PSAC is a workshop of the Cornell Department of Government for research primarily in American politics, comparative politics, and international relations. PSAC seminars feature papers from department graduate students and faculty and from scholars at other universities. These sessions allow students, faculty, and guests to engage in lively debate and discussion on diverse topics from different subfields of political science.
All are welcome. Interested graduate students and faculty in any field are encouraged to join us. The workshop meets in-person on most Fridays, from 12:15 - 1:30pm in White Hall 106, unless otherwise noted below.
For questions regarding the 2025-2026 PSAC talks, please contact Avi Melamed (am2277@cornell.edu).
2025-2026 PSAC speaker series
Fall
- September 5 – Steven White (Syracuse University)
- September 19 – Grace Beals (Cornell)
- September 26 – Devin Caughey (MIT)
- October 3 – Emily Jackson (Cornell)
- October 17 - Hyein Yang (Cornell)
- October 24 - Raphaëlle Khan (CUNY)
- October 31 - Erin Cikanek (Cornell)
- November 7 - Whitney Taylor (San Francisco State)
- November 14 - Jamie Druckman (Rochester)
- November 21 - Peter Loewen (Cornell)
- December 5 - Sjors Verhaak (Cornell)
Spring
- February 6 - Diana Greenwald (City College of NY)
- February 20 - Christina Pan (Cornell)
- February 27 - Alisha Holland (Harvard)
- March 6 - Cesar Vargas Nuñez (Claremont McKenna)
- March 13 - Soyoung Lee (Yale)
- March 20 - Allison Evans (University of Nevada)
- April 10 - Ryan Griffiths (Syracuse University)
- April 17 - Debra Thompson (McGill University)
- May 1 - Turku Isikel (Columbia)