Faculty Leader

LaFleur Stephens-Dougan

Meeting Day/Time

Mondays 12:00-1:20 PM

Location

127 Corwin

Papers are posted the Friday afternoon before each presentation. Members of the department may download them by clicking the presentation title in the table below.

2024-2025 Schedule of Presentations

Fall 2024

Date Presenter Title/Paper Discussant(s)

9/09/2024

Introduction Meeting

 

 

9/16/2024

Anthony Taboni

The Path of Law: Legal Uncertainty and Cases of First Impression in the U.S. Courts of Appeals

 

9/23/2024

Alex Gazmararian

The Source of Partisan Change: Evidence from the Shale Gas Shock in American Coal Country

 

9/30/2024

Ephraim Shimko

Cheap (Talk) Shots: Discrediting the Media to Stay in Office

 

10/07/2024

Dahyun Choi

 

 

10/21/2024

Rob Oldham

Congress in Crisis: Lawmaking under Pressure

 

11/04/2024

Reilly Steel

The Political Transformation of Corporate America, 2001–2022

Haodi Dong

11/18/2024 Roel Bos Interest Groups Influence on Policy Proposals and Passage Joshua Limpert
12/02/2024 Adrian Pietrzak City of Yes? Do Citywide Housing Reforms Overcome Localized Opposition? Ke Liang
12/09/2024

William Wen (9:30am-10:50am)

&

Sam Simon (12pm-1:20pm)

Variation in Campaign and Media Effects Across Time, Topics, and People

&

Congressional Issue Spotting

Lucas Ophoff

&

Amy Jeon

 

SPRING 2025

 

Date Presenter Title/Paper Discussant(s)

1/27/2025

Haodi Dong

 

Reilly Steel

2/03/2025

Jasante Howard

The Limits of Police Reform: A Case Study of Problem Oriented Policing in Newport News, VA

William Wen

2/10/2025

Ayse Eldes

 

Renold Mueller

2/17/2025

Ke Liang

 

Isaiah Johnson

2/24/2025

Kodiak Sauer

 

Adrian Pietrzak

3/03/2025

Lucas Ophoff

 

Kaiyla Banks

3/17/2025

Graduate Visit

 

 

3/24/2025

Amy Jeon

 

Sam Simon

3/31/2025

Josh Limpert

 

Kodiak Sauer

4/07/2025

Isaiah Johnson

Aligning Interests: Multiracial Identity, Contextual Cues, and Political Behavior

Jeron Fenton

4/14/2025

Kaiyla Banks

 

Ayse Eldes

4/21/2025

Jeron Fenton

 

Jasante Howard

5/12/2025

Jasante Howard

The Limits of Police Reform: A Case Study of Problem Oriented Policing in Newport News, VA (Chapter?)

Yun Choi