pacific northwest political science association...session iii 1:30—3:00pm iii-a: killing two birds...

Pacific Northwest

Political Science Association

Annual Meeting 2018

November 8 – 10

Bend, OR

Mount Bachelor Village Resort

PNWPSA Officers

President

Kevin Pirch, Eastern Washington University

President-Elect

Justin Vaughn, Independent Scholar

Secretary-Treasurer

Alison Gash, University of Oregon

Executive Council

Martín Meráz García, Eastern Washington University

Rob Harbaugh, College of Western Idaho

Lori Hausegger, Boise State University

Leif Hoffmann, Lewis-Clark State College

Travis Ridout, Washington State University

Priscilla Southwell, University of Oregon

Ex-Officio

Edwin Taylor III, Missouri Western State University

Executive Director

Richard Elgar, Washington State University

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8

4:00—5:00pm Executive Council Meeting

AUTUMN SKIES BOARD ROOM

5:00—7:00pm Registration

FIRESIDE ROOM

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9

Session I

8:30—10:00am

I-A: International Relations: States and Processes

ROOM: SUMMER TWILIGHT A

Chair: Ross Burkhart, Boise State University

Discussants: Leif Hoffmann, Lewis-Clark State College and James Burch, American Military

University

Ross Burkhart, Boise State University

Diagnosing multicollinearity in International Relations: The case of Milton Friedman

Gentry Jenkins, University of Chicago

Rebelling against revolution: Explaining new civil wars in revolutionary states

Chase Riddle, Washington State University

Emotional voting: A case study of emotion and UN voting behavior

Harry Nimon, National American University

Guarding the secrets sought

I-B: Law & Courts

ROOM: SUMMER TWILIGHT B

Chair: Lori Hausegger, Boise State University

Discussants: Lori Hausegger, Boise State University and Eric Waltenburg, Purdue University

5 – 7pm

OPENING RECEPTION – Fireside Room

PLEASE JOIN US FOR NIBBLES, A NO-HOST BAR, AND A BEER-TASTING

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REGISTRATION TABLE IN MEETING LOBBY AREA

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Joseph Bolton, Washington State University and Christopher Kromphardt, Cornell

College

Ready for their close-up: Judicial motivations to televise and evidence from the Ninth Circuit

Court of Appeals

Helen Knowles, SUNY Oswego

They think it's all over: Minimum wage cases in King County Washington

Mark McKenzie, Texas Tech University

Beyond partisanship? Assessing the influence of party identification on judicial decision

making in redistricting cases in the federal district courts Since 2010

Simon Zschirnt, Texas A&M International University

Opening doors to justice in Africa: Analyzing state acceptance of the right of individual

petition to the African Court on human and peoples' rights

I-C: Teaching politics in a time of turmoil

ROOM: WINTER’S HOPE A

Chair & Discussants: Sean Eudaily, University of Montana Western

Chadwick Pearsall, Idaho State University

Using narrative to teach politics

Robert L. Harbaugh and Michael Robinson, College of Western Idaho

The importance of teaching civil discourse in the age of Trump

Paul Chen, Western Washington University, Erin Richards, Cascadia College, and Jason

Whitehead, California State University Long Beach

Humility as a virtue, not a tool, of political education

I-D: Political Theory I - Assemblage theory, networks, and social structures

ROOM: WINTER’S HOPE B

Chair & Discussant: Laci Hubbard-Mattix, Washington State University

Alex Farrington, University of Oregon

Radical Policymaking: Tracing the effects of insurgent housing experiments in the United

States

Rheuben Bundy, University of Oregon

Colonial legacies: Law, exclusion, and the roots of racial governance in the American legal

tradition

Dustin Ellis, University of Oregon

Assembling immigration detention

Session II

10:15—11:45am

II-A: Media & Public Opinion


Chair: Michael Hourigan, Washington State University

Discussants: Travis Ridout, Washington State University and Sanne Rijkhoff, University of

Calgary

James Stoutenborough and Kellee Kirkpatrick, Idaho State University

Singing with an upper class accent? Representative democracy, stakeholders, and the public

in a narrow scope of conflict

Todd Donovan, Western Washington University

Democracy and perceptions of corruption in Europe

Timothy Chatburn, Washington State University

#Attitude change: The impact of social media memes on political attitudes

Travis Ridout, Washington State University, Erika Franklin Fowler, Wesleyan University,

and Michael M. Franz, Bowdoin College

Political advertising on Facebook: How campaign objectives change over time

Orion Yoesle, Washington State University

I’m a human being, God Dammit: Incivility and identity in partisan internet media outlets

II-B: Environmental & Public Policy

Exploring the food-water-energy nexus


Chair: Erika Wolters, Oregon State University

Discussants: Becky Warner and Brent Steel, Oregon State University

Rebecca Langer, Greg Stelmach, and Warda Ajaz, Oregon State University

Greening the Grid in the Pacific Northwest: Assessing support for green energy policies

through surveys

Patricia Fernandez-Guajardo, Stuty Maskey, and Allison Daniel, Oregon State University

Climate change and the FWE nexus: Understanding the influence of environmental beliefs on

nexus policy preferences

Ben Wickizer, Oregon State University

Group identity and water, energy, and agricultural policy support in the American West

Heather Moline and Maria Dolores Vazquez, Oregon State University

Close to home: Exploring public opinion on food policy in the U.S. West

Najam Uz Zehra Gardezi and Angela Lavado, Oregon State University

Public perceptions and preferences for water in the Pacific Northwest

II-C: Law & Courts: Teaching with research


Chair: Lori Hausegger, Boise State University

Scott Lemieux, University of Washington

William McLauchlan, Purdue University

Rorie Spill Solberg, Oregon State University

Eric Waltenburg, Purdue University

Session III

1:30—3:00pm

III-A: Killing two birds with one stone: Efficiency in grading and assessment


Chair: Robert Harbaugh, College of Western Idaho

James Hanley, Adrian College

Michael Robinson, College of Western Idaho

Erin Richards, Cascadia College

T.M. Sell, Highline College

III-B: Environmental and Public Policy: Federalism and environmental politics and policy


Chair: Ellen Rogers, Washington State University Vancouver

Discussant: Erika Wolters, Oregon State University

Debra Salazar, Troy Abel, Stacy Clauson, and Aran Clauson, Western Washington

University

The politics of state environmental justice policies

James Stoutenborough and Kellee Kirkpatrick, Idaho State University

Do stakeholder applications of the third-person effect result in accurate strategic

communications?

Chris Klyza, Middlebury College

The presidency and US environmental policy

Ellen Rogers, Washington State University, and Edward Weber, Oregon State University

Impacts from collaborative governance

III-C: Supreme Court roundtable


Moderator: Lori Hausegger, Boise State University

Helen Knowles, SUNY Oswego

Scott Lemieux, University of Washington

William McLauchlan, Purdue University

Rorie Spill Solberg. Oregon State University

12:00-1:15pm LUNCH


SPEAKER: PHIL KEISLING

DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE, PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

FORMER OREGON SECRETARY OF STATE

TICKET FOR THE LUNCH MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE!

Session IV

3:15—4:45pm

IV-A: Poster Session


Andrew Baron, Lewis-Clark State College

Slicing up the potato: Feasibility of the shortest split-line algorithm for Idaho State

Legislature redistricting

Heath Bingman, Washington State University

Becoming mindful of Ableism: Affecting change in public school bullying prevention

Alanna Campbell, Eastern Kentucky University

The Islamic State and the Irish Republican Army: Underlying similarities in recruitment and

socialization

Reece Christensen, Missouri Western State University

Analyzing the effectiveness of embedded training teams as a tool of U.S. foreign policy

Megan Ellertson, Austin Carsh, Leif Larsen, Rodrigo Fernández-Ortega, Oregon State

University

May I interject? An investigation into gendered oral argument patterns in federal appellate

courts

Austen Hall, Missouri Western State University

Campus alcohol policies and the effects on student engagement

Orla McAlinden, Washington State University

Brexit: Bordering on the Troubles in Northern Ireland

Sanne Rijkhoff, University of Calgary

A smart or risky move? The consequences of cynicism as strategy in political campaigns

Lacey Schmidt, Lewis-Clark State College

Women in law enforcement: How government legislation led to reform in the United States

Kaylee Sharp, Missouri Western State University

How to get away with massacre: US foreign policy towards genocide

Joe Tieman, Missouri Western State University

Elected vs. unelected judges and differences in judicial outcomes

Ashlee Topping, Missouri Western State University

Institutional power: Inequality and privilege maintained

Renee Zwahl, Missouri Western State University

First person shooter: Video games and support for the military

IV-B: Policy Implications of Racialized Political Rhetoric


Chair/ Discussants: Martín Meráz García, Eastern Washington University and Nicholas

Lovrich, Washington State University

Angelica Garcia-Macias, Eastern Washington University

Housing discrimination in the Tri-Cities Latinx community

Maneesh Arora, University of California, Irvine

Changing temptations: The evolution of racialized messaging in the Obama and Trump eras

Nicholas Lovrich, Washington State University, John C. Pierce, University of Kansas,

Christopher Simon, University of Utah, and Maria Chavez, Pacific Lutheran University

Immigration Politics: The Adoption of Sanctuary Ordinances and Anti-Immigrant

Settlement Policies in the US

IV-C: Roundtable - The state of environmental policy & politics in the U.S.


Chair: David Sousa, University of Puget Sound

Troy Abel, Western Washington University

Chris Klyza, Middlebury College

Debra Salazar, Western Washington University

Edward Weber, Oregon State University

Erika Wolters, Oregon State University

IV-D: Politics of the Pacific Northwest


Chair: Jasper LiCalzi, The College of Idaho

Idaho: Jasper LiCalzi, The College of Idaho

Montana: Sean Eudaily, Montana Western

Oregon: Mark Henkels, Western Oregon University

Washington: T. M. Sell, Highline College

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING


PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND!

From 8:30 a.m. REGISTRATION TABLE IN MEETING LOBBY AREA

SOME LIGHT PASTRIES WILL BE AVAILABLE

Session V

9:00—10:15am

Roundtable: Midterm election post-mortem


Todd Donovan, Western Washington University

Martín Meráz García, Eastern Washington University

Travis Ridout, Washington State University

Priscilla Southwell, University of Oregon

Session VI

10:30am—12:00pm

VI-A: Understanding Peace in a Conflicted World


Chair: Edwin Taylor III, Missouri Western State University

Discussant: Joe Huseby, Washington State University

Isaac Castellano, Boise State University

Will Climate Change Facilitate the growth of militias?

David Kratz-Mathies, Missouri Western State University

Restorative justice, ethics of care, and a critique of Just War Thought

Stuart Streichler, University of Washington-Bothell

International human rights law: The persistent problem of enforcement

Edwin Taylor III, Missouri Western State University

Dollar drinks and political fights: The shrinking geography of queer resistance

Josiah Van Egdom, Eastern Washington University

Recordando a los Mayos: Contributions of the indigenous women in Guatemala

VI-B: Gender & Politics


Chair: Season Hoard, Washington State University

Discussant: Erin Richards, Cascadia College

Laci Hubbard-Mattix, Washington State University

Active consent in the #Metoo era

Tania Gosselin, Université du Québec à Montréal, Sanne Rijkhoff, University of Calgary,

Melanee Thomas, University of Calvary, and Allison Harrel, Université du Québec à

Montréal

Gender and parliamentary speech in Canada

Joel Mehić-Parker, Washington State University

The effects of gender quotas and descriptive representation on men’s political engagement

VI-C: Voting & Elections


Chair & Discussant: Priscilla Southwell, University of Oregon

Richard Clucas, Portland State University and Mark Henkels, Western Oregon University

Republican mobilization in face of the 2018 'Blue Wave' in Oregon: Politics as usual in a

fragile blue state?

Phil Keisling, Portland State University

'Vote at Home': A new framework for re-thinking ballot delivery and return

Robert Nyenhuis, Cal Poly Pomona

How do disillusioned voters choose among political outsiders: Evidence from the 2016

Benese election

Michael Ritter, Washington State University

The interactive impact of voter identification law and state election administrations on

turnout among racial minorities

Patrick Schoettmer, Seattle University

'Democracy Vouchers' and democratic representation

Session VII

12:30—2:00pm

VII-A: Political Theory II


Chair & Discussant: Thomas Hawley, Eastern Washington University

Peter Steinberger, Reed College

Political judgment and the philosophy of mind

Chris Brown, Idaho State University

Examining political behavior’s ‘power/knowledge’ through Brave New World and Walden

Two

Robert Bedeski, University of Victoria

Dynamic evolution of the state: Historical Korea as illustration

Jaycob Izso, Portland State University

Mythology, etymology, and the symbolic deficit in the history of European identity

VII-B: Assessment and Pedagogy: Practical Politics


Chair: Erin Richards, Cascadia College

Discussant: Robert Harbaugh, College of Western Idaho

Adam Brewer, University of Montana, Mark McBeth and Mackenzie Smith, Idaho State

11:45am – 12:30pm

LIGHT LUNCH SANDWICHES AVAILABLE

IN MEETING ROOM LOBBY AREA

University

Social media, public personnel, and the public workplace: Using managerial, legal, political

and ethical approaches

Stephen Schwalbe and Gilbert Glenn Harvey, American Military University

Public administration field placements for online universities

Joshua Varnell, Western Michigan University

A day in the life: One researcher’s attempt to “see” like a student

Charles Russo, American Public University paper presentation

Intelligence discipline: Scholar or practitioner based curriculum

VII-C: Environmental and Public Policy:

Impacted Communities: Public Policy and Theoretical Critiques


Chair: Troy Abel, Western Washington University

Discussant: Mark Stephan, Washington State University, Vancouver

Daniel Mueller, Season Hoard, Christina Sanders, Washington State University, Kelli

Roemer, Montana State University, and Sanne Rijkhoff, University of Calgary

Quantifying the community capitals framework: Strategic application of the community

assets and attributes model

Dustin Ellis, University of Oregon

Immigration detention centers

Alex Farrington, University of Oregon

Radical policymaking: Tracing the effects of insurgent housing experiments in the United

States

Rheuben Bundy, University of Oregon

Colonial legacies: Law, exclusion, and the roots of racial governance in the American legal

tradition

VII-D: Governance in the Developing World


Chair & Discussant: Ross Burkhart, Boise State University

Juan Pablo Pinilla, Oregon State University

Party system institutionalization and political corruption in Latin America: The cases of

Brazil and Chile

Shafiqur Rahman, University of Oregon

The 'missing middle' in economic organizations of developing countries and its institutional

consequences

Jack Corbett, Portland State University

The forgotten presidential election: Changes in Mexico after the 2018 election

Thank you to this year’s Section Chairs:

Comparative Politics – Nisha Bellinger, Boise State University

Environmental Politics – David Sousa, University of Puget Sound

Intelligence Studies – Nicole Drumhiller, American Military University

International Relations - Ross Burkhart, Boise State University

Law & Courts - Lori Hausegger, Boise State University

Media & Public Opinion – Travis Ridout, Washington State University, and Sanne Rijkhoff,

University of Calgary

Peace & Conflict Studies - Edwin Taylor III, Missouri Western State University

Political Theory – Thomas Hawley, Eastern Washington University

Public Policy – Mark Stephan, Washington State University, Vancouver

Race, Ethnicity & Politics – Martín Meráz García, Eastern Washington University

Teaching & Learning – Erin Richards, Cascadia College

Voting & Elections - Priscilla Southwell, University of Oregon

Conference co-sponsors

Thank you to the following organizations for their generous support of this conference:

Department of Political Science, Eastern Washington University

Department of Political Science, University of Oregon

Economics, Political Science & Sociology Department, Missouri Western State University

School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs, Washington State University

School of Public Policy, Oregon State University

Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service, Washington State University

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