Best Undergraduate Student Papers:
Kristi St. Charles, Northwestern University
Framing and Debates: The Effects of Media Coverage on
Candidate Evaluations
Ayelet Haran, The City University of New York
National Identity Changing in France: a Case Study of the
CAP Wine Reform
Kate Ellis, Suffolk University
On the Home Front Abroad: Domestic Political Influences on
Foreign Policy with Cuba
Best
Graduate Student Papers
Kimberly Casey, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Defining Political Capital: A Reconsideration of Bourdieu's
Interconvertibility Theory
Joanna K. Rozpedowski, University of South Florida
From Cosmopolis to Globopolis: The Ramifications of Kantian
Thought on the Foundations of the World Order –
Communitarianism, Impartialism, Accommodationism.
Nilüfer Duygu Eriten and Jennifer Romine, University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Instrumental and Symbolic Sources of Ethnic Conflict:
Application to the Kurdish Conflict in Turkey
Program
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Panel 1-A: Comparative Analyses of American Policies
(Room: First Floor West Lounge (was Old Main))
Chair: Matt Rotman, Illinois State University
Discussant:Adrienne Martin, Illinois State University
Michael Melick, Illinois State University
Education and the Economy: The United States and China
Andrea Silva, Illinois State University
The United States and Mexico: A Comparative Analysis of
State Response to Migration
Kara Bavery, Illinois State University
Party Politics in Japan and the United States: The
Domination of Major Parties after World War II
Jonathan Keyser, Suffolk University
Aiding Violence? U.S. Foreign Policy and Paramilitaries in
Colombia
Panel 1-B: War and Peace
(Spotlight Room)
Chair:
Jessica Murphy, Illinois State University
Discussant: Vanda Rajcan, Illinois State University
Joseph Scanlon, Northern Illinois University
"Counter Measures:" A Textual Analysis of the Soviet Union's
Invasion of Afghanistan
Mark A. Tallman, Illinois State University
War by Other Means: Nonviolence as an Extension of
Asymmetric Conflict
Matt Frierdich, Drury University
Oaxaca and the Political Culture of Conflict
Yusei Uji, Drury University
The Fundamental Dilemmas of the United Nations: Challenges
for the New UN in the 21st Century
Panel 1-C: The War in Iraq and its Impact in the United
States
(Room: Founders Suite)
Chair: Robert Nash, Illinois State University
Discussant: Amanda Smith, DePaul University
Trina Steinmaker, Illinois State University
How Does the United States do it?: Managing a Framework
that Supports Torture
Tanya R Austin, Illinois State University
Winter Soldier Iraq and Afghanistan: Veterans Speak Out **
Kevin Taber, Washington University in St. Louis
"Jus ad Water”: Can the Invasion of Iraq Withstand the
Deluge of Just War Theory?
Panel 2-A: Policy Analysis
(Room: Founders Suite)
Chair: Carlyn Jorgensen, Suffolk University
Discussant: Anthony Bolton, Illinois State University
Maren Bennett, University of Nevada
Disability Policy
Ayelet Haran, The City College of New York, The City
University of New York
National Identity Changing in France: a
Case Study of the
CAP Wine Reform
Rike Rothenstein, University Of Cincinnati
Are voters Going Green? The Environmental Issue and its
Influence on Vote Choice in National Elections
Ryan M Yonk, Utah State University
Perpetuating Poverty; Income and Asset Testing in Welfare
Programs
Panel 2-B: American Foreign Policy
(Spotlight Room)
Chair: Justin W. Thompson, Illinois State University
Discussant: Joseph Scanlon, Northern Illinois University
Kate Ellis, Suffolk University
On the Home Front Abroad: Domestic Political Influences on
Foreign Policy with Cuba
Amanda Smith, DePaul University
The Incubator: American Foreign Policy: The Afghanistan War
and Al-Qaeda
Cain Harrelson, The University of Georgia
The Diplomatic Face of America: Promoting Diversity in the
U.S. Foreign Service
Panel 2-C: The Struggle for Democracy Around the World
(Room: First Floor West Lounge (was Old Main))
Chair: Kristen Gjerde, Illinois State University
Discussant: Kathy Elrick, Illinois State University
Alcarcilus C. Shelton-Boodram, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Social Movements and Democratization: The Struggle for
Recognition
Sterling Recker, University of Missouri - St. Louis
Land Policies in Rwanda: An Historical Evaluation of
Democracy and Conflict
Warsame Galaydh, Carleton College
Thailand: Transitioning to a
Liberal Democracy?
Neil Wright, Northerm Illinois
ALBA: Can Cooperation Revive History?
Bone Student Center Circus Room
Keynote Speaker (12:30-1:15):
Jason A. Pierceson,
Assistant Professor of Political Studies/Legal Studies
University of Illinois Springfield
"Same-Sex Marriage as a Case for Political Science"
Panel 3-A: Political Theory
(Spotlight Room)
Chair:
Amanda Conley, Illinois State University
Discussant:
Neil Wright, Northern Illinois University
Joanna K. Rozpedowski, University of South Florida
From Cosmopolis to Globopolis: The Ramifications of Kantian
Thought on the Foundations of the World Order –
Communitarianism, Impartialism, Accommodationism.
Kimberly Casey, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Defining Political Capital: A Reconsideration of Bourdieu's
Interconvertibility
Theory
Erin M. McCullough, University of South Carolina-Aiken
Limitation and Reform: Leo Strauss' Interpretation and
Analysis of Plato's Republic
Panel 3-B: Ethnic and Sectarian Conflict
(Room: First Floor West Lounge (was Old Main))
Chair:
Sterling Recker, University of Missouri - St. Louis
Discussant: Michael Bottomley, Illinois State
University
Nilüfer Duygu Eriten and Jennifer Romine, University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign
Instrumental and Symbolic Sources of Ethnic Conflict:
Application to the Kurdish Conflict in Turkey
Adrienne E. Martin, Illinois State University
Does Democracy
Heal All Wounds? A Comparative Study of Two Democracies
Reconciling with Their Indigenous Populations after
Centuries of Ethnocide
Richard Saunders, Hanover College
Secularism and Islam in the Republic of Turkey
Panel 3-C: Quantitative Analyses of Political Participation
and Liberty
(Room: Founders Suite)
Chair: Jake Owen, Illinois State University
Discussant: Tanya Austin, Illinois State University
Nate Ramsey, University of Cincinnati
Community Context and Political Participation
Jeremy Bowling, Eastern Illinois University
Economic Growth and Political Liberty: A Post- 1980 Analysis
Deidre L. Conklin, The University of Texas at El Paso
The Impact of Socio-Economic Factors on Political
Participation: A Multi-National Analysis
Session 4-A: Political and Policy Effects of Media
(Room:
Founders Suite)
Chair: Zach Wolfe
Discussant: Kara Bavery
Carlyn Jorgensen, Suffolk University
Breaking News:The "CNN Effect" and Its Impact on American
Foreign Policy.
Sharlin Aldao,
Eastern Illinois
University
WARNING: This Ad May Impair Your Ability to Think: An
Examination of the 2004 Negative Presidential Campaign Ads
Kristi St. Charles, Northwestern University
Framing and Debates: The Effects of Media Coverage on
Candidate Evaluations
Panel 4-B: Human Rights
(Room: First Floor West Lounge (was Old Main))
Chair:
Emily Wittrig, Illinois State University
Discussant: Lindsey Barber, Illinois State University
Caroline Grygorasz, Ryerson University
The Plight of the Niger
Delta: Human Rights Abuses in Stark Contrast to a
Multi-Billion Dollar Economy.
Allison Rief, Hanover College
Refugees: Gender Differences
Jillian Simonetta, The University of Tampa
Policy Outcome of Norms
Jessica Murphy, Illinois State University
From Ashes: A Comparative Study of Human Rights in Cambodia
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