WELCOME TO THE SPRING 2015 ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL
STUDIES RESEARCH POSTER CONFERENCE
W E D NE S D AY , AP RI L 2 2 , 12 :0 0 -5 :0 0 PM , S IS ATR IU M
Professors Akbar Ahmed, Adam Auerbach, Aaron Boesenecker, Charles T. Call, Adam Diamond, Ali Erol, Jonathan Fox, Randy
Henning, Garret Martin, David Bell Mislan, Mirjana Morosini, Dave Ohls, Christopher Rudolph, Lucia Seybert, Susan Shepler,
Andrew Spath, Susan Thomas, Krista Tuomi, Eugene Walton
Session 1: 12:15-1:30 pm
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Deborah Carey: “Causes for Diversification in African Economies: A Historical Analysis of Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Africa.”
Patrick Foley: “Priorities of the Powerful: a Discourse Analysis on Dominant Goals of the United Nations.”
Amanda Gould: “The Social Construction of Rape as Genocide: A Comparative Analysis Between The Rwandan Genocide and
the Holocaust.”
Adeline Hite: “A Field Memory at War: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the WWII Memorial.”
Shia Hobscheid: “Water in Israel and its Jewish Cultural Narratives.”
Juliet Ihediohanma: “Why Nigeria needs more Contraceptives before 2100.”
Isabella Meritt: “The Role of Food Security in the Arab Spring Protests Moratorium.”
Catlin O’Hara: “Sex and Society: The Impact of Societal Characteristics on Prostitution Legislation in Sweden and Germany.”
Camille Perry: “Oil Palm Expansion in Indonesia.”
Bailey Roe: “Home of the Free, the Brave and the Exceptional: American Exceptionalism in the White House and the
International Criminal Court?”
Annisah Smith: “The Power of REDD+: Implementing Indonesia’s Forest.”
Sydney Weis: “An Examination of the Relationship Between Ethnic Fractionalization and Level of Development in the Global
System.”
Session 2: 1:45-3:00 pm
Netty Brinckerhoff: “Examining the Correlation Between the Threat of Terrorism and Restriction of Civil Liberties vs. the
Correlation Between the Perception of Threat and Civil Liberties.”
Jessica Chin: “Understanding Guanxi: An Ethnographic Study of the Chinese Business Elite.”
Bennett DiDonna: “Can’t We All Just Get Along? An Ethnographic Study of the Korean Diaspora in Washington D.C.”
Lauren Evins: “Applying Social Cognitive Theory to Modern-Day Communication Channels.”
Areta Jez: “The Efficacy of Infrastructure Investment Inside and a Monetary Union: A Comparative Case Study of Poland and
Spain.”
Matthew Mechem: “Why is ISIS Successful?”
Brandi Muller: “Conflict Prevention: Successes and Failures of Environmental Peacebuilding.”
Sarina Neote: “Constructing Power Dynamics between the State and Organized Crime Groups.”
Valeria Ojeda-Avitia: “Measuring Hostility Towards Immigrants.”
Charlotte Prud’Homme: “Fair Trade Tea in India.”
Steve Reitz: “Why Japan Prioritized Cybersecurity.”
Mary Shipley: “Cultural Heritage Protection during the Euro Crisis: A Comparative Study of Greece and Portugal.”
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WELCOME TO THE SPRING 2015 ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL
STUDIES RESEARCH POSTER CONFERENCE
W E D NE S D AY , AP RI L 2 2 , 12 :0 0 -5 :0 0 PM , S IS ATR IU M
Professors Akbar Ahmed, Adam Auerbach, Aaron Boesenecker, Charles T. Call, Adam Diamond, Ali Erol, Jonathan Fox, Randy
Henning, Garret Martin, David Bell Mislan, Mirjana Morosini, Dave Ohls, Christopher Rudolph, Lucia Seybert, Susan Shepler,
Andrew Spath, Susan Thomas, Krista Tuomi, Eugene Walton
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Session 3: 3:15-4:30 pm
Drew Bailey: “Fight or Flight: An Analysis of Ukrainian Inaction During the 2014 Crimean Crisis.”
Ariane Choupo: “Do Refugees Cause More Crisis?”
Caroline Courtney: “Civil Society in Nigeria: Navigating the Barriers of Mobilizing Political Participation.”
Arielle Goldberg: “Exploring U.S. Foreign Policy Toward the Iranian Nuclear Program.”
Jenny Lafaurie: “The War of Liberation and the Creation of a National Identity: An Ethnographic Research of the Eritrean
Diaspora in Washington, D.C.”
Will Lee: “Did the Conservatives get it Right? Explanations of European Crime Rates.”
Kelli McClain: “A Model for Understanding Stability in post-Soviet States.”
Harrison Palefsky: “Construction of Political Legitimacy through Shared Ideology in the Islamic State Movement.”
Joshua Rodriguez: “The Perplexing Puzzle of Proselytization and Political Conflict.”
Rachael Rosenberg: “Language, Identity, and Language as Identity in Crimea Reformulating “the Crimea Question.”
Ricardo Russ: “The Effect of Ethnic Fractionalization on Civil Conflict.”
Tony Smith: “Deterrence by Proxy: A Study in post-Soviet Sino-Russian Relations.”
Jack Struck: “Cuban Identity in the U.S. Today.”