First Annual Mini-Conference on Policy Agenda Setting
April 3, 2024
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM America/Chicago
Location
Room 213AB, Student Center West
Address
828 S Wolcott Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
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First Annual Mini-Conference on Policy Agenda Setting
University of Illinois Chicago
April 3rd, 2024
Location: University of Illinois Chicago, Student Center West - Room 213AB
Contact: Dr. EJ Fagan
Conference Information
This event will bring together researchers studying agenda setting to discuss both current research and data collection for U.S. scholars and grad students, supplementing a similar meeting that takes place in Europe each summer, as well as networking and mentoring graduate students.
Agenda
Noon-12:30pm: Arrival and light refreshments
12:30pm: Welcome – E.J. Fagan
12:30-1:00pm: “Measure Thrice, Punctuate Once: Assessing Three Measures of Fat-Tails in Appalachian Local Budgets” – Samuel Workman and Herschel Thomas
1:00-1:30pm: “Catching Fire: Media Firestorms and Police Use of Deadly Force” – Amber Boydstun and Jill Laufer
1:30-2:00pm: “Exaggerated Stasis and Policy Monopolies” – Clare Brock and Daniel Mallinson
2:00-2:30pm: Break
2:30-3:00: “Who is Represented in the Government Agenda? The Influence of Outside Groups, Business, and the Public in Four Countries” – Beth Leech, Amy McKay, Adam Chalmers, Patrick Bernhagen and Joost Berkhout
3:00-3:30pm: The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946: How Reforming the Congressional Committee System Affects Problem Monitoring – Sean Theriault and Connor Dye
3:30-4:00pm: “Congressional Staff Policy Portfolios, 1980s-2022” - Tim LaPira and Jesse Crosson
4:00-5:00pm: Plenary Discussion: Future of the U.S. Agendas Project
Date posted
Mar 8, 2024
Date updated
Mar 27, 2024