Mark your calendars for November 7, 2025!
The conference program is listed below. If you would like to attend, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/7WPE7aUa9aEHv2dB9. We look forward to seeing you at Tulane University on November 7!
Program Committee: Allison Grossman, Maggie Macdonald, Alexis Palmer & Rachel Schoner
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Southern Workshop in Empirical Political Science
Tulane University, November 7, 2025
Howard Tilton Memorial Library, Room 430
11:00am to 11:15am: Intro, pastries and coffee
11:15am to 12:15pm: Paper Session 1
Paper: The Lady and the Military: Critical Discourse Analysis of Civilian Narratives of Myanmar’s Military
Author: Prajakta Gupte (University of Florida)
Discussant: Jangai Jap (University of Georgia)
Chair: Changwook Ju (Tulane University)
12:15pm to 1:30pm: Lunch & Paper Session 2
Paper: “How NGOs Reshape the State: Evidence from Municipal Spending and Employment in Brazil”
Author Alexander Dean (Vanderbilt University)
Discussant: Josephine Lechartre (Tulane University)
Chair: Virginia Oliveros (Tulane University)
1:30pm to 2:30pm: Paper Session 3
Paper: "Party Cues or Group Sympathy? How Perceived Group Support Shapes Policy Beliefs"
Author: Austin Cutler (Florida State University)
Discussant: TBC
Chair: TBC
2:45pm to 3:45 pm: Paper Session 4
Paper: “Judicial Checks and Public Support for Democratic Backsliding”
Author: Martín Gandur (Florida State University)
Discussant: Jeff Staton (Emory University)
Chair: Hannah Baron (Xavier University)
3:45- 4:15 pm Coffee break
4:15pm to 5:15pm: Paper Session 5
Paper: “Territorial Competition, Civilian Protests and Displacement in Civil Wars”
Author: Thao- Nguyen Ha (Vanderbilt University)
Chair: TBC
Discussant: TBC
5:30pm to 6:30pm: Graduate Student Poster Session
Poster presenters:
Jain Choi, University of Florida
Shiladitya Kumar, University of Houston
Renzo Aurazo Diaz, Tulane University
Jaime Lindh, University of California, Chapel Hill
Yuge Wang, University of Georgia
7:00pm to 8:30pm: dinner (by invitation)