American Politics Workshop: Schedule

The American Politics faculty welcomes you to our bi-weekly research workshop for all faculty and graduate students interested in American Politics. The plan for the workshop is that each meeting will feature a paper by a faculty member or graduate student.

The papers will be posted here at least one week prior to the meeting, with the expectation that all participants will have read the papers in advance. Paper authors will make no formal presentations, and one participant will be asked to serve as the discussion leader.  In addition, papers from previous years are available in the Workshop archive area.

Schedule for Spring 2012 Semester

February 3
Patrick Wohlfarth, “The Swing Justice” (Supplementary Appendix)
Discussants: Irwin Morris and Katie Krueger

February 17
Genny Mayhew, “When, Where and How To Vote: Four Large Scale Field Experiments on Mobilization To Vote by Mail, Early in Person and on Election Day”
Discussants: Mike Hanmer and Jeff Taylor

March 2
Cancelled
Dror Yuravlivker, “Strategic Behavior and Lame Duck Sessions of Congress”
Discussants: TBA

March 16
John Sides, George Washington University, "Research Nuggets from a Book Project on the 2012 Election"

March 30
Special Time: 12:00 PM
David Karol, “Forcing Their Hands?: Explaining Trends in Retirement Announcement Timing in the U.S. Congress”
Discussants: TBA

April 27
Antonio Rodriguez and Stella Rouse, “Look Who’s Talking Now! Solidarity, Social Networks and Latino Political Participation”
Discussants: Brian McKenzie and Britanny Bramlett

May 11
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Jan Leighley (Guest Speaker)