Past Semester Seminars
Fall 2011
John Lombardini, W&M
September 9, 12:00 PM
Civic Laughter: Aristotle and the Political Virtue of Humor
Will Moore, Florida State University
September 16, 12:00 PM
Informational Politics v. Organizational Incentives: Are INGO's "Naming and Shaming" Reports Biased?
Maurits van der Veen, W&M
September 23, 12:00 PM
Identity and the Meaning of European Integration
Jason Roberts, University of North Carolina
October 7, 12:00 PM
The House Majority Party
and the Rules Committee: Bargaining over Chamber Procedure
Steve Saideman, McGill University
October 14, 12:00 PM
Fighting Together, Fighting Alone: NATO in Afghanistan
Idean Salehyan, University of North Texas
November 7, 12:00 PM (Note that this is a MONDAY)
External Involvement in Civil Waras
Spring 2010
Tobias Hofmann, W&M
January 22, 12:00 PM
The Political Economy of Compliance in WTO Disputes
Sean Theriault, University of Texas
January 29, 12:00 PM
Former Republican Representatives and Party Polarization in the U.S. Senate
Dan Nielson, Brigham Young University
February 5, 12:00 PM
Donor Triage: Selection Effects in Governance Aid for Democraticization
David Leblang, University of Virginia
February 12, 12:00 PM
Harnessing the Dispora: The Political Economy of Emigrant Return and Remittance.
Marc Hetherington, Vanderbilt
February 19, 12:00 PM
Seminar topic TBA
John Gilmour, W&M
February 24, 12:00 PM
Intergenerational Justice and Stupid Budget Tricks
Jason Sharman, Griffith University (Australia)
February 26, 12:00 PM
Seminar topic TBA
Sal Saporito, W&M (Sociology)
March 5, 12:00 PM
School Attendance Boundary Information Systems
John Carey, Dartmouth College
March 17, 12:00 PM
The Electoral Sweet Spot: Low-Magnitude Proportional Electoral Systems
Kemi George, W&M
March 19, 12:00 PM
Seminar topic TBA
John Baltes, W&M
March 24, 12:00 PM
Locke's Inverted Quarantine: Panopticism, Discipline, and the Making of the Modern Subject
Barry Friedman, New York University
March 26, 12:00 PM
Seminar topic TBA
Amy Oakes, W&M
April 2, 12:00 PM
The Nonproliferation Paradox: Why Efforts to Limit the Number of Nuclear States May Backfire.
Jeff Grynaviski, University of Chicago
April 9, 12:00 PM
Seminar topic TBA (Baxter-Ward Lecturer for Spring 2010)
Alan Abramowitz, Emory University
April 16, 12:00 PM
Senate Elections in a Polarized Era
Frances Lee, University of Maryland
April 23, 12:00 PM
Seminar topic TBA
David Backer, W&M
April 30, 12:00 PM
Seminar topic TBA
Vesla Weaver, University of Virginia
May 7, 12:00 PM
"Racial Inequality in a
'Post-Racial' America: An Exploration of the Political Causes and
Consequences of Black Mass Incarceration."
Fall 2009
Paula Pickering, W&M
September 11, 12:00 PM
Assessing International Aid for Good Local Governance in the Western Balkans
Stacey Pelika, W&M
September 18, 12:00 PM
Mesopotamia or Mess O’Potamia? Comparing ‘Mainstream’ and Daily Show Coverage of the Iraq War
Susan Hyde, Yale University
September 25, 12:00 PM
National Elections Across Autocracy and Democracy
John Ikenberry, Princeton University
October 2, 12:00 PM
International Relations Theory
John Witte, University of Wisconsin
October 9, 12:00 PM
The Political Economy of School Choice: Charter Schools and Open Enrollment
Larry Evans and Eric Robinson, W&M
October 16, 12:00 PM
Bicameralism and Farm Policy in Congress
Rachel Seher, DePaul University
October 23, 12:00 PM
Condoms, Bongs, and Visible Thongs: Personal Identity as a Site of Political Resistance among Adolescent Females
Debra Shulman, W&M
October 30, 12:00 PM
What Happened to Arab Foreign Aid? Examining the Changing Dynamics of Aid from Wealthy Arab Countries to Poor Ones
Patrick Miller, UNC-Chapel Hill
November 6, 12:00 PM
Emotion as a Function of Sophistication: Bringing Emotion into Rational Political Thought and Action
David Singer, MIT
November 20, 12:00 PM
Migrant Remittances and Exchange Rate Regimes in the Developing World