The American Politics & Public Policy Workshop series is cosponsored by the Yale Center for the Study of American Politics (CSAP) and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies. Each seminar features a presentation of current political science research by leading scholars in the field of American politics including distinguished faculty from other institutions, CSAP research fellows, ISPS Postdoctoral Associates, and Ph.D. candidates at Yale.
The workshop meets on most Wednesdays from 12:00-1:15 p.m. in Room A002 at ISPS, 77 Prospect Street. Lunch will be be provided.
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Faculty organizers: Jacob Hacker, Stanley Resor Professor of Political Science; and Ian Turner, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Graduate Student Workshop Coordinator: Eric Scheuch, PhD Candidate in Political Science
Seminar Coordinator and Contact: Pamela Greene
Fall 2024 Schedule
| date | speaker & title |
|---|---|
| SEP 11 | Amanda Weiss, PhD Candidate in Political Science, Yale University “How Much Should We Trust Modern Difference-in-Differences Estimates?” |
| SEP 18 | Paul Lendway, PhD Candidate in Political Science, Yale University “Sermon Rhetoric and White Evangelical Support for the Republican Party” |
| SEP 25 | Jack Greenberg, PhD Candidate in Political Sciene, Yale University “The Case for Agency: Three Dimensions of Discretion in Presidential Agenda Construction” |
| OCT 9 | Kaudia Wegschaider, Postdoctoral Associate with the ISPS Democratic Innovations Program, Yale University “Simultaneous Proposals in Referendums” Joint with the ISPS Democratic Innovations Workshop |
| OCT 23* | Jae Yeon Kim, Assistant Research Scientist at the SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University “Administrative Checkpoints, Burdens and Human-Centered Design: Increasing Interview Success to Raise SNAP Participation” |
| OCT 30 | Mackenzie Lockhart, Postdoctoral Associate at ISPS, Yale University “Information and Political Representation: Evidence from the impact of declining local news on primary elections” Joint with the ISPS Democratic Innovations Workshop |
| NOV 13* | Sean Gailmard, the Herman Royer Professor of Political Economy, UC Berkeley “Electoral Competition, Geographical Competition, and the Quality of Governance in Cities” |
| DEC 11* | Tom Clark, the David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Economy, University of Chicago |
*Indicates workshops that are open to scholars outside of Yale. Please contact Pamela Greene to be added to our guest scholars email list. (Graduate student workshops are internal and open to current members of the Yale community only.)