On Tuesday, December 10, 2019, students and faculty gathered for the Political Science Poster Conference, where students presented their research. The conference was a great success! Here are the awards given out at the conference:
First prize ($300):
Katrina Cole, Margaret Jarvis, Pearce Solomon: “Deep State & Dark Money: Partisan Conspiratorial Thinking”
Second prize ($200):
Camilla Alarcon, Annie Jarman, Taylor Petersen: “Electoral Fraud: Who Cares? How Partisanship Influences Perceptions of Electoral Fraud”
Third prize ($100):
Madeline Beck, George Garcia, Jessica Powell: “What Influences Latin American Policy Makers?”
Honorable mention (in alphabetical order by first author’s last name):
Jacob Harris: “Getting Tough: The Relationship Between Racial Resentment, Religion, and Punitive Attitudes
Janessa James, Layla Shaaben: “Follow the Prophet: Political Signaling by Religious Leaders”
Annie Jarman, Kunmi Ogunfeibo: “Do Americans Just Vote for the Hottest Candidate?”
Natalie White: “Uncertainty and Populist Rhetoric: What are the core elements of populist rhetoric?”
Abby Woodfield, Tayla Ingles, Audrey Stacey: “Nature: the Great Equalizer”