American Political Science Association logoDepartment of Politics and Government faculty presented papers at the 2016 American Political Science Association annual meeting in Philadelphia from September 1–4.

Meghan E. Leonard co-authored “Gendered Leadership and State Supreme Court Chief Justices: A Survey Analysis.” Carl Palmer co-authored “Islamophobia: Elite Messaging and the Nature of Beliefs about Muslims.” Kam Shapiro authored  “The Impoliteness of Smart Power,” and T.Y. Wang co-authored “Political Cleavage in Taiwan: Is there a Shift?”

Palmer and Shapiro also served as chairs of panels entitled “A Myriad of Media Effects” and Transforming Violence,” respectively.