10:00am-11:30am: Innovations and Theories for Public Engagement

Pennsylvania Convention Center, 105A

Panelists will explore aspects of public engagement and co-production in cases that range from a rural New England town that has used public meetings since 1737 to the Open Government Partnership (OGP), whose members include nations. They will consider relevant concepts and frameworks, including dynamic social theories, co-production, and open government. Chair: Peter Levine, Tufts University

Papers:

Sawyer Rogers: Co-production and Public-Private Partnerships in New England Direct Democracy

Titus Alexander, Democracy Matters: The Benefits of Treating Democratic Innovations as Dynamic Social Theories

Alejandro Baron, Johns Hopkins University (SAIS): The Real Impact of Open Government: Empirical Evidence from the OGP

Discussants:

Darlene Nichole Moorman, Kent State University

Dimitri Courant, Harvard University

2:00pm-3:30pm: Civic Learning on Campus: Bringing Political Science In** 

Pennsylvania Convention Center, 204C

Civic education has been proposed as a mechanism for countering democratic backsliding by developing fundamental support for core democratic principles, norms, dispositions, and capacities in upcoming generations. Providing opportunities for quality civic education for all students, including those who often are marginalized, has the potential to promote productive civic engagement that emphasizes cooperation, collaboration, civil discourse, and tolerance. This panel explores the effectiveness of innovative civic education initiatives, including those aligned with the Educating for American Democracy roadmap, to enhance the civic capacity of diverse student populations, including students of color, incarcerated students, and students with disabilities. Chair: Mary A. McHugh, Merrimack College

Papers:

Klara Maria Cecilia Fredriksson, University of Texas at Austin: A Tale of Two Educations: Custodial Citizens and the "Hidden Curricula" 

Joseph Kahne, University of California, Riverside; Benjamin T. Bowyer, University of California-Riverside- Graduate School of Education: Can Civic Education Bulwark against Democratic Backsliding? 

Diana M. Owen, Georgetown University: Preparing Students with Disabilities for Civic Engagement 

Tyson D. King-Meadows, University of Massachusetts-Boston: Race Relations, Civics, and the Post-truth Soulcrafting of Young Americans

Discussant:

Richard M. Battistoni, Providence College

**Part of APSA Conference Mini-Conference I: Countering Democratic Backsliding through Civic Education for All Students

2:00pm-3:30pm: Civic Engagement Models and Practices

Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, 402

Civic engagement is central to the maintenance of a democratic polity, yet the concept remains somewhat elusive. This panel addresses core issues that scholars and practitioners continue to debate. What exactly constitutes civic engagement? How much of civic engagement is political? What political and social structures and organizations support (or impede) civic engagement? Chair: Lauren C. Bell, Randolph-Macon College

Papers:

Simanti Lahiri, Rutgers University–Camden: Democracy as a Practice: Recovering the Political in Civic Engagement

Annie Niessen, University of Liege: Democratic Legitimacy across the Pond: Citizen Engagement in the US and the EU

Erika Coe, Indiana University: New Civic Engagement? Where Has the ‘Public’ and ‘Work’ Gone in Public Work?

Titus Alexander, Democracy Matters: Using Social Models of Civic Engagement to Strengthen Democracy

Discussants:

John Francis Burke, Trinity University

Titus Alexander, Democracy Matters

10:00am-11:30am: Representativity, Inclusion and Legitimacy of Minipublics: Issues and Solutions

Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, 409 

This panel invites theoretical and empirical research contributions that explore the tension between the quality of deliberation/effective participation, and the imperative of representativity and legitimacy.

The following is a set of example research questions, but we invite scholars to propose other related questions:

1) What criteria should be used to establish the representativeness and inclusiveness of participatory and deliberative processes?

2) What is the level of representativeness and inclusiveness of current practices in sortition-based deliberative/participatory democracy?

3) What are potential strategies and technologies for enhancing representativeness and inclusiveness? What are their trade-offs?

4) What is the impact of representativity on legitimacy? What is the impact of less than perfect representativity? Does input representativity have an impact on legitimacy? Or the key driver of legitimacy is the representativity of the output?

Chair: Paolo Spada, University of Southampton

Papers:

Arild Ohren, Norwegian University of Science and Technology: The Representative Claim of Deliberative Mini-Publics

Katy Tabero, Southampton University; Zohreh Khoban, University of Southampton; Matt Ryan, University of Southampton; Paolo Spada, University of Southampton: A GOTP Experiment to Promote Inclusion in a Citizens' Assembly - 

Gerhard Riener, University of Southampton: Inviting to Represent: A Large-Scale RCT on Political Participation 

Masood Gheasi, University of Southampton; Jessica Cristina Smith, University of Southampton; Matt Ryan, University of Southampton; Rafael Mestre, University of Southampton: Gender and Inclusion in Deliberation: A Meta-Analysis

Discussant:

Tiago Peixoto, World Bank

10:00am-11:30am: Gateways to Political Mobilization

Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, 413

Civic engagement is central to the maintenance of a democratic polity, yet the concept remains somewhat elusive. This panel addresses core issues that scholars and practitioners continue to debate. What exactly constitutes civic engagement? How much of civic engagement is political? What political and social structures and organizations support (or impede) civic engagement? Chair: Jeffrey F. Kraus, Wagner College

Papers:

Oded Marom, University of Southern California: Banal Radicalism 

D'Arlyn Bell, University of Kansas: Urban Indian Centers and Indigenous Political Mobilization

Anthony Sealey, University of Pennsylvania; Femida Handy, University of Pennsylvania: Who Participates Where? VSO Participation in the Advanced Industrial Democracies

Discussant

Charles L. Mitchell, Grambling State University

12:00-12:30: Civic Engagement Poster Session

Pennsylvania Convention Center, Hall A

This session explores the variety of ways that civic engagement is manifested in society. Chair: Darlene Nichole Moorman, Kent State University

Posters:

Alejandro Jose Ramos, Cornell University; Emma Grady, The Ramos Research Institute: A Path to Informed Democracy: Bridging Civic Engagement and Media Literacy

Jong-Heum Chung: Correcting Overconfidence in Political Knowledge and Its Effects

Lsa Basishvili, Tbilisi State University (TSU): Importance of Media for Democratic Deliberation and Civic Engagement 

Lin Song, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; Danning Zhao, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen: Social Media and Online Political Engagement in China and the U.S.

Discussant:

Lauren C. Bell, Randolph-Macon College

12:00-1:30:  Democratic Renewal through Innovations in Civic Learning**

Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, 412

Innovations in civic learning employ active approaches where young people engage in practices that promote democratic renewal. Acquisition of civic knowledge, dispositions, and skills can be enhanced by curriculum interventions, extracurricular programs, and events that emphasis learning by doing. This panel examines how students’ and young adults’ involvement in creative classroom instructional initiatives, innovative civic programs, and community events can foster positive orientations toward civic engagement, heighten awareness of pressing societal issues, promote civil discussion, and bridge generational gaps in participation. Chair: Jyl J Josephson, Rutgers University-Newark

Papers:

Ashton R. Rohmer, George Mason University: Democracy on Two Wheels: Reimagining Streets for Kids, One Bike Bus at a Time

Daniel Schugurensky, Arizona State University; Tara Lynn Bartlett, Arizona State University: School Participatory Budgeting: Democratic Renewal and Civic Reimagining 

James Sloam, University of London, Royal Holloway: Turning Youth Voice into Public Policy: Civic Mentoring & Democratic Renewal

Kevin M. Esterling, University of California, Riverside; Joseph Kahne, University of California, Riverside; William Minozzi, Ohio State University: Connecting Classrooms to Congress

Discussant:

Amanda Wintersieck, Virginia Commonwealth University

**Co-sponsored with the APSA Political Science Education Section

2:00-3:30: Explaining and Mitigating Voting Behavior Gaps

Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, 412

Whether or not a person participates in elections is influenced by a range of factors. Rules, regulations, and compliance issues can complicate the process for voters in certain areas. The relationship between education, gender, and race and voting can vary based on state and local contexts. Innovative methods are being proposed and implemented to persuade young voters, especially, to get to the polls. At the same time, the traditional notion of the nonvoter as unengaged is being challenged. Chair: Quinn Bornstein, Georgetown University

Papers:

Peter W. Brusoe, SUNY, Delhi College of Technology: A Voting Booth Too Far: College Students Voting in Rural America

Carolina Bernal, Columbia University; Mateo Villamizar Chaparro, Duke University; Mónica Pachón, University of Los Andes: Prediction Markets and Political Interest: The Votanding Experience

Sara Kirshbaum: Understanding Nonvoters: The Participatory Nonvoter Survey

Discussant:

William O'Brochta, Texas Lutheran University

2:00-3:30: Distinguished Civic & Community Engagement Award: Religion and Civic Engagement

Philadelphia Convention Center, 202B

Co-sponsored by the Religion and Politics and Civic Engagement organized sections, this panel honors the work of Rebecca Glazier, the recipient of APSA’s 2023 Distinguished Award for Civic and Community Engagement and Director of the Little Rock Congregations Study. Glazier’s latest book “Faith and Community: How Engagement Strengthens Members, Places of Worship, and Society” (Temple University Press) will be published in summer 2024. Panelists will each discuss the importance of religion and civic engagement in this election year and attendees will have the opportunity to discuss and network during a brief, catered reception to follow.

This event is sponsored by the Ivywood Foundation

Chair:

Rebecca A. Glazier, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Presenters:

David E. Campbell, University of Notre Dame

Paul A. Djupe, Denison University

Eric L. McDaniel, University of Texas

J. Cherie Strahan, The University of Akron

4:00-5:30: Youth Civic Engagement

Marriott Philadelphia Downtown 412

This panel explores the ways that young people are engaging in politics and the motivations that underpin their participation. Young people are concerned about issues that directly impact their lives, such as gun violence. Their views of the political world are shaped by their collective sense of injustice, powerlessness, and marginalization. These papers examine mechanisms for youth civic engagement, including their participation in networks, social movements, and collective action. Chair: Richard M. Battistoni, Providence College

Papers:

Workneh Abebe Yadete, ODI; Nicola Jones; Kate Pincock, ODI; Khadija Mitu, University of Chittagong; Sally Youssef, ODI: Inequalities in Young People’s Civic Engagement in the Global South

Nicolas Riveros Medelius, Harvard University: Using Social Network Analysis to Study the Political Socialization of Youth

Discussant:

4:00-5:30: Civic Engagement and Service Learning on College Campuses

Marriott Philadelphia Downtown 412

This panel explores the ways that young people are engaging in politics and the motivations that underpin their participation. Young people are concerned about issues that directly impact their lives, such as gun violence. Their views of the political world are shaped by their collective sense of injustice, powerlessness, and marginalization. These papers examine mechanisms for youth civic engagement, including their participation in networks, social movements, and collective action. Chair: Mary A. McHugh, Merrimack College

Papers:

Huiting Qi: Development of Service-Learning Pedagogy for Political Science Education

Teresa Cornacchione, University of Florida: Managing Difficult Conversations: Civil Discourse on College Campuses

Justin Charles Michael Patrick, University of Toronto: Perspectives on Politics of Survivors of Student Government Authoritarianism

Diana M. Owen, Georgetown University; Alissa Irion-Groth, Center for Civic Education: Preparing Students for Civic Engagement through Project Citizen

Discussant:

Holley E. Hansen, Oklahoma State University

10:00am-11:30am: Roundtable on Civic Pedagogies: Teaching Civic Engagement in an Era of Divisive Politics**

Marriott Philadelphia Downtown 308

As the 2024 Annual Meeting conference chairs note in their call for proposals, “[s]cholars, political professionals, and citizens alike sense a growing need to enhance civic learning, perhaps most acutely in higher education.” In 2024 Civic Pedagogies: Teaching Civic Engagement in an Era of Divisive Politics will be published by Palgrave Macmillan. This edited volume brings together more than three dozen students, scholars, and practitioners to tackle questions related to how political science, specifically, and higher education, more broadly, can offer civically-engaged pedagogies in an era of polarization, hyper-partisanship, and the politicization of higher education. In this roundtable, the volume’s editors and representative authors discuss the book and invite conversation from the audience about its strengths and weaknesses. The roundtable participants will also offer their perspectives on how best to promote civic learning at such a difficult moment, particularly for junior and minoritized scholars. 

Chair: Carah Ong Whaley, Issue One

Participants:

Allison Rank, SUNY, Oswego State

Lauren Cohen Bell, Randolph-Macon College

Andrew Hewitt Smith, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley

Richard J. Meagher, Randolph-Macon College

John P. Forren, Miami University

Leah A. Murray, Weber State University

**Co-sponsored with the APSA Political Science Education Section