Christopher Larimer

Professor of Political Science

Christopher Larimer
Location

Sabin 349

Phone
(319) 273-6047

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Christopher Larimer

Professor of Political Science

 
Education

Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2006
M.A. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2003
B.A. University of Northern Iowa, 2001

Research Interests

Voter turnout; governors; Iowa politics; lab and field experiments; public policy theory

Professional Accomplishments

Recent books

Smith, Kevin B., and Christopher W. Larimer. 2026. The Public Policy Theory Primer, 4th edition. New York: Routledge.

Smith, Kevin B., and Christopher W. Larimer. 2017. The Public Policy Theory Primer, 3rd edition. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Larimer, Christopher W. 2015. Gubernatorial Stability in Iowa: A Stranglehold on Power. New
York: Palgrave Press.  

Frederickson, H. George, Kevin B. Smith, Christopher W. Larimer, and Michael J. Licari. 2015. The Public Administration Theory Primer, 3rd edition. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Recent articles and book chapters

Hoffman, Donna R., Christopher W. Larimer, and Nathan A. Hoffman. 2025. “The “Politics of Talk” Have Changed.” American Politics Research 53(4): 327-38.

Hoffman, Donna R., and Christopher W. Larimer. 2023. “Three of a Kind: Iowa’s Unique
Congressional Competitiveness.” In The Roads to Congress 2022: Controversies and Competing Visions for America’s Future, eds. Walter Clark Wilson, Sean D. Foreman, and Marcia L. Godwin. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 231-50.
Larimer, Christopher W. 2022. “Teaching Field Experiments.” In Teaching Graduate Political Methodology, Edward Elgar Guide to Teaching Series, eds. Mitchel Brown, Shane Nordyke, Cameron Theis, pp. 90-98.
Hoffman, Donna R., and Christopher W. Larimer. 2022. “Iowa: Islands in the Stream.” In Presidential Swing States, 3rd edition, eds. David A. Schultz and Rafael Jacob. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, pp. 133-162.
Hoffman, Donna R., and Christopher W. Larimer. 2018. “Iowa: Still Swinging After All These Years.” In Presidential Swing States, 2nd edition, eds. David A. Schultz and Rafael Jacob. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 73-99.
Hoffman, Donna R., Christopher W. Larimer, and Alison D. Howard. 2018. “Iowa 2016: The Start of an Unusual Nomination Contest.” In Unconventional, Partisan, and Polarizing Rhetoric: How the 2016 Election Shaped the Way Candidates Strategize, Engage, and Communicate, ed. Jeanine E. Kraybill. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, pp. 9-26.
Hoffman, Donna R., and Christopher W. Larimer. 2017. “Iowa’s First Congressional District: Anomaly or New Normal.” In The Roads to Congress 2016: American Elections in a Divided Landscape, eds. Sean D. Foreman and Marcia L. Godwin. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 139-53.
Condon, Meghan, Christopher W. Larimer, and Costas Panagopoulos. 2016. “Partisan Social Pressure and Voter Mobilization.” American Politics Research 44(6): 982-1007.