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.
Links to papers are provided as available.
| JAN 11 |
Robert Lieberman, 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"
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| 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
"Elections and the Regression-Discontinuity Design: Lessons from Close U.S. House Races, 1942-2008" |
| MAR 28 |
Presentations by Yale Doctoral Students in Political Science:
Adam Dynes: "The Effect of Federal Spending: A Natural Experiment using Congressional Apportionment"
Andrea Katz: "On Presidents, Populism, and the Law"
Rachel Silbermann: "Party and Gender Cues and Voters' Changing Impressions" |
| APR 4 |
Yale American Politics Faculty Presentation for Prospective Graduate Students |
| APR 18 |
Karen Orren, Political Science, UCLA
"Doing Time: A Theory of the U.S. Constitution" |
