Welcome! My name is Joseph Coll, and I am a recent graduate from the University of Iowa (2022) and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Texas Tech University.

My work examines public opinion and political behavior as it applies to US elections. My political behavior work examines how election structure (e.g., voter identification requirements, ranked choice voting) affects voter participation at large and among specific demographic groups. My public opinion work focuses on American perceptions of election legitimacy, attitudes towards election reform, and support for democratic election norm violations (e.g., voter fraud). Through these analyses, my work contributes theoretically, empriically, and methdologically to our understanding of US election legitimacy. 

I have published twenty-five peer-reviewed articles since 2020. My works have appeared in leading subfield and generalist journals (e.g., Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics; Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly). I also co-edited a volume on COVID-19 and the 2020 US elections, contributed to co-edited volumes, and co-authored a textbook chapter (Politics in the American States, 2025). My work is supported by a robust methodological toolbox and diverse coauthor network that includes undergraduate and graduate students, junior and senior scholars, and partnerships with public, private, and advocacy organizations. My work has also received numerous fellowships, grants, and awards, both internal and external.

I also routinely contriubte to the academic discipline and public scholarship. I have (co-)organized three academic conferences, contributed to edited volumes and textbooks, been interviewed by locally- to internationally-recgonized news outlets, and provided expert testimony to an advisory committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights regarding voting access and civil rights.

I have designed and taught undergraduate and graduate courses over Affective Polarization, American Politics and Government, Campaigns and Elections, Research Methods, Racial and Ethnic Politics in the United States, State and Local Politics, Political Behavior, Public Opinion, and Survey Design. I routinely received high student evaluations and recently received a teaching award in recognition of my successful pedagogy.