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"Above all else, the teacher must not hand down the knowledge and learning as though it were complete and final--the teacher must pass the knowledge on as though he or she were confident that the student could improve it and do more with it than had ever been done before." ~LBJ, 1949
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
APSA Organized Section Awards
APSA Organized Section on Experimental Research Best Paper Award
We are now soliciting nominations for the Award for Best Paper Presented at the Previous Year's APSA featuring experimental analyses. As we did not have an organized section this year, the criteria for being nominated is simply that (a) the paper was presented at APSA and (b) that it features experimental analysis. Chairs and discussants are especially encouraged to nominate papers, but nominations from anyone who saw an interesting paper (as well as self-nominations) are welcome as well.
Please email a copy of the paper in .pdf format along with a brief sentence or two about why you are nominating the paper to all four members of the committee at the following email addresses: Joshua Tucker, Chair ( joshua.tucker@nyu.edu ); Rose McDermott (Rose_McDermott@brown.edu ); James Gibson ( jgibson@wustl.edu ) and Eric Dickson ( eric.dickson@nyu.edu ). Please include "APSA Experiments Best Paper Nomination" in the subject heading of your email. Nominations will be accepted through May 1, 2011.
APSA Organized Section on Experimental Research Best Dissertation Award
The APSA Organized Section on Experimental Research invites nominations for the 2010 Best Dissertation prize (selection committee: Sean Gailmard (chair), Bethany Albertson, Shana Gadarian, Nick Valentino). Eligible nominees will have completed a dissertation in the 2010 calendar year that utilizes experimental methods on substantive political science research, or makes a fundamental contribution to experimental methods. Nominations should come from faculty members but they need not be on the student‚s dissertation committee. Nominations are due April 1, 2011 and should be emailed to Sean Gailmard, gailmard@berkeley.edu .
APSA Organized Section on Experimental Research Best Book Award
For the best book published in 2010 that either uses or is about experimental research methods in the study of politics. A copy of the book should be sent to each member of the selection committee at the addresses provided below no later than April 1, 2011.
Ted Brader (chair)
Center for Political Studies
University of Michigan
426 Thompson Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Macartan Humphreys
Department of Political Science
Columbia University
728 IAB Building
420 West 118th Street
New York, NY 10027
Susan Hyde
Department of Political Science
Yale University
PO Box 208301
77 Prospect Street, C120
New Haven, CT 06520-8301
Ismail White
Department of Political Science
The Ohio State University
2018 Derby Hall
154 North Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210
We are now soliciting nominations for the Award for Best Paper Presented at the Previous Year's APSA featuring experimental analyses. As we did not have an organized section this year, the criteria for being nominated is simply that (a) the paper was presented at APSA and (b) that it features experimental analysis. Chairs and discussants are especially encouraged to nominate papers, but nominations from anyone who saw an interesting paper (as well as self-nominations) are welcome as well.
Please email a copy of the paper in .pdf format along with a brief sentence or two about why you are nominating the paper to all four members of the committee at the following email addresses: Joshua Tucker, Chair ( joshua.tucker@nyu.edu
APSA Organized Section on Experimental Research Best Dissertation Award
The APSA Organized Section on Experimental Research invites nominations for the 2010 Best Dissertation prize (selection committee: Sean Gailmard (chair), Bethany Albertson, Shana Gadarian, Nick Valentino). Eligible nominees will have completed a dissertation in the 2010 calendar year that utilizes experimental methods on substantive political science research, or makes a fundamental contribution to experimental methods. Nominations should come from faculty members but they need not be on the student‚s dissertation committee. Nominations are due April 1, 2011 and should be emailed to Sean Gailmard, gailmard@berkeley.edu
APSA Organized Section on Experimental Research Best Book Award
For the best book published in 2010 that either uses or is about experimental research methods in the study of politics. A copy of the book should be sent to each member of the selection committee at the addresses provided below no later than April 1, 2011.
Ted Brader (chair)
Center for Political Studies
University of Michigan
426 Thompson Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Macartan Humphreys
Department of Political Science
Columbia University
728 IAB Building
420 West 118th Street
New York, NY 10027
Susan Hyde
Department of Political Science
Yale University
PO Box 208301
77 Prospect Street, C120
New Haven, CT 06520-8301
Ismail White
Department of Political Science
The Ohio State University
2018 Derby Hall
154 North Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210
Friday, December 10, 2010
Stanford University Summer Institue in Political Psychology
THE 2011 SUMMER INSTITUTE IN POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Stanford University from July 10 – July 29, 2011
Applications are being accepted now for the 19th Annual Summer Institute in Political Psychology, to be held at Stanford University July 10-29, 2011. The SIPP program takes up to 60 participants and is filling up, and there are still some spots available.
The Summer Institute offers 3 weeks of intensive training in political psychology. Political psychology is an exciting and thriving field that explores the origins of political behavior and the causes of political events, with a special focus on the psychological mechanisms at work.
Research findings in political psychology advance basic theories of politics and are an important basis for political decision-making in practice.
SIPP was founded in 1991 at Ohio State University, and Stanford has hosted SIPP since 2005, with support from Stanford University and from the National Science Foundation. Hundreds of participants have attended SIPP during these years.
The 2011 SIPP curriculum is designed to (1) provide broad exposure to theories, empirical findings, and research traditions; (2) illustrate successful cross-disciplinary research and integration; (3) enhance methodological pluralism; and (4) strengthen networks among scholars from around the world.
SIPP activities will include lectures by world-class faculty, discussion groups, research/interest group meetings, group projects, and an array of social activities.
Some of the topics covered in past SIPP programs include race relations, conflict and dispute resolution, voting and elections, international conflict, decision-making by political elites, moral disengagement and violence, social networks, activism and social protest, political socialization, and justice.
In 2011, SIPP will accept up to 60 participants, including graduate students, faculty, professionals, and advanced undergraduates.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/sipp
Applicants are accepted on a rolling basis until all slots are filled, so applying soon maximizes chances of acceptance.
Stanford University from July 10 – July 29, 2011
Applications are being accepted now for the 19th Annual Summer Institute in Political Psychology, to be held at Stanford University July 10-29, 2011. The SIPP program takes up to 60 participants and is filling up, and there are still some spots available.
The Summer Institute offers 3 weeks of intensive training in political psychology. Political psychology is an exciting and thriving field that explores the origins of political behavior and the causes of political events, with a special focus on the psychological mechanisms at work.
Research findings in political psychology advance basic theories of politics and are an important basis for political decision-making in practice.
SIPP was founded in 1991 at Ohio State University, and Stanford has hosted SIPP since 2005, with support from Stanford University and from the National Science Foundation. Hundreds of participants have attended SIPP during these years.
The 2011 SIPP curriculum is designed to (1) provide broad exposure to theories, empirical findings, and research traditions; (2) illustrate successful cross-disciplinary research and integration; (3) enhance methodological pluralism; and (4) strengthen networks among scholars from around the world.
SIPP activities will include lectures by world-class faculty, discussion groups, research/interest group meetings, group projects, and an array of social activities.
Some of the topics covered in past SIPP programs include race relations, conflict and dispute resolution, voting and elections, international conflict, decision-making by political elites, moral disengagement and violence, social networks, activism and social protest, political socialization, and justice.
In 2011, SIPP will accept up to 60 participants, including graduate students, faculty, professionals, and advanced undergraduates.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/sipp
Applicants are accepted on a rolling basis until all slots are filled, so applying soon maximizes chances of acceptance.
2008 National Annenberg Election Survey Online Data Now Available on APPC web site
The National Annenberg Election Survey 2008 Online Edition (NAES08-Online) is now available to academic scholars on the Annenberg Public Policy web site. NAES08-Online is a is a 5-wave large-scale public opinion panel survey conducted via the Internet and designed to track the dynamics of political attitudes, perceptions, and behavior over the 2008 US primary and general presidential election campaigns. It is a companion to the National Annenberg Election Survey 2008 Phone Edition (NAES08-Phone), a telephone-based survey that was conducted during an overlapping field period and asked many of the same or comparable questions.
NAES08-Online consists of interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 28,985 respondents, covering a range of topics about the presidential campaign and politics generally, including candidates and political figures, current policy issues, media use, campaign discourse, political participation, and voting behavior. A section of questions about social groups focused on perceptions of race and gender in US society.
The main set of interviewing was conducted from October 2007 through January 2009, and the majority of respondents were interviewed multiple times during this period. Interviewing was segmented into five multi-month waves, corresponding to the major divisions of the campaign: pre-primary, primary election, spring and summer, general election, and post-election. All participants in a wave were invited to be reinterviewed for all subsequent waves; among the 28,985 NAES08-Online respondents, 23,033 participated in at least two NAES waves, and 10,472 participated in all five NAES waves.
Respondents also participated in up to two profile waves to provide demographic and other background information.
If you are affiliated with an academic institution you are eligible to download the NAES data. To access these important and relevant data, go to the Annenberg Public Policy Center web site, www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org register, and click on “Data Sets†onthe left-hand side of the home page.
NAES08-Online consists of interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 28,985 respondents, covering a range of topics about the presidential campaign and politics generally, including candidates and political figures, current policy issues, media use, campaign discourse, political participation, and voting behavior. A section of questions about social groups focused on perceptions of race and gender in US society.
The main set of interviewing was conducted from October 2007 through January 2009, and the majority of respondents were interviewed multiple times during this period. Interviewing was segmented into five multi-month waves, corresponding to the major divisions of the campaign: pre-primary, primary election, spring and summer, general election, and post-election. All participants in a wave were invited to be reinterviewed for all subsequent waves; among the 28,985 NAES08-Online respondents, 23,033 participated in at least two NAES waves, and 10,472 participated in all five NAES waves.
Respondents also participated in up to two profile waves to provide demographic and other background information.
If you are affiliated with an academic institution you are eligible to download the NAES data. To access these important and relevant data, go to the Annenberg Public Policy Center web site, www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org register, and click on “Data Sets†onthe left-hand side of the home page.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
64th Annual WAPOR Conference--Call for Papers
Dear WAPOR Members,
We are happy to announce that plans are underway for the 64th Annual WAPOR Conference being held 21-23 September 2011 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The topic of the conference is "Public Opinion and the Internet." The Call for Papers for the conference, including topics of research and submission details, can be found here:
http://wapor.unl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/WAPOR2011CFP.pdf
Abstract deadline: 1 March 2011
Please note that this year organizers are accepting both regular paper proposals as well as panel proposals. The call for papers provides further information. We would ask that you disseminate the call to colleagues or listservs that might have interest in the conference. We hope to see you in Amsterdam!
Warm regards,
Renae
WAPOR
Renae Reis, MPA
Executive Coordinator
WAPOR
201 North 13th Street
Lincoln, NE 68588-0242
USA
P: 1 402-472-7720
F: 1 402-472-7727
http://www.wapor.org
We are happy to announce that plans are underway for the 64th Annual WAPOR Conference being held 21-23 September 2011 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The topic of the conference is "Public Opinion and the Internet." The Call for Papers for the conference, including topics of research and submission details, can be found here:
http://wapor.unl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/WAPOR2011CFP.pdf
Abstract deadline: 1 March 2011
Please note that this year organizers are accepting both regular paper proposals as well as panel proposals. The call for papers provides further information. We would ask that you disseminate the call to colleagues or listservs that might have interest in the conference. We hope to see you in Amsterdam!
Warm regards,
Renae
WAPOR
Renae Reis, MPA
Executive Coordinator
WAPOR
201 North 13th Street
Lincoln, NE 68588-0242
USA
P: 1 402-472-7720
F: 1 402-472-7727
http://www.wapor.org
Sunday, November 28, 2010
ANES: The 2010-2012 Evaluations of Government and Society Study
As of November 23, 2010, the American National Election Studies will be accepting proposals for questions to include on the last 3 waves of our new series of studies — The 2010-2012 Evaluations of Government and Society.
Proposals may be submitted through the ANES Online Commons. The following describes the goals of this study and proposal process.
About The 2010-2012 Evaluations of Government and Society Study The overarching theme of the surveys is citizen attitudes about government and society. These Internet surveys represent the most cost-effective way for the ANES user community to gauge political perceptions during one of the most momentous periods in American history. Aside from the historic nature of the current administration and the almost unprecedented economic crisis facing the country, we believe it is imperative that researchers assess attitudes about politics and society in the period leading up to the
2012 national elections. Potential topics include: attitudes about the performance of the Obama administration on the major issues of the day, evaluations of Congress and the Supreme Court, identification with and attitudes about the major political parties, and levels of interest in and engagement with national politics. This is primarily because these perceptions are unmistakably correlated with both presidential vote choice and levels of political participation. We intend to measure each of these topics at multiple points throughout the two-year period preceding the
2012 elections. In addition to these subjects, we envision that each of these surveys would explore a particular aspect of these political perceptions.
This Study includes five rolling cross-section waves that will allow us the opportunity to pilot new items for possible inclusion on the 2012 time series. Proposals for the first two waves of the study were accepted earlier this year. The first wave of the study was conducted in October 2010; the second wave will be conducted in the Spring of 2011.
We are currently accepting proposals for the final three waves of the study.
Wave 3 will be conducted in late 2011. Wave 4 will be conducted earlier in
2012 and the final wave will be in the field in the middle of 2012. For the timelines and deadlines for the three waves, please see http://electionstudies.org/studypages/2010_2012EGSS/2010_2012EGSScalendar.htm.
By offering multiple opportunities for the user community to place their items on one or more surveys, we will provide the capacity to survey on a diverse set of topics that are relevant to a wide set of research communities. Lastly, the flexibility of these surveys as to both content and timing will allow the ANES to respond promptly to emerging political issues in this volatile period in our country's history.
About the Online Commons
The design of the questionnaires for The 2010-2012 Evaluations of Government and Society Study will evolve from proposals and comments submitted to the Online Commons (OC). The OC is an online system designed to promote communication among scholars and to yield innovative proposals about the most effective ways to measure electorally-relevant concepts and relationships. The goal of the OC is to improve the quality and scientific value of ANES data collections, to encourage the submission of new ideas, and to make such experiences more beneficial to and enjoyable for investigators. In the last study cycle, more than 700 scholars sent over
200 proposals through the Online Commons.
Proposals for the inclusion of questions must include clear theoretical and empirical rationales. All proposals must also clearly state how the questions will increase the value of the respective studies. In particular, proposed questions must have the potential to help scholars understand the causes and/or consequences of turnout or candidate choice.
For more information about the criteria that will be used to evaluate proposals, please see http://www.electionstudies.org/studypages/2010_2012EGSS/2010_2012EGSScriteria.htm.
For additional information on how to submit a proposal, please see http://www.electionstudies.org/onlinecommons/proposalsubmit.htm.
If you are not on the ANES mailing list and would like to be notified about forthcoming data collections, the release of ANES data, or about opportunities to participate in ANES activities, you can join the list at http://www.electionstudies.org/joinmail.htm
Proposals may be submitted through the ANES Online Commons. The following describes the goals of this study and proposal process.
About The 2010-2012 Evaluations of Government and Society Study The overarching theme of the surveys is citizen attitudes about government and society. These Internet surveys represent the most cost-effective way for the ANES user community to gauge political perceptions during one of the most momentous periods in American history. Aside from the historic nature of the current administration and the almost unprecedented economic crisis facing the country, we believe it is imperative that researchers assess attitudes about politics and society in the period leading up to the
2012 national elections. Potential topics include: attitudes about the performance of the Obama administration on the major issues of the day, evaluations of Congress and the Supreme Court, identification with and attitudes about the major political parties, and levels of interest in and engagement with national politics. This is primarily because these perceptions are unmistakably correlated with both presidential vote choice and levels of political participation. We intend to measure each of these topics at multiple points throughout the two-year period preceding the
2012 elections. In addition to these subjects, we envision that each of these surveys would explore a particular aspect of these political perceptions.
This Study includes five rolling cross-section waves that will allow us the opportunity to pilot new items for possible inclusion on the 2012 time series. Proposals for the first two waves of the study were accepted earlier this year. The first wave of the study was conducted in October 2010; the second wave will be conducted in the Spring of 2011.
We are currently accepting proposals for the final three waves of the study.
Wave 3 will be conducted in late 2011. Wave 4 will be conducted earlier in
2012 and the final wave will be in the field in the middle of 2012. For the timelines and deadlines for the three waves, please see http://electionstudies.org/studypages/2010_2012EGSS/2010_2012EGSScalendar.htm.
By offering multiple opportunities for the user community to place their items on one or more surveys, we will provide the capacity to survey on a diverse set of topics that are relevant to a wide set of research communities. Lastly, the flexibility of these surveys as to both content and timing will allow the ANES to respond promptly to emerging political issues in this volatile period in our country's history.
About the Online Commons
The design of the questionnaires for The 2010-2012 Evaluations of Government and Society Study will evolve from proposals and comments submitted to the Online Commons (OC). The OC is an online system designed to promote communication among scholars and to yield innovative proposals about the most effective ways to measure electorally-relevant concepts and relationships. The goal of the OC is to improve the quality and scientific value of ANES data collections, to encourage the submission of new ideas, and to make such experiences more beneficial to and enjoyable for investigators. In the last study cycle, more than 700 scholars sent over
200 proposals through the Online Commons.
Proposals for the inclusion of questions must include clear theoretical and empirical rationales. All proposals must also clearly state how the questions will increase the value of the respective studies. In particular, proposed questions must have the potential to help scholars understand the causes and/or consequences of turnout or candidate choice.
For more information about the criteria that will be used to evaluate proposals, please see http://www.electionstudies.org/studypages/2010_2012EGSS/2010_2012EGSScriteria.htm.
For additional information on how to submit a proposal, please see http://www.electionstudies.org/onlinecommons/proposalsubmit.htm.
If you are not on the ANES mailing list and would like to be notified about forthcoming data collections, the release of ANES data, or about opportunities to participate in ANES activities, you can join the list at http://www.electionstudies.org/joinmail.htm
Sunday, September 26, 2010
2008 National Annenberg Election Survey Telephone Data Now Available
The 2008 National Annenberg Election Survey (NAES) telephone data set is now available to scholars on the Annenberg Public Policy Center web site, www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org. NAES, the largest academic public opinion survey of the American electorate, includes 57,967 telephone interviews conducted with adults across the U.S. over the course of the 2008 presidential primaries and general election campaigns, and 3,737 re-interviews as part of its post-election telephone panel. These data served as the basis for the innovative and highly praised new book, The Obama Victory. Scholars from all over the world can access and download the data set and codebook for their research projects from our web site.
The available data set includes the 2008 national rolling cross-section telephone survey and post-election telephone panel survey. In the data set, you will find information about the electorate’s beliefs, attitudes, intentions, media habits, and behaviors relevant to the 2008 presidential campaign. Specific areas covered in NAES include, evaluations of candidates’ issues stances and character traits, the electorate’s stances on issues, evaluations of the state of the nation and economy, extent of candidate support throughout the campaign, political participation, media sources for campaign information, presidential endorsements, party conventions, candidate debates, voting behavior, and a full slate of demographic questions.
If you are affiliated with an academic institution or research organization you are eligible to download the NAES data. To access these important and relevant data, go to the Annenberg Public Policy Center web site, register, and click on “Data Sets” on the left-hand side of the home page.
Additionally, NAES conducted an online 5-wave panel survey that will be available later this month.
For more information: Ken Winneg, Ph.D. (215) 898-2641 kwinneg@asc.upenn.edu
Visit: www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org
The available data set includes the 2008 national rolling cross-section telephone survey and post-election telephone panel survey. In the data set, you will find information about the electorate’s beliefs, attitudes, intentions, media habits, and behaviors relevant to the 2008 presidential campaign. Specific areas covered in NAES include, evaluations of candidates’ issues stances and character traits, the electorate’s stances on issues, evaluations of the state of the nation and economy, extent of candidate support throughout the campaign, political participation, media sources for campaign information, presidential endorsements, party conventions, candidate debates, voting behavior, and a full slate of demographic questions.
If you are affiliated with an academic institution or research organization you are eligible to download the NAES data. To access these important and relevant data, go to the Annenberg Public Policy Center web site, register, and click on “Data Sets” on the left-hand side of the home page.
Additionally, NAES conducted an online 5-wave panel survey that will be available later this month.
For more information: Ken Winneg, Ph.D. (215) 898-2641 kwinneg@asc.upenn.edu
Visit: www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org
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