Professor

About

Biography

Kyle L. Saunders is Professor of Political Science at Colorado State University. Saunders also serves as the NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative for the institution.

Professor Saunders' studies and interests include American politics, with particular emphases on political parties, political behavior, public opinion, elections, public policy, and research methodology.

Saunders' research can be found in some of the field's best peer-reviewed journals including the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly and Comparative Political Studies, as well as in many other outlets.

Saunders' Google Scholar profile can be found here at this link: GOOGLE SCHOLAR.

Publications

Publications 2019-2024:

  • Fitz, Erin B. and Kyle L. Saunders. 2024. “Distrusting the Process: Electoral Trust, Operational Ideology, and Non-
    Voting Political Participation in the 2020 American Electorate.” Public Opinion Quarterly.
    https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfae025
  • Fitz, Erin B., Dominik A. Stecuła, Matthew P. Hitt, and Kyle L. Saunders. 2024. “Objective Numeracy Exacerbates
    Framing Effects from Decision-Making Under Political Risk.” Scientific Reports, 14, 10473.
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-61099-y
  • Atkeson, Lonna R., Eli McKown-Dawson, Jack Santucci, and Kyle L. Saunders. 2024. “The Impact of Voter
    Confusion in Ranked Choice Voting.” Social Science Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.13366
  • Farhart, Christina E., Erin B. Fitz, Joanne M. Miller, and Kyle L. Saunders. 2023. “By Any Memes Necessary: Belief-
    and Chaos-Driven Motives for Sharing Conspiracy Theories on Social Media.” Research and Politics, 10:3, 1-9.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/20531680231193514
  • Miller, Joanne M., David A. M. Peterson, Kyle L. Saunders, Scott D. McClurg. 2023. “Putting the Political in Political
    Interest: The Conditional Effect of Politics on Citizens’ Interest in Politics.” American Politics Research, 51:4,
    510-524. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X221139757
  • Enders, Adam, Christina Farhart, Joanne Miller, Joseph Uscinski, Kyle Saunders & Hugo Drochon. 2023.“Are
    Republicans and Conservatives More Likely to Believe Conspiracy Theories?” Political Behavior, 45: 2001-
    2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-022-09812-3
  • Lyons, Benjamin A., Christina E. Farhart, Michael P. Hall, John Kotcher, Matthew Levendusky, Joanne M. Miller,
    Brendan Nyhan, Kaitlin T. Raimi, Jason Reifler, Kyle L. Saunders, Rasmus Skytte, and Xiaoquan Zhao. 2022.
    “Self-Affirmation and Identity-Driven Political Behavior.” Journal of Experimental Political Science, 9:2, pp.
    225-240. https://doi.org/10.1017/XPS.2020.46
    * This paper was awarded the Rebecca Morton Award for Best JEPS Article in 2022.
  • Peterson, David A. M., Joanne M. Miller, Kyle L. Saunders, and Scott D. McClurg. 2021. “Macrointerest.” British
    Journal of Political Science, 51:4, 200-220. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123420000356
  • Hitt, Matthew P., Kyle L. Saunders, and Kevin M. Scott. 2019. “Justice Speaks, But Who's Listening? Mass Public
    Awareness of U.S. Supreme Court Cases.” Journal of Law and Courts, 7:1, 29-52.
    https://doi.org/10.1086/701131

Courses

  • POLS 302–Parties and Elections in the US