The Southern Political Science Association is offering SPSA conference attendees the opportunity to engage in short, intensive professional development workshop experiences during the 2021 Annual Meeting.
Workshops cover qualitative and quantitative research techniques, as well as substantive topics, and are led by leading academic and practitioner professionals. Workshops cost $59 per half-day class (one, three-hour session), $109 per full-day class (two, three-hour sessions), or $400 for access to all 11 Workshops.
You will have the opportunity to register and pay for the Workshops when you complete your conference registration online. Conference attendees who register for the workshops will be able to participate in the interactive, online sessions when they are scheduled, and will have access to online recordings of their selected Workshop(s) for 60 days after the end of the 2021 Annual Meeting.
Wednesday, January 6th
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
– Case Studies for Policy Analysis – Part I with Dr. Derek Beach, Professor of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark
– Generalized Linear Regression Models for Social Scientists – Part I with Dr. Jeff Gill, Distinguished Professor, Departments of Government and Mathematics & Statistics, Director, Center for Data Science, American University
– Analyzing the 2020 American Election – Part I with Dr. Harold Clarke, Ashbel Smith Professor, University of Texas at Dallas
12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
– Process-Tracing Methods – Part I with Dr. Andrew Bennett, Professor of Government, Georgetown University
– Generalized Linear Regression Models for Social Scientists – Part II with Dr. Jeff Gill, Distinguished Professor, Departments of Government and Mathematics & Statistics, Director, Center for Data Science, American University
– Analyzing the 2020 American Election – Part II with Dr. Harold Clarke, Ashbel Smith Professor, University of Texas at Dallas
3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
– Defining and Working with Concepts in the Social Sciences – Part I with Dr. Frederic Schaffer, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
– Introduction to Time Series Analysis – Part I with Dr. Guy Whitten, Professor and Director, European Union Center, Texas A & M University
Thursday, January 7th
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
– Case Studies for Policy Analysis – Part II with Dr. Derek Beach, Professor of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark
– Experiments in the Social Sciences – Part I with Dr. Donald P. Green, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
– Process-Tracing Methods – Part II with Dr. Andrew Bennett, Professor of Government, Georgetown University
– Experiments in the Social Sciences – Part II with Dr. Donald P. Green, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
– Defining and Working with Concepts in the Social Sciences – Part II with Dr. Frederic Schaffer, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
– Introduction to Time Series Analysis – Part II with Dr. Guy Whitten, Professor and Director, European Union Center, Texas A & M University
Friday, January 8th
NO WORKSHOPS
Saturday, January 9th
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
– Discourse Analysis – Part I with Dr. Lea Sgier, Senior Lecturer, University of Geneva – Senior Researcher, University of Applied Arts and Sciences (Social Work)
– Analyzing the Effects of COVID-19 on Advanced Industrial Economies – Part I with Kevin Page, Canada’s First Parliamentary Budget Officer and Founding President and CEO of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy, University of Ottawa
12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
– Discourse Analysis – Part II with Dr. Lea Sgier, Senior Lecturer, University of Geneva – Senior Researcher, University of Applied Arts and Sciences (Social Work)
– Analyzing the Effects of COVID-19 on Advanced Industrial Economies – Part II with Kevin Page, Canada’s First Parliamentary Budget Officer and Founding President and CEO of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy, University of Ottawa
3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
– Revising and Submitting for Publication with Dr. Diana Gustafson, Professor of Social Science and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University
