The Hendricks Symposium is sponsored every 18 to 24 months by the University of Nebraska's Hendricks Fund, which was established by Nebraska alumnus G.E. Hendricks to support the exploration of "current controversial political questions . . . in a non-partisan, unbiased manner."

2006

The Neural Basis of Representative Democracy, John R. Alford and John R. Hibbing

Genetic Configurations of Political Phenomena: New Theories, New Methods, Ira H. Carmen

Evolutionary Model of Racial Attitude Formation Socially Shared and Idiosyncratic Racial Attitudes, Thomas Craemer

The Genetic Basics of Political Cooperation, James H. Fowler, Laura A. Baker, and Christopher T. Dawes

The Political Consequences of Perceived Threat and Felt Insecurity, Leonie Huddy, Stanley Feldman, and Christopher Weber

Ecological Analysis of a System of Organized Interests, Paul E. Johnson

Audience Effects on Moralistic Punishment, Robert Kurzban, Peter DeScioli, and Erin O'Brien

Balancing Ambition and Gender Among Decision Makers, Christopher W. Larimer, Rebecca Hannagan, and Kevin B. Smith

When Can Politicians Scare Citizens Into Supporting Bad Policies? A Theory of Incentives With Fear Based Content, Arthur Lupia and Jesse O. Mennng

Testosterone, Cortisol, and Aggression in a Simulated Crisis Game, Rose McDermott

Effects of "In-Your-Face" Television Discourse on Perceptions of a Legitimate Opposition, Diana C. Mutz

Judgments about cooperators and freeriders on a Shuar work team: An evolutionary psychological perspective, Michael E. Price

Empathy and Collective Action in the Prisoner's Dilemma, John A. Sautter

'Heroism' in Warfare, Oleg Smirnov, Holly Arrow, Doug Kennet, and John Orbell

Personality and Emtional Response: Strategic and Tactical Responses to Changing Political Circumstances, Jennifer Wolak and George E. Marcus

The Neuroeconomics of Trust, Paul J. Zak

2002

Minorities Within Minorities: Equality, Rights, & Diversity