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?”