After each new Ways & Means episode airs this season, Duke Prof. Deondra Rose will have a followup conversation with the featured researcher. Today: a conversation with Prof. Carolyn Barnes about how government-funded programs can help parents become politically engaged. Barnes' work was the topic of last week's Ways & Means episode: How Afterschool Programs Can Empower Parents.

Deondra Rose is Director of Research for Polis, the Center for Politics at Duke University.