About the Workshops
Interdisciplinary Workshops on Politics and Policy are weekly seminars hosted by the Center for Political Studies. Speakers present current research on a wide range of topics. Archives of past workshops are available in the menu to the right.
Workshops typically take place on Wednesdays at noon, in room 6080; check back to confirm the location; alternative rooms will be starred below.
Abstracts will be added as they become available.
2011-2012 Workshops
To Tell The Truth: Turnout Estimation and Validation in the 2008 ANES Panel Study
September 7, 2011
Arthur Lupia
High-bandwidth Participation: What Theories of Political Participation Can Teach Us About the Blogosphere, and Vice Versa
September 14, 2011
Abe Gong
Doubled-Edged (S)words: Violent Rhetoric & Aggression in Mass Politics
September 21, 2011
Nathan Kalmoe
Do Electoral Quotas Benefit the Poor? Evidence from India
September 28, 2011
Brian Min
Radio Free USA: Public Support for War in the Face of Elite Persuasion
October 5, 2011
Neill Mohammad
Beyond the Pale: White Americans’ Conditional Response to the Norm of Equality
October 12, 2011
LaFleur Stephens
Land, Votes, and Violence: Political Effects of the Insecure Property Rights over Land in Dagestan
October 19, 2011
Egor Lazarev (Carnegie Visiting Scholar, European University)
Public Opinion Polarization, Political Belief Networks, and the Socio-cognitive Heterogeneity of American Voters
October 26, 2011
Delia Baldassarri (Princeton University)
Federal Employee Unionization and Presidential Control of the Bureaucracy
November 2, 2011
Jowei Chen
The State Matters: Election Day Registration in the 70s, 90s and Today
November 9, 2011
Craig Brians (Virginia Tech University)
The Big Bird Effect: Exploring the Links Between Public Broadcasting and Political Knowledge
November 16, 2011
Patrick O‘Mahen
The Influence of Competing Identities on Political Preferences: An Experimental Study
November 30, 2011
Samara Klar
When is Terrorism Terrifying?
December 7, 2011
Ted Brader
The Politics of Race: How Threat Cues and Group Position Can Activate White Identity
January 11, 2012
Vincent Hutchings
Vincent Hutchings
God’s Nation: Religious Nationalism and American Militarism
January 25, 2012
Irfan Nooruddin (Ohio State University)
A Moving Target: The Changing Role of Gender in American Politics
February 1, 2012
Nick Winter (University of Virginia)
Let the Right One In: The Determinants of Mainstream Political Parties’ Incorporation Strategies toward Immigrants
February 8, 2012
Jennifer Miller-Gonzalez
Why do Politicians Hide Their Wealth? Conflicting Attitudes Toward the Rich and Poor: the Uncertain Basis of American Opinion About Economic Redistribution
February 15, 2012
Spencer Piston
What Motivates Donors to Contribute?
February 22, 2012
David Magleby (Brigham Young University)
Is There a Culture War? Heterogeneous Value Choices and American Public Opinion
March 7, 2012
William Jacoby
Protecting Civilians at Home and Abroad
March 14, 2012
Gary Uzonyi
Complexity in the Social Dynamics of Political Violence
March 19, 2012
Scott Helfstein, Director of Research for the Combating Terrorism Center
No Compromise: Investigating the Politics of Conviction
March 21, 2012
Timothy Ryan
The Thermostatic Model in the American States
March 28, 2012
Julianna Pacheco
Leader Effects on Vote Choice in Corrupted Countries: Do Voters Choose the Lesser Evil?
April 4, 2012
Diana Burlacu, Visiting Scholar and Ph.D. Student from Central European University
The Political and Institutional Determinants of Rulemaking in the American States
April 18, 2012
Graeme Boushey
What is the Preferred Population? Comparing ‘College Sophomores’ and Adults in Political Science Experiments
April 25, 2012
Adam Levine (Vanderbilt University) and Yanna Krupnikov (Indiana University)
Central Banks at War
May 2, 2012
Paul Poast (Rutgers University)
Name Recognition and Candidate Support
May 9, 2012
Cindy Kam (Vanderbilt University)