2013 Conference

Panel 1A: Narratives on Race and Ethnicity

Spotlight Room
Chair: Derek Meyers, Illinois State University
Discussant: Kevin McKenzie, Illinois State University

• Keith Smilie, Illinois State University

  Deliberative Democracy and the American Slave Narrative: When Norms Collide

• Figen Cetin, Monmouth College

  Piety of Young Muslim Adults in the Midwest

• Jared Logan, Illinois State University

  Bill Cosby: Black Bigot or Prophet? A Review of Dyson's "Is Bill Cosby Right?"

Panel 1B: Integration and Identity

Old Main
Chair: Joseph Simon, Illinois State University
Discussant: Benjamin Chambers, University of Missouri - St. Louis

• Aristotle Butler, Westminster College

  Why Isn't America Happier?

• Paul Davies, Monmouth College

  Spain EEC and EMU Economic Integration 1985-2010

• Emily Frazer, Monmouth College

  The Sins of Our Fathers:The Stigmatization of German National Identity

• Tracewell Gordon, Tiffin UniversityWestminster College

  Rawls to the Rescue: Explaining Germany's Curious Lack of Subjective Well-Being

Panel 1C: Politics and Religion

1st Floor West Lounge
Chair: Chris Petkus, Illinois State University
Discussant: Sohail Jouya, William Jewell College \ Westminster College, Oxford

• Scott Siebert, Illinois State University

  Egypt, Islam, and Party Ideology

• Tess Plattner, Illinois State University

  The Role of the Church: A Grassroots Effect

• Varun Sanadhya, Illinois State University

  Savarkar and Gandhi on Politics of Religion

Panel 2A: The United States at War

1st Floor West Lounge
Chair: Jamie Kent, Illinois State University
Discussant: Joe Bell, University of Missouri-St. Louis

• Hassan Masood, Monmouth College

  Death from the Heavens: The Politics of the United States' Drone Campaign in Pakistan's Tribal Areas

• Joe Biles, St. Mary's University

  Butter Versus Guns? Electoral Disincentives to Defense Effort

• Anna Holyan, Westminster College

  The Drone Presidency

• Reza Niknam Zarnaghi, University of Limerick

  Place of Human Rights in the United States Foreign Policy after the Cold War

Panel 2B: Problematic Presidents

3rd Floor East Lounge
Chair: Matt McCue, Illinois State University
Discussant: Aristotle Butler, Westminster College

• Ben Martin, Western Illinois University

  James K. Polk: A One Term President

• Jonathan Baker, Western Illinois University

  Woodrow Wilson

• Matt Koretke, Western Illinois University

  Powers of the President: The Cuban Missile Crisis

• Kattina Williams Western Illinois University

  Kennedy: Ideas That Live On

Panel 2C: Politics and Public Policy

Spotlight Room
Chair: Morgan Hubbard, Monmouth College
Discussant: Damian Chavez, Truman State University

• Nichole Brants, Illinois State University

  Placing the 'Community' in Community Development: Examining Participation in Practice

• Adam Crank, Eureka College

  'An Examination of the Agricultural Adjustment Act and Government Intervention in Farming

• Kristen Tomcza, Eureka College

  EMTALA: What Is the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act

• Elizabeth Kelleher, Suffolk University

  College Voter Turnout

Panel 2D: China at Home and Abroad

Old Main
Chair: James Watt, Illinois State
Discussant: Gabirel Walder, Illinois State

• Kate Montgomery, DePaul University

  Not Just a Pretty Building: The Case for Sustainable Architecture in China

• Daniel Smith, New York University

  Win-to-Select Procedure: An Alternative for the Fair Allocation of Sovereignty of the Spratly Islands

• Ajuzie Godson, University of Benin, Benin City

  Sino-Nigerian Relations: An X-Ray of The Motives and Interests Behind China's Increasing Engagement with Nigeria

POSTER SESSION 11:15 - 12:00pm

The Presidency and the Media
Circus Room

• Jake Anderson, Western Illinois University

  The Future of Politics in our Hand

• Juan Cuellar, Western Illinois University

  The President: A Popular, Flawless Individual

• Ben Lampere, Western Illinois University

  Evolution of Media and Politics since the Advent of the Internet

• Edith Rivera, Western Illinois University

  Should We Have a Double Standard for Ordinary Citizens and Public Figures with Regards to Privacy Issues?

• Meg Severson, Western Illinois University

  Big Bird versus the Government

• Bahader Singh, Western Illinois University

  The American Presidency: Realizing the Federalist Dream

Luncheon 11:55 to 12:30pm
Circus Room

(for participants)

Keynote Speaker (12:30-1:15)
Circus Room

(open to the public)

"Leadership in times of Crisis"

Jim Edgar
Distinguished Fellow, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois
Governor of Illinois, 1991-1999

Panel 3A: Globalization and Developing Nations

3rd Floor East Lounge
Chair: Joseph Simon, Illinois State University
Discussant: Daniel Smith, New York University

• Brianna Ericson, Roger Williams University

  Rich Diseases in Poor Countries: Globalization of Diet and Health in Central America

• Reza Niknam Zarnaghi, University of Limerick

  Human Rights: Norms and Obstacles in the Middle East

• Celine Rivera, Roger Williams University

  'Globalization and Culture: The Detrimental Effects on Local Populations in Latin America.

• Ryan Sawicki, Roger Williams University

  Globalization and Conflict

Panel 3B: U.S. Intergovernmental Relations

Old Main
Chair: Haley Westfall, Illinois State University
Discussant: Robert Markie, Truman State University

• Luke Eastin, Eastern Illinois University

  Home Rule and Environmentalism: The Adoption of Green Initiatives in U.S. Municipalities

• Gentry Lyons, Illinois State University

  Should Illinois Equalize Education Funding?

• Christopher Ranney, Eureka College

  A Review of Public Land Policy: How Federal Control is Detrimental to the States

Panel 3C: The Congress: Can We All Get Along?

1st Floor West Lounge
Chair: Nate Byrne, Illinois State University
Discussant: Joe Biles, St. Mary's University

• Meredith Tuttle, Eureka College

  Congresswomen and Committees: Exploring the Committee Assignments and Policy Impact of Women in the U.S. Congress

• Damian Chavez, Truman State University

  The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: An Analysis of the Formulation of the 2009 Stimulus

• Joe Florio, Monmouth College

  Political Polarization and Legislative Gridlock in the 112th Congress

• Brent Glass, Eureka College

  A Federally Funded Restructuring: The Automobile Industry's Journey From Worldwide Acclaim to Bankruptcy

Panel 3D: Justice and Development

Spotlight Room
Chair: Tracewell Gordon, Westminster College
Discussant: Scott Siebert, Ilinois State University

• Benjamin Chambers, University of Missouri - St. Louis

  NGOs, Soft Power, and Environmental Politics

• Ryan Freer, Eastern Illinois University

  Justice for All?: Reevaluating the Limits of Justice

• Rebecca Isaacs, Monmouth College

  United Nations' State-Building in East Timor: Regional and Social Challenges in the one of the World's Newest Countries

• Kevin McKenzie, Illinois State University

  Failed Democratization and Market-Oriented Economics Cause Mexican Insecurity

Panel 4A: Media and Politics

Old Main
Chair: Sarah Lackore, Illinois State University
Discussant: Keith Smilie, Illinois State University

• James Brenner, Western Illinois University

  Fairness Doctrine: Was It Really Fair?

• Thomas Dodd, Western Illinois University

  The Leftist Media

• Matt Hellman, Western Illinois University

  Loss of Public Programming, Beginning of Private Propaganda

• Andrew Schulze, Western Illinois University

  Potency of the Social Media

Panel 4B: The Politics of Violence

Spotlight Room
Chair: Hassan Masood, Monmouth College
Discussant: Varun Sanadhya, Illinois State University

• Danica Donnelly-Landolt, Roger Williams University

  Globalization and Structural Violence: An Examination of the Causal Effect of Globalization on Structural Violence

• Torrence Gardner, Illinois State University

  The Tradition

• Morgan Hubbard, Monmouth College

  The Lost Generation: The Legalization of Abortion and the Decline in Crime

• Gentry Lyons, Illinois State University

  Sticks and Stones v. Words: Examining the Possibility that They Are One and the Same

Panel 4C: Culture and Conflict

1st Floor West Lounge
Chair: Brianna Ericson, Roger Williams University
Discussant: Celine Rivera, Roger Williams University

• Joe Bell, University of Missouri-St. Louis

  Conducting Counterinsurgency in Ethnically Fractured Environments: Strong Ethnic Identity Formation and its Consequences for the U.S. Mission in Afghanistan

• Wyatt Hoffman, Truman State University

  Cultures of War

• Sohail Jouya, William Jewell/Oxford/Westminster

  The Arab Spring: A Reason to Reject Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilizations

• Robert Markie, Truman State University

  Masters of Misdirection: Diversionary Conflict and Contested Rivals