BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Democracy for RealistsRespondents: Elizabeth Cohen and Matt Cle aryChris\nAchen's research interest is Political Methodology\, particularl y in its\napplication to empirical democratic theory\, American Politics\, and\nInternational Relations. He is the author of two books\, \;Inter preting and Using Regression \;and \;The\nStatistical Analysis of Quasi-Experiments\, co-author of a third\, \;Cross-Level Inference\, a nd\nco-editor of a fourth book\, \;The\nEuropean Union Decides. His ne xt book is entitled \;Voter Turnout in Multi-Level\nSystems. \; Pr ofessor Achen \;was the first president of the\nPolitical Methodology Section of the American Political Science Association\,\nand is a member o f the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has received\nfellowships from the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences\, the\nNatio nal Science Foundation\, and Princeton's Center for the Study of Democrati c\nPolitics. He received the first career achievement award from The Polit ical\nMethodology Section of The American Political Science Association in 2007. He\nis also the recipient of an award from the University of Michig an for lifetime\nachievement in training graduate students. Recent academi c placements of\ngraduate students for whom he was the principal dissertat ion advisor include\nStanford\, Duke\, and the London School of Economics. \n\nBartels joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2011. His scholarly\nwork foc uses on public opinion\, electoral politics\, public policy\, and\npolitic al representation. His 2008 book\, \;Unequal Democracy\,\nappeared on a New York Times list of “economics books of the year” and won the\nGladys M. Kammerer Award for the year’s best book on U.S. national policy. He\ni s also the author of\nPresidential Primaries and the Dynamics of Public Ch oice \;(1988)\, which won the Woodrow Wilson\nFoundation Award for the year’s best book on government\, politics\, or\ninternational affairs\, a nd co-editor of \;Mass Politics in Tough Times \;(with Nancy Berme o\, 2014) and \;Campaign\nReform \;(with Lynn\nVavreck\, 2000). Ba rtels has served as vice president of the American Political\nScience Asso ciation and president of its Political Methodology section\, chair\nof the Board of Overseers of the American National Election Studies\, and\nfound ing director of Princeton University’s Center for the Study of Democratic\ nPolitics. He is currently a trustee of the Russell Sage Foundation and an \noccasional contributor to the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog. In 201 4 he\nreceived the Warren E. Miller Prize for an outstanding career of int ellectual\naccomplishment and service to the profession in the field of el ections\, public\nopinion\, and voting behavior. He is a member of the Ame rican Academy of Arts\nand Sciences\, the American Academy of Political an d Social Science\, and the\nNational Academy of Sciences. DTEND:20160415T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260418T101003Z DTSTART:20160415T200000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:State of Democracy Lecture: Larry Bartels and Chris Achen UID:RFCALITEM639120894039161844 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Democracy for Realists


Respondents: Elizabeth Cohen and Matt Cleary


Chris\nA chen's research interest is Political Methodology\, particularly in its\na pplication to empirical democratic theory\, American Politics\, and\nInter national Relations. He is the author of two books\, \;Interpreting and Using Regression \;and \;The\nStatistical Analysis of Q uasi-Experiments\, co-author of a third\, \;Cross-Level Inferen ce\, and\nco-editor of a fourth book\, \;The\nEuropean Union De cides. His next book is entitled \;Voter Turnout in Multi-Level \nSystems. \; Professor Achen \;was the first president of the \nPolitical Methodology Section of the American Political Science Associat ion\,\nand is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He ha s received\nfellowships from the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavior al Sciences\, the\nNational Science Foundation\, and Princeton's Center fo r the Study of Democratic\nPolitics. He received the first career achievem ent award from The Political\nMethodology Section of The American Politica l Science Association in 2007. He\nis also the recipient of an award from the University of Michigan for lifetime\nachievement in training graduate students. Recent academic placements of\ngraduate students for whom he was the principal dissertation advisor include\nStanford\, Duke\, and the Lon don School of Economics.


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Bartels joined the Vande rbilt faculty in 2011. His scholarly\nwork focuses on public opinion\, ele ctoral politics\, public policy\, and\npolitical representation. His 2008 book\, \;Unequal Democracy\,\nappeared on a New York Times li st of “economics books of the year” and won the\nGladys M. Kammerer Award for the year’s best book on U.S. national policy. He\nis also the author o f\nPresidential Primaries and the Dynamics of Public Choice \ ;(1988)\, which won the Woodrow Wilson\nFoundation Award for the year’s be st book on government\, politics\, or\ninternational affairs\, and co-edit or of \;Mass Politics in Tough Times \;(with Nancy Bermeo \, 2014) and \;Campaign\nReform \;(with Lynn\nVavreck\, 2 000). Bartels has served as vice president of the American Political\nScie nce Association and president of its Political Methodology section\, chair \nof the Board of Overseers of the American National Election Studies\, an d\nfounding director of Princeton University’s Center for the Study of Dem ocratic\nPolitics. He is currently a trustee of the Russell Sage Foundatio n and an\noccasional contributor to the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog . In 2014 he\nreceived the Warren E. Miller Prize for an outstanding caree r of intellectual\naccomplishment and service to the profession in the fie ld of elections\, public\nopinion\, and voting behavior. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts\nand Sciences\, the American Academy of Poli tical and Social Science\, and the\nNational Academy of Sciences.

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