American Politics Working Group

The American Politics Working Group provides a forum for faculty and graduate students to present their research on topics in American politics to their colleagues in the Political Science Department. During the Spring semester of 2009 we will meet on several Wednesdays from 12:30 to 2:00 in Harkness Hall 329. Please direct all inquiries to David Primo.



Spring 2009 Schedule
February 11
Lynda Powell
"How Much is a Legislator's Time Worth to a Contributor? Calculating Rates of Return
on the Time State Legislators Spend Fundraising for Their Reelection"
February 25
Chuck Phelps
"Governance of Not for Profit Organizations: A (Quasi) Political Model"
March 18
Nolan McCarty (Princeton)
Co-sponsored with the Wallis Institute Political Economy Seminar Series
Special Time: 4-5:30 in Harkness 112
March 25
Nicole Asmussen and Adam Ramey
"When Loyalty is Tested: Do Party Leaders Use Committee Assignments as Rewards?"
April 1
Daniel Gillion
"Redefining Political Participation Through Item Response Theory"
April 15
Adam Ramey
"Weighing the Alternatives: Parties, Preferences, and Constituency in the US Congress"
April 29
Jim Johnson
"Useful Fictions: Thinking about How Political Scientists Do Things With Models"
Fall 2008 Schedule
October 3
Daniel Gillion
"Knocking on the President's Door: Changing the Way We Understand Governmental Responsiveness"
October 17
Paula Booke
"The Social Network of Premillennialist Websites"
November 7
Thomas Jackson
"Boumediene v. Bush and Constitutional Habeas: Territory, Suspension, and Detainee Rights"
November 14
Stu Jordan
"Effective Judicial Control of the Basis of Agency Choice"
December 12
Cancelled