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.
2013-2014 Workshops
Affect and Moral Condemnation: Déjà vu
Victor Ottati (Loyola University)
Political Knowledge is Less Than We Thought it Was
September 4, 2013
Arthur Lupia
Americans are Robin Hoods: Sympathy for the Poor and Resentment of the Rich Shape Candidate Evaluations
September 11, 2013
Spencer Piston
Is Deception Deleterious?
September 18, 2013
Ted Brader
Political Beliefs as a Function of Political Knowledge, Group-based Attitudes, and Media Use
September 25, 2013
Michael Traugott
Election Fraud and Preference Falsification in Russia’s 2012 Presidential Election
October 2, 2013
Kirill Kalinin
No Compromise: Political Consequences of Moralized Attitudes
October 9, 2013
Timothy Ryan
The Domestic Foundations of International Norms: Non-Intervention versus Territorial Integrity
November 6, 2013
James Morrow
The Generational Development of Partisanship in the United States: The Role of Community Partisan Climate on Student Acceptance of Parent Partisanship
November 20, 2013
Jon Miller
Why the President Gets a Background Check: Leader Experiences and International Conflict
January 8, 2014
Allan Stam
Measuring Religiosity in Central Asia: The Pluralism of Piety and its Political Implications
January 29, 2014
Pauline Jones Luong
Can You Still Play the Race Card in the 21st Century? Revisiting the Influence of Explicit Racial Appeals
February 5, 2014
Vincent Hutchings
Dynamics of Party Politics: A New Approach
February 12, 2014
Ken Kollman
Disentangling Party System Nationalization, Number of Electoral Parties and Social Diversity: a Nonrecursive Simultaneous Equations Approach
February 19, 2014
Fabricio Vasselai
The Influence of Interest: Real US Interest Rates and Participation in the Global Economy
February 26, 2014
Andrew Kerner
Group Empathy Theory: Explaining Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Reactions to Terrorism and Immigration Threat
March 12, 2014
Nicholas Valentino
Who Speaks for the Poor? How Electoral Geography Affects the Political Representation of Low-Income Citizens
March 19, 2014
Karen Jusko (Stanford University)
’My Dream, My Home’: Two Puzzles about Residential Development in Africa’s Urban Areas
March 26, 2014
Anne Pitcher
Incumbency Disadvantage In Weak Party Systems: Evidence from Brazil
April 9, 2014
Rocio Titiunik
What Americans Think About When They Think About Income Inequality
April 23, 2014
Adam Levine (Cornell University) and Yanna Krupnikow (Northwestern University)
The Silent Sex: Gender, Deliberation and Institutions
April 30, 2014
Tali Mendelberg (Princeton University)
‘Certain’ Gains in Measurement of Political Knowledge (and Misinformation): Using Certainty Assessments to Classify and Calibrate Responses to Information Questions
May 7, 2014
Joshua Pasek
Securing Technologies of Freedom after the Arab Spring: Policy Entrepreneurship and Norms Consolidation Practices in Internet Freedom Promotion
May 14, 2014
Muzammil Hussain
Double Jeopardy for the Left? The Partisan Asymmetry of Electoral Accountability
May 21, 2014
Cassandra Grafstrom