2007 OPSA Program
Time
Thursday,
November 8
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
10:45 AM
11:45 AM
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
3:15 PM
Topic
Room
Registration,
pastries, coffee and soft drinks
Welcome
Rep. Lance Cargill, Speaker of the House
Rep. Gus Blackwell, Speaker Pro Temp. of the House
Panel 1, Roundtable on Gaming
Chair, Jeff Birdsong, NEOAM
Bob Ernst, Ottawa County Sheriff
Tommy Thomas
Kim Bishop, House Staff
Aimee Franklin, OU
Books, Posters and Snacks
University of Oklahoma Press
Congressional Quarterly
Cengage Learning
Prentice-Hall
University President’s Lunch
Hosts: David Boren, OU
Marlene Strathe, OSU
Kim Cherry, NSU
Richard Rafes, ECU
Mark Brister, OBU
Cindy Ross, CU
Terry Britton, RSC
House Higher Education Subcommittee Meeting
Chair, Rep. Terry Ingmire
Panel 2, Roundtable on Immigration
Chair, Randy Jones, UCO
Rep. Randy Terrill, HC
Rep. Richard Morrissette
Carol Helm, IRON
Linda Allegro, TU
Books, Posters and Snacks
University of Oklahoma Press
Congressional Quarterly
Cengage Learning
Prentice-Hall
Panel 3, Issues in Higher Education
Chair, Rick Vollmer, OCCC
The Academic Bill of Rights
Ron Becker, NSU
Capitol
Rotunda
House
Chamber
House
Chamber
Capitol
Rotunda
Capitol
Rotunda
Room
412c
House
Chamber
Capitol
Rotunda
Room
412c
4:30 PM
6:00 PM
Socrates, John Stuart Mill, and the Academic Bill of
Rights
Dan Savage, NSU
The Constitution and Academic Freedom
Justin Halpern, NSU
Decision Making and the Carnegie Classification:
Moving from Higher Research to Very High Research
Erin Ford, OU
Prosperity Bound: Oklahoma—100 Years and Counting
John Ulrich, ECU
Discussant: Rep. Bill Nations
Panel 4, Elections
Chair, Jason Kirksey, OSU
The Lady of the House: Nancy Pelosi in Political
Cartoons
Mareda Shurts and Christine Pappas, ECU
What Not to Wear: Fashion and Female Candidates
Christine Pappas, ECU
Is the Fox Guarding the Hen House?
John Wood, RSC
I’ll Drink to That! Oklahoma and Prohibition
Shad Satterthwaite, OU
Discussant: Rep. Joe Dorman
Reception
6:00 PM
Executive Board Meeting
President, Rick Vollmer, OCCC
7:00 PM
Dinner, Awards, Keynote
Keynote Address, Rep. Larry Ferguson
Awards Sponsor: LexisNexis
Dinner Sponsors: ATT & History Center
Hospitality Room
Following
Room
412c
History
Center
History
Center
3rd Floor
Boardroom
History
Center
Whitten Inn
Time
Friday,
November 9
8:30 AM
8:30 AM
9:30 AM
10:30 AM
10:45 AM
12:00 PM
2:00 PM
Topic
Room
Registration,
pastries, coffee and soft drinks
General Business Meeting
President, Rick Vollmer, OCCC
Panel 5, The Politics of Race
Chair: Brian Rader, NSU
Women and Civil Rights Leadership
Meshack Sagini, LU
Oklahoma Constructs Segregation
Bob Darcy, OSU
The Politics of Religion and Race: An Examination of
Evangelical African Americans at the Local Level
Matt Nies, CU
Discussant: Rep. Opio Toure, LU
Books, Posters and Snacks
University of Oklahoma Press
Congressional Quarterly
Cengage Learning
Prentice-Hall
Panel 6, Roundtable on Legislative Internships
Chair, Rick Farmer, House Staff
Vinay Patel, House Staff
Sarah Lawhead, OSU-OKC
Dante Giancola, House Staff
Glen Krutz, OU
Rep. Ryan McMullen
Political Junkies Lunch
Chair, Leroy Bridges, OU
Ben Odom
Neva Hill
Pat McFarran
Pat Hall
Panel 7, Public Policy Decisionmaking
Chair, Tom Clapper, Senate Staff
The Mechanics of the Tribal-State Relationship
Aaron Mason, NWOSU
The Evolution of the US Senate Committee on Indian
Affairs
Glen Krutz, OU
Local E-Government in the South: A Comparative
Study of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana
Anton Wohlers, CU
Capitol
Rotunda
Room
432a
Room
412c
Capitol
Rotunda
Room
412c
County
Commissioners
Building
Room
512a
3:00 PM
One Hundred Years of City Government of Durant
Chunmei Yoe, SOSU
The Implementation of the Oklahoma Marriage
Initiative to Individuals Receiving Temporary
Assistance to Needy Families
Matthew Nowlin, OU
Discussant: Steve Housel, RSU
Panel 8, International Affairs
Chair, David Cole, PSU
Lessons in Decisionmaking: Foreign Policy in the Bush
Administration
Louis Furmanski, UCO
An Autopsy of the Bush Administration’s Foreign
Policy
Ken Hicks, RSU
Discussant: Rep. Jason Murphey
Room
512a