Oklahoma Political Science Association
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
November 6-7, 2014
Redlands Community College
Program Chair
Bill Gorden
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OPSA AWARDS
THE OKLAHOMA POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION AWARDS NUMEROUS AWARDS TO STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND
PROFESSIONALS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. THESE AWARDS ARE PRESENTED AT THE THURSDAY EVENING AWARDS
DINNER, HELD THIS YEAR AT THE DARLINGTON CHAPEL
BEST GRADUATE PAPER
Honors a graduate student who has written the best paper as determined by the OPSA Award Committee.
BEST UNDERGRADUATE PAPER
Honors an undergraduate student who has written the best paper as determined by the OPSA Award Committee.
TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Honors current instructional faculty from any institution of higher education in Oklahoma who display exemplary skills in teaching political
science classes.
SCHOLAR OF THE YEAR
Honors a person in Oklahoma who has made significant scholarly contributions to political science.
BOB DARCY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Honors individuals who have made significant and lasting contributions to the Association in terms of leadership, research and mentorship.
SAUNDRA MACE SERVICE AWARD
Honors support staff persons for excellence in job performance, attitude and commitment.
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CONFERENCE HOTEL, DIRECTIONS, AND CAMPUS
CONFERENCE HOTEL
Best Western Hensley’s
2701 S Country Club Road
El Reno, OK 73036
(405) 262-6490
Room Rate: $90
Complimentary breakfast
DIRECTIONS TO El Reno, Redlands Community College
From the East (1) take I-40 west to exit 123 (2) turn right (north), on N County Club Rd. (3) half a mile on the left hand is Redlands
Community College
From the West (1) take I-40 east to exit 123 (2) turn left (north), on N Country Club Rd. (3) half a mile on the left hand is Redlands
Community College
If you are in El Reno and coming from the hotels on I-40, (1) take Country Club Rd (north) half a mile (2) Turn left off Country Club Rd to
Redlands Community College.
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CONFERENCE LOCATIONS
Darlington Campus
Redlands Campus
Go north on Country Club Road to Sunset and then east on Sunset to Highway
81. Go north on Highway 81 approx. 3.2 miles to Darlington Road. Turn left on
Darlington Road and go approx. 3 miles until the paved road ends. Turn left and
go approx. one-half mile to enter the Darlington complex.
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“Fortune has determined that since I don’t know how to talk about the silk business or the wool business or about profits and losses, I
must talk about the government; I must either make a vow of silence or discuss that.” --Niccolo` Machiavelli.
DAY 1 - THURSDAY NOV. 6
REGISTRATION & RECEPTION
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., The Cultural Center
REGISTRATION AND RECEPTION ARE STAFFED BY THE REDLANDS PHI THETA KAPPA CHAPTER. THE PTK IS A SPONSOR
AND HOST OF THE 2014 OPSA MEETING ON THE CAMPUS OF Redlands Community College.
Entire Conference: Art display of Political art contest (outside Conference Center), and Silent Auction of political memorabilia, (Inside
Conference Center) proceeds to OPSA. Some art may be for sale.
9:00-9:30 a.m.
WELCOME
CONFERENCE CENTER
9:30-10:45 a.m.
PANEL
Public Policy and Race
CONFERENCE CENTER
Emily Stacey, U.C.O.:
Michael Schafer, SW. O.S.U.:
Otoniel Soza, SW. OUSU
Conner Alford O.S.U.:
Mapping Contentious Movements in the Digital age.
The Racial Origins of Gun Control in America
Abortion Laws: State Policy Making within the Casey Federal
Framework
Christopher Stevens SW.O.S.U.:
Reliability of Eyewitness Testimony
Deja Mitchell U.C.O. (Undergrad): Race and Democracy: Racial Profiling of African Americans in the
United States
Discussant: Tom Taylor O.U.
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9:30-10:45 a.m.
ROUNDTABLE
CULTURE CENTER
Changing Policy Environments and Nonprofit Organizations
Meeyoung Lamoth, O.U.
Dale Wilson,O.U.
Kalee Howard,O.U.
Matt Vochatzer, O.U.
Jason Pudlo, OU
10:45-11:00 a.m.
BREAK
11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
PANEL
Elections
CULTURE CENTER
Randy Jones U.C.O.:
Three Prominent Model’s Forecasts the 2014 Midterm Elections—
and Results
Competitive vs Uncompetitive Races: Turnout, Registration, and
Majority-Minority Districts in State Legislative Races –It’s Not as
Clear Cut as You Might Think!
Forecast of the 2014 Oklahoma Primary Elections
Closed Primaries and Term Limits: Factors Affecting Political Party
Success in Oklahoma
John Ulrich East Cent. U.:
Thomas Taylor O.U.:
Koral Heinzman East Cent. U.:
Discussant: Tony Wohlers Cameron U. Faculty
12:15-1:00 p.m.
LUNCHEON
Speaker: Dr. Richard Klinge
CONFERENCE CENTER
Associate Director of Catholic Charities in Oklahoma, an Attorney and lobbyist at the State Legislature.
Richard spent most of the Summer of 2014 dealing with the Child Immigrants at Lawton, has great expertise
in the intricacies of the Immigration issue. He will discuss these events and what may be the future of
immigration post-election in 2014.
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1:00-2:30 p.m.
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PANEL
International Relations and Law
Husam A. Mohamad Qatar U.:
Betsy Borseth Rose St. Coll.:
Roni Kay O’Dell Cameron U.:
Aaron Mason NW. O.S.U.:
Eric Schmaltz NW O.S.U.
Cody Woods U.C.O.:
CULTURE CENTER
Islamists and Democracy Promotion in the Arab Region
Ingredients of Sustained Peaceful Settlements: Accountability and
Power Sharing
UN and World Bank In(ex)clusivity of Civil Society: Analyzing
spaces of Political and Economic Participation in Development and
Governance
Comparative Federalism between the Former Soviet Union, the \
Russian Federation and the United States: Ethnic Minority Rights
and Sovereignty in the Case of ethnic Germans and the Cherokee
Nation
The Global Currency War: How Nations are at War with Each Other
Through the Use of Currency
Discussant: Joe Campbell, Rose St. Coll.
1:00-2:30 p.m.
ROUNDTABLE
CONFERENCE CENTER
Midterm Election
Dr. Randy Jones, U. C.O.
Dr. Rick Farmer, Exec. Dir. Workers Compensation Commission
Dr. Richard Johnson, O. C. U.
2:30-2:45 p.m.
BREAK
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2:45-4:45 p.m.
ROUNDTABLE
CONFERENCE CENTER
1st Amendment- Prayer at Small Government Events, and the Ten Commandments Monument Decision
Adam Soltani, Executive Director of CAIR, (Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Bruce Prescott, Plaintiff in Ten Commandments Lawsuit, Rabbi Abby Jacobson, Emmanuel Synagogue
Bob Nelon, Attorney specializing in First Amendment Rights on the recent decision by SCOTUS as to prayer
before small Government meetings, and Ten Commandments monument suit.
Chair: Cherry Rain, Faculty, Redlands Comm. Coll.
2:45-4:45 p.m.
ROUNDTABLE
CULTURE CENTER
Politics of Immigration and the Hispanic vote
Dr. Rex Friend, Immigration attorney, Margery Solis, Catholic Charities immigration advocate, and Daniel
Bailey, T. Tech U. presenting paper: Understanding Non-Metro Hispanic Partisanship: Rural Hispanics and
the Republican Party (Graduate paper)
6:00 p.m.
DINNER
7-9:00 p.m.
OPSA AWARDS/KEYNOTE SPEAKER DARLINGTON CHAPEL
DARLINGTON CHAPEL:
5005 Darlington Road
Speaker: Dr. Brian Houghton
Dr. Houghton Teaches currently at BYU-Hawaii. He was the keynoter fifteen years ago when Redlands hosted
OPSA, speaking on Terrorism. He was at that time employed by the Rand Corporation. He soon became the
Director of Research at the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, (MIPT), and is now at BYUHawaii, as Associate Dean.
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DAY 2- FRIDAY, NOV. 7
8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION
MAIN LOBBY CONFERENCE CENTER
7:15-7:45 a.m.
BOARD MEETING
REGENTS ROOM
8-8:30 a.m.
OPSA BUSINESS MEETING
REGENTS ROOM
8:30-9:45 a.m.
ROUNDTABLE
Same Sex Marriage
CONFERENCE CENTER
Sally Gilbert, Attorney involved in Gender Law
Chair: Dana Glencross, Okla. City Comm. Coll. Faculty
10-11:30 a.m.
ROUNDTABLE:
Hobby Lobby & Affordable Care
CUTLURE CENTER
Dr. Loutitia Eason, Chancellor, Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
10-11:30 a.m.
PANEL
CONFERENCE CENTER
No Excuses. Justification and Transparency
Aimee Franklin, O.U.:
David Cole, Panhandle State U.:
Citizen Information, and transparency Related to Government Financial
Performance
“Political Justification in America” An Upper Level Undergraduate
Political Science Seminar
Discussant: John Wood, U.C.O.
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12-12:45 a.m.
PRESENTATION/LUNCHEON:
CULTURE CENTER
Kathryn McGill, creator and Executive Director of Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park, on thirty years of
interaction by a Humanities with State and Local Government, Universities, other Non-Profits, and other
stakeholders, and, well, survival and flourishing. THEN, Marc Antony’s funeral oration, with explication of
why it may be the best political speech ever.
1:00-2:15 p.m.
PANEL
CONFERENCECENTER
Oklahoma Politics: Native Americans, Women, Education, and Death Penalty
Jeff Birdsong N.E.O.:
Newakis Girdley E. C. U.:
Beyond Assimilation: The Cultural Entrepreneurship of American
Indians in Oklahoma
Knocking on the Door to the Smoke-Filled Room: Women in Oklahoma
Senate Races 1992-2014
James Davenport, Rose St. Coll
Sue Lynn Sasser,U.C.O.:
Danny Adkison O.S.U.
Impacts on Economic Perceptions – Survey Data
Christine Pappas, E.C.U.
Michael Copeland, E.C.U.
Thomas Parr, E.C.U.
Tinkering with the Machinery of Death: The Feasibility of Nitrogen
Hypoxia to Implement Oklahoma’s Death Penalty
Oklahoma, the Supreme Court, and Botched Executions
Discussant: Tony Wohlers Cameron U. Faculty
We Thank You for Your Attendance
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