<div dir="auto">POSC grad students,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please see the following call for papers for the Election Science, Reform, and Administration Conference at the University of Southern California in May of this year. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;font-family:"DM Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(17,17,18)">The purpose of the conference is to engage both practitioners and scholars on pressing topics related to U.S. elections by providing a forum for collaboration and exchange that can stimulate policy evaluation and innovation.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;font-family:"DM Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(17,17,18)">Unlike traditional academic conferences, ESRA seeks to facilitate a shared space between academics, policy makers, advocates, and election professionals to encourage the practical applications of scholarly research. We invite proposals from scholars, election administrators, and others in the election science, research, and administration space. Proposals from Ph.D. students are also encouraged, and we encourage faculty advisors to encourage their students to apply. </p><hr style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-style:solid none none;font-family:"DM Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;border-color:rgb(238,238,238) currentcolor currentcolor"><h6 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"DM Sans",sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:26px;margin:0px 0px 26px;font-size:18px;padding:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(17,17,18)">Proposal Types</h6><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 26px;padding:0px;font-family:"DM Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(17,17,18)">Proposals can be for: </p><ol style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px 17px;padding:0px 0px 0px 40px;list-style-type:decimal;font-family:"DM Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(17,17,18)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:none;font-family:"DM Sans",sans-serif"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;font-family:"DM Sans",sans-serif">1.</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family:"DM Sans",sans-serif"> </span>Individual research papers and individual presentations on election science and administration.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:none;font-family:"DM Sans",sans-serif"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;font-family:"DM Sans",sans-serif">2.</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family:"DM Sans",sans-serif"> </span>Roundtables or breakout sessions on best election administration practices. These sessions will be discussions on topics and will feature multiple participants, who ideally will include both researchers and election administrators/practitioners. Examples of  previous discussions include: philanthropy and nonpartisan election administration; increasing voting access; and emergency management and election security; and operations. </li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:none;font-family:"DM Sans",sans-serif"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;font-family:"DM Sans",sans-serif">3.</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family:"DM Sans",sans-serif"> </span>Other full panel proposals or individual proposals that fit with the theme of election science, research, and administration. </li></ol></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Call for papers here: <div><a href="https://esra-conference.org/2024-call-proposals">https://esra-conference.org/2024-call-proposals</a></div><br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight:700;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,61,165)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,61,165)">Nicholas G. Napolio</font></span><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="color:rgb(102,0,0)"> </b><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">(he/him)</font></font><div>Assistant Professor</div><div>Department of Political Science</div><div>University of California, Riverside</div><div><a href="http://www.nicholasnapolio.com/" target="_blank">www.nicholasnapolio.com</a></div></div></div></div></div>