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2004 Conference

12th Annual Illinois State University Conference for Students of Political Science

Conference Program
Bone Student Center
Normal , Illinois
April 8, 2005

Guidelines for Presenters, Chairs, and Discussants

Participating Universities:

Boston College, Carleton College, DePaul University, Eastern Illinois University, Elgin Community College, Ferghana Polytechnic Institute (Uzbekistan), Illinois State University, Ivan Franko National University (Ukraine), Loyola University Chicago, Merrimack College, Miami University, Michigan State University, Millikin University, Nebraska Wesleyan University, North Carolina State University, Northwestern University, Pennsylvania State University, SUNJ Rutgers, Southern Illinois University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Oregon, University of Winnipeg (Canada)

Sessions

Session 1

9:45 - 11:15am

Panel A1: Judicial Processes

Chair: Elizabeth Kreider, Illinois State University
Discussant: Elizabeth Gunnell, Illinois State University

Panel 1B: International Relations and Conflict

Chair: Sergio Mercado, Illinois State University
Discussant: Devadatta Gandhi, Illinois State University

Panel 1C: Community and Economic Development

Chair: Jeri Anne Hose, Illinois State University
Discussant: Ryan Stachelski, Illinois State University

Luncheon 12:00 to 12:30pm

"Innocent on Death Row: Exonerations and Reforms in the Criminal Justice System"

Edwin Colfax
Director of the Death Penalty Education Project
Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University

Session 2

1:15 - 2:45pm

Panel 2A: Global Politics and Economics

Chair: Linda Olsen, Illinois State University
Discussant: Anthony DiMaggio, Illinois State University

Panel 2B: Crime and Punishment

Chair: Marc Bacharach, Miami University
Discussant: Brandi Figari, Illinois State University

Panel 2C: Ideas About Community

Chair: Kate James, Illinois State University
Discussant: Morag Boyd, Illinois State University

Session 3

3:00 - 4:30pm

Panel 3A: War and Peace

Chair: Candice Thomas, Illinois State University
Discussant: Dina Nurmukhametova, SUNJ Rutgers

Panel 3B: American Policy and Politics

Chair: Dusty Evernden, Illinois State University
Discussant: Dawn M. Peterson, Illinois State University

Panel 3C: Marx, Lenin, and Machiavelli

Chair: Jon Remkus, Illinois State University
Discussant: Zachary Callen, University of Chicago

Panel 3D: Globalism and Development

Chair: Keith E. Noble, Miami University
Discussant: Muhammad Yusuf Farrakhan, Illinois State University

Closing Address

George H. Ryan - Governor, Illinois (1999-2003)
"My Decision and Why"

2004 Pi Sigma Alpha Best Paper Awards

Best Undergraduate Student Papers (1st, 2nd and 3d places)

  • Jason Hutchison

    The South China Sea: Confusion in Complexity

  • Jason Heretik

    Counterinsurgency Lessons for the Afghan Case

  • Kristin Leefers

    The Course of Political Development in Uganda and its Effect on Economic Development

Best Graduate Student Papers (1st, 2nd and 3d places)

  • Nadia Negrustueva

    Armed Conflict and the Community Development: Case Study

  • Marc Bacharach

    The Supreme Court, the Death Penalty, and Evolving Standards of Decency: A History of Interpretation

  • Mitzi Ramos

    On the Road to Political Incorporation: The Status of Hispanics in the Town of Cicero, Illinois

Award for the Best Paper on the Middle East/ South Asia

  • Jason Heretik

    Counterinsurgency Lessons for the Afghan Case