Cosponsored with 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, CSAP research fellows, ISPS Postdoctoral Associates, 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. (Please note that cosponsored workshops with the Leitner Political Economy Seminar Series will meet on Thursdays at 12:00-1:30 p.m.)
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Faculty organizer: Deborah Beim, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Graduate Student Coordinator: TBA
Seminar Coordinator and Contact: Pamela Greene
Fall 2018 Schedule
| DATE | SPEAKER & TITLE |
|---|---|
| SEP 5 | Gretchen Ritter, Professor of Government, Cornell University “Higher Education and Democracy in an Era of Social Polarization” |
| SEP 19 | Albert Fang, Postdoctoral Associate, ISPS/CSAP, Yale University “How Racial Minorities Evaluate Trade-offs between Descriptive and Partisan Representation” |
| SEP 20* (Thurs.) |
Ugo Troiano, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Michigan “Policy Responses to the Introduction of the Income Tax” *Cosponsored with the Leitner Political Economy Seminar |
| SEP 26 | John Dearborn, Ph.D. Student in Political Science, Yale University “The Political Efficacy of Ideas: Presidential Representation and the Development of a Modern Presidency” |
| OCT 3 | Adam Thal, Postdoctoral Associate, ISPS Policy Lab, Yale University “Social Media, Status Concerns, and Affluent Americans’ Economic Preferences” |
| OCT 24 | Scott Bokemper, Postdoctoral Associate, ISPS/CSAP, Yale University “Perceptions of Program Abuse and Support for Social Insurance” |
| NOV 1 (Thurs.) |
Avidit Acharya, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - Departmental Job Talk Only *Cosponored with the Leitner Political Economy Seminar |
| NOV 7 | Ruth Bloch Rubin, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago “Organizing at the Extreme: The Logic and Evolution of Hardline Intraparty Blocs in the House” |
| NOV 28 | Alexander Held, Fox Fellow at the Yale MacMillan Center, and Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, University of British Columbia “Policies to Increase Youth Voter Turnout: New Evidence from Regression Discontinuities” |
| DEC 5 |
Patrick Tucker, Postdoctoral Associate, ISPS/CSAP, Yale University |