Presidents' Room
Understanding the Midterm Election Results
It's the day after elections. No matter your political position, there's a lot to unpack. Pericles Lewis, dean of Yale College, cordially invites all Yale students (undergraduate, graduate, and professional), faculty, and staff to a panel discussion on the midterm election results with professors Allison P. Harris, Gregory Huber, and David Mayhew from the Department of Political Science. Dean Lewis will moderate the conversation, which will conclude at 5:15pm with an informal reception for all attendees. Masking during the event is required. Seating is limited, and registration is required.
Panelists
Allison P. Harris is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University and a Research Fellow at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, an organization that advances interdisciplinary research in the social sciences that aims to shape public policy and inform democratic deliberation. She conducts research in American politics with a specialization in law and courts. Prof. Harris’s current research agenda investigates the ways in which institutional change affects disparities in institutional outcomes, specifically within the criminal legal system. Prior to joining the faculty at Yale, Prof. Harris was an Assistant Professor at the Pennsylvania State University (2017-2019) and a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University (2016-2017).
Gregory Huber, Ph.D., Princeton University 2001, is the Forst Family Professor of Political Science and resident fellow of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies. He is the Associate Director of the Center for the Study of American Politics and the Director of the ISPS Behavioral Research Lab. Prof. Huber is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an independent research center committed to multidisciplinary, nonpartisan research that engages experts in various fields and professions to provide pragmatic solutions for complex challenges. His research interests are in American Politics and Political Economy, including work on political institution and behavior. For a complete listing of ongoing research as well as current and former graduate students and postdocs, see http://huber.research.yale.edu/.
David Mayhew is Sterling Professor of Political Science Emeritus. He retired from Yale in 2015 but still teaches occasional courses. He specializes in U.S. legislative behavior, political parties, and policymaking. His books include The Imprint of Congress (2017), Partisan Balance (2011), Parties and Policies (2008), Electoral Realignments (2002), America’s Congress (2000), Divided We Govern (1991 & 2005), Placing Parties in American Politics (1986), Congress: The Electoral Connection (1974 & 2004), and Party Loyalty among Congressmen (1966). Aside from Yale, where he began teaching in 1968, he has taught at UMass/Amherst, Amherst College, Oxford, and Harvard, and has held fellowships at Stanford and CalTech. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the National Academy of Sciences.