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Contents: November 2008 Call for Presentations
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The
Georgia Political Science Association 2003 Convention November 13 through November 15, 2003 Consequences of Institutions and Cultures The Mountain Creek Inn at
Callaway Gardens Pine Mountain, Georgia Thursday, November 13 2:00
to 4:00 p.m.
Board of Regents' Advisory Committee
On Political Science 2:00
to 4:00 p.m.
Board of Regents' Advisory Committee
On Criminal Justice 4:00
to 6:00 p.m.
Executive Committee Meeting
Georgia Political Science Association 6:00
to 7:00 p.m.
Early Bird Reception Friday, November 14 7:30
a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Conference Registration 8:15
to 9:45 a.m.
Panel Session 1 9:45
to 10:15 a.m.
Break 10:15
to 11:45 a.m.
Panel Session 2 12
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Lunch with the Honorable Cathy Cox,
Georgia Secretary of State "Voting, Elections, and Technology" Magnolia Ballroom in Convention Center Lunch
is provided free to all conference registrants 1:45
to 3:15 p.m.
Panel Session 3 Meeting of EU Studies Program Room 106 3:30
to 5:00 p.m.
Panel Session 4 6:00
to 7:00 p.m.
Reception Saturday, November 15 7:30
to 9:15 a.m.
Conference Registration 8:00
to 9:30 a.m.
Panel Session 5 9:15 to 9:40am Break Rosemary Lounge 9:40
to 10:45 a.m.
Annual Business Meeting, Georgia Political Science Association 9:40
to 10:45 a.m.
Annual Business Meeting, Criminal Justice Association of Georgia 11:00
a.m. to 12Noon
Conference Registration 11:00
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Panel Session 6 Panel Session Details Panel
Session 1 Friday,
November 14, 2003 8:15 to 9:45 a.m. Panel
1-A, Criminal Justice Chair:
Eugene
Bouley, Georgia College and State University Panelists: Eugene E. Bouley, Jr. and Blaine N. Sigety, Georgia College and State University "Sheriffs' Offices in Georgia: A Statewide Survey" Charles
B. A. Ubah, Georgia College and State University "Cultural Crisis, Crime, and Social Control in Africa's Most Populated Nation: Lessons for the 21st Century" Terry
L. Wells and Eugene E. Bouley, Jr., Georgia College and State University "Project Safe Neighborhoods: Intergovernmental Relations from the Bottom Up" Sutham
Cheurprakobkit, Kennesaw State University "Faculty Survey on Web-Based Education: The University of Texas System Perspective" Panel 1-B, Round Table on the 2004 Election: What to Expect Chair: Jack
Waskey, Dalton State College Panelists: Scott Buchanan, Columbus State University Harold
Cline, Middle Georgia College Rebecca Cline, Middle Georgia
College Chris
Grant, Georgia College and State University Kerry
R.
Stewart, Gainesville College Ben
Tate, Macon State College Joe
Trachtenberg, Clayton College and State University Panel 1-C, Is U.S. Hegemony in Decline in a Post-9/11
World? Chair: Greg Domin, Mercer University Panelists: Ruth
Beerman, Mercer University "Revisiting Paul Kennedy: The Rise and Fall of U.S. Hegemony and What the U.S. Must Do to Avoid the Decline of Its Empire" Kyle
Christensen, Mercer University "Malignant Hegemon: The US in a post-9/11 Era" Hal
Parker, Mercer University "Benevolent Hegemon? Why the World Needs the U.S. to Maintain Its Primacy" Nicole
Porterfield, Mercer University "U.S. Hegemony in the New World Order: The U.S. Role in International Institutions" Discussant:
Greg Domin, Mercer University Panel 1-D, Public Policy Issues in Georgia Chair: Saundra J. Reinke, Augusta State University Panelists: Saundra
J. Reinke and Randall D. Miller, Augusta State University "It's Not What You Know, It's Who You Know: Merit Pay, Promotion and Performance Appraisal in the Augusta-Richmond County Fire Department" William
E. Baker, Kennesaw State University and Paul A. Harris, Augusta State University "New Challenges to Devolution: Interstate Compacts and their Effects on Resource Redistribution—The Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) River Basin Compact" Anthony
Chandler and Patrick Clayton, Augusta State University "Punch vs. Touch: A Comparative Study of Voting Technology" N.
Andre David, Augusta State University "Ethics: Gateway to Wealth?" Discussant:
Ulf Zimmermann, Kennesaw State University Panel
Session 2
Friday, November 14, 2003
10:15 to 11:45 a.m. Panel
2-A, Criminal Justice Chair: Leo
Downing, North Georgia College and State University Panelists: Mike
Reese, North Georgia College & State University "The Defense Rests: A Tribute to Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch" Brent
Paterline and Brooks Lansing, North Georgia College and State University "Child Molestation: Criminal Typologies of Offenders" J.
Stuart Batchelder and Douglas D. Koski, North Georgia College and State
University "Computer-Assisted Learning in Prison—Context-Specific Limits to Programmatic Success" George Thomas and Deltra Richardson, Albany State University "The Relationship between Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence" Panel 2-B, Author Meets Critics: Greg
Domin's Carter, Public Opinion, and the Search for Values: 1977-1981 Chair: Greg Domin, Mercer University Panelists: Wendell
Broadwell, Georgia Perimeter College Douglas
L. Crane, Jr., Georgia Perimeter College Kerry
Stewart, Gainesville College Ed
Sharkey, Columbia College Panel 2-C, International Political Economy Chair:
Jill Crystal, Auburn University Panelists: Michael
J. Miller, University of Miami "Costa Rica's New and Impressive Sustainable Development Policies for Forests: Explaining the Difference between Paper and Practice" Brian
Murphy, North Georgia College and State University "Shifting the Parameters of Transatlantic Commercial Interaction" Thomas
E. Rotnem, Southern Polytechnic State University "The Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investment in Russia and Eastern Europe" Carolina
Valencia, Florida International University "Grameen Bank: Why Certain Micro Credit Programs are Successful" Discussant:
Cal Clark, Auburn University Panel 2-D, Public Policy I Chair:
Ulf Zimmermann, Kennesaw State University Panelists: Stanley
M. Caress, State University of West Georgia "An Alternative Public Policy-Making Perspective for Environmental Health Regulation" Barbara
Neuby, Kennesaw State University "Municipal Finance, Changing Revenue Structures, and the Limitations of Existing Data" Andrew
Ward and Paul Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology "Strategies for Workplace Disability Integration" Discussant:
David Shock, Kennesaw State University Panel
Session 3
Friday, November 14, 2003
1:45 to 3:15 p.m. Panel
3-A, Criminal Justice Chair:
Hil Harper, Valdosta State University Panelists: Hill
Harper, Valdosta State University "Social Problems Courses and Criminal Justice Curricula: A Content Analysis of Overlap" Rudy
Prine, Valdosta State University "Influence of the DAI on Juvenile Court Detention Decisions" Deborah
M. Robinson, Valdosta State University "A Crime Prevention Analysis of University Student Housing and Residences" Douglas
N. Robinson, Valdosta State University and Valdosta Police Department "To Chase or Not To Chase: An Analysis of High Speed Pursuits" Fred
Knowles, Valdosta State University "Has 'Get Tough on Crime' Politics Killed Direct Supervision for Jails and Prisons?" Panel 3-B, Georgia Politics Chair:
Joe Trachtenberg, Clayton College and State University Panelists: Scott
Buchanan, Columbus State University "The Return of the Wool Hat Boys: The Unlikely Victory of Governor Sonny Perdue" Philip
A. Grant, Jr. Pace University "The Congressional Campaigns of John Linder of Georgia" Jan
Mabie and Chris Grant, Georgia College and State University "Congressional Redistricting: Minority Incumbent Tactics and Majority Responses" Frank
A. Ubhaus Jr., Gerald A. Merwin Jr., J. Scott McDonald,
Randall T. Stokes,
Amy Warren,
Candy M. Long,
and Stacey E. Pickett, Valdosta State University "Developing a Measure for the Evaluation of Municipal Websites: A Pilot Study Using Georgia Cities" Discussant:
Ben Tate, Macon State College Panel 3-C, World Conflicts Chair:
Margaret Keiley-Listermann, Georgia Perimeter College Panelists: Carol
M. Glen, Valdosta State University "Gulf War II: Implications for Multilateral Cooperation" Zohair
Husain, University of South Alabama "The New Cold War: The West vs. Revolutionary Islamism" Tinez
Pavri, Spelman College "Going Nuclear: Effects on Conflict Resolution between India and Pakistan" Jacob
L. Stump, Ohio University "The Origin of Insecurity in Indo-Pakistani Relations" Nsikitima
J. Udoko, Clark-Atlanta University "Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Heritage, Contradictions, Crises, and Strategic Manifestations" Discussant:
Hugh Arnold, Clayton College and State University Panel 3-D, Shaping American Foreign Policy: The Impact of
Institutions and Cultures Chair:
Larry Elowitz, Georgia College and State University Panelists: Christopher
Ide, Savannah State University "American Foreign Policy: The Liberian Crisis" Jim Peterson, Valdosta State University "European Cultures and American Foreign Policy in the 21st Century" Kerry R. Stewart, Gainesville College "Just War and Terrorism as Policy Tools in the New World Order" Discussant:
Thomas P. Dolan, Columbus State University Panel
Session 4
Friday, November 14, 2003
3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Panel 4-A, Criminal Justice Chair:
Ross Alexander, North Georgia College and State University Panelists: Melissa
Harrell and George Thomas, Albany State University "The Effects of Alcohol on Adolescent Academic Performance" George
Thomas and Shervonne Bufford, Albany State University "Religious Involvements and Deviance Among Adolescents" Dorinda
L. Dowis, Columbus State University "Georgia Juvenile Justice Reform: The Prosecution of Children as Adults" Zachariah
Oommen, Albany State University "Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive X-ray: A Unique Instrument for Forensic Science Gun Shot Residue Analysis" Panel
4-B, Round Table on Retirement: Why, How, Uh Oh, and What Next? Chair: Ray
Chambers, Bainbridge College Panelists: Cory
Buice, Teachers Retirement System of Georgia Paula Grollman, Assistant
Comptroller, Bainbridge College Panel 4-C, African Politics Chair:
Napoleon Bamfo, Valdosta State University Panelists: Napoleon
Bamfo, Valdosta State University "The Elusive Third-Term Option: Why Do African Leaders Keep Trying?" Adeoye
Babafemi, University of Ibadan, Nigeria "African Traditional Secret Societies" Abi
Awomolo, Clark-Atlanta University "Market Women and Machine Politics in Western Nigeria" Hashim
Gibrill, Clark-Atlanta University "Walter Rodney's Legacy for 21st Century African Studies" Kent
S. Glenzer,
Emory University
and David Kauck, "Antipolitics in Action: The Systemic Reproduction of Structural Inequality in Democratic Decentralization Efforts in Rural Mali" Discussant:
Nsikitima J. Udoko, Clark-Atlanta University Panel 4-D, Culture, Institutions, and Politics Chair:
Jeffrey P. Blick, Georgia College and State University Panelists: Jeffrey
P. Blick, Georgia College and State University "Social and Political Conflict in Tierradentro, Cauca, Colombia: Trouble in 'The Land Within'" Marilene
Barros, Ball State University "Religious Change in Brazil: Spirituality Based or Business Oriented?" Baogang
Guo, Dalton State College "Sustaining Political Legitimacy in China: Challenges Ahead" Ganesh
Nathan, University of Bern, Switzerland "Cultural Groups of a Nation-State: Towards an Understanding of Conflicts of Cultural Groups" Levar
Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology "The Applicability of Cultural Relativism in Human Rights Discourse" Discussant:
Urban Cleaves, Georgia Perimeter College Panel
Session 5
Saturday, November 15, 2003
8:00 to 9:30 a.m. Panel 5-A, Criminal Justice Student Panel Chair:
Rudy Prine, Valdosta State University Panelists: Student: Joseph Budd Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joanna
Cannon, Valdosta State University "Implications for Community Engagement in Policing Practices in Nashville, Georgia" Student: Natasha
Cleveland Faculty Advisor: Dr. George
Thomas, Albany State University "The Role Family Structure and Neighborhood Play in Child Maltreatment" Student:
Taffee Winfield Faculty Advisor: Dr. George Thomas, Albany State
University "Who Lights Up More? Gender Differences in Adolescent Cigarette Smoking" Student:
Connie Price Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sutham Cheurprakobkit, Kennesaw
State University "A Description of Female Serial Killers" Students: Adrienne Harvey and Ashleigh Allen Faculty Advisor Dr. Sutham
Cheurprakobkit, Kennesaw State University "Stalking: An Analysis of the Stalker, the Victim and the Law" Panel 5-B, The Presidency Chair:
Miles Cooper, Georgia Southwestern State University Panelists: Carl D. Cavalli, North Georgia College and State
University "The Value of Presidential Contact with Congress: Lyndon Johnson and Medicare" John Farris, Georgia State University "Personal Intervention in the Passage of Policy: Revisiting Richard Neustadt's Paradigm of Presidential Power" Paul
Foote, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College "Difficult Choices: President Bush's Likely Nomination of Moderate Justices to the U.S. Supreme Court" Timothy
D. Holder, Morehead State University "Education vs. Indoctrination: A Case Study with Jimmy Carter" Discussant:
Dick Saeger, Valdosta State University Panel 5-C, Europe's Union: A Project Doomed to Succeed Chair:
William M. Downs, Georgia State University Panelists: William
M. Downs, Georgia State University "The Electoral Potency of Euroskepticism: Mapping Voter Attitudes and Party Strategy in the UK, France, and Denmark" Henry
T. Edmondson III, Georgia College and State University "We're Not in Philadelphia Anymore: The EU Constitutional Convention of 2003" Rachel
Fisher and J. Slade Broom, University of Bath "European Union Security and Defense Policy" Steven
E. Galatas, Georgia Southwestern State University "Overcoming the Democratic Deficit: Voter Participation, Electoral Competition, and the European Parliament" Eleanor
Morris, Georgia State University "Multiculturalism in Europe: The State of the EU's Migration Regime" Discussant:
Donald G. Singer, Georgia Perimeter College Panel
5-D, Voting and Elections in the U.S. Chair:
David Hill, Valdosta State University Panelists: John
Lyles, University of South Alabama "Unintended Consequences: The VRA of 1965 and the Emergence of a White Conservative Republican Party in Mobile, Alabama" Mark
C. Milewicz, Gordon College "New Media: The Impact of Digital Communications on Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Social Movements" Robert
M. Sanders, State University of West Georgia "How Environmentally Supportive Candidates Fared in the 2002 Mid-Term Congressional Elections" David
Shock, Kennesaw State University "Ballot Access Policies for Third Parties in Georgia and the U.S.: A Prescription" Discussant:
James LaPlant, Valdosta State University Panel
Session 6
Saturday, November 15, 2003
11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Panel 6-A, Criminal Justice Panel Chair:
Charles Ochie, Sr., Albany State University Panelists:
Charles O. Ochie, Sr., Albany State University "The Injustice Before Trial: Reviewing Early Decisions in Criminal Justice Process and Its Impact on Criminal Defendants" Donald L. Yates, Albany State University "Examining the Principles of Social Bond Theory Utilizing a Sample of African-American College Students" Tracey L. Monroe, Albany State University "Citizens Perception of Corruption in Sheriff Departments" Glenn Zuern, Albany State University "International Security in a World of Expanding Nuclear Powers" Panel 6-B, Political Ideas Chair:
Jack Waskey, Dalton State College Panelists: Jack Waskey, Dalton State College "The Political Theory of Theocracy" Matthew J. Festa,
Judicial Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit "Dueling Federalists: Rehnquist Court Cases with Multiple Opinions Using the Federalist, 1986-2003" John Scott Gray, Southeastern Illinois College "John Rawls: Justice as Fairness and Same-Sex Marriage" Mario Mion, Columbus State University "Believing Plato" Nancy M. Williams, University of Georgia "State Regulation/Protection and Gay Marriage" Discussant: Thomas P. Dolan, Columbus State University Panel 6-C, Europe Chair:
Bob King, Georgia Perimeter College
Panelists: Sabri Ciftci, Florida State University "Party Organizations and Government Stability" Barbara Donovan, Wesleyan College "The New Regionalism in German Party Politics" Pietro Pirani, University of Western Ontario "Political Culture and Italian Security Policy" Oleg Zaznaev, Kazan State University, Russia "Russian Presidentialism: Consequences of Institutional Choice" Discussant:
Margaret Keiley-Listermann, Georgia Perimeter College Panel 6-D, Public Policy II Chair:
Carol Pierannunzi, Kennesaw State University |