All workshops held on Mondays from 4:30 to 6:30*
Pick Hall, 5828 S. University Ave., Room 506

April 7, 2014
Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University
“Naming the Problem: What It Will Take to Counter Extremism and Engage Americans in the Fight Against Global Warming”

April 14, 2014
Chad Levinson
Political Science PhD Candidate at the University of Chicago
“Gilt By Associations: Executive Appointments to Federal Advisory Committees in U.S. Foreign Policy”

May 5, 2014
Daniel Butler, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Resident Fellow at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies
“Ideology, Learning, and Policy Diffusion”

May 12, 2014
William Howell, Sydney Stein Professor in American Politics at the University of Chicago
“Presidential Prescriptions for State Policy: Obama’s Race to the Top Initiative”

May 19, 2014
Crystal Holmes
Political Science PhD Candidate at the University of Chicago
“Negotiating Black Citizenship in the Antebellum North”

June 9, 2014
Stephane Wolton
Economics PhD Candidate at the University of Chicago
“The Voters’ Curses: The Upside and Downside of Political Engagement”

Questions and comments should be directed to the coordinators:
Ethan Porter- evporter@uchicago.edu
Allison P. Harris- apharris@uchicago.edu

Papers are available on the workshop website: http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/americanpol/

*Unless otherwise noted