46th Annual Meeting
March 2-3, 2007
MoreheadConferenceCenter
MoreheadStateUniversity
Morehead, KY /
Friday, March 2, 2007
Registration: 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
SESSION I: 1:00 – 2:15pm
Panel I A: Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
Chair: Michael Hail, MoreheadStateUniversity
1. Margaret Sloan, University of Kentucky
- Esther Long, MoreheadStateUniversity
- Holly Barcus, MacalesterCollege
Panel I B: American Politics
Chair: Saundra Ardrey, WKU
- Joshua G. Behr, OldDominionUniversity, and Jesse T. Richman, OldDominionUniversity, “Mobilization Politics: Why the Religious Left Trumps the Religious Right.”
- William C. Garriott Jr., CentreCollege, and Michael Douglas, CentreCollege, “George W. Bush, the Rally Effect, and the Partisan Popular Press.”
BREAK 2:15-2:30pm
SESSION II: 2:30 – 3:45pm
Panel II A: Undergraduate Student Paper Panel
Chair: Kenneth B. McIntyre, CentreCollege
- Jeremy Wells, BereaCollege
- Hillary Eason, CentreCollege
- Amber Hunt, GeorgetownCollege
- Jarred Hensley, GeorgetownCollege
- Novelle Motley, BereaCollege
- Aaron Jones, MoreheadStateUniversity
Panel II B: State & Local Politics
Chair: William Green, MoreheadStateUniversity
- Joe Gershtenson, EKU
- Angela Brown, WKU, Jeffrey P. Kash, WKU, Scott Lasley, WKU, and
Financial Aid: A Natural Experiment.”
3. Patrick V. Kerrigan, KentStateUniversity, and Kursad Aslan, Kent State
University, “Felon Disenfranchisement Policy in the Fifty States:
Interests, Institutions, Ideas.”
Discussant: Jeffery L. Osgood, University of Louisville
Panel II C: Roundtable on Economic Development and Stewardship of Places
Chair: David Rudy, MoreheadStateUniversity
Participants:
BREAK 3:45-4:00pm
(Saturday Continued)
SESSION IV: 9:00 – 10:15am
Panel IV A: Public Law and Federalism
Chair: Michael Hail, MoreheadStateUniversity
- William Green, MoreheadStateUniversity, “Using the Power of Eminent Domain for Economic Development Purposes: State Legislative and Judicial Responses to Kelo v. City of New London.”
- J. Gregory Frye, Legal Research Inc., “Administrative Law and Federalism Jurisprudence.”
Panel IV B: Public Policy
Chair: Joe Gershtenson, EKU
1. LisaCave, MoreheadStateUniversity, “Intergovernmental Grants and
Budget Constraints in Appalachian Kentucky.”
2. Jacob Fowles, University of Kentucky
3. Jason Gainous, University of Louisville, “Ambivalence About Social
Welfare: An Evaluation of Measurement Approaches
Discussant: Joe Gershtenson, EKU
Panel IV C: Graduate Student Paper Panel
Chair: Stephen Lange, MoreheadStateUniversity
- Rifat S. Erdemli, WKU
- Brian Weber, MoreheadStateUniversity
- Drew Grey, MoreheadStateUniversity
BREAK 10:15-10:30am / SESSION III: 4:00 – 5:15pm
Panel III A: Campaigns & Elections
Chair: Michael Hail, MoreheadStateUniversity
- John T. Spence, XavierUniversity, and Michael Margolis, University of Cincinnati
- Jon Dalager, GeorgetownCollege, “Public Opinion and Campaign Finance Reform: What Will Motivate Congress?”
Panel III B: Public Administration
Chair: Victoria Gordon, WKU
- James L. Chappell, WKU, “Conflict Within Public Organizations: An Introduction.”
- Jeremy Hall, University of AlabamaBirmingham, “Local Political Capacity for Federal Grant-Getting.”
Panel III C: Politics, Poetry, & Symbolism
Chair: David Sloan, MoreheadStateUniversity
- John Heyrman, BereaCollege, “Film Ideology.”
- Saundra Ardrey, WKU, “Cartoons as Political Discourse.”
Business Meeting 5:30 – 6:30pm
Cocktail Reception 6:00 – 7:00pm
Dinner and Keynote Address: 7:00 – 9:00pm
KPSA Keynote Address:
U.S. Senator Jim Bunning
KPSA Awards Presentation
Saturday, March 3
Registration & Continental Breakfast: 8:15- 10:00am
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SESSION V: 10:30 – 11:45am
Panel V A: Political Philosophy
Chair: Kenneth B. McIntyre, CentreCollege
- Justin Lyons, AshlandUniversity, "The Poetry of Thucydides' The Peloponnesian War"
- John Colman, AshlandUniversity, "Lucretius' Apology"
- Stephen Lange, MoreheadStateUniversity, "Learning and Knowledge in Plato's Meno"
Panel V B: Comparative Politics
Chair: Sara Jones, MoreheadStateUniversity
- Melissa Scheier, GeorgetownCollege, “Politics in Puerto Rico? The Administration of a US Territory.”
- Joseph Frank Potts, University of Louisville, “How to Create a Successful Multinational Democracy: A Comparative Analysis of Spain and India.”
SESSION VI: 12:00 – 1:30pm
Roundtable: Kentucky Politics (Lunch Included)
Chair: Michael Hail, MoreheadStateUniversity
Participants: (Invited)
Senator David Williams
Senator Robert Stivers
Rep. Rocky Adkins
Rep. John Will Stacy
Please contact the following hotels for overnight reservations:
Quality Innww.qualityinn.com
Indoor pool, continental breakfast, cable TV, free HBO, Jacuzzi rooms available.
175 Toms Drive
Just off I-64, exit 137.
PHONE: (606) 784-2220 / Holiday Inn Express
Indoor pool, deluxe continental breakfast.
I-64 exit 137.
PHONE: (606) 784-5796 / Knight's Inn
Full service restaurant, meeting rooms, outdoor pool, cable TV.
I-64 exit 137
PHONE: (606) 784-7591
DIRECTIONS TO THE MOREHEADCONFERENCECENTER
MOREHEADSTATEUNIVERSITY
MOREHEAD,KY 40351
The MoreheadConferenceCenter is locatedadjacent to thecampus of MoreheadStateUniversity in downtown Morehead, KY.
From the South:Take I-75North to I-64. Take I-64 to Morehead exit and make a right off of the exit ramp. Go through eight (4) traffic lights (including the one at the exit ramp) and make a left at the 5th light onto Main Street. Take a left onto Wilson Avenue and the MoreheadConferenceCenter will be on your left at the intersection with First Street. Parking is available behind the building.
From the North: Take I-75South to I-64. Take I-64 to Morehead exit and make a right off of the exit ramp. Go through eight (4) traffic lights (including the one at the exit ramp) and make a left at the 5th light onto Main Street. Take a left onto Wilson Avenue and the MoreheadConferenceCenter will be on your left at the intersection with First Street. Parking is available behind the building.
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KENTUCKY POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATON PRE-REGISTRATION (Please return by February 23, 2007)
Registration Information:Fees (Make checks payable to KPSA)
Name:______20.00 Registration and KPSA Dues
Address:______8.50 Student Registration
College:______45.00 Registration and dinner
Phone: ______33.50 Student registration and dinner
E-Mail: ______25.00 Guest Dinner only
Detach and mail this portion with your check to: Dr. Michael Hail, Morehead State University, Institute for Regional Analysis & Public Policy, 111i Combs Building IRAPP, 150 University Blvd., Morehead, KY 40351.