American Politics Seminar

The American Politics Seminar is a year-long speaker series that features leading scholars in American Politics. Invited scholars present cutting-edge research and engage in lively debate with faculty and graduate students. The seminar is made possible partially through a generous grant from the Bankard Fund for Political Economy at the University of Virginia. The Seminar is organized by Rachel Potter and Albert Rivero. Papers are generally sent to invitees in the week or so prior to each talk.

Current Series

Deborah Beim | University of Michigan

Friday, January 27, 2023 10:30 AM |

Kenneth Lowande | University of Michigan

Friday, February 24, 2023 10:30 AM |

Erika Franklin Fowler | Wesleyan University

Friday, March 17, 2023 10:30 AM |

Mary Kroeger | University of North Carolina

Friday, March 31, 2023 10:30 AM |

John Sides | Vanderbilt University

Friday, April 21, 2023 10:30 AM |

Chloe Thurston | Northwestern University

Friday, April 28, 2023 10:30 AM |

Current and Past Series

2023-2024

Assistant Professor, University of Virginia
Associate Professor, Northwestern University
Professor, University of Pennsylvania

2022-2023

University of Michigan
Wesleyan University
University of North Carolina
Vanderbilt University
Northwestern University

2021-2022

Associate Professor, Princeton University
Professor, University of Georgia
Assistant Professor, Yale University
Assistant Professor, UCSD
Assistant Professor, Yale University
Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University
Assistant Professor, Princeton University

2016-2017

Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
University of Southern California
Washington University in St. Louis

2018-2019

Northwestern Universty
Loyola Marymount University
Associate Professor, University of Virginia

2019-2020

John Hazen White Professor of Public Policy & Professor of Political Science and Urban Studies, Brown University
Associate Professor of Political Science, Stony Brook University

2020-2021

Associate Professor, Penn State
Associate Professor, Howard University

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