In recent years, the center has sponsored lectures by several prominent scholars, including:
Center on American Politics
- 2020-2021
Eric Schmidt (Indiana University) -- September 18, 2020. "Voting in Groups, Thinking Like Ideologies: The Paradox of Partisan Conflict in the United States."
Professor Eileen Braman (Indiana University) -- October 9, 2020. "Testing a Prospect Theory Model of Support for Changes to the Supreme Court."
Professor Sean Nicholson-Crotty (Indiana University) -- November 13, 2020. "Union Influence on Use of Force in American Cities."
Colin Fisk (Indiana University) -- December 4, 2020. "When Communities Polarize: Effects of Geographic Sorting on Affective Polarization."
Eric Schmidt (Indiana University) -- February 5, 2021. "Voting in Groups, Thinking Like Ideologies: The Paradox of Partisan Conflict in the United States."
Professor Eileen Braman (Indiana University) -- February 12, 2021. "Assessing Credibility of Constiutional Experts."
Professor Steven Webster (Indiana University) -- February 19, 2021. "Partisan Schadenfreude and the Demand for Candidate Cruelty."
Professor Melissa Michelson (Menlo College) -- February 26, 2021. "Party at the Mailbox: Mobilizing Black Voters with Celebrations of Community."
Dr. Josh McCrain (Michigan State) -- March 5, 2021. "Human Capital on Capitol Hill."
Professor Chinbo Chong (Indiana University) -- March 26, 2021. "Flocking Domestically, Fleeing Internationally: Xenophobia, Racial Lumping, and the Paradox of Asian American Linked Fate."
Professor Vanessa Cruz Nichols (Indiana University) -- April 2, 2021. "Beyond Red and Blue Lines: Survival Skepticism, COVID-19, and the 2020 Election."
Christine Slaughter (UCLA) -- April 9, 2021. "Ain't No Stopping Us Now: African Americans, Political Engagement, and the Role of Resilience."
- 2019-2020
Professor Hakeem Jefferson (Stanford University) -- October 4, 2019. "Respectability and the Politics of Punishment in Black America"
Professor Jason Wu (Indiana University) -- January 31, 2020. "Categorical Confusion: Ideological Labels in China."
Eric Schmidt, PhD Candidate Political Science (Indiana University) -- February 7, 2020. "The Parties We Know For Sure: Partisans Feel More Confident Applying Issue (Not Group) Stereotypes to the Opposition."
Professor Eileen Braman (Indiana University) -- February 14, 2019. "Thinking about Government Authority: Constitutional Rules and Political Context in Citizens’ Assessments of Judicial, Legislative, and Executive Action."
- 2018-2019
Professor Bernard Fraga, Indiana University, Department of Political Science -- September 14, 2018
Professor Timothy Hellwig, Indiana University, Department of Political Science -- September 21, 2018
Landon Schnabel, PhD Candidate, Indiana University, Department of Sociology -- September 28, 2018
Professor Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs -- October 19, 2018
Professor Fabio Rojas, Indiana University, Department of Sociology -- September 26, 2018
Colin Fisk, PhD Candidate, Indiana University, Department of Political Science -- November 2, 2018
Professor Brian Powell, Indiana University, Department of Sociology -- November 9, 2018
Dr. Matthew Fowler, (GenForward Project, University of Chicago) -- November 16, 2018. "The Role of Resentment and Race In Shaping the Political Attitudes of Millennials."
Eric Schmidt, PhD Candidate, Indiana University, Department of Political Science -- November 30, 2018
Professor Christopher DeSante, Indiana University, Department of Political Science -- December 7, 2018
Professor Marc Hetherington (University of North Carolina) -- January 25, 2019. "Prius or Pickup -- and Beyond" (Charles Hyneman Memorial Lecture, co-sponsored with the Department of Political Science).
Donovan A. Watts, PhD Candidate, Indiana University, Department of Political Science -- February 22, 2019
Professor Brian Schaffner (Tufts University) -- March 1, 2019. "Trump's Rhetoric and Expressions of Prejudice among the Public" (Thomas M. Carsey Distinguished Lecture, co-sponsored with the Department of Political Science)
Professor Rachel Blum (Miami University in Ohio) -- March 8, 2019. "Renegotiating the Terms: How Factions Impact Party Coalitions."
Dr. John Kuk (Washington University in St. Louis) -- March 22, 2019. "The Effects of Economic Distress on Racial Attitudes."
Professor Candis W. Smith (University of North Carolina) -- March 29, 2019. "Where's the Party in Social Construction Theory? Partisan Mappings of Politically Relevant Target Groups."
- 2017-2018
Professor Nathan Kelly, University of Tennessee -- September 28-29, 2017
"National Election Outcomes and the Perpetuation of Economic Inequality"
(Co-sponsored with the Department of Political Science)Professor Daniel Sledge, University of Texas (Arlington) -- October 19-20, 2017
Professor Hans Hassell, Cornell College -- February 8-9, 2018
Professor Christopher Johnston, Duke University -- March 1-2, 2018
Professor Christopher Sebastian Parker, University of Washington -- April 12-13
(Co-sponsored with the Tocqueville Program)
- 2016-2017
Professor Nadia Brown, Purdue University - December 2, 2016
"Intersectional Presentations: A Study of Minority Congresswomen's Website Biographies."Professor Ashley Jardina, Duke University – March 2 – 3, 2017
"The Nitty Gritty: The Role of Grit and Perseverance in the Development of Civic Engagement."Professor Kathleen Dolan, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee – March 9 – 10, 2017
"Blaming Women or Blaming the System: Perceptions of Women's Underrepresentation in Elected Office"Professor Melissa Michelson, Menlo College
Professor Brian Harrison, Northwestern University April 21, 2017
"Listen, We Need to Talk: How to Change Attitudes about LGBT Rights"Professor Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University – April 27 – 28, 2017
"The Affluence Effect: College Socialization and Inequality in America"- 2015-2016
Professor Sunshine Hillygus, Duke University - September 24 - 25, 2015
"The Nitty Gritty: The Role of Grit and Perseverance in the Development of Civic Engagement."Professor Brian Schaffner, UMass Amherst - October 15 - 16, 2015
"The Nature of Congressional Representation in an Era of Polarization."Professor Lilliana Mason, University of Maryland, College Park - November 5 - 6, 2015
"Socio-Partisan Sorting and Polarized Identity Politics."Professor Kira Sanbonmatsu, Rutgers University - March 10 - 11, 2016
"Gender and Racial Diversity in Statewide Executive Elections."Professor Fredrick Harris, Columbia University - April 21 - 22, 2016
"Uncovering the Invisible Hands of Racial Inequality."- 2014-2015
Professor Hans Noel, Georgetown University - February 27, 2015
"Without a Watchdog: The Effect of Quality News Coverage on Congressional Polarization."Professor Darrell West, Brookings Institute - April 3, 2015
"Billionaires: Reflections on the Upper Crust."Professor Corrine McConnaughy, The George Washington University - May 1, 2015
"Stigma and Invisibility: Racial Politics Through a Gendered Lens."- 2013-2014
Professor Marc Hetherington, Vanderbilt University - March 6, 2014
"Why Washington Won't Work: Political Trust, Polarization and the Governing Crisis."Professor James Fowler, University of California, San Diego - November 7, 2013
"A 61-Million-Person Experiment in Social Influence and Political Mobilization."Professor Katherine Cramer, University of Wisconsin, Madison - October 25, 2013
"Understanding the Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness and Support for Small Government."- 2012-2013
Professor John Griffin, University of Colorado, Boulder - April 19, 2013
"Party Systems, Elections, and Democratic Politics."Professor Mike Wagner, University of Wisconsin - April 5, 2013
"The News Media as a Political Institution: How Party Competition Explains Variance in Journalistic Issue Framing."Professor Frances Lee, University of Maryland - February 22, 2013
"Partisan Uncertainty and Senate Floor Debate."Professor John Brehm, University of Chicago - December 7th, 2012
"Persuasion in Policy Debates: A Health Care Example."- 2011-2012
- Professor Vincent Hutchings, University of Michigan - November 11, 2011
"The Politics of Race: How Threat Cues and Group Position Can Activate White Identity." - 2010-2011
Professor Diana Mutz, University of Pennsylvania - April 29, 2011
"In Your Face Politics"Professor David E. Lewis, Vanderbilt University - March 4, 2011
"Who Controls the Bureaucracy? The President, Congress, and Influence Over Bureaucratic Policy"Professor Brandice Canes-Wrone, Princeton University - January 28, 2011
"Judges, Politicians, and Voters: The Impact of
Selection Procedures on Judicial Decisions"Professor Jeffrey J. Mondak, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - November 19, 2010
"Personality and Politics: Applications of the Big Five Approach"Professor William G. Jacoby, Michigan State University - October 21, 2010
"Individual Value Choices: Orderly Structure Versus Ambivalence and Indifference"- 2009-2010
Professor Michael B. Berkman, Pennsylvania State University - April 30, 2010
"Evolution and Creationism: The Battle for Control of America's Classrooms"Professor John Hibbing, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - April 9, 2010
"Are Liberals and Conservatives Physiologically and Cognitively Different?"Professor Geoffrey C. Layman, University of Notre Dame - January 22, 2010
"Party Polarization, Party Commitment, and Conflict Extension among American Party Activists"