{"id":8572,"date":"2020-10-22T15:38:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T19:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/polisci\/?page_id=8572"},"modified":"2026-02-20T18:46:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:46:52","slug":"rap-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/polisci\/research\/rap-workshop\/rap-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"RAP Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Research in American Politics (RAP) workshop — formerly the Research in American & Comparative (RAC) politics workshop — serves as a forum for the presentation of research by faculty and graduate students in American and comparative politics. This page lists RAP presentations from previous academic years. Please see the RAP Workshop<\/a> page for the current schedule.<\/p>\n

AY 2024\/2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizers: Christine Slaughter<\/a>, Jacob Brown<\/a>, Aryssa Harris<\/a>, and Laura Kerharo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/td>\nSpeaker<\/td>\nTitle<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January 25, 2025<\/td>\nNadia Brown (Georgetown), Anna Mahoney (Dartmouth), Periloux Peay (U of Maryland) and Micheal Strawbridge (WashU St. Louis)
\n<\/span><\/td>\n		Roundtable on American Politics
\n<\/i><\/td>\n		4:00 – 5:30 pm in HIS 504<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 5, 2025<\/td>\nArjun Vishwanath, Boston University<\/td>\nMeasuring Legislators\u2019 Values<\/span><\/td>\n12:30 – 2:00 pm in PLS 312B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 19, 2025<\/td>\nAriel White, MIT<\/td>\n<\/td>\n12:30 – 2:00 pm in PLS 312B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 26, 2025<\/td>\nBrendan Nyhan, Dartmouth<\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n12:30 – 2:00 pm in PLS 312B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April 2, 2025<\/td>\nNyron Crawford, Temple University<\/td>\n<\/td>\n12:30 – 2:00 pm in PLS 312B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/td>\nSpeaker<\/td>\nTitle<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September 25, 2024<\/td>\nStephanie Ternullo, Harvard University<\/td>\nLocal Political Campaigns & Partisan Support for <\/i><\/span>Residential Zoning Reform<\/i><\/td>\n12:30 – 2:00 pm in PLS 312B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
October 9, 2024<\/td>\nMasha Krupenkin, Boston College<\/td>\n<\/td>\n12:30 – 2:00 pm in PLS 312B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 13, 2024<\/td>\nManeesh Arora, Wellesley College<\/td>\n<\/td>\n12:30 – 2:00 pm in PLS 312B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December 4, 2024<\/td>\nBrian Schaffner, Tufts University<\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n12:30 – 2:00 pm in PLS 312B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

AY 2022\/23<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizers: Katherine Levine Einstein<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/td>\nSpeaker<\/td>\nTopic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Mar 1**<\/td>\nChristine Slaughter<\/span>, BU<\/td>\n“Resilience to Adversity: How Black Voters are Mobilized to Counter Suppression<\/span>“<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 29<\/td>\nJulia Payson (NYU)<\/span><\/td>\n“When Cities Lobby: How Local Governments Compete for Power in State Politics”<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

AY 2020\/21<\/strong>
\nOrganizer: Katherine Levine Einstein<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/td>\nSpeaker<\/td>\nTopic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Feb 8<\/td>\nKate Krimmel, Barnard<\/td>\n“The Rise of Programmatic Partisanship in the United States, 1856-2016″<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 22<\/td>\nJamila Michener, Cornell<\/td>\n“Uncivil Democracy: Race, Power and Civil Legal Inequality”<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 18<\/td>\nRachel Meade, BU<\/td>\n“From Sidelines to Activism: Activist Paths and Grassroots Organizing in the Anti-Trump Resistance Movement”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

AY 2018\/19<\/strong>
\nOrganizers: Lauren Mattioli<\/a> and Spencer Piston<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/td>\nSpeaker<\/td>\nTopic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Dec 7<\/td>\nSahar Abi Hassan, BU<\/td>\nSpecialization or Generalization: the Evolution of Ties within US Supreme Court Advocacy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan 25<\/td>\nDavid Jones, BU<\/td>\nThe Political Determinants of Health in the Mississippi Delta<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 15<\/td>\nMatt Grossman, MSU<\/td>\nRed State Blues: How the Conservative Revolution Stalled in the States<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 8<\/td>\nSarah Reckhow, MSU<\/td>\nOutside Money in School Board Elections: The Nationalization of Education Politics<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 22<\/td>\nTom Ogorzalek, Northwestern<\/td>\nThe Cities on the Hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

AY 2017\/2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizers: Katherine Levine Einstein<\/a> & Maxwell Palmer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/td>\nSpeaker<\/td>\nTopic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Sept 15<\/td>\nBarry Burden, U of Wisconsin<\/td>\nThe Contingent Effects of Candidate Sex on Voter Choice<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec 1<\/td>\nGina Sapiro, BU<\/td>\nReport on the 2017 APSA Survey on Sexual Harassment at Annual Meetings<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 2<\/td>\nClarissa Hayward, Wash U<\/td>\nThis is What Democracy Looks Like! How the People Can Really Rule<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 16<\/td>\nJennifer Chudy, Wellesley<\/td>\nRacial Sympathy and its Limits<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 27<\/td>\nShauna Shames, Rutgers-Camden<\/td>\nWho Runs, Who Wins? A Case Study of Emerge America’s Alumnae<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 20<\/td>\nMirya Holman, Tulane<\/td>\nTerrorism, Gender, and the 2016 Presidential Election<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 4<\/td>\nJames Feigenbaum, BU<\/td>\nFrom the Bargaining Table to the Ballot Box: Political Effects of Right to Work Laws<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

AY 2016\/2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizers: Katherine Levine Einstein<\/a> & Maxwell Palmer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/td>\nSpeaker<\/td>\nTopic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Jan 27<\/td>\nBrendan Nyhan, Dartmouth<\/td>\nFact-checking and Fake News in Election 2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 10<\/td>\nAriel White, MIT<\/td>\nMisdemeanor Disenfranchisement? Short Jail Sentences and Voting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 5<\/td>\nChris Dawes, NYU<\/td>\nThe Electoral Effect of Stop-and-Frisk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

AY 2015\/2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizers: Katherine Levine Einstein<\/a> & David Glick<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/td>\nSpeaker<\/td>\nTopic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Oct 23<\/td>\nJonathan Ladd, Georgetown<\/td>\nParty Polarization, Ideological Sorting and the Emergence of the Partisan Gender Gap<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 6<\/td>\nRegina Bateson, MIT<\/td>\nFinding Meaning in Politics: Victims, Loss, and Activism<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 5<\/td>\nEmily Thorson, BC<\/td>\nIdentifying and Correcting Substantive Economic Misperceptions in the American Public<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 26<\/td>\nMarco Hauptmeier, <\/span><\/span>Cardiff Business School<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 15<\/td>\nJeffrey Berry, Tufts<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nThe Outrage Industry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 29<\/td>\nDavid Lewis, Vanderbilt<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nPolitical Control and the Presidential Spending Power<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

AY 2014\/2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizers: Dino Christenson & David Glick<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/td>\nSpeaker<\/td>\nTopic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Oct 3<\/td>\nMaya Sen & Matthew Blackwell, Harvard<\/td>\nThe Political Legacy of American Slavery<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 10<\/td>\nRobert Huckfeldt, UC Davis<\/td>\nDisproportional Influence: Experts, Activists, and the Creation of Public Opinion<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 24<\/td>\nTimothy Werner, UT Austin<\/td>\nBlacklisted Benefactors: The Political Contestation of Non-Market Strategy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 14<\/td>\nDevin Caughey, MIT<\/td>\nRepresentation without Parties: Reconsidering the One-Party South<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 27<\/td>\nAlisha Holland, Harvard<\/td>\nVoting for Forbearance: The Politics of Informal Redistribution in Latin America<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 10<\/td>\nAndrew Hall, Harvard<\/td>\nThe Candidate Supply: How the Costs and Benefits of Running for Office Shape the Political Process<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 24<\/td>\nRebecca Weitz-Shapiro, Brown<\/td>\nCan Citizens Discern? Information Credibility, Political Sophistication, and the Punishment of Corruption in Brazil<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 1<\/td>\nAmanda Hollis-Brusky, Pomona<\/td>\nCulture Warrior, Esquire: Understanding New Christian Right Law Schools and Legal Training Programs<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

AY 2013\/2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizers: Dino Christenson & David Glick<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/td>\nSpeaker<\/td>\nTopic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Nov 20<\/td>\nDanny Hidalgo, MIT<\/td>\nVoter Buying: Shaping the Electorate through Clientelism<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec 4<\/span><\/td>\nChris Warshaw, MIT<\/td>\nPublic Opinion and Representation in the American States: 1970-2012<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec 11<\/span><\/td>\nJohn Carey, Dartmouth<\/td>\nParty System Coordination in Transistional Democracies<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 27<\/span><\/td>\nKate Krimmel, BU<\/td>\nPublic Opinion and Fiscal Politics<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 6<\/span><\/td>\nRosella Cappella, BU<\/td>\nEconomic Statecraft and Power Redistribution during Wartime: Lessons from the Sterling Era and the Future of America\u2019s Military Might <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 20<\/span><\/td>\nEitan Hersh, Yale<\/td>\nDynamic Voting in a Dynamic Campaign: Three Models of Early Voting<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 27<\/span><\/td>\nRyan Kennedy,
\nU of Houston<\/td>\n		Making Useful Conflict Predictions: Methods for Addressing Skewed Classes and Implementing Cost-Sensitive Learning in the Study of State Failure<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 16<\/span><\/td>\nMarieke Kleine,
\nLSE<\/td>\n		Informal Governance in the European Union: How governments make international organizations work<\/a> (Co-Sponsored with CSE<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

AY 2012\/2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizers: Dino Christenson & David Glick<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/td>\nSpeaker<\/td>\nTopic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Nov 1<\/td>\nDino Christenson and David Glick, BU<\/td>\nStrategic Retreat Disrobed: The Court\u2019s Legitimacy, Ideology, and Roberts\u2019 Health Care Flip<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 13<\/td>\nKatherine Levine Einstein, BU<\/td>\nPartisanship and Representation in Local Politics: New Evidence from Mid-Size U.S. Cities<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan 29<\/td>\nJohn Gerring and Dominic Zarecki, BU<\/td>\nScaling Up: Demographics and Schumpeterian Democracy at Subnational Levels<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 5<\/td>\nKay Schlozman, BC & Sidney Verba, Harvard<\/td>\nThe Unheavenly Chorus: Unequal Political Voice and the Broken Promise of American Democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 21<\/td>\nAnton Hemerijck, VU U of Amsterdam<\/td>\nChanging Welfare States<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 19<\/td>\nTaylor Boas, BU<\/td>\nMedia Barons and Electoral Politics: Politically-Controlled Broadcasting in Brazil<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 23<\/td>\nAdam Berinsky, MIT<\/td>\nRumors, Truths, and Reality: Can We Correct Political Misinformation?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

AY 2011\/2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizers: Dino Christenson & Doug Kriner<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/td>\nSpeaker<\/td>\nTitle<\/td>\nDiscussant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Oct 27<\/td>\nJohn Campbell, Dartmouth College<\/td>\nKnowledge Regimes and Comparative Political Economy<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 3<\/td>\nRobert Adcock, George Washington University<\/td>\nThe American Birth of Political Science: The Case of Woodrow Wilson<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan 24<\/td>\nDavid Glick, BU<\/td>\nMimicking and Modifying: An Experiment in Learning From Others<\/td>\nMaggie Helms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 14<\/td>\nAlex Oliver, BU<\/td>\nOpinion Dynamics in Realistic Information Environments: Experimental Evidence from the War in Afghanistan<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 28<\/td>\nSigrun Olafsdottir, BU<\/td>\nIs Health Care Reform Contested in the U.S.? Public Attitudes Toward Government Involvement in Health Care, 1973-2010<\/td>\nMatthew Maguire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 6<\/td>\nTaylor Boas, BU<\/td>\nVote for Pastor Paulo: Electoral Effects of Religious Identity in Brazil<\/td>\nDominic Zarecki<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 3<\/td>\nMichael Woldemariam, BU<\/td>\n\u201cCohesive Stalemates\u201d and the Logic of Insurgent Solidarity: Ethiopia\u2019s Long War in Historical Perspective<\/td>\nAlejandro Avenburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 24<\/td>\nJesse H. Rhodes, University of Massachusetts, Amherst<\/td>\nDisciplining Schools? Punishing Racial Minorities? Using Survey Experiments to Investigate Public Opinion about School Sanctions in the Context of Neoliberal Social Policymaking<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

AY 2010\/2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizers: Dino Christenson & Andrew Reeves<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/td>\nSpeaker(s)<\/td>\nTitle<\/td>\nDiscussant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Nov 16<\/td>\nDoug Kriner, BU<\/td>\nAll Politics (Even Wars) are Local: Constituency Casualties, Congressional Rhetoric, and Public Opinion<\/td>\nAlexander Oliver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec 13<\/td>\nDino Christenson, BU<\/td>\nThe Health Care Debate: Semantic Networks as Evidence of Media Tone<\/td>\nMatt Maguire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 10<\/td>\nAndrew Reeves, BU<\/td>\nGubernatorial Opportunism and Partisanship: Evidence from Disaster Aid Requests<\/td>\nMaggie Helms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 3<\/td>\nTaylor Boas, BU<\/td>\nThe Spoils of Victory: Campaign Donations and Government Contracts in Brazil<\/td>\nDominic Zarecki<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 5<\/td>\nJon Krosnick, Stanford<\/td>\nWhat Massachusetts Residents and Other Americans Think About Global Warming: Results from An In-Depth Statewide Study and National Surveys (Discoveries Lecture co-sponsored with Department of Geography and Environment)<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 21<\/td>\nJohn Gerring and Dominic Zarecki, BU<\/td>\nSize and Democracy, Revisited<\/td>\nAlejandro Avenburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 12<\/td>\nDoug Kriner and Andrew Reeves, BU<\/td>\nHail to the Pork? The Influence of Federal Spending on Presidential Elections<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Please see the RAP Workshop<\/a> page for the current<\/em> schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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