ISPS 50th Anniversary Celebration: Schedule

Schedule & Agenda

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2018 - Atelier Florian Restaurant (2nd Floor), 1166 Chapel Street

time agenda
6:00 PM Cocktail Reception
7:00 PM -
9:00 PM

Dinner & Program

Welcome & Introduction: Jacob Hacker, ISPS Director, Yale University

Opening Remarks: Peter Salovey, President, Yale Universary

Reminiscences from Past Directors:

  • Joseph LaPalombara, Emeritus, Yale University (1987-1992)
  • Bradford Gray, Hastings Institute (1992-1996)
  • Donald Green, Columbia University (1996-2011)

Staff Appreciation: Jacob Hacker

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2018 - Institution for Social and Policy Studies, 77 Prospect Street

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8:30 AM Continental Breakfast, Room A001
9:00 AM

Opening Address, Room A002

“What it Means to Study Race in Today’s America”

Jennifer Richeson, Philip R. Allen Professor of Psychology, Yale University

9:30 AM Panel 1: ISPS Initiatives through the Years, Room A002
  • Frances Rosenbluth, on EP&E
  • Donald Green, on the Experimental Initiative
  • Steve Latham, on Bioethics
  • Michael Sierra-Arévalo, on the Graduate Policy Fellows
  • Alan Gerber, on CSAP

Moderator: Tamar Gendler, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, Yale University

11:00 AM Break, Room A001
11:30 AM Panel 2: American Institutions and Elections, Room A002
  • David Mayhew, on Congress
  • Gregory Huber, on Elections & Public Opinion
  • Ebonya Washington, on Race & American Politics
  • To be confirmed

Moderator: Alan Gerber, Dean of the Social Sciences Division; Charles C. and  Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Political Science; Director of the Center for the Study of American Politics (CSAP)

1:00 PM Lunch, ISPS Room A001
2:00 PM Panel 3: Advancing Evidence-based Health Policy: A Roundtable, Room A002
  • Zack Cooper, Yale University
  • Abbe Gluck, Yale Law School
  • Amanda Kowalski, University of Michigan
  • Jody Sindelar, Yale University

Moderator: Jacob Hacker, Director of ISPS; Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science

3:30 PM Closing Discussion: Looking Forward: ISPS and Gens X, Y, and Z, Room A002
  • Adrian Hale, Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce
  • Nate Loewentheil, Camber Creek
  • Jacob Hacker, Yale University
4:00 PM Adjournment & Reception, ISPS Policy Lab, 77 Prospect Street