Political Science Workshop Series

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The Political Science workshop series is intended to provide an opportunity for faculty and graduate students to present work in progress.

Coordination of the workshop series has been transferred to Brian Lai and Sara Mitchell. The current schedule is maintained here.

Spring 2005

May 6, 3:30-4:30
Alan Jacobs
Asst. Professor, Department of Political Science
University of British Columbia
Backing into the Future: Reconceiving Policy Reform as Intertemporal Choice
(Download paper).
Schaeffer 40

May 2, 12:15-1:30
Fred Boehmke, Dan Morey and Meg Shannon
The Influence of International Organizations on War Initiation and Duration
Location TBA

April 25, 12:15-1:30
Sean Gailmard
Asst. Professor, Department of Political Science
Northwestern University
Agency, Monitoring, and Electoral Institutions: The 17th Amendment and Representation in the Senate
(Download paper).
The Commons

April 22, 12:00-1:00 Political Science ITC Equipment Demonstration/Workshop
Hosted by Matt Whittaker and Dave Redlawsk
21 Schaeffer

April 13, 12:15-1:15
Dave Redlawsk
Citizen Attitudes Towards Political Corruption
(Download paper).
The Commons

Bose Lecture Series
April 1, 12:15-1:30
Marianne Stewart
How Far Is It From Ann Arbor to Essex?: The Conduct of Electoral Inquiry in Anglo-American Countries
The Commons

March 29, 12:15-1:15
Sona Golder
The Effect of Pre-Electoral Agreements on Government Coalitions
The Commons

Collaboratory Equipment Demonstration/Workshop
March 09, 12:00-1:15
Hosted by Matt Whittaker and Dave Redlawsk
The Commons

Bose Lecture Series
January 28, 12:15-1:30
Lee Sigelman
How to Write, Review and Publish Articles in Political Science
The Commons

January 21, 2005 12:00-1:15
Helena Rodrigues (Practice job talk)
TBA
The Commons

Fall 2004

September 23, 2004 12:15-1:15
Fred Boehmke
The Initiative Process and the Volatility of State Interest Group Populations
(Download paper).
Bose Library

October 01, 2004 12:30-1:30
Sara Mitchell
The International Court of Justice and the World's Three Legal Systems.
(Download paper).
Bose Library

October 07, 2004 12:30-1:30
Jeremy Youde (Practice job talk)
The Development of a Counter-Epistemic Community: AIDS, South Africa, and International Regimes
Bose Library

October 20, 2004 12:30-1:30
Brent Steele (Practice job talk)
Ontological Security and the Power of Self-Identity: British Neutrality and the American Civil War
(Download paper).
The Commons

October 25, 2004 12:30-1:30
Megan Shannon (Practice job talk)
The Democratic Community and the Expansion of International Organizations
(Download paper).
The Commons

November 01, 2004 12:20-1:20
Andrew Bargen (Practice job talk)
PARTY POWER IN THE U.S. SENATE: SHAPING THE IDEOLOGICAL CONTENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
(Download paper).
The Commons

November 09, 2004 12:15-1:15
Kurt Thurmaier (ISU)
It's not about Efficiency! Anatomy of a Failed Polk County Merger Campaign
The Commons

Spring 2004

April 09, 2004 3:30-4:30
Chuck Shipan
The Diffusion of Antismoking Policies Among States and Localities
Bose Library

April 23, 2004 12:00-1:00
Brian Lai
Explaining Terrorism Using the Framework of Opportunity and Willingness: An Empirical Examination of International Terrorism, 1968-1977 (Download)
Bose Library

April 29, 2004 12:15-1:15
Erika Moreno
Banking on Experience? Gubernatorial Elections in Colombia and Venezuela, 1989-2000.
Bose Library

April 30, 2004 10:15-11:45
Poster Session for Advanced Methods (30:306)
The Commons

May 21, 2004 12:00-1:00
Ken Moffett and Chuck Shipan
Liberal Justices, Conservative Cases? Explaining the Ideological Nature of the Supreme Court's Agenda
Bose Library

Fall 2003

December 09, 2:30-5:20
Graduate Students in Prof Lai's International Relations Seminar
Bose Library
    Detailed Schedule:
  1. 2:30-2:40: Introduction to the Panel
  2. 2:40-3:05: Eric Hines, Unequal Burdens: The Impact of Different Combinations of Power Sharing Arrangements on Post-Civl War Conflict Management
  3. 3:05-3:30: Andrew Civettini, A Cartel is Forever: The Changing Nature of Interaction Between DeBeers and States
  4. 3:30-3:55: Clayton Thyne, Reexaminging old assumptions: The effect of civil war on education, 1970-2000
  5. 3:55-4:05: Break
  6. 4:05-4:30: Anoop Sarbahi, International Intervention in Intra-State Wars: What Explains 'Orphaned' Wars?
  7. 4:30-4:55: Jason Kehrberg, Public Opinion on Immigration: Culture or Economics?
  8. 4:55-5:20: Holley Hansen, Domestic and International Determinants of Ethnic Party Extremism.
December 05, 12:00-1:00
Tom Rice
Data in search of a question, results in search of an explanation: What can we learn from Iowa?
Bose Library
November 04, 12:15-1:15
Fred Boehmke
Strategic Delay: A Unified Model of Position Taking and Position Timing (Download)
Bose Library
October 29, 12:30-1:30
Bob Boynton
TBA
Bose Library
October 15, 12:30-1:30
Ben Read
Homeowners' Organizations and Neighborhood Politics in Urban China
Bose Library

Spring 2003

May 2, 3:30-4:30
Helena Rodrigues and Gary Segura
Attitudinal Underpinnings of Black-Brown Coalitions: Latino Perceptions of Commonality with African Americans and Anglos (Download)
The Commons
March 14, 12:30-1:30
Brent Steele and Helena Rodrigues
Democratic Public Discourse in Times of Crisis: Plurality of Voices or Unity of One?
Dong-Hun Kim and Jerry Loewenberg
Keeping Tabs on Coalition Partner at the Parliamentary Level: Parties and Committees in the German Bundestag."
Bose Library
Preparation for conference presentations.
Bose Lecture Series
March 10, 12:30-1:30
Matthew Potoski
Iowa State University
Party Campaign Contributions in U.S. House Elections: 1982-2000
The Commons
February 28, 12:30-1:30
Gary Segura
Estimating the Mobilizing Effect of Overlapping Majority-Minority Districts on Latino Turnout (Download)
Bose Library
February 07, 12:30-1:30
Brian Lai
The Conflict Behavior of Authoritarian States, 1950-1992 (Download)
Bose Library

Fall 2002

December 13, 11:30-01:30
Denise Powers and Jeremy Youde
The Structural Determinants of Liberal Party Success in Post-Communist Europe
Bose Library
Bose Lecture Series
December 06, 12:00-1:00
Jon Pevehouse, University of Minnesota
Presidents, Congress and the Use of Force Bose Library
November 20, 11:30-12:30
Joel Barkan
Emerging Legislatures in Emerging Democracies: The African Experience
Bose Library
November 13, 12:00-1:00
Rod Hall
The Discursive Demolition of the Asian Development Model
The Commons
Bose Lecture Series
November 06, 12:00-1:00
Scott Gartner
Visiting Associate Professor (Iowa) and Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Davis
Making the International Local: The Terrorist Attack on the USS Cole, Local Casualties and Media Coverage
The Commons
Bose Lecture Series
November 04, 12:00-1:00
Frank Bryan
Real Democracy
The Commons
October 23, 12:00-1:00
Dave Redlawsk
What Voters Do: Information Search during Election Campaigns
The Commons
September 27, 3:30
Fred Boehmke and Rick Witmer
Resource Growth and Hard Money Contributions: Gaming Revenue and the Empowerment of Native Americans (Download the paper)
Bose Library

Spring 2002

April 12, 12:00
Cary Covington and Andrew Bargen
Bose Library
March 13, 12:00 (Wednesday)
Daniel Morey and Brian Lai
Democracy, Autocracy, Money, and UN Voting (Download the paper)
Bose Library
February 08, 12:00
Bob Boynton
Suzhou is heaven on earth
Bose Library

Fall 2001

October 26, 3:30
Denise Powers
Europe on the Edge: EU Expansion and Border Communities
Bose Library
November 09, 3:30
Kelly Kadera & Megan Shannon
Aggregating, Aggravating, and Ameliorating: A Dynamic Model of Systemic Democracy, Survival, and Conflict
Bose Library
November 30, 3:30
Fred Boehmke and Rick Witmer
State Negotiation of Gaming Compacts with American Indian Tribes: An Event Count Analysis
Bose Library
Download a recent copy of the paper.
December 14, 1:45 - 3:15
Poster session for PS 306 (Advanced Methods)
The Commons
Stop by to view their research projects from this semester.
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Frederick J. Boehmke:
frederick-boehmke@uiowa.edu
Department of Political Science
341 Schaeffer Hall
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Phone: (319) 335 2342