Christopher Jennings Fariss
Research Professor
BIO
Christopher Fariss’ core research interest is in the politics of human rights, violence, and repression. He uses computational methods to understand why governments around the world choose to torture, maim, and kill individuals within their jurisdiction. Other projects cover a broad array of themes, ranging from foreign aid to American voting behavior, but share a focus on computationally intensive methods and research design. These methodological tools, essential for analyzing “big data”, open up new insights into the micro-foundations of state repression.
- Fariss, Christopher Jennings, Reuning, Kevin , Kenwick, Michael R. 2019. Exploring the Dynamics of Latent Variable Models. Political Analysis 27(4):503-517.
- Fariss, Christopher Jennings, Markowitz, Jonathan , McMahon, R Blake. 2019. Producing Goods and Projecting Power: How What You Make Influences What You Take. Journal of Conflict Resolution 63(6):1368-1402.
- Fariss, Christopher Jennings, Cope, Kevin L, Crabtree, Charles . 2019. Patterns of disagreement in indicators of state repression. Political Science Research and Methods :1-10.
- Fariss, Christopher Jennings. 2019. Yes, Human Rights Practices Are Improving Over Time. American Political Science Review 113(3):868-881.
- Fariss, Christopher Jennings, Terechshenko, Zhanna , Crabtree, Charles , Eck, Kristine . 2019. Evaluating the influence of international norms and shaming on state respect for rights: an audit experiment with foreign embassies. International Interactions 45(4):720-735.
- Fariss, Christopher Jennings, Jones, Zachary M. 2018. Enhancing Validity in Observational Settings When Replication is Not Possible. Political Science Research and Methods 6(2):365-380.
- Fariss, Christopher Jennings. 2018. Are Things Really Getting Better? How To Validate Latent Variable Models of Human Rights. British Journal of Political Science 48(1):275-282.
- Fariss, Christopher Jennings, Gell-Redman, Micah , Visalvanich, Neil , Crabtree, Charles . 2018. It's All about Race: How State Legislators Respond to Immigrant Constituents. Political Research Quarterly 71(3):517-531.
- Fariss, Christopher Jennings, Eck, Kristine . 2018. Ill Treatment and Torture in Sweden: A Critique of Cross-Case Comparisons. Human Rights Quarterly 40(3):591-604.
- Fariss, Christopher Jennings, Bond, Robert M, Jones, Jason J, Settle, Jaime E. 2018. Network Experiments Through Academic-Industry Collaboration. Complex Spreading Phenomena in Social Systems: Influence and Contagion in Real-World Social Networks :335-350.
