Research Workshops

The Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy Workshops provide an opportunity for Notre Dame faculty and graduate students, as well as occasional visitors, to present in-progress research on American politics and receive input and feedback in a casual setting. Workshops for the 2009-2010 academic year will be held on Fridays at lunchtime, and lunch will be served! Exact dates and places are announced as they become available. If you have questions or would like to present a paper, please contact Rooney Center graduate assistant Mike Keane.

Upcoming Workshops

Group Composition and Attitudinal Change in Deliberative Groups

Mike Keane (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 4 December 2009, 12:00pm
  • Place: 106 O’Shaughnessy Hall

Previous Workshops

The Politics of the Education Achievement Gap

Patrick Flavin and Michael Hartney (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 6 November 2009, 12:00pm
  • Place: 106 O’Shaughnessy Hall

Do Party Contributions Help Candidates Win?

Anne Baker (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 16 October 2009, 12:00pm
  • Place: 106 O’Shaughnessy Hall

Faith and Finances: How Religion shapes Economic Welfare in the American States

Rich Ledet (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 2 October 2009, 11:45am
  • Place: 106 O’Shaughnessy Hall

A Muslim President? Assessing the Causes and Consequences of Misperceptions about Barack Obama’s Faith in the 2008 Presidential Election

Geoff Layman (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 11 September 2009, 12:00pm
  • Place: 106 O’Shaughnessy Hall

Group Composition and the Deliberative Process

Mike Keane (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Thursday, 13 August 2009, 12:00pm
  • Place: 220 Malloy Hall

Religion, Politics, and Social Life in the United States

Richard Ledet (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Wednesday, 15 July 2009, 12:00pm
  • Place: 220 Malloy Hall

Unequal Political Representation in the American States

Patrick Flavin (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Monday, 22 June 2009, 12:00pm
  • Place: 106 O’Shaughnessy Hall

Replacing the ‘Nomenklatura:’ the Effects of Legislative Polarization and Cabinet Turnover on Civil Service Professionalization

Monika Nalepa (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 1 May 2009, 3:30 p.m.
  • Place: 320 Malloy Hall

The Politics of Teacher Professionalization: How Governance of K-12 Education Influences School Reform in the American States

Michael Hartney (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 17 April 2009, 3:30 p.m.
  • Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Remaking the Progressive Era Presidency

Peri Arnold (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 20 March 2009, 3:30 p.m.
  • Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Empirical Evidence Regarding Attitudes Toward Religious Pluralism in the United States

Daniel Hungerman (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 20 February 2009, 3:30 p.m.
  • Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Empirical Evidence Regarding Attitudes Toward Religious Pluralism in the United States

David Campbell (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 13 February 2009, 3:30 p.m.
  • Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Does Constituency Opinion Affect Legislators’ Votes? Results from a Field Experiment

David Nickerson (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 16 January 2009, 3:30 p.m.
  • Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Threat Perceptions and Political Attitudes on Anti-Terrorism Measures

Elizabeth Popp (University of Illinois)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 5 December 2008, 11:30 a.m. (Lunch provided)
  • Place: 119 O’Shaughnessy Hall

Can Single Issue Groups Educate and Persuade Voters through Political Endorsements?

Kevin Arceneaux (Temple University)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 21 November 2008, 3:30 p.m.
  • Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Knowledge Networks Presentation

William C. McCready (Knowledge Networks)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 14 November 2008, 3:30 p.m.
  • Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Research (In Progress) on Black-Latino Relations

Rodney Hero (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 31 October 2008, 3:30 p.m.
  • Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Gauging the God Gap: Why Worship Attendance Matters at the Ballot Box

John Green (University of Akron)
Cosponsored with the Center for the Study of Religion & Society

  • Date and Time: Friday, 10 October 2008, 11:45 a.m.
  • Place: Grace Hall, Lower Level
  • Contact: David Campbell

The Utility of Meta-Regression for Understanding Heterogeneous Results

David Nickerson (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 3 October 2008, 3:30 p.m.
  • Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Americans’ Support for Equal Opportunity

John Griffin (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 26 September 2008, 3:30 p.m.
  • Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Religious Adherence and Equality in American Representation

Kasey Swanke (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 19 September 2008, 3:30 p.m.
  • Place: 320 Malloy Hall

Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in Contemporary America

David Campbell (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 12 September 2008, 3:30 p.m.
  • Place: 320 Malloy Hall

How Much of a Hindrance to Turnout is Registration?

David Nickerson (University of Notre Dame)

  • Date and Time: Friday, 5 September 2008, 3:00 p.m.
  • Place: 320 Malloy Hall