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Written by SPPC 2010   
Thursday, 18 February 2010 19:50

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

(revised 2/23/10)


THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2010

7:00pm    Welcoming reception at Old State Capitol (Old State Capitol concourse)
Host: Institute of Government and Public Affairs

8:00pm    Former Governors Panel: —“How Can Political Scientists Make a Practical Contribution to Good Government and Politics?” (Old State Capitol- Hall of Representatives)
    Panelists:
  • The Honorable Madeleine Kunin, D-VT, 1985-1991
  • The Honorable Jim Edgar, R-IL, 1991-1999
  • The Honorable Parris Glendening, D-MD, 1995-2003
  • The Honorable Bob Taft, R-OH, 1999-2007

FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2010

8:00am    Two busses pick up at Hilton (Downtown Hilton); deliver to UIS Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1 Main Entrance

8:30am    Continental Breakfast and Registration (PAC Cafeteria Concourse)

9:00am    Announcements (PAC C/D)

9:15am    Panel Session #1


Panel 1A    “Voter Turnout—The Impacts of Direct Democracy and Party Mobilization” (PAC G)
Chair:        Elizabeth Rigby, University of Houston ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Seth C. McKee, University of South Florida ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Papers:
We Know What You Did Last Summer: The Impact of Petition Signing on Voter Turnout
Janine Parry, University of Arkansas ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Shayne Henry, University of Arkansas ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Swing States, Party Mobilization Strategies, and Voter Turnout
Jonathon Winburn, University of Mississippi ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Robert D. Brown, University of Mississippi ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Zachary Baumann, University of Mississippi ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Reassessing Direct Democracy and Civic Engagement: A Panel Study of the 2008 Election
Daniel Smith, University of Florida ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Caroline J. Tolbert, University of Iowa ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Amanda Keller, University of Iowa ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

College Student Participation in the 2008 Iowa Caucuses: Assessing Turnout and Candidate Choice
Kimberly H. Conger, Iowa State University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Sarah M. Nusser, Iowa State University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
     
Panel 1B    “Same-Sex Marriage Policy in the States” (PAC F)
Chair:        Jason Pierceson, University of Illinois at Springfield ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    TBA
Papers:       
Pushing for Equality within the Backlash: Same-Sex Marriage and Civil Unions in Three Midwestern States
Jason Pierceson, University of Illinois at Springfield ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Latent versus Explicit Attitudes towards Gay Marriage: Leveraging Natural and Survey Experiments in Varying Institutional Contexts

David Redlawsk, Rutgers University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Caroline J. Tolbert, University of Iowa ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Allison Hamilton, University of Iowa ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

TBA
    TBA

Panel 1C    “The Sometime Governments 40 Years on: A New Agenda for State Legislative Reform” (PAC C/D)
Chair:        Karl Kurtz, National Conference of State Legislatures                         ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Brian Weberg, National Conference of State Legislatures
Discussant:    TBA


10:45am    Break (Studio Theater Concourse)

11:00am    Panel Session #2

Panel 2A    “Public Opinion of Public Institutions” (PAC G) 
Chair:        Gerald C. Wright, Indiana University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Peverill Squire, University of Missouri ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Papers:
Citizen Views on State Legislative Representation
Lilliard Richardson, University of Missouri ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Responsive versus Independent Justice: Public Opinion and Judicial Selection
Shaun Bowler, University of California, Riverside ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Todd Donovan, Western Washington University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Janine Parry, University of Arkansas ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Racialized Policing: Evidence, Implications, and Policy Lessons
Donald P. Haider-Markel, University of Kansas ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Charles Epp, University of Kansas ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Steven Maynard-Moody, University of Kansas ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Public Opinion and Legislative Parity in the U.S. States
Barbara Norrander, University of Arizona ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Sylvia Manzano, Texas A&M University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
         

Panel 2B    “Parties and Candidates and Votes and Contributions” (PAC C/D)

Chair:        Richard Niemi, University of Rochester ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Daniel Bowen, State College of New Jersey ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Todd Makse, Ohio State University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Papers:
Strategic Candidates and Donors in Gubernatorial Elections, 1998-2008
Adam Brown, Brigham Young University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Exploiting Friends and Neighbors: An Instrumental Variable Approach to Estimating Coattail Effects
Marc Meredith, University of Pennsylvania ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

State-Level Effects on PAC Donations to Political Parties

Justin Kirkland, University of North Carolina ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Virginia Gray, University of North Carolina ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
David Lowery, University of Leiden( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

State Party Adaptation: How Colorad’s Political Parties Survived and Thrived amidst Reform

Seth Masket, University of Denver ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

12:30pm    Lunch (Sangamon Auditorium Lobby)

1:30pm     Graduate Student Poster Session (Sangamon Auditorium Lobby)
Chair:        Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson, Wayne State University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

The Movable Middle
K. Elizabeth Coggins, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
   
State Electoral Context and Individual Campaign Contributions

Amanda Keller, University of Iowa ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Michael Berkman, Pennsylvania State University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Political Competition and the Frequency of Statewide Ballot Initiatives

William Hicks, Univerisity of Florida ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Direct Democracy & Representation: Institutionally Induced Substitution Between Symbolic and Substantive Representation

James A Rydberg, University of Iowa ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Todd Donovan, Western Washington University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Explaining Legislative Oversight across the States
Robert J McGrath, University of Iowa ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

The Relational Determinants of Legislative Success: Strong and Weak Ties Between Legislators
Justin Kirkland, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson, Wayne State University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

What Does Policy Adoption Mean?The Representation of Noncitizens as American Members in Policymaking
Adriano Udani, University of Minnesota ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

The Structure of Environmental Policy among the American States

Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo, Michigan State University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Andrew Karch, University of Texas at Austin ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

2:30pm    Special Sessions

Session 1S    “NSF and State Politics: An Overview of Funding in the Social Sciences at the National Science Foundation” (PAC F)      
Presenter:    Wendy Martinek, Program Officer (Law & Social Science Program, Division of Social & Economic Sciences) ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Session 2S     Redistricting Software Demonstration (PAC F)
Presenter:    Michael McDonald, George Mason University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
       
3:30pm    Break (Studio Theater Concourse)

3:45pm    Panel Session #3


Panel 3A    “How Can Political Scientists Contribute to Politics and Government? Four Views from Statehouse Reporters” (PAC C/D)
Chair:        Charles N. Wheeler, University of Illinois at Springfield ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Panelists:
David Yepsen, director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Peggy Boyer-Long, former editor, Illinois Issues
Mike Lawrence, former director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Panel 3B    “Using the States to Understand Policy Adoption” (PAC G)
Chair:        Scott Hays, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign                     ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Frederick J. Boehmke, University of Iowa ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Papers:
Free Riding in State Water Pollution Enforcement
David M. Konisky, University of Missouri ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Neal D. Woods, University of South Carolina ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Program Content and Policy Diffusion

Andrew Karch, University of Texas at Austin ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

The Election Law Glass Floor? Why States Choose to Go Beyond HAVA Mandated Voter Identification
Emily Huston, Roanoke College ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Legislative Bills and Ballot Initiatives: Raising the Minimum Wage in the American States, 1997-2006
Eric A. Whitaker, Western Washington University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Mitch N. Herian, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Public Policy Center ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Chris W. Larimer, University of Northern Iowa ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Michael Lang, Western Washington University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
   
5:30pm    Two buses pick up at PAC, Level 1 Main Entrance; go to downtown Hilton

7:00pm    Banquet (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum rotunda)

Host:         Center for State Policy and Leadership
Presentations:     Best Graduate Student Poster Award; SPP Dissertation Award
Speaker:     Alan Ehrenhalt, former editor, Governing magazine
“Governors—Success and Failure”

SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 2010


8:15am    Two busses pick up at Hilton (Downtown Hilton); deliver to UIS Public     Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1 Main Entrance

8:45am    Continental Breakfast (PAC Cafeteria Concourse)

9:15am    Panel Session #4


Panel 4A    “Federalism” (PAC G)
Chair:        Beverly Bunch, University of Illinois at Springfield ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Sean Nicholson-Crotty, University of Missouri                         ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Papers:
State Participation in Interstate Compacts: When the Timing is Right
Ann O'M. Bowman, Texas A&M University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Neal D. Woods, University of South Carolina ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

States’ Acceptance of Federal Stimulus Funds: It’s the Politics Stupid
Edward Alan Miller, Brown University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
David Blanding, Brown University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Perception of Disaster: State and Local Control in Emergency Management
Sean Hildebrand, North Central College ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

The Increasing Importance of Federal Earmarks to State Coffers: An Examination of Distribution Trends over the Decade
Karen Kunz, West Virginia University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
     
Panel 4B    “Race and Ethnicity” (PAC C/D)
Chair:        Matthew Holden, University of Illinois at Springfield ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Caroline J. Tolbert, University of Iowa ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Gerald C. Wright, Indiana University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Papers:

Black Mobilization and Republican Growth in the South
Irwin Morris, University of Maryland ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
M.V. Hood, University of Georgia ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Quentin Kidd, Christopher Newport University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

The Rise of Latino Politics in the South
Harold Stanley, Southern Methodist University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Race, Ethnicity, and Representation: The Changing Landscape of State Legislative Diversity
Kathleen Bratton, Louisiana State University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Kerry Haynie, Duke University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Beth Reingold, Emory University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Racial Politics, Law, and Mississippi’s Historically Black Public Colleges and Universities

Paul E. Green, University on California at Riverside ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )


Panel 4C    “Pracademics: Incorporating Public Service into an Academic Career" (PAC F)
Chair:        Michael McDonald, George Mason University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    TBA
Papers:
TBA
    Robert Crew, Florida State University

TBA

    Daniel A. Smith, University of Florida


10:45am    Break (Studio Theater Concourse)


11:00am    Panel Session #5

Panel 5A    “State Legislative Behavior” (PAC G)
Chair:        Tracy Osborn, University of Iowa ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Stacey Gordon, University of Nevada—Reno ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Papers:
Variations in Legislative Effectiveness
Shannon Jenkins, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth                     ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Using Party Switchers in 50 State Legislatures (1993-2009) to Assess Party Influence on Ideology

Boris Shor, University of Chicago ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Racialized Institutions and Electoral Constraint: When and Where Does Descriptive Representation Matter?
Tracy Osborn, University of Iowa ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Rene R. Rocha, University of Iowa ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Starving the Beast?: Anti-Tax Pledges and State Legislative Behavior
Nicole Kazee, University of Illinois-Chicago ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )


Panel 5B    “Explaining State Spending” (PAC C/D)
Chair:        Charles Barrilleaux, Florida State University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Neil Malhotra, Stanford University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Papers:
Welfare Policymaking and Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in U.S. State Legislatures
Beth Reingold, Emory University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Adrienne R. Smith, Emory University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Who Gains (and Who Loses) in Class-Based Political Parties?
Elizabeth Rigby, University of Houston ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )


Church, State and Nonprofit Social Services Agencies
Robert C. Lowry, University of Texas at Dallas ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Risky Business: Term Limits, Budgets and Fiscal Uncertainty
Daniel C. Lewis, University of New Orleans ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )


12:30pm    Lunch (Sangamon Auditorium Lobby)

1:30pm    Panel Session #6

Panel 6A    “The Linkage between Public Opinion and Public Policy” (PAC G)
Chair:        Paul Brace, Rice University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Barbara Norrander, University of Arizona ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Papers:
Multi-Level Policy Responsiveness to Public Opinion: From Statehouse to Street-Level
Michael B. Berkman, The Pennsylvania State University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Eric Plutzer, The Pennsylvania State University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Assessing the Dynamic Relationship between Punitive Crime Policy Attitudes over Time and Crime Policy Reform in the U.S. States

Garrick L. Percival, University of Minnesota-Duluth ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Political Accountability, Policy Responsiveness and Capitol Coverage in the U.S.

Martin Johnson, University of California, Riverside ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )


Panel 6B    “State Legislative Institutions” (PAC C/D)
Chair:        Cherie Maestas, Florida State University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Carl Klarner, Indiana State University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Cherie Maestas, Florida State University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Papers:
The Selection of Leaders in Term-Limited State Legislatures:  The Influence of Party Heterogeneity
Kathleen A. Bratton, Louisiana State University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Stella M. Rouse, University of Maryland ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

The Work of Committees Before and After Term Limits
Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson, Wayne State University( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

State Legislative Evolution: Path Dependency, Organization Theory and Bounded Rational Choice
Nancy Martorano Miller, University of Dayton ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
KeithE Hamm, Rice University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Ronald D. Hedlund, Northeastern University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

District Characteristics and Legislator Traits
James Battista, University at Buffalo-SUNY ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Megan Gall, University at Buffalo-SUNY ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )


3:00pm    Break (Studio Theater Concourse)

3:15pm    Panel Session #7


Panel 7A    “Governors and Policymaking” (PAC G)

Chair:        John Hamman, Southern Illinois University- Carbondale                     ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Nelson Dometrius, Texas Tech University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Papers:
Executive Orders in the American States:  Gubernatorial and Administrative Interactions and Influence on State Agencies
Cynthia Bowling, Auburn University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Brendan Burke, Suffolk University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Margaret Ferguson, Indiana Univerisity-Purdue University-Indianapolis ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Dwight Gulley, Auburn University

How Do Governors Get What They Want?
Thad Kousser, University of California, San Diego ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Justin H. Phillips, Columbia University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Gubernatorial Powers and Legislative Agendas: Are Strong Governors Bold
Governors?
Charles D. Taylor, Ball State University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Does Gubernatorial Rhetoric Matter? An Analysis of Gubernatorial Inaugural Rhetoric in Three Distinct States
J. Cherie Strachan, Central Michigan University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )


Panel 7B    “Gender, Campaigns, and Elites: Influences on Public Political Thinking” (PAC C/D)
Chair:        Richard Winters, Dartmouth College ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Discussant:    Tom Carsey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Papers:
Differential  Campaign Effects in Battleground vs. Non-Battleground States in Recent Presidential Elections
Robert Erikson, Columbia University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

The Gender Gap in State Political Knowledge
Mileah Kay Kromer, Elon University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Kathleen Bratton, Louisiana State University  ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

A Conditional Theory of Social Context: Resolving Differences in Theories of Intergroup Contact and Conflict
Joshua J. Dyck, University at Buffalo, SUNY ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz, University of Rhode Island ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Some Dynamics of the Gender Gap:  Men/Women Voting for/against Men/Women Candidates for Elective Office

Richard F. Winters, Dartmouth College ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

5:30pm    Two buses pick up at PAC, Level 1 Main Entrance; go to downtown Hilton
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Conference Hotel - Downtown Hilton PDF Print E-mail
Written by SPPC 2010   
Friday, 30 January 2009 15:47

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hilton Springfield Hotel for June 2, 2010 - June 6, 2010. The special room rate of $95.00 for a single or double room will be available until May 12, 2010 or until the group block is sold-out, whichever comes first. Use the following link to make a reservation at the special conference rate:

http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/SPFSHHF-SPC-20100602/index.jhtml

The Hilton is centrally located in downtown Springfield at 700 East Adams, within walking distance of the Old State Capitol, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, the Lincoln Home, the Illinois Statehouse, and other historic sites. View a map and driving directions to the conference hotel powered by Google Maps.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 July 2009 20:41
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Location and Schedule PDF Print E-mail
Written by SPPC 2010   
Wednesday, 13 May 2009 15:51

The opening program and reception will be held on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. at the Old State Capitol in downtown Springfield, Illinois (Sixth & Adams).

The banquet and speaker on Friday, June 4, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. will be held at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 112 North Sixth Street.

The conference sessions on Friday, June 4 and Saturday, June 5 will be held in the Public Affairs Center (level 1) at the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS), located nine miles from downtown Springfield.  Charter buses will provide transportation between the Hilton Hotel and the UIS campus.  Buses will depart from the front entrance of the hotel (700 East Adams) at 8:00 a.m. both days.  They will leave campus at 5:00 p.m. on Friday and 3:30 p.m. on Saturday to return to the hotel.

Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided both Friday and Saturday at UIS.

A detailed conference schedule is coming soon.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 May 2009 16:01
 
Travel to Springfield, IL PDF Print E-mail
Written by SPPC 2010   
Thursday, 09 April 2009 20:48

How Do I Get To Springfield?

Springfield is off Interstate 55, just 200 miles south of Chicago, and 100 miles North of  St. Louis.  Please see links below for various travel options.  

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Lincoln Museum PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 30 January 2009 16:15
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library is the premier repository for materials relating to the history of the Prairie State. The Illinois State Historical Library was created in 1889 by the Illinois General Assembly, which charged the new library with collecting and preserving "books, pamphlets, manuscripts, monographs, writings, and other materials of historical interest and useful to the historian, bearing upon the political, religious, or social history of the State of Illinois from the earliest known period of time."
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