The Research Workshop 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[at]berkeley[dot]edu.
Time: All seminars are held from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Unless otherwise indicated, all seminars take place in Moses Hall, Room 119.
Check back at this page for further details on individual events as the date of each seminar comes nearer.
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"
January 23
Amy Lerman, Ph.D. candidate, UC Berkeley
"Love Thy Neighbor as Thy Cell: Effects of Incarceration on Civic Attitudes"
January 30
Rob van Houweling and Mike Tomz
Political Science departments, UC Berkeley and Stanford University
"The Electoral Implications of Candidate Ambiguity"
February 6
Paul Pierson, Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley
"Winner-Take-All Politics: Organizations, Policy and the New American Political Economy"
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 20
Ann Keller, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
"The Patient Interest Group Phenomenon: From Service Provision to Policy Advocacy"
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"
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"
March 19
Devin Caughey, Graduate student, UC Berkeley
"The Lure of Lobbying: Assessing the Effect of Post-Congress Employment Opportunities"
April 9
Jon Krosnick, Stanford University
"Designing Surveys to Measure Economic Values of Public Goods: The Contingent Valuation Method"
April 10
Kathryn Pearson, University of Minnesota
"Party Loyalty, Primary Competition, and Polarization in the House of Representatives"
April 16
Rocio Titiunik, Ph.D. candidate, UC Berkeley
"Drawing Your Senator from a Jar: Term Length and Legislative Behavior"
April 23
David Hopkins, Ph.D. candidate, UC Berkeley
"Geographic Polarization and American Parties"
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, UC 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"
January 24
Nelson Polsby, Department of Political Science, UC 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, UC 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 Politic
May 3
Adam Berinsky, Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Assuming the Costs of War: Events, Elites, and the American Public"
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"
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"