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The following is part of a series of posts written by MPSA award recipients highlighting outstanding research presented at previous MPSA annual conferences and in the American Journal of Political Science. The following AJPS Author Summary was first published on the AJPS website and is shared here…


Voting Can Be Hard, Information Helps

By Melody Crowder-Meyer, Shana Kushner Gadarian, and Jessica Trounstine Vote When Los Angeles County voters entered…


What 18,000 Declassified Documents (and a Computer) Reveal About the Credibility of Signals During Crises

By Eric Min of Stanford University MPSA-Min-DurrSoviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, left, and U.S. President John F. Kennedy sit in the…


Foster Care Privatization: How an Increasingly Popular Public Policy Leads to Increased Levels of Abuse and Neglect

MPSA blog - Eatough - Foster Care Privatization Foster care in the United States is dramatically influenced by federal and state…


In Retrospect: Tips for First-Time MPSA Attendees and Presenters

By Charmaine N. Willis of University at Albany, SUNY In Retrospect: Tips for First-Time MPSA Attendees and Presenters


Diffusion by Any Means Necessary

By Harold “Harry” Young of Austin Peay State University MPSA-Young-DiffusionMembers of the "GRAD SCHOOL: What to Expect at a…


Reflections on the #MPSA18 Mentoring Reception

On the second day of the 76th Annual Conference, MPSA held a mentoring reception for which graduate students, PhD recipients in non-academic positions, junior, mid-career, and contingent faculty could select volunteer mentors for small group mentoring to discuss their current research and…


More Bridging, Less Bonding: New Views of Social Capital

(or, Why I am Going to Watch Roseanne) by Michael A. Smith of Emporia State University MPSA-Smith-Bond-Bridge Social…