AWARDS
Cristian Cantir – International Fellowship, University of Kansas, 2006-07
Tasha Keathley – Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (Kiswhahili), 2006-07
Tasha Keathley - Eddie Jacobsen Memorial Foundation Scholarship/Truman Good Neighbor Award, 2007
Andrew Hom - 3rd Place Winner, Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth's DePuy Writing Competition, "The New Legs Race: Critical Perspectives on Biometrics in Iraq". 2007
PUBLICATIONS
Holona LeAnne Ochs, " 'Color Blind' Policy in Black and White: The Racial Consequences of the Race Neutral Policy of Disenfranchisement." Policy Studies Journal (2006)
Holona LeAnne Ochs, Jeff Yates and Andrew B. Whitford, "Ideological Extremism and Public Participation." Social Science Quarterly (2006)
Holona LeAnne Ochs and Andrew B. Whitford, "The
Political Roots of Executive Clemency." American Politics Research (2006)
Matthew Beverlin and William Delehanty, “Racial Identity Theory and Hurricane Katrina.” Policy Studies Journal. (Forthcoming 2007).
Kellee J. Kirkpatrick and James W. Stoutenborough, “Confidence in the Press: The Impact of Political Events on an Individuals Confidence.” Public Opinion Pros (April 2007).
Donald P. Haider-Markel, Alana Querze, and Kara Lindaman, “Loose, Win or Draw? A Reexamination of Direct Democracy and Minority Rights.” Political Research Quarterly (Forthcoming).
James W. Stoutenborough, Donald P. Haider-Markel, and Mahalley D. Allen, “Reassessing the Impact of Supreme Court Decisions on Public Opinion: Gay Civil Rights Cases.” Political Research Quarterly 59(3): 419-433. (2006).
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Justin Tucker, "Implementing EMS in Bureacracy: The Case of Executive Order 13148." Presented at the meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2006.
Justin Tucker and Melchor Oritz, "My Data Aren't Normal, but My Tests Are: Weighting Individual Data for Non-Parametric Analysis." To be presented at the National Meeting of the American Society for Mining and Reclamation, Gillette, WY, June 2007.
Justin Tucker and Bruce Buchanan, "Historic Climax Communities as Reference Areas." To be presented at the National Meeting of the American Society for Mining and Reclamation, Gillette, WY, June 2007.
Justin Tucker, Anne Wagner, Jeremy Niemeier and Bruce Buchanan, "Comparison of Forest Regeneration in a Subsidence Zone to a Reference Area." To be presented at the National Meeting of the American Society for Mining and Reclamation, Gillette, WY, June 2007.
Justin Tucker with Bruce Buchanan, Matt Owens, Tim Ramsey, and John Mexal, "Evaluating the Effects of Spoil Thickness and Cover Soil Depth on Vegetation Using Three Years of Plant Cover and Production." Presented at the Billings Land Reclamation Symposium, Billings, MT, June 2006.
Holona LeAnne Ochs, "Health Inequality: The Children of "Undeserving" Mothers." Presented at the American Political Science Association, 2007.
Holona LeAnne Ochs, "Workfare Policies and the Impoverishment of Marginalized Groups: What's Fair About Workfare?" 2007.
Matthew Beverlin and Ian Ostrander, “You’re Fired: Presidential Staff Turnover and Public Opinion.” Presented at the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2007.
Bryce Dietrich, "A Window of Opportunity: Public Participation and State School Board Agenda Setting." Presented at the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2007.
Bryce Dietrich, "The Public and School Borad Agenda Setting: A New Interpretive Model." Presented a the Midwest Political Science Association's Conference. Chicago, Illinois, April 2007.
Ryan Gibb, “South-South Financing and Characteristics of Third World Ownership.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2007.
Baris Kesgin, “The Christian Democrats of Turkey? Bias or Misperception: The Justice and Development Party’s Foreign Media Coverage.” Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Hilton Towers, Chicago, Illinois, March 2007.
Baris Kesgin, “Turkish Politics at the Crossroads.” Presented at the German Marshall Fund conference, Washington D.C., February 8, 2007.
Baris Kesgin and S. Pakdil, “To be a Conservative (Muslim) Democrat, or to be an Islamist: Does it really matter? An image problem for the Justice and Development Party of Turkey.” Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association--Midwest, Saint Louis, Missouri, November 2006.
Matthew Slaboch, “What Accounts for Czech Atheism?” Presented at the Midwest Slavic Conference, April 14, 2007.
James Stoutenborough, “Promoting Wind Energy: Evaluating the Effects of State Renewable Energy Incentives.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2007.
James Stoutenborough, “Electoral Competition: The Battle between Aggregate and Annual Measurements.” Presented at the Seventh Annual State Politics and Policy Conference, Austin, Texas, 2007.
James Stoutenborough, “The Effects of Yearly Electoral Competition Measures on Public Welfare Expenditures in Florida: An Analysis over Time.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006.
James Stoutenborough and Ryan Gibb, “The Effects of Annual Electoral Competition Measures on State Highway and Corrections Expenditures: Analyses over time.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2007.
James Stoutenborough and Kellee Kirkpatrick, “Confidence in the Press: The Impact of Political Events on an Individuals Confidence.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006.
James Stoutenborough and Kellee Kirkpatrick, “Rethinking the Impact of the Media: Politics, Confidence, and a New Theory.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2007.
James Stoutenborough and Andrea Vieux, “Diffusion in the States: Constitutional Provisions for State Education.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2007.
Andrea Vieux, "Partisanship of Young Voters: 9/11 as a Catalyst for PreAdult Socialization." Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2007.
Ben Lampe, "Socioeconomic Rights as Human Rights: Legitimacy in International Relations Theory." Presented at the Midwest International Studies Association Conference, 2006.
Will Delehanty and Ian Ostrander, "The Dynamics of Political Trust and Racial Identity within the Melting Pot." Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2007.