The Shifting Politics of U.S. Suburbs: Parties, Participation, and Public Opinion in 2016 Arlington, VA June 2324, 2016 Thursday, June 23, 2016 11:45am Welcome by Dr. Robert Dudley, Dean, School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, George Mason University (confirmed) and Welcome by Lawrence Levy, Executive Dean, National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University (confirmed), Room 118 12:00pm Presentation of the 2016 National Suburban Poll, Room 118 Evans Witt, Princeton Survey Research Associates International Jennifer Su, Princeton Survey Research Associates International Christopher Niedt, National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University 12:30pm Founders Hall, Room 322 Lunch Keynote: The Road From Route 128: The Past, Present, and Future of Suburban Political History Lily Geismer, ClaremontMcKenna College Author, Don’t Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party 1:30pm Founders Hall, Room 118 Inner Suburb, Outer Strategy: Change, Challenge, and Opportunity Madeline Wander, University of Southern California, [email protected] The Politics of Shrinking Suburbs Thomas J. Vicino, Northeastern University, [email protected] Andrea Sarzynski, University of Delaware, [email protected] The Role of Millennials and Generation Z in a Boomburb: Naperville, Illinois Judith Brodhead, North Central College, [email protected] 2:35pm 2:55pm Coffee Break 2:55pm 4:10pm Founders Hall, Room 118 Panel 1: The Suburban Grassroots, the Election, and Federal Policy Algernon Austin, Economic Policy Institute Paul Scully, Building One America 1 4:15pm 5:35 pm Founders Hall, Room 118 Session: Poverty and Distress Poverty and Service Delivery in Suburban America Kathryn Hexter, Cleveland State University, [email protected] Debra Rog, Westat Kathryn Henderson, Westat Narratives and Networks: National and Regional Immigration Policy and Suburban Social Services Melissa Abad, University of Illinois at Chicago, [email protected] The Perfect Storm: An Analysis of Discriminatory Policing in East Haven (CT) Amanda Gurren, Trinity College, [email protected] Suburban Politics and the Historic Preservation of Public Housing Debate Adam Justus, George Mason University, [email protected] ; Katrin B. Anacker, George Mason University, [email protected] Adjourn *** Friday, June 24, 2016 9:00am Founders Hall, Room 317 Keynote: Sheryl Cashin Author, Place Not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America 10:00am 11:05am Founders Hall, Room 317 Session: Immigration and Segregation Soft Borders: Suburban Cultures and Contested Neighborhoods in a Southern California Border City David White, independent researcher, [email protected] Converging or Diverging? How Shifting Ethnoracial Composition Shapes Urban and Suburban Distinctions in Attitudes towards Immigrants in Houston, 19822016 Ethan Raker, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University. [email protected] Resegregation in the Bay Area from a Regional Perspective Tony Roshan Samara, Urban Habitat, George Mason University, [email protected] 11:05am 11:25am Founders Hall, Room 317 Coffee Break / Snacks 2 11:25am12:25am Founders Hall, Room 317 Panel 2: The Suburban Vote in the Primaries and General Election Drew Zambelli, Summit Strategy Ruy Teixeira, Center for American Progress Lawrence Levy, Hofstra University James Hohmann, Washington Post Joye Brown, Newsday 12:25am12:30 Move from Founders Hall Room 317 to Founders Hall Room 118 12:30pm1:45pm Founders Hall, Room 118 Lunch Keynote: Title TBA Jefferey Sellers, University of Southern California Author, The Political Ecology of the Metropolis: Metropolitan Sources of Electoral Behavior in Eleven Countries 1:45pm 3:05pm Founders Hall, Room 118 Session: Suburban Politics Blurring the “City Line”: Seeing Wasted Votes or Recognizing a New Geography of Urban Sensibility in Southeastern Pennsylvania Congressional Restricting Trends Suzanne Dayanim, West Chester University, [email protected] Building Cities in the Suburbs: The Shifting Politics and Publics of Metropolitan Atlanta Elisa Lanari, Northwestern University, [email protected] Unlocking the Electoral Puzzle: Wisconsin Suburbs and Gerrymandering Ryan Weichelt, University of WisconsinEau Claire, [email protected] Suburbs in the 2016 Election Craig Burnett, Hofstra University, [email protected] Christopher Niedt, Hofstra University, [email protected] 3:05pm3:25pm Founders Hall, Room 118 Coffee break 3:25pm4:05pm Founders Hall, Room 118 Session: Sustainability Being Green? Examining Sustainability in the Greater Philadelphia Area Susan Lucas, University of Mary Washington, [email protected] Cars, Climate Change, and the Politics of Place Jean Leon Boucher, George Mason University, [email protected] 3 4:10pm 5:30pm Founders Hall, Room 118 Session: Suburban Development, Redevelopment, and Planning Uneven Suburban Redevelopment: A Case Study of the Baltimore Suburbs Bernadette Hanlon and Whitney AirgoodObrycki, The Ohio State University [email protected] Thriving and Surviving Amidst Suburban Redevelopment: The Movement for Equitable Development in Wheaton, Maryland Willow LungAmam, University of Maryland, [email protected] Suburban Planning in 2016: Not Your Mother’s Suburb Amanda C. Micklow, Cornell University, [email protected] One Strike, You’re Out: The Residue of State Deregulatory Experiments and Neoliberal Era Criminals in a Faded Texas Boomtown Andrew Whittemore, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, [email protected] 5:30pm Adjourn BYOC (Buy your own cocktail) at the Liberty Tavern (3195 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201) 4
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