<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent">Dear Graduate Students,</span></div><div><br>The Department of Political Science will be hosting <span class="gmail_default">our first speaker of the year, </span>Professor <span class="gmail_default">Kareem Haggag</span> (<span class="gmail_default">UCLA Anderson</span>)<span class="gmail_default">,</span> on <b><span class="gmail_default"></span>Monday, <span class="gmail_default">October 12th</span></b>.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color:transparent">We are looking for <b>up to thee graduate students</b> to have lunch with Prof. Haggag at the Stable after the talk. </span>This is a fantastic networking opportunity. <span style="background-color:transparent">Please read more about his research below, and r<b>espond to this email to signal your interest</b>.</span></div><br>Professor <span class="gmail_default">Haggag's
research spans topics at the intersection of economics, psychology, and
politics and several of his published articles have a strong focus on
racial and ethnic politics (REP) and class and inequality (C&I).
Professor Haggag is an economist by training, his research uses rigorous
quantitative methods, and his work has appeared in top disciplinary
outlets, such as the <i>American Economic Review</i> and <i>AEJ</i>
subjournals. His research addresses topics such as family wealth and
access elected political office, bureaucratic ideology and
coercive policy (focusing on the Office of Indian Affairs), and
Reconstruction and White racial backlash (the topic of his presentation
on Oct 12). </span><span style="background-color:transparent">Learn more about h<span class="gmail_default">is</span> research <a href="https://www.kareemhaggag.com/research/" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent">Professor <span class="gmail_default">Haggag</span> will be presenting h<span class="gmail_default">is</span> project, "<span class="gmail_default">Inequality and Racial Backlash: Evidence from the Reconstruction Era and the Freedmen's Bureau.</span>" The talk will take place from 12:10 PM–1:30 PM in INTS 1113. Please see the attached flyer for additional details.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div>Thank you,<span style="background-color:transparent"></span></div><div><br>Best,<br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_default">Catherine Wells</div></div><br clear="all"></div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Catherine Wells</span></font></div>
<div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science</span></font></div><div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
University of California, Riverside</span></font></div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.catherinewells.net" target="_blank">www.catherinewells.net</a></span></font></span></div></div></div>