The tenth meeting of the Visions in Methodology conference was held at The Ohio State University on May 7-9, 2018.
Hosts: Janet Box-Steffensmeier (OSU), Shawna Metzger (NUS), Women in Political Science (OSU)
Distinguished Senior Scholars: Judith D. Singer (Harvard), Jennifer N. Victor (George Mason)
Program Committee: Amber Boydstun (chair, UC Davis), Amy Liu (UT Austin), Corrine McConnaughy (GWU), Katherine Ognyanova (Rutgers), Jane Lawrence Sumner (Minnesota)
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Program
All research presentations are open to the community. Meals and professional development sessions are restricted to invited VIM participants only.
Presentation Location: Pfahl Hall 202
Monday, May 7
5:00-6:00 |
Registration/Pre-Dinner Reception |
6:00 |
Dinner |
Tuesday, May 8
8:15-8:30 |
Conference Start: Welcome, Opening Remarks |
8:30-9:15 |
Minnie Minhyung Joo, Penn State University, “Bayesian Survival Models for Misclassified Event Failure” (coauthored with Bomin Kim, Benjamin E. Bagozzi, and Bumba Mukherjee) |
9:15-10:00 |
Kristine Kay, UC Berkeley, “Testing Experimental Manipulations of Racial Identification” |
10:00-10:15 |
Break |
10:15-11:00 |
Nahomi Ichino, University of Michigan, “Nonlinear Difference-in-Differences and Difference-in-Difference-in-Differences with Placebo and Surrogate Outcomes” (coauthored with Adam Glynn) |
11:00-11:45 |
Lindsay Benstead, Portland State University, “Do Interviewer’s Unobserved Attitudes Shape Reporting of Religiously-Sensitive Response? Evidence from Morocco and Tunisia” |
11:45-12:15 |
Lunch |
12:15-1:15 |
Professional Development: “Strategic Yes, Calculated No” |
1:15-1:30 |
Break |
1:30-2:15 |
Inken von Borzyskowski, Florida State University, “Machine vs. Hand: Geocoding Sub-Saharan African Survey Data” (coauthored with Patrick Kuhn) |
2:15-3:00 |
Yijyun Lin, University of Nevada, Reno, “Identifying Impacts of Climate Change on Social Conflicts” |
3:00-3:15 |
Break |
3:15-4:00 |
Elena Labzina, Washington University in St. Louis, “Boosted Decision Tree Model for Political Analysis: Using Machine Learning to Assess the Anonymous Campaign against Islamic Extremists on Twitter” |
4:00-4:45 |
Margaret Foster, Duke University, “Over Pressure: Grassroots-Driven Transformation of (Militant) Organizations” |
6:15 |
Dinner |
Wednesday, May 9
8:30-9:15 |
Alison Craig, UT Austin, “Running from Washington: Policy Collaboration as Symbolic Representation” |
9:15-10:00 |
Kelsey Shoub, UNC-Chapel Hill, “Talking Policy…or Not: How Context Shapes when Members of Congress Discuss Issues” |
10:00-10:15 |
Break |
10:15-11:00 |
Maricruz Osorio, UC Riverside, “A Smarter Twitter: Twitter Word and Sentiment Analysis for Understanding Political Socialization” (coauthored with Stephanie DeMora) |
11:00-11:45 |
Sarah Hunter, University of Georgia, “Donor-Recipient Relations and the Choice of Aid Bypass Delivery” |
11:45-12:15 |
Lunch |
12:15-1:15 |
Professional Development: “(Gap)4: Syllabi, Submissions, Publications, and Promotions” Session’s Articles: |
1:30-2:15 |
Fiona Shen-Bayh, UC Berkeley, “Political Jurisdiction in Post-Autocratic Courts: A Topic Model Approach” |
2:15-3:00 |
Tatiana Gelvez, University of Essex, “Mayor-Council Relations and Spending Performance: Evidence from Colombian Municipalities” |
3:00-3:15 |
Break |
3:15-4:00 |
Ines Levin, UC Irvine, “Activism by Degrees: Identifying and Explaining Participatory Styles” |
4:00-4:05 |
Break |
4:05-5:05 |
Professional Development: “Preparing to be Promoted – Strategies for Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure” |
5:05-5:20 |
Final Announcements |
6:30 |
Dinner |
Participant List
- Sahar Abi-Hassan, Graduate Student, Boston University
- Therese Anders, Graduate Student, University of Southern California
- Lindsay Benstead, Associate Professor, Portland State University
- Rachel Blum, Assistant Professor, Miami University (OH)
- Inken von Borzyskowski, Assistant Professor, Florida State University
- Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Professor, The Ohio State University
- Aisha E. Bradshaw, Graduate Student, The Ohio State University
- Tiffany Chu, Graduate Student, University of Arizona
- Alison Craig, Assistant Professor, UT Austin
- Yaoyao Dai, Graduate Student, Penn State University
- Maggie Deichert, Graduate Student, Vanderbilt University
- Margaret Foster, Graduate Student, Duke University
- Liwu Gan, Graduate Student, The Ohio State University
- Tatiana Gelvez, Graduate Student, University of Essex
- Jamila Glover, Postdoctoral Researcher, Old Dominion University
- Kara Hooser, Graduate Student, The Ohio State University
- Sarah Hunter, Graduate Student, University of Georgia
- Nahomi Ichino, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
- Minnie Minhyung Joo, Graduate Student, Penn State University
- Kristine Kay, Graduate Student, UC Berkeley
- Eunji Kim, Graduate Student, University of Pennsylvania
- Elena Labzina, Graduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis
- Ines Levin, Assistant Professor, UC Irvine
- Yijyun Lin, Graduate Student, University of Nevada, Reno
- Suzanna Linn, Professor, Penn State University
- Amy H. Liu, Associate Professor, UT Austin
- Corrine McConnaughy, Associate Professor, George Washington University
- Margaret Mcweeney, Graduate Student, University of Maryland
- Elizabeth Menninga, Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
- Shawna K. Metzger, Senior Lecturer, National University of Singapore
- Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, Professor, University of Iowa
- Laura Moses, Graduate Student, The Ohio State University
- Maricruz Osorio, Graduate Student, UC Riverside
- Constanza Sanhueza Petrarca, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Gothenburg
- Barbara Roth, Graduate Student, The Ohio State University
- Fiona Shen-Bayh, Graduate Student, UC Berkeley
- Kelsey Shoub, Graduate Student, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Judith D. Singer, Professor, Harvard University
- Amy Erica Smith, Assistant Professor, Iowa State University
- Wendy G. Smooth, Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
- Zeynep Somer-Topcu, Assistant Professor, UT Austin
- Caroline Tolbert, Professor, University of Iowa
- Jennifer N. Victor, Associate Professor, George Mason University
- Sara Watson, Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
- Carly Wayne, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
- Mikaela Westhoff, Graduate Student, Penn State University
- Kay N. Wolf, Professor, The Ohio State University