daily program schedule - Midwest Political Science Association

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THURSDAY, APRIL 27 – 10:30 am - 12:15 pm
Panel 14-H LASALLE 2
MEASUREMENT, CONCEPTUALIZATION, AND VISUALIZATION
Chair: Richard E. Chard, Georgia State University, polrec@langate.gsu.edu
Papers: “Measuring Democracy: The Methodology of Data Sets.” Gerardo L. Munck,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jay Verkuilen, University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign, jayv@ntx1.cso.uiuc.edu
“Visualizing the Time Stability of the Spatial Distribution of an Urban Public
Pathology.” John Sprague, Washington University in St. Louis,
sprague@artsci.wustl.edu; Carol W. Kohfeld, University of Missouri-St. Louis,
kohfeld@umsl.edu
“Making Sense of the Noise in Pocketbook Evaluations: Applying an Adapted
Rivers-Vuong Estimator to Account for Distinct Correlated Measurement Error.”
Harvey Palmer, University of Rochester, hpalmer@sysnet.net
Disc: Robert Y. Shapiro, Columbia University, rys3@columbia.edu
Richard E. Chard, Georgia State University, polrec@langate.gsu.edu
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Panel 15-J MONTROSE 1
INTEREST GROUPS, EXPERTS, AND THE POLICY PROCESS
Chair: Kevin M. Esterling, Dartmouth College, k-esterling@uchicago.edu
Papers: "Experts as Policy Advisors: What Accounts for their Success?" Andrew Rich,
Wake Forest University, richa@wfu.edu
"Interest Group Utilization of Policy-Making Channels: The Strategic Behavior of
State-level Interest Groups in the Implementation of the Clean Air Act." Brian J.
Gerber, State University of New York at Stony Brook, bgerber@ic.sunysb.edu;
Debora Spak, State University of New York at Stony Brook,
dspak@ic.sunysb.edu
"The Use of Different Forms of Argument by Policy Advocates." Marie Hojnacki,
Penn State University, mhojnack@umich.edu
"Leaders and Advocates in Pursuit of Policy, 1991-1998." Christine
DeGregorio, American University, cdegreg@american.edu
Disc: Kevin M. Esterling, Dartmouth College, k-esterling@uchicago.edu
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Panel 16-A LASALLE 3
ROUNDTABLE: "WHAT DOES POLITICAL SCIENCE HAVE TO SAY TO THE NEW
PRESIDENT?"
Chair: Bert A. Rockman, University of Pittsburgh, brockman+@pitt.edu
Part: George C. Edwards III, Texas A&M University, GEDWARDS@TAMU.EDU
Martha Joynt Kumar, Towson University, mkumar@ibm.net
Lyn Ragsdale, University of Arizona, ragsdale@u.arizona.edu
Terry Sullivan, Rice University, Sullivan@MetaLab.unc.edu
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