MPSA

1:52 High Resolution Text Classification with Minimal
Human Effort Using Supervised, Unsupervised
and Deep Learning in Analyzing Political
Discourse
Yair Fogel-Dror, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem
yair.fogel-dror@mail.huji.ac.il
Shaul Shenhav, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
shaul.shenhav@mail.huji.ac.il
Tamir Sheafer*, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem
tamir.sheafer@mail.huji.ac.il
2:08 Disc., Nick Beauchamp, Northeastern University
n.beauchamp@neu.edu
Disc., John B. Londregan, Princeton University
jbl@princeton.edu
2:25 Audience Discussion
52-8 Interest Groups and Lobbying in Europe
Fri at 1:15 pm
1:15 Chair, James A. Thurber, American University
thurber@american.edu
1:20 Interest Groups and the Opinion-Policy Linkage
Anne Rasmussen, University of Copenhagen
ar@ifs.ku.dk
1:41 Patterns of Access: Lobbying Networks in the
European Commission
Vlad Gross, University of Antwerp, Belgium
gross.vlad@gmail.com
2:03 Representational Bias in Belgium: Citizens,
Policymakers, Interest Groups and the (Non-
)Convergence of their Policy Priorities
Evelien Willems, University of Antwerp
evelien.willems@uantwerpen.be
Jan Beyers*, University of Antwerp
jan.beyers@uantwerpen.be
2:25 Audience Discussion
53-8 Presidential Power in Foreign and Domestic
Affairs
Fri at 1:15 pm
1:15 Chair, Evan Haglund, United States Coast Guard
Academy
evan.t.haglund@uscga.edu
1:20 Barack Obama's Counterterrorism Strategy in
Afghanistan,Iraq and Syria: A Questionable
Presidential Legacy
Leonard M. Cutler, Siena College
cutler@siena.edu
1:33 The Ascent to the Throne: The Rise of the
Monarchical Presidency
Thomas R. Laehn, University of Iowa
thomas-laehn@uiowa.edu
1:46 Withdrawing Forces, Ending Wars, and
Presidents’ Public Approval Ratings in the U.S.,
1945-2010
Raed Shehab-Ahmed Ahmed, Wayne State
University
fz2094@wayne.edu
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1:59 First in Popularity: The Roosevelt Presidency
Helmut Norpoth, Stony Brook University
helmut.norpoth@stonybrook.edu
2:12 Disc., Evan Haglund, United States Coast Guard
Academy
evan.t.haglund@uscga.edu
2:25 Audience Discussion
54-12 Legislator Communication Strategies
Fri at 1:15 pm
1:15 Chair, Michael Ensley, Kent State University at
Kent
mensley@kent.edu
1:20 Home Style on the Hill?: Representation through
Speech on the Floor of the U.S. House
Nicole Kalaf-Hughes, Bowling Green State
University-Main Campus
ngkalaf@bgsu.edu
Russell W. Mills, Bowling Green State University-
Main Campus
millsrw@bgsu.edu
1:30 Legislative Productivity and Expressive
Polarization in Political Rhetoric.
Stonegarden Grindlife, University of California-Los
Angeles
sgrindlife@ucla.edu
1:41 Measuring Partisanship in Congressional
Committee and Floor Speeches
Pamela Ban, Harvard University
pban@fas.harvard.edu
1:52 The Congressional Communications Arms Race:
The Origins and Legacy of Competitive
Messaging Strategies Among House Leadership
Benjamin Abraham Dworkin, Rider University
bdworkin@rider.edu
2:03 The Politics of Prioritization: Party Influence on
Senators’ Attention
Annelise Russell, University of Texas-Austin
anneliserussell8892@gmail.com
2:14 Disc., Michael Ensley, Kent State University at Kent
mensley@kent.edu
Disc., Jennifer Victor, George Mason University
jvictor3@gmu.edu
2:25 Audience Discussion
55-5 Law. Public Policy, Risk and Economics
Fri at 1:15 pm
1:15 Chair, John C. Kilwein, West Virginia University
jkilwein@wvu.edu
1:20 How Is the Law Dealing with the Risk Society for
Food Safety?: The Three-tier Quality Control
System – The New Approach of Risk Regulation
in Taiwan
Wen-Hsiang Kung, Soochow University School of
Law
wkung@umail.iu.edu