The fourth annual Princeton Conference on Identity and Inequality brings together political scientists who study processes of inequality and identity involving class, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, or religion in American or comparative contexts.
Registration closed October 5
For more information:
Tali Mendelberg talim@princeton.edu
Omar Wasow owasow@princeton.edu
Michele Demak Epstein mdeps@princeton.edu
CSDP 609-258-6493
This conference is in collaboration with IPRG (Identity Politics Research Group) and co-sponsored by Princeton's Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP), Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, Program on Inequality, and Princeton Research in Experimental Social Sciences (PRESS)
8:30 - 9:00am Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15am Opening Remarks
9:15 - 10:15am Antoine Banks, University of Maryland: To Be Angry or Not To Be Angry: Are Black Political Candidates Emotionally Disadvantaged
Discussant: LaFleur Stephens-Dougan, Princeton University
10:15 - 11:15am Bernard Fraga, Indiana University: The Turnout Gap: Race, Ethnicity, and Political Inequality in a Diversifying America
Discussant: Christopher Achen, Princeton University
11:15 - 11:30am Break
11:30am - 12:30pm Mona Lena Krook, Rutgers University: Violence against Women in Politics: A Global Perspective
Discussant: Dawn Teele, University of Pennsylvania
12:30 - 1:30pm Lunch Mentorship Groups (pre-assigned). The conference will include a mentorship lunch, where faculty and graduate students will meet in small groups over lunch to discuss shared research interests.
1:30 - 2:30pm Daniel Posner, UCLA: Measuring Ethnic Bias: Comparing Tools from Behavioral Economics and Social Psychology
Discussant: Leonard Wantchekon, Princeton University
2:30 - 3:30pm Ariel White, MIT: Black Lives Matter in the Courtroom: Judges, Discretion, and Responsiveness to Protest
Discussant: John Kastellec, Princeton University
3:30 - 3:45pm Break
3:45 - 4:45pm Vincent Hutchings, University of Michigan
New Research Ideas and Collaborations
5:00 Reception and Dinner immediately following the panels for all those registered to attend the conference and dinner