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CONFERENCES

Conference on Democratic Representation, November 12-13, 2010. This two-day conference brought together eminent scholars from other universities with Texas A&M faculty and graduate students to focus on various aspects of democratic representation. The following papers were presented and discussed by our faculty and graduate students.

—“The Permanent Campaign on the Senate Floor: Two-Party Competition and the Transformation of Senate Floor Politics”, Frances Lee, University of Maryland
—“Congressional Representation and Accountability: An Experimental Test”, John Griffin, University of Notre Dame
—"Voter Turnout and Dyadic Representation by Members of the U.S. House of Representatives", Kim Quaile Hill and Soren Jordan, Texas A&M University
—“Public Demand for Representation from American Presidents”, Jeffrey Cohen, Fordham University
—“The Power of Frames in Presidential Communication”, Evan Parker-Stephen, Texas A&M University and Corwin Smidt, Michigan State University
—“Presidential Saber Rattling and Presidential Representation,” B. Dan Wood, Texas A&M University
—“Policing While Black or Brown: Race, Identities, Representative Bureaucracy, and the Traffic Stop”, Vicky Wilkins and Brian Williams, University of Georgia, Patrick Mason and Billy Close, Florida State University
—“Legislative Size, Geo-Political Segregation and Policy Liberalism in the States”, Robert Preuhs, Metropolitan State College
—"Institutional Representation in Cross-national Perspective: Generalizing from Bureaucracy", Ken Meier, Texas A&M University

Future Directions in Research on Congressional Elections, September 22-23, 2007.
—“Campaign Appeals and Legislative Action”, Tracy Sulkin, University of Illinois
—“Candidate Valence and Ideological Positions in the 2006 House Elections”, Walt Stone, UC-Davis
—“The Election Effects of Credit Claiming for Pork Barrel Projects in Congress”, Diana Evans, Trinity College
—“Campaign Advertising, Credit Claiming, and Fenno's Paradox” Scott Basinger, SUNY Stony Brook
—“The Variability and Contingency of the Incumbency Advantage in U.S. House Elections”, Gary Jacobson, UC-San Diego
—“Electoral Landscapes in Congressional Elections: An Assessment of District Complexity”, Michael Ensley, Indiana University

Issue Framing, Public Opinion and American Democracy, March 4-6, 2005.
— “Diversity and Perspectives: The Use of Dialogue to Confront Divergent Frames in Civic Life”, Katherine Cramer Walsh, University of Wisconsin—“Framing and Political Participation”, Joanne M. Miller, University of Minnesota
—“Framing Hate: The Nature and Consequences of Media Coverage of Anti-Gay Hate Crimes”, Kimberly Gross, George Washington University
— “The Role of Political Communication in the Policymaking Process”, Mark A. Smith, University of Washington
— “Competitive Framing”, Dennis Chong, Northwestern University, and James Druckman, University of Minnesota,
— “Deligitimizing Values”, Tom Nelson, Ohio State University