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10:00 Gold Rush: Cinema, Circulation, and Credit<br />
Char Miller, George Mason University<br />
cmillerd@gmu.edu<br />
10:11 Life Is No Laughing Matter: The Absurd in<br />
Batman: The Killing Joke<br />
Stephen Eric Savage, Louisiana State University<br />
and Agricultural & Mechanical College<br />
ssavag5@lsu.edu<br />
10:22 To Kill a Mockingbird, Democratic Leadership,<br />
and the Relevance of Attic Rhetoric<br />
Michelle Marie Kundmueller, Christopher Newport<br />
University<br />
michelle.kundmueller@cnu.edu<br />
10:33 Personal Recollections on the Divine Right of<br />
Kings: Mark Twain on the Theological-Political<br />
Problem<br />
Bernard Joseph Dobski, Assumption College<br />
bdobski@assumption.edu<br />
10:44 Disc., Steven Johnston, University of Utah<br />
steven.johnston@utah.edu<br />
10:55 Audience Discussion<br />
Speed Networking: Current Students<br />
Sat at 9:45 am<br />
Saturday, April 8 at 11:30 am<br />
1-105 Roundtable: Untenured Academics during the<br />
Trump Administration<br />
Chair<br />
Part.<br />
Sat at 11:30 am<br />
Ashly Adam Townsen, Washington State University<br />
ashly.townsen@wsu.edu<br />
Season Hoard, Washington State University<br />
hoardsa@wsu.edu<br />
Todd Clayton Robinson, Air University<br />
toddclaytonrobinson@yahoo.com<br />
Hayden Josiah Smith, Washington State University<br />
hayden.smith@wsu.edu<br />
Kaye Usry, Elon University<br />
kusry@elon.edu<br />
Christopher J Williams, University of Arkansas at<br />
Little Rock<br />
cjwilliams6@ualr.edu<br />
Michael Salamone, Washington State University<br />
michael.salamone@wsu.edu<br />
2-3 State Building, Democratization, and Issues in<br />
International Politics<br />
Sat at 11:30 am<br />
11:30 Chair, Kathleen Regina Barrett, University of West<br />
Georgia<br />
kathiebarrett@earthlink.net<br />
11:35 Democratization as Increasing Responsiveness?<br />
Qinghua Yi*, Simon Fraser University<br />
qyi@sfu.ca<br />
11:51 International State-building: What Do We Know?<br />
Karim Elkady, Brandeis University<br />
kkady@brandeis.edu<br />
12:07 Why Nations Integrate: A Structural Realist<br />
Analysis<br />
Bekir İlhan, Sabanci University<br />
bekirilhan@outlook.com<br />
12:23 Disc., Kathleen Regina Barrett, University of West<br />
Georgia<br />
kathiebarrett@earthlink.net<br />
Disc., Toru Oga, Columbia University in the City of<br />
New York<br />
toruoga0916@gmail.com<br />
12:40 Audience Discussion<br />
5-12 Ethnicity and Politics<br />
Sat at 11:30 am<br />
11:30 Ethnic Diversity and Ethnic Power: Explaining<br />
Local Public Goods Provision<br />
Alexander Lee, University of Rochester<br />
alexander.mark.lee@rochester.edu<br />
11:53 Modernization and Ethnic Conflict Attitudes<br />
Yusuf Magiya, Columbia University in the City of<br />
New York<br />
ym2546@columbia.edu<br />
12:16 The Dynamics of Local and National Elections:<br />
Ethnicity and Clientelism in Malawi<br />
Ellen M. Lust, University of Gothenburg<br />
ellen.lust@gu.se<br />
Kristen Elaine Kao, University of Gothenburg<br />
kristenkao@gmail.com<br />
Adam S. Harris, University of Gothenburg<br />
asharris4@gmail.com<br />
12:40 Audience Discussion<br />
6-16 Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective<br />
Sat at 11:30 am<br />
11:30 Chair, Marisa Kellam, Waseda University-Tokyo<br />
kellam@waseda.jp<br />
11:35 Herding the Cats: Committee Decentralization in<br />
Presidential Democracies<br />
Gregg B. Johnson, Valparaiso University<br />
gregg.johnson@valpo.edu<br />
11:48 When Presidents Are Coaches: World Cup<br />
Results Affect Citizens' Evaluation of the<br />
Government<br />
Oscar Castorena, Vanderbilt University<br />
oscar.castorena@vanderbilt.edu<br />
Gabriel Nicolás Camargo-Toledo, Vanderbilt<br />
University<br />
gabriel.n.camargo-toledo@vanderbilt.edu<br />
12:01 Presidential Leverage and Institutional<br />
Presidencies in Latin America, 2002-2012<br />
Magna maria inacio*, Federal University of Minas<br />
Gerais<br />
magna.inacio@gmail.com<br />
Beatriz Silva Da Costa*, Universidade Federal de<br />
Minas Gerais<br />
bea.s.costa@gmail.com<br />
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