THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
Thursday, 2:00 – 5:00 pm: Events and Registration
Registration and Welcoming Reception – Complimentary refreshments
Room:
Oakland Center Banquet Room A
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Poster Session: Teaching Practices in Political Science
Oakland Center Banquet Room A
Thursday, 5:30 – 9:00 pm: Reception, Dinner and Keynote Address
Reception (cash bar)
Room:
Meadow Brook Hall Great Hall
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Dinner
Meadow Brook Hall Christopher Wren Room
Keynote Address
Meadow Brook Hall Christopher Wren Room
Campaign Finance Policy and Why it Matters for Political Science
R. Sam Garrett, Congressional Research Service
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24
Friday, 7:30 am: Registration opens
Room:
Heritage Room
Friday, 8:00 – 9:45 am: Panels and Roundtables
1-1
Undergraduate Feature Panel on Norms and Identity
Chair / Discussant:
Paul Kubicek, Oakland University
Room:
125 Oakland Center
Presenters:
America’s Taboo of Redistribution
Jane Dixon, Oakland University
Leids, Fowk, an’Coontry: How do Languages, People, and Country impact
the Scottish Independence Referendum?
Luke Ashton, Alma College
Natural Resource Wealth and Norm Compliance: Rent Revenues and the
Continuity of State Behavior in International Politics
Marc Dubuis, Oakland University
By Hook or By Crook: Gossip, Intelligence Sharing, and Wartime
Deception against Sideline States
Alex Farrington, Central Michigan University
How Much Will That Cost? An Inquisition into the Morality of Markets
Derek J. Stefanovsky, Alma College
1-2
Chair / Discussant:
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Presenters:
Authoritarian Systems: Institutions, Resources, and Violence
Roger Durham, Aquinas College
130 Oakland Center
Power through the Pump: Oil Wealth, Consumer Subsidies, and Political
Regimes
Matthew Fails and KalsoomHussain, Oakland University
Informal Matters More than Formal in the Middle East
EbruEren Webb, Michigan State University
Liberalization, Contention, and Threat: Institutional Determinants of
Societal Strategies and Preferences Under Authoritarianism in Tunisia and
Morocco
Matthew T. Lacouture, Wayne State University
Lenin Lives! Revolutionary Legacies and Resistance to Liberal Democracy
in Russia and Cuba
Judith Kulberg, Eastern Michigan University
1-3
Chair / Discussant:
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Presenters:
New Models of Administration in Detroit
John Parham, South University
128 Oakland Center
Municipal Bankruptcy and New Considerations for Local Court Funding
Models
Julie Walters and Diane Hartmus, Oakland University
The Emergency Manager in Detroit: An Analysis of the Process Using the
Multiple-Streams Framework
Calvin Higgins, Jr., Wayne State University
Market for Information in the Charter School Market of Detroit
Daniel Hiaeshutter-Rice and Sinéad Redmond, University of Michigan
1-4
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Local Government, Politics, and Policy
Pat Piskulich, Oakland University
125 Oakland Center
Trends in Michigan Local Governments’ Fiscal Health, 2009-2014
Debra Horner, University of Michigan
Great Lakes Bay Transit Authority: Regionalism through Public Transit
Jeremy Killion, Trent Varva, Lauren Delzeith, Andrew Kumar, Jake Parcell,
KrystleRajewski, and John L. Kaczynski, Saginaw Valley State University
Who Should Regulate? A Comparison of Michigan Local Leaders and
Michigan Citizens
Sarah Mills, University of Michigan
Revenue Diversity and Budget Responses to Fiscal Stress among Michigan
Cities
Lawrence Sych, Central Michigan University
Clawson, Michigan: Downtown Market Analysis
Lynda Keough and Michael Perosky, Oakland University
Friday, 9:45 – 10:00 am: Morning Break (complimentary coffee, soft drinks, snacks
Room:
Heritage Room
Friday, 10:00 – 11:45 am: Panels and Roundtables
2-1
Undergraduate Feature Panel on Detroit
Chair / Discussant:
Nicole Asmussen, Oakland University
Room:
126 Oakland Center
Presenters:
The Motor City Goes Bankrupt
James Tatum, Eastern Michigan University
Rebuilding Detroit
Emily Howard, Oakland University
The Impact of NAFTA on Employment in the Detroit Auto Industry
Veronica Penny, Andrews University
Youth Involvement in Politics on College Campuses
Dominic Nanni and Nikita Kheterpal, Wayne State University
2-2
Chair / Discussant:
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Aspects of International Conflict
Peter Trumbore, Oakland University
128 Oakland Center
Violence Begets Violence: Traumatic Stress and the Recursion of Armed
Conflict
Judith Kulberg, Eastern Michigan University
Clash of the Rising Titans? The Potential for Chinese and Indian Conflict
in Asia
Daniel Urchick, Central Michigan University
American Jews and Israel's Military Intervention in Gaza
DawidTatarczyk, Western Michigan University
Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect: An Analysis of IsraeliPalestinian Relations With Modern Context
Brandon M. Heritier and Roger J. Durham, Aquinas College
2-3
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The 2013 – 2014 United States Supreme Court Term
Joyce A. Baugh, Central Michigan University
126 Oakland Center
Melissa G. Garmo, Saginaw Valley State University
Scott Johnson, Frostburg State University
Christopher E. Smith, Michigan State University
2-4
Chair / Discussant:
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Privatization and Public-Private Partnerships
John W. Smith, Henry Ford Community College (retired)
125 Oakland Center
Public-Private Partnerships and Accountability in the Detroit Regional
Aerotropolis
Brian W. Coyer, Public Law Resource Center
Innovative Financial Agreements: Airport Privatization
Lena J. Smith, City of Oklahoma City
Quasi-judicial Jewish Decision Making, or Getting the Get
John W. Smith, Henry Ford Community College (retired)
Barriers to Voluntary Incentive Program Enrollment from the Perspective
of Program Managers versus Landowners
Miranda Aho, Audrey Mayer, and Mark Rouleau, Michigan Tech University
Friday, 12:00 – 1:30 pm: Lunch and Interactive Plenary Session
3-1
The 2014 Elections in Michigan
Room:
Oakland Center Gold Rooms
Presenters:
Stephen Henderson, Detroit Free Press
Christy McDonald, Detroit Public Television
Nolan Finley, Detroit News
Friday, 1:45 – 3:30 pm: Panels and Roundtables
4-1
Graduate School: Myths, Truths and More
Chair:
Carmen Burlingame, University of Notre Dame
Room:
126 Oakland Center
Participants:
Kevin Lorentz, Wayne State University
Daniel Urchick, Central Michigan University
Sean Martinez, Central Michigan University
Amanda Grifka, Central Michigan University
4-2
Chair / Discussant:
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State Politics and Policy
J. Cherie Strachan, Central Michigan University
126 Oakland Center
Does Revenue Diversification or Revenue Elasticity Account for State
Fiscal Health?
Douglas Carr, Oakland University
Wenli Yan, Virginia Commonwealth University
The Politics of State Energy Severance Taxes in the Shale Era
Barry G. Rabe and Rachel Hampton, University of Michigan
The Role of Risk Cognition in Local Elected Officials’ Attitudes Toward
Inter-municipal Cooperation: Evidence From Metropolitan Michigan
Thomas Skuzinski, University of Michigan
Beyond Bankruptcy and Financial Emergencies: An Alternative Policy
Framework for Revitalizing Michigan’s Cities
Dayne Walling, University of Michigan – Flint & Mayor of Flint
Oil Spills and Policy Options
James P. Hill, Central Michigan University
4-3
Chair / Discussant:
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Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Feature Panel on Comparative Politics
Terri L. Towner, Oakland University
130 Oakland Center
La Educacionpara la Liberacion: The Chilean Student Movement in 2011
Clara Maeder, Bates College
Legalized Prostitution and Human Trafficking: Exploring Regional
Variation Within India
Alexa James, Oakland University
Did the Arab Spring Start Egypt on the Path to Freedom?
Daniel Luckenbaugh, Aquinas College
War and Terror Panel by Panel: Graphic Novels and the Construction of
Post-9/11 Political Narratives
Nathan Gimby, Aquinas College
5-3
Chair / Discussant:
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Presenters:
American Identity and Culture
Martha Klimist-Zingo, Oakland University
128 Oakland Center
Goodbye to Judicial Politics?
Carl M. Dibble, Ampolthot, Inc.
The Presbyterian Divestment Vote
Ron Stockton, University of Michigan – Dearborn
Political Comedy: An Alternative Path toward Political Interest?
Lisa Lawrason, Delta College
Clogged Pipeline: Lessons on the Political Pipeline for Women from the
After-JD Survey
Kimberly Saks McManaway, University of Michigan - Flint
Friday, 1:30 – 1:45 pm: Afternoon Break (complimentary coffee, soft drinks, snacks
Room:
Heritage Room
Friday, 3:45 – 5:30 pm: Panels and Roundtables
5-1
Normative Debates on Democracy
Chair / Discussant:
Roger Larocca, Oakland University
Room:
125 Oakland Center
Presenters:
Thucydides’ History: The Role of Leaders in Athenian Democracy
Kristina Bailey, Western Michigan University
Judicial Interference, Reluctant Rule Makers, and Seeking a Remedy for
Failed Faculty Unions Under the NLRA
Daniel Underwood, Ferris State University
Henry Adams's History of the United States and the Development of
American Progressivism
Robert Eden, Hillsdale College
5-2
Chair / Discussant:
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Governing Detroit
John S. Klemanski, Oakland University
130 Oakland Center
Presenters:
Voluntary Association in Detroit as a Model for the Future
Joshua R. Berkenpas, Western Michigan University
Urban Regime Analysis: The Case of the Woodward Streetcar
Anthony Jesuale, Wayne State University
Rethinking Urban Governance: The Role of the Nonprofit Sector in
Economic Development
Michelle Wooddell, Grand Valley State University
5-3
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Intergovernmental Interactions: Organizations and Agreements
Judith Kullberg, Eastern Michigan University
128 Oakland Center
Syria and the Responsibility to Prosecute: Norm Construction in the UN
Security Council
Carrie Booth Walling, Albion College
Divided Industries in the Fight for US Free Trade Agreements
Ian Osgood, University of Michigan
Albania: European Union Membership and Human Rights Concerns
Facing the Roma Minority Group
EviCenolli, Wayne State University
Exploring Interest Group Decisions in Environmental Policy:
Conversations with Interest Groups in the United States and Canada
Melissa Shaffer-O'Connell, Lake Superior State University
Networking in Peace Operations
IsilAkbulut, Wayne State University
5-4
Undergraduate Feature Panel on Transparency and Accountability in
International Relations
Matthew Arsenault, Mount Aloysius College
130 Oakland Center
The Institutionalization of Right to Information Laws
GerganaSivrieva, Wayne State University
The Pirate Bay: A New Non-State Actor in International Relations
Nicholas Willis, Oakland University
Wikileaks as World Society Actor: An English School Interpretation
Chelsea Manning, Oakland University
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