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World Social Science Association

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

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Event Date 04-11-2023 8:00 am
Location Executive Board Room

Conference Set Up

Set up room.

Event Date 04-12-2023 8:00 am
Location Executive Board Room

WSSA Council Meeting

Event Date 04-12-2023 8:00 am
Location Dolores

ABS Board of Directors Meeting (Executive and Board Members only)

Event Date 04-12-2023 2:00 pm
Location Campanile

Conference Registration

Event Date 04-12-2023 3:00 pm
Location Palm Pre-Function Area

Welcoming Reception

Event Date 04-12-2023 6:00 pm
Location Cloister East & Court Yard

CDD 1 - Roundtable: Epidemiological Situation of Fibrous Neoplasms of the Oral Cavity in the Population of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

Main Contact : James G. Linn Ph.D.
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Heather Albanesi Ph.D.
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Affiliation: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

 

Cynthia Jackson Ph.D.
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Moderator: Maikel Hermida, Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico

 

Participants:
Marco Arturo Moreno, Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico
Norma Figueroa, Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico
Leonardo Velasquez, Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico

Event Date 04-13-2023 8:00 am
Location Capistrano

EPN 1 - Environmental Policy, Governance, and Decision Making

Coordinator: Chelsea Schelly
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Affiliation: Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technical University

 

Moderator: Zoe Ketola, Michigan Technological University

 

“Challenges, Opportunities, and Practices in Payments for Water-based Ecosystem Services: Results of a Survey of Program Managers”, Mark Eiswerth, Katrina Miller-Stevens, Ewan Henderson, Samwel Makyao, Colorado College

“The Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management in the municipalities of Jalisco, Mexico and its alignment in federal and state policies”, Beatriz Adriana Venegas Sahagún, Universidad de Guadalajara            

“Held in Trust: How political elites are ignoring the public over Federal Supremacy of public lands”, Erika Allen Wolters, Oregon State University; Kevin Pirch, Eastern Washington University

“Public acceptance of salmon recovery strategies: Assessing the differences between Idaho’s rural and urban populations”, Monica Hubbard, Boise State University

Event Date 04-13-2023 8:00 am
Location Ironstone

GD 1 - Issues in Globalization and Development

Michele Companion
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Affiliation: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

The War on Drugs in Latin America and the European Union, Aviles, William

Climate, COVID-19, and the Return of the Welfare State, Brown, Raven E.

Indigenous approaches to mental health during Covid-19, Companion, Michèle

Event Date 04-13-2023 8:00 am
Location Campanile

MENA 1 - Contemporary Issues of Policy and Culture in the Middle East and North Africa

Gamze Cavdar
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Colorado State University

 

Moderator: Samar Zahrawi, Sam Houston State University

"Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Implementation of Disability Rights Laws in Amman"
Sam Stoltz, Colorado State University

"The Hierarchy of Dogs and Men: Udwan's Satirical Presentation of the Human Predicament in Syria"
Samar Zahrawi, Sam Houston State University

Event Date 04-13-2023 8:00 am
Location Xavier

PA 1 - Youth Engagement in Local Democracy

Viola Fuentes - Primary Contact
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Affiliation: Mesa Community College

 

Chandra Commuri
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Affiliation: California State University at Bakersfield

 

Scott Lee
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Website: https://www.iue.edu/people/index.php?dept=Political+Science
Affiliation: Indiana University East

 

Moderator/Discussant: Chandra Commuri, California State University-Bakersfield

 

“Youth engagement and local democracy: examining the impact of school participatory budgeting”, Daniel Schugurensky, Arizona State University, Tara Bartlett, Arizona State University, Madison Rock, Arizona State University

Event Date 04-13-2023 8:00 am
Location Colonade

SA 1 - Education & Communication

Debra D. Andrist
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Affiliation: Sam Houston State University, Texas, USAModerator:
Mel Moore, University of Northern Colorado

 

“Expanding Concept Use with Application Challenges”, Mel Moore, University of Northern Colorado
“¿Qué ciencias sociales para estudiantes de pueblos originarios en educación intercultural?”, Dolores Imelda Romero A., Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México
“Mapping Santal Women’s Education: An Ethnographic Study from West Bengal”, Kasi Eswarappa, Indira Gandhi Tribal University
“The Significance of Conveying Science and Economics to the General Population Effectively”, Puran Prasad Adhikari, Tribhuvan University

Event Date 04-13-2023 8:00 am
Location Palm C

AFIT 1, URPE 1 - Pedagogy and the Pandemic

Geoffrey Schneider
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Affiliation: Bucknell University

 

Moderator: David Brennan, Franklin, and Marshall College

 

Discussants: The panelists

 

“Using the COVID crisis to teach the consequences of different theories of crisis”, David Brennan, Franklin, and Marshall College
“Pluralism in Economics Education in American Colleges and Universities”, Hamid Azari-Rad, State University of New York at New Paltz

Event Date 04-13-2023 8:00 am
Location Jokake

PFB 1 - Sales Tax and User Fees

Shu Wang
Title:
Co-Coordinator
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Affiliation: Eastern Michigan University

 

Andrew Crosby
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Northwestern University

 

Soda Taxes and Local Governments' Debt: The case of California, Lozano-Rojas, Felipe; Ivonchyk, Mikhail: University of Georgia; University at Albany

Paying Their Fair Share—What Affects the Timing of State Adoption of Electric Vehicle Fees?, Omar, Meera; Chen, Can, Georgia State University

When the Beaches Close: Impact of COVID-19 upon Local Government Fiscal Health, Larson, Sarah, University of Central Florida; Mao, Jianer, University of Illinois at Chicago; Bruce D. McDonald, III, North Carolina State University

Event Date 04-13-2023 8:00 am
Location Joshua Tree

LASC Keynote Round Table 1 - LASCIC, Latin American Studies & Chicano-Iberian Culture Network, “Integración, sociedad, cultura y geopolítica en clave Latinoamericana”

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

 

Jesús Ruiz-Flores, LASCIC, President

Miguel Ángel Sigala-Gómez, Arizona State University

Ignacio Medina-Núñez, El Colegio de Jalisco, México

Event Date 04-13-2023 8:00 am
Location Palm F

ABS 1 - Education and Crossing Borders

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

 

Moderator: T Mark Montoya, Northern Arizona University

 

"Buffering Effects of Enjoyment and Control for Stress among Latino Undergraduate Students Living on the U.S.-Mexico Border”, Tara Bautista; M. Macias; Y. Cruz Carrillo; E. D. Cordero, Northern Arizona University

“Seeing is Believing: Teaching Borders Inside and Outside the Classroom”, Jared P. Van Ramshorst, Kean University

“Reclaiming the Borderlands: Testimonios and Counter-Narratives as Borderlands Pedagogy”, T Mark Montoya, Northern Arizona University

“Bridges Over the Prairie: How Two Midwestern Communities Have Tried to Break Down Cultural Borders” , Cari Eastman, Augustana University

Event Date 04-13-2023 8:00 am
Location Abbey North

ABS 2 - Roundtable: Cross-border crime along the Canada-US and US-Mexico borders

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

 

Moderator: Todd Hataley, Fleming College

 

Todd Hataley, Fleming College; Christian Leuprecht , Royal Military College of Canada

Tony Payan, Center for the U.S. and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute and Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez.

Event Date 04-13-2023 8:00 am
Location Abbey South

ABS 3 - Humaitarian and counter-humanitarian trends

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

 

Moderator: Anna Casaglia, University of Trento.

 

“Eugenics in the 21st Century”, Monserrat Garcia, St. Mary’s University

“Humanitarian space on the era of the erasure of asylum. The case of the Texas-Tamaulipas border”, Bertha Bermudez Tapia, New Mexico State University

“Overcoming Borders: German Volunteers Assisting Refugees”, Gabriele Kohpahl, East Los Angeles College

“Institutionalizing the Exception: Homeland Security Section 102(c) Waivers and the Construction of Border Barriers”, Kenneth Madsen, The Ohio State University at Newark

Event Date 04-13-2023 8:00 am
Location San Pedro

EPN 2 - Equity and Justice Issues in Environmental Policy

Coordinator: Chelsea Schelly
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Affiliation: Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technical University

 

Moderator: Ejiro U Osiobe, Baker University

 

“Red Alert: A Case Study of “Redlining” Policies in Omaha, Nebraska and Their Impact on the Climate Crisis”, Ashley Roemmich, University of Nebraska at Kearney   

“Understanding community contexts for innovation in rural, coastal, and Mi'kmaq communities: the importance of historic connections”, Kelly Vodden, Avery Velez, and Brady Reid, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador

“Coastal Squeeze, Climigration, Equity, Oh My! An Agenda for Engaged and Applied Research on Social Equity and Coastal Resilience”, Wie Yusuf, Tom Allen, Nicole Hutton, Jennifer Whytlaw, Marina Saitgalina, Joshua Behr, Old Dominion University

Event Date 04-13-2023 9:45 am
Location Ironstone

RAS 1 - From Urban to Rural, Choices & Patterns

Coordinator: Lisa Ossian
Affiliation:
Des Moines Area Community College

 

Moderator: Lisa Ossian, Des Moines Area Community College

 

"Multiculturalism Beyond the Big City: Population Change in Northern Ontario", Melissa Kelly, Toronto Metropolitan University

“Immigration, A Pathway to Mitigate the Rural Labor Shortage”, Brooke Thoendel, University of Nebraska at Kearney

“The Impact of Genomic Embryonic Medicine on Rural Communities”, Norah Renner, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Event Date 04-13-2023 9:45 am
Location Dolores

PA 2 - Questioning Public Policy

Viola Fuentes - Primary Contact
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Website: http://contacts.mesacc.edu/viola.fuentes
Affiliation: Mesa Community College

 

Chandra Commuri
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Affiliation: California State University at Bakersfield

 

Scott Lee
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Affiliation: Indiana University East

 

Moderator/Discussant: Viola Fuentes, Mesa Community College

 

“The Continuing Western Showdown at Utah’s Antiquities Act Corral: A Modest Proposal to Modify the 1906 Antiquities Act”, E. Scott Lee, Indiana University East

The Impact of Police Body-Worn Cameras (BWCs) on Police Fatal Violence, Tao Jie, Tarleton State University, Hao Sun, Gallaudet University

Issue framing during labor unrest impacting essential public services in the UK: Why some frames work better than others, Chandra Commuri, California State University, Bakersfield

Event Date 04-13-2023 9:45 am
Location Colonade

LASC 1, SA 3 - Las ciencias sociales en sus determinaciones históricas

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

 

Moderator/Discussant: Lourdes Camarena-Ojinaga, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, México

 

“Traducir desde el contexto: Experiencias con estudiantes en la Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México, UAIM”, Francisco Antonio Romero-Leyva, Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México
“¿Qué ciencias sociales para estudiantes de pueblos originarios en educación intercultural?”, Dolores I. Romero-Acosta, Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México
“Cuando la enseñanza de las ciencias sociales coloniza el pensamiento”, Gabriela López-Félix, Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México

Event Date 04-13-2023 9:45 am
Location Palm F

AFIT 2, URPE 2 - Pedagogy and the Pandemic, II: Gen Z, the Long Tail of the Pandemic, and changes in teaching and learning economics: A Roundtable Discussion

Geoffrey Schneider
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Bucknell University

 

Moderator: Jacob Powell, Bucknell University

 

Roundtable participants:

Paula Cole, University of Denver

Erik Dean, Portland Community College

Yan Liang, Willamette University

Liudmila Malyshava, Bard College

Jacob Powell, Bucknell University

Event Date 04-13-2023 9:45 am
Location Jokake

PFB 2 - Determinants and Impacts of Credit Rating

Shu Wang
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Co-Coordinator
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Affiliation: Eastern Michigan University

 

Andrew Crosby
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Northwestern University

 

Credit Rating and the Timeliness of Government Financial Disclosures: Evidence from State Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports, Sun, Hao, Gallaudet University
Determinants of State Credit Rating in the U.S. States: How fiscal condition and restrictive fiscal policies affect U.S. states’ credit rating, Ljubinka Andonoska; Xu, Hua Daniel, University of Texas at El Paso; East Carolina University
Precautionary Savings as a Countercyclical Fiscal Tool during the Great Recession, Lofton, Michelle; Buerger, Christian, University of Georgia; IUPUI

Event Date 04-13-2023 9:45 am
Location Joshua Tree

CS 1 - Canada – Politics, Rights and Culture

Christopher Kirkey
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Affiliation: State University of New York Plattsburgh

 

Moderator/Discussant: Christopher Kirkey, SUNY Plattsburgh

 

“Unintended Consequences: How Canada’s Wartime Elections Act of 1917 Resulted in the Legalization of Same Sex Marriage”, Matthew Smith, SUNY Plattsburgh
“Carol Shields: from Poet to Novelist”, Nora Foster Stovel, University of Alberta

Event Date 04-13-2023 9:45 am
Location Sand Lotus

AIS 1 - Indigenous Research Roundtable: Resilience and Challenges of Indigenous Research

Section Coordinator: Aresta Tsosie-Paddock
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: University of Arizona

 

How food sovereignty initiatives allowed southern Louisiana Bayou tribes to engage in protective measures for their communities and elders during the first wave of the COVID pandemic in 2020., Michele Companion, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Impact of Covid-19 on Native American Women., Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox, University of Arizona

Current issues in Indigenous Environmental Justice., Karen Jarratt-Snider, Northern Arizona University.

“Indigenous Research Refusing Boundaries of Recognition."  I want to discuss the way bureaucratic and academic language traps Indigenous people and relationships, and strategies to avoid confinement.  It's based on Indigenous research in negotiations with U.S. Forest Service over future management of the San Francisco Peaks., Christopher Jocks, Northern Arizona University.

International comparisons to the federal boarding school system., Stefanie Kunze, Northern Arizona University
“My general focus is on gender violence, trafficking, and sex worker rights policy development in US  Indian Country and global indigenous contexts.  I am currently developing a project articulating how US policy-making demonstrates state-sanctioned racial and political violence encoded in the law for Indian Country and African-American communities.,” April Petillo, Northern Arizona University

Impact of Covid-19 on Native American Women., Aresta Tsosie-Paddock, University of Arizona

Effective Teaching in the Classroom ., Earlene Camarillo, Western Oregon University

Event Date 04-13-2023 9:45 am
Location Wind Flower

PS 1 - Promoting Innovation and Good Writing in Political Science: The Lamb Prize

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

 

Jesus Ruiz Flores
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First Coordinator
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Affiliation: Universidad de Guadalajara

 

Moderator: Donna Lybecker, Idaho State University, Chair of the Lamb Prize Selection Committee.

Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. (Recipient of the 2021 Prize), Washington State University

Erika Allen Wolters, Oregon State University

Nina Burkardt, Member of the Lamb Prize Advisory Consortium and Past-Present of the WSSA

Berton Lee Lamb, Negotiation Guidance Associates, Chair of the Lamb Prize Steering Committee

Event Date 04-13-2023 9:45 am
Location Campanile

ABS 4, LASC 2 - Decolonial and Abolitional Interventions of Art and Cultural Production in the Southwest

Jesus Ruiz Flores
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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: Cynthia Vazquez, University of California, Los Angeles

 

“XoQUE Art in Motion Decolonial Interventions on the U.S./Mexico Border”, Cynthia Vazquez, University of California, Los Angeles
“‘Sin Justicia No Hay Orgullo’: Abolitionist Cultural Work, Organizing, and Radical Disruptions”, Gloria Negrete-Lopez, West Virginia University
“Julio Salgado’s Digital Representations of the Chubby Gay Chicano”, Juan D. Ochoa, Northern Arizona University
“The Future Past VS . Coloniality: Decolonial Media Art Beyond 530 Years”, Liliana Conlisk Gallegos, California State University, San Bernardino

Event Date 04-13-2023 9:45 am
Location Abbey North

ABS 6, LASC 3 - Border Openings And Closures In Latin America

Jesus Ruiz Flores
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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: Francisco Lara Valencia, Arizona State University

 

“Las políticas comerciales colombiana y sus planes de desarrollo 2006-2022”, Liliana Marcela Bastos-Osorio and Javier Alfonso Torres-Velasco, Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander - UFPS Colombia

“Venezolanos en Brasil: fronteras, discursos y políticas en el Gobierno Bolsonaro (2019-2022)”, Érica Sarmiento and Juliana Foguel Castelo-Branco, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Brasil

“Afectacion u Oportunidad en la Vida en Co-Munidad de los Pobladores por reapertura de la frontera Colombo-Venezolana”, Olga Marina Sierra, Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander Colombia

“El muro invertido: las zanjas en el límite fronterizo de Chile con Bolivia”, Bianca De Marchi-Moyano, INTE (UNAP); Angélica Alvites-Baiadera, INTE (UNAP) & CCONFINES (CONICET-UNVM)

“Proceso del Camino Real Tierra Adentro en Chihuahua, Texas y Nuevo Mexico como Patrimonio de la Humanidad UNESCO”, Tomás Jesús Cuevas-Contreras and Isabel Zizaldra-Hernández, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México

Event Date 04-13-2023 9:45 am
Location San Pedro

AFIT 3 - Institutional Economics and Geopolitics: The Ukrainian Case

Karol Gil-Vasquez
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Nichols College

 

Moderator: TBD

 

Discussants: The panelists

 

“How to Rebuild the Economic of Post-War Ukraine: The Perspective of Traditional Institutionalism”, Anna Klimina, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

 “Russia’s War on Ukraine through MMT Lens”, Oleksandr Valchyshen, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College and University of Missouri-Kansas City

“Crashing Collusion: NFC, Cold War and Cults of Heroic Death”, Karol Gil-Vasquez, Nichols College and Boston University, Wolfram Elsner, Bremen University

Event Date 04-13-2023 9:45 am
Location Augustine

ABS 5 - A Conversation on Studying the Border through the Fulbright Scholar Program

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

 

Moderator: Paul Richardson, University of Birmingham

 

Participants:

Julia Lieber, Outreach and Recruitment Officer, Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, Institute of International Education

Kimberly Collins, California State University, San Bernardino

Guadalupe Correa Cabrera, George Mason University

 

Members of the Association for Borderlands Studies are invited apply for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program's 2024-25 competition, which features over 400 awards offered in more than 135 countries. Scholar Awards enable U.S. citizens to go abroad to teach, conduct research, and carry out professional projects. This panel will discuss the Fulbright Scholar Program’s mission, eligibility for awards, application components, and specific awards of note for ABS members and conference attendees. Check out all of the awards in advance on fulbrightscholars.org and have your questions answered live in the session.

Event Date 04-13-2023 9:45 am
Location Abbey South

ABS 7 - Interdisciplinary Border Cultural Heritage Perspectives

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

 

Moderator: Rafael Luevano, Chapman University

 

“Cyprus – The Border as Art, the Border as War”, Hilmi Ulas, Chapman University

“Cultural Heritage Art as Resistance at the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall”, Tony Payan, Center for the U.S. and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute and Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez.

“Cultural Adaptations in Times of Border Enforcement”, Nancy Rios-Contreras, Chapman University

Event Date 04-13-2023 9:45 am
Location Capistrano

ABS 8 - Roundtable: Impacts and Ethics of Experiential Teaching and Learning in the Borderlands

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

 

Moderator: Leah Mundell, Northern Arizona University

 

Participants:

Leah Mundell; Estevan Ramirez

Noorul Murshidha Jawaheer

Guadalupe Reynoso Jimenez, Northern Arizona University

Event Date 04-13-2023 9:45 am
Location Xavier

AFIT - Board Meeting

Karol Gil-Vasquez
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Nichols College

Event Date 04-13-2023 11:30 am
Location Augustine

ABS 9 - Roundtable: Border Wars: Conflict in Ukraine and its implications across Eurasia

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

 

Moderator: Paul Richardson, University of Birmingham

 

Participants:

Nino Kemoklidze, University of Chichester

Mark Bassin, Upssala University

Keith Brown, Arizona State University

Event Date 04-13-2023 11:30 am
Location Abbey North

ABS 10 - Book Presentation: Engineering Diplomacy: The Politics of Transboundary Water Resources Management along the United States-Mexico Boundary, 1945-2015

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

 

Moderator: Christopher Brown, New Mexico State University; Francisco Lara-Valencia, Arizona State University

 

Participants:

Christopher Brown, New Mexico State University

Paul Ganster, San Diego State University

Francisco Lara-Valencia, Arizona State University

Steve Mumme, Colorado State University

Nicolás Pineda Pablos, Colegio de Sonora

Margaret Wilder, University of Arizona

Event Date 04-13-2023 11:30 am
Location Abbey South

ABS 11 - Culinary Heritage in the Paso del Norte Region of the US-Mexico Borderlands

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

 

Moderator / Discussant: Rob Nelson, University of Windsor

 

“History and Culinary Spaces: Constructing a Cuisine of the Border”, Lois Stanford, New Mexico State University

“Eat Like an Abuela: Examining the Traditional Northern Mexican Diet”, Amanda Palacios, New Mexico State University

“Culinary Heritage in Mesilla, New Mexico”, Anna Brown, New Mexico State University

Event Date 04-13-2023 11:30 am
Location San Pedro

ABS 12 - Rountable: Deadly (Dis)Possession: B/ordering and Policing Regimes

 

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

 

Moderator: Alfonzo Mendoza, Arizona State University

 

Participants:

Alfonzo Mendoza; Rylie Seidl

Cecilia Marek, Arizona State University

Event Date 04-13-2023 11:30 am
Location Xavier

CDD 2 - Roundtable: Clinical and Sociodemographic Study of Patients With Acquired Oral Disabilities Due to Benign and Malignant Tumors

Main Contact : James G. Linn Ph.D.
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Affiliation: Optimal Solutions in Healthcare and International Development

 

Heather Albanesi Ph.D.
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Affiliation: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

 

Cynthia Jackson Ph.D.
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Moderator: James G. Linn, Optimal Solutions in Healthcare and International Development

 

Participants:
Maikel Hermida, Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico
Marco Arturo Moreno, Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico
Norma Figueroa, Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico
Leonardo Velasquez, Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico

 

"Reframing Digital Inclusion and Equity in Telecommunications for the Deaf"
Thomas Horjes, TDI: For 

Event Date 04-13-2023 1:00 pm
Location Capistrano

MC 1 - Communicating Health in the Digital Age

Coordinator: Mary Jackson-Pitts
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Affiliation: Dept. Radio-Television - Arkansas State University

 

Moderator: Doug Swanson, California State University, Fullerton

 

“Hard Topics, Tough Finds: Using Mixed Methodologies”, Mary Jackson-Pitts, Arkansas State University; Will Henderson, Clemson“
Framing of COVID-19 on Twitter”, Li-jing Arthur Chang, Jackson State University
“Benefits of Digital Media in Surgical Treatment and Patient Care”, Sophie Li, Vanderbilt University & Arkansas State University
“Foundations of Social Media Trust: Differences Across Generations”, David J Carr, Idaho State University
“Does Parent-Child Relationship Intervene Smartphone Addiction through Reducing Stress and Negative Emotions?”, Hyunin Baek, New Mexico State University

Event Date 04-13-2023 1:00 pm
Location Colonade

EPN 3 - Climate Change and Resilience

Coordinator: Chelsea Schelly
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Affiliation: Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technical University

 

Moderator: Chelsea Schelly, Michigan Technological University

 

“The Parched West: Normative Policy Possibilities from Wendell Berry and Pope Francis”, Peter J. Longo, University of Nebraska-Kearney

“Energy Service Security for Public Health Resilience: An energy services framework for health facility planning in Michigan’s Western Upper Peninsula”, Zoe Ketola, Michigan Technological University

“Military Environmental Policy in Congress”, James L. Kriz, William Aviles, 

Event Date 04-13-2023 1:00 pm
Location Ironstone

NZAS 1, RAS 2 - Academic Publishing Workshop (Co-Located)

Coordinator: Lisa Ossian
Affiliation: Des Moines Area Community College

 

Introduction: Dr. William Schaniel, Chair of the New Zealand & Australian Studies Section+

 

Workshop Host: Dr. Suzzanne Kelley, North Dakota State University Press
“How to Find, Submit, Sign and Partner with your Publisher”

Event Date 04-13-2023 1:00 pm
Location Dolores

SA 2 - Identity & Politics

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

 

Moderator: John Francis Burke, Trinity University

 “A Pluralistic Alternative to Corporatism in Articulations of the Common Good and Civil Society--Bretherton and Liberation Philosophy/Theology”, John Francis Burke, Trinity University
“Analysis of Power in the Gender, Energy and Sustainable Development (GED) Framework through Feminist Political Ecology (FPE)”, Aritra Chakrabarty, Michigan Technological University
“The Constitution of Sexual Harassment”, Karen Lewis, Dickinson State University; Helen M. Brethauer, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University; Felecia Dix-Richardson, Florida A & M University
“Mediated Death Worlds: On Necropolitics in Pose”, Joseph Bono, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Event Date 04-13-2023 1:00 pm
Location Palm C

PFB 3 - Public Workforce Fiscal Pressures

Shu Wang
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Co-Coordinator
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Affiliation: Eastern Michigan University

 

Andrew Crosby
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Northwestern University

 

How Did this Happen? Understanding the Drivers Behind Decreases in State Pension Funding Levels, Crosby, Andrew; Kass, Amanda; Kriz, Kenneth, Northwestern University; DePaul University; University of Illinois at Springfield
Term Limits and the Unfunded Pension Debt Crisis in America: An Analysis of Assumptions in Changing Economic Times., McDonald, Bruce; Afshan, Saman; Anguelov, Nick. North Carolina State University; North Carolina State University; University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
The Effect of Mandatory Furlough Programs on State Employee Turnover and Retention., Stavick, John

Event Date 04-13-2023 1:00 pm
Location Joshua Tree

AIS 2 - Indigenous Sovereignty and Initiatives

Section Coordinator: Aresta Tsosie-Paddock
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: University of Arizona

 

Moderator: Dr. Stephan M. Sachs

 

Indigenuity: Some Supportive Thoughts and General Observations., Dr. Nicholas C. Peroff. University of Missouri-Kansas City

Some Thoughts on Recent Federal Initiatives: Artificial Intelligence and Indigenous Technology., Dr. Richard M. Wheelock. Fort Lewis College

Sovereignty and Child Welfare: Countering the Attack on the Indian Child Welfare Act (I)., Dr. Stephan M. Sachs. IUPUI, USA

Event Date 04-13-2023 1:00 pm
Location Campanile

LASC 6, PS 2 - Authoritarism, Social Movements Elections and Indigenous Sovereignty

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

 

Jesus Ruiz Flores
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First Coordinator
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Affiliation: Universidad de Guadalajara

 

Moderator/Discussant: Ignacio Medina-Núñez, El Colegio de Jalisco, México

Political Process Theory and The Ousting of a Dictator: Analyses of the Sudanese December Revolution, Ayotunde Giwa, Northern Arizona University
Presidential elections in Chile 2021, Ignacio Medina-Núñez, El Colegio de Jalisco, México
The Political Sociology of Forced Conscription by Authoritarian Regimes, Christopher Harrison, Northern Arizona University
“Indigenous Sovereignty: A Hawaiian Case Study”, Floridell Berry, St. Mary's University

Event Date 04-13-2023 1:00 pm
Location Wind Flower

ABS 15, LASC 4 - Security, Geopolitics, and Multilateralism: EU-US comparative

Moderator: Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, University of Victoria

 

“Three European Moments of Northern Dimension: Finnish Borderland Perspective to the Shaping the European Union Agenda of External Relations”, Ilkka Liikanen, University of Eastern Finland
“The Architecture of the Schengen border: Spatial violence at the border crossings of Melilla”, Rubén Pérez-Belmonte, Sapienza Università di Roma
“Roxham Road: a geopolitical space of convergence”, Laurence Brassard, University of Quebec at Montreal
“Fortified borders and multilateralism in North America”, Miguel Ángel Sigala-Gómez, Arizona State University
“Cross Border Cooperation: A Global Overview - Europe/North America”, Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, University of Victoria

Event Date 04-13-2023 1:00 pm
Location San Pedro

AFIT 4 - Contemporary Challenges from an Institutional Approach

Karol Gil-Vasquez
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Nichols College

 

Moderator: TBD

 

Discussants: The panelists

 

“Moral Foundations Characteristics of Economists: Efficiency, Inequality, and Beyond”, Kevin W. Capehart, California State University, Fresno

“In Defense of Lean Operations and Just-in-Time Inventory”, Larry Wigger, University of Missouri- Kansas City

“Institutional Challenges to the Antitrust Regulation of Digital Platforms” , Lukas Munoz, Elmhurst University

“Using the COVID Crisis to Teach the Consequences of Different Theories of Crisis”, David Brennan, Franklin and Marshall College

Event Date 04-13-2023 1:00 pm
Location Augustine

AFIT 5 - Modern Monetary Theory

Karol Gil-Vasquez
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Nichols College

 

Moderator: Randall Wray, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College

 

Discussants: Panelists

 

“Habits of Thought and MMT’s Efficacy”, Jacob Power and William Waller Jr., Bucknell University

“MMT Consistent View of Capital Flows”, Oleksandr Valchyshen, University of Missouri, Kansas City and Levy Economics Institute of Bard College

“The Need to Reconcile Low Inflation, Economic Growth and Financial Stability” Arturo Huerta, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) 

Event Date 04-13-2023 1:00 pm
Location Jokake

ABS13 - Roundtable: Cross-Border Regions at both ends of the US Border: Comparing San Diego – Tijuana and Cascadia

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

 

Moderator: Laurie Trautman, Border Policy Research Institute, Western Washington University

 

Participants:

Josefina Pérez Espino, Universidad Pedagogcia Nactional

María del Rosío Barajas Escamilla,  El Colef

Laurie Trautman, Border Policy Research Institute, Western Washington University

Kimberly Collins, Leonard Transportation Center, CSUSB

María J. Perez Espino, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional

Event Date 04-13-2023 1:00 pm
Location Abbey North

ABS 14 - Climate, Nature, and Environment I

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

 

Moderator: Cari Eastman, Augustana University

 

“Borderland Tourism: Enacting Colonized Space in Arctic Tourism”, Julie Renaud, University of Quebec, Montreal

“Pathways to greening the US-Mexico border: Stakeholder engagement for green infrastructure in Ambos Nogales”, Adriana A Zuniga Teran, University of Arizona

“Climate Security, Mobility Injustice and Borders”, Anna Casaglia, University of Trento

“Culture In Emergencies: Fire Prevention On Cultural Heritage Sites In Conflict Situations”, Adewumi Oluwadare Benedict, Lagos State Fire Service, Nigeria

Event Date 04-13-2023 1:00 pm
Location Abbey South

CDD 3 Panel Only - Message Framing for Covid-19 Vaccines, Inclusions of Persons with Hearing Disability, and Nursing Recruitment

Main Contact : James G. Linn Ph.D.
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Affiliation: Optimal Solutions in Healthcare and International Development

 

Heather Albanesi Ph.D.
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Affiliation: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

 

Cynthia Jackson Ph.D.
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"Perception of the Nursing Profession After Covid-19"
Debra Rose Wilson, Austin Peay University and Walden University

 

Discussant: Filip Viskupic, Dakota State University

Event Date 04-13-2023 2:45 pm
Location Wind Flower

NPPS 1 - Nonprofits, Social Enterprise and Volunteering

Patsy Kraeger
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Co-Coordinator
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Affiliation: Georgia Southern University, Department of Public and Nonprofit Studies

 

Moderator/Discussant: Patsy Kraeger, Georgia Southern University

 

“The Evaluation Capacity of Czech Social Services Nonprofit Organizations”, Salvatore Alaimo, Grand Valley State 

“The Economics of the Nonprofit Sector: An Analysis of the Applicability of the Tiebout Hypothesis”, Valencia Prentice, Cleveland State University

“Toward a Misfit Theory of Entrepreneurship: Nonprofit Lessons from Hackers, Saboteurs, and Outlaws” , Craig Talmage, Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Matthew Mars, University of Arizona

“Exploring Undergraduate Student Choice with a Community-Engaged Learning Activity in a Volunteer Management Course”, Rory R. Smith, Arizona State University

Event Date 04-13-2023 2:45 pm
Location Xavier

CMS 4, LASC 7, MC 2 - Chicanos and Latinos/as in Communication

Coordinator: Mary Jackson-Pitts
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Affiliation: Dept. Radio-Television - Arkansas State University

 

Moderator: Maria de los Angeles Flores, The University of Texas at El Paso

 

Discussant: Mary Jackson-Pitts, Arkansas State University

 

“Chicana Counterstory in Comics: Heroes and Saints and Villains too”, Elvira Carrizal-Dukes, University of Texas at El Paso
"Language Contact and Change: Variation in the Apodosis in Conditional Expressions in Phoenix, Arizona", Laura Dicochea, Edgar Olozagaste Arizona State University
“Distinguishing Journalism Practices between Hispanic and Chicano Reporters”, Maria de los Angeles Flores, University of Texas at El Paso
“Variación lingüística del habla chicana y racismo sistémico en el sistema educativo en la novella Puppet”, Laura Dicochea, Edgar Olozagaste, and Andrea Borbon, Arizona State University

Event Date 04-13-2023 2:45 pm
Location Palm F

EPN 4 - Collaborative Solutions for Environmental Crises

Coordinator: Chelsea Schelly
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Affiliation: Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technical University

 

Moderator: Erika Wolters, Oregon State University

 

“Working Together: A Governance Perspective of Payments for Water-based Ecosystem Services Collaboratives”, Katrina Miller-Stevens, Mark Eiswerth, Ewan Henderson, Colorado College           

“Community-Scale Options for Sustainable Material Systems: Lessons from Intentional Communities”, Chelsea Schelly, Michigan Technological University          

“A Collaborative Solution to the Global Warming Inevitable Crisis”, Ejiro U Osiobe, Baker University

Event Date 04-13-2023 2:45 pm
Location Ironstone

RAS 3 - 16th Annual Rural & Agricultural Studies Roundtable Book Discussion on the following new text: 'Rethinking Rural: Reflections on Today, Insights for the Future," edited by Matt Ehlman (NDSU Press)

Coordinator: Lisa Ossian
Affiliation:
Des Moines Area Community College

 

Moderators:  

Tom Isern, North Dakota State University

Lisa Ossian, Des Moines Area Community College

Suzzanne Kelley, North Dakota State University Press

Anthony Amato, Southwestern Minnesota State

Event Date 04-13-2023 2:45 pm
Location Dolores

SW 1 - Social Work

Diane Calloway-Graham
Title: Co-Coordinator, Social Work
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Affiliation: Utah State University

 

Moises Diaz
Title: Co-Coordinator, Social Work
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Affiliation: Utah State University

 

Moderator: Diane Calloway-Graham, Utah State University

“NAU Yuma Campus BSW: Everyone is Welcome Here”

Kara Ahearn, Ruth Whisler, Jessica Muñiz, Jennifer Villegas Contreras, Briseth Arredondo, Felix Altonia Aguilar, and Melissa Morales, Northern Arizona University-Yuma Campus

“Social Work Education, Culture Wars, and Academic Freedom”
Nickolas Davis and Aloha VanCamp, University of Detroit Mercy

“Peer Support and Recovery: A Qualitative Process Evaluation”
Reuben Addo, California State University-Fresno, Greg Koers, University of Louisiana Monroe, and Zena Abdallah, California State University-Fresno

“Teaching Young Adult Learners Across Divergent Beliefs: Covering Complex Social Topics Using Principles from the I-System Model and Transformative Theory”
Moises Diaz, Utah State University

 

Event Date 04-13-2023 2:45 pm
Location Capistrano

SA 4 - Identity, Economics, & the Workplace

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

 

Moderator: Joseph Silcox, University of Massachusetts, Boston

 

“The Professionalization of Stigma: The Novel Case of Recovery Coaching”,  Joseph Silcox, University of Massachusetts, Boston
“Livelihoods of Migrant Tribes: Cases of Two Tribes from Eastern India”, Kasi Eswarappa, Indira Gandhi Tribal University
“Paid or Unpaid? Calculating The Unpaid Labor of Deaf People Perform to Gain Access Through Video Relay Service”, Brunson, Jeremy L.; Sun, Hau; Harding, Gallaudet University
“Abstract Killer for Hire: Analyzing the Discourse of Slaughterhouse Job Listings and the Reproduction of Violence”, McIntyre, Samantha, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
“Serving Injustice: Barriers and Potentials for Industrial Action in the Food and Beverage Service Industry”, William Smith, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Event Date 04-13-2023 2:45 pm
Location Palm C

PFB 4 - Tax Progressivity and Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Shu Wang
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Co-Coordinator
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Affiliation: Eastern Michigan University

 

Andrew Crosby
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Northwestern University

 

Progressive Taxation by Any Means Necessary? The Political Economy of SALT Deductibility.  , Pathak, Rahul. Baruch College, CUNY Carolyn Abott, Barouch College, CUNY
The Effect of Opportunity Zones on Housing Repeat Sale Prices., Park, Wooserk. Indiana University, Bloomington
Do selective features increase state income tax progressivity?, Merriman, David; Disher, Michael. University of Illinois at Chicago

Event Date 04-13-2023 2:45 pm
Location Joshua Tree

CS 2 - Public Policy Considerations in Canada and the United States

Christopher Kirkey
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Affiliation: State University of New York Plattsburgh

 

Moderator/Discussant: Christopher Kirkey, SUNY Plattsburgh

 

“Gun culture and law enforcement in the United States, a North American public security issue”, Francis Langlois,  Cégep de Trois-Rivières

“Trends and drivers of irregular migration across the U.S.-Canada border”, Christian Leuprecht, Queen’s University
“Accountability in a federation: evaluating conditional federal health transfers in Canada”, Haizhen Mou, University of Saskatchewan

Event Date 04-13-2023 2:45 pm
Location Campanile