Politics, Media, and the Policy Process

Dan Alexander

Unpacking the 2025 USAID Cuts: Explaining Variation in Contract Terminations & the Role of National Interest Justifications - Non-Presenting Co-Author: Amy Beck Harris, University of Michigan Ann Arbor; Presenting Author: Beth Marie Hartsog, University of Michigan; Presenting Author: Elizaveta Dorofeeva, University of Michigan Ann Arbor; Non-Presenting Co-Author: Joanna Bascom, University of Michigan Ann Arbor; Non-Presenting Co-Author: Saima Rashid, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Sources of Evidence for Evidence-Based Policymaking: Evaluating Citations in the Economic Report of the President 2010-2025 - Presenting Author: Richard V. Burkhauser, The University of Texas at Austin; Non-Presenting Co-Author: Ji Ma, The University of Texas at Austin

"The Loyalty Premium: How Insecure Senate Partisan Majorities Constrain Presidential Appointment Powers" - Presenting Author: George A Krause, University of Georgia