Time: 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM                     Location: 101 Rockefeller Hall

Chair: Jeffrey Kraus, Professor, Wagner College, jkraus@wagner.edu

Discussant: Jeffrey Kraus, Professor, Wagner College, jkraus@wagner.edu

Papers:

Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood: Trust, Understanding, and           Representation in the 2020 United States Election

Jack Reilly, Associate Professor, Syracuse University, jlreilly@syr.edu &     Catherine Cottrell, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, cottrec@sunypoly.edu

Examining the Impact of Nativity Status and Other Socio-economic Factors on Voter Participation in the 2020 and 2022 US Election Cycle

Ken Irish-Bramble, Associate Professor, Medgar Evers College, CUNY, ken@mec.cuny.edu; Marsha Webster, Director, Medgar Evers College, CUNY, marsha.webster26@mec.cuny.edu; & Sasha Richardson, Graduate Student, Baruch College, CUNY, sfrichardson9@gmail.com

Affirmative Action is Dead…? Long Live Affirmative Action…?

Daniel Lipson, Associate Professor, SUNY New Paltz, lipsond@newpaltz.edu