Several members of the Department of Political Science presented new research at the American Political Science Association conference September 1-4, 2011 in Seattle.  Their papers are detailed below, and the complete program is avaialble at APSA's website.

• Amel Ahmed, "Constituting the Electorate: Democratization and the Politics of Electoral System Choice in Advanced Democracies"
• Charlie Carpenter, "Networks and New Norm Development"

• Jane Fountain, "Disjointed Innovation: The Political Economy of Digitally Mediated Institutional Reform"

• Jesse Rhodes, "The Rise (and Fall?) of Rights Themes in Presidential Rhetoric"
• Fred Schaffer, "Concepts: Reflexive Approaches"

• Brian Schaffner, presenting "Support At Any Distance? Gauging the Role of Distance on Support for Building a Mosque Near Ground Zero" and "How Voters React to Group-Based Appeals"