Dr. Joseph Phillips

Dr. Joseph Phillips

Assistant Professor in Political Science, Political Science

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Munger, Kevin and Phillips, Joseph, Right-Wing YouTube: A Supply and Demand Perspective, The International Journal of Press/Politics, 2020, p1940161220964767Journal Article, 2020
  • Carey, John M and Guess, Andrew M and Loewen, Peter J and Merkley, Eric and Nyhan, Brendan and Phillips, Joseph B and Reifler, Jason, The ephemeral effects of fact-checks on COVID-19 misperceptions in the United States, Great Britain and Canada, Nature Human Behaviour, 6, (2), 2022, p236--243Journal Article, 2022
  • Gravelle, Timothy B and Phillips, Joseph B and Reifler, Jason and Scotto, Thomas J, Estimating the size of †anti-vax†and vaccine hesitant populations in the US, UK, and Canada: comparative latent class modeling of vaccine attitudes, Human vaccines \& immunotherapeutics, 18, (1), 2022, p2008214Journal Article, 2022
  • Phillips, Joseph, Affective polarization: Over time, through the generations, and during the lifespan, Political Behavior, 44, (3), 2022, p1483--1508Journal Article, 2022
  • Stockli, Sabrina and Spalti, Anna Katharina and Phillips, Joseph and Stoeckel, Florian and Barnfield, Matthew and Thompson, Jack and Lyons, Benjamin and Merola, Vittorio and Szewach, Paula and Reifler, Jason, Which vaccine attributes foster vaccine uptake? A cross-country conjoint experiment, PloS one, 17, (5), 2022, pe0266003Journal Article, 2022
  • Carey, John M and Keirns, Tracy and Loewen, Peter John and Merkley, Eric and Nyhan, Brendan and Phillips, Joseph B and Rees, Judy R and Reifler, Jason, Minimal effects from injunctive norm and contentiousness treatments on COVID-19 vaccine intentions: evidence from 3 countries, PNAS Nexus, 1, (2), 2022, ppgac031Journal Article, 2022
  • Stoeckel, Florian and Stockli, Sabrina and Phillips, Joseph and Lyons, Benjamin and Merola, Vittorio and Barnfield, Matthew and Szewach, Paula and Thompson, Jack and Reifler, Jason, Stamping the vaccine passport? Public support for lifting COVID-19 related restrictions for vaccinated citizens in France, Germany, and Sweden, Vaccine, 40, (38), 2022, p5615--5620Journal Article, 2022
  • Thompson, Jack and Stockli, Sabrina and Spalti, Anna Katharina and Phillips, Joseph and Stoeckel, Florian and Barnfield, Matthew and Lyons, Benjamin and Merola, Vittorio and Szewach, Paula and Reifler, Jason, Vaccine attributes and vaccine uptake in Hungary: evidence from a conjoint experiment, European Journal of Public Health, 33, (3), 2023, p476--481Journal Article, 2023
  • Carey, John and Nyhan, Brendan and Phillips, Joseph B and Reifler, Jason, Partisanship Unmasked? The Role of Politics and Social Norms in COVID-19 Mask-Wearing Behavior, Journal of Experimental Political Science, 10, (3), 2023, p377--390Journal Article, 2023
  • Stoeckel, Florian and Thompson, Jack and Szewach, Paula and Stockli, Sabrina and Barnfield, Matthew and Phillips, Joseph B and Lyons, Benjamin and Merola, Vittorio and Reifler, Jason, Correlates of support for international vaccine solidarity during the COVID-19 pandemic: Cross-sectional survey evidence from Germany, Plos one, 18, (6), 2023, pe0287257Journal Article, 2023
  • Phillips, Joseph B and Plutzer, Eric, Reassessing the effects of emotions on turnout, The Journal of Politics, 85, (3), 2023, p1094--1106Journal Article, 2023
  • Abou-Ismail, Ramzi and Gronfeldt, Bjarki and Konur, Tamino and Cichocka, Aleksandra and Phillips, Joseph and Sengupta, Nikhil K, Double trouble: How sectarian and national narcissism relate differently to collective violence beliefs in Lebanon, Aggressive behavior, 49, (6), 2023, p669--678Journal Article, 2023
  • Phillips, Joseph B, Affective polarization and habits of political participation, Electoral Studies, 87, 2024, p102733Journal Article, 2024
  • Barnfield, Matthew and Phillips, Joseph and Stoeckel, Florian and Lyons, Benjamin and Szewach, Paula and Thompson, Jack and Merola, Vittorio and Stockli, Sabrina and Reifler, Jason, The effects of forecasts on the accuracy and precision of expectations, Public Opinion Quarterly, 2025, pnfaf003Journal Article, 2025
  • Wollast, Robin and Phillips, Joseph B and Yahiiaiev, Illia and Malysheva, Karine and Klein, Olivier and Sengupta, Nikhil K, Russians' Attitudes Towards the War in Ukraine, European Journal of Social Psychology, 55, (1), 2025, p119--135Journal Article, 2025
  • Ismail, Ramzi Abou and Cichocka, Aleksandra and Phillips, Joseph and Sengupta, Nikhil, Authoritarianism and social dominance as differential predictors of collective violence beliefs, Psychology of Violence, 2024Journal Article, 2024
  • Wollast, Robin and Luders, Adrian and Nugier, Armelle and Guimond, Serge and Phillips, Joseph B and Sutton, Robbie M and Douglas, Karen M and Sengupta, Nikhil K and Lemay, Edward P and Zand, Somayeh and others, Gender inequality and cultural values in explaining gender differences in positive and negative emotions: A comparison of 24 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, Current Psychology, 44, (8), 2025, p7584--7602Journal Article, 2025
  • Phillips, Joseph B and Munis, B Kal and Huffman, Nicole and Memovic, Arif and Ford, Jacob, When push comes to shove: How Americans excuse and condemn political violence, Political Behavior, 47, (4), 2025, p1711--1733Journal Article, 2025
  • Munger, Kevin M and Bisbee, James and Yalcin, Omer F and Phillips, Joseph B and Hindman, Matthew, Pressing play on politics: Quantitative description of YouTube, Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 2025Journal Article, 2025
  • VanDreew, Benjamin M and Phillips, Joseph B and Munis, B Kal and Goidel, Spencer, What's woke? Ordinary Americans' understandings of wokeness, Research \& Politics, 12, (2), 2025, p20531680251335650Journal Article, 2025
  • Wollast, Robin and Phillips, Joseph B and Bracegirdle, Chloe and Spiegler, Olivia and Sibley, Chris G and Lacourse, Eric and Sengupta, Nikhil K, Modeling heterogeneity in the long-term trajectories of individuals' well-being, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 52, (7), 2026, p2045--2064Journal Article, 2026
  • Barnfield, Matthew and Phillips, Joseph and Stoeckel, Florian and Merola, Vittorio and Stockli, Sabrina and Lyons, Benjamin and Thompson, Jack and Szewach, Paula and Reifler, Jason, Wishful thinking in response to events: Evidence from the 2021 German federal election, Electoral Studies, 95, 2025, p102940Journal Article, 2025
  • Phillips, Joseph B and Stoeckel, Florian, The limits of Brexit prejudice, Political Psychology, 47, (1), 2026, pe70037Journal Article, 2026
  • Versteegen, Peter Luca and Phillips, Joseph B and Mason, Lilliana, Cool Citizens? How Affectively Un polarized Citizens View and Participate in Democracy, Political Behavior, 2026, p1--26Journal Article, 2026
  • Wollast, Robin and Phillips, Joseph B and Hagger, Martin S and Hamilton, Kyra and DeSmet, Ann and Luminet, Olivier, Theory of planned behavior constructs as mediators of relations between personality traits, trust, and COVID-19 preventive behavior adherence, Social Science \& Medicine, 384, 2025, p118531Journal Article, 2025
  • Phillips, Joseph B and Warner, Seth B, Election outcomes and affective polarization in the United States, Political Research Quarterly, 79, (2), 2026, p399--409Journal Article, 2026
  • Barnfield, Matthew and Szewach, Paula and Stockli, Sabrina and Stoeckel, Florian and Thompson, Jack and Phillips, Joseph and Lyons, Benjamin A and Merola, Vittorio and Reifler, Jason, Information on public opinion has lasting effects on second-order climate beliefs, but minimal and ephemeral effects on first-order beliefs, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 110, 2026Journal Article, 2026
  • Aczel, Balazs and Szaszi, Barnabas and Clelland, Harry T and Kovacs, Marton and Holzmeister, Felix and Van Ravenzwaaij, Don and Schulz-Kumpel, Hannah and Hoffmann, Sabine and Nilsonne, Gustav and Kosa, Livia and others, Investigating the analytical robustness of the social and behavioural sciences, Nature, 652, (8108), 2026, p135--142Journal Article, 2026
  • Abou-Ismail, Ramzi and Phillips, Joseph B and Cichocka, Aleksandra and Cakmak, Hakan and Coksan, Sami and Sengupta, Nikhil K, Conceptualizing and measuring support for collective violence, Aggressive Behavior, 52, (2), 2026, pe70063Journal Article, 2026
  • Phillips, Joseph B and Larner, Jac M, Long May They Reign? Age and Cohort Effects on Monarchism in the UK, Public Opinion Quarterly, 2026, pnfag038Journal Article, 2026
  • Munis, Kal and Phillips, Joseph and Szendro, Brendan, Place resentment in England: measurement and effects, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 2026, p1--21Journal Article, 2026

Research Expertise

Political science not elsewhere classified, Politics, Comparative government and politics, Political communication, Social psychology,

Recognition

  • Cascadia Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Pacific Northwest Political Science Association 2024
  • Honorable Mention, Seymour Sudman Graduate Student Paper Award, American Association of Public Opinion Research 2021
  • Elections, Public Opinion and Parties
  • International Society of Political Psychology
  • Political Studies Association of Ireland