2018 – Ohio State University

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The tenth meeting of the Visions in Methodology conference was held at The Ohio State University on May 7-9, 2018.

Hosts: Janet Box-Steffensmeier (OSU), Shawna Metzger (NUS), Women in Political Science (OSU)
Distinguished Senior Scholars: Judith D. Singer (Harvard), Jennifer N. Victor (George Mason)
Program Committee: Amber Boydstun (chair, UC Davis), Amy Liu (UT Austin), Corrine McConnaughy (GWU), Katherine Ognyanova (Rutgers), Jane Lawrence Sumner (Minnesota)

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Program

All research presentations are open to the community. Meals and professional development sessions are restricted to invited VIM participants only.

Presentation Location: Pfahl Hall 202

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Monday, May 7

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5:00-6:00

Registration/Pre-Dinner Reception
Blackwell Inn, upper lobby, outside Ballroom A
(**Invited VIM participants only**)

6:00

Dinner
Blackwell Inn, upper lobby, Ballroom A
(**Invited VIM participants only**)

Tuesday, May 8

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8:15-8:30

Conference Start: Welcome, Opening Remarks

8:30-9:15

Minnie Minhyung Joo, Penn State University, “Bayesian Survival Models for Misclassified Event Failure” (coauthored with Bomin Kim, Benjamin E. Bagozzi, and Bumba Mukherjee)
Discussant: Elizabeth Menninga, University of Iowa

9:15-10:00

Kristine Kay, UC Berkeley, “Testing Experimental Manipulations of Racial Identification”
Discussant: Sara Watson, The Ohio State University

10:00-10:15

Break

10:15-11:00

Nahomi Ichino, University of Michigan, “Nonlinear Difference-in-Differences and Difference-in-Difference-in-Differences with Placebo and Surrogate Outcomes” (coauthored with Adam Glynn)
Discussant: Caroline Tolbert, University of Iowa

11:00-11:45

Lindsay Benstead, Portland State University, “Do Interviewer’s Unobserved Attitudes Shape Reporting of Religiously-Sensitive Response? Evidence from Morocco and Tunisia”
Discussant: Amy Erica Smith, Iowa State University

11:45-12:15

Lunch
(**Invited VIM participants only**)

12:15-1:15

Professional Development: “Strategic Yes, Calculated No”
Session Leader: Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, University of Iowa
(**Invited VIM participants only**)

1:15-1:30

Break

1:30-2:15

Inken von Borzyskowski, Florida State University, “Machine vs. Hand: Geocoding Sub-Saharan African Survey Data” (coauthored with Patrick Kuhn)
Discussant: Suzanna Linn, Penn State University

2:15-3:00

Yijyun Lin, University of Nevada, Reno, “Identifying Impacts of Climate Change on Social Conflicts”
Discussant: Amy H. Liu, UT Austin

3:00-3:15

Break

3:15-4:00

Elena Labzina, Washington University in St. Louis, “Boosted Decision Tree Model for Political Analysis: Using Machine Learning to Assess the Anonymous Campaign against Islamic Extremists on Twitter”
Discussant: Ines Levin, UC Irvine

4:00-4:45

Margaret Foster, Duke University, “Over Pressure: Grassroots-Driven Transformation of (Militant) Organizations”
Discussant: Aisha E. Bradshaw, The Ohio State University

6:15

Dinner
Pfahl Hall, 2nd floor break area
(**Invited VIM participants only**)

Wednesday, May 9

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8:30-9:15

Alison Craig, UT Austin, “Running from Washington: Policy Collaboration as Symbolic Representation”
Discussant: Jennifer N. Victor, George Mason University

9:15-10:00

Kelsey Shoub, UNC-Chapel Hill, “Talking Policy…or Not: How Context Shapes when Members of Congress Discuss Issues”
Discussant: Corrine McConnaughy, George Washington University

10:00-10:15

Break

10:15-11:00

Maricruz Osorio, UC Riverside, “A Smarter Twitter: Twitter Word and Sentiment Analysis for Understanding Political Socialization” (coauthored with Stephanie DeMora)
Discussant: Constanza Sanhueza Petrarca, University of Gothenburg

11:00-11:45

Sarah Hunter, University of Georgia, “Donor-Recipient Relations and the Choice of Aid Bypass Delivery”
Discussant: Jamila Glover, Old Dominion University

11:45-12:15

Lunch
(**Invited VIM participants only**)

12:15-1:15

Professional Development: “(Gap)4: Syllabi, Submissions, Publications, and Promotions”
Session Leader: Amy Erica Smith, Iowa State University
(**Invited VIM participants only**)

Session’s Articles:

1:30-2:15

Fiona Shen-Bayh, UC Berkeley, “Political Jurisdiction in Post-Autocratic Courts: A Topic Model Approach”
Discussant: Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, University of Iowa

2:15-3:00

Tatiana Gelvez, University of Essex, “Mayor-Council Relations and Spending Performance: Evidence from Colombian Municipalities”
Discussant: Zeynep Somer-Topcu, UT Austin

3:00-3:15

Break

3:15-4:00

Ines Levin, UC Irvine, “Activism by Degrees: Identifying and Explaining Participatory Styles”
Discussant: Caroline Tolbert, University of Iowa

4:00-4:05

Break

4:05-5:05

Professional Development: “Preparing to be Promoted – Strategies for Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure”
Session Leader: Kay N. Wolf, The Ohio State University
(**Invited VIM participants only**)

5:05-5:20

Final Announcements

6:30

Dinner
Pfahl Hall, 2nd floor break area
(**Invited VIM participants only**)

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Participant List

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  • Sahar Abi-Hassan, Graduate Student, Boston University
  • Therese Anders, Graduate Student, University of Southern California
  • Lindsay Benstead, Associate Professor, Portland State University
  • Rachel Blum, Assistant Professor, Miami University (OH)
  • Inken von Borzyskowski, Assistant Professor, Florida State University
  • Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Professor, The Ohio State University
  • Aisha E. Bradshaw, Graduate Student, The Ohio State University
  • Tiffany Chu, Graduate Student, University of Arizona
  • Alison Craig, Assistant Professor, UT Austin
  • Yaoyao Dai, Graduate Student, Penn State University
  • Maggie Deichert, Graduate Student, Vanderbilt University
  • Margaret Foster, Graduate Student, Duke University
  • Liwu Gan, Graduate Student, The Ohio State University
  • Tatiana Gelvez, Graduate Student, University of Essex
  • Jamila Glover, Postdoctoral Researcher, Old Dominion University
  • Kara Hooser, Graduate Student, The Ohio State University
  • Sarah Hunter, Graduate Student, University of Georgia
  • Nahomi Ichino, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
  • Minnie Minhyung Joo, Graduate Student, Penn State University
  • Kristine Kay, Graduate Student, UC Berkeley
  • Eunji Kim, Graduate Student, University of Pennsylvania
  • Elena Labzina, Graduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Ines Levin, Assistant Professor, UC Irvine
  • Yijyun Lin, Graduate Student, University of Nevada, Reno
  • Suzanna Linn, Professor, Penn State University
  • Amy H. Liu, Associate Professor, UT Austin
  • Corrine McConnaughy, Associate Professor, George Washington University
  • Margaret Mcweeney, Graduate Student, University of Maryland
  • Elizabeth Menninga, Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
  • Shawna K. Metzger, Senior Lecturer, National University of Singapore
  • Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, Professor, University of Iowa
  • Laura Moses, Graduate Student, The Ohio State University
  • Maricruz Osorio, Graduate Student, UC Riverside
  • Constanza Sanhueza Petrarca, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Gothenburg
  • Barbara Roth, Graduate Student, The Ohio State University
  • Fiona Shen-Bayh, Graduate Student, UC Berkeley
  • Kelsey Shoub, Graduate Student, UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Judith D. Singer, Professor, Harvard University
  • Amy Erica Smith, Assistant Professor, Iowa State University
  • Wendy G. Smooth, Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
  • Zeynep Somer-Topcu, Assistant Professor, UT Austin
  • Caroline Tolbert, Professor, University of Iowa
  • Jennifer N. Victor, Associate Professor, George Mason University
  • Sara Watson, Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
  • Carly Wayne, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
  • Mikaela Westhoff, Graduate Student, Penn State University
  • Kay N. Wolf, Professor, The Ohio State University

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