Hi, I'm Erin Fitz.
Erin Fitz
PhD Candidate
Department of Political Science
Colorado State University
As a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Colorado State University and 2025 International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Hybl Fellow, I specialize in American politics, environmental politics, and public policy. Focusing on political behavior and political psychology, my research asks how crises, risk attitudes, and elite decision making shape (and are shaped by) how people think about and participate in the US political system.
As a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Colorado State University and 2025 International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Hybl Fellow, I specialize in American politics, environmental politics, and public policy. Focusing on political behavior and political psychology, my research asks how crises, risk attitudes, and elite decision making shape (and are shaped by) how people think about and participate in the US political system.
My research is supported by the National Science Foundation, Rapoport Family Foundation, Microsoft Azure (in partnership with OpenAI and the National Science Foundation), and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (in partnership with the Electoral Integrity Project).
My research is supported by the National Science Foundation, Rapoport Family Foundation, Microsoft Azure (in partnership with OpenAI and the National Science Foundation), and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (in partnership with the Electoral Integrity Project).
You can find my recent publications in Nature Scientific Reports, British Journal of Political Science, Public Opinion Quarterly, Research & Politics, Presidential Studies Quarterly, and Global Studies Quarterly.
You can find my recent publications in Nature Scientific Reports, British Journal of Political Science, Public Opinion Quarterly, Research & Politics, Presidential Studies Quarterly, and Global Studies Quarterly.