American Politics Graduate Student Workshop | Center for the Study of American Politics

The American Politics Graduate Student Workshop is supported by CSAP and provides a forum for Yale Ph.D. students focusing on American politics to present their work for peer review in an informal setting.

The workshop is currently meeting in person on selected Thursdays from 12:00-1:15 p.m. in ISPS Room A001, 77 Prospect Street. Lunch will be served.

To join the group and receive regular email announcements for this series, please contact Graduate Student Organizer Gabe Batista.

2025-2026 Schedule

DATE	SPEAKER & TITLE
OCT 9	Natalie Hernandez, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science (2026) “Asymmetric Representation: Post-Roe Abortion Policy and Public Opinion in the U.S. States”
NOV 6	Justin Greenman, Ph.D. Student in Political Science (2030) “Guy Vander Jagt and the Innovation of the Insecure Majority” Manasi Rao, Ph.D. Student in Political Science (2029) “Constraining Technocracy: Understanding Configurations of Bureaucratic Auntonomy and Accountability”
NOV 20	Nayun Kim, Ph.D. Student in Political Science (2029) “Constraining the Private Agent: Control and Compliance under South Korea’s Authoritarian Rule” Eric Scheuch, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science (2028) “Partisan Motivated Reasoning on Gradual Economic Shocks: Evidence from the Home Insurance Crisis”
DEC 4	Gabe Batista, Ph.D. Student in Political Science (2029) “Junctions in Political Orders” Fiona Kniaz, Ph.D. Student in Political Science (2029) “A Conversation on the Contemporary American Welfare State”
FEB 23	Wonny Cha, Ph.D. Student in Political Science (2029) “The Puzzle of Women’s Trade Protectionism” Lucas Kreuzer, CSAP Predoctoral Fellow at ISPS “Searching for the Knowledge Economy Divide: Pathways of Economic Change and Partisan Realignment in the Industrial Midwest”
MAR 2	Matt Dahl, Ph.D. Student in Political Science (2030) “What Can We Learn About Discrimination from Random Judicial Assignment” Jonas Fischer, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science (2026) “Divest, Diversify, or Extract: Asset Specificity and Firm Behavior in Climate Politics”
MAR 30	Julia Crainic, CSAP Predoctoral Fellow at ISPS “Where Presidents Nominate: State Selection in Appointments to the U.S. Courts of Appeals” Taran Samarth, Ph.D. Student in Political Science (2029) Title TBD
APR 6	Jessica Hickle, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science (2028) “Explaining Election Litigation in Malawi” Pratik Mahajan, Ph.D. Student in Political Science (2031) “Breakdown without Backlash: The Emergence and Correction of Local Election Delay Awareness in India”
APR 20	Jonathan Elkobi, Ph.D. Student in Political Science (2030) “Partisanship and Market Trust: Evidence from Municipal Bond Markets in the United States” Gio Epifani, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science (2026) “Do Cities Drive Out Right-wing Voters? Urban Outmigration as a Neglected Driver of Conservative Decline in British Cities”
MAY 4	Kim Moxley, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science (2028) Title TBD