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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.
Organizer: Alan Gerber, Political Science
Coordinator and Contact: Pamela Greene
Links to papers are provided as available.
SPRING 2009: |
| JAN 14 |
Marc Meredith, Political Science, MIT
"The Effect of Convenience Voting on Election Outcomes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment"
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JAN 21 |
Andrea Campbell, Department of Political Science, MIT
"Policy Feedbacks and the Politics of Medicare Modernization"
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| JAN 28 |
Paul Frymer, Politics, Princeton University
"Black and Blue: State Building and Labor Civil Rights"
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| FEB 4 |
Tiffany Davenport, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Yale
"Casting Lots, Casting Votes: The Vietnam Draft and Voting Behavior of Parents, a Natural Experiment"
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| FEB 11 |
Eric Patashnik, Department of Politics, University of Virginia
"Reforms at Risk: What Happens After Major Policy Changes are Enacted" |
| FEB 18 |
Jacob Hacker, Political Science, UC-Berkeley
"The Paradox of Voting (for Republicans): Winner-Take-All Inequality and the American Voter"
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| FEB 25 |
Lynn Vavreck, Political Science, UCLA
"The Message Matters: The Economy and Presidential Campaigns"
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| MAR 4 |
Simon Jackman, Stanford University
"Movers and Stayers over the 2008 Presidential Election Campaign: Evidence from the Co-Operative Campaign Analysis Project"
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| MAR 25 |
A Sampling of Faculty Research on American Politics
Special presentation by members of the Political Science faculty |
| APR 1 |
Daniel Carpenter, Department of Government, Harvard
"Public Infrastructure and Political Mobilization: The Erie Canal and Antislavery Petitioning, 1835-1839"
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| APR 8 |
Michael Murakami, Postdoctoral Associate, ISPS/CSAP, Yale
"How Policy Venue Affects Public Opinion: Results from a Recent Survey Experiment" |
| APR 15 |
Daniel Hopkins, Postdoctoral Fellow, Government, Harvard
"Hear No Spanish: Using Survey Experiments to Explore Americans' Attitudes Toward Immigration" |
| APR 22 |
Paul Lagunes, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, and
Ruth Ditlmann, Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology, Yale University
"Differential Treatment toward Latinos in the Retail Market?" |
| APR 29 |
Colin Moore, Postdoctoral Associate, ISPS/CSAP, Yale
"Dollar Diplomacy as Institutional Bricolage: Public-Private Partnerships and the Making of American Empire, 1900-1920" |
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