APD Workshop Series

Mission:

The APD Workshop Series provides opportunities for scholars of American Political Development--especially advanced graduate students, post-docs, junior faculty, and faculty at institutions with limited research resources and opportunities--to present and receive feedback on their works-in-progress. Our goal is to build a diverse and inclusive community of scholars and showcase the breadth of impressive work being done in the APD subfield. If this sounds interesting to you, please visit the Mailing List page to stay informed of future meetings!

Workshop Format:

Each workshop session runs for one hour and provides an opportunity for scholars to present their work and receive feedback. Submissions may be solo-authored or collaborative. We will typically feature one article-length manuscript or a working draft of a book project (typically an introductory chapter coupled with an empirical/case study chapter). This is a works-in-progress workshop, so authors are encouraged to submit work that is in its early stages and in need of feedback and commentary. 

We welcome submissions from graduate students and faculty from all ranks, but we will prioritize presentation opportunities for advanced graduate students, post-docs, junior faculty, and faculty at institutions with limited research resources and opportunities.

Authors will present their work for 15-20 minutes, discussants will offer comments for 10 minutes, and the balance of the time is reserved for Q+A and discussion among the group. Discussants are encouraged to share feedback with authors individually before or after their session. We strongly encourage participants to read the presenters’ papers in advance of the session. If you have a dream discussant you’d like for your paper, please tell us and we will do our best to make it happen!

If you are interested in presenting or serving as a discussant for future sessions, please visit the Submissions page or email Ryan LaRochelle at ryan.m.larochelle@maine.edu 

Schedule:

We meet on the second Thursday of each month 3:00PM - 4:00PM Eastern. A full schedule can be found on the Schedule page.