Research

See my CV for complete list of publications.

Forthcoming:

  • Miles T. Armaly, Christopher Krewson, and Elizabeth A. Lane. Forthcoming. “Lifetime Appointments, Lasting Reactions: The Enduring Effect of Nominations on Supreme Court Approval.” Political Research Quarterly. [link to manuscript]
  • Miles T. Armaly, Christopher Krewson, and Elizabeth A. Lane. Forthcoming. “Do Americans Understand the Judicial Philosophies They Endorse? Evidence from Mass and Elite Surveys.” Political Research Quarterly. [link to manuscript]
  • Christopher N. Krewson, Ryan J. Owens, Jonus Goldstein, Hillary Barbauer, and Maxwell Harden. Forthcoming. “Supreme Court Support and the Legacy of Bush v. Gore.” Florida State University Law Review. [link to manuscript]

Recently Published (Print):

  • Joshua Boston and Christopher N. Krewson. 2025. “The Political Court: Newspaper Coverage, Appointment Politics, and Public Support of the United States Supreme Court, 1980-2023.” Political Communication 42(5): 794-814. [link to article]
  • Miles T. Armaly, Christopher N. Krewson, and Elizabeth A. Lane. 2025. “The Influence of Descriptive Representation on Support for Judicial Nominees and the US Supreme Court.” Political Behavior 47(2): 661-687. [link to article]
  • Christopher N. Krewson and Jean R. Schroedel. 2025. “Going Beyond Dobbs: An Exploration of Support for Court Reform.” Politics, Groups, and Identities 13(3): 704-726. [link to article]
  • Adam R. Brown and Christopher N. Krewson. 2025. “Constitutional Recency and Support for Judicial Review.” Journal of Law and Courts 13(2): 479-496. [link to article]

Publications by Topic:

Media

  • Joshua Boston and Christopher N. Krewson. 2025. “The Political Court: Newspaper Coverage, Appointment Politics, and Public Support of the United States Supreme Court, 1980-2023.” Political Communication 42(5): 794-814. [link to article]
  • Christopher N. Krewson, Jessica A. Schoenherr, and Marcy Shieh. 2024. “Did You Hear about Clarence Thomas? Measuring Public Attention Toward the Supreme Court.” Research & Politics 11(2). [link to article]

Explaining Support for Courts and Judges

  • Joshua Boston and Christopher N. Krewson. 2024. “Public Approval of the Supreme Court and Its Implications for Legitimacy” Political Research Quarterly 77(3): 835-850. [link to article][link to data]
  • Christopher N. Krewson and Ryan J. Owens. 2024. “How the Intensity of Preference for Ideological Judges Influences Court Support.” Political Research Quarterly 77(3): 683-695. [link to article]
  • Adam R. Brown and Christopher N. Krewson. 2025. “Constitutional Recency and Support for Judicial Review.” Journal of Law and Courts 13(2): 479-496. [link to article]
  • Christopher N. Krewson, Ryan J. Owens, Jonus Goldstein, Hillary Barbauer, and Maxwell Harden. Forthcoming. “Supreme Court Support and the Legacy of Bush v. Gore.” Florida State University Law Review. [link to manuscript]

Courts and Descriptive Representation

  • Miles T. Armaly, Christopher N. Krewson, and Elizabeth A. Lane. 2025. “The Influence of Descriptive Representation on Support for Judicial Nominees and the US Supreme Court.” Political Behavior 47(2): 661-687. [link to article]
  • Christopher N. Krewson and Jean R. Schroedel. 2025. “Going Beyond Dobbs: An Exploration of Support for Court Reform. Politics, Groups, and Identities 13(3): 704-726. [link to article]
  • Christopher N. Krewson and Jean R. Schroedel. 2023. “The Gender Gap in Supreme Court Legitimacy. American Politics Research 51(6): 781-795. [link to article]

Confirmation Hearings

  • Miles T. Armaly, Christopher Krewson, and Elizabeth A. Lane. Forthcoming. “Lifetime Appointments, Lasting Reactions: The Enduring Effect of Nominations on Supreme Court Approval.” Political Research Quarterly. [link to manuscript]
  • Christopher N. Krewson. 2023. “Political Hearings Reinforce Legal Norms: Confirmation Hearings and Views of the United States Supreme Court. Political Research Quarterly 76(1): 418-431.  [link to article][link to data]
  • Christopher N. Krewson and Jean R. Schroedel. 2023. “Modern Judicial Confirmation Hearings and Institutional Support for the Supreme Court.” Social Science Quarterly 104(3): 364-369. [link to article]
  • Christopher N. Krewson and Jean R. Schroedel. 2020. “Public Views of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Aftermath of the Kavanaugh Confirmation.” Social Science Quarterly 101(4): 1430-1441. [link to article]

Judicial Philosophy

  • Miles T. Armaly, Christopher Krewson, and Elizabeth A. Lane. Forthcoming. “Do Americans Understand the Judicial Philosophies They Endorse? Evidence from Mass and Elite Surveys.” Political Research Quarterly. [link to manuscript]
  • Christopher N. Krewson and Ryan J. Owens. 2023. “Judicial Philosophy and the Public’s Support for Courts.” Political Research Quarterly 76(2): 944-960. [link to article][link to data]
  • Christopher N. Krewson and Ryan J. Owens. 2021. “Public Support for Judicial Philosophies: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment.” Journal of Law and Courts 9(1): 89-110. [link to article]
  • Christopher N. Krewson and Ryan J. Owens. 2022. “How State Judicial Selection Methods Influence Views of US Supreme Court Nominees: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment.” Journal of Law and Courts 10(2): 189-212. [link to article]

Judicial Behavior

  • David Fontana and Christopher N. Krewson. 2023. “The Costs of Policy Legitimation: A Test of the Political Capital Hypothesis. Journal of Law and Courts 11(2): 277-289. [link to article]
  • Christopher N. Krewson. 2019. “Save this Honorable Court: Shaping Public Perceptions of the Supreme Court off the Bench.” Political Research Quarterly 72(3): 686-699. [link to article][link to data] [link to data]
  • Christopher N. Krewson. 2019. “Strategic Sensationalism: Why Justices Use Emotional Appeals in Supreme Court Opinions.” Justice System Journal 40(4): 319-336. [link to article]
  • Christopher N. Krewson, David Lassen, and Ryan J. Owens. 2018. “Twitter and the Supreme Court: An Examination of Congressional Tweets about the Supreme Court.” Justice System Journal 39(4): 322-330. [link to article]

Other (Non-Court) Research

  • Jack Edelson, Alexander Alduncin, Christopher N. Krewson, James A. Sieja, and Joseph Uscinski. 2017. “The Effect of Conspiratorial Thinking and Motivated Reasoning on Belief in Election Fraud.” Political Research Quarterly 70(4): 933-946. [link to article]
  • Wallace Chipidza, Christopher N. Krewson, Nicole Gatto, Elmira Akbaripourdibazer, and Tendai Gwanzura. 2022. “Ideological Variation in Preferred Content and Source Credibility on Reddit During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Big Data & Society 9(1). [link to article]