Junior Americanist Workshop Series (JAWS)
A virtual workshop for American politics research.
Junior Americanist Workshop Series
A virtual workshop for American politics research.
Mission
The Junior Americanist Workshop Series aims to provide an alternative opportunity for junior scholars (ABD grad students, post docs, and pre-tenure faculty) who study American politics (behavior or institutions) to present and get feedback on their work and to network with other scholars with similar interests. While we focus on showcasing work from junior scholars, we welcome everyone (all ages/ranks/experience levels) to attend our events!
Spring 2024 Sign Up
Use this Google form to apply to present your work, volunteer as a discussant, and/or sign up for our email list for the Spring 2024 semester! Sign up here!
Format
The workshop provides the opportunity for junior Americanist scholars to present their work and receive feedback. Our current research workshop format is 90 minutes per session featuring 2 papers, each of which is allotted 45 minutes. In each 45 minute block, authors present their paper for 20-25 minutes, discussants offer comments for 5-10 minutes, and the balance of the time is reserved for audience questions.
In addition to article-length manuscripts, we also encourage the submission of well-developed pre-analysis plans and research designs. Submissions may be solo-authored or collaborative; if the submission is collaborative, we will give preference to those with junior scholars as coauthors.
We will try to match up discussants with papers based on subject area expertise to the best of our ability. If you have a dream discussant you’d like for your paper, please tell us and we will do our best to make it happen!
Please note: We strongly encourage participants to read the presenters’ papers in advance of the session. We will circulate these papers via email at least one week in advance of the session. We will allocate at least 10-15 minutes to audience Q & A after each presentation to provide an opportunity for you to share feedback.
Fall 2023 Research Workshop Schedule
All Fall 2023 JAWS workshops will be held on Wednesdays, 3:00-4:30pm Eastern Time.
February 14–Political Participation and Voting
- Noah McKinnie Braun, “Voter ID Laws Impact Turnout Through Registration” (Discussant: Michael Hamner)
- Sara Kirshbaum, “Standing in the Gateway: Incidental Participation as a Mobilizer for Voting and Donating” (Discussant: Janine Parry)
- Register here
February 28–Social Media
- Tyler Leigh, “The Medium Matters: How Social Media Undermines Public Support for Free Expression” (Discussant: Kevin Munger)
- Maggie Macdonald, “Testing the Interest Group Connection: Campaigns on Twitter” (Discussant: Rachel Blum)
- Register here
March 13–Race and Elite Rhetoric
- Roxanne Rahnama, “Deploying Ideology to Maintain Dominance: Mobilization around the ‘Lost Cause’ in the U.S. South” (Discussant: Jake Grumbach)
- Andrene Wright, “Saying, Seeing and Believing: A Framing Experiment on Black Voters’ Support for Black Women Candidates” (Discussant: Andrea Benjamin)
- Register here
March 27–Legislative Effectiveness
- Jacob Lollis and Mackenzie Dobson, “I’m Coming Out! How Voter Discrimination Produces Effective LGBTQ Lawmakers” (Discussant: Patrick Egan)
- Darrian Stacy, “Wealth and Policymaking in the U.S. House of Representatives” (Discussant: Geoff Lorenz)
- Register here
April 24–Congressional Elections and Their Implications
- Gabriel Foy-Sutherland, “Proxy Campaigns”
- Kisoo Kim “Lame Duck by Primary: Effects of Electoral Incentives on U.S. House Representatives” (Discussant: Julia Park)
- Register here
May 8–Inequality in America
- Daniella Alva, TBD
- Erika Vallejo TBD
- Register here
Contact Us
Please reach out to any one of the organizing committee with any comments or questions at jawspolisci@gmail.com
Chief Organizer:
- David Miller (University of California, Riverside)
Associate Organizers:
- Amanda Sahar d’Urso (Georgetown University)
Organization Board Members:
- Austin Bussing (Trinity University)
- Raquel Centeno (University of Southern California)
- Leah Christiani (Hunter College)
- Zander Furnas (Northwestern University)
- SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor (College of the Holy Cross)
- Christina Ladam (University of Oklahoma)
- Rachel Porter (University of Notre Dame)
- Hillary Style (Purdue University)
- Laura Uribe (University of California, San Diego)
Emeritus Organizers
- Josh McCrain (University of Utah)