Several Department of Politics and Government faculty members attended the 2017 Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting in Chicago on April 6–9, 2017. They presented or co-presented the following papers:
Meghan Leonard presented a co-authored paper (with Joseph Ross) entitled “Gender and Opinion Assignment on State Supreme Courts”
Kerri Milita single-authored “Helicopter Parenting and the Decline of Political Ambition.”
Carl Palmer presented two papers entitled “Come to the Dark Side: The ‘Dark Triad,’ Participation, and Nascent Ambition” (with Rolfe D. Peterson) and “Political Implications of Perceived Partisan Biases in the Classroom.”
T.Y. Wang presented “Political Cleavage and Electoral Decision: A Comparative Analysis of Korea and Taiwan.
L.J. Zigerell is the author of “Is Racial Resentment a Useful Measure?”