Working Group in 
Public Opinion and Political Parties
​(WGPOPP)

Description
We meet every other Thursday during the school year. The agenda varies. Some weeks we discuss work in progress by members of our community, some weeks we discuss another piece of research, and some weeks there is no set agenda.
 
Attendees
All Georgetown PhD students or faculty members are welcome to attend the working group. Graduate students can attend regardless of their area of specialization, who their advisors or dissertation committee members are, if they participate in other working groups or labs​, or their year in the program.

Those graduate students who attend frequently and occasionally present at the group can be designated as official "graduate student affiliates" of the group. Please email the coordinators if you would like this designation.
Fall 2025 Meetings
This year, the group meets on Friday mornings 9am to 10am in 450 ICC. 



Fall 2024 Meetings
The group meets on Thursday mornings 9am to 10am in 450 ICC. Please note that this is a new location!
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Here are the preliminary meeting dates for Fall 2024.
  • Sept 19: Introduction to the group
  • Sept 26: Discussion of attending conventions and campaign rallies, led by Noel and Ladd
  • Oct 10: Discussion sources of survey data for researchers, led by Ladd
  • Oct 24: Discussion of Hopkins and Gorton's (2023) working paper "On the Internet, No One Knows You’re an Activist."
  • Nov. 7: Informal chat about the election
  • Nov. 14: Discussion of Patrick McSweeney's diss chapter "A Youth Agenda to Unite the Party"
  • Nov. 21: Discussion of Quinn Bornstein's working paper.
  • Dec 5: Discussion of Fowler et al. (2022) "Moderates" APSR.
Coordinators
The primary logistical coordinators are Jonathan Ladd and Hans Noel, but the group is collaborative. All faculty and grad students who attend can help plan and lead meetings.