2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association
2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association
2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association
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Sunday, April 6-10:00 am<br />
56-101 ROUNDTABLE: TEACHING INTERPRETIVE<br />
RESEARCH METHODS (Co-Sponsored with<br />
Methodology and <strong>Political</strong> Anthropology, see 36-101 and<br />
55-101)<br />
Room Crystal on the 3rd Floor, Sun at 10:00 am<br />
Chair Peregrine Schwartz-Shea, University of Utah<br />
psshea@poli-sci.utah.edu<br />
Experienced teachers discuss how they teach interpretive research<br />
methods including challenges particular to teaching interpretive<br />
methods and the place of interpretive methods courses in graduate<br />
and undergraduate curricula.<br />
Panelist Robert Adcock, George Washington University<br />
adcockr@gwu.edu<br />
Jan Kubik, Rutgers University<br />
kubik@rci.rutgers.edu<br />
Peregrine Schwartz-Shea, University of Utah<br />
psshea@poli-sci.utah.edu<br />
Lisa Wedeen, University of Chicago<br />
lwedeen@uchicago.edu<br />
60-2 FRAMING LGBT RIGHTS<br />
Room Salon 12 on the 3rd Floor, Sun at 10:00 am<br />
Chair Gordon A. Babst, Chapman University<br />
gbabst@chapman.edu<br />
Paper What Makes It Right(s): The Case of Same-Sex Marriage<br />
This paper examines the language used in the public debate over<br />
same-sex marriage in states that put same-sex marriage bans on the<br />
ballot in 2006 to measure the level of rights consciousness among<br />
movement activists on both sides of the question.<br />
Phyllis Farley Rippey, Western Illinois University<br />
pf-rippey@wiu.edu<br />
Paper Gay Marriage and Civil Unions: The Impact of Network<br />
Diversity on Opinion<br />
Public opinion on legal recognition of same-sex relationships--civil<br />
unions or full marriage--was examined; and social network diversity<br />
found to have some influence. Also, civil unions and marriage were<br />
not perceived as ordered policy alternatives.<br />
Micah K. Jensen, Georgetown University<br />
mkj5@georgetown.edu<br />
Paper Issue Framing, Interest Groups and U.S. State Supreme Courts:<br />
Key LGBT Cases<br />
Issue framing is an important concept to several social science<br />
disciplines. This research looks at framing used by interest groups<br />
and compares it to the opinions and dissensions of state supreme<br />
courts in cases regarding LGBT marriage equality.<br />
Mary Lou Killian, Monmouth University<br />
mlkillian@aol.com<br />
Disc. Gordon A. Babst, Chapman University<br />
gbabst@chapman.edu<br />
Mark E. Wojcik, John Marshall Law School<br />
7wojcik@jmls.edu<br />
65-102 ROUNDTABLE: PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION IN<br />
THEORY AND PRACTICE<br />
Room PDR 9 on the 3rd Floor, Sun at 10:00 am<br />
Chair Andrew Whitford, University of Georgia<br />
aw@uga.edu<br />
Panelist David Lewis, Princeton University<br />
delewis@princeton.edu<br />
Hal Rainey, University of Georgia<br />
hgrainey@uga.edu<br />
Sean Gailmard, University of California, Berkeley<br />
gailmard@berkeley.edu<br />
Laura Langbein, American University<br />
langbei@american.edu<br />
Donald Moinyhan, University of Wisconsin, Madison<br />
dmoynihan@lafollette.wisc.edu<br />
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