across American universities and colleges.
Email: Christopher N. Lawrence