Michigan Conference of Political Scientists

Michigan Conference of Political Scientists

34th ANNUAL MEETING

OCTOBER 17-18, 2002

Lansing Community College

Program Draft as of October 9, 2002

Thursday, October 17, 2002

3:00 – 7:00 Registration
2^nd Floor Lobby, Arts and Sciences

3:30 Panel on Teaching: "Teaching Political Science"
Room 205B, Arts and Sciences

Chair: Dina Krois, Lansing Community College

Presenter: Mary Lou Kendrigan, Lansing Community College, "Teaching Women and Politics"

Presenter: Fodei Batty, Western Michigan University, "Teaching Public Administration in a Democratic Environment: New Directions for African MPA Programs"

Presenter: Nancy Kinney, Washtenaw Community College, "Teaching American Politics in Hungary"

Presenter: Geoff Quick: Lansing Community College, "Experiences of an American Political Science Professor Teaching in South Africa"

Presenters: Keith St. Clair, Grand Rapids Community College and Roger Durham, Aquinas College, "The Model United Nations Simulation: The Two-Year and Four Year Experience"

4:45     Roundtable on Teaching: "Marginalizing Political Science: Dropping the
            American Government Requirement"
            Room 205B, Arts and Sciences

Chair: John W. Smith

Presenter: Paul Rozycki, Mott Community College

Presenter: Dennis Meier, Lansing Community College

Presenter: Brian W. Coyer, Henry Ford Community College

Presenter: Mary Lou Kendrigan, Lansing Community College

6:00     Reception and Social Hour
            Kennedy Café

7:00     Dinner and Keynote Speaker                                        Kennedy Cafe
            Lynn Jondahl
          The Michigan Prospect
The Michigan Prospect (www.mprc.org) is a nonprofit public policy institute, founded to develop progressive public policies. The Michigan Prospect's role is to build a structure for public policy education and advocacy calling upon the resources of both public and private organizations. The Michigan Prospect is committed to formulating policy alternatives for state government by engaging citizens, researchers, academics and public policy thinkers in process to produce informed and responsible policies. The Michigan Prospect was created for the 1990s and beyond, inspired by the belief that government and public institutions must play a creative role in shaping our State's future. They embrace the conviction that responsible government contributes to resolving complex social and economic issues.

Lynn Jondahl served as Michigan State Representative from the East Lansing/Meridian Township area from 1973 to 1994. He chaired the House Taxation Committee for 12 years from 1983 through 1994. Prior to that he chaired the House Consumers Committee. His House committee assignments were varied, including committees dealing with the areas, utility regulation, economic development, higher education, education reform, juvenile justice, and death and dying. In 1994, Lynn was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Michigan.

Awards Ceremony: Recipient of the Founder's Award
John W. Smith
Over his long and successful career John W. Smith has been a strong and active voice in the Michigan Conference of Political Scientists and has been a major force in supporting and encouraging the organization from its first days. John has degrees from the University of North Dakota, Northwestern University and the University of Michigan. He began his career at the University of Detroit in 1962 and has taught at Northern Michigan University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Henry Ford Community College. He has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, Eastern Michigan University and Mercy College. He published the lead chapter in a book on the Detroit riot of 1967, Riot in the Cities, and co-authored The Urban Politics Dictionary. He wrote four journal articles with content ranging from Constitutional Law, pedagogy in the discipline and suicides in the Wayne County Jail. In addition to serving as past president of this body, twice organizing the annual meeting, once in Windsor Canada, he has twice served as Section Chair of Political Science for the Michigan Academy of Arts, Science and Letters. He has been on the Village of Beverly Hills Planning Board, serving twice as chair and stewarding the Master Plan through the administrative process twice. He retired from teaching in August of 2002 and is co-writing a book on Michigan 21st Century Geography.

Friday, October 18, 2002

8:00 - 12:30 Registration Herrmann Conference Center (HCC)
Lobby

8:00 - 8:45 Breakfast Buffet
HCC Dining Room

9:00 - 3:45    Book Representatives Available in the HCC Dining Room
                      Shelia Berger, Wadsworth/Thomson Learning
                      Margaret Barrett, W.W. Norton
                      Diane Essenmacher, Allyn & Bacon/Longman

9:00     Panel Session A: Environmental Politics
            HCC Sunroom

Chair: Ed Lorenz, Alma College

Presenter: Ed Lorenz, Alma College, "Superfund 2002"

Presenter: Dave Dempsey, Michigan Environmental Council, "The Environment and Politics in Michigan: 2002"

Presenter: Tom Rohrer, Central Michigan University, "Michigan Environmental Policy and Challenges"

Presenter: Larry Sych, Central Michigan University, "Michigan Waterfront Policy"

9:00 Panel Session B: Elections / Governor's Race
HCC Boardroom

Chair: Mark Guerrieri, University of Michigan, Dearborn

Presenter: Bill Ballenger, Inside Michigan Politics

Presenter: Bernie Porn, Epic/MRA

Presenter: Mark Grebner, Practical Political Consulting

Presenter: Charlie Cain, The Detroit News

Presenter: Steve Mitchell, Mitchell Communications

9:00     Panel Session C: International Relations Theory
            HCC Living Room

Chair: Roger Durham, Aquinas College

Presenter: Sterling Johnson, Central Michigan University, "International Terror, Politics and Law: The Guantanamo Trials"

Presenter: Amy Patterson, Calvin College, "The Global Politics of AIDS: African Influence on International AIDS Policies"

Presenter: Won Paik, Central Michigan University, "The Pacific Century Revisited"

Presenter: Roger Durham, Aquinas College, "Third World Inequality: Linking Regime Theory with Dependency"

10:30       Break
                HCC Lobby

10:45     Panel Session D: Political Theory and Liberalism
              HCC Sunroom

Chair: Rick Brill, Kalamazoo Valley Community College

Presenter: Robert Postic, Wayne State University, "Virtual Republicanism: Is Republicanism a Viable Ideology Today?"

Presenter: John Ashby, Northern Michigan University, " The Other Side of Locke: The Virtuous Citizen 1935-1955"

Presenter: Mary Lou Kendrigan, Lansing Community College, "Liberalism and Gender Equality"

10:45       Panel Session E: Civil Rights / Civil Liberties After 9/11
                HCC Boardroom

Chair: Randy Watkins, Lansing Community College

Presenter: Martha T. Zingo, Oakland University, "HR 3162 – USA Patriot Act of 2001: The Sword of Damocles Over the US Constitution and Individual Rights"

Presenter: Joe Warren, Lansing Community College, "The Bill of Rights in Context: The 200 Year Experience"

Presenter: Mary Kay Scullion, Lansing Community College

Presenter: Kary Moss, Executive Director, Michigan ACLU

Presenter: Sheryl Edwards, University of Michigan-Dearborn, "Teaching Political Science and the Patriot Act of 2001"

10:45     Panel Session F: Public Policy and Policy Agendas
              HCC Living Room

Chair: James Penning, Calvin College

Presenter: Jeremy Eccles, Marygrove College, "Policy Agendas and Gender: Bill Sponsorship in the Michigan Legislature".

Presenter: Douglas Koopman and Melissa Keeley, Calvin College, "Slow and Un-steady: Remaking the Faith-Based Initiative in the US Senate".

Presenter: Justin Marlowe, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, "The Dynamics of Urban Regimes: City Management and the Politics of Satisfaction"

12:15     Break
              HCC Lobby

12:30   Lunch and Keynote Speaker         Kennedy Café
            Honorable Lynn Rivers
            United States House of Representatives
            13th District of Michigan

            Lynn Rivers earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors and distinction from the University of Michigan and a law degree from Wayne State University. Lynn Rivers’ career in public office began when she served on the Ann Arbor Board of Education for more than eight years. Lynn would later serve as Ann Arbor's State Representative from 1992 to 1994. Lynn was first elected to the US House of Representatives in 1994 and was reelected to represent Michigan's 13th Congressional District in 2000.
             In Congress, Lynn serves on the House Education and the Workforce and the House Science Committee. As a member of the Education and Workforce Committee, Lynn fights for education, job training, student loans, small business assistance, and other programs that benefit everyday Americans. On the Science Committee, Lynn oversees legislation concerning technology, the environment, basic scientific research and development, national math and science education programs, issues concerning the Department of Education, university scholarships, and intellectual property. Lynn is particularly vigilant in refuting "junk science" - phony scientific findings that are being used to justify the repeal of environmental protections.
             Lynn has a reputation as one of the most accessible and responsive elected officials in Michigan. She regularly holds town hall meetings, coffees and educational forums. She attends a number of community activities across the district and holds herself and her staff to high standards for constituent service and ethical conduct.

1:30    Plenary Session of MCPS

2:15     Panel Session G: Terrorism
            HCC Sunroom

Chair: Ron Stockton, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Presenter: Charlie Schutz, Albion College, "A Reassessment of Terrorism as a Historical Phenomena"

Presenter: Martha Logson, "Rape as Terrorism: The Case of Indonesia in 1998"

Presenter: James Wagman, Michigan State University, "Terrorism: Meanings, Objectives and Situations

Presenter: Ron Stockton, University of Michigan-Dearborn, "Death Patterns in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"

2:15     Panel Session H: Campaign Financing/Media and Politics
            HCC Boardroom

Chair: Mark Guerrieri, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Presenter: Julio Borquez, University of Michigan-Dearborn and Donna Wasserman, Washtenaw Community College, "Press Coverage of the Rivers-Dingell Congressional Primary Campaign"

Presenter: Lynn Rivers, US House Representative, Michigan's 13th District

Presenter: Don Roy, Ferris State University, "A Good Case for Public Funding: Judicial Elections in Michigan"

Presenter: Dave Dulio, Oakland University, "The Impact of the BCRA on Professional Political Consultants"

Presenter: Rich Robinson, Michigan Campaign Finance Network

2:15     Panel Session I: Politics and Public Administration
            HCC Dinning Room

Chair: Peter Kobrak, Western Michigan University

Presenter: Leo Kennedy, Legislative Research Division, "How a Legislative Agency Copes with Term Limits and the Early Out Option".

Presenter: Peter Kobrak, Western Michigan University, "The Importance of Reconstituted Political Parties for Public Administration".

Presenter: Stephen Rockwell, University of Michigan-Flint, "Building the Old American State: The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Westward Expansion and the Foundations of National Public administration".

Presenter: Joseph Sobota, "Michigan Cities Under a Financial Emergency: The Cases of Hamtramck and Highland Park".

3:45     Adjourn