2011 Student Research Conference:
24th Annual Student Research Conference

Program

7:30 am • MG Cyber Cafe, OP Lobby, & VH Lobby
Continental Breakfast

8:30 am - 7:00 pm • University Art Gallery
Annual Student Juried Exhibition

8:00 - 9:15 • VH 1228
SESSION 9
Oral -
Anthropology

Presiding: Julie Flowerday

8:45

9 - 4 KATHRINE OLSEN FLAATE
Dr. Julie Flowerday, Faculty Mentor
Human Trafficking in Missouri

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8:00 - 9:15 • MG 1000
SESSION 11
Oral -
Political Science

Presiding: Michael Rudy

8:00

11 - 1 CHRISTOPHER T. WILLCOX
Dr. Candy Young, Faculty Mentor
The Effects of Inequality on Social Tolerance

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8:15

11 - 2 SARAH E. BACKHAUS
Dr. Michael Rudy, Faculty Mentor
Defense Pacts and Their Influence on Nuclear Proliferation: A Quantitative Analysis

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8:30

11 - 3 AARON M. MIERS
Dr. Michael Rudy, Faculty Mentor
Culture of War

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8:45

11 - 4 ELIZABETH D. HATTING
Dr. John Quinn, Faculty Mentor
Veto Points and Corruption: How Government Fragmentation Influences the Misuse of Public Office

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9:00

11 - 5 CLEE S. SHY
Dr. Michael Rudy, Faculty Mentor
Partial Democracies: The Achilles' Heel of the Democratic Peace Theory?

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9:15 - 9:30 am • MG Cyber Cafe, OP Lobby, & VH Lobby
Break

11:00 am - 12:15 pm • VH 1000
Plenary Session: All Disciplines

From the Bible to Star Wars: Religion and Popular Culture

John Lyden,Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Grand View University

2:30 - 2:45 pm • MG Cyber Cafe, OP Lobby, & VH Lobby
Break

2:45 - 4:15 • MG 1098
SESSION 37
Oral -
Interdisciplinary I

Presiding: Dereck Daschke

3:00

37 - 2 SYED MUHAMMAD M. ZAIDI
Dr. Marc Rice, Faculty Mentor
Religious Fundamentalism Versus Pluralism: The Rise of Sufi Music in South Asia

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4:30 - 5:15 pm • Alumni Room - SUB
Chandler Monroe Oratorical Contest Winner Speeches and Award Presentations

4:30 - 5:30 pm • Student Union - Georgian Room
Reception