Invitation to the Summer 2014 edition of the NCAPSA American Politics Workshop.

The workshop will take place Wednesday, June 4, from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm and will be hosted by the Department of Government at Georgetown University. Thanks to the Department for support of the workshop, and to Jon Ladd for help organizing.

We have four papers on the program:
Leticia Bode (Georgetown), David Lassen (Wisconsin), Young Mie Kim (Wisconsin), Dhavan Shah (Wisconsin), Erika Franklin Fowler (Wesleyan), Travis N. Ridout (Washington State), and Michael Franz (Bowdoin): "Social and Broadcast Media in 2010 Midterms: The Expanding Repertoire of Senate Candidates' Campaign Strategies"

Matt Green (Catholic): "The Fraying Cartel: Explaining Defections and Disunity in the House Republican Conference"

Nathan Kalmoe (George Washington): "Wisconsin's Ballots and Bullets: Voting and Violence in the Civil War Era"

Julie Wronski (Stony Brook): "Authoritarianism and Social Identity Sorting: Exploring the Sources of American Mass Partisanship"

As is our custom, the format will be a little different than the standard conference model. We will devote an hour of discussion to each paper. Each author may present a brief overview, but the vast majority of the time will be devoted to dialogue with the audience. For that reason, we will make the papers available about a week before the meeting so that attendees can read them before the workshop.

We'll discuss two papers in the morning, break for a catered lunch, and take up the two remaining papers in the afternoon.

If you're interested in attending, please RSVP by May 26 to Danny Hayes (dwh@gwu.edu). That will give us a head count for lunch. There is no cost to attend. For those interested in coming, we will follow up with details -- directions to the Georgetown campus, information about transportation and parking, etc. -- before the workshop.

Please spread the word to other faculty and Ph.D. students who might be interested. The more the merrier.

Thanks, and we’ll look forward to seeing you June 4.