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
Date | Presenter | Title/Paper | Discussant(s) |
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9/08/2025 | Introductory Meeting | ||
9/15/2025 | No Meeting | ||
9/22/2025 | Dahyun Choi | "Application of Scientific Research in Policymaking is Shaped by Partisan Bias, Yet High-Quality Studies Remain Resilient" | Job Talk |
9/29/2025 | Isaiah Johnson | "Jack of All Trades, Master of None: Multiracial Politicians and Political Representation." | Job Talk |
10/06/2025 | Darius Cozart | "Revisiting the War on Crime: Federal Dependence and Local Punitive Spending Under Fiscal Duress" | Job Talk |
10/13/2025 | No Meeting (Fall Recess) | ||
10/20/2025 | Yun Choi | Prospectus | |
10/27/2025 | Ke Liang | Prospectus | |
11/03/2025 | Ayse Eldes | Prospectus | |
11/10/2025 | No Meeting (Job Talk) | ||
11/17/2025 | Lucas Ophoff | Prospectus | |
11/24/2025 | Joshua Limpert | Prospectus | |
12/01/2025 | Amy Jeon | Prospectus |
SPRING 2026
Date | Presenter | Title/Paper | Discussant(s) |
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1/26/2026 | Haodi Dong | Dissertation Chapter | |
2/02/2026 | Adrian Pietrzak | Dissertation Chapter | |
2/09/2026 | Gavin Medina | Dissertation Chapter | |
2/16/2026 | Ren Mueller | Dissertation Chapter | |
2/23/2026 | 591 Paper 591 Paper | ||
3/02/2026 | 591 Paper 591 Paper | ||
3/09/2026 | No Meeting (Spring Break) | ||
3/17/2026 | Prospective Graduate Visit | ||
3/23/2026 | Jasanté Howard | Dissertation Chapter | |
3/30/2026 | 591 Paper 591 Paper | ||
4/06/2026 | Jeron Fenton | Dissertation Chapter | |
4/13/2026 | Kodiak Sauer | Dissertation Chapter | |
4/20/2026 | Kaiyla Dartey | Dissertation Chapter | |
4/27/2026 |