Kentucky Political Science
Association
43rd Annual Meeting
March 5-6, 2004
Conference
and Training Center
Georgetown College
Georgetown, Kentucky
FRIDAY,
MARCH 5, 2004
REGISTRATION:
12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
SESSION
I: 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
PANEL I
A: Student Papers
Chair:
Bruce Hicks, Cumberland
College
1) Nick Maggard, Eastern Kentucky
University: “President Carter’s Inherited Inflation: The Loss of America’s
Economic Euphoria, and the Carter Administration Statute”
2) Solomon Parker, Centre College:
“Balancing Retribution and Reconiliation: What Should be Done in Post-Civil
War Liberia?”
3) Heather Barton, Berea
College: “Political Participation and College Students: The Case of Berea
College”
Discussant: Jon
Dalager, Georgetown College
PANEL I
B: Political Theory
Chair: Michael Berheide,
Berea College
1) Kenneth McIntyre,
Campbellsville University: “Philosophy, History, and Post-modernism:
Strauss, Skinner, and Foucault on Perennial Problems”
2) Ed Yager, Western Kentucky
University: “Intellectual Influences and Ronald Reagan’s Political Transformation
During the 1950’s”
3) Brian Caza, Georgetown
College: “Cultural Pluralism in a McWorld of Jihad and Civilizations”
Discussant: Sara Ziegler,
Eastern Kentucky University
BREAK:
2:15 – 2:30 p.m.
SESSION
II: 2:30 – 3:45 p.m.
PANEL II
A: International Relations
Chair: Lori Hartmann-Mahmud,
Centre College
1) Bruce Hicks,
Cumberland College: “Lifting the Arms Embargo on the Bosnian Muslims: Policy
Disarray or Illegal Covert Action”
2) William Green, Morehead
University: "Linguistic Vulnerability and Visage Linguistique: The
United Nations Human Rights Committee and the Quebec Language Regime."
Discussant: John Van Doorn, Cumberland College
PANEL II
B: Appalachia Development
Chair: Kendra Stewart,
Eastern Kentucky University
1) William C. Garriott, Centre
College: “Federalism and the Appalachian Regional Development Program 1965
– 2002”
2) Erik Lewis, Morehead University:
“The Construction and Deconstruction of US Institutional Regionalism: Appalachia,
John Whisman and the Title V Regions”
Discussant: Withdrawn
BREAK:
3:45 – 4:00 p.m.
SESSION
III: 4:00 – 5:15 p.m.
PANEL IIIA:
ROUNDTABLE: Terrorism and Homeland Security
Chair: Michael Cairo, Georgetown College
Participants:
Nayef Samhat, Centre College
Kendra Stewart, Eastern Kentucky
University
Brian Caza, Georgetown College
PANEL III
B: Electoral Politics
Chair: John Heyrman,
Berea College
1) Jonathan Winburn, Indiana
University: “Kentucky Redistricting and Electoral Outcomes”
2) Withdrawn
Discussant: Saundra Ardrey,
Western Kentucky University
BUSINESS
MEETING: 5:30 – 6:00 p.m.
RECEPTION:
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Sponsored by the New York Times
DINNER
AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS: 7:15 – 9:00 p.m.
Dr. Frank L. Jenista
"International Terrorism and U.S. Counter-terrorism
Efforts"
Dr. Jenista spent 25 years as a Foreign
Service Officer and was part of the anti-terrorism task force that responded
to the kidnappings in the Philippines by the Abu Sayyaf Group, for which
he received a Superior Honor Award
from the Department of State. Dr. Jenista has accepted an appointment
as Professor of International
Studies at his alma mater, Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio
Presentation of the Abdul Rifai Award
Presentation of the David Hughes Award
HOSPITALITY
RECEPTION: Comfort Suites 9:00 - ?
SATURDAY,
MARCH 6, 2004
REGISTRATION:
8:15 – 10:00 a.m.
CONTINENTAL
BREAKFAST: 8:15 – 9:00 a.m.
SESSION
IV: 9:00 – 10:15 a.m.
PANEL IV
A: Public Administration
Chair: Keon S. Chi, Georgetown College
1) James Chappell, Western Kentucky University
: “Comprehensive Structure Management Process for Public Organizations”
2) Jamie Geyer and Dean Minix, Northern
Kentucky University: “A Walkable Community: A Preliminary Proposal”
3) Marl Renfro, Northern Kentucky
University: “Yes: Emotional Intelligence Can be Developed”
PANEL IV
B: Pursuing the Holy Grail of Economic Development in Kentucky: False
Starts and Promising Possibilities
Chair: William C. Green,
Morehead State University
1) Susan Blankenship,
Kentucky State University, and Ernest J.
Yanarella, University of Kentucky: “Prison Recruitment as Rural Economic
Development: A Viable Strategy for Kentucky’s Rural Communities?”
2) Robert Lancaster, University of
Kentucky: “A Tale of Two Sustainable City Programs: Lessons from Richmond,
IN and Chattanooga, TN”
3) Mike Musulin, University of Kentucky:
“The Renewal of Synthetic Fuels Development in Kentucky: Promise or Chimera?”
BREAK:
10:15 – 10:30
SESSION
V: 10:30 – 12:00
PANEL IVA:
ROUNDTABLE: The State of Politics in Kentucky and the U.S.
Chair: Paul Blanchard, Eastern Kentucky University
Participants:
Al Cross, reporter, Louisville Courier-Journal
John Cooper, lobbyist, Capital Link Consultants
Ellen Williams, Chair, Republican Party of KY
State Rep. Susan Westrom, D-Lexington
To make overnight reservations:
Comfort Suites
Country
Inn & Suites
Best Western of Georgetown
121 Darby Drive
131 Darby
Drive
132 Darby Drive
Georgetown, KY
40324
Georgetown, KY 40324
Georgetown, KY 40324
(502) 868-9500
(502)
868-6868
(502) 868-8801
KPSA Rate: $44.95
KPSA rate: $34.00
KPSA rate: $49.95
Note: Please remember to indicate KPSA with your hotel reservations
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TO THE GEORGETOWN CONFERENCE & TRAINING CENTER
Directions from the South:
Take I-75 North to Exit 125 (Georgetown); turn left off ramp onto U.S.
460. Take a left at the traffic light onto Cherry Blossom Way (U.S. 460 by-pass
West). At the second light, turn right onto Lemons Mill Road (Hwy 1962 West).
Turn into driveway bearing the Georgetown College sign. The Conference and
Training Center is straight ahead at the stop sign.
Directions from the North:
Take I-75 South to Exit 126 (Georgetown); turn right off ramp onto Cherry
Blossom Way (U.S. 460 by-pass West). Go through four (4) traffic lights; turn
right onto Lemons Mill Road (Hwy 1962 West). Turn into driveway bearing the
Georgetown College sign. The Conference and Training Center is straight ahead
at the stop sign.
Directions from the West:
Take I-64 East to Exit 69 (Georgetown); turn left off ramp onto U.S. 62.
Proceed approximately three (3) miles and turn right onto Cherry Blossom Way
(U.S. 460 by-pass West). Continue on by-pass for approximately 3.5 miles;
turn at 2nd traffic light onto Lemons Mill Road (Hwy 1962 West). Turn into
driveway bearing the Georgetown College sign. The Conference and Training
Center is straight ahead at the stop sign.
Directions from East:
Take I-64 West to I-75 North, follow the directions as stated in "Directions
from the South".
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KENTUCKY POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION PRE-REGISTRATION
Please return by February 27, 2004
Registration information:
Name: _____________________________________
Address: ____________________________________
___________________________________________
College: ____________________________________
Phone: _____________________________________
Fees (check one) – KPSA Dues ($4.00, included in registration for regular
members). Make check payable to KPSA
____ $ 12.50 Regular Registration and KPSA Dues
____ $ 8.50 Student Registration (free KPSA membership)
____ $ 30.00 Regular Registration and Dinner
____ $ 26.00 Student Registration and Dinner
Detach and mail this portion with your check or money order to:
Dr. Jon Dalager
Georgetown College
400 East College Street
Georgetown
KY 40324