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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

EPN - Environmenal Policy & Natural Resource Management

13
Apr
2023

EPN 1 - Environmental Policy, Governance, and Decision Making

04-13-2023 8:00 am -9:30 am
Ironstone

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

13
Apr
2023

EPN 2 - Equity and Justice Issues in Environmental Policy

04-13-2023 9:45 am -11:15 am
Ironstone

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

13
Apr
2023

EPN 3 - Climate Change and Resilience

04-13-2023 1:00 pm -2:30 pm
Ironstone

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, 

13
Apr
2023

EPN 4 - Collaborative Solutions for Environmental Crises

04-13-2023 2:45 pm -4:15 pm
Ironstone

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