MPSA

Post. 3 Contemporary South African and the Social
Impact of a Political Discourse of Xenophobia
Olivia Steaban, DePaul University
oliviag1994@gmail.com
Post. 4 South Sudan: An Analysis of Foreign Policy
Decision-Making
Lukus Paul Freeman*, Alderson Broaddus
University
freemanlp@battlers.ab.edu
Post. 5 Effects of Developmental Factors on the Change
in Successful Terrorist Attacks in sub-Saharan
Africa
Isabelle A Buhr, Creighton University
iab59771@creighton.edu
Post. 6 Identity, Nation Building, and Sports: Examining
the Role of National Soccer Teams in Bolstering
Nationalism in Africa
Eliza Cummings, Smith College
ecummings@smith.edu
Post. 7 Role of Regional Organizations as Gatekeepers or
Challengers to the Responsibility to Protect
Norm: Case Studies of Kenya and Cote d’Ivoire
Anna Cho, University of Pennsylvania
choanna@sas.upenn.edu
Post. 8 Women's Legislative Representation in Africa
Jennifer A Heckman, Pennsylvania State
University-Main Campus
jah6184@psu.edu
Disc. Jacob Lewis, University of Maryland-College Park
jlewis1023@gmail.com
Taha Abdul Rauf, University of Michigan-Ann
Arbor
taharauf@umich.edu
82-316 Poster Session: Politics of Terror Attacks
Fri at 4:45 pm
Post. 9 Terrorist Attacks Create Risk Acceptance:
Prospect Theory in Mass Public Opinion
Donovan Scott Rowsey, Indiana University-
Bloomington
drowsey@umail.iu.edu
Post. 10 Applying Cultural Models to Hierarchies in
Terrorist Organizations
Vignesh Murugavel, The University of Texas at
Dallas
vrm130030@utdallas.edu
Ajay V. Somaraju, University of Texas-Dallas
avs130030@utdallas.edu
Post. 11 The Effect of Stereotypes and Terrorism on the
Perceptions of Muslim Americans in a New Era
Maryam A Sarhan, Stockton University
sarhanm@go.stockton.edu
Post. 12 Radicalization Rising?: A Comparative Analysis
of European National-Level Counter-
Radicalization Policies and State Vulnerability to
Terrorism
Scott Brooklyn Bledsoe*, Christopher Newport
University
scott.bledsoe.13@cnu.edu
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Post. 13 The Terror of Misconceptions: Who Americans
See as a Terrorist and Why
Quaseem T Fields, Alderson Broaddus University
fieldsqt@battlers.ab.edu
Charlee Rayann Thomas, Alderson Broaddus
University
thomascr@battlers.ab.edu
Post. 14 Shifting Priorities: Adjusting United States
Counterterrorism Strategies to Counter ISIS
Sarah Evans, George Mason University
sevans20@gmu.edu
Post. 15 Why Terrorists Do Not Attack U.S. Bridges and
Tunnels: A Preliminary Investigation
Benjamin Vaughn Allison, Grove City College
allisonbv1@gcc.edu
Post. 16 The Effects of Drought on Terrorism
Savannah Titus, Oklahoma State University-Main
Campus
savannah.titus@okstate.edu
Disc. Cagil Albayrak, University of Kansas
cagil@ku.edu
Christopher Daniel Grady, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
cdgrady2@illinois.edu
82-317 Poster Session: Comparative Politics I
Fri at 4:45 pm
Post. 17 Belgium in Crisis: A Look into Flemish
Secessionism
Luke Lincoln Ashton, Alma College
ashton1ll@alma.edu
Post. 18 Regional Autonomy and Judicial Reforms in the
Russian Federation
Avery Walke, Miami University-Oxford
walkeal@miamioh.edu
Michael Christopher Marshall, Miami University-
Oxford
marsham2@miamioh.edu
Post. 19 More than Looting and Piracy: Examining the
Effects of Ancient Problem Solving Techniques
and Foreign Intervention on Somaliland and the
Former Somali Federal Republic
Liam J Anderson, Saint Anselm College
landerson@anselm.edu
Post. 20 Economic Advancement in the Developing World:
The Impact of State Funded Social Expenditures
on Long Term Economic Growth
Robert S Horton, Shawnee State University
hortonr@mymail.shawnee.edu
Post. 21 Don't You Hear the Dogs Bark in Sepharad:
Literary Nationalism in Catalonia since 1840
Seaver Holter*, Macalester College
sholter@macalester.edu
Post. 22 Support for Secession: When Uncertainty
Mitigates Risk-Aversion
Sascha Nemseff Villagran, University of Michigan-
Ann Arbor
saschanv@umich.edu