Fall Quarter 2021

October 5: Andrew McCall (Department of Political Science, University of Chicago), “Organizing for Police Power: Professionalism and Police Chief Independence, 1950-1980”

October 12: Ruth Bloch Rubin (Department of Political Science, University of Chicago), “Divided Parties, Strong Leaders”

October 19: Kisoo Kim (Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago), “Strategic Media Bias and Electoral Selection”

October 26: Laurel Harbridge-Yong (Department of Political Science, Northwestern University), “The Electoral Challenge of Balancing Primary and General Electorates”

November 2: Geneva Cole (Department of Political Science, University of Chicago), “Shades of White: How White Identity Shapes Attitudes About Racial Politics”

November 9: Adam Zelizer (Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago), “Why are Legislators Persuadable? Distinguishing Mechanisms of Informational Influence in the Policymaking Process”

November 16: Jennifer Nou (University of Chicago School of Law), “Shadow Independent Agencies“

November 30: Chandler James (Department of Political Science, University of Chicago), “Who Cares? Public Support of Presidential Norms”

Winter Quarter 2022

January 11: Shu Fu and Will Howell (Department of Political Science, University of Chicago), “The Filibuster and Legislative Deliberation“

January 18: Julia Payson (Department of Politics, New York University), “Local Leaders and the Pursuit of Growth in US Cities: The Role of Managerial Skill”

January 25: Tabitha Bonilla (School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University), “Promises Kept, Promises Broken, and Those Caught in the Middle”

February 1: Adam Chilton (University of Chicago School of Law), “Ideology and Judicial Administration: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic”

February 8: Julian Go (Department of Sociology, University of Chicago), “Militarizing the Police: Race, Empire and the Lines of Color“

February 15: Mid-quarter break

February 22: Elisabeth Clemens (Department of Sociology, University of Chicago): “The Make or Buy State: Governed Incentivization and Partisan Asymmetry in Federal Contracting”

March 1: Cathy Cohen (Department of Political Science, University of Chicago), “White Vulnerability Racism”

March 8: Daniel Moskowitz (Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago), “Local Television News and Accountability”

Spring Quarter 2022

March 29: Randall Akee (Department of Public Policy and American Indian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles): “Indigenous Peoples in the US: Research and Policy Implications”

April 5: Student session: Ruben Rodriguez Barron and Sonja Castañeda Dower

April 12: Pamela Ban (Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego): “Invitation to Congress: Congressional Hearings, Witness Testimonies, and Strategic Communication”

April 19: Meghan Condon (Department of Political Science, Loyola University Chicago)

April 26: Patricia Posey (Department of Political Science, University of Chicago)

May 3: Julian Wamble (Department of Political Science, George Washington University)

May 10: Justin Phillips (Department of Political Science, Columbia University)

May 17: Efrén Pérez (Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles)

May 24: Michael Minta (Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota)