September 9
11:00-12:30 1101 Morrill Hall
American Politics "Meet and Greet"

September 23
Brian McKenzie, "Still Waters Run Deep: The Complexities of African-American Identities and Political Attitudes"
Discussants: Karen Kaufmann and Antonio Rodriguez

October 7
Sarah Croco, "Culpability in Congress"
Discussants: David Karol and Jim Curry

October 21
1:00 PM
Brittany Bramlett and, "Intergenerational Conflict or Compassion? Social Welfare Policy Attitudes in an Aging Nation"
Discussants: Mike Hanmer and Jeff Taylor

November 4
Marty Kobren, "Authoritarians in Their Midst" (Graphs and Tables)
Discussants: Irwin Morris and Dror Yuravlivker

January 28
James M. Curry, “Information and Leadership Power in Congress: Restricting Information as a Leadership Tool”

February 18
Frances E. Lee, “Party Politics and the Permanent Campaign on the Senate Floor”

March 4
David Karol (American University), “Party Position Change and the Growth in Support of Gay Rights in Congress: 1974-2010”

March 18
Bryan Gervais, “The Effects of Incivility in News Media on Political Deliberation: The Mimicry of Uncivil Language in Political Discussions”

April 15
Karen Kaufmann, Professionalization session on achieving professional success in academia

September 11
American Politics Meet & Greet Happy Hour (1101 Morrill Hall, 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.) 

September 18
Anne Cizmar, “What Makes an Issue Easy?  The Impact of Party and Neutral Cues on Attitudes Toward Abortion” 

October 2
Antoine Banks, “Is it Fear? Emotions Undergirding Group Conflict Attitudes” 

November 20
Jeff Taylor, “Do Committees Preempt Party Domination? An Analysis of State Legislatures” 

December 4
Brian McKenzie, "Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright and Public Opinion in the 2008 Presidential Primaries"

January 29
Karen Kaufmann and Antonio Rodriguez, "Local Context and Latino Political Socialization: Why Immigrant Destinations Matter."

February 12
Professionalization seminar on publishing journal articles in political science (led by Jim Gimpel)

February 26
Brian McKenzie and Stella Rouse, “Shades of Faith: The Religious Foundations of Political Behavior Among African Americans, Latinos, and Whites”

March 12
Eric Uslaner, “Trust, Diversity, and Segregation in the United States and the United Kingdom”

March 26
Heather Creek, “Who Cares about Election Reform?”

April 9
David Karol (UC-Berkeley), “Elite Opinion and Institutional Conflict in American Politics: The Case of Trade Policy”

April 30
Jill Gloekler and Irwin Morris, “The Effect of the U.S. Economy on Presidential Elections, 1828-2008”

September 19  
Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz, “Residential Isolation and Latino Political Socialization”

October 3
Joe Oppenheimer, Norman Frohlich, Maria Dimitriu & Cyrus Aghamolla, “Some Democracies are More Equal Than Others: using Social Welfare as a Metric for Political Evaluation.”

October 17     
Daron Shaw (University of Texas-Austin), An Insider’s Perspective on Exit Polling in American Politics

October 24     
Professionalization Session: Rosalyn Cooperman (University of Mary Washington) on life and work at a teaching institution.

October 31     
Mike Hanmer and Richard Niemi (University of Rochester), “Voter Turnout Among College Students: New Data and a Rethinking of Traditional Theories”

November 14  
Irwin Morris, “Explaining Presidential Greatness: Peace, Prosperity?”

February 13
Stephen Wendel, Targeting, Mobilization, and Voting: Creating a Caste of Political Participants

February 27
Paul Herrnson, Party Organizations, Party-Connected Committees, and Party Allies in Federal Elections

March 13
John McTague, Contested Populism and the White Working Class in American Politics

March 27
Kerem Ozan Kalkan, John C. Green (University of Akron) and Geoffrey C. Layman, Faith of his Fathers: Barack Obama, Islam, and the Impact of Religious Background Cues on Vote Choice in the 2008 Presidential Election

April 17
Stella Rouse, Latinos and the Deliberative Process: Examining the Role of Ethnicity on Committee Participation in Congress

April 24
Paula McClain (Duke University) Black and White Americans and Latino Immigrants: A Preliminary Look at Attitudes in Three Southern Cities

May 8
American Politics Graduate Student Conference, 9:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.: 1123 Taliaferro Hall
Full Schedule

May 15
Sarah Croco, The Obama Effect: Leader Culpability in Wartime Elections

9/21
Karen Kaufmann.  “Are American Voters Polarized?”

10/05 
Frances Lee.  “The Congressional Politics of Good Government Causes”

11/02   
Wendy K. Cho (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) and Jim Gimpel, "The Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Capital and Labor in an Election Campaign"

11/16   
Michael T. Heaney (University of Florida) and Fabio Rojas (Department of Sociology, Indiana Univeristy, Bloomington).  “Coalition Dissolution and Network Dynamics in the American Antiwar Movement”

11/30   
Geoff Layman.  "Religion and Party Activists: A “Perfect Storm” of Polarization or a Recipe for Pragmatism?" Tables and figures here.

12/07   
Paul Herrnson, Mike Hanmer, and Richard G. Niemi  (University of Rochester).  “To Verify or Not to Verify: A Study of Independent Vote  Verification Systems”

2/01
Eric Uslaner, “Where You Stand Depends Upon Where Your Grandparents Sat: The Inheritability of Generalized Trust”

2/15
Geoff Layman, David Campbell (University of Notre Dame) and John Green (University of Akron), “Partisan Hearts, Minds, and Souls: Candidate Religion and the Activation of Partisan Voting”

2/29      
Funding Opportunities for Political Science at the National Science Foundation, presentations by Susan Haire, Program Director, Law & Social Sciences, and Brian Humes and Phil Paolino, Program Directors for Political Science

3/7         
Christian Davenport and Sarah A. Soule (Cornell University), “Velvet Glove, Iron Fist, or Even Hand? Protest Policing in the U.S., 1960-1990”  

3/28      
Jill Gloekler and Stephen Yoder, “The Effect of the State Economy and State Tax Initiatives on Gubernatorial Voting: An Examination of Gubernatorial Elections from 1982-2006”

4/11
Michael Hanmer, Paul Herrnson, and Richard Niemi (University of Rochester), “The Impact of Ballot Design on Voter Errors”

4/25      
Alexander Hamilton and Leadership.  Two papers:

• Michael Evans, “Anarchy, Liberty, and the Balance of Power: Explaining Alexander Hamilton's Ambivalent Republican Leadership”
• Todd Lowery, “Dueling Founders: The Pacificus-Helvidius Debate and the Nature of Executive Power in the America."

5/9         
Religious Cues and Cue-giving.  Two papers:

• Kerem Ozan Kalkan and Geoff Layman, "A Muslim by any Other Name?  An Experimental Assessment of Religious and Ethnic Identifiers on Support for Political Candidates"
• Matt Burger, “Clergy and Churches as Political Elites and Cue-Givers: Preaching to the Choir”

 

1/26
Geoffrey Layman, John Michael McTague, Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz, and Michael Spivey, “Which Values Divide? The Impact of Competing Parenting Visions, Culture War Orientations, and other Core Values on American Political Behavior.”

2/02
Tom Carsey (of University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill), “Strategic Candidates, Campaign Dynamics, and Campaign Advertising in Gubernatorial Races in 2002” followed by professionalization session on the academic job market, led by Tom Carsey (at 4:00 p.m., followed by Happy Hour at Franklin’s).

2/23
Maryland-Georgetown Religion and Politics Workshop.  Papers by:

• John McTague, “Christian Right Strength in State Republican Parties: The Role of Religious Threat,”
• Jocelyn S. Weiner (Ph.D. candidate, Georgetown University), "The Underrepresented Voice: Religious Organizations and Political Equality."

3/9
Mark Graber “Does It Really Matter? Conservative Courts in a Conservative Era.”

3/28
Becca Thorpe, “The Role of Economic Reliance in Defense Procurement Contracting.”  Appendices.

4/11
Julia Joh, “Does Politics Affect the Public’s Health? An Analysis of Party Effects on State Public Health Capacity”

4/20
Paul Herrnson, Richard G. Niemi (Rochester), Michael J. Hamner (Georgetown, next year Univ. of Maryland), Benjamin B. Bederson (Computer Science Department, Univ. of Maryland), Frederick G. Conrad (Survey Research Center, Univ. of Michigan) and Michael Traugott (Dept. of Communication Sciences, Univ. of Michigan), “The Not So Simple Act of Voting: An Examination of Voter Errors With Electronic Voting”

5/4
Mini-Conference on the University of Maryland’s Polimetrix Survey

Jim Gimpel, Frances Lee, & Joshua Kaminski, "The Political Geography of Campaign Contributions"

John Wallis (UMd Economics Department), "The Concept of Systematic Corruption in American History"

Geoff Layman, "Party Polarization and Conflict Extension in American Politics"

Paul Herrnson & Irwin Morris, "With a Little Help from His Friends: The Impact of Presidential Campaign Visits on Congressional Roll-Call Votes"

Professionalization Session: Jim Gimpel, Strategies for Publishing in Political Science

Karen Kaufmann & Ben Bishin (University of Miami), "Power Struggles, Pan-Ethnic Ties, and Latino Political Behavior"

Kenneth Wald (University of Florida), "American Jews and Israel: The Sources of Homeland Salience."

Laura Hussey, "Are Social Welfare Programs 'Pro-Life'? Individual Analyses of Low Income Women"

Mark Lichbach and Ric Uslaner, "Jews, Identity, Liberalism and Voting"

Juliana Menasce Horowitz, “Fighting the Culture Wars in the U.S. Congress: Cultural Battles on the Floor of the House and Senate”
 
Geoff Layman and Laura Hussey, “George W. Bush and the Evangelicals: Religious Commitment and Partisan Change among Evangelical Protestants”
 
Mike Evans and Becca Thorpe, “Beyond the Double Standard: Comparing U.S. Supreme Court Policy Making in Economic and Social Areas of Law”
 
Bruce E. Cain (University of California, Berkeley), "Political Competition and Redistricting"

Jim Gimpel and Josh Dyck. “Coethnic Neighborhoods in Out of the Way Places: Information Flows and Asian American Political Participation.”

Irwin Morris, Wayne McIntosh, and Lynne Garcia. "A Mighty Fortress: The Social and Economic Foundations of the American Megachurch Movement." Figure 1 and Figure 2.

Richard Longoria. “Who Wants Post-Materialist Land-Use Policies?:
Evidence from Chicago's Suburbs.” 

J. Celeste Lay and Kathleen J. Young. “Becoming a U.S. Senator in American Government: Simulations as a Teaching Tool for Civic Education”

Jim Gimpel, Josh Dyck and Annie Leonetti. “The Distinctiveness of Early, Absentee and Precinct Voters.”

Atiya Kai Stokes. “Candidate Race, White Crossover Voting and Issue Strategies in State Legislative Elections.”

Josh Dyck. “Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Political Awareness and Intergovernmental Split Ticket Voting."

Paul Herrnson and Irwin Morris.  “Beyond Coattails: Presidential Campaign Visits and Congressional Elections.”

Chris Zorn, Emory University and the National Science Foundation. "Institutional and Personal Influences on Federal Judicial Retirements, 1789-2002"

Geoffrey C. Layman, Thomas M. Carsey,"Changing Sides or Changing Minds? Party Conversion, Issue Conversion, and Partisan Change on the Abortion Issue"

Wayne McIntosh and Mike Evans, “Only Words, or Data? Assessing the Relative Policy Positions in Supreme Court Briefs and Opinions.”

Doug Grob, "Political Context and Electoral Insulation."

Liz Freund: "Presidential Success in Foreign and Domestic Policy Areas."

Karen Kaufmann: “Still Waiting for the Rainbow Coalition? Group   Rationality as a Basis for Urban Electoral Alliances.”

Juliana Menasce Horowitz: “Divided Government and Voter Turnout in Gubernatorial Elections.” 

Josh Dyck, Laura Hussey, and Linda Williams: “Racial Stereotypes and Welfare Attitudes in a Post-PRWORA World” 

Nate Bigelow: “Representation in the Statehouse: The Responsiveness of State Legislators to their Constituents and their Supporters.”

Jim Gimpel and Tony Wu: “The Political Mobilization of Arab American Citizens Following 9-11.”

Josh Kaminski and Greg Shaffer “Unanimity and Supreme Court: Moving Beyond the Norm of Consensus.”

Frances Lee: “Untangling the Sources of Congressional Partisanship: Ideology, Interests, and Opportunism.”