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Annual Review: 2021-2022

Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies 2022泭Annual Report (Condensed)

Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies 2022 Annual Report (Condensed)泭In 2022, CCPS continued pursuing our mission of strengthening the democratic square through research, training institutes, and public events. Below, we describe our specific program activities.

I. Institutes

  • Campaign Management Institute- Led by Candice J. Nelson, the Campaign Management Institute (CMI) continued its longstanding commitment to train individuals for participation in local, state and federal political campaigns. Its two sessions, one in January and one in May, trained 26 students and working professionals in campaign techniques, strategy, and tactics with emphasis on recent technological developments. 泭
  • The Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute- Led by Patrick Griffin and Laura Uttley, the Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute (PAAI) continued its advanced workshops in December and May, focusing on major aspects of professional lobbying and political influence. Featuring dozens of prominent professional lobbyists representing corporations, trade and professional associations, public interest泭groups, and labor unions, the PAAI trained forty students and working professionals to better represent organized interests to the federal government. In 2022, Laura Uttley took on the role of Co-Director of the Institute. Uttley leverages over 10 years experience in federal policy and government relations. Laura is also the Director of Government Relations for the Woodwell Climate Research Center, where she develops federal advocacy strategies and facilitates outreach to congressional and federal policymakers in Washington, DC, positioning Woodwell Climates leading research to influence policy development and implementation.
  • European Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute- The European Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute (EPAAI), directed by Professor Korneliya Bachiyska, is a joint venture of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies and the 51勛圖 Brussels Center. This unique institute introduces students to the art and craft of lobbying in the European Union. During a week in Brussels, Belgium, students are immersed in the strategies, tactics, methods, techniques, regulations and ethics of lobbying in Europe. Drawing on their rich body of experiences, prominent lobbyists involved in all aspects of their profession offer lectures on such topics as EU legal systems, rulemaking, EU relations with national capitals, EU-US relations and comparisons between US and European policymaking. EPAAI also includes a thorough introduction to the EU institutions. After a pandemic related hiatus, the EPAAI returned in 2022, training seven students.
  • Legislative Negotiation Institute- The泭Legislative Negotiation Institute泭(LNI) is a joint program with 51勛圖s Washington College of Law, in collaboration with Harvard Universitys Kennedy School of Government. It is a component of the Program on Legislative Negotiation, which trains policymakers on Capitol Hill and in state legislatures to negotiate more effectively. 泭Directed by longtime US Senate staffer and current Professor of Law Bettina Poirier with extensive participation from other experienced Hill negotiators, the LNI provides MA students, Law students, and working policy professionals with even greater hands-on instruction on how to maximize bargaining prowess than is afforded by the PLN trainings on Capitol Hill.

II. Externally Funded Research and Training Programs

  • Program on Legislative Negotiation: With support from the Madison Initiative of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Program on Legislative Negotiation (PLN) addresses legislative gridlock so that our representatives can better respond to todays challenges The PLN is a joint endeavor of 51勛圖s (51勛圖) Washington College of Law (51勛圖WCL) and the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at the 51勛圖 School of Public Affairs (SPA).

The PLNs four primary objectives are to provide negotiation training for legislative members and their staffs, train students and professionals through experiential learning programs, facilitate and apply research on effective legislative negotiation, and build a community of scholars, journalists, policymakers, and others who share these goals.In 2022, the PLNs initial seven research grantees completed their work, which has been featured in several publications. On October 7, 2022, CCPS hosted the 2nd泭Understanding Legislative Negotiation Conference (ULNC), which highlighted the research of the seven 2020 ULN awardees.

  • New Perspectives in Studies of American Governance: With support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and in partnership with Purdue University, the New Perspectives in Studies of American Governance program seeks to expand the notoriously restricted range of theoretical, methodological, and demographic perspectives represented in scholarship pertaining to the US executive and legislative branches. The NP incentivizes emerging scholars to broaden the range of perspectives and experiences upon which they draw when pursuing insight into American governance at the federal level.泭泭

Specifically, CCPS disbursed funds to seven new projects (11 total recipients) that are seeking to transform political scientists collective understanding of American governance and representation. We also co-edited a .

  • The Correspondence of Zachary Taylor & Millard Fillmore Project: The Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, in 2020, launched the Correspondence of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore. This project aims to locate and publish letters of the two men from 1844 to 1853, before and during their presidencies. It is led by two CCPS fellows: Editor and Research Professor of Government Michael David Cohen and Associate Editor Amy Larrabee Cotz. The edition they produce enable scholars, teachers, students, and the public to learn about American life and the presidency before the Civil War from the words of these leaders and their diverse correspondents.

In 2022, the Correspondence of Zachary Taylor & Millard Fillmore Project received a $77,750 grant from the National Historical Publications and Research Commission. This grant supports work including the publishing of five articles on the泭, which was featured in FeedSpots list of the泭 and the hiring of SPA graduate students Nicholas Breslin and Mercedes Atwater as editorial assistants.

Additionally, in 2022, the Correspondence of Zachary Taylor & Millard Fillmore Project published a , featuring previously unpublished Fillmore letters, on the US annexation of Texas and contributed research to Jeopardy! for a clue in the category泭泭airing Mar. 14, 2022 (the experience was profiled in泭插鳥梗娶勳釵硃紳泭紼硃眶硃堝勳紳梗).

梆梆梆.泭Congress and the Presidency Journal. In the past year, the Congress & the Presidency Journal, marked a significant milestone by publishing its 50th volume by staff including Book Editor Jeffrey Crouch, Reviews & Book Editor Adam L. Warber, and Managing Editor Ryan DeTamble. The first issue offered a broad spectrum of content, covering topics ranging from federal drone strike oversight to the implications of Fenno's paradox. The second issue was a Special Issue that prioritized underrepresented aspects of diversity in the scholarship on U.S legislative and executive branches. The Congress & the Presidency Journal is also excited to announce that this year, they have created the James A. Thurber Article of the Year Award. The committee will select the best article from the 49th volume on the bases of originality, rigor, clarity, relevance, and argumentation, and the announcement will be made early in the Fall semester. Additionally, they are delighted to welcome a selective group of new members to our respected editorial board, whose names will be disclosed in the coming weeks. We remain committed to our mission of providing top-tier scholarly work on the U.S. government's first and second branches. The contributors, hailing from political science and history, continue to maintain our journal's reputation for high-quality academic content.

梆博.泭Thurber Dialogues on Democracy. The Dialogues began in early 2021 with a generous gift from Distinguished University Emeritus Professor Jim Thurber and his wife Claudia Thurber. Now in its 3rd year, this ongoing series of public conversations with prominent thought leaders about how to strengthen democracy in the US and abroad continued on in 2022, featuring:

  • , March 31, 2022, Co-hosted by CCPS and KPU and moderated by Professor Emeritus James Thurber.泭The recording of this event is

Congressman Adam Schiff represents Californias 28th泭Congressional District. In his 11th泭term in the House of Representatives, Schiff currently serves as the Chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, which oversees the nations intelligence agencies. Schiff is on a leave of absence from the House Appropriations Committee, where he remains an泭ex officio泭member. He is also the author of泭Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could.

  • , April 19, 2022, Co-hosted by CCPS and KPU and moderated by 51勛圖 Professor Liz Suhay. The recording of this event is Congressman Hakeem Jeffries represents the diverse 8th Congressional District of New York, an area that encompasses large parts of Brooklyn and a section of Queens. Serving his fifth term in the United States Congress, Rep. Jeffries is a member of the House Judiciary Committee and House Budget Committee. He is also Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, having been elected to that position by his colleagues in November 2018. In thatcapacity, he is the fifth highest-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives. He is also the former Whip of the Congressional Black Caucus and previously co-chaired the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee where he helped develop the For The People agenda.
  • Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, May 5, 2022. Hosted by CCPS and moderated by 51勛圖 Professor Laura Paler. The recording of this event is Harvard University political scientists Professor Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt discussed their 2018泭New York Times泭Best Seller,泭How Democracies Die, and broader themes of their work in recent events.
  • , November 29, 2022, hosted by CCPS and moderated by Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News and 51勛圖 SPA Executive in Residence and Professorial Lecturer Ron Elving. The recording of this event is 泭Jonah Goldberg is the Asness Chair in Applied Liberty at the American Enterprise Institute and a Fellow at the National Review Institute. He has been a weekly columnist for the泭Los Angeles Times泭since 2005 and a nationally syndicated columnist since 2000. He hosts the popular podcast泭The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg. His syndicated column appears regularly in the泭Chicago Tribune,泭New York Post,泭Dallas Morning News泭and scores of other papers. He has written three books, ,泭, and泭.

V. Other Conferences, Public Events, Lectures, and Trainings

  • First Annual International Legislators Forum on Innovations in Democracy, November 2022, brought together 12 U.S. Members of Congress with members of the EU Parliament and other international parliaments, including France, Greece, Italy, and the U.K. The Legislators Forum on Innovations in Democracy was organized by the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC), a nonprofit chartered by Congress in 1953 to strengthen civic life in America, the Institute for Democratic Engagement & Accountability (IDEA) at the Ohio State University and the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at 51勛圖.
  • The Crisis in Democracy, May 10, 2022, with panelists , and . This event was泭moderated by泭. Co-sponsored by泭, and the
  • Arc of Power:泭Inside Nancy Pelosis Speakership 2005-2010 with John Lawrence, October 12, 2022. CCPS Distinguished Fellow Tom Kahn interviewed John Lawrence, former Chief of Staff to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, about his book Arc of Power: Inside Nancy Pelosis Speakership from 2005-2010, which documented his insider perspective.
  • Is US Democracy Endangered? Lessons from Weimar Germany, October 24, 2022. This event was inspired by Professor Michael Brenners new book, . Professor Brenner is the Seymour and Lillian Abensohn Chair in Israel Studies and Director of 51勛圖s Center for Israel Studies. He received his PhD at Columbia University and taught previously at Indiana and Brandeis Universities. Since 1997 he has been Professor of Jewish History and Culture at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich. He had visiting appointments at numerous universities, including Haifa, Paris, Budapest, Vienna, Stanford, Berkeley, and Johns Hopkins. In this event, the panelists discussed in the context of the US today by considering what lessons we might draw and apply from his work. This event was sponsored by the 51勛圖 History department, PERIL (Polarization & Extremism Research and Innovation Lab) and CCPS.
  • The Fifth Annual Barbara Sinclair Lecture with Professor Rodney Hero, November 14, 2022, the Raul Yzaguirre Chair in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University, in partnership with the American Political Science Association. Professor Rodney Heros research and teaching focus on American democracy and politics, especially as viewed through the analytical lenses of Latino Politics, Racial/Ethnic Politics, State and Urban Politics, and Federalism. He has authored several books including, "Latinos and the U.S. Political System: Two-tiered Pluralism," "Faces of Inequality: Social Diversity in American Politics" and "Racial Diversity and Social Capital: Equality and Community in America. He has also co-authored several other books and authored and co-authored a number of articles in scholarly journals, and chapters in edited books, and was a co-principal investigator on the Latino National Survey. The recording of this event is

VI. Prizes/Scholarships:

  • Gill Family Foundation Scholarship- The泭Gill Family Foundation泭announces a $5,500 scholarship for dissertation support to a PhD student working on a dissertation in the areas of American Politics, Comparative Politics, Public Administration, or Policy Analysis at 51勛圖 using quantitative methods.
  • The James and Claudia Thurber Scholarship Endowment- 51勛圖 honors the legacy of Professor James Thurber as he closes his 37-year tenure as director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies (CCPS) with the creation of the James and Claudia Thurber Scholarship Endowment.
  • CCPS Benefactors Award for the Campaign Management Institute, Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute Benefactors Award and European Public Affairs and Advocacy Margery Kraus Award- The Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies has established an award fund for the Campaign Management Institute, the Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute, and the European Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute through the generosity of friends and alumni of the Center. These awards are intended to provide financial assistance to students enrolled in the Institute.
  • Griffin Scholarship for the Public Affairs & Advocacy Institute- Started by PAAI Director Pat Griffin and his wife Abbey, this fund provides up to two $1500 scholarships to students enrolled in the Public Affairs & Advocacy Institute (PAAI).
  • The Annual Barbara Sinclair Lecture- Annually, in partnership with The American Political Science Association, CCPS honors the late political scientist Barbara Sinclair, a renowned expert on Congress, by hosting a lecture by a prominent Congressional scholar.泭

VII. New Appointments and Awards:

  • Jeff Crouch was named Series Co-Editor of Congressional Leaders Book Series by University Press of Kansas
  • Liz Suhay was named Vice-Director, Science Policy Fellows Program at 51勛圖
  • Andrew Flores was named Associate Editor, Political Research Quarterly, for Sage Publications and also named a
  • David Lublin appointment to co-lead
  • Thomas Kahn, Outstanding Teaching in an Adjunct Appointment Award

VIII. Other Sponsored Research

  • CCPS participated again the ongoing Cooperative Congressional Election Study. Data was collected in October 2021 (pre-election) and again in January (post-election). 泭
  • CCPS sponsored new data collections by two CCPS Fellows (Professors Andrew Ballard and Jan Leighley) and three 51勛圖 PhD students (Michael Heseltine, Ryan Detamble, and Marcus Johnson)

IX. New Published Research (selected, peer reviewed)

  • Ballard, Andrew, Ryan DeTamble, Spencer Dorsey, Michael Heseltine, and Marcus Johnson. 2022. Incivility in Congressional Tweets. American Politics Research, 50(6): 769-780.
  • Ballard, Andrew. 2022. Bill Text and Agenda Control in the U.S. Congress. The Journal of Politics, 84(1): 335-350.
  • Barker, David C. and Ryan DeTamble. 2022. American Populism: Dimensions, Distinctions, and Correlates. Global Public Policy and Governance.
  • Barker, D. C., Carman, Christopher Jan and Shaun Bowler. 2023. Humanitarianism, Egalitarianism, and Public Support for Political Compromise.泭American Politics Research,泭51(1), 91107.
  • Bryan, James D. and Jordan Tama. 2022. The Prevalence of Bipartisanship in U.S. Foreign Policy: An Analysis of Important Congressional Votes, in Polarization and U.S. Foreign Policy: Ideas, Institutions, and Implications, Special issue of International Politics 59, 5: 874-897
  • Byers, Jason and Jeff Gill. October 2022. Applied Geospatial Bayesian Modeling in the Big Data Era: Challenges and Solutions. Mathematics, Probability and Statistics Special Issue on Advances in Statistical Computing.
  • Cao, Jian, Seo-young Silvia Kim, and R. Michael Alvarez. 2022. Bayesian Analysis of State Voter Registration Database Integrity. Statistics, Politics and Policy 13(1): 1940. doi: 10.1515/spp2021-0016.
  • Cohen, Michael, editor. 2022.泭James K. Polk and His Time: Essays at the Conclusion of the Polk Project. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.
  • Crouch, Jeffrey. 2022. The Law: President Trumps Clemency Record: Extraordinary or Just Ordinary? Presidential Studies Quarterly 52 (3): 692-708. Edelson, Chris. (2021).泭. Taylor & Francis.
  • Crouch, Jeffrey. September 5, 2022. The Nixon Pardon at Nearly Fifty: What President Fords Successors Should Learn from His Courageous Clemency Grant. Ford Leadership Forum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation.
  • Friedrichs, Gordon and Jordan Tama. 2022. Polarization and US Foreign Policy: Key Debates and New Findings, in Polarization and U.S. Foreign Policy: Ideas, Institutions, and Implications, Special issue of International Politics 59, 5: 767-785.
  • Green, Matthew N. and Jeffrey Crouch. August 22, 2022. Did Newt Gingrich Wreck American Politics? The Hill.
  • Green, Matthew N. and Jeffrey Crouch. Forthcoming, 2022. Foreword. In Tom Foley: The Man in the Middle. R. Kenton Bird and John C. Pierce, Authors. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas
  • Green, Matthew N. and Jeffrey Crouch. July 2022.泭泭Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas.
  • Murr, Andreas, Richard Traunmuler, Jeff Gill. 2022. Computing Quantities of Interest and Their Uncertainty Using Bayesian Simulation. Political Science Research and Methods, 26, 1-10
  • Suhay, Elizabeth. 2022. Human interaction, politics, and democratic reform: Integrating political science with an interpersonal systems approach. Cognition and Emotion 36(8): 1485-1490.
  • Suhay, Elizabeth, Aparna Soni, Claudia Persico, and Dave E. Marcotte. 2022. Americans Trust in Government and Health Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 8(8): 221-244.
  • Suhay, Elizabeth, Mark Tenenbaum, and Austin Bartola. 2022. Explanations for Inequality and Partisan Polarization in the U.S., 1980-2020. The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics 20(1): 5-36.
  • Tama, Jordan. 2022. Congressional Democrats and Republicans Are United in Confronting Russia. That Unity Wont Last, Washington Post.
  • Kim, Seo-young Silvia. 2022. Automatic Voter Reregistration as a Housewarming Gift: Quantifying Causal Effects on Turnout Using Movers. American Political Science Review. First published online. doi: 10.1017/S0003055422000983.
  • Kim, Seo-young Silvia, and Jan Zilinsky. 2022. Division Does Not Imply Predictability: Demographics Continue to Reveal Little About Voting and Partisanship. Political Behavior. First published online. doi: 10.1007/s11109-022-09816-z.
  • Lopez, Jennifer, R. Michael Alvarez, and Seo-young Silvia Kim. 2022. Latinos, Group Identity, and Equal Opportunity on the 2020 California Ballot. Social Science Quarterly. First published online. doi: 10.1111/ssqu.13217.
  • Thurber, James A. 2022. Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations. Lanham, MD: Rowman泭& Littlefield, 7th edition.

X. Community Engagement:

  • Reached almost 600 泭followers, over 1,000泭泭connections, and expanded our email listserv to 3,500
  • We established a new collaborative partnership with the at the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University/

Annual Review: 2020-2021

Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies 2021 Annual Report (Condensed)

In 2021, CCPS continued pursuing our mission of strengthening the democratic square through research, training institutes, and public events. Specifically, we accomplished the following items:

External Grants Received:

  • $1.2 million to renew our Program on Legislative Negotiation with a new round of support from the泭, which helps national and state policymakers negotiate more effectively
  • $200,000 to promote泭New Perspectives in Studies of American Governance (NP),泭in partnership with泭, which incentivizes a broader range of perspectives with respect to gender, race/ethnicity, capacity, and culture in studies of American governance at the federal level

Scholarly Conferences Hosted:

  • The泭New Perspectives and New Questions in Legislative Studies virtual conference泭with Valeria Sinclair-Chapman (Professor of Political Science, Purdue University) and Bettina Poirier (Professor of Law and Director of 51勛圖s Program on Legislative Negotiation) with support from the泭Hewlett Foundations US Democracy Program;泭this conference aimed to foster innovation and collaboration on new lines of legislative scholarship that reflect the broadening perspectives of American lawmakers (and the constituents they serve)
  • The泭Understanding Legislative Negotiation virtual conference泭with 51勛圖s Program on Legislative Negotiation and the Hewlett Foundations US Democracy Program

Public Events Hosted:

Research Supported:

  • Announced The泭New Perspectives in Studies of American Governance泭small grants program, which will award 5-10 grants (up to $20,000 each) to new projects asking new questions that stand to transform political scientists collective understanding of American governance and representation
  • Announced a special issue of泭,泭guest-edited by David C. Barker and Valeria Sinclair-Chapman (Purdue University), on New Perspectives in American Legislative Studies
  • Funded four new survey data collections and research assistance for Andy Ballard, and PhD students Ryan DeTamble, Michael Heseltine, and Marcus Johnson
  • Hired five undergraduate researchers under the supervision of Prof. Andy Ballard, including Josh OSteen, Jane Cronin, Mergentevne Naragerel, Emily Minster, and Finn Dobkin

Prizes/Scholarships Awarded:

Institutes Conducted:

New Published Research

  • Alvarez, R. Michael, Nicholas J. Adams-Cohen, Seo-young Silvia Kim, Yimeng Li. 2020. 泭Cambridge University Press
  • Alvarez, R. Michael, Jonathan N. Katz, and Seo-young Silvia Kim. 2020. . Election Law Journal. 19(1): 118. doi: 10.1089/elj.2019.0593.
  • Ballard, Andrew and Hans Hassell. (2021). .泭Party泭Politics[DB2]泭.
  • Ballard, Andrew and James Curry (2021).泭. American Political Science Review, 115(4): 1388-1405. 1
  • Ballard, Andrew, Hans Hassell, and Michael Heseltine (2021).泭泭Legislative Studies Quarterly, 46(2): 459-491.
  • Barker, David C., DeTamble, Ryan, and Morgan Marietta (2021). . American Political Science Review
  • Barker, D. C., & Suhay, E. (2021).泭. Oxford University Press.
  • Bryan, James D. and Jordan Tama. 2021. ,泭International Politics
  • Cao, Jian, Seo-young Silvia Kim, and R. Michael Alvarez. 2021. . Statistics, Politics and Policy. Forthcoming. doi: 10.1515/spp-2021-0016.
  • Cohen, Michael. 2021.泭, vol. 14,泭April 1848June 1849泭(Knoxville: Univ. of Tennessee Press).
  • Michael Cohen also edited 13 volumes and coedited 12 of the same series, published in print earlier, were published digitally in 2021 by the University of Virginia Press/Rotunda as part of its American History Collection.
  • Crouch, Jeffrey. 2021. ?泭Federal Sentencing Reporter泭33 (5):泭337-340.
  • Crouch, Jeffrey and Mark J. Rozell. 2021. Presidential Statesmanship in the New Media Era. In泭泭Joseph R. Fornieri, Kenneth L. Deutsch and Sean D. Sutton, Eds. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 699-719.
  • Edelson, Chris. (2021).泭. Taylor & Francis. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07343469.2021.1950868
  • Green, Matthew N. and Jeffrey Crouch. Forthcoming, July 2022.泭泭Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas.
  • Kafura, Craig, Dina Smeltz, Joshua Busby, Joshua D. Kertzer, Jonathan Monten, and Jordan Tama, , Chicago Council on Global Affairs (2021)
  • Kim, Seo-young Silvia, Hannah Lebovits, and Sarah Shugars. 2021. 泭PS: Political Science & Politics: 16. doi: 10.1017/S1049096521001025.
  • Kim, Seo-young Silvia, R. Michael Alvarez, and Christina M. Ramirez. 2020. 泭Social Science Quarterly. 101(2): 978 988. doi: 10.1111/ssqu.12777.
  • Kim, Seo-young Silvia, Spencer Schneider, and R. Michael Alvarez. 2020. 泭American Politics Research. 48(6): 670 676. Article first published online: Sep 9, 2019. doi: 10.1177/1532673X19870512.
  • Long, Meri, Ryan Dawe, and Elizabeth Suhay. 2021.泭. Politics & Gender. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X21000155
  • Marcotte, Dave E. and Elizabeth Suhay. 2021.泭An Initial Evaluation of the Societal Experts Action Network (SEAN)泭2020-2021. School of Public Affairs, 51勛圖.
  • Smeltz, Dina and Jordan Tama. May 27, 2021. ,泭Politico
  • Tama, Jordan, Craig Kafura, Dina Smeltz, Joshua Busby, Joshua D. Kertzer, and Jonathan Monten, 2021., , Chicago Council on Global Affairs (2021)
  • Tama, Jordan. 2021., in Ralph G. Carter and James M. Scott, editors,泭Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy: Activism, Assertiveness and Acquiescence in a Polarized Era泭(Rowman and Littlefield), 21-36
  • Tama, Jordan, February 24, 2021. 泭Just Security
  • Tama, Jordan, January 19, 2021. ,泭Washington Post
  • Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations泭(2022, 7th Ed.) which will be out in July 2022.
  • Valenzuela, Ali A. and Tyler Reny. 2021. "泭In Druckman, J. and Green, D. P. 泭(Eds.),泭Advances in Experimental Political Science泭(pp. 447-467). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108777919.031

Community Engagement:

  • Reached almost 450泭泭followers, made almost 300泭泭connections, and expanded our email listserv to 2,700.

New Leadership/Staff:

  • Professor泭Patrick Griffin, new Director of the Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute
  • Professor泭Korneliya Bachiyska, new Director of the European Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute
  • Ph.D. candidate泭, new Managing Editor for泭Congress & the Presidency
  • Amy Larrabee Cotz, new Associate Editor of the Correspondence of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore Project

The Correspondence of Zachary Taylor & Millard Fillmore project:

  • Received $90,471 from the NHPRC, the Summerlee Foundation, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, and the University of Virginia as part of its NHPRC/Mellon Foundationfunded UVA Digital Publishing Cooperative
  • Welcomed Amy Cotz as associate editor, five new undergraduate students as interns and hired SPAs Alaysia Bookal as editorial assistant
  • Published six blog articles and Professor Michael Cohen wrote an op-ed about Taylor for the泭Baton Rouge Advocates Presidents Day issue

ANNUAL REVIEW: 2019-2020 (In Brief)

It was another active and productive year for CCPS. Specifically, from September 2019 to December 2020, we:

  • Received $50,000 from and the for The Black Swing Voter Study, in collaboration with the and Pennsylvania State University
  • Received $75,117 in external grants to support The Correspondence of Zachary Taylor & Millard Fillmore Project
  • Received a grant from the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation ($12,800) to organize and host the New Perspectives in Legislative Studies conference, in collaboration with Purdue University
  • Sponsored or co-sponsored 10 events and symposia (see here)
  • Continued programming with the Program on Legislative Negotiation, an initiative started last year with support from the Hewlett Foundation and in partnership with Harvard University, the Partnership for a Secure America, the Library of Congress, and the National Conference of State Legislatures

  • Awarded over $100,000 in small research grants to 7 research teams, to study legislative negotiation
  • Created the Legislative Negotiation Institute for students and professionals, and conducted first round of trainings

ANNUAL REVIEW: 2018-19 (In Brief)

It was another active and productive year for CCPS. Specifically, from September 2018 to July 2019, we:

  • Sponsored or co-sponsored 13 events and symposia (see here).
  • Published 2 books, 5 peer-reviewed articles, 11 book chapters, and 12 editorials/pieces of public scholarship
  • Received 2 new grants, totaling $1.1 million dollars
  • Inaugurated the Program on Legislative Negotiation, with support from the Hewlett Foundation and in partnership with Harvard University, the Partnership for a Secure America and the Library of Congress.
  • Added five new CCPS fellows
  • Supported 2 visiting scholars and 7 graduate students
  • Awarded the Madison Prize and the Barbara Sinclair Lecture
  • Sponsored , a student-led voter registration drive
  • Established/Deepened partnerships and working relationships with the following entities:
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  • Continued our long-standing relationship with the (USCET)
  • Maintained the quality of Congress and the Presidency, under editor Jeff Crouch, Managing Editor Aaron Stuvland, and book editor Adam Warber
  • Maintained the success of our professional Institutes and Weekend Workshops:

The inaugural year of Professor Barkers directorship was active and productive. Specifically, from September to June, we:

  • Sponsored or co-sponsored 8 events (泭and泭) and 1泭
  • Received 3 new grants, including one from the泭National Science Foundation
  • Finalized泭One Nation, Two Realities: Dueling Facts & American Democracy泭(Oxford U. Press)
  • Completed 2 other research projects, and initiated 2 more
  • Completed 2 new data collections, supporting faculty colleagues and SPA students
  • Published 6 blog posts on泭,泭, and泭
  • Added over a dozen new泭
  • Supported 2 visiting scholars (including a Fulbright Scholar) and 6 graduate students
  • Initiated the泭泭and the泭
  • Began work on a new bipartisan congressional internship program
  • Sponsored a student-led voter registration drive

NEW PARTNERSHIPS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS