Discussion Leaders, Spring 2009

February 9      How are Political Opinions and Orientations Formed? – Psychological Explanations.

Nalder

February 16    Ideology

Natasha Wunderlich

February 23   Party Identification

Melissa Lovett

March 2     Patterns in Macro Opinion

Alyse Migliaro

March 9           Political Culture

Dennis Emmitt

March 16       Voting and Attitudes: Red vs. Blue, Pt. 1

Nalder

March 23       Voting and Attitudes: Red vs. Blue Pt. 2

Marie Bezdicek

April 1      *****Spring Break******

April 6             Implicit Appeals and Political Communication

Clint Swift

April 13           Knowledge, Information, and Misinformation

Robert Binning

April 20           Participation and Turnout

Daniel Liu

April 27            Media Effects

Kathey Norton

May 4               Policy Linkage

Jason Brantley

May 11          Does Responsiveness matter?  How much policy control does the public have or want?

Lindsey Simoncic