Previously Held Workshops

Fall 2011 Workshops

Information and Gender Differences in Individual Preferences for Protection

Alexandra Guisinger (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, September 9, 2011 — 11:30am
• Place: 220 Malloy Hall

Anger, Alienation, and Peaceful Participation versus Violent Retaliation

Debra Javeline (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, September 16, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 220 Malloy Hall

“Useful Cues: The Effect of Candidate Religiosity on Vote Choice”

Jeremy Castle and Geoff Layman (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, September 23, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 220 Malloy Hall

The Politics of Participation

Carl Palmer and John Griffin (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, September 30, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 220 Malloy Hall

Elections and Legitimacy in Afghanistan

Clark Gibson (University of California, San Diego)

• Date and Time: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 119 O’Shaughnessy Hall

The Adapted Judicial Mind: Preferences, Norms, and Birth Order on the U.S. Supreme Court

Kevin McGuire (University of North Carolina)

• Date and Time: Friday, October 14, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 220 Malloy Hall

Voter Mobilization through Friends and Family: A Large Scale Field Experiment on the Social Priming about Political Participation

Chris Mann (University of Miami)

• Date and Time: Friday, October 28, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 220 Malloy Hall

Caught in the Crossfire: The Competing Influence of Outcomes and Beneficiaries on Perceptions of Antipoverty Spending

Carl Palmer (Notre Dame

• Date and Time: Friday, November 11, 2011 — 11:30am
• Place: 220 Malloy Hall

Marching Orders: Churches and the Political Attitudes of the Faithful

Kate Scheunke (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, November 18, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 220 Malloy Hall

Reassessing Class Bias in State Electorates: The Effect of Electoral Competition, and Turnout of the Poor on
Welfare Policy Post-AFDC

Claudia Anewalt (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, December 2, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 220 Malloy Hall

Why Public Reason?

Stephen Macedo (Princeton University)

• Date and Time: Friday, December 9, 2011 — 12:30pm
• Place: 201 O’Shaughnessy Hall

Spring 2011 Workshops

“Do Party Contributions Help Candidates Win?”

Anne Baker (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, January 21, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 119 O’Shaughnessy

“The Social Origins of Political Behavior: Evidence about the Social Benefits of Political Choices and Ballot Secrecy Perceptions”

Gregory Huber (Yale University)

• Date and Time: Friday, January 28, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 119 O’Shaughnessy

“Religious Group Affect in Social Policy Opinion”

Todd Adkins (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, February 4, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 119 O’Shaughnessy

“The Choosing People: The Puzzling Politics of American Jews”

Ken Wald (University of Florida)

• Date and Time: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 119 O’Shaughnessy

“Show Who The Money? The Influence of Performance Pay on Teacher Composition”

Michael Hartney (University of Notre Dame) and Michael Jones (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, February 18, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 119 O’Shaughnessy

“Using Survey Experiments to Detect Vote Buying in Latin America”

David Nickerson (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, March 4, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 201 O’Shaughnessy

“Men, Women, and Voice: Gender Inequality in Deliberative Participation”

Chris Karpowitz (Brigham Young University)

• Date and Time: Friday, March 11, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 201 O’Shaughnessy

MPSA Practice Presentations

Various presenters

• Date and Time: Friday, March 25, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 119 O’Shaughnessy

“Can Popular Movies Change Political Attitudes: Experimental Results”

Todd Adkins and Jeremy Castle

• Date and Time: Friday, April 8, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 201 O’Shaughnessy

Political Parties and Representation of the Poor in the American States

Gerald Wright (Indiana University)

• Date and Time: Friday, April 15, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 119 O’Shaughnessy

The Social Citizen: Could You Please Take Out Your Checkbook?

Betsy Sinclair (University of Chicago)

• Date and Time: Friday, April 29, 2011 — 12:00pm
• Place: 201 O’Shaughnessy

Fall 2010 Workshops

The Era of Bad Feelings? Religion, Polarization, and Party Evaluations

Patrick Schoettmer and Jeremy Castle (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 3 December 2010, 12:00pm
• Place: 119 O’Shaughnessy

“Motivations for Civic Engagement: Results from the Field”

Lauren Deschamps (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 12 November 2010, 12:00pm
• Place: 119 O’Shaughnessy

Job Talk

Anne Baker (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 5 November 2010, 12:00pm
• Place: 119 O’Shaughnessy

“Political Conservatism in Black and White: Where Ideology Ends and Racial Prejudice Begins”

Janay Cody (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 29 October 2010, 12:00pm
• Place: 119 O’Shaughnessy

“Which Cues Matter? The Implications of Stereotype Appeals and Explicit Predispositions for Group-Centric Issue Opinion”

Carl Palmer, Univ of Notre Dame

• Date and Time: Friday, 8 October 2010, 12:00 pm
• Place: 119 O’Shaughnessy

“Presidential Signing Statements and Congressional Oversight”

Scott Ainsworth (University of Georgia)

• Date and Time: Friday, 1 October 2010, 12:00pm
• Place: 119 O’Shaughnessy

“Latino Political Influence: Myths, Realities, and Prospects for the Future”

David Leal (University of Texas at Austin)

• Date and Time: Friday, 24 September 2010, 12:00pm
• Place: 131 Decio Hall

“Made in America? Pan-ethnic Identification and Political Participation”

Victoria DeFrancesco Soto (Northwestern University)

• Date and Time: Friday, 17 September 2010, 11:30am
• Place: 119 O’Shaughnessy

Spring 2010 Workshops

American Muslims, Religiosity, and Civic Engagement Following the 9/11 Attacks

Patrick Schoettmer (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 19 March 2010, 12:00pm
• Place: 220 Malloy Hall

The Level of Democratization’s Impact on Welfare Efforts in the American States

Greg Shufeldt (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 12 February 2010, 12:00pm
• Place: 220 Malloy Hall

Fall 2009 Workshops

Group Composition and Attitudinal Change in Deliberative Groups

Mike Keane (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 4 December 2009, 12:00pm
• Place: 106 O’Shaughnessy Hall

The Politics of the Education Achievement Gap

Patrick Flavin and Michael Hartney (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 6 November 2009, 12:00pm
• Place: 106 O’Shaughnessy Hall

Do Party Contributions Help Candidates Win?

Anne Baker (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 16 October 2009, 12:00pm
• Place: 106 O’Shaughnessy Hall

Faith and Finances: How Religion shapes Economic Welfare in the American States

Rich Ledet (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 2 October 2009, 11:45am
• Place: 106 O’Shaughnessy Hall

A Muslim President? Assessing the Causes and Consequences of Misperceptions about Barack Obama’s Faith in the 2008 Presidential Election

Geoff Layman (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 11 September 2009, 12:00pm
• Place: 106 O’Shaughnessy Hall

Summer 2009 Workshops

Group Composition and the Deliberative Process

Mike Keane (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Thursday, 13 August 2009, 12:00pm
• Place: 220 Malloy Hall

Religion, Politics, and Social Life in the United States

Richard Ledet (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Wednesday, 15 July 2009, 12:00pm
• Place: 220 Malloy Hall

Unequal Political Representation in the American States

Patrick Flavin (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Monday, 22 June 2009, 12:00pm
• Place: 106 O’Shaughnessy Hall

Spring 2009 Workshops

Replacing the ‘Nomenklatura:’ the Effects of Legislative Polarization and Cabinet Turnover on Civil Service Professionalization

Monika Nalepa (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 1 May 2009, 3:30 p.m.
• Place: 320 Malloy Hall

The Politics of Teacher Professionalization: How Governance of K-12 Education Influences School Reform in the American States

Michael Hartney (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 17 April 2009, 3:30 p.m.
• Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Remaking the Progressive Era Presidency

Peri Arnold (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 20 March 2009, 3:30 p.m.
• Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Empirical Evidence Regarding Attitudes Toward Religious Pluralism in the United States

Daniel Hungerman (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 20 February 2009, 3:30 p.m.
• Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Empirical Evidence Regarding Attitudes Toward Religious Pluralism in the United States

David Campbell (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 13 February 2009, 3:30 p.m.
• Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Does Constituency Opinion Affect Legislators’ Votes? Results from a Field Experiment

David Nickerson (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 16 January 2009, 3:30 p.m.
• Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Fall 2008 Workshops

Threat Perceptions and Political Attitudes on Anti-Terrorism Measures

Elizabeth Popp (University of Illinois)

• Date and Time: Friday, 5 December 2008, 11:30 a.m. (Lunch provided)
• Place: 119 O’Shaughnessy Hall

Can Single Issue Groups Educate and Persuade Voters through Political Endorsements?

Kevin Arceneaux (Temple University)

• Date and Time: Friday, 21 November 2008, 3:30 p.m.
• Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Knowledge Networks Presentation

William C. McCready (Knowledge Networks)

• Date and Time: Friday, 14 November 2008, 3:30 p.m.
• Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Research (In Progress) on Black-Latino Relations

Rodney Hero (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 31 October 2008, 3:30 p.m.
• Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Gauging the God Gap: Why Worship Attendance Matters at the Ballot Box

John Green (University of Akron)
Cosponsored with the Center for the Study of Religion & Society

• Date and Time: Friday, 10 October 2008, 11:45 a.m.
• Place: Grace Hall, Lower Level
• Contact: David Campbell

The Utility of Meta-Regression for Understanding Heterogeneous Results

David Nickerson (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 3 October 2008, 3:30 p.m.
• Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Americans’ Support for Equal Opportunity

John Griffin (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 26 September 2008, 3:30 p.m.
• Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Religious Adherence and Equality in American Representation

Kasey Swanke (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 19 September 2008, 3:30 p.m.
• Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in Contemporary America

David Campbell (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 12 September 2008, 3:30 p.m.
• Place: 320 Malloy Hall

How Much of a Hindrance to Turnout is Registration?

David Nickerson (University of Notre Dame)

• Date and Time: Friday, 5 September 2008, 3:00 p.m.
• Place: 320 Malloy Hall