Undergraduate Peer Mentor Program
The Department of Political Science Undergraduate Peer Mentor Program has been a wonderful resource for students searching for information and a student’s view about classes, campus activities, internships, and many other topics. This year’s six peer mentors (juniors and seniors) have been actively involved in the campus community and have a wealth of knowledge to share with new students in our program. To learn more, visit politicalscience.uiowa.edu/undergraduate/political-science-peer-mentors
PICTURED: (top) Jaden Bartlett, Maddie Cason, Yunseo Ki, (bottom) Maia Rivera Diaz, Marco Oceguera, Ryan Westhoff
Benjamin F. Shambaugh Conferences
Women and Political Parties: Building Theory and Knowledge TRACY OSBORN Eighteen participants gathered on October 13-14 for the Shambaugh Conference on Women and Parties The participants presented papers about how women in office interact with political parties - for example, whether and how parties recruit women candidates, Republican women’s leadership in Congress, and how different levels of parties work together to promote women’s issues. Two participants from the University of Edinburgh also encouraged us to think about how the UK and American party systems compare. Nine graduate students from the Department of Political Science also got the chance to participate. After the conference, the group plans to publish several articles on new research in women and parties - as political parties continue to change, we need to develop new ideas and data to understand how women in different parties govern.
The Risks and Opportunities of the 2024 Election CAROLINE TOLBERT & MICHAEL RITTER
Professor Caroline Tolbert and alum Michael Ritter (Washington State University) hosted a Shambaugh Conference November 2-4, 2023, focusing on 2024, an election with high stakes, opportunities, and potential risks. They brought together twenty out-of-state experts on election administration and election law. Elaine Kamarck of the Brookings Institution also gave a keynote presentation on the 2024 Republican primary. The risks of 2024 include possible parallels between the upcoming presidential election and 2000, when 4-6 million ballots were not counted due to problems with election administration (Caltech MIT 2011). Topics discussed at the conference included poll worker retention, professionalization of election auditors, the varying cost of administering elections and measuring local govt election capacity; issues with mail-in voting; voter centers, third-party voter registration, legislative districts, election integrity, and voter confidence in elections.
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