2017 Conference

Panel 1A: State Development

1st Floor West Lounge
Chair: Joe Rice, Illinois State University
Discussant: Joe Rice, Illinois State University

• Fahmida Zaman, Illinois State University

  Memories and Identities: The 1947 Partition in Bangladeshi Fiction

• Matthew Engebretsen, Monmouth College

  Democracy in China

• Bich Tran, Illinois State University

  Quantitative Test of State Legitimacy

Panel 1B: Political Behavior

Spotlight Room
Chair: Tyler Carter, Illinois State University
Discussant: Tyler Carter, Illinois State University

• Meredith Bennet-Swanson, DePaul University

  Partisan and Media Enforcement: #BlackLivesMatter

• Sonia Rodriguez Ruiz, Monmouth College

  Walls to Keep People Out? Or to Keep People In? An Analysis on the True Motivations Behind Physical Political Boundaries

• Autumn Markley, Monmouth College

  Wallace and Trump Compared

• Trent Markland, Monmouth College

  Chicago Caught in the Crossfire: The Causes of Geographically Spread Violence

Panel 1C: Political Campaigns

Old Main
Chair: Chris Giller, Illinois State University
Discussant: Chris Giller, Illinois State University

• Joseph Elmore, Monmouth College

  Why the "College for All" Act is Not for All

• Jacob Marx, Monmouth College

  Twitter and the 2016 Presidential Election

• Jason Kokkat and Dakota Carman, Illinois State University

  Candidate Rhetoric and Political Correctness

Luncheon 11:55 to 12:30pm
Circus Room

(for participants)

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

(open to the public)

Nicole Kalaf-Hughes, Bowling Green State University
Vegan Pork: Congressional Letter-Marking, Agency Preferences, and the Allocation of Distributive Benefits

Panel 2A: Public Policy

Spotlight Room
Chair: Michael Hill, Illinois State University
Discussant: Michael Hill, Illinois State University

• Claire Holmes, Fordham University

  The Fullest Extent of Our Sympathies: Media Stereotypes, Public Policy, and the Opioid Epidemic

• Bich Tran, Illinois State University

  Adopting Development Experiences from South Korea: Difficulties and Opportunities that Vietnam Faces

• Melissa Aziz, Fordham University

  Experience of Transgender Undocumented Immigrants

Panel 2B: Political Theory

Old Main
Chair: Patrick Swindle, Illinois State University
Discussant: Patrick Swindle, Illinois State University

• Zachary Dwyer, The University of Texas at Austin

  The Founding Nightmare Realized: Demagoguery, Fascism, and Donald Trump

• Joe Rice, Illinois State University

  "The New Atheist" Resonance Machine: Religion, Democracy, and Ecology

Panel 3A: International Relations

Spotlight Room
Chair: Fahmiha Zaman, Illinois State University
Discussants: Fahmida Zaman, Illinois State University

• Farzana Chowdhury, Illinois State University

  Under the Veil: The Neglected Case of Rohingya Gender Based Exploitation

• Andrew Luckey, Illinois State University

  Responsibility to Protect: Why Kosovo but not Myanmar

Panel 3B: Political Psychology

Old Main
Chair: Dayna Schickedanz, Illinois State University
Discussant: Dayna Schickedanz, Illinois State University

• Jason Kokkat, Illinois State University

  David and Goliath: A Study on Class Size and its Effects on Political Participation

• Nicholas Calloway, Monmouth College

  Examining the Role of Authoritarianism in the 2016 Presidential Election

• Elias Shammas, Monmouth College

  Make Syria Great Again? The Hidden Correlate of Support for Donald Trump among Arab Americans