The American Politics Workshop is a bi-weekly research colloquium for faculty and graduate students.  The workshop constitutes an ongoing research community where participants present and discuss papers in an informal, supportive environment.  Papers are made available via the workshop website in advance of our meetings, and participants are expected to have read them. Discussion leaders are assigned on a rotating basis, matching papers with discussants who share complementary research interests. Many of the papers presented in recent years have gone on to publication in top tier political science journals.  

 

The workshop is especially beneficial for our graduate students. It provides an excellent opportunity to interact with the American Politics faculty outside of the classroom and, for advanced graduate students actively engaged in scholarly research, the workshop can also be an invaluable source of professional advice.  The American Politics faculty strongly encourages all of our graduate students to regularly participate in the workshop. 

 

The AP Workshop website is: http://www.gvpt.umd.edu.  Click the research tab and then select the American Politics Workshop. 

 

Workshops are held from 11-12:30pm at the locations listed by date.  While the workshop focuses on issues in American politics, all faculty and graduate students are welcome to attend.