Panel A: Civil Wars: Negotiations & Outcomes

Chair: Susumu Suzuki, Wayne State

Papers:

• New Dataset on Negotiations and Its Outcomes in Civil Wars, 1990-2006, Piotr Zagorowski, Ph.D. Student, Department of Political Science, Wayne State University, Susumu Suzuki, Ph.D. Student, Department of Political Science, Wayne State University 
  
  
• Lasting Peace: A Comparative Study of Conflict Recurrence and Enduring Peace, Joshua Orndorff, Undergraduate Student, Department of Political Science, Wayne State University, David Greene, Undergraduate Student, Department of Political Science, Wayne State University 
  
  
• “Peace through victory” or “Peace through Settlement” in Civil Wars?  Cauli R. Bedran, Undergraduate Student, Department of Political Science, Wayne State University
  
  
• Azerbaijan in Former Soviet Trajectories of Two Secessionist Movements in One country: Case of Georgia and Union
  Kristin Nicole Wianecki, Undergraduate Student, James Madison College, Michigan State University
  
  
• The Duration of Peace after Large and Small Wars: A New Test
  Zvonko Brazvski, MA Student, Department of Political Science, Wayne State UniversitySusumu Suzuki, Ph.D. Student, Department of Political Science, Wayne State University
  
  
• Discussant: Volker Krause, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Eastern Michigan University

Thursday, 2:30-3:45 p.m.

Panel B: Roundtable on Cross-Cultural Political Empowerment of Women
Chair / Moderator:  Joanna Scott, Eastern Michigan University

Panelists: 

• Lisa Laverty, Eastern Michigan University
• Rhonda Longworth, Eastern Michigan University
• Elaine Martin, Eastern Michigan University
• Judy Kulberg, Eastern Michigan University
• Claudia Petrescu, Eastern Michigan University

Thursday, 2:30-3:45 p.m.

Thursday, 4:00-5:30 p.m.

D.  Roundtable _Teaching  Politics

• David Winder (Valdosta State U) – Exploring the Importance and Role of the Basic Political Science Course in a college curriculum
• Kevin Dockerty, Kalamazoo College, Technology in the Classroom
• TBA

Thursday, 4:00-5:30 p.m.

Dinner and Keynote Address:
“Politics, Campaigns: History and Humor”
Lawrence Kestenbaum, Washtenaw County Clerk and Register of Deeds, since 2004

• Kestenbaum has a long list of public service in both state and local venues.  Political junkies will recognize him as the creator and webmaster of the popular history web site PoliticalGraveyard.com, which contains brief biographical information on more than 180,000 U.S. political figures from  colonial times to the  present. The web site, established in 1996, has been featured in  major media including the New York Times, the Wall Street  Journal, USA  Today, Parade Magazine, and CNN Headline News.

Thursday, 6:30 p.m.

Panel E.  Roundtable: U.S. Supreme Court’s Term
Chair:  Joyce Baugh, Central Michigan University

Panelists: 

• Mark Hurwitz, Western Michigan University
• Ashlyn Kuersten, Western Michigan University
• Christopher Smith, Michigan State University
• Mitchell Sollenberger, University of Michigan Dearborn

Friday, 9:00-10:15 a.m.

F.  Service Learning/Civic Engagement
Chair: Lisa Lawrason

Panelists:

• “Deliberative and Collective Action Skills in Successful Civic Engagement,” Cherie Strachan, Central Michigan University
• “The Do’s and Don’ts of Starting a Service Learning Program for Political Science Students,” Thomas Boudrot, Delta College
• “Community Leadership Program at Aquinas,” Bruce Nanzer, Aquinas College

Friday, 9:00-10:15 a.m.

Panel G.  Comparative Politics
Chair: Roger Durham, Aquinas College

• The Perils of Presidentialism: The Russian Presidency in Comparative Perspective, Judy Kullberg, Eastern Michigan University
• Explaining Variation in Economic Development between Two Middle East Autocracies:  Syria and Dubai. James Hanley, Adrian College
• A Comparative Analysis of Detention Policies of 24 Industrialzed Western Democracies, Julie Keil, Saginaw Valley State University
• Paths to Citizenship: a Comparative Study of Japan, Germany, and Sweden, Marisha Lecea, Western Michigan University
• Stateness and Democratization: DIffering Paths in SLovenia, Croatia, Ukraine, and Moldova, Christian Goetz, Grand Valley State University

Friday, 9:00-10:15 a.m.

Panel H.  Religion and the 2008 Presidential Election
Chair:  James Penning, Calvin College

• Evangelicals and the 2008 Presidential Election, Dan Hooley, Calvin College
• Catholics and the 2008 Presidential Election, Holly Carlson, Calvin College
• Mainline Protestants and the 2008 Presidential Election, Doug Koopman, Calvin College

Friday, 10:30-12:00 p.m.

Panel I.  Foreign Policy/IR
Chair: Judy Kullberg, EMU

• Lying in Politics: Defactualization" in the Vietnam War and Iraq War Eras, Joanna V. Scott, EMU
• U.S. -British Naval Disarmament in the 1920s: A Lesson in Foreign Affairs, Caleb Klingler, EMU
• Reevaluating a System-Dyadic Theory of War between Rivals: an Extension of Geller ‘Capability Concentration, Power Transition and War, Michael Discenna, Wayne State, Volker Krause, EMU and Susumu Suzuki, Wayne State
• Going It ALone?  The U.S. at the U.N. Climate Change Conferences, Matthew Logan, Calvin College

Friday, 10:30-12:00 p.m.

Panel J.  Research on State and Local Issues
Chair:  Dave Ivers, EMU

• A survey (by undergrad methods class) of local residents’ attitudes toward concentrated animal feeding operations in Lenawee County, James Hanley, Adrian College
• Political Responses to Economic Structural Hypertransformation: Adjustment Strategies in Ontario and Michigan, John Constantelos, Grand Valley State University
• The Bay City Police Department, a Case for Performance Measures, Paul Bayer, Eastern Michigan University 

Friday, 10:30-12:00 p.m.

Friday, 2:00-3:30 p.m.

Panel L. Roundtable on Gender in the 2008 Presidential Election
Chair: Elaine Martin, EMU

Panelists:

• Nancy Kursman, U of M, Dearborn, Elizabeth Ullrich, Delta College,
  TBA

Friday, 2:00-3:30 p.m.