School of Public Policy

SPP Research Seminars & Talks

2019

• Friday, January 25, 12 PM, Bexell 414: SPP Brownbag Series
  Susanna Priest (Editor-in-Chief of Science Communication): “Rethinking Science Literacy: The limits of deficit thinking.”
• Jan. 25, 1-2, Bexell 102: Lecture
  "Bringing Civility Back to Campus and the Community"
  Carolyn Long (Founder, Initiative for Public Deliberation),
  Sam Reed (Distinguished Professor in Civic Education and Public Civility, Washington State University-Vancouver),
  Ellen Rogers (Acting Director, Initiative for Public Deliberation, Washington State University-Vancouver)
• Friday, February 22, 12 PM, Bexell 414: SPP Brownbag Series
  Alison Johnston (Political Science): “The strings of the ‘Golden Straightjacket’: How sovereign ratings influence entitlement spending in developed countries”
• Friday, March 8, 12 PM, Bexell 414: SPP Brownbag Series
  Paul Thompson (Economics): "Does a day lost equal dollars saved? The effects of four-day school weeks on school district expenditures."

2018

• Friday, October 12, 12 PM, Bexell 414: SPP Brownbag Series
  Chris Stout (Political Science): "Substantive Empowerment: The Link between Descriptive Representation, Substantive Representation and Black Political Participation"

• Friday, November 2, 12 PM, Bexell 414: SPP Brownbag Series
  Gabrielle Roesch-McNally (USDA Climate Hubs): "Building Climate Resilient Agrifood Systems: Facilitators and Barriers"

• Friday, June 1, 12 PM, Bexell 414: SPP Brownbag Series
  Paul Thompson (Economics): "School District Financial Health Information and Electoral Accountability: Evidence from Ohio School Board Elections"

• Friday, May 18, 12 PM, Bexell 414: SPP Brownbag Series
  Alison Johnston (Political Science): "Housing and Wealth Distortions: Only Prices Matter"

• Thursday, May 3, 4 PM, MU 208 La Raza Room:
  Panel Discussion: The Nationalist Backlash in Europe
  Moderator: Kara Ritzheimer.
  Philipp Kneis: "The Nationalist Backlash in German Politics";
  Keith Baker: "The Brexit Vote in Perspective";
  Alison Johnston: "More than a Minor Nuisance: The EU’s Response to Brexit, Nationalism and EU Skepticism Within Its Member-States";
  Sarah Henderson: "President Putin’s European Agenda".
  Co-Sponsored by Citizenship in Crisis, School of History, Philosophy and Religion, OSU Center for the Humanities

• Tue, April 17, 2:30-4pm, Multi-Purpose Room MU 013:
  Mike Hulme, Professor of Geography, University of Cambridge
  "The Cultural Functions of Climate: Historical and Geographical Perspectives"
• Mon, March 12, 10-11:30a, Bexell 414:
  Scott Carrell, Professor of Economics, UC Davis
  "My Professor Cares: Experimental Evidence on the Role of Faculty Engagement"
• Fri, March 9, 2018; 12:00-1:00p, Bexell 414: SPP Brownbag Series
  Hilary Boudet (Sociology)
  "Community Responses to Extreme Weather Events"
• Fri, March 2, 2018; 12:00-1:00p, Bexell 414: SPP Brownbag Series
  Alexandra Buylova (SPP PhD)
  "Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Oregon:  Perceptions and Behavioral Intentions on Local Residents"
• Wed, February 28; 4 PM, Milam Hall 318:
  "Climate Change: A Discussion"
  Jürgen Salay, Policy Officer of the Climate Action team in the European Commission
  co-hosted by The School of Public Policy & The School of History, Philosophy & Religion
• Fri, February 9, 2018; 12:00-1:00p, Bexell 414: SPP Brownbag Series
  Todd Pugatch (Economics)
  "Improving Access and Quality in Early Childhood Development Programs:  Experimental Evidence from The Gambia"
• Fri, January 26, 2018; 12:00-1:00p, Bexell 414: SPP Brownbag Series
  Matias Berthelon and Diana Kruger (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile)
  "Maternal Violence during Early Childhood and Child Development"

2017

• Fri., Nov. 17, 2017; 12:00-1:00p, Bexell 414
  Chris Stout (Political Science)
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  “The Case for Identity Politics: Polarization, Realignment, and the Efficacy of Racial Appeals”
• Fri., Oct. 27, 2017; 12:00-1:00p; Bexell 414
  Vic Tremblay (Economics)
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  “Rationality and Coherent Reasoning in the Behavioral and Social Sciences”
• Fri., Oct. 13, 2017; 12:00-1:00p; Bexell 414
  Brett Burkhardt (Sociology) and Keith Baker (Political Science)
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  “Police Militarization and Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles”
• Fri., Oct 13, 2017; 2:30-4:00 PM; Bexell 326
  Dr. Xueli Tang, Deakin University, Australia
  "Social Cohesion and Optimal Redistribution in Economies with Long-Run Growth"
  (Detailed Information: Flyer)
• Wed., Sept. 27, 2017; 4 P.M., Memorial Union 213 (Pan Afrikan-Sankofa Room)
  Douglas McAdam, Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology, Stanford University
  "Putting Trump in Historical Perspective: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Postwar America Today"
  (Detailed Information: Flyer)
• Fri., June 2, 2017
  Dr. Melody Valdini, Associate Professor of Political Science, Portland State University
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "Leading or Led? The Strategic Use of Women in Politics"
• Fri., May 19, 2017
  Dr. Paul Thompson, School of Public Policy, Economics
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "The Effects of Four Day School Weeks on Student Accievement: Evidence from Oregon"
• Fri., Apr 28, 2017
  Dr. Allison Hurst, School of Public Policy, Sociology Program
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "Class Fractions and the Presidential Vote, 1968-2012"
• Fri, Apr 14, 2017
  Mark McKenzie, Associated Professor of Political Science, Texas Tech Univ.
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "Judicial Protectors of the Scandinavian Welfare State? A Comparative Analysis of Tax Decisions in the Danish and Norwegian Supreme Courts"
• Fri, Feb 24. 2017
  Galit Cohen-Blankshtain, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "Integrated Transport Planning in a Segmented City: The Case of Jerusalem"
• Fri, Feb. 10, 2017
  Roland Eisenhuth, School of Public Policy, Economics
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "The bargain of Judas"
• Fri, Jan 27. 2017
  Alison Johnston, School of Public Policy, Political Science
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "Rating Politics? Partisan Discrimination in Credit Ratings in Developed Economies"
• Fri, Jan. 20, 2017
  Todd Pugatch, School of Public Policy, Economics Program
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "Nudging Better Study Habits: Experimental Evidence on Peer Tutoring in Higher Education"

2016

• Fri, Dec. 2, 2016
  Hilary Boudet (School of Public Policy, Sociology Program Program) & Chad Zanacco (SPP PhD)
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "Proximity to development and public support for hydraulic fracturing"
• Fri, Nov. 18, 2016
  Rorie Solberg & Christopher Stout, School of Public Policy, Political Science Program
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "Eight may be too much"
• Fri, Nov. 4, 2016
  Melody Valdini, Associate Professor of Political Science PSU
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "Leading or Led? The Strategic use of Women in Politics" *THIS HAS BEEN CANCELED*
• Fri, Oct 21, 2016
  Andrew Valls, School of Public Policy, Political Science Program
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series"Racial Justice and Criminal Justice"
• Fri, March 11, 2016
  Dr. Siduri Haserlig, Assistant Professor at University of Oklahoma
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "Graduate Student Athletes in Division I Football: are they disrupting stereotypes or invisible?"
• Fri, Mar 4, 2016
  Dr. Allison Hurst, School of Public Policy, Sociology Program
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "Working class college students attending liberal arts colleges: do they differ from their peers?"
• Fri, Feb 26, 2016
  Dr. Craig McIntosh, University of CA - San Diego
  School of Public Policy, Economics Program Seminar
  "When the Money Runs Out: Evaluating the longer-term impacts of a two year cash transfer program"
• Fri, Feb 12, 2016
  Misty Freeman, SPP PhD Student
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series “Complicating the Rural in Oregon’s Water Policymaking"
• Fri, Feb 5. 2016
  Dr. Hiro Ito , Portland State University
  School of Public Policy, Economics Program Seminar
  "Trade Invoicing in Major Currencies in the 1970s - 1990s:Lessons for Renminbi Internationalization"
• Fri, Jan 29, 2016
  Dr. Alison Johnston
  School of Public Policy, Political Science Program
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "Taming Capital in an Age of Global Finance: Labor Politics and Housing Bubbles."

2015

• Fri, Nov 20, 2015
  Leanne Giordono (SPP PhD) and Dr. Todd Pugatch, OSU Economics Program
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "Informal Fee Elimination and Student Performance: Evidence from The Gambia"
• Fri, Nov 13, 2015
  Dr. Christopher Stout, OSU Political Science Program
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "Time to speak: Descriptive Representation and the Issuing of Press Releases Around Racial and Non-Racial Events"
• Fri, May 29th, 2015
  Dr. Steven Ortiz, OSU Sociology Program
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "Insight into Recent Off-the-Field Violence in the NFL: Interpretations of Hegemonic Masculinity"
• Fri, May 8th, 2015
  Dr. Paul Thompson, OSU Economics Program
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "Ballot order, Ballot Roll-Off, and Home Sales"
• Fri, May 1st, 2015; 12:00 - 1:00
  Dr. Karen Thompson, OSU College of Education
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "The Effects of Changing Test-Based Policies for Reclassifying English learners"
• Tue, March 31, 2015
  Dr. Kamal Saggi, Vanderbilt University
  School of Public Policy, Economics Program Seminar
  "External reference pricing policies, price controls and international patent protection"
• Fri, Mar 6, 2015
  Dr. Andrew H. McCallum, Federal Reserve Board
  School of Public Policy, Economics Program Seminar
  The Structure of Export Entry Costs
• Fri, Mar 6, 2015
  Dr. David Bernell, School of Public Policy, Political Science
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "New Opportunities for Teaching at Home and Abroad: Technology, Travel & Experiential Learning"
• Fri, Feb 27, 2015
  Dr. ZSofia Barta, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs, University of Albany
  School of Public Policy, Political Science Program Seminar
  "Flirting with Disaster: The curse of public debt in prosperous developed countries"
• Fri, Feb 20, 2015
  Dr. Jenny Lin, School of Public Policy, Economics Program
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "Currency Contracts and Exchange Rate Pass-Through"
• Fri, Feb 13, 2015
  Dr. Alison Hurst, School of Public Policy, Sociology Program
  School of Public Policy Brownbag Series
  "College Rankings: Reproducing Privilege or Transforming Lives"