The Colloquium in American Politics brings together faculty and graduate students in American politics to share their work in an informal setting. The seminar meets several times a semester and covers a broad range of topics in American politics. For more information, contact Eric Schickler at eschickler@berkeley.edu or Els de Graauw at degraauw@berkeley.edu.
The colloquium meets from 12:00 to 1:30 pm in the Harris Room (119 Moses Hall).
April 23
David Hopkins
Ph.D. candidate, UC Berkeley
"Geographic Polarization and American Parties"
April 16
Rocio Titiunik
Ph.D. candidate, UC Berkeley
"Drawing Your Senator from a Jar: Term Length and Legislative Behavior"
April 10
Kathryn Pearson
University of Minnesota
"Party Loyalty, Primary Competition, and Polarization in the House of Representatives"
April 9
Jon Krosnick
Stanford University
"Designing Surveys to Measure Economic Values of Public Goods: The Contingent Valuation Method"
March 19
Devin Caughey
Graduate student, UC Berkeley
"The Lure of Lobbying: Assessing the Effect of Post-Congress Employment Opportunities"
March 5
John Hanley, Michael Salamone, and Matthew Wright
Ph.D. candidates, UC Berkeley
"The Republican Schoolmaster Strikes Back: Public Opinion and Roe v. Wade"
February 28
Samuel Kernell
University of California at San Diego
"'Make My Day:' An Early Analysis of the Effects of Veto Threats on Legislation from 1985 through 2004"
February 20
Ann Keller
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
"The Patient Interest Group Phenomenon: From Service Provision to Policy Advocacy"
February 13
Jack Citrin and John Sides
Political Science Departments, UC Berkeley and George Washington University
"Does Telling It Like It Is Matter? The Impact of Information on Public Opinion in Immigration Policy"
February 6
Paul Pierson
Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley
"Winner-Take-All Politics: Organizations, Policy and the New American Political Economy"
January 30
Rob van Houweling and Mike Tomz
Political Science Departments, UC Berkeley and Stanford University
"The Electoral Implications of Candidate Ambiguity"
January 23
Amy Lerman
Ph.D. candidate, UC Berkeley
"Love Thy Neighbor as Thy Cell: Effects of Incarceration on Civic Attitudes"
Fall 2007
September 5
Brent Durbin
Ph.D. candidate, UC Berkeley
"Changing the Guard: The Politics of U.S. Intelligence Reform"
September 12
Mike Murakami
Ph.D. candidate, UC Berkeley
"Identity Politics: How Party Polarization is Affecting Mass Attitudes and Behaviors"
September 19
Cindy Kam
UC Davis
"Regard for Others and the Paradox of Participation"
September 26
Laura Stoker
UC Berkeley
"Reconsidering Self-Interest Effects on Public Opinion"
October 3
Sean Gailmard
UC Berkeley
"Moral Bias in Large Elections: Theory and Experimental Evidence"
October 10
Brian Feinstein
Ph.D. candidate, UC Berkeley
"Congressional Oversight: Causes and Consequences"
October 17
Jane Green
School of Social Sciences, University of Macnhester (UK)
"The Problem of Party Convergence"
October 24
Els de Graauw
Ph.D. candidate, UC Berkeley
"Serving and Representing Immigrants: Nonprofit Organizations and Policy Implementation in San Francisco"
October 31
Jasjeet Sekhon
Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley
"Exploiting Tom DeLay: A New Method for Estimating Incumbency Advantage"
November 7
Sean Farhang
Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley
"The Political Development of Job Discrimination Litigation"
November 14
Russell Dalton
Political Science Department, UC Irvine
"Changing Citizenship Norms and the Real Growth of Political Participation in America"
Spring 2007
January 24:
Nelson Polsby
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
"Constitutional Foundations and Historical Developments in American Politics"
January 31:
Paul Frymer
Associate Professor of Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz
"Race, Law and the Modern American State"
February 21:
Bruce Cain and John Hanley
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
"What Works? A Look at Redistricting Rules and Institutions in the States"
March 21:
Sean Farhang
Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley
"Public Regulation and Private Lawsuits in the American Separation of Powers System"
April 4:
Eric Schickler
Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley
"Agenda Control, Discharge Petitions, and the House Committee System"
April 24:
John Hibbing
Professor of Political Science, University of Nebraska
"Genetics and Politics"
May 3:
Adam Berinsky
Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Assuming the Costs of War: Events, Elites, and the American Public"
Fall 2006
September 20:
Ernesto Dal Bó
Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business
"Political Dynasties"
October 5:
Dave Hopkins
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley
"Beyond the Red-Blue Divide: The Causes of Geographic Polarization in U.S. Presidential Elections"
October 12:
Rachel Vansickle-Ward
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley
"Explicit Language: Fragmentation and Policy Specificity in the US States"
October 26:
Sean Farhang
Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley
November 9:
Jill Greenlee
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley
"Is there a ‘Motherhood Gap’? The Impact of Parenthood on Women's Political Attitudes"
November 16:
Shawn Rosenberg
Visiting Professor, Director and Professor, Graduate Program in Political Psychology, University of California at Irvine
"Types of Deliberation: The Limits and Potential of Citizen Participation"
November 29:
Ann Keller
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
"The Patient Interest Group Phenomenon: One Hundred (or So) Years of Decreasing Solitude"
December 7:
Mike Murakami
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley
"Party Polarization in the Electorate and Its Consequences"
Spring 2006
January 23:
Laura Stoker
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
"Aging, Generations, and the Development of Partisan Polarization in the United States" February 6:
Matt Grossmann
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science
"The Not-So-Special Interests: Organized Constituency Representation in American National Politics"
See Mr. Grossman's papers, "One Person, One Lobbyist? American Public Constituencies and Organized Representation" and "Institutionalized Pluralism: The Prominence of Interest Organizations in National Policymaking"
March 6:
Margaret Weir
Professor, Departments of Sociology and Political Science
"Challenging Metropolitan Inequalities"
March 20:
Gordon Silverstein
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
"How Law Kills Politics: Abortion and Poverty"
April 3:
Anne Joseph
Assistant Professor of Law, Boalt Hall; Lecturer, Department of Political Science
"Presidential Transitions: The Shaping and Reshaping of the Federal Regulatory Agenda"
April 17:
Kevin Wallsten
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science
" ‘Fifth Estate’ or ‘Echo Chamber’? An Analysis of the Political Blogosphere, Media Coverage and the 2004 Presidential Campaign"
May 8:
Amy Lerman
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science
"Policy Feedback on a Captive Audience: How Prison Cultures Shape Civic Attitudes and Behavior"
Fall 2005
September 19:
Patrick Egan
"Policy Preferences and Congressional Representation: The Relationship Between Public Opinion and Policymaking in Today's Congress"
October 3:
Robert Van Houweling
"The Political Logic of a Downsian Space"
October 17:
David Karol
"Party Coalitions, Interest Groups, and the Limits of Unidimensionality"
October 31:
Matthew Jarvis
"Ideological Polarization in Major Legislation and Public Opinion: Which is the Chicken, and Which is the Egg?"
November 21:
Paul Pierson
"Off Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy"
December 12:
Tatishe Nteta
"Is the Past Prologue? An Examination of the Racial Attitudes of New Immigrants"