27th Annual Illinois State University Conference for Students of Political Science
Schroeder Hall
Normal , Illinois
April 19, 2019
Registration: 9:30-11:30 AM
Schroeder 246
Guidelines for Chairs, Discussants, and Participants
Participating Colleges and Universities:
Illinois State University, Illinois Wesleyan University, Sam Houston State University, The University of Texas at Austin, Wartburg College, Westminster College
Session 1: 10:10-11:40 AM
Panel 1A: Public Policy
Schroeder 214
Chair: Gaoming Zhu, Illinois Wesleyan University
Discussant: Gaoming Zhu, Illinois Wesleyan University
Cheyanne Pincsak, Illinois State University
Think Twice Before A Bite: Toward A Skeptical Framework of the U.S. Food System
Jason “Tyler” Smith, Illinois State University
Maintenance of Power: Felon Disenfranchisement as a Racialized Threat to Democratic Legitimacy
Kate Brunk, Illinois State University
Community Influence in Public Opinion on Federal Reproductive Health Subsidies
Panel 1B: American Politics
Schroeder 215
Chair: Murat Iplikci, Illinois State University
Discussant: Murat Iplikci, Illinois State University
Wei Hua, Illinois State University
How Risk Orientation Shapes Support for Graduate Student Unionization
Dana Van De Walker, Sam Houston State University
The Effect of the 2017 Trump Administration Travel Ban on International Graduate Applications at Texas Public Universities
Brady Mullican, Westminster College
Infrastructure and Management of Local Political Campaigns For Statewide Elections
Luncheon: 12:00-12:30 PM
Schroeder 236 (for participants)
Keynote Speaker: 12:30-1:15 PM
Schroeder 236 (open to the public)
Megan Remmel, Bradley University
The Reliability of Self-Reported Personality Responses in Elected Officials: Using Second-Hand Assessments to Investigate the Utility of State Legislators' Self-Reported Personality
Session 2: 1:30-3:00 PM
Panel 2A: International Relations
Schroeder 214
Chair: Dana Van De Walker, Sam Houston State University
Discussant: Dana Van De Walker, Sam Houston State University
Gaoming Zhu, Illinois Wesleyan University
Polarized China: The Effect of Media Censorship on People’s Ideology
Zunaid Almamun, Illinois State University
Failure of Political Settlement in Chittagong Hill Tracts
Nick Schwake, Wartburg College
The Impact of Globalization On Economic Development
Rashed Mosharref, Illinois State University
Measuring State Fragility: A Case of Electoral Violence against Religious Minority in Bangladesh
Panel 2B: Political Thought
Schroeder 215
Chair: Mizanur Rahman, Illinois State University
Discussant: Mizanur Rahman, Illinois State University
Sydney Smith, The University of Texas at Austin
Nick Mullins, Illinois State University
Islamist Thoughts on Democracy
Mizanur Rahman, Illinois State University
The Sovereignty of Ummah: Ghannouchi’s Thought on Islamist Sovereignty
Sydney Smith, University of Texas at Austin
Civic Virtue in the American Revision of Rome
Session 3: 3:10-4:40 PM
Panel 3A: Political Economy
Schroeder 214
Chair: Ryan Arnold, Illinois State University
Discussant: Ryan Arnold, Illinois State University
Freddie Eden, Wartburg College
Corruption Among Nations: Investigating Causal Factors
Trevor Hurd, Wartburg College
Investment Behavior in the Wake of the 2008 Recession
Murat Iplikci, Illinois State University
A Stunt, A Shut-Down, and Heavy Diplomatic Propaganda: The Story of Curtiss-Wright Corporation’s Penetration to the Turkish Market
Panel 3B: Race and Gender Politics
Schroeder 215
Chair: Rhiannon Stringer, Illinois State University
Discussant: Rhiannon Stringer, Illinois State University
Lorren Pack, Illinois Wesleyan University
Rape Myth Effects on Juror Decisions in Deliberations of Rape Cases: How Rape Myths Affect Jury Deliberations
Victoria Nemec, Illinois State University
Support on Abortion for Minority Women and White Women
Tyler Smith, Illinois State University
Criminalized to Silence: A Systemic Denial of Black Victimhood as Exposed Through the Lens of the Black Lives Matter movement
This conference is sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha, the Undergraduate Political Science Association, The Graduate Student Association, and The Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University.