New Directions in American Politics
Price School of Public Policy
RGL 308
June 10, 2026
9:15 am: Breakfast available
9:55 am: Short comments from Jenkins
10:00 am: Paper 1
The Immigration-to-Reproduction Shift: Latino Population Growth and White Support for Legal Abortion
Tyler Reny (Claremont Graduate University)
10:45 am: Paper 2
Rhetorical Cohesion: A Multidimensional Measure of Party Unity in Political Messaging
Ben Noble (UCSD)
11:30 am: Break
11:45 am: Paper 3
Redistricting Redux and the Battle to Win the U.S. House in 2026: How Partisan Are the Maps?
Christian Grose (USC POIR)
12:30 pm: Lunch
1:45 pm: Paper 4
The Politicization of Expertise in Congress
Pam Ban (UCSD)
2:30 pm: Paper 5
Polarization and Principle in the US Congress: Legislator Enforcement of the Separation of Powers
Nico Napolio (UC Riverside)
3:15 pm: Break
3:30 pm: Paper 6
Broadband Internet Expansion Motivates Intraparty Competition in U.S. Congressional Primaries
Carlos Algara (Claremont Graduate University)
4:15 pm: Paper 7
What State Legislators Know and Think about Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy
David Brady (USC Price)