Graduate students in the UCSB political science department are encouraged to be active in making professional presentations. The department is typically very well represented by its graduate students at various professional associations and meetings.  Some of the 2008-2009 presentions by graduate students are listed below. 

American Political Science Association 2008 Annual Meeting, Boston

Laura Frey, paper, "The Role of Campaign Events on Presidential Performance: An Informational Approach to Presidential Approval"

Rebecca Glazier, paper, "The Influence of Religion on Foreign Policy: Lessons from the Presidencies of Jefferson and McKinley"

Stuart Kasdin, poster, "Voter Decion-making in Primaries and Non-partisan Elections"

Holly Klick, paper, "Explaining NIMBY Opposition to Wind Power" (with Eric Smith)

Gerhard Peters, paper, "A New Data Set on Forms of Presidential Action" (with John Woolley)

Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, 2009 

Dean Chen, paper.  "Origins of the American Taiwan Strait Policy: The Wilsonian International Identity and Truman Administration's Decision for Strategic Ambiguity."

Stuart Gray, paper. "Domesticating Differences: A Comparative Perspective on India's Ancient Political Thought."

Stuart Kasdin, paper. "Public Preferences, Elections, and Policy Responsiveness."

Katie Ostrander, paper. "Does Gender Matter?  Subcommittee Assignments of Women in the House of Representatives."

Meimei Zhang, papers. 
     "City Identityand the Cleavage of Public Opinion in Contemporary China: Data from Four Rival Metropolises in Mainland China."
     "Virtual 'Patriotic Communities' and the Organization of 'Smart Mob': Empirical Evidence from the Globalized Nationalist Movements in the Chinese Community."

Panel Chairs:
          Stuart Kasdin: "Performance Management"; "Public Preferences, Elections and Policy Responsiveness."

Western Political Science Association Meeting, Vancouver, 2009

Mario Guerrero, paper.  "It's Bush, stupid: Rretrospective Voting in 2008--How Race and Gender Took a Backseat."

Stuart, Gray, paper.  "Domesticating Differences: A Comparative Perspective on India's Ancient Political Thought."

International Studies Association Meeting, New York City, 2009 

Heather Arnold, paper.  "Nuclear Energy: An Objective Needs Model."

Tabitha Benney, paper. "National Security in Times of Capital Mobility:  The Case for SWFs"

Southwestern Political Science Association Meeting, Denver, 2009

Mario Guerrero, paper. "It's Bush, Stupid: Retrospective Voting in 2008--How Race and Gender Took a Backseat."

International Studies Association Meeting, West Conference, San Francisco, 2008 

Rebecca Glazier, paper. "The Power of Providence: Explaining Religious Terrorism"

Thomas Hartman and Robert Rauchhaus, paper.  "Hard Questions for Soft Power"

Jovian Radheshwar, paper. "The 'War on Terrorism,' Neoliberal Economic Globalization, and the Subversion of Democracy in Pakistan."

Meimei Zhang, paper.  "Cyber Whipping, Media Distortion, and Globalized Collective Actions: Empirical Evidence from the 2008 Chinese Nationalist Movements."

IGCC Public Policy and Nuclear Threats Conference, Washington DC, 2009 

Heather Arnold, Panelist: "Predicting Proliferation from Demand."

Nationalism, Culture, and Identity: New Boundaries in Asia Graduate Conference, Tempe, AZ 2008

Meimei Zhang, paper. "From the Screen to the Street: Virtual Patriotic Communities and Collective Actions Among Overseas Chinese."