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.

Fall 2025 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”