Faculty & Research Past Research Speakers Past Research Speakers Upcoming Research Speakers Sep 22 Faculty Research Speaker Series Laurel Harbridge-Yong Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University Sep 22, 2023, 12:00 PM Cosponsored by the Center for Effective Lawmaking Laurel Harbridge-Yong’s teaching and research focuses on partisan conflict and the lack of bipartisan agreement in American politics. Her research examines why Congressional parties prioritize partisan conflict, focusing on both institutional changes and public preferences for bipartisanship. Learn more Apr 28 Faculty Research Speaker Series John Friedman Professor of Economics, Brown University The Economic Impacts of COVID-19: Evidence from a New Public Database Built Using Private Sector Data Apr 28, 2023 12:00 PM via Zoom (by invite only) John N. Friedman is a Professor of Economics at Brown University, as well as a founding co-Director of Opportunity Insights. His studies the causes and consequences of inequality for kids, as well as policies to improve opportunity for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Learn more Apr 21 Faculty Research Speaker Series John Sides Professor and Chair, Department of Politics, Vanderbilt University TBD Apr 21, 2023, 10:30 AM Politics Department John Sides studies political behavior in American and comparative politics. He is an author of Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and The Battle for the Meaning of America, The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Election, and Campaigns and Election: Rules, Reality, Strategy, Choice. He has published articles in various scholarly journals, including the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, and Journal of Politics. His current book project focuses on fiscal politics in the U.S. Learn more Apr 14 Faculty Research Speaker Series Erdal Tekin Professor, Department of Public Administration and Policy, American University TBD Apr 14, 2023 12:00 PM Monroe 124 or Garrett Hall and via zoom Erdal Tekin is an economist with primary research interests in the fields of health economics and demographic economics. Within these fields, the main theme of his research is the economic analysis of risky behaviors and the consequences of prenatal and postnatal conditions and risk factors on the short and long-term outcomes of individuals on a multitude of domains including health, human capital, labor market, and crime. Learn more Apr 07 Faculty Research Speaker Series Antoine Banks Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland TBD Apr 07, 2023 12:00 PM Monroe 124 and via Zoom Antoine Banks is a professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. He is also the associate chair and director of the Government and Politics Experimental Lab. His research interests include racial and ethnic politics, emotions, political psychology, and public opinion. Learn more Mar 31 Faculty Research Speaker Series Mary Kroeger Assistant Professor of Political Science, UNC Chapel Hill Partisan Commenting: Evidence from State and Local Government Involvement in Federal Rulemaking Mar 31, 2023, 12:00 PM Monroe 124 and via Zoom Mary Kroeger is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She received her Ph.D. in Politics and Social Policy from Princeton University, and holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research interests are in U.S. state politics, American political institutions, bureaucratic-legislative interactions, policy diffusion, and quantitative methods. Learn more Mar 24 Faculty Research Speaker Series Wojciech Kopczuk Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, Columbia University Accounting for Business Income in Measuring Top Income Shares: Integrated Accrual Approach Using Individual and Firm Data from Norway March 24, 2023 12:00PM Monroe 124 and via Zoom Wojciech Kopczuk is a professor at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and the Department of Economics at Columbia University. Kopczuk's research focus is on issues related to tax policy and income and wealth inequality. Learn more Mar 17 Faculty Research Speaker Series Erika Franklin Fowler Professor of Government, Wesleyan University Unveiling CREATIVE: Unpacking and Understanding Online Advertising Beyond Candidates Mar 17, 2023, 12:00 pm Monroe 124 and via Zoom Erika Franklin Fowler is professor of government at Wesleyan University where she directs the Wesleyan Media Project (WMP), which tracks and analyzes political advertising in real-time and local television news across the country. Learn more Feb 10 Faculty Research Speaker Series Bradley Hardy Associate Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University Money Matters: Consumption Volatility Across the Income Distribution Feb 10, 2023, 12:00 PM Hardy is a nonresident senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, a research fellow with the Institute for Economic Equity at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and a research affiliate of both the University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty and the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research. His research interests lie within labor economics, with an emphasis on economic instability, intergenerational mobility, poverty policy, racial economic inequality, and socio-economic outcomes. Learn more Dec 09 Faculty Research Speaker Series Batten Faculty Research Blitz Dec 09, 2022 12:00 PM Garrett Hall Learn more about current research and engagement work being done by our own Batten faculty. 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Sep 22 Faculty Research Speaker Series Laurel Harbridge-Yong Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University Sep 22, 2023, 12:00 PM Cosponsored by the Center for Effective Lawmaking Laurel Harbridge-Yong’s teaching and research focuses on partisan conflict and the lack of bipartisan agreement in American politics. Her research examines why Congressional parties prioritize partisan conflict, focusing on both institutional changes and public preferences for bipartisanship. Learn more
Apr 28 Faculty Research Speaker Series John Friedman Professor of Economics, Brown University The Economic Impacts of COVID-19: Evidence from a New Public Database Built Using Private Sector Data Apr 28, 2023 12:00 PM via Zoom (by invite only) John N. Friedman is a Professor of Economics at Brown University, as well as a founding co-Director of Opportunity Insights. His studies the causes and consequences of inequality for kids, as well as policies to improve opportunity for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Learn more
Apr 21 Faculty Research Speaker Series John Sides Professor and Chair, Department of Politics, Vanderbilt University TBD Apr 21, 2023, 10:30 AM Politics Department John Sides studies political behavior in American and comparative politics. He is an author of Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and The Battle for the Meaning of America, The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Election, and Campaigns and Election: Rules, Reality, Strategy, Choice. He has published articles in various scholarly journals, including the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, and Journal of Politics. His current book project focuses on fiscal politics in the U.S. Learn more
Apr 14 Faculty Research Speaker Series Erdal Tekin Professor, Department of Public Administration and Policy, American University TBD Apr 14, 2023 12:00 PM Monroe 124 or Garrett Hall and via zoom Erdal Tekin is an economist with primary research interests in the fields of health economics and demographic economics. Within these fields, the main theme of his research is the economic analysis of risky behaviors and the consequences of prenatal and postnatal conditions and risk factors on the short and long-term outcomes of individuals on a multitude of domains including health, human capital, labor market, and crime. Learn more
Apr 07 Faculty Research Speaker Series Antoine Banks Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland TBD Apr 07, 2023 12:00 PM Monroe 124 and via Zoom Antoine Banks is a professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. He is also the associate chair and director of the Government and Politics Experimental Lab. His research interests include racial and ethnic politics, emotions, political psychology, and public opinion. Learn more
Mar 31 Faculty Research Speaker Series Mary Kroeger Assistant Professor of Political Science, UNC Chapel Hill Partisan Commenting: Evidence from State and Local Government Involvement in Federal Rulemaking Mar 31, 2023, 12:00 PM Monroe 124 and via Zoom Mary Kroeger is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She received her Ph.D. in Politics and Social Policy from Princeton University, and holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research interests are in U.S. state politics, American political institutions, bureaucratic-legislative interactions, policy diffusion, and quantitative methods. Learn more
Mar 24 Faculty Research Speaker Series Wojciech Kopczuk Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, Columbia University Accounting for Business Income in Measuring Top Income Shares: Integrated Accrual Approach Using Individual and Firm Data from Norway March 24, 2023 12:00PM Monroe 124 and via Zoom Wojciech Kopczuk is a professor at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and the Department of Economics at Columbia University. Kopczuk's research focus is on issues related to tax policy and income and wealth inequality. Learn more
Mar 17 Faculty Research Speaker Series Erika Franklin Fowler Professor of Government, Wesleyan University Unveiling CREATIVE: Unpacking and Understanding Online Advertising Beyond Candidates Mar 17, 2023, 12:00 pm Monroe 124 and via Zoom Erika Franklin Fowler is professor of government at Wesleyan University where she directs the Wesleyan Media Project (WMP), which tracks and analyzes political advertising in real-time and local television news across the country. Learn more
Feb 10 Faculty Research Speaker Series Bradley Hardy Associate Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University Money Matters: Consumption Volatility Across the Income Distribution Feb 10, 2023, 12:00 PM Hardy is a nonresident senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, a research fellow with the Institute for Economic Equity at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and a research affiliate of both the University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty and the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research. His research interests lie within labor economics, with an emphasis on economic instability, intergenerational mobility, poverty policy, racial economic inequality, and socio-economic outcomes. Learn more
Dec 09 Faculty Research Speaker Series Batten Faculty Research Blitz Dec 09, 2022 12:00 PM Garrett Hall Learn more about current research and engagement work being done by our own Batten faculty. Learn more