Schedule

The George Rabinowitz Seminar meets on Fridays during the academic year from noon–1:00 pm in Hamilton 271, unless otherwise noted. If you do not receive the weekly email to access the corresponding paper, please contact Alexander Love at ajlove@unc.edu.

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
10-Jan SPSA
17-Jan Mallory SoRelle Duke Sanford School HM 271
24-Jan Tess Wise Wake Forest HM 271
31-Jan Eric Groenendyk Stony Brook HM 271
7-Feb Uhlman Seminar Toy Lounge
14-Feb Jaclyn Kaslovsky Washington University HM 271
21-Feb Alex Theordiridis UMass Amherst HM 271
28-Feb Alex Acs Ohio State HM 271
7-Mar Shiro Kuriwaki Yale HM 271
14-Mar Spring Break — NO MEETING
21-Mar Rachel Porter Notre Dame HM 271
28-Mar Sarah Anzia UC Berkeley HM 271
4-Apr MPSA — NO MEETING
11-Apr Masters Week Masters Presentations HM 271
18-Apr University Holiday — NO MEETING
25-Apr Megan Ming Francis University of Washington HM 271
2-May Finals

Past Semesters

Fall 2024 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
8/23 Brian Brew UNC HM271
8/30 Alex Love UNC HM271
9/6 APSA — NO MEETING
9/13 Jennifer Lawless UVA HM271
9/20 Elizabeth Theiss-Morse and Jeff Spinner-Halev University of Nebraska Lincoln and UNC Toy Lounge, Dey Hall
9/27 Elizabeth Lane and Jessica Schoenherr NC State and University of South Carolina HM271
10/4 Daniel Kreiss and Lorcan Neill UNC Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life
10/11 Steve Nicholson UGA HM271
10/18 Fall Break — NO MEETING
10/25 Jesse Crosson Purdue HM271
11/1 Sally Nuamah Northwestern HM271
11/8 Zac Peskowitz Emory HM271
11/15 Nate Kelly UT Knoxville HM271
11/22 Katherine Cramer and Larry Bartels University of Wisconsin, Madison and Vanderbilt HM271

Spring 2024 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
1/12 SPSA — NO MEETING
1/19 Beth Leech Rutgers HM 271
1/26 Chris Wlezien UT Austin HM 271
2/2 Brendan Nyhan Dartmouth HM 271
2/9 Alan Wiseman Vanderbilt HM 271
2/16 Ali Masood Oberlin HM 271
2/23 John Aldrich Duke HM 271
3/1 Michael Lynch Georgia HM 271
3/8 Marc Hetherington UNC HM 271
3/15 SPRING BREAK — NO MEETING
3/22 Elizabeth Coggins Colorado College HM 271
3/29 HOLIDAY — NO MEETING
4/5 MPSA — NO MEETING
4/12 Masters Presentations UNC HM 271
4/19 Taylor Carlson Washington University in St. Louis HM 271
4/26 Sharece Thrower Vanderbilt HM 271

Fall 2023 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
8/25 Emily Ommundsen UNC HM 271
9/1 APSA — NO MEETING
9/8 Colin Case UNC HM 271
9/15 Jon Green Duke HM 271
9/22 25th Anniversary Event Toy Lounge
9/29 Jason Roberts UNC HM 271
10/6 Kevin McGuire UNC HM 271
10/13 Katherine Einstein Boston University HM 271
10/20 FALL BREAK — NO MEETING
10/27 Steve Rogers Saint Louis HM 271
11/3 Max Allamong Duke HM 271
11/10 Justin Kirkland UVA HM 271
11/17 Liz Suhay American HM 271
11/24 THANKSGIVING BREAK — NO MEETING
12/1 Adam Bonica Stanford HM 271

 

Spring 2023 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
1/13 SPSA — NO MEETING
1/20 NO MEETING
1/27 Sean Theriault UT Austin HM 271
2/3 Susan Webb Yackee Wisconsin HM 271
2/10 Geoff Sheagley Georgia HM 271
2/17 Kevin Munger Penn State HM 271
2/24 UHLMAN SEMINAR — NO MEETING
3/3 Nate Monroe UC Merced HM 271
3/10 Laurel Harbridge-Yong Northwestern HM 271
3/17 SPRING BREAK — NO MEETING
3/24 Derek Epp UT Austin HM 271
3/31 Andrew Proctor University of Chicago HM 271
4/7 HOLIDAY — NO MEETING
4/14 MPSA — NO MEETING
4/21 David Cottrell Georgia HM 271
4/28 Yanna Krupnikov Michigan HM 271

 

Fall 2022 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
8/26 Michael Greenberger UNC HM 271
9/2 Patricia Kirkland Princeton HM 271
9/9 Isaac Mehlhaff UNC HM 271
9/16 APSA — NO MEETING
9/23 Tim Ryan UNC HM 271
9/30 Kathleen Searles LSU HM 271
10/7 Dave Peterson Iowa State HM 271
10/14 Christian Fong Michigan HM 271
10/21 FALL BREAK — NO MEETING
10/28 Julia Payson NYU HM 271
11/4 Allison Anoll Vanderbilt HM 271
11/11 Kaneesha Johnson Harvard HM 271
11/18 Megan Mullin Duke HM 271

 

Spring 2022 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
1/14 SPSA — NO MEETING
1/21 Snow cancellation
1/28 Graeme Robertson UNC HM 271
2/4 UHLMAN SEMINAR — NO MEETING
2/11 Ray Block Penn State HM 271
2/18 Steven Greene NC State HM 271
2/25 Charles Stewart MIT HM 271
3/4 Danielle Thomsen UC Irvine HM 271
3/11 Jordan Carr Peterson NC State HM 271
3/18 SPRING BREAK — NO MEETING
3/25 Eric Hansen Loyola HM 271
4/1 Christina Wolbrecht Notre Dame HM 271
4/8 MPSA — NO MEETING
4/15 HOLIDAY — NO MEETING
4/22 John Sides Vanderbilt HM 271

 

Fall 2021 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
8/20 NO MEETING
8/27 NO MEETING
9/3 Marc Hetherington UNC HM 271
9/10 Michael Shepherd Vanderbilt HM 271
9/17 Andrew Engelhardt UNC Greensboro HM 271
9/24 Rachel Porter UNC HM 271
10/1 APSA — NO MEETING
10/8 Will Patton UNC HM 271
10/15 Tyler Steelman UNC HM 271
10/22 FALL BREAK — NO MEETING
10/29 Bryant Moy Washington University in St. Louis Zoom
11/5 Mirya Holman Tulane HM 271
11/12 Chris Bail Duke HM 271
11/19 David Rueda Oxford University HM 271

 

Spring 2021 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
1/22 Dominic Nyhuis UNC Zoom
1/29 No Meeting
2/5 Joanne Miller Delaware Zoom
2/12 No Meeting
2/19 Uhlman Seminar
2/26 Mara Suttmann-Lea Connecticut College Zoom
3/5 Corrine McConnaughy Princeton Zoom
3/12 Wellness Day — No Meeting
3/19 Michael Minta Minnesota Zoom
3/26 Jessica Trounstine UC Merced Zoom
4/2 Holiday — No Meeting
4/9 David Lewis Vanderbilt Zoom
4/16 MPSA — No Meeting
4/23 Master’s Presentations UNC Zoom
4/30 Ray Block Penn State Zoom

 

Fall 2020 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
8/14 Alexander Agadjanian, John Carey, Yusaku Horiuchi, and Tim Ryan UC Berkeley, Dartmouth, Dartmouth, UNC Zoom
8/21 NO MEETING
8/28 Jacob Smith Duke Zoom
9/4 NO MEETING
9/11 APSA — NO MEETING
9/18 Rachel Porter UNC Zoom
9/25 NO MEETING
10/2 Andrew Engelhardt UNC Greensboro Zoom
10/9 Charles Stewart MIT Zoom
10/16 Shana Gadarian Syracuse Zoom
10/23 Frances Lee Princeton Zoom
10/30 Austin Bussing UNC Zoom
11/6 Andrew McCall Chicago Zoom
11/13 Anna Bassi and Tyler Steelman UNC Zoom

 

Spring 2020 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
1/10 SPSA — NO MEETING
1/17 Matthew Hayes Rice HM 355
1/24 Richard Pacelle Tennessee HM 355
1/31 Justin Grimmer Stanford HM 355
2/7 Uhlman Seminar UNC TBA
2/14 Hahrie Han Johns Hopkins HM 355
2/21 TBD TBD TBD
2/28 Matthew Hall Notre Dame HM 355
3/6 Ruth Bloch Rubin Chicago HM 355
3/13 SPRING BREAK
3/20 UNC Recruitment —  Patrick Wohlfarth UMD HM 355
3/27 Kathleen Searles LSU HM 355
4/3 Sean Theriault UT – Austin HM 355
4/10 HOLIDAY — NO MEETING
4/17 MPSA — NO MEETING
4/24 Master’s Presentations UNC Zoom

 

Fall 2019 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
8/23 TBD
8/30 APSA — NO MEETING
9/6 Matthew Hall Notre Dame HM 355
9/13 Betina Wilkinson Wake Forest HM 355
9/20 Vincent Hutchings Michigan HM 355
9/27 Leah Christiani UNC HM 355
10/4 Hye Young You NYU HM 355
10/11 Rahsaan Maxwell UNC HM 355
10/18 FALL BREAK — NO MEETING
10/25 Kevin Roach UNC HM 355
11/1 Melinda Ritchie UC Riverside  HM 355
11/8 Hans Hassell Florida State HM 355
11/15 Nathan Kalmoe LSU HM 355
11/22 Emily Wager UNC HM 355

 

Spring 2019 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
1/11 Pam McCann USC HM 355
1/18 Daniel Kreiss UNC HM 355
1/25 Scott de Marchi Duke HM 355
2/1 Sunshine Hillygus Duke HM 355
2/8 Paul Sniderman Stanford HM 355
2/15 Navin Bapat UNC HM 355
2/22 Uhlman Seminar UNC TBD
3/1 David Broockman Stanford HM 355
3/8 Kevin McGuire UNC HM 355
3/22 UNC Recruitment — Jennifer Wolak TBD TBD
3/29 Jaime Settle William & Mary  HM 355
4/12 Luc Bovens UNC HM 355
4/26 Lilliana Mason UMD HM 355
4/29 Master’s Presentations UNC HM 355

 

Fall 2018 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
9/7 John Curiel UNC HM 355
9/14 Jacob Smith Duke HM 355
9/21 Paul Sniderman Stanford HM 355
9/28 Larry Evans William & Mary HM 355
10/5 Joe Soss Minnesota TBD
10/12 Sunshine Hillygus Duke HM 355
10/26 Jeff Spinner-Halev & Elizabeth Theiss-Morse UNC & Nebraska HM 355
11/2 Leah Christiani UNC HM 355
11/9 Antoine Banks Maryland HM 355
11/16 Jim Curry Utah HM 355
11/30 Molly Reynolds Brookings HM 355

 

Spring 2018 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
1/12 Candis Smith UNC HM 355
1/19 Sarah Binder GW HM 355
1/26 Uhlman Seminar UNC HM 355
2/2 William Howell Chicago HM 355
2/9 Michael Jones-Correa Penn HM 355
2/16 Sarah Treul and Rachel Surminsky UNC HM 355
2/23 Gerald Gamm Rochester HM 355
3/2 John Curiel and Tyler Steelman UNC HM 355
3/9 MA Theses UNC HM 355
3/23 Christopher Faricy Syracuse HM 355
3/28 (W) Terry Moe Stanford GEC (4th floor)
4/13 Marc Hetherington Vanderbilt HM 355
4/20 Rachel Potter UVA HM 355
4/27 Santiago Olivella UNC HM 355

 

Fall 2017 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
8/25 Jacob Smith UNC HM 355
9/8 Kelsey Shoub UNC HM 355
9/15 Cindy Kam Vanderbilt HM 355
9/22 Steven Sparks UNC HM 355
9/29 Ryan Williams UNC HM 355
10/6 Andrew Tyner UNC HM 355
10/13 Anthony Chergosky UNC HM 355
10/27 Christopher J. Clark UNC HM 355
11/3 Joanne Miller Minnesota HM 355
11/10 Chris Johnston Duke HM 355
11/17 Emily Carty and Pamela Conover UNC HM 355
12/1 Ismail White George Washington HM 355

 

Spring 2017 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
1/13 Jennifer Jerit Stony Brook HM 355
1/20 Anthony Chergosky UNC HM 355
1/27 Tom Clark Emory HM 355
2/3 Michelle Whyman Duke HM 355
2/10 Kevin (Vin) Arceneaux Temple HM 355
2/17 Uhlman Seminar UNC HM 355
2/24 Traci Burch Northwestern HM 355
3/3 Craig Volden UVA HM 355
3/10 MA Theses UNC HM 355
3/24 Jeff Harden Notre Dame HM 355
3/31 Darren Halpin ANU HM 355
4/21 Jason Roberts UNC HM 355
4/28 Amber Boydstun UC-Davis  HM 355

 

Fall 2016 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
8/26 Eric Hansen UNC HM 355
9/9 Pam Conover, Kelsey Shoub, Amy Sentementes, & Leah Christiani UNC HM 355
9/16 Jacob Smith UNC HM 355
9/23 Eitan Hersh Yale University HM 271
9/30 Rebecca Kreitzer UNC HM 355
10/7 Jaime Carson UGA HM 355
10/14 Frederick J. Boehmke Iowa HM 355
10/28 William G. Jacoby Michigan State HM 355
11/4 Michael MacKuen UNC HM 355
11/11 Vesla Weaver Yale University HM 355
11/18 Daniel Q. Gillion Penn HM 355
 12/2 Brian Schaffner UMass-Amherst  HM 355

 

Spring 2016 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
1/15 Brice Acree UNC HM 355
1/29 Uhlman Presentations HM 355
2/5 Richard Fording Alabama HM 355
2/12 John Sides George Washington HM 355
2/19 Taeku Lee UC Berkeley HM 355
2/26 Paul Kellstedt Texas A&M HM 355
3/4 Timothy Ryan UNC HM 355
3/11 MA Theses HM 355
4/1 Justin Kirkland Houston HM 355
4/22 Julianna Pacheco Iowa HM 355
4/29 Ashley Jardina Duke HM 355

 

Fall 2015 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
8/21 Andrea Benjamin UNC HM 355
8/28 Efren Perez Vanderbilt HM 355
9/11 Kristin Garrett UNC HM 355
9/18 Stanley Feldman Stony Brook HM 355
9/25 Joshua Jansa UNC HM 355
10/2 Barry Burden Wisconsin HM 355
10/9 Wendy Hansen New Mexico HM 355
10/23 Jennifer Lawless American HM 355
10/30 Devin Caughey MIT HM 355
11/6 Jason Roberts UNC HM 355
11/13 Ange-Marie Hancock USC HM 355
11/20 Chris Ellis and Chris Faricy Bucknell & Syracuse HM 355

 

Spring 2015 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
1/9 David Lowery Penn State HM 355
1/16 Nicholas Carnes Duke HM 355
1/23 Uhlman Presentations HM 355
1/30 Nathan Monroe UC Merced HM 355
2/6 Timothy Ryan UNC HM 355
2/13 Caitlin Jewitt Virginia Tech HM 355
2/20 Gabriel Lenz UC Berkeley HM 355
3/6 MA Theses HM 355
3/20 Christian Grose              (Dept. Speaker Series) USC HM 355
3/27 Jennifer Wolak Colorado HM 355
4/10 Michael Cobb NC State HM 355
4/24 Sarah Treul UNC HM 355

 

Fall 2014 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
8/22 Nick Howard UNC HM 355
9/5 John Lovett UNC HM 355
9/12 Fred Boehmke Iowa HM 355
9/19 John Lappie UNC HM 355
9/26 John Cluverius UNC HM 355
10/3 Richard Hall Michigan HM 355
10/10 Rodney Hero UC Berkeley HM 355
10/24 Mathew McCubbins Duke HM 355
10/31 Guy Grossman              (Dept. Speaker Series) Penn HM 355 @ 2 pm
11/7 Jennifer Victor George Mason HM 355
11/14 Sunshine Hillygus Duke HM 355
11/21 Justin Gross UNC HM 355

 

Spring 2014 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
1/10 Thad Kousser UCSD HM 355
1/24 Dan Hopkins Georgetown HM 355
1/31 Kareem Crayton UNC Law HM 355
2/14 Casey Klofstad Duke HM 355
3/7 MA Theses
3/21 Peter Enns Cornell HM 355
3/28 TBD HM 355
4/11 Claudine Gay Harvard HM 355
4/25 Bill Jacoby Michigan State HM 271

 

Fall 2013 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
9/6 Derek Epp UNC HM 355
9/20 Scott Clifford Duke HM 355
9/27 Larry Bartels Vanderbilt HM 271
10/4 Bruce Desmarais UMass HM 355
10/11 Greg Wolf UNC HM 355
10/25 Jake Bowers Illinois HM 355
11/1 Jonathan Oberlander  UNC School of Medicine HM 355
11/8 Josh Putnam Davidson HM 355
11/15 Michael Heaney Michigan HM 271
11/22 Justin Gross and Brice Acree  UNC HM 355

 

Spring 2013 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
1/11 Chris Bonneau Pittsburgh HM 355
1/18 Mel Atkinson, John Lovett, and Frank Baumgartner UNC HM 355
1/25 Daniel Kreiss UNC Mass Communication HM 355
2/1 Sue Tolleson-Rinehart UNC School of Medicine HM 355
2/8 Jason Roberts UNC HM 355
2/15 Uhlman Seminar HM 355
2/22 Michael Ting Columbia HM 355
3/1 Steve Greene NC State HM 355
3/8 MA Theses UNC HM 355
3/22 Patrick Wohlfarth Maryland HM 355
4/5 MA Theses UNC HM 355
4/19 Graeme Boushey UC-Irvine HM 355
4/26 David Wasserman Cook Political Report HM 355

 

Fall 2012 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
9/7 Kevin Banda UNC HM 355
9/14 Frances Lee Maryland HM 355
9/21 Jonathan Kropko Columbia HM 355
9/28 TBD HM 355
10/5 Mel Atkinson UNC HM 355
10/12 Elizabeth Coggins UNC HM 355
10/26 Natalie Masuoka Tufts HM 355
11/2 Ellen Gutman UNC HM 355
11/9 Ricardo Ramirez Notre Dame HM 355
11/16 Christopher Johnston Duke HM 355
11/30 Beth Leech Rutgers HM 355

 

Spring 2012 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
1/13 Gabe Sanchez New Mexico HM 355
1/20 Kevin Banda UNC HM 355
1/27 Liz Gerber Michigan HM 355
2/3 Georg Vanberg UNC HM 355
2/10 Uhlman Presentations UNC HM 355
2/17 Jeff Berry Tufts HM 355
2/24 Isaac Unah UNC HM 355
3/2 Mel Atkinson UNC HM 355
3/16 Dave Peterson Iowa State HM 355
3/23 MA Theses UNC HM 355
3/30 MA Theses UNC HM 355
4/20 Anna Bassi UNC HM 355

 

Fall 2011 Schedule

Date Speaker Affiliation Room
8/26 Gary Miller Wash U HM 355
9/9 Chris Clark UNC HM 271
9/16 Jeff Harden UNC HM 355
9/23 Nolan McCarty Princeton HM 355
9/30 Jason Windett Saint Louis HM 355
10/7 Justin Kirkland UNC HM 355
10/14 Bob Erikson Columbia HM 355
10/28 Kay Schlozman Boston College HM 355
11/4 Michael Gerhardt UNC Law HM 355
11/11 Steve Smith Wash U HM 355
11/18 Matt Barreto Washington HM 355
12/2 Geoff Layman Notre Dame HM 355