Fall 2006

Robert A. Hanneman
Professor, UCR Department of Sociology
Analyzing Data as Graphs: Representation, Analytical Questions, and Statistical Problems
November 8, 2006
co-sponsored by the UCR Statistical Consulting Collaboratory

Mike Harrod
Doctoral Student, UCR Department of Sociology
Exploring the Best Practices of Training Telephone Interviewers
November 27, 2006
co-sponsored by Sociology Graduate Survey Methods Reading Group

Winter 2007

Robert Huckfeldt
Professor, UC-Davis Department of Political Science,
Unanimity, Discord, and the Communication of Public Opinion
January 12, 2007
co-sponsored by American Politics Research Workshop, Department of Psychology, and Computational Cognitive Politics Research Group

Byran Martin
Doctoral Student, UCR Department of Political Science
Martin Johnson
Assistant Professor, UCR Department of Political Science
Social Sanctions and Stylized Political Conversation:  Do Interviewers Penalize Deviant Survey Respondents?
January 26, 2007
co-sponsored by American Politics Research Workshop

Spring 2007

Laura Stoker
Associate Professor, UC-Berkeley Department of Political Science
Of Time and the Development of Partisan Polarization,”
May 11, 2007 (presented in conjunction with Political Science
co-sponsored by American Politics Research Workshop