Biography
Christopher A. Cooper is Robert Lee Madison Distinguished Professor and Director of
the Haire Institute for Public Policy at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp. He has received
Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp’s highest awards for research (University Scholar, 2011)
and teaching (Board of Governors Teaching Award, 2013) and was named the 2013 North
Carolina Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.<br><br>Cooper’s
published academic research features over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and book
chapters on American politics, southern politics, state politics, NC politics, and
elections in journals such as American Politics Research, Election Law Journal, Political
Research Quarterly, Public Opinion Quarterly, Public Administration Review, and State
Politics and Policy Quarterly. He is also co-author of <i>The Resilience of Southern
Identity: Why the South Still Matters in the Minds of its People</i>, co-editor of
<i>The New Politics of North Carolina</i>, and author of the Anatomy of a Purple State:
A North Carolina Politics Primer (all three published by the University of North Carolina
Press).<br><br>Cooper is a frequent source for news stories about North Carolina and
national politics and he has been quoted hundreds of times in a variety of media including
the <i>New York Times, Washington Post, New Yorker, </i><i>Raleigh News and Observer,
</i>National Public Radio,<i> </i>CNN, FOX News, and other outlets. His public writings
have appeared in the Washington Post, Time, USA today, The Assembly, the News and
Observer, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, and other outlets.<br><br>For more information,
see his web site at http://www.chriscooperwcu.com
Teaching Interests
American politics; parties, campaigns and elections; election administration; state
and local government; southern politics; research methods.
Research Interests
American politics, elections, state and local politics, southern politics, North
Carolina politics.
