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Seminar Series

American Politics and Public Policy Workshop

Sponsored by the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, each seminar features a presentation of current political science research by leading scholars in the field, including distinguished faculty from other institutions, research fellows of the CSAP, and Ph.D. candidates at Yale.

The American Politics and Public Policy Workshop meets on Wednesdays from 12:00-1:15 p.m. in Room A002 at ISPS, 77 Prospect Street.

Faculty Organizer: John Bullock, Assistant Professor of Political Science

Coordinator and Contact: Pamela Greene

Seminar Schedule (click here for printable PDF version)

Links to papers are provided as available.

SPRING 2012:

JAN 11 Robert Leiberman, Political Science, Columbia University
"Private Power and American Bureaucracy: The State, the EEOC, and Civil Rights Enforcement"
JAN 18 Matias Iaryczower, Politics, Princeton University
"Money in Judicial Politics: How Campaign Contributions Change Judge's Behavior"
JAN 25 Cathy Cohen, Political Science, University of Chicago
"Politics, New Media and Inequality: From the Occupy Movement to the 2012 Elections"
FEB 1 Kevin Arceneaux, Political Science, Temple University
"Partisan News Media Effects in a Hyper-Choice Era"
FEB 8 Olle Folke, International & Public Affairs, Columbia University
"Gubernatorial Midterm Slumps"
FEB 15 Lane Kenworthy, Sociology, University of Arizona
"America's Social Democratic Future"
FEB 22 Rocío Titiunik, Political Science, University of Michigan
"Using Regression Discontinuity to Uncover the Personal Incumbency Advantage"
FEB 29 Seth Hill, ISPS/CSAP Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University
"Would Lowering the Voting Age Increase Lifetime Participation?"
MAR 21 Jasjeet S. Sekhon, Political Science, UC Berkeley
"Hispanic Majority-Minority Districts and Electoral Empowerment: Cause or Effect?"
MAR 28 TBA
APR 4 Yale American Politics Faculty Presentation for Prospective Graduate Students
APR 18 Karen Oren, Political Science, UCLA
"Doing Time: A Theory of the U.S. Constitution"