Journeys in World Politics, October 28th-30th, 2004
Sponsored by the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, with Support from the Department of Political Science
Thursday, Oct. 28
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 29
7:30-8:15 a.m.
8:15-9:15 a.m.
9:15-10:00
10:00-10:20
10:20-11:05
11:05-11:50
12:00-1:30 p.m.
1:30-2:15
Dinner at Sara Mitchell’s house (Meet in Sheraton lobby at 6:00pm)
Martha Finnemore and Dina Zinnes present oral intellectual autobiographies
Breakfast, Commons Room, 302 Schaeffer Hall
Career/Gender Discussion #1: Creating a Positive Graduate Student Experience
Presentation by Vicki Hesli, Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa
 Hesli, Vicki L., Evelyn C. Fink, and Diane M. Duffy. 2003. “The Role of Faculty in Creating a Positive Graduate Student
Experience: Survey Results from the Midwest Region, Part II.” PS: Political Science and Politics 36(4): 801-804.
 Hesli, Vicki L., Evelyn C. Fink, and Diane M. Duffy. 2003. “Mentoring in a Positive Graduate Student Experience: Survey
Results from the Midwest Region, Part I.” PS: Political Science and Politics 36(3): 457-460.
 Hesli Vicki L. and Barbara Burrell. 1995. “Faculty Rank among Political Scientists and Reports of the Academic
Environment: The Differential Impact of Gender on Observed Patterns.” PS: Political Science and Politics, March 1995,
Vol. 28, No. 1 (pp. 101-111)
Career/Gender Discussion #2: Balancing Family & Career/ Managing Dual Academic Careers
 Wilson, Robin. 2003. “How Babies Alter Careers for Academics.” Chronicle of Higher Education 50(December 5).
 Krebs, Paula. 2001. “Why ‘Family First’ is not a Win for Academic Feminists.” Chronicle of Higher Education
48(November 2).
 Williams, Joan. 2003. “The Subtle Side of Discrimination.” Chronicle of Higher Education 49(April 18).
 Wilson, Robin. 2001. “The Backlash against Hiring Couples.” Chronicle of Higher Education 47(April 13).
 Wilson, Robin. 2002. “Academic Couples Said to be Happier Working at Same University.” Chronicle of Higher
Education 48(August 2).
 Wilson, Robin. 2004. “Singular Mistreatment.” Chronicle of Higher Education 50(April 23).
Coffee break
“Trade Institutions, Resource Management, and War”
Kathy L. Powers, Pennsylvania State University; Discussants: Mitchell, Powell, Daxecker
“Discourses of the International Trade and Development Regime”
Darrah McCracken, University of Kansas; Discussants: Finnemore, Powers, Ahern
Lunch, Catered by New Pioneer Co-op
“Laying to Rest the Autocratic Peace”
Karen Petersen, Vanderbilt University; Discussants: Zinnes, Satana, Lutmar
Friday, Oct. 29, cont’d
2:15-3:00
3:00-3:45
3:45-4:00
4:00-4:45
4:45-5:30
7:00-9:30
Saturday, Oct. 30
7:45-8:30 a.m.
8:30-9:30 a.m.
9:30-10:15
10:15-10:30
10:30-11:15
11:15-12:00 p.m.
12:00-2:00
2:00-2:45
2:45-3:30
3:30-4:15
7:00-9:30
“Selling the State on a Private Market: Reassessing Alliance Commitments”
Anessa L. Kimball, Binghamton University; Discussants: Mitchell, Favretto, Johnson
“The Role of International Organizations and Non-governmental Organizations in International Multilateral Agreement Negotiations”
Nicole Simonelli, New York University; Discussants: Finnemore, Shannon, Ahern
Afternoon break
“The Democratic Community and the Expansion of International Organizations”
Megan Shannon, University of Iowa; Discussants: Finnemore, Powell, Simonelli
“The International Court of Justice and the World’s Three Legal Systems”
Emilia Justyna Powell, Florida State University; Discussants: Zinnes, Petersen, Satana
Dinner at Thai Spice
Breakfast, Commons Room, 302 Schaeffer Hall
Career/Gender Discussion #3: Publishing & Tenure
 Anonymous and Anonymous. 1999. “Tenure in a Chilly Climate.” PS: Political Science and Politics 32 (1): 91-99.
 Young, Cheryl D. 1995. “An Assessment of Articles Published by Women in 15 Top Political Science Journals.” PS:
Political Science and Politics 28 (3): 525-533.
 Mathews, A. Lanethea and Kristi Andersen. 2001. “A Gender Gap in Publishing? Women’s Representation in Edited
Political Science Books.” PS: Political Science and Politics 34 (1): 143-147.
“Commitment or Pure Politics? The Effect of Domestic Factors on Third Party Involvement in Civil Wars”
Nil Satana, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Discussants: Kadera, Favretto, Petersen
Coffee break
“Does Impartiality Matter?”
Katja I. Favretto, University of California, Los Angeles; Discussants: Mitchell, Kimball, Lutmar
“Political Capacity and the Severity of Internal Conflict”
Kristin Johnson, Claremont Graduate University; Discussants: Kadera, Powers, Simonelli
Lunch, The Summit
“Contested Institutions and Conflict Initiation, 1950-2000”
Ursula E. Daxecker, University of New Orleans; Discussants: Kadera, Kimball, Johnson
“US Depositions, Domestic Institution, and Foreign Policy Compliance: Empirical Examination, 1900-2000”
Carmela Lutmar, American University; Discussants: Mitchell, Shannon, McCracken
“How Not to Fight a War: Optimistic Miscalculations and NATO’s Fortuitous Political Victory in Kosovo”
Stephanie Ahern, University of Notre Dame; Discussants: Zinnes, Daxecker, McCracken
Dinner at Sara Mitchell’s house