Introduction to IR Research Poster Conference
Reception 3:45-4:00
Remarks by Dean Goldgeier
and Dean Jackson
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
2:45-5:00 pm, SIS Atrium
Professors Brian Cramer, Elizabeth
Cohn, Cindy Collins, David Mislan,
Holger Schmidt, & Lucia Seybert
Session 1: 2:45-3:45 pm
Brendan Beroff, “Modern Piracy: Causes and Conditions.”
Becky Bock, “Perception and Corruption: A Nation's Obligation to Monitor Officials.”
Lauren Bosma, “The Effect of Indigenous & Elite Interactions on Social Movement Formation: Bolivia and Peru.”
John Doldo, “Ethnic Identity and Conflict Severity in Interlacustrine Africa.”
Anjali Fischer, “Leasing Life: The Economic Inequity of Water Privatization.”
Abigail Frost, “Ideological Transfer: A Comparison of U.S. Federal Indian Policy and Foreign Policy.”
Emily Gallagher, “Unmasking Government: Economic Stability and Regime-Type in Culturally Distinct Regions.”
Jaqueline Hartley, “The French Problem? Language Consolidation and the Migrant Job Market.”
Bradley Harmon, “Stimulus Packages and Economic Growth in Democracies.”
Alex King, “Gender Inequality and the Effects of Economic Growth.”
Yuliya Khromyak, “Gender Parity in Education and Contraception: The Road to Economic Development.”
Bret Matera, “Developing Violence.”
Stephen Maurer, “Neoliberal Economic Policies and Poverty Reduction in South America.”
Casey Murphy, “God and Girls' Education: The Cases of Ethiopia and Sierra Leone.”
Danielle St. Laurent, “The Blame Game: Investigating the Root Causes of Human Trafficking.”
Bethany Tietjen, “Corruption in the Ukraine and its Prospects for EU Membership.”
Session 2: 4:00-5:00 pm
Shelby Allinder, “Albania’s American Devotion.”
Nicole Atallah, “Framing and Threat Perception: State of the Union Addresses & U.S. Public Opinion of Iran.”
Clarence Cabanero, “Economic Integration in East Asia: Historical Animosity & the Prospects of an FTA.”
Rianna Eckel, “UN Humanitarian Intervention and the Absence of Initiative in Tibet.”
Emily Kvalheim, “Aid, Investment, and Africa: Explaining Chinese and American Economic Relations.”
Rachael Somerville, “Carbon Tire Tracks: Sustainable Transportation in Car-Based States.”
Lorraine Holmes, “Militarism and Wartime Rape.”
Chelsea Lewis, “The Carioca Reality: Favela Conditions after Pacification.”
Sandra Mekler, “Who cares about the Middle East? A case study of public opinion in the US.”
Richard Murphy, “Smart Sanctions: An Effective Means of Inducing Policy Change in Authoritarian Regimes?”
Megan Nissel, “NATO Intervention.”
Joel Smithey, “Understanding the Effectiveness of Negotiations Between the PRC and Tibet.”
Nicholas Taber, “The Political Influence of the U.S. Arms Industry and U.S. Arms Exports.”
Michelle Tham, “The Middle Class and Protest Behavior in China.”
Erica Thomas, “Busted by the Feds? Government Corruption and Drug Trafficking.”
Emily Watt, “Olympic Preparation and Crime.”