UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #314
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Submission Number: 314
Submission ID: 7816
Submission UUID: 552199c5-6a57-4977-8e1b-cfe436752b87
Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal
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Created: Wed, 05/17/2023 - 01:39 PM
Completed: Wed, 05/17/2023 - 01:46 PM
Changed: Mon, 09/25/2023 - 02:52 PM
Remote IP address: 174.47.44.231
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
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Research Mentor Information --------------------------- Primary Research Mentor Name: Alexandra Artiles Research Mentor Preferred Pronouns: {Empty} When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific?: Alexandra Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): aartiles@fsu.edu Position Title: Graduate Student Faculty Advisor Name: {Empty} Faculty Advisor's FSU Email: {Empty} FSU College (if applicable): Social Sciences and Public Policy FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation: Florida State University Headshot (optional): https://cre.fsu.edu/system/files/webform/urop_project_proposal_portal/7816/Headshot.jpeg Additional Research Mentor(s) ----------------------------- Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from above): {Empty} Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Pronouns: {Empty} Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Honorific?: {Empty} Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): {Empty} Name of Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) (if applicable): {Empty} Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) Preferred Pronouns: {Empty} Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) Preferred Honorific?: {Empty} Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): {Empty} Overall Project Details ----------------------- Title of the Project: Concede or Resist? Experimental Evidence of U.S. Local Officials Project Keywords: local government, preemption, federalism, survey research Are you currently looking for research assistants?: No Number of Research Assistants Needed : 2 Relevant Research Assistant Major(s): Social Sciences and Public Policy Project Location:: On FSU Main Campus If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation?: No, the project is remote Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s):: Fully Remote Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work?: 5 Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work?: Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.) Overall Research Project Description: This project explores state preemption, or situations in which laws passed by state governments takes precedence over a law passed by local governments. Increasingly, we see that U.S. states deploy the power of preemption to forcibly usurp the policies of their local governments, ensuring that state laws take precedence over local laws. While state preemption of local governments is not new, it has become more prevalent and aggressive over the last decade. Moreover, state preemption has become increasingly concerning to local officials, who fear their autonomy is under attack. State-local conflicts due to preemption threaten intergovernmental harmony, so it is crucial to understand what drives them. To that end, I seek to answer two questions. First, under what political and institutional conditions do local officials oppose preemption by their state? Second, what actions do local officials take to resist preemption by their state? To answer these questions, I conduct an original survey experiment of local officials across the U.S., in which respondents read a prompt explaining a hypothetical scenario about them being preempted by their state government. The main task of my interns will be to help me with data collection of local officials’ contact and demographic information. This project will help interns acquire data collection skills and coding skills in software like Excel, which are great ways to stand out on graduate school and job applications. Research Tasks: Data collection Skills that research assistant(s) may need:: Excel Mentoring Philosophy: I take great pride in mentorship. That said, in addition to our normal meetings where we discuss data collection, I am happy to meet to discuss graduate school advice, job and internship advice, letters of recommendation, etc. Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable):: https://www.alexandraartiles.com/research Please add any additional information here (if applicable):: {Empty} UROP Program Elements --------------------- Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication: Yes UROP Performance Evaluation: Yes Materials Grant: Yes UROP Poster Presentation: Yes Faculty Advisor Confirmation: {Empty} Are you interested in attending in a UROP Research Mentor Workshop Series?: No {Empty} Year: 2023 update url: https://cre.fsu.edu/urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal?element_parents=elements/research_mentor_information/headshot_optional_&ajax_form=1&_wrapper_format=drupal_ajax&token=nd_kukgR1rr-x3uz1ZuDhh9jsz0r9iqA1fO4Y2gQ68g