MICHIGAN CONFERENCE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

ANNUAL MEETING

OCTOBER 18-19, 2001

AQUINAS COLLEGE

Thursday, October 18, 2001

3:00 - 6:00 Registration Jarecki Piazza
3:30 Panel on Teaching and Pedagogy I: Jarecki 105
The Atypical Political Science Course
  • Douglas Koopman, Calvin College "Teaching American Politics (Almost) Entirely Through Simulations" 
  • Dina Krois, Lansing Community College, "Teaching Comparative Politics Virtually"
  • Andrew Jefchak and Roger Durham, Aquinas College, "Politics and Motion Pictures"
  • Mark Guerrieri, University of Michigan, Dearborn, "Clicks and Bricks: Internet, Internships and Interaction"
4:45 Panel on Teaching and Pedagogy II: Jarecki 105
New Forms of Service Learning and Teaching
  • Michael Williams and George Heartwell, Aquinas College, "Community Leadership"
  • Kris Lou, Aquinas College, "Service Learning and Study Abroad"
  • Sandy Hulme, Marek Payerhin, and Ed Lorenz, Alma College, "Taking Political Science out of the Classroom"
6:00 Reception and Social Hour Jarecki Piazza
7:00 Dinner and Keynote Speaker Lacks 141
George Heartwell
"Notes from the Frontline: Democracy in Formation"
Special Awards Presentation: The Founders Award
  • Ken VerBurg, Michigan State University
  • Ellis Perlman, University of Michigan - Flint

 

Friday, October 19, 2001

8:00 am Registration Jarecki Piazza
Coffee, Muffins, Juice
9:00 PANEL SESSION ONE
Panel A Political Theory and Liberalism Jarecki 104
Chair: Rick Brill, Kalamazoo Valley Community College
  • Andrew Pieper, University of Connecticut "Liberal Obligation: Hume and Mill from a Modern Perspective"
  • Carl Dibble, University of Michigan, Dearborn, "Philosophical Equivocality of the Declaration of Independence"
  • Rick Brill, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, "Community and Liberal Thought"
  • Michaeleen Kelly, Aquinas College, Discussant
Panel B Race for Governor Jarecki 105
Chair: Mark Guerrieri 
  • Steve Mitchell, Detroit News Pollster
  • Bill Ballenger, Editor, Inside Michigan Politics
  • John Kelly, Oakland University
Panel C Environmental Politics Jarecki 205
Chair: Ed Lorenze, Alma College 
  • Bruce Borthwick, Albion College, Emeritus, "Water in Israeli-Jordanian Relations: From Conflict to the Danger of Ecological Disaster"
  • Ken VerBurg, Michigan State University, "Sustainability in Michigan"
  • Dave Dempsey, Michigan Environmental Council, "Michigan's History of Boom and Bust Natural Resource Exploitation"
  • Ed Lorenz, Alma College, "Teaching the Politics of Sustainability in Michigan Higher Education"
10:30 Break Jarecki Piazza
Coffee, Muffins, Juice
10:45 PANEL SESSION TWO
Panel D Public Administration Research in Progress Jarecki 104
Chair: Peter Kobrak, Western Michigan University
  • Ed Lorenz, Alma College
  • Mike Mast, Grand Valley State University
  • Albert Price, University of Michigan, Flint
  • Vidu Soni, Central Michigan University
  • Kenneth VerBurg, Michigan State University
Panel E Global Issues Jarecki 105
Chair: Won Paik, Central Michigan University 
  • Muqtedar Khan, Adrian College, "Islam and Globalization"
  • Agnez Bozic-Roberson, Western Michigan University, "The Role of Ethnicity in Globalization: Lessons from the Balkans"
  • Won Paik, Joanna Axelrod and Young Lee, Central Michigan University, "Global Inequalities in Developing Countries" 
  • Delbert Ringquist, Central Michigan University, Discussant
Panel F Fallout from Election 2000 Jarecki 205
 Chair: Elaine Martin, Eastern Michigan University
  • TeResa Green, Eastern Michigan University, "Election 2000: Was Voting, or Voting Access, the Problem?"
  • Barry Pyle, Eastern Michigan University "Legacy and Legitimacy: The Future of the Supreme Court"
  • Michael Harris, Eastern Michigan University "Election 2000: Things You Can See from Here, You Can't See from There"
  • Elaine Martin, Eastern Michigan University, "W's Gender Gap: Past, Present and Future"
12:15  Break
12:30  Lunch Lacks 141
Keynote Speaker: Senator John H. Schwarz, M.D.,
24th Senate District Lacks 141
"Higher Education in Michigan Public and Private: A Unique Symbiosis"
Plenary Session of the Michigan Conference of Political Scientists
2:00 PANEL SESSION THREE
Panel G Urban and Local Politics Jarecki 104
Chair: Glenn Barkan, Aquinas College
  • Eric Zeemering, Indiana University, "Waste Water Treatment and Land Use: A Case Study of Conflict in Metro Grand Rapids"
  • Donald Roy, Ferris State University, "Land Use and Urban Politics: Sprazilla Versus Home on the Range"
  • Justin Marlowe, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, "Reserve Fund Policies and Budgetary Outcomes in Southeast Wisconsin Municipalities"
  • Glenn Barkan, Aquinas College, Discussant
Panel H Round Table on Terrorism
Chair: Sandy Hulme, Alma College
  • Ron Stockton, University of Michigan - Dearborn
  • Dave Ballard, Grand Valley State University
  • Sandy Hulme, Alma College
Panel I Congressional and Judicial Politics in America Jarecki 105
Chair: Kevin Den Dulk, Grand Valley State University
  • Pamela Walsh, Wayne State University, "Applying Kingdon's Agenda Setting Paradigm to the 106th Congress' Patients' Bill of Rights."
  • Robert Postick, Wayne State University, "Unanimity in Supreme Court Cases: Does it Exist as a Norm?"
  • G. M. Ross, "Mandamus in Michigan"
  • Kevin Den Dulk, Grand Valley State University, Discussant
Panel J Michigan Government and Politics Jarecki 205
Chair: John Smith, Henry Ford Community College
  • Rich Conboy, Lake Superior State University "The 1958 Michigan Senatorial Election"
  • John Smith, Henry Ford Community College, "UP Political Geography"
  • Jeremy Eccles, Marygrove College, "Detroit Public: Attitudes of School Elites in the Tri-County Area"
  • John Smith, Henry Ford Community College, Discussant
3:30 Adjournment