The State Oversight Academy’s symposium connected scholars who study state legislatures with practitioners who serve as elected state lawmakers or as legislative staff. Scholars submitted working papers on legislative oversight topics, which were read by a practitioner who gave in-depth feedback based on their professional experience.
The main goal of the symposium was to facilitate conversations between scholars and practitioners so that:
Scholars learn what research is of interest to practitioners,
Practitioners benefit from the research performed by academics studying legislatures and oversight, and
Practitioners can provide feedback and points of view that academics may otherwise have difficulty obtaining.
00:00 Introduction
03:22 "Efficacy of Congressional Oversight" by Pamela Ban and Seth Hill
57:24 "Can Institutional Reform Protect Election Certification?" by Daniel Butler and Jeff Harden
1:32:52 "Why Hospitals Hire Tobacco Lobbyists" by James Strickland
2:24:21 Conclusion