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The Political Psychology panels and posters for the 2008 APSA meetings are as listed below. Electronic versions of most of the papers given on these panels are available at APSA PROceedings, which can be found on the web at www.apsanet.org.


Political Theory and Models of the Mind

Chair: Gal Gerson

Discussants: Jane Flax and Eli Zaretsky

Participants: Paul Hoggett, Jane Flax, Gal Gerson, Eli Zaretsky and Elaine Stavro

Experimental Studies of International Relations

Chair: Scott Sigmund Gartner

Participants: Scott Sigmund Gartner, Alex Mintz, Steven B. Redd, David L. Rousseau, Dan Miodownik, Lilach Nir, Rocio Garcia-Retamero, Whitney Grey, Nehemia Geva, Cigdem V. Sirin, Victor Asal and Anthony Lemieux

Political Psychology and Terrorism: Festschrift Panel for Martha Crenshaw

Chair: Adam J. Berinsky

Discussants: George E. Marcus and David D. Laitin

Participants: Audrey Kurth Cronin, Page Fortna, Leslie Vinjamuri, David Leheny, Leonie Huddy and Stanley Feldman

Candidate Evaluation

Chair: James A. McCann

Discussant: James A. McCann

Participants: David A.M. Peterson, Christopher M. Federico, Rosario Aguilar-Pariente, Amanda Bittner and Eric William Groenendyk

You've Got to ... Accentuate the Negative

Chair: Sean E. Richey

Discussant: Ted Brader

Participants: Shana Kushner Gadarian, Bethany Albertson, Lilliana Hall Mason, Leonie Huddy, Andrew Owen, Eran Halperin, Daphna Canetti-Nisim, Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler and Tereza Capelos.

Biology, Psychology, and Politics

Chair: Gabriel S. Lenz

Discussants: Gabriel S. Lenz and Elizabeth Suhay

Participants: Michael W. Wagner, Hiroko Ide, Ikuo Kabashima, Kenji Kansaku, Hiroshi Kadota, Junko Kato, Pete Hatemi, Chris Dawes, John R. Hibbing, Douglas Oxley, Kevin B. Smith and John R. Alford.

Political Socialization

Chair: Christopher F. Karpowitz

Discussants: Christopher F. Karpowitz and Ted G. Jelen

Participants: Jennifer K. Benz, Pamela Johnston Conover, Donald D. Searing, Danielle Shani, Ben Highton, Shayla C. Nunnally, Allison Harell and Dietlind Stolle

Political Cognition

Chair: David A.M. Peterson

Discussants: David A.M. Peterson and Jeffrey W. Koch

Participants: Shawn W. Rosenberg, Ted Wrigley, Thomas E. Nelson, Sarah Bryner, Dana Wittmer, Allyson Shortle, David P. Redlawsk, Richard R. Lau, Donald P. Haider-Markel, Mark R. Joslyn and William G. Jacoby

Measuring Racism

Chair: Pia A. Knigge

Discussants: Claudine Gay and Ismail K. White

Participants: Scott B. Blinder, Elisabeth Ivarsflaten, Christopher Muste, Antoine J. Banks, Thomas Craemer, David C. Wilson and Darren Davis

Political Information and Political Learning

Chair: Nicholas A. Valentino

Discussant: Nicholas A. Valentino

Participants: Markus Prior, Evan Parker-Stephen, Eric D. Lawrence, John M. Sides, Robert C. Luskin and Mathieu Turgeon

Elite Cues and Public Opinion

Chair: Kimberly A. Gross

Discussant: Kimberly A. Gross

Participants: Dennis Chong, James N. Druckman, Jennifer Jerit, Matthew S. Levendusky, Cheryl Boudreau and Stephen P. Nicholson

Public Opinion about Immigration: Threat, Identity, and Acculturation

Chair: Deborah Schildkraut

Discussants: Deborah Schildkraut and Tatishe Mavovosi Nteta

Participants: Efren Osvaldo Perez, Niambi M. Carter, Laura Schram, Pazit Ben-Nun-Bloom, Stanley Feldman, Gallya Lahav and Marie Courtemanche

Potpourri of Potentially Parallel Political Psychology Papers

Chair: John M. Sides

Co-Chair: Rebecca J. Hannagan

Discussant: John M. Sides

Participants: Sean D. Ehrlich, Cherie Maestas, Scott Matthews, Tim Groeling, Thomas John Scotto and Eser Sekercioglu.

Neuropsychology, Political Behavior and Elections

Chair: Patrick A. Stewart

Discussant: Roger D. Masters

Participants: Patrick A. Stewart, Ryan Robeson, Erik P. Bucy, Maria E. Grabe, Kilian James Garvey, Elizabeth Suhay and Eser Sekercioglu

Religion and Political Psychology

Chair: Franklyn C. Niles

Discussant: Clyde Wilcox

Participants: Matthew L. Jacobsmeier, Kristy E.H. Michaud, Jennifer L. Merolla, Brett Benson, John G. Geer and Carrie Konold

Preference Formation in New and Developing Democracies

Chair: Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro

Discussant: Jon A. Krosnick

Participants: Jeffrey K. Conroy-Krutz, Ted Brader, Joshua A. Tucker, Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro and Chappell Lawson

Immigration and Public Opinion

Chair: David L. Leal

Discussants: David L. Leal and Jeronimo Cortina

Participants: Sergio C. Wals, Thomas J. Rudolph, Shang E. Ha, Seung Jin Jang, Ian Brett Yohai and Deborah Schildkraut

Elites and Public Opinion Formation

Discussants: John R. Zaller and Cheryl Boudreau

Participants: Shana Kushner Gadarian, Stacey L. Pelika, Ian Brett Yohai, Paul M. Sniderman, Robert Van Houweling and Michael R. Tomz

The Nature and Consequences of Deliberative Democracy

Chair: Jason Barabas

Discussants: Jason Barabas and Katherine Cramer Walsh

Participants: Cengiz Erisen, Milton Lodge, Charles S. Taber, Joseph Gershtenson, Glenn W. Rainey, Jane Gurganus Rainey, Christopher F. Karpowitz, Tali Mendelberg, Casey A. Klofstad and Alice Siu

Group Identity and Political Attitudes

Chair: Steven Greene

Discussants: Christopher Muste and Steven Greene

Participants: Nancy Burns, Donald R. Kinder, Paul N. Goren, Alison Keleher, Eric R.A.N. Smith, Patrick J. Egan and Nicholas Winter