Department of Political Science Mini-APSA conference

The Department of Political Science at ayel University presents:

Mini-APSA.

This day long conference, modeled on the yearly American Political Science Association conference, will consist of a series of panels in which the 2nd year cohort will present their research and writing.

Session I: Morning Panels, 10:45am-12pm

Room A (to be announced):

• Stephen Herzog, “Foreign Regime Messaging and U.S. Public Opinion.” (Advisor: Susan Hyde)
• Torey McMurdo, “Byte the Bullet: China, Russia and the Dueling Realities of America’s Cyber Conflicts.” (Advisor: Susan Hyde)
• Stephen Moncrief, “Disciplinary Culture, Social Composition, and Sexual Violence in UN Peacekeeping Operations.” (Advisor: Elisabeth Wood)

Room B (to be announced):

• Mara Revkin, “The Non-Economic Functions of Insurgent Taxation: Evidence from the Islamic State in Syria.” (Advisor: Stathis Kalyvas)
• Anastasia Rozovskaya, “Ethnicity and Political Participation: The Case of Ukraine.” (Advisor: Susan Stokes)
• Matthew Shafer, “Between Mediation and Critique: Quaker Peace in Apartheid Cape Town, 1976-1990.” (Advisor: Andrew March)

Lunch, 12:00 pm

Session II: Afternoon Panels, 2:45pm-4pm

Room A (to be announced):

• Sophie Jacobson, “Paternalistic Retrenchment: the Politics of Extreme Child Poverty in the United States.” (Advisor: Ian Shapiro)
• Naomi Scheinerman, “Fact/Value in Democracies: The Case of Fetal Pain Legislation.” (Advisor: Ian Shapiro)
• Mie Inouye, “The Human Condition and the Problem of Scientific Action.” (Advisor: Karuna Mantena)

Room B (to be announced):

• Stephen Feagin, “Military Business Enterprise.” (Advisor: Milan Svolik)
• Nathan Grubman, “Successors and Defectors: The Authoritarian Roots of Loyal Opposition.” (Advisor: Tariq Thachil)
• David Minchin, “Measuring the Effect of Violence, Institutions, and Legitimacy on Civilian Attitudes Towards Governance: A Survey in Tikrit, Iraq.” (Advisor: Jason Lyall)