OPSA 2009 Annual Meeting
Citizenship in the 21st Century
East Central University
Nov. 5-6, 2009
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
Time
11:00 am – 1:00
1:00-1:15 pm
1:15-2:20 pm
Panel
Registration
Plenary Opening Session
Dr. Christine Pappas, Program Chair
Dr. Anton Wohlers, OPSA President
Lauren Hensley, ECU Student Senate President
Dr. Scott Barton, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences,
ECU
Oklahoma Politics I
“The 2006/2008 Elections in Oklahoma”
Dr. Jan Hardt, UCO
Location
Regents Room
Regents Room
“A Long Range Forecast of the Oklahoma Gubernatorial Election”
Dr. Randall Jones, UCO
“More Urban, Less Country: The Changing Political Culture of
Oklahoma”
Dr. Jeffrey Birdsong, Northeastern Oklahoma A & M College
“Direct Democracy in Oklahoma: Exploring the Usage and Results
of Initiative and Referendum”
Dr. Rick Farmer, Oklahoma House of Representatives and
Dr. Brian Rader, Northeastern State University
2:30-3:10 pm
3:15-4:20 pm
Chair: Joe Mohr, ECU
Discussant:
Roundtable: Teaching Political Science to Democratic Citizens
Dr. Charles Peaden and Jonnathan Hicks, ECU
John Wood, Rose State College
Dr. Jaime Burns, ECU
Chair, Dr. Melody Huckaby, Cameron University
Issues in African Americans and Native American Citizenship
Regents Room
Regents Room
“’All Deliberate Speed’: Oklahoma City Public Schools’ Journey
from Brown to Board of Education of Oklahoma City v. Dowell,
1955-1991”
Patrick Tadlock, ECU
“Desegregation of Ada, Oklahoma: 1957-present: Did Integration
Work”?
McKae Groetzinger, ECU
Paper on the Cherokee Freedman issue
Dr. Pauline Harris, OSU and Bob Littlejohn,
“Citizenship and the Contested Identity of the Cherokee Indian.”
Aaron Mason and Cass Smith, Northwestern Oklahoma State
University
Chair and Discussant: Dr. Vivian Williamson Whitney, ECU
4:30-5:30 pm
Regents Room
5:30-6:30
Native American Politics and Citizenship Roundtable
Sen. Susan Paddack, Oklahoma State Senate
Rep. Todd Thomsen, Oklahoma House of Representatives
Emma Wesley, Seminole Nation, Eufala Band Chief
Chair, Laura Clark, Chickasaw Nation
OPSA Board Meeting
6:30-7:15 pm
Dinner
7:30-9:00 pm
Pi Sigma Alpha Lecture: The Three Rs of 3 C’s
Ambassador Charles Blackwell
Chickasaw Nation
Welcome by Dr. Diane Berty, VP for Student Development, ECU
Introduced by Aleisha Brewer, President ECU Pi Sigma Alpha
Host: Jomain McKenzie, ECU Junior
Lockmiller
Lobby, Halle
Brown Ford Fine
Arts Center
Ataloa Theater,
Halle Brown
Ford Fine Arts
Center
Friday, Nov. 6, 2009
8:00-8:30 am
OPSA Membership Meeting
8:30-9:20 am
Political Theory
"Self-Reliance and Social Reform in Emerson"
Dr. Daniel M. Savage, Northeastern State University
"A Practical and Moral Critique of Universal Jurisdiction"
Derek Steiger, Northeastern State University
"Let There Be Judicial Review"
Don Fahrny, Oklahoma State University
Discussant and Chair: Dr. Ken Hicks, Rogers State University
TBA
Regents Room
Regents Room
9:30-10:50 am
11:00-12:00 pm
Voter Attitudes
“The Oklahoma Voter 2008”
Dr. Bob Darcy, OSU and students
“Experimental Evidence on Political Trust”
Dr. Aleisha Karjala, USAO
“Citizen Influence at the Local Level Through Neighborhood
Associations”
Dr. Anton Wohlers, Cameron University
Rep. Joe Dorman, Oklahoma House of Representatives
Chair:
Discussant:
Oklahoma Politics Roundtable
Dr. Bridges’ guests
Rep. Joe Dorman, Oklahoma House of Representatives
Chair: Dr. Leroy Bridges
12:00-12:30
Lunch
12:30-1:30
“Biology, Political Orientations, and Citizenship,”
Dr. John Hibbing, University of Nebraska, presents the
Lou Watkins Lecture
Practitioners’ Roundtable: Lobbyists and Consultants
Rep. Ron Peterson, Ron Peterson Government Consulting Inc.
Ms. Hollye Hunt, Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education
Ms. Sommerlyn Cothran, Cothran Development Strategies
Dr. Michael Hirlinger, Oral Roberts University
Chair: Dr. Rick Farmer, Oklahoma House of Representatives
1:35-2:35
2:40-3:55 pm
Public Administration
"Designing Financial Management Control Systems: The
Opportunity to Use Values in Guiding Behavior."
Dr. Aimee Franklin and Jonathan Skuta, University of Oklahoma
South Dining
Hall
South Dining
Hall
Regents Room
Regents Room
"Understanding High Turnover Rates in Tulsa United Way."
Ms. Meg Myers Morgan, M.P.A.
“Developing a Safety Culture in the Fire Service."
Dr. Bill Pessemier
Chair and Discussant: Dr. Steven Housel, Rogers State University
4:00-5:00
Obama’s First Year
Dr. Ken Hicks, Rogers State University
Dr. Brian Bentel, ECU
Regents Room