The School of Public and International Affairs (快猫短视频) is proud to showcase the outstanding scholarship of our faculty and students at the 2026 Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) Annual Conference. This multi-day event brings together leading political science experts from across the country, and 快猫短视频 is well represented with presentations, panels, and discussions on topics ranging from judicial politics and international conflict to public opinion and political behavior. Below is a comprehensive list of sessions featuring 快猫短视频 participants, with 快猫短视频-affiliated scholars highlighted in bold.
Thursday, 9:30 AM 鈥� 10:45 AM | Canal 鈥� 3rd Floor
Panel: Economic Voting Public Opinion
Chair: Emily Anne West, University of Pittsburgh
Presentations:
- In Search of the Party of the People: Vanishing Class-based Party Images in American Politics
- Stephen Nicholson, 快猫短视频
- Joseph Ornstein, 快猫短视频
- Gary M. Segura, UCLA
- Andrew Stone, 快猫短视频
Thursday, 11:00 AM 鈥� 12:15 PM | Churchill C1 鈥� 2nd Floor
Panel: CwC #3: Support for Courts
Chair: Amanda Driscoll, Florida State University
Presentations:
- Supreme Court Decisions, Public Engagement, and Court Support 鈥� Joshua Boston, Bowling Green State University; Chris Krewson, Brigham Young University
- Beyond the Battery: What Americans Really Think About Supreme Court Legitimacy 鈥� Taraleigh Davis, Bradley University; Sara Benesh, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Symbolic Ideology, Policy Views, and Supreme Court Behavior 鈥� Albert Rivero, University of Virginia
- Emotional Responses to Supreme Court Decisions and their Impact on Court Approval 鈥� Nathan Carrington, Saint Louis University; Shana Kushner Gadarian, Syracuse University; Bethany Albertson, University of Texas at Austin
- Due Diligence? How the Nuclear Option Transformed Judicial Vetting 鈥� Morrgan Herlihy, Penn State University
Discussants: Logan Strother, Purdue University; Jonathan King, 快猫短视频
Thursday, 11:00 AM 鈥� 12:15 PM | Commerce 鈥� 3rd Floor
Panel: Domestic Politics and Conflict
Chair: Jeff Carter, Appalachian State University
Presentations:
- The Strategy of Wartime Issue Manipulation 鈥� Doug Atkinson, Brigham Young University; Andy Owsiak, 快猫短视频
Thursday, 2:00 PM 鈥� 3:15 PM | Churchill C1 鈥� 2nd Floor
Panel: CwC #3: Judges on Apex Courts
Chair: Jay Krehbiel, University at Buffalo
Presentations:
- Recuse Me? Using the Stevens Papers to Understand Recusal 鈥� Jacob Berg, West Virginia University; Abigail Hassett, Transylvania University; Jonathan King, 快猫短视频; Jessica Schoenherr, 快猫短视频
Thursday, 2:00 PM 鈥� 3:15 PM | Churchill C2 鈥� 2nd Floor
Panel: CwC #10: Immigration Attitudes and Political Behavior
Chair: Natalie Chwalisz, Dickinson College
Presentations:
- Dangerous Stereotypes: Correcting Misperceptions about Undocumented Immigrants to Promote Inclusionary Preferences 鈥� Nat谩n Skigin, 快猫短视频
Thursday, 3:30 PM 鈥� 4:45 PM | Churchill C1 鈥� 2nd Floor
Panel: CwC #3: Judicial Procedures
Chair: Michael J Nelson, Penn State
Presentations:
- Injunction Junction: The Supreme Court and the Politics of Nationwide Relief 鈥� Miles Armaly, University of Mississippi; Jonathan King, 快猫短视频; Elizabeth Lane, North Carolina State University; Jessica Schoenherr, 快猫短视频
Thursday, 5:00 PM 鈥� 6:15 PM | Steering 鈥� Riverside Building
Panel: Presidential Power and Leadership I
Chair: Ryan Carlin, Georgia State University
Presentations:
- The Strategic Presidency: The Politics of Symbolic Executive Action 鈥� Yao Yao, 快猫短视频
Friday, 8:00 AM 鈥� 9:15 AM | Canal 鈥� 3rd Floor
Panel: Anti-Intellectualism and Higher Education
Chair: Kathryn Robison, The University of Sydney
Presentations:
- Anti-Intellectualism in Appalachia 鈥� Tabitha A. Lamberth, 快猫短视频
Friday, 8:00 AM 鈥� 9:15 AM | Kobacoff 鈥� Riverside Building
Panel: Causal Inference with Complications
Chair: Carlisle Rainey, Florida State University
Presentations:
- Dynamic Causal Inference Using Changepoint Models 鈥� Garrett Vande Kamp, 快猫短视频; Soren Jordan, Texas A&M University
Friday, 9:30 AM 鈥� 10:45 AM | Churchill B2 鈥� 2nd Floor
Panel: CwC #10: Author Meets Critics 鈥� In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular
Chair: Alex Sager, Portland State University
Discussants: Miranda Simon, University of Essex; Christopher Blair, Princeton University; Nat谩n Skigin, 快猫短视频; Alex Sager, Portland State University
Friday, 9:30 AM 鈥� 10:45 AM | Churchill C1 鈥� 2nd Floor
Panel: CwC #3: The Diversification of the Bench
Chair: Eileen Braman, Indiana University
Presentations:
- Changing Tides: How Diversifying the Federal Bench Changes the Supreme Court Bar 鈥� Jonathan King, 快猫短视频; Jessica Schoenherr, 快猫短视频; Katelyn Stauffer, 快猫短视频
Friday, 12:30 PM 鈥� 1:45 PM | Ascot 鈥� 3rd Floor
Panel: Political Behavior in Latin America
Chair: Isabel Laterzo-Tingley, University of Texas at Austin
Presentations:
- Bringing Communities Back to Community Policing 鈥� Nat谩n Skigin, 快猫短视频; Guillermo Trejo, University of Notre Dame; Shannan Mattiace, Allegheny College
Friday, 12:30 PM 鈥� 1:45 PM | Churchill C1 鈥� 2nd Floor
Panel: CwC #3: State Courts and Judicial Elections
Chair: Rorie Solberg, Oregon State University
Presentations:
- Interbranch Relations and Public Evaluations of the Judiciary 鈥� Teena Wilhelm, 快猫短视频; David Hughes, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Friday, 12:30 PM 鈥� 1:45 PM | Trafalgar 鈥� 3rd Floor
Panel: Formal Models of Electoral Politics
Chair: Georg Vanberg, Duke University
Presentations:
- Ranked-Choice Voting with Different Elimination Procedures 鈥� Keith Dougherty, 快猫短视频; Spenceer Katzman, 快猫短视频
Friday, 2:00 PM 鈥� 3:15 PM | Jackson 鈥� 3rd Floor
Panel: SPSA Women: Strategies & Support for Faculty Workload Management
Discussant: Susan Haire, 快猫短视频
Friday, 2:00 PM 鈥� 3:15 PM | Norwich 鈥� 3rd Floor
Panel: Legislating on the Climate
Chair: Jessica Schoenherr, 快猫短视频
Friday, 3:30 PM 鈥� 4:45 PM | Bridge 鈥� Riverside Building
Panel: Reconsidering Contextual Considerations and Elections
Discussant: Katelyn Stauffer, 快猫短视频
Friday, 3:30 PM 鈥� 4:45 PM | Canal 鈥� 3rd Floor
Panel: Partisanship and Trust in Political Institutions
Presentations:
- Blurring the Lines? Cues and Accountability in Shared Policymaking 鈥� Yao Yao, 快猫短视频
Friday, 3:30 PM 鈥� 4:45 PM | Churchill C1 鈥� 2nd Floor
Panel: Prosecutors and Litigation
Discussant: Jessica Schoenherr, 快猫短视频
Friday, 3:30 PM 鈥� 4:45 PM | Eglinton Winton 鈥� 2nd Floor
Panel: Race and Respectability Politics Strategies
Presentations:
- Between a Black and Hard Place: Racial Authenticity in American Politics 鈥� Karlee Lynne Kimbrell, 快猫短视频
Friday, 3:30 PM 鈥� 4:45 PM | Jackson 鈥� 3rd Floor
Panel: SPSA Women: Connections & Conversations
Discussant: Katelyn Stauffer, 快猫短视频
Friday, 5:00 PM 鈥� 6:15 PM | Eglinton Winton 鈥� 2nd Floor
Panel: Democracy in Action: Theories and Practices of Participation
Presentations:
- Shadow Factions: The Dictator鈥檚 Local Dilemma 鈥� Yuge Wang, 快猫短视频
Friday, 5:00 PM 鈥� 6:15 PM | Steering 鈥� Riverside Building
Panel: Author Meets Critics: Murder on the Mississippi
Discussants: Saladin Ambar, Rutgers University; Jamie Carson, 快猫短视频
Saturday, 8:00 AM 鈥� 9:15 AM | Camp 鈥� 3rd Floor
Panel: Drivers of Engagement in Polarized America
Presentations:
- Civic Friendship in the Age of Trump 鈥� Saladin Ambar, Rutgers University; Gbemende Johnson, 快猫短视频; Drew A. Kurlowski, Coastal Carolina University; Justin Vaughn, Coastal Carolina University
Saturday, 9:30 AM 鈥� 10:45 AM | Commerce 鈥� 3rd Floor
Panel: Third Party Intervention
Chair: Andy Owsiak, 快猫短视频
Discussants: Andy Owsiak, 快猫短视频; Uchenna Hillprieston Okwara, University of Central Florida
Saturday, 9:30 AM 鈥� 10:45 AM | Royal 鈥� 3rd Floor
Panel: Perspectives on Law and Courts
Discussant: Teena Wilhelm, 快猫短视频
Saturday, 11:00 AM 鈥� 12:15 PM | Churchill B2 鈥� 2nd Floor
Panel: Judicial and Public Constraints on Executive Power
Presentations:
- The People鈥檚 Attorney? Examining Public Trust in the Prosecutor鈥檚 Office 鈥� Damon Cann, Utah State University; Jamie Carson, 快猫短视频; Jeffrey Yates, Binghamton University; Joshua Baldwin, 快猫短视频
Saturday, 11:00 AM 鈥� 12:15 PM | Royal 鈥� 3rd Floor
Panel: Staffing the Bench: From Recruitment to Retirement
Presentations:
- The Consequences of Politicization in Turnover on the Lower Federal Courts 鈥� Richard L. Vining, 快猫短视频; Jake Truscott, University of Florida
Saturday, 2:00 PM 鈥� 3:15 PM | Royal 鈥� 3rd Floor
Panel: Text-Based Approaches to Understanding Identity in the Courts
Presentations:
- The Prevalence (and Necessity) of Feminine Confidence in Judicial Leadership 鈥� Teena Wilhelm, 快猫短视频; Richard L. Vining, 快猫短视频; Levi Hudson, 快猫短视频
Saturday, 3:30 PM 鈥� 4:45 PM | Eglinton Winton 鈥� 2nd Floor
Panel: Comparative Perspectives on Feminist Movements
Presentations:
- The Femin[ist] Mystique: How Definitions of Feminism Shape Affect and Identity 鈥� Elizabeth Connors, University of South Carolina; Katelyn Stauffer, 快猫短视频
Saturday, 3:30 PM 鈥� 4:45 PM | Magazine 鈥� 3rd Floor
Panel: Federalism & Intergovernmental Relations
Discussant: Nathan M. Jordan, 快猫短视频
Saturday, 5:00 PM 鈥� 6:15 PM | Durham 鈥� 3rd Floor
Panel: State Policy: Agendas, Design, and Diffusion
Presentations:
- Civil Rights Policy Diffusion in the States: The CROWN Act, 2019鈥�2025 鈥� Nathan M. Jordan, 快猫短视频
Saturday, 5:00 PM 鈥� 6:15 PM | Jackson 鈥� 3rd Floor
Panel: Representation in Congress
Presentations:
- The Impact of Redistricting on Candidates in Congressional Primary Elections 鈥� Jamie Carson, 快猫短视频; David Cottrell, 快猫短视频
