This week, faculty and students from the 快猫短视频鈥檚 School of Public and International Affairs (快猫短视频) are making a powerful impact at the 2025 American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting. With participation in听40 individual panels and presentations, 快猫短视频 scholars are presenting innovative research, leading critical discussions, and chairing panels across a wide range of topics鈥攆rom global governance and authoritarianism to judicial politics, diversity, and public opinion.
快猫短视频鈥檚 strong presence at APSA 2025 reflects the school鈥檚 commitment to advancing political science through rigorous scholarship and public engagement. We鈥檙e proud to celebrate the achievements of our faculty and students as they help shape the future of the discipline.
Thursday, Sept. 11
“Aid, Accountability, and Voters”
8:00 to 9:30am PDT (11:00am to 12:30pm EDT)
Chair- Ryan M. Powers, 快猫短视频
“Mechanisms of Authoritarian Control in a Globalized World”
8:00 to 9:30am PDT (11:00am to 12:30pm EDT)
Discussant – Rongbin Han, 快猫短视频
“Diversity and Its Effect on the Judiciary”
10:00 to 11:30am PDT (1:00 to 2:30pm EDT)
Presenters- (Paper) Diversity and the Judiciary: An Organizational Perspective – Susan Haire, 快猫短视频
“New Research Frontiers in Asian American Politics”
10:00 to 11:30am PDT (1:00 to 2:30pm EDT)
(Paper) Language and Voting Behavior among Asian Americans – Jangai Jap, 快猫短视频
Poster Session: “Human Rights & Issues in African Politics”
Chair and Discussant- Bree Laura Bang-Jensen, 快猫短视频
“Glass Making and Breaking: Opportunities for Women’s Representation”
2:00 to 3:30pm PDT (5:00 to 6:30pm EDT)
(Paper) Record Breakers: Narratives about Women’s Emergence and Symbolic Representation – Katelyn E. Stauffer, 快猫短视频
“Cars, Faith, and Parties: The Politics of State-Building and State-Capture”
2:00 to 3:30pm PDT (5:00 to 6:30pm EDT)
Presenter: (Paper) Who Captures the State? Break and Continuity in Post-Colonial Party Manifestos 鈥� Joowon Yi and Bonkyu Lim, 快猫短视频
“Affective Polarization around the Globe”
2:00 鈥� 3:30 pm PDT (5:00 to 6:30pm EDT)
Chair- Alexa Bankert, 快猫短视频
“Geopolitics and International Organizations”
4:00 to 5:30pm PDT (7:00 to 8:30pm EDT)
(Paper) Reputational Sources of the Accommodation Dilemma – Ryan M. Powers, 快猫短视频
“Public Opinion and Social Dynamics in Contemporary China”
4:00 to 5:30pm PDT (7:00 to 8:30pm EDT)
(Paper) Putnam鈥檚 Puzzle: How Civic Engagement Erodes Immigration Approval in China – Rongbin Han, 快猫短视频
“Controversies in Bureaucratic Politics”
4:00 to 5:30pm PDT (7:00 to 8:30pm EDT)
Presenter: (Paper – Virtual) Courts and the Clock: Agency Responses in the Separation of Powers 鈥� Yao Yao, 快猫短视频
“Ethnicity, Legitimation, and Authoritarian Legacies in Southeast Asia”
4:00 to 5:30pm PDT (7:00 to 8:30pm EDT)
Chair- Jangai Jap, 快猫短视频
Presentation- (Paper) When Ethnic Identity Undermines National Identity – Jangai Jap, 快猫短视频
Friday, Sept. 12
“Global Governance Contestation and Pushback”
8:00 to 9:30am PDT (11:00am to 12:30pm EDT)
Presenter- Ryan M. Powers, 快猫短视频
“Gatekeepers and Leaky Pipelines: Challenges to Women’s Representation”
10:00 to 11:30am PDT (1:00 to 2:30pm EDT)
Chair- Katelyn E. Stauffer, 快猫短视频
“International Cooperation and Compliance”
10:00 to 11:30am PDT (1:00 to 2:30pm EDT)
(Paper) The Diffusion of Report Non-Compliance in the UN Human Rights Treaty System –听 Carrie (Ha Eun) Park, 快猫短视频
“Judicial Decision Making”
10:00 to 11:30am PDT (1:00 to 2:30pm EDT)
Chair- Gbemende Johnson, 快猫短视频
“Threat Perception, Security Institutions, and Strategic Responses”
12:00 to 1:30pm PDT (3:00 to 4:30pm EDT)
Chair and presenter- (Paper) COVID-19 and Public Threat Perception of Biological Weapons – Justin Conrad, 快猫短视频
“Democratic Principles”
2:00 to 3:30pm PDT (5:00 to 6:30pm EDT)
Discussant: Alexander Kaufman, 快猫短视频
“The Executive and Judicial Politics”
2:00 to 3:30pm PDT (5:00 to 6:30pm EDT)
(Paper) Judges, the Executive Branch, and Dispute Salience – Gbemende Johnson, 快猫短视频, Yao Yao, 快猫短视频
“Parties and Group Identities: Gender and Ethnicity”
4:00 to 5:30pm PDT (7:00 to 8:30pm EDT)
Chair- Minjin Choi, 快猫短视频
(Paper) In the Shadow of Dissatisfaction: The 鈥淜orean Men in Their 20s鈥� in Elections – Solbi Kim, 快猫短视频, Minjin Choi, 快猫短视频
“Election Workers”
4:00 to 5:30pm PDT (7:00 to 8:30pm EDT)
(Paper) How State Laws Shape Public Attitudes about Poll Watchers- Geoffrey Sheagley, 快猫短视频
Authors Meet Critics: “Strategic Responsiveness: How Congress Confronts Presidential Power”
4:00 to 5:30pm PDT (7:00 to 8:30pm EDT)
Chair- Scott H. Ainsworth, 快猫短视频
Presenter(s)- Gbemende Johnson, 快猫短视频
Saturday, Sept. 13
“Experiments on Violence and Political Behavior”
8:00 to 9:30am PDT (11:00am to 12:30pm EDT)
(Paper) Can Violence Narratives Shape Political Participation? Evidence from Nigeria – Megan Turnbull, 快猫短视频
“Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and the ‘Nuclear Taboo'”
8:00 to 9:30am PDT (11:00am to 12:30pm EDT)
Presenter- Naomi Egel, 快猫短视频
“Water Politics across Boundaries”
8:00 to 9:30am PDT (11:00am to 12:30pm EDT)
(Paper) Evolving Dynamics of Water Planning and Collaborative Outputs over Time – Emily V. Bell, 快猫短视频
“Digital China”
10:00 to 11:30am PDT (1:00 to 2:30pm EDT)
Chair: Rongbin Han, 快猫短视频听
“International Security Cooperation”
10:00 to 11:30am PDT (1:00 to 2:30pm EDT)
(Paper) Impact of Intergovernmental Organization Hierarchy on Peace Building – Carrie (Ha Eun) Park, 快猫短视频
“Psychological and Social Mechanisms for Reducing Polarization”
10:00 to 11:30am PDT (1:00 to 2:30pm EDT)
(Paper) From Conflict to Cooperation: Changing Partisan Norms to Reduce Polarization – Alexa Bankert, 快猫短视频
“Statemaking and State Failure”
10:00 to 11:30am PDT (1:00 to 2:30pm EDT)
(Paper) Non-State Authority and Legitimate Violence: A Survey Experiment in Nigeria – Megan Turnbull, 快猫短视频
“What Drives Polarization in Contemporary Societies?”
12:00 to 1:30pm PDT (3:00 to 4:30pm EDT)
(Paper – Virtual) Citizen Voices Reshaping Politics – Solbi Kim, 快猫短视频
“Public Opinion, Alliance Politics, and the Future of Nuclear Strategy”
12:00 to 1:30pm PDT (3:00 to 4:30pm EDT)
(Paper) Public Opinion in NATO on Nuclear Deterrence – Naomi Egel, 快猫短视频
“Migration, Inequality, and Discrimination in Korea and East Asia”
12:00 to 1:30pm PDT (3:00 to 4:30pm EDT
(Paper) In-Group Hate: Intolerance in Asia towards Returning Co-Nationals during COVID-19 – Jangai Jap, 快猫短视频
“Elections and Conflict”
12:00 to 1:30pm PDT (3:00 to 4:30pm EDT)
Discussant- Megan Turnbull, 快猫短视频
“Automating Insights: Harnessing LLMs for Conflict and Human Rights Research”
12:00 to 1:30pm PDT (3:00 to 4:30pm EDT)
Presenters: (Paper) Measuring Intensity of Repression Using an LLM and a Latent Variable Approach 鈥� K. Chad Clay, 快猫短视频, Rebecca Elizaeth Cordell, University of Pittsburgh, Christopher J. Fariss, University of Michigan, Reed M. Wood, Arizona State University, Thorin Martin Wright, Arizona State University
“Identity Issues in Immigration: Gender, Religion, and Indigeneity”
12:00 to 1:30pm PDT (3:00 to 4:30pm EDT)
(Paper) Shortcomings of Migrant Socialization: A Survey of the EU Turkish Diaspora – Gulcan Saglam, 快猫短视频
“Lightning Round: Law and Courts”
2:00 to 3:30pm PDT (5:00 to 6:30pm EDT)
Chair- Susan Haire, 快猫短视频
“The Politics of International Regime Complexity”
4:00 to 5:30pm PDT (7:00 to 8:30pm EDT)
Discussant – Bree Laura Bang-Jensen, 快猫短视频
Sunday, September 14
“International Health Cooperation”
8:00 to 9:30am PDT (11:00am to 12:30pm EDT)
(Paper) Breaking the Habit: Treaty Exit, Trust and Drug Legalization – Bree Laura Bang-Jensen, 快猫短视频
“Staffing the Executive Branch”
8:00 to 9:30am PDT (11:00am to 12:30pm EDT)
(Paper) The Loyalty Premium: Examining Unified Control of the Appointment Process – George A. Krause, 快猫短视频
“The State, Land, and Information”
10:00 to 11:30am PDT (1:00 to 2:30pm EDT)
Discussant and presenter- (Paper) The Social Consequence of Bureaucratic Oversight – Ning He, 快猫短视频
