SCHEDULE

CSAP American Politics Conference, May 30-31, 2024
ISPS, 77 Prospect Street, Room A002

This conference is by invitation only; please contact Pam Greene for more information.

Thursday, May 30, 2024

Time conference activity
11:30am Convening over Luncheon Buffet, ISPS Room A001
12:30pm Opening Remarks: Greg Huber, Yale University
12:45pm

Paper 1: Priority Voting: Reconsidering the Role of Issue Salience in American Voting Behavior

Author: Christopher Hare, University of California, Davis
Discussant: Seth Hill, University of California, San Diego

1:45pm Break, Room A001
2:15pm

Paper 2: The Coherence of Citizen Preferences

Author: Erik Snowberg, University of Utah and University of British Columbia
Discussant: Chris Warshaw, George Washington University

3:15pm Break, Room A001
3:35pm Introduction to Postdoc & Graduate Student Poster Session
4:00pm

Paper 3: Party Misfits: How Do Independents and Moderates Make Up Their Minds?

Author: Delia Baldassarri, New York University
Discussant: Lilla Orr, University of Richmond

5:00pm Break/Hotel check-in for guests arriving on Thursday
Guest accommodations at The Study at Yale Hotel, 1157 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT
6:00pm Cocktail Reception with Postdoc & Graduate Student Poster Session
The Gallery Room at The Study at Yale Hotel, 1157 Chapel Street
7:30pm Dinner for Faculty, Presenters, and Out-of-Town Guests
Union League Cafe, 1032 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

Friday, May 31, 2024

time conference activity
8:00am Reconvene over Breakfast Buffet, ISPS Room A001
8:30am

Paper 4: Capital Influence: Endorsements and Donations to Political and Charitable Recipients

Author: Cheryl Boudreau, University of California, Davis
Discussant: Adam Berinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

9:30am Break, Room A001
10:00am

Paper 5: Polarization Over the Priority of Political Problems

Author: Benjamin Lauderdale, University College London
Discussant: Katherine Krimmel, Barnard College

11:00am Break, Room A001
11:30am

Paper 6: Are There Minorities Intense Enough to Overcome Majority Preferences?

Author: Chris Tausanovitch, University of California, Los Angeles
Discussant: Steven Jessee, University of Texas at Austin

12:30pm Closing Remarks & Luncheon Buffet, ISPS Room A001
1:30pm Adjournment

2024 Postdoc & Graduate Student Poster Presentations:

Jonathan Colner, University of California, Davis
“Ward Against Ward? District Elections and Particularism in U.S. City Councils”

Natalie Hernandez, Yale University
“Abortion Policy in Focus: Understanding the Relationship Between State-Level Public Opinion and State Laws in the Post-Roe Era”

Diana Da In Lee, Columbia University
“Intrinsic Motivation and Strategic Shifts: Dynamics of Minority Candidate Emergence”

Paul Lendway, Yale University
“Sermon Rhetoric and White Evangelical Support for the Republican Party”

Mackenzie Lockhart, Yale University
“Policy Shapes Partisan Identification: How Dobbs made pre-existing abortion policy preferences relevant to partisanship”

Chenoa Yorgason, Stanford University
“How Does Fundraising and Technology Change Campaigns? Evidence from ActBlue”