Sidak Yntiso and Sanford Gordon (New York University)

Abstract: How can we measure racial gerrymandering? Isolating racially disparate impacts of redistricting has proven difficult as sophisticated mapmakers can...

Luwei Ying (Washington University in St. Louis)

*Award for Best Graduate Student Poster - Applications*

Abstract: Radical Islamists as the major force of the current "wave" of terrorism pursue impact, not only attacks. Scholars, however, for decades have almost exclusively focused...

Omer Faruk Yalcin (Pennsylvania State University)

Abstract: An important issue in the study of comparative political elite networks is the elusiveness of cross-country empirical measurement. Most studies of political elites focus on country or region-specific institutions and use ad-hoc data collection methods like surveys...

Matthew Graham (Yale University)

Abstract: Survey measures of the public's factual beliefs suggest widespread misinformation on politically relevant matters of fact: not only do many Americans not only choose incorrect responses, but...

Elisha Cohen (Emory University)

Abstract: Outcome tests, a method that can be used for evaluating bias in selection making processes, are especially useful when using administrative datasets that contain only observations after the selection process has occurred. I show the outcome test lower bound derived by Knox, Lowe, and Mummolo (...

Angela Chesler (University of Notre Dame)

Abstract: Scholars of international relations, comparative politics, and peace and conflict studies are often interested in questions concerning the triggers of extreme political outcomes such as war, coups, and genocide. In a causal chain, a trigger is an immediate cause that can be...