Research Groups and Workshops

We host workshops in the department that offer opportunities for external speakers to present their work and interact with our students. Additionally, the workshops provide opportunities for Michigan State faculty and Ph.D. students to share work in progress and receive feedback.

Ongoing workshops include:

• Workshop on Conflict

  Organized by Prof. Shahryar Minhas.

  Events for Spring 2020:

  Feb. 14 - Caitlin Ainsley

  Feb. 19 - Kenneth Scheve 

  March 13 - Sabrina Karim

   

• Minority Politics

  Currently organized by Prof. Eric Gonzalez Juenke and Prof. Nazita Lajevardi.

  Events for Spring 2020:

  • April 3 - Johanna Birnir

   For more information, go to https://polisci.msu.edu/research/minority-politics/index.html
• Comparative Politics

  Currently organized by Prof. Erika Frantz.

  Past events:

  • Kim Dionne
  • Elvin Ong
  • Virginia Oliveros
• American Politics

  Currently organized by Drs. Ian Ostrander and Sarah Reckhow.

  Events for Spring 2020:

  • Jan. 14 - Promoting the Youth Vote: The Role of Information Cues and Social Pressure
  • Jan. 28 - Joseph Hamm and Scott Wolfe
  • Feb. 11 - Shayla Olson
  • March 10 - Matt Grossmann and Zuhaib Mahmood
  • March 24 - Noah Durst
  • April 21 - Kesicia Dickinson

   

• LeFrak Forum and Symposium

  Organized by Prof. Arthur Melzer and Prof. Dustin Sebell

  Upcoming Spring 2020 events include:

  • Jan. 30 - Michael Roth
  • Feb. 20 - Robert Zimmer
  • Feb. 27 - Teresa Sullivan
  • Conference on Intellectual Diversity and Free Speech, April 2-4
    • Keynote address: Randall Kennedy

   For more information, go to https://lefrakforum.msu.edu/

• Methods Speaker Series
  Currently organized by Prof. Shahryar Minhas and Prof. Constanza Schibber. 2019-20 outside speakers include Sunshine Hillygus and the St. Louis Area Methods Meeting in Spring 2020.