FRIDAY, MAY 9TH
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

Event Schedule

9:00 Light Buffet Breakfast

9:30 Welcome

• James A. Thurber, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University
• Antoine Yoshinaka, Assistant Professor of Government at American University
• Barbara K. Romzek, Dean of the School of Public Affairs at American University
  

9:45-11:00 Panel 1: The Partisan Public, Parties, and Campaigns

• Moderator: Candice Nelson, American University
• Alan Abramowitz, Emory University
• Marc Hetherington, Vanderbilt University
• Michael McDonald, George Mason University
  

11:05-12:15 Panel 2: Polarization in Federal Institutions and with Elites

• Moderator: James A. Thurber, American University
  
• Brandon L. Bartels, The George Washington University
• Jon Bond, Texas A&M University
• Keith Poole, The University of Georgia
• Sean Theriault, The University of Texas at Austin

12:30-1:30 Keynote Address on Polarization and Congress

• Introduction by James A. Thurber, American University
• Thomas Mann, The Brookings Institution

1:45-3:00 Panel 3: Polarization and Partisan Change in the States

• Moderator: Antoine Yoshinaka, American University
• Seth Masket, The University of Denver
• Elizabeth Rigby, The George Washington University
• Boris Shor, The University of Chicago
• Gerald Wright, Indiana University
  

3:05-4:15 Panel 4: The Media and Political Polarization

• Moderator: Jennifer Lawless, American University
• Kevin Arceneaux, Temple University
• Gary Jacobson, The University of California, San Diego
• Danny Hayes, The George Washington University
• Jennifer Lawless, American University
• Natalie Stroud, University of Texas at Austin
  

4:20-5:15 Roundtable on Polarization

• Morris Fiorina, Stanford University
• Sarah Binder, The George Washington University
• Frances Lee, The University of Maryland

5:15 Conference Closing

• James A. Thurber, American University
• Antoine Yoshinaka, American University