Activities & Events
Political Science Research Workshop
The Political Science Research Workshop is a venue for graduate students and faculty to present and receive feedback on work in progress. Dissertation chapters, article manuscripts and dissertation proposal drafts comprise the bulk of our presentations. Students who are on the job market and anticipate interviews in the near future may also present a practice job talk.
The PSRW provides a venue to learn critical skills for practicing political scientists. Presenters and discussants learn to give and receive constructive feedback and to utilize this type of intellectual exchange to improve the quality of their written research. Additionally, attendance allows students and faculty to become familiar with the work of their colleagues.
On top of all that… we’ll have lunch!
Please join us most Fridays from 12:00-1:30 pm. No RSVP is required, but all attendees are expected to read the paper before the workshop session and to come ready to offer constructive feedback. Papers will be posted to this website approximately one week before the session (see links below).
If you have any questions, please contact Professor Matt Cleary (macleary@syr.edu) or Mike Makara (mamakara@syr.edu).
Fall 2009
September 11, 2009
Title: “Why ‘Old Europe’ Still Matters: Foreign Voices in the News, Public Opinion, and the War in Iraq”
Authors: Matt Guardino (mpguardi@maxwell.syr.edu) & Danny Hayes (dwhayes@maxwell.syr.edu)
Discussant: Hanneke Derksen
September 25, 2009
Title: “Local Context as a Factor in Attitudes toward Immigration”
Authors: Hannah Allerdice (hlallerd@maxwell.syr.edu) & Kristi Andersen (andersen@maxwell.syr.edu)
Discussant: Michael Beckstrand
October 9, 2009
Title: “From ‘Dubious Experiment’ to ‘Force Multiplier’: The Evolution of U.S. Foreign Military Training”
Author: Eric Rittinger (errittin@maxwell.syr.edu)
Discussant: George Mitchell
October 30, 2009
Title: “Does Deliberation Make Better Citizens? Examining the Case of Community Conflict Mediation”
Author: Heather Pincock (hpincock@maxwell.syr.edu)
Discussant: Richard Price
November 6, 2009
Title: “Keeping the Drug War Burning: Three Case Studies in Presidentially Driven Path Dependency”
Author: Jason Plume (jsplume@maxwell.syr.edu)
Discussant: Paloma Raggo
November 20, 2009
Title: "Democracy and State Capacity: Compliments or Substitutes?"
Author: Jon Hanson (johanson@maxwell.syr.edu)
Discussant: Abolghasem Bayyenat
December 4, 2009
Title: “Driving Citizenship”
Author: J.B. Kinney (jbkinney@maxwell.syr.edu)
Discussant: Dean Snyder
Spring 2010
January 29, 2010
Title: “Undermining Authoritarianism: Understanding When Political Inclusion Actually Promotes Democracy”
Author: Michael Makara (mamakara@maxwell.syr.edu)
Discussant: Laura Nash
February 12, 2010
Title: "Media Discourse and Public Policy in the Ascendency of America's New Right: A Critical Analysis"
Author: Matt Guardino (mpguardi@maxwell.syr.edu)
Discussant: Asli Ilgit
February 26, 2010
Title: “Transnational Accountability in NGOs”
Author: Paloma Raggo (pgraggo@maxwell.syr.edu)
Discussant: Lorena Vinuela
March 26, 2010
Title: "Political Knowledge in an Era of Party Polarization"
Author: Rebekah Liscio (reliscio@maxwell.syr.edu)
Discussant: Keneshia Grant
April 9, 2010
Title: TBA
Author: Deepa Prakash (dprakash@maxwell.syr.edu)
Discussant: Sean Miskell
April 23, 2010
Title: “Transnational NGOs: Assessing Effectiveness and Accountability”
Author: Hans Peter Schmitz (hpschmit@maxwell.syr.edu)
Discussant: Sibel Oktay
*Please contact authors for further information
*Anyone interested in further information about the GPS session should contact Professor Audie Klotz.