Dates: May 20-21
Location: Miller Center, University of Virginia
Organizer: Jeffrey Jenkins
“Switchman of American Citizenship: Senate Distinctiveness, Dred Scott, and Ironies of the Citizenship Clause” by Richard Valelly (Swarthmore College)
“Between Reconstructions: Congressional Action on Civil Rights, 1891–1940” by Jeffery Jenkins, Justin Peck, and Vesla Weaver(University of Virginia)
“The Free Trade Movement and the New Deal: Reassessing the Role of Interest Groups in Securing Policy Change” by McGee Young (Marquette University)
“Race, Congress, and the Making of the Agricultural Welfare State” by Kimberley Johnson (Barnard College)
“Bicameralism and Personal Vote Seeking in the Modernizing U.S. Congress” by Charles Finocchiaro (University of South Carolina)
“Public Opinion, the Congressional Policy Agenda, and the Limits of New Deal Liberalism, 1935–1945” by Eric Schickler (University of California, Berkeley)
“Congressional Delegation of Power: Efficient Strategy or Existential Tragedy?” by Jasmine Farrier (University of Louisville)
“The Evolution of Policy” by E. Scott Adler(University of Colorado)
“The Effect of Ballot Type on Congressional Elections, 1946–2008” by Jason Roberts (University of North Carolina)
“Costly Consideration: Agenda Setting and Majority Party Advantage in the U.S. Senate” by Nathan Monroe (University of California, Merced)