For many faculty members, particularly those at researchinstitutions, presenting a paper more than once at a conference haslong been taboo. Peers evaluating tenure requirements or meritrankings may credit a second presentation less, or not at all. Onthe other hand, norms in the discipline vary dramatically acrossinstitution types. We argue that at universities with considerableteaching loads and substantial service expectations, duplicateresearch presentations can be an effective way to maintain an activeresearch agenda, absent other institutional incentives to do so. Wecurrently teach international relations and comparative politicscourses at an institution where the incentives to research remainmodest, and the incentives to teach and spend a considerable amountof time in service related activities are substantial. Our commentsare particularly geared toward this environment. We begin bydefining what we mean by duplicate research presentations. Next, weoutline how the incentive structure at a teaching institutioncreates different priorities, allowing different norms to develop.We then examine how duplicate research presentations can be aneffective tool for overcoming traps common to untenured faculty. Weend with an unabashed defense of the increasingly common practice ofduplicate research presentations, particularly at teaching andservice oriented universities.