Speakers

• Sarah Anzia (University of California, Berkeley)
• Michael Barber (Brigham Young University)
• Alex Garlick (University of Vermont)
• Alexander Hertel-Fernandez (Columbia University)
• Justin Kirkland (University of Virginia)
• Patricia Kirkland (Princeton University)
• Mary Kroeger (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Kyuwon Lee (Princeton University)
• Nolan McCarty (Princeton University)
• Connor Phillips (Princeton University)
• Hye Young You (Princeton University)

Schedule

8:15 – 9:00 AM: Breakfast

9:00 – 9:50 AM: Session 1 | “How Federated Interest Groups Manage Political Cross-Pressures: The Case of State Labor Unions”

• Author: Alexander Hertel-Fernandez
• Discussant: Hye Young You

9:50 – 10:05 AM: Break

10:05 – 10:55 AM: Session 2 | “Partisan Commenting: Evidence from State and Local Involvement in Federal Rulemaking”

• Authors: Mary A. Kroeger (with Maria Silfa)
• Discussant: Kyuwon Lee

10:55 – 11:10 AM: Break

11:10 AM – Noon: Session 3 | “How State Legislative Agendas Contribute to Partisan Polarization”

• Authors: Alex Garlick (with Ethan Dee)
• Discussant: Justin H. Kirkland 

Noon – 1:15 PM: Lunch

1:15 – 2:05 PM: Session 4 | “Interest Group Strategy and State Legislative Polarization”

• Author: Connor Halloran Phillips
• Discussant: Michael Barber

2:05 – 2:20 PM: Break

2:20 – 3:10 PM: Session 5 | “Business, Labor, and the Modern Politics of City Tax Increases”

• Author: Sarah F. Anzia
• Discussant: Patricia A. Kirkland

3:10 – 3:25 PM: Break

3:25 – 4:30 PM: Roundtable | “Research on Interest Groups and State Parties: Current Status and Future Directions”

• Speakers: Sarah F. Anzia, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Justin H. Kirkland, and Nolan McCarty
• Moderator: Hye Young You