2008 Program Committee
Program Co-Chairs: Taeku Lee, University of California, Berkeley, and Caroline Tolbert, University of Iowa
2. Comparative Politics—Industrialized Countries: Orit Kedar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3. Comparative Politics—Developing Countries: Staffan Lindberg, University of Florida
4. Comparative Politics—Transitions toward Democracy: Irfan Nooruddin, Ohio State University
5. Comparative Politics—Political Institutions: Shaun Bowler, University of California, Riverside
6. Comparative Politics—Political Behavior: Jeff Karp, University of Exeter, and
Jae Jae Spoon, University of Iowa
7. European Politics: Pepper Culpepper, Harvard University
8. Latin American and Caribbean Politics: Mark Sawyer, University of California, Los Angeles
9. Asian Politics: David Kang, Dartmouth College
10. African Politics: Pierre Engelbert, Pomona College
11. Politics of the Middle East: Amaney Jamal, Princeton University
12. Canadian Politics: Fred Cutler, University of British Columbia
13. Politics of Communist and Former Communist Countries: Andrew Barnes, Kent State University
14. International Political Economy: Nathan Jensen, Washington University, St. Louis
15. International Relations and Domestic Politics: Hector Perla, Ohio University
16. International Security: Ronald Hassner, University of California, Berkeley
17. Conflict Process: Brian Lai, University of Iowa
18. Foreign Policy: Neta Crawford, Boston University
19. International Cooperation and Organization: Xinyuan Dai, University of Illinois
20. Ethnicity and Nationalism: Johanna Birnir, University of Maryland
21. Political Psychology: David Redlawsk, University of Iowa
22. Voting Behavior: Ricardo Ramirez, University of Southern California
23. Electoral Campaigns: Michele Claibourn, University of Virginia
24. Representation and Electoral Systems: Todd Donovan, Western Washington University
25. Public Opinion: Matt Barreto, University of Washington
26. Political Participation and Turnout: S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, University of California, Riverside
27. Mass Media and Political Communication: Tasha Philpot, University of Texas
28. Gender and Politics: Mona Lena Krook, Washington University, St. Louis
29. Race, Class and Ethnicity: Christopher Parker, University of Washington
30. Foundations of Political Theory—Ancient: Ryan Balot, University of Toronto
31. Foundations of Political Theory—Pre- and Early Modern: Samantha Frost, University of Illinois
32. Liberalism and Democratic Theory: Archon Fung, Harvard University
33. Contemporary Political Theory: Lisa Disch, University of Minnesota
34. Political Philosophy—Approaches and Themes: Hawley Fogg-Davis, Temple University
35. Formal Modeling: Catherine Hafer, New York University
36. Methodology: Dean Lacy, Dartmouth College
37. Information Technology and Politics: Ramona McNeal, University of Northern Iowa
38. Political Parties and Interest Groups: Daniel Smith, University of Florida
39. Presidency and Executive Politics: Jason MacDonald, Kent State University
40. Legislative Politics—Institutions: Thad Kousser, University of California, San Diego
41. Legislative Politics—Campaigns and Elections: Raymond La Raja, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
42. Judicial Politics: Julie Novkov, SUNY, Albany
43. Law and Jurisprudence: Gordon Silverstein, University of California, Berkeley
44. International and Comparative Law: Lisa Hilbink, University of Minnesota
45. State and Intergovernmental Politics: Fred Boehmke, University of Michigan
46. Urban and Local Politics: Zoltan Hajnal, University of California, San Diego
47. Public Policy: Karen Mossberger, University of Illinois, Chicago
48. Economic Policy: Justin Phillips, Columbia University
49. Environmental Politics and Policy: Arun Agarwal, University of Michigan
50. Public Administration: Michael New, University of Alabama
51. Politics and History: Naomi Murakawa, University of Washington
52. Political Geography: Regina Branton, Rice University
53. Political Sociology and Culture: Regina Branton, Rice University
54. Politics and Religion: Eric McDaniel, University of Texas
55. Political Anthropology: Sujatha Fernandes, CUNY, Queens College
56. Teaching Political Science: Peregrine Schwartz-Shea, University of Utah
57. Undergraduate Research: Sherri Wallace, University of Louisville
58. Midwest Women's Caucus: Elizabeth Bennion, Indiana University, South Bend
59. Society for Greek Political Thought: Carson Holloway, University of Nebraska
60. Caucus for LGBT Political Science: Ellen Andersen, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
61. Leadership and Politics: Heather McDougall, Christopher Newport University
63. Caucus for New Political Science: James Simmons, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
64. Midwest Latino Caucus: Rene Rocha, University of Iowa
64. Midwest Caucus for Public Administration: Rene Rocha, University of Iowa