WELCOME TO THE SPRING 2014 INTRODUCTION TO
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES RESEARCH POSTER CONFERENCE
W E D NE S D AY , AP RI L 2 3 , 2: 4 5- 5 :0 0 PM , S IS ATR IU M
Professors Aaron Boesenecker, Brian Cramer, Sarah Knight, Garret Martin,
David Mislan, Dave Ohls, Holger Schmidt, Lucia Seybert
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Session 1: 2:45-3:45 pm
Diana Jordan: “The Power of Inclusive Rhetoric: Analyzing the Electoral Success of Indigenous Parties in Bolivia, Ecuador and Guatemala.”
Kolin Kearns: “The Effect of Domestic Agricultural Sectors and Biotech Crop Production of GMO Labeling Laws.”
Xinyuan Li: “The Effects of Chinese Families’ Political Ideology on Their Children Studying at U.S. Universities.”
Jennifer Ngyuen: “Chinese Unification: Taiwan & Hong Kong Identity.”
Frankie Orrico: “Legal Redress for Victims in Peace and Reconciliation Acts and its Impact on Actual Reconciliation: A Study of South
Africa, Ireland, and Chile.”
Emily Perzanoski: “The Rationale of Suicide Terrorism: How Can the Actions of Suicide Terrorists Be Explained?”
Patrick Ray: “Economic Austerity: The Solution or the Problem?”
Nicole Rouhani: “Religious Persecution in Iran.”
Ania Skinner: “The Effects of Reforms, Historical Legacies, and Trade on Democracy in Post-Soviet States.”
Reception: 3:45-4:00 pm (with remarks from Dean Goldgeier & Dean Jackson)
Session 2: 4:00-5:00 pm
Daniel Hovaness: “Male Economic Participation and Armed Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa.”
Edgar Li: “Micro-Credit in Rural China.”
Egbert Ospina: “Consumption in the North and Production in the South: The International Impact of Green Political Consumerism.”
Tyler Rossi: “Food Aid and the Stability of African Regimes.”
Hannah Schlechter: “The New Intimidated International Community: How the September 11 Attacks and Terrorism Have Decreased the
Frequency of Humanitarian Intervention in the Past Decade.”
Ellyse Stauffer: “Health Expenditures and Participation in the Agricultural Sector in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania from 1996-2012.”
Siobhan Spiak: “Economic Relations: The Effect of Wealth Distribution on Ethnic Tensions in Latin America.”
Ferdinand Swedi: “Remember Somalia? Assessing US Decision Making on Humanitarian Intervention.”
Elizabeth Wilkins: “Marine Sustainability in Caribbean Small Island Developing States.”