Faculty Leader

LaFleur Stephens-Dougan

Meeting Day/Time

Mondays 11:50 AM - 1:10 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.

2025-2026 Schedule of Presentations

Fall 2025

DatePresenterTitle/PaperDiscussant(s)
9/08/2025 Introductory Meeting    
9/15/2025 No Meeting 
9/22/2025Dahyun Choi"Application of Scientific Research in Policymaking is Shaped by
Partisan Bias, Yet High-Quality Studies Remain Resilient" 		Job Talk
9/29/2025Isaiah Johnson"Jack of All Trades, Master of None: Multiracial Politicians and Political Representation."Job Talk
10/06/2025Darius Cozart"Revisiting the War on Crime: Federal Dependence and Local Punitive Spending Under Fiscal Duress" Job Talk
10/13/2025 No Meeting (Fall Recess) 
10/20/2025Yun ChoiProspectus 
10/27/2025Ke LiangProspectus 
11/03/2025Ayse EldesProspectus 
11/10/2025 No Meeting (Job Talk) 
11/17/2025Lucas OphoffProspectus  
11/24/2025 Joshua LimpertProspectus 
12/01/2025Amy JeonProspectus  

 

SPRING 2026

 

 

DatePresenterTitle/PaperDiscussant(s)
1/26/2026Haodi DongDissertation Chapter 
2/02/2026Adrian PietrzakDissertation Chapter 
2/09/2026Gavin MedinaDissertation Chapter 
2/16/2026Ren MuellerDissertation Chapter 
2/23/2026

Luchuan Deng 

Nia Atkins

591 Paper

591 Paper

 
3/02/2026

Ilana Keusch

Alisson Ramos

591 Paper

591 Paper

 
3/09/2026 No Meeting (Spring Break) 
3/17/2026 Prospective Graduate Visit 
3/23/2026Jasanté HowardDissertation Chapter 
3/30/2026

Cynthia Hou

Zhen Huang

591 Paper

591 Paper

 
4/06/2026Jeron FentonDissertation Chapter 
4/13/2026Kodiak SauerDissertation Chapter 
4/20/2026Kaiyla DarteyDissertation Chapter 
4/27/2026