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Formerly the Western Social Science Association

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AAAS - African/African American Studies
ABS - Association For Borderland Studies
AFIT - Economics (Association For Institutional Thought)
AIS - American Indian Studies
AS - Asian Studies
CDD - Chronic Disease & Disability
CJC - Criminal Justice & Criminology
CMS - Communication Studies
CS - Canadian Studies
EG - Economics General

EPN - Environmenal Policy & Natural Resource Management
GD - Globalization & Development
HIS - History
LASC - Latin American Studies & Chicano-Iberian Culture Network
MC - Mass Communication
MENA - Middle East & North Africa
NPPS - Non-Profit, Philanthropy, Social Enterprise & Entrepreneurship
NZAS - New Zealand & Australia Studies
PA - Public Administration
PFB - Public Finance & Budgeting

PS - Political Science
RAS - Rural & Agricultural Studies
SA - Sociology & Anthropology
SES - Slavic & Eurasian Studies
SP - Social Psychology
SW - Social Work
URPE - Union For Radical Political Economists
US - Urban Studies
WGBL - Women's, Gender, & LGBTQ Studies

ABS - Association For Borderland Studies

13
Apr
2023

ABS 20 - Landscape, Spectacle, and Surveillance at the Border

04-13-2023 4:30 pm -6:00 pm
Abbey South

Dr. Paul Richardson
Title:
Coordinator
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Affiliation: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston. Birmingham, UK

 

Moderator: James Scott, University of Eastern Finland

 

“Surveillance of the Spectator: The stadium as a border in the technological era”, Fernanda Soria Cruz and Pratik Nyaupane, University of Southern California

“The critical potential of social semiotics for border studies”, Christophe Sohn, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research

“Cultural Heritage and Borders: Insights from the Legacy of David Lowenthal”, Victor Konrad, University of Carleton

“The Architecture of the Schengen border: Spatial violence at the border crossings of Melilla”, Rubén Pérez-Belmonte, Sapienza Università di Roma

14
Apr
2023

Morning Gathering and WSSA Give Back

04-14-2023 7:00 am -9:00 am
Court Yard

Pastries and coffee.

During this break we will be asking for donations to the local food bank.

14
Apr
2023

ABS 22 - Cross-Border Politics And Governance

04-14-2023 8:00 am -9:30 am
Abbey North

Dr. Paul Richardson
Title:
Coordinator
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Affiliation: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston. Birmingham, UK

 

Moderator: Christophe Sohn, LISER

 

“Between bordered and borderless world”, Shlomo Hasson, Shasha Center for Strategic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

“Cross-border regions as synergetic spaces”, Martin van der Velde and Chao Jiang, Radboud Ujniversity Nijmegen

“U.S Agricultural Labor Markets and Immigration”, Tony Payan, Center for the U.S. and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute and Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez; Pamela Lizette Cruz, Rice University

“Mobilizing Discord: Incongruous politics on the US’s many borders”, Margath Walker, University of Louisville

14
Apr
2023

ABS 23 - Fenómenos sociales post pandemia COVID-19 en la frontera México-Estados Unidos (Región Paso del Norte)

04-14-2023 8:00 am -9:30 am
Abbey South

Dr. Paul Richardson
Title:
Coordinator
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Affiliation: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston. Birmingham, UK

 

Moderator: Rafael Mauricio Marrufo, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

 

Discussant: Leticia Peña Barrera, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

 

“Capacidades de gestión de la población migrante mediante la participación para lograr ambientes de calidad e inclusión en Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México”, Leticia Peña Barrera and Luis Herrera Terrazas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

“Modelo de prevención del delito para incidir en la inseguridad y violencia en tres ciudades de la frontera Norte de México: Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez y Matamoros en el periodo 2015-2021.”, Sonia Bass Zavala, Juan Bacilio Guerrero, and Sócrates López Pérez, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo

“Movilidad entre Ciudad Juárez y El Paso, Texas; Hacia la Planeación de Infraestructura del Transporte Transfronterizo”, César Mario Fuentes Flores, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

“Migración post pandemia COVID-19 y reocupación de vivienda en la zona Riberas del Bravo, Ciudad Juárez”, Rafael Mauricio Marrufo and David Reyes Ruvalcaba, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

14
Apr
2023

ABS 24 - Roundtable: Politicizing Securitized Borders, Exploiting “Difference”

04-14-2023 8:00 am -9:30 am
San Pedro

Dr. Paul Richardson
Title:
Coordinator
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Affiliation: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston. Birmingham, UK

 

Moderator: James Scott, University of Eastern Finland

 

Participants:

James Scott, University of Eastern Finland

Elisabeth Vallet, University of Quebec, Montreal

Paul Richardson, University of Birmingham

Jussi Laine, University of Eastern Finland

Illka Liikanen, University of Eastern Finland

14
Apr
2023

ABS 27, LASC 10 - Border Story Telling

04-14-2023 9:45 am -11:15 am
San Pedro

Jesus Ruiz Flores
Title:
First Coordinator
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Affiliation: Universidad de Guadalajara

 

Debra D. Andrist
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Affiliation: Sam Houston State University, Texas, USA

 

Fernando Pedro Viacava-Breiding
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Affiliation: Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico, Campus Morelia

 

Moderator: Evelyn Cruz, Arizona State University

 

“From Corridos to ‘Deportee´: Listening to and Reading the History of the Borderlands through Song”, Robert Neustadt, Northern Arizona University
“Lullabies in the border: lullaby singing and parenthood in the maquiladora society of Ciudad Juarez”, Emma Álvarez-de la Rosa, New Mexico State University
“Comparative Analysis of Spanish-language Television Coverage of Immigration”, Maria de los Angeles Flores, The University of Texas at El Paso
“Border Crisis Texts and the Case for Vulnerable Reading”, Zalfa Feghali, University of Leicester

14
Apr
2023

ABS 25 - Session 2. Border Economics: Regional Development

04-14-2023 9:45 am -11:15 am
Abbey North

Dr. Paul Richardson
Title:
Coordinator
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Affiliation: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston. Birmingham, UK

 

Moderator: James Gerber, Center for the U.S. and Mexico, Baker Institute for Public Policy; San Diego State University

 

Discussants:

Joan Anderson, University of San Diego

Jesus Cañas, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Lucinda Vargas and Christopher Erickson, New Mexico State University

Steven Fullerton, University of Texas- El Paso

 

“Income Distribution along the US-Mexico Border in the XXI Century”, David Molina, University of North Texas

“Regional Economic Development (RED) in the US-Mexico border”, Rafael Garduño Rivera, Universidad Panamericana

“La frontera México-Estados Unidos: impactos económicos del COVID-19 y el camino hacia la recuperación”, Alejandro Brugués, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte – Cd. Juárez

“Economic Success and Development Failure in Juárez, Chihuahua: The Role of Institutions”, Lucinda Vargas and Christopher Erickson, New Mexico State University

14
Apr
2023

ABS 28 - Roundtable: Fronterizarte: Re-Imagining Cultural Legacies Through Art And Community In The US-Mexico Borderlands

04-14-2023 9:45 am -11:15 am
Xavier

Dr. Paul Richardson
Title:
Coordinator
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Affiliation: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston. Birmingham, UK

 

Moderator: Javier Duran, University of Arizona

 

Participants:

Mel Dominguez

Perla Torres, Colibri Center for Human Rights

Alba Jaramillo; Guadalupe Serrano

Alejandro Macias

Hiram Pena Bonilla, University of Arizona

14
Apr
2023

Awards and Presidential Luncheon - Brown Bag Lunch

04-14-2023 11:30 am -1:00 pm
Cloister East

WSSA Council Members and Section Coordinators Only