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FRIDAY,MAY11TH2018

MAPSS PRESENTS THE THIRD ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT ACADEMIC RESEARCH CONFERENCE

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MAPSSGRADUATESTUDENTACADEMICRESEARCHCONFERENCEUniversityofChicago,SaiehHall

Friday,May11th,2018

NotefromtheOrganizers:FollowingintheMAPSStraditionofapproachingintellectualquestionsfromavarietyofperspectives,concernedwiththemanytheoreticalandmethodologicalcommitmentsofthemajorfieldsinthesocialsciencediscipline,ourconferencetodayapproachesspecificthemeswithamultitudeofperspectives.Eachpaneliscomprisedoforiginalresearchconnectedtoatopicortheme,andviewedthroughthelensesofatleastthreedisciplines.Thankyouforjoiningustoday.SCHEDULE: Saieh247 Saieh102 Saieh103 Atrium(1stFloor)1:00-2:30pm NationalIdentity,

Rights&Immigration:AMixedMethodsApproach

EncounteringEmpire:EpistemologiesofPowerinComparativePerspectives

Law&Order NA

2:45-4:15pm Place,SpaceandRace Family&Culture:It'sMoreComplexThanItSounds

UnderstandingMovementsattheirExtremes

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4:15-5:00pm NA NA NA PosterSession&Reception

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SESSION1:NationalIdentity,Rights&Immigration:AMixedMethodsApproach|1:00–2:30pm|Saieh247Discussant:TaniaIslasWeinstein,PhDCandidate,DepartmentofPoliticalScience

• SocialContractTheoryinaGlobalizedWorld:FindingaRighttoImmigrate|JamesEccles

• AporiasofIdentity:LessonsfromSecond-GenerationExpatriatesinQatar|HazimAli

• JeDoisMeSouvenirduFutur,LeftistTheoryandInterculturalisminQuébec|ReidKleinberg

• ConfiguringaNationalIdentity:JustificationoftheKurdishExclusioninTurkey|BurakTan

• BitingiftheHandDoesn'tFeed:SubsidiesandSecessionDemandsinSpainandtheUnitedKingdom|DanGamarnik

EncounteringEmpire:EpistemologiesofPowerinComparativePerspectives|1–2:30pm|Saieh102Discussant:JohnCropper,PhDCandidate,DepartmentofHistory

• “LiketheCoilofaSnake”orHowtoFallinLovewithStorms:TheHistoryoftheCycloneasaScientific

ConceptfromNineteenthCenturySouthAsia|ArchitGuha

• TheWailofOppressed:VengeanceandViolenceintheHaitianRevolution|NoahBriggs

• BalanceandRule:TheoryofaStrategyofEmpire|RicardoJassoHuezo

• ContestedKnowledge:IndigenousTraditionsofRevenueAdministrationandColonialBureaucracyinNineteenth-CenturyNorthIndia|DuFei

• NationalizingLanguage:HindustaniasaColonialandDomesticObject|RajasviGandhiLaw&Order|1–2:30pm|Saieh103Discussant:DanielKnorr,PhDCandidateinHistory• Nietzsche’sCritiqueofPunishment:PossibleOriginsofPunishmentintheGenealogyofMorals|Benjamin

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• TheRighttoHealth,Welfare,andSocialProtectionasSeeninEvidencefromCashTransfersinSub-SaharanAfrica|TarrynRennie

• ShallISuetoGetMyProperty:HowOrdinaryPeopleShapedtheLegalSysteminChina,1920-1937|DonghaiYu

• Guns&Drums:thearchitectureofpolicemobilizationattheStandingRock#NoDAPLResistance|TinaČrnko

• TheMan-MadeHazards:TheDing-WuDisasterandtheDeclineofHedongSaltIndustry|CindyLi

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SESSION2:Place,SpaceandRace|2:45–4:15pm|Saieh247Discussant:JaySchutte,PhDCandidate,DepartmentofAnthropology• Empathy,Education,andAllyship:Politically-engagedJewishWomeninChicago|AbigailSpanier

• DuelingFrames:HowConcurrentFramingManipulationsInfluencesPoliticalDecision-Making|JonRobert“Tat”Tartaglione

• PoliticalIdentityFormationofBlackMillennials|SarahBridgewaters

• IslamicSocialMovementOrganizationsandOpportunisticPoliticalPartiesinIndonesia|ZahraAmaliaSyarifah

• RemittanceDevelopmentintheContextofMexico-USMigration|CarolGarcia

Family&Culture:It'sMoreComplexThanItSounds|2:45–4:15pm|Saieh102Discussant:Dr.MichelleHurst,PostdoctoralScholarinDr.SusanLevine'sCognitiveDevelopmentLab• MakingitCount:ParentalFeedbackandChildren'sEarlyNumberKnowledge|SarahAmini

• ConcertedCultivationinChina:TheClassDifferencesinChineseFamilyParentingandItsEffectonChildren’sDevelopments|BoyanZheng

• TheRoleofPalestinianCitizensofIsraelattheSeedsofPeaceSummerCam|SierraFeasel

• PerceivedGroupMembershipasaMediatingFactorinJudgementsofCulturalAppropriation|CarmanW.Fowler

UnderstandingMovementsattheirExtremes|2:45–4:15pm|Saieh103Discussant:WillLevine,PhDCandidate,DepartmentofPoliticalScience• IssuesofSexualViolenceinChinaDuringMaoEra(1949-1978)|JingyiLu

• AftertheExpedition:WhatisandHowOnlineNationalistActivistsConstructtheirCollectiveStoriesandDurableIdentities?|ZhaodiChen

• “WeareAllGuomin”:CourtesansandtheNationinEarlyTwentieth-centuryChina|MindiZhang

• PopularizingGrief:TragediesandTragicEventsinAncientAthens|SeongjoonAhn

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POSTERSESSION&RECEPTIONDiverseResearchTopicsinMAPSS|4:15-5:00pm|SaiehAtrium|1stFloor• Low-LevelandSemanticVisualFeaturesPredictPreferenceinVirtualEnvironments|Authors:Lyu,M.,

Schertz,K.,Kyoung,K.,Chamberlain,B.C.,Qin,X.C.,Meitner,M.,Berman,M.G.|MuxuanLyu• TheEffectsofStatusonPerception|Authors:MarisaA.Wakely,BradleyD.Mattan,JenniferT.Kubota,

JasminCloutier|MarisaWakely• EffectofAlcoholonAdLibEating:TheRoleofFood-relatedRewardandInhibitoryControl|Authors:Emma

Herms,Dr.HarrietdewitandDr.JessicaWeafer|EmmaHerms• IndividualDifferencesandDomainSpecificityInfluenceAttitudesTowardsUnpredictableBehavior|

Authors:EkaterinaPervovaandDrDarioMaestripieri|EkaterinaPervova• InterrelationsofAlexithymiaandDepressioninaSampleofChronicPainPatients|Authors:RachelCundiff,

NancyBeckman,MagdalenaAnitescu|RachelCundiff• ManintheMirror:LanguageRegardingAutismSpectrumDisorder,Changelings,and‘Broken’Mirror

Neurons|EmmaCaylor• PublicTransportationandthePoliticsofIndisciplineinDakar,Senegal|DanielleJacques• SpatialModelsofRelationalThinkingRevealedinGesture|Authors:MishaAsh,KensyCooperrider,Susan

Goldin-Meadow| MishaAsh

• NewsDiffusionthroughOnlineSocialNetwork|Jingying(Jane)Bi• SpectacularTeachings—CriticalPedagogicalInterventionsintothePoliticsofSpectatorship|EigenAoki• ExploringtheUSTransgenerationalImmigrantParadox:Bicultural,Self,andAttitudesTowardMentalIllness

|MelanieKlin• DelayDiscounting&Behavior|John-HenryPezzuto• RecognizingtheMisrecognized:TowardDemocraticEquality|Yang-YangCheng

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ABSTRACTS

NationalIdentity,Rights&Immigration:AMixedMethodsApproach

Discussant:TaniaIslasWeinsteinSocialContractTheoryinaGlobalizedWorld:FindingaRighttoImmigrateJamesEcclesThemodernworldisexperiencingthemovementandmigrationofpeoplesatanunprecedentedrateandthishasbroughtaboutadramaticriseinrelatedconversationswithinpoliticalphilosophy.Overwhelmingly,weunderstandpublicrightsfromaKantianstate-basedapproach.Inmanyways,however,thenation-statemodelisinsufficientforaddressingrightsastheyrelatetothoseintransitionorwhoareoutrightstateless.Mygoalinthisprojectistoreorientourunderstandingofthesocialcontractthatmoreproperlyacknowledgesthemodernworld.Ifpossible,thisshouldallowustodevelopafoundationforarighttoimmigrate;aconceptthatmightnototherwisebecoherent.BeginninginaKantiantraditionofaUniversalPrincipleofRights,Iwillattempttoarguebothforandagainstportionsofthistraditionasitrelatestoimmigration.Ourconceptsmustberesponsivetotherealworld,especiallythoseofidentityandright.Astherealworld(i.e.economics,culture,movement,etc.)becomesincreasinglyglobalized,somustourunderstandingofbasicrights.AporiasofIdentity:LessonsfromSecond-GenerationExpatriatesinQatarHazimAliContemporaryscholarshiponmigrationstudieshasrecentlyexposedthefigureofthemigrantasahistoricallynaturalizedconstruct,andadefiningcategoryfornotionsofsovereignty,citizenshipandhome.Followingthiscriticaltradition,Iseektounderstandthe“identity”ofsecond-generationexpatriatesinthestateofQatarwithinthelargercontextofnationalimmigrationpoliciesandexclusivistsocialinstitutions.Whereasthesociologicalnarrativesoughttoreinscribetheidentityofthisgroupinthepsycho-culturaldiscourseofacculturationandhybridity,myresearchaimstouncoverthepoliticalstateapparatusesthatpresenttheimpossibilityofbelongingintheguiseofcosmopolitanculture.Guidedbytheemergentsubfieldofpoliticalethnography,Iuseinterviewsasagatewayintotheworldofexpatriatesbutretaintheinterpretiveelementofthemethodologytoanalyzetheconnectionbetweenself-perceptionandpoliticalstatus.Thisproject,therefore,reiteratestheneedtoquestionandproblematizethestatusofmigrantidentityinthecontextofnation-states,whereabstractconceptsconcealtheprocessesoftheirproductionandreproduction.JeDoisMeSouvenirduFutur,LeftistTheoryandInterculturalisminQuébecReidKleinbergThisprojectbeginsbyconsideringtheeffectsofglobalizationonpoliticalontology-thatnationstatebordersarecollapsingandmajorrealignmentsofpopulationsinevitable.Itasks:howshouldleftisttheorytakeintoconsiderationthechangingrelationsbetweensovereignty,nationalidentity,immigration,language,anddemocraticrepresentationtodevelopethicalandstrategicpositionsforresistancewritlarge?Asastartingpoint,thisstudyexaminestheintegrationofimmigrantsintoQuebecthroughtheframeworkofInterculturalism.ThroughanexaminationofQuebec’smajorinterculturalistdiscoursetheBouchard-Taylor(2008)thisstudyarguesthatasatheoreticalframework,Interculturalismreifiesmajoritariannationalistconditionsofexclusionandrepression.Throughthetheoreticalframeworksofcriticaltheory,psychoanalysis,andradicaldemocratictheory,thisstudyarguesthemandatorylanguageeducationrequiredbyInterculturalismfunctionsasamechanismofahegemonic‘nationalized’state.Thefindingsofthisanalysissuggestthatcontemporaryleftistpoliticalmovement’sneedanethicalstartingpointfoundedonimaginativeandspontaneousformationsdirectedtowardsuniversalism.Universalheredoesnotmeanhomogenous,butthe

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opennesstowardsanexistentiallyproductivenewformofcommunityandpolitics.ThisconcludeswithatheoreticalexpositionofwhatitmeansforatheoryofresistancetobeuniversalinthissenseinQuebec’scontext.ConfiguringaNationalIdentity:JustificationoftheKurdishExclusioninTurkeyBurakTanTheproductionofanationalidentityalwaysincludesexclusions,inmanycaseswithaclearreferencetoethnicity.Albeitmovinginalandscapedeterminedbystructuralandhistoricalfactors,howdopoliticiansjustifythisexclusion?Whatnaturalizesittothedegreethatthepartofthepopulationdemarcatedasthe“nation”findstheargumentsconvincing?Howcanthepoliticalrhetoricemployedatacertainmomentreconfiguretheconditionsofbeingarightsbearingsubject?LookingatthecaseoftheKurdishexclusioninTurkey,thepaperarguesthatthereisanaffectivecomponenttotheargumentsmadebypoliticians,thatcontributedtothearticulationofanethnicidentityasundesirableinamatterofweeks.Forthispurpose,IlookatthespeechesofPresidentErdoganbeforeandaftertheJuneelectionsof2015,whentheattemptedpeaceprocesscametoanend,andviolenceandinfringementofbasicrightsbecamecommonintheregion.Theresearchrevealsthatalanguageofcompassionandwithholdinghasbeeninfluentialinthisprocess,throughprivatizingthepoliticalactorsinvolved,attributingculpabilitytothevictims,andreproducingethnichierarchies.BitingiftheHandDoesn'tFeed:SubsidiesandSecessionDemandsinSpainandtheUnitedKingdomDanGamarnikWiththerecentriseinnationalistandsecessionistmovements,itisnotamysterywhymanyofthemhaveoccurred.Givenmanyminorityregions’violentlegacies,andcontemporarygrievances,itiseasytoseewhytheywouldwanttosecedeandpursueanationalismoftheirown.However,theliteratureonnationalismandethnicidentityhastroubleexplainingwhysecessionhappensinricher,(relatively)affluent,non-deprivedanddemocraticregions.Similarly,theliteraturehasbeenlessfocusedonthediscoursesanddemandsforsecession.Tosolvethispuzzle,thispaperproposesstatesusefundingtoco-optregionalelites.Whenthefundingdecreases,theco-optationfailsandregionspursuesecession.ThisprojectusescomputationaltextanalysisofregionalparliamentsinSpain(CataloniaandBasquecountry)andinUnitedKingdom(ScotlandandWales),from1999-2017totestthistheory.Itusesinstrumentalvariablestotestalternativemechanisms,inwhichfundingmightdrivesecession.

EncounteringEmpire:EpistemologiesofPowerinComparativePerspectivesDiscussant:JohnCropper

“LikeTheCoilofaSnake”orHowtoFallinLovewithStorms:TheHistoryoftheCycloneasaScientificConceptfromNineteenthCenturySouthAsiaArchitGuhaHeedingChakrabarty’s(2009)calltowritehistoriesthatcollapsethedividebetween‘human’and‘natural’,thispaperwillprovideamicrohistoryofearlyclimatescienceinSouthAsia,usingtheSailor’sHornBookfortheLawofStorms(1844),atextproducedbyHenryPiddington,animperialofficercreditedwithcoiningtheterm‘cyclone’.HowdowesituatePiddington’sscientificconceptionofcyclones—theprocessesof‘scaling’atplay—inordertoillustratethewaysinwhichclimatecouldbeperceivedasanhistoricalforcewithinthecontextofthecolonialSouthAsia(Coen2016)?WhilePiddingtonwassanguineaboutthepowerofanewpredictivestormsciencebasedongathereddata,hewasfarmoretentativeabouttheempire’sterritorialdevelopmentplans,whichbecomesapparentwhenweconsiderPiddington’sanxietiessurroundingthedevelopmentofPortCanning,asanextensionofCalcutta.Canningwasdevastatedbyastormshortlyafteritwasbuilt,in1867,asPiddingtonhadprescientlypredicted.Byprovidingaconceptualhistoryofthecycloneandsituatingitwithinalargernetworkofforcesthatgovernedimperialcontrol,thishistoricalmoment,then,allowsustoreflecton

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howscientificimaginariescapturedclimateinthenineteenthcentury—asasitefortheproductiveexpansionofhumanknowledgeyetpotentiallydestructiveinthefaceofecologicalinsensitivity.Thus,wealsoseehowthecyclone,asanon-humanagent,canbereadasgesturingtowardsacritiqueofempire.TheWailofOppressed:VengeanceandviolenceintheHaitianrevolutionNoahBriggsThispaperarguesthatthecommoninterpretationofrevolutionaryviolencethroughmorallanguagereproducesimperialnarrativesaboutviolentresistanceandtheorizesanewinterpretationoftheviolenceasvengeancethemeinHaitianrevolutionarythoughtthatresiststheimperialnarrative.Imperialnarrativesofviolencedivestanti-colonialactorsofpoliticalagencyandre-describetheirviolenceinmorallanguage.Oppositiontotheempirebecomesamoralfailing,andacriminalact(Ando2017).Theorycommonlyviewsrevolutionaryviolenceasa“tragedy”(James1967)oraretreatfromuniversalism(Buck-Morss2000).Thesemoralistinterpretationsreproducetheimperialnarrative.Theoppositeapproachistoviewviolenceasinstrumental,ratherthanameaningfulmoral-politicalstatementinitself.Thisapproachdoesnotcapturethefullcharacterofrevolutionaryviolence.InexaminingthestupendousviolencethatcharacterizedtheHaitianrevolution,andspecificallythelanguageofvengeancethataccompanieditandwasinauguratedbyitsblackparticipants,thispaperoffersadifferentapproachtotheorizingrevolutionaryviolencethatkeepsintacttheself-interpretationofparticipantsandrestoresthemoral-politicalcharacterthatitselfiscentraltounderstandingtheinterpretiveworkthatviolence-as-vengeancedidfortheHaitianrevolutionaries.BalanceandRule:TheoryofaStrategyofEmpireRicardoJassoHuezoWhydogreatpowerssometimesseektocreateparityofpowerbetweenotherpoliticalunits?Howdotheybenefitfromrelationsofanarchybetweentheirrivals?Theobjectiveofthisresearchistounderstandhowpowerbalancingisusedasaninstrumentofsubjugationinthestruggleofpolitics.Myhypothesisisthatpowerparitybetweenpoliticalunitscanbeusedasastrategyinthepoliticalstrife.TheargumentIpresentinthisworkisthatimperialistunitsseektoexogenouslyestablishbalanceofpowerbetweenpoliticalunitsinordertoadvancetheirpowerinterestsoverthem.Thelogicofthisisthefollowing.Orderandpeacearepossibleonlyinhierarchy,inpowerdisparity;whenthedistributionofpoweramongpoliticalunitsisbalanced,anarchyresultsand,thus,astateofwarisreachedagain.Duetosuchrealityofcontinuousfightingandbelligerence,theactorsinanarchicsystemsuseandexpendtheresourcesavailabletothem,tryingtoovercometheirrivalsandtoachievereeminence;however,thisefforterodetheirpowerandweakensthemallbeforethebalancingpower.Imperialunits,seekingtoexploittheeffectsofanarchy,pursuestrategiesofbalancingrivals.Byenablingcontendingfactionstoconfronteachother,theycollideand,thus,becomeweaker,openingthewayforempire.Thefundamentalideaofthisstrategicalinstrumentistousetheintrinsically-conflictivecircumstancesresultingfrompowerparitybetweenpoliticalunits,inordertoruleoverrivals.ContestedKnowledge:IndigenousTraditionsofRevenueAdministrationandColonialBureaucracyinNineteenth-CenturyNorthIndiaDuFeiHistorianshaverecentlystartedtopayattentiontothepragmaticaspectsofknowledgeproductioninaneverydaysetting.Followingthisscholarlyrecognition,mypapertakestherevenuesurveyconductedbytheBritishEastIndiaCompanyinearlynineteenth-centurynorthIndiaasacasetoexaminetherolesthatdifferentformsofknowledgeinlandrevenueadministrationhadplayedinlocalbureaucraticroutines.IseektodemonstratethroughthiscasethattheformationofthecolonialstateinnorthIndiahadbeenconditionedbytheinteractionsbetweentheEuropeanandtheindigenousformsofrevenueknowledgeaswellasbetweenthedifferentsocialgroupswhopossessedsuchknowledge.AsvastterritorialexpansionhadrenderedIndianassistanceindispensableforknowingthecountry,thecolonialbureaucracyhadbeenendeavoringtomobilize

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thelocalIndianrevenueofficialsandtheirindigenousknowledgetoservetherevenuesurvey.Inthisprocess,thesupervisionthattheBritishhadimposedontheIndiansbeliedtheanxietybehindtheideologicaledificeofEuropeanintellectualsuperiority.ThispaperthusoffersawayofunderstandingthelastingproblemofcolonialtransitionandstateformationinIndiafromtheperspectiveofcommonplacescienceandtechnology.NationalizingLanguage:HindustaniasaColonialandDomesticObjectRajasviGandhiMypaperanalyzesthesocial,political,andimperialconcernsofBritishcolonialism,andthemyriadwaysinwhichtheseconcernswereaddressed.IwishtoexaminethedifferentcolonialanddomesticpowerplayersthatengagedwithIndiaasalinguisticbodythroughthelensofG.A.Grierson’sLinguisticSurveyofIndia.Inthispaper,IfocusonGrierson’ssurveyofsocioculturalgroupsofHindustanispeakersinlate19thcenturyNorthIndia,andattempttoanalyzetheshiftingfaceofHindustaniasalanguagebyutilizingasourceinformedlargelybycolonialmotivations.Thisprovidesmyprojectwithadualperspectiveofhowdifferingpoliticalmotivationsutilizelanguageasatooltoframeanddefineanation,andaddsdepthtotheconceptionofIndiaasamultilingualentity.

Law&OrderDiscussant:DanielKnorr

Nietzsche’sCritiqueofPunishment:PossibleOriginsofPunishmentintheGenealogyofMoralsBenjaminHookerIntheGenealogyofMorals,FriedrichNietzschemakesthreeradicalclaimsabouthistoriography.First,wecannotinterprethistoricaleventswithoutimputingourownmoralvaluesonthem.Second,wecannotavoidsuchmoralizingbystrivingforobjectivity;objectivityis,itself,amoralprejudice.Third,themoralprejudiceofobjectivity,andourblindnesstoitassuch,underminesthefuturedevelopmentofhumankind.Whilethereisnothistoricalrealitybeyondourinterpretations,Nietzschearguedthatdifferentinterpretationswillinfluencedifferentkindsofhumandevelopment.Ifthisisthecase,thenweareundersomeobligationtolocatethestandardthatNietzschedescribesandrankhistoricalinterpretationsaccordingly.Inmythesis,Iwillarguethefollowing:ThehistoriancannotevaluatehistoricalinterpretationsaccordingtoNietzsche’sstandarduntilheovercomestwomoralprejudices:first,thattheworldoffersanobjectiverealityindependentofinterpretation;second:thatwecaninteractwiththeworldwithoutimputingmoralvaluation.Freedoftheseprejudices,hecanexplorenewhistoricalnarratives,especiallythosethatmightencouragenew,andflourishing,formsofhumanlife.MyargumentdependsonevidencefoundinTheGenealogyofMoralsSecondEssay,inwhichNietzscheusesthehistoryofpunishmentasaparadigmforhishistoricalmethod.TheRighttoHealth,Welfare,andSocialProtectionasSeeninEvidencefromCashTransfersinSub-SaharanAfricaTarrynRennieThereisalmostnosocietyintheworldthatdoesnothavesomeformofsocialprotectionorwelfarethathasbeenputinplacetoprotectitscitizens.Cashtransfershavebecomeincreasinglypopulararoundtheglobeasaformofwelfarepolicyandforeignaid.DemonstratedmostnotablyinMexico,withtheprogramOpportunidades,cashtransfershaveproveneffectiveinincreasingnutritionorenrollmentinschoolswhenusedasanincentive.Thispaperlookstoseehowwelfareprogramshavebeendevelopedinsub-SaharanAfricaandpaysparticularattentiontotheimplementationofcashtransfersindirectresponsetotheHIV/AIDScrisis.Iexaminethreenations,Zambia,KenyaandSouthAfricathathaveexperiencedtheworstoftheepidemic.Thisseekstocomparetherelativedomesticandlegalinstrumentsthathavebeenusedaswellasthepressuresthatnationsarefacingtopromoteandsecurefundamentalhumanrightswithinlegalstructures.Finally,this

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examinesthegrowingimpetustofindanAfricansolutiontoanAfricanproblemandtotreatthisformofprotectionasafundamentalhumanrightaswellasarighttohealthmovement.ShallISuetoGetMyProperty:HowOrdinaryPeopleShapedtheLegalSysteminChina,1920-1937DonghaiYuTheroleoftheChineseCivilCodeof1930inthemodern-statebuildingprocessisambiguous.Theintentionofthecodificationistodevelopalegalsystemthatappliesequally,atleastonpaper,toeverycitizenintheterritory,thuspromotingandreinforcingthenationalidentity.However,inreality,theinfluencewasmutual.Thispaperseekstoarguethatthelaypeople’sreactiontothenewcivilcodeshapedthewayinwhichcourtsmadejudgment,andatthesametime,therisinglegalconsciousnessreproducedandreinforcedthenationalidentityamongtheordinarypeople.BylookingatthepropertydisputesthatwererecordedinthetwoprovincesinthelowerYangtzeregionfrom1920sthrough1937,withattentionpaidtotheordinarypeople’sminds,thispaperinvestigateslegalcasesatthreelevel,countycourt,provincialcourt,andnationalcourt,andasksseveralquestions:towhatextentwasthecivilcodesuccessfullyexecuted?Wasthelevelofimplementationahomogeneousprocessineachofthethreelevelofcourts?Didthecodeshapethelegalconsciousnessoflaypeople?Throughlookingattheseaspects,thenation-statebuildingprocessofChinacanbeexaminedfromtheperspectiveoflaw.Guns&Drums:thearchitectureofpolicemobilizationattheStandingRock#NoDAPLResistanceTinaČrnkoThegoalofthispaperistosketchthemergingofpublicandprivatesecurityforcestaskedwithdispersingtheno-DAPLencampmentprotestontheStandingRockSiouxreservationin2016-7.Thisinvestigationscrutinizesthreefeaturesofpolicemobilizationstrategiesresponsivetotheprotest:1)theinvocationoftheEmergencyMutualAidCompact(EMAC)inNorthDakotathatmarshaledpoliceforcesfromaroundtheU.S.;2)themodesofcooperationbetweenstate,federal,andprivateagenciesthatwerefacilitatedby"fusioncenters,"informationsharinginstitutionscreatedundertheBushadministrationtohubsurveillancedataandsecurityexpertiseafter9/111;3)thesmearcampaigncreatedbytheprivately-hiredsecurityfirmTigerSwanthatconflatedWaterProtectorswithIslamicterroristmovements,basedongatheredsurveillancedata.ThesefeaturesareemblematicofanevolvingorientationinAmericanpolicingthatreliesonpolicyinfrastructureestablishedpost-9/11,theeffectofwhichdispensesmassive,military-gradeemergencypowerstolocalgovernmentswithinafederalsystemandblendsprivateinterestswithexecutivepowerswhenstatesofemergencyaredeclared,legitimizingboththedeploymentofmilitarizedsurveillancetechnologiesaswellastheuseofforceagainstcollectiveoppositiontocorporateexploitationoflandandextractivecapitalism.TheMan-MadeHazards:TheDing-WuDisasterandtheDeclineofHedongSaltIndustryCindyLiIn1876,agreatfamineknownastheDing-WuDisasterplaguedShanxiProvinceandcausedaroundtenmillionpeople'sdeaths.ThegovernorofShanxiclaimedthatthiskindofseriousfaminehappenedonlyonceeverytwohundredyears,butthetruthwasShanxihadconsistentlyfacednaturaldisasterseveryfewdecades.Sohowcouldthegovernmentfailtocontrolthisfamineandletitbecomethemostseriousfamineintwohundredyears?ThemostimportantinterpretationwasthattheShanxigovernmentlostmorethanahalfofitsfiscalrevenueduetothedeclineoftheHedongsaltindustry.Asthefaminebegan,theHedongsaltindustryfacedaseriesofchallengesinsales,production,andtransportation.However,thedeclineoftheHedongsaltindustrywasnotacommonbusinessfailurebutaresultofbureaucraticcorruption.Bysellingandalargeportionofextrasaltwhichcouldbenotbetracedintheaccountbooks,localofficialsinShanxitransferredtheprofitsfromthetreasurytotheirownpockets.Theseofficialsalsoencouragedmostfarmerstogrowopiuminordertocollectopiumtax.Farmerswhogrewmainlyopiumstruggledtosurviveduringthefamine.Inallaspects,corruptofficialscausedthegovernment’sfailureofcontrollingthefamine.Nevertheless,noteverygovernmentofficialinShanxiwascorrupt.Infact,outofthetwohundredmoregovernmentofficialsinShanxi,ahundredand

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twentysacrificedtheirlivesfordisasterreliefandpost-disasterreconstruction.Ingeneral,thestudyoftheDing-WuDisasterpresentsabigpicturetounderstandthepoliticalrealityofprovincialgovernmentsinthelateQingperiod.

Place,SpaceandRaceDiscussant:JaySchutte

Empathy,Education,andAllyship:Politically-engagedJewishWomeninChicagoAbigailSpanierAshkenaziJewishwomenhavebeeninvolvedinpoliticalmovementsinEuropeandtheUnitedStatesforhundredsofyears,includingworkers'rightsandlabormovements,Zionism,andwomen'srights.ThisprojectaimstouncoverthemotivationsofcontemporarypoliticallyactiveAshkenaziJewishwomeninAmerica,articularlyinlightofrisinganti-Muslimandanti-Immigrantsentimentsfollowingthe2016election.PreliminaryresearchshowsatendencyofAmericanJewishwomentorelatethehistoryofJewishpersecutioninEuropetothecontemporarypersecutionofMuslimsandimmigrants,thuscreatinganobligationforJewishactiononbehalfofthosegroups.IntervieweesexpressadesiretocultivatesolidarityandunderstandingwithMuslimsinparticular,citinganeedforunderstandinginlightoftheconflictinIsrael/Palestine.OthermotivationsincludethealtruisticteachingsoftheTorah,althoughtheseareoftensecondary.IwillbepresentinginsightsfromtheseinterviewsandcontextualizingthemwithinJewishhistoryofactivismaswellasotherethnographicresearchwhichdemonstratesunificationofminoritygroupsonthepremiseofsimilarexperiences.DuelingFrames:HowConcurrentFramingManipulationsInfluencesPoliticalDecision-MakingJonRobert“Tat”TartaglioneFramingeffectsrefertothedisparatereactionsengenderedbyostensiblyidenticalinformationbasedonthemannerinwhichtheinformationispresented.Priorresearchhasdemonstratedthatourpoliticalchoicesare-perhapsunsettlingly-subjecttoframingeffects.Overthepastdecade,literatureonpoliticalframinghasseentwonotablecontributions:thepowerofmetaphoricwordchoice(e.g.Thibodeau&Boroditsky,2011)aswellastheimpactofshiftingwhich“party-specific”valuesareemployedinpersuasiveappeals(e.g.Feinberg&Willer,2015).Bothapproacheshaveprovencapableofcatalyzingsignificantchangesinpolicysupport,howeverresearchisyettoinvestigatetheefficacyofeachtacticinrelationtotheotherorthemannerinwhichtheyinteractwhenemployedconcurrently;myresearchseekstoaddresstheseissues.Morespecifically,Iexaminewhetherweobservecompoundingorcounteractiveeffectsonefficacywhenbothframesareusedsimultaneouslycomparedtotheindividualimpacteachstrategyexertsonchoicewhenusedinisolation.Additionally,Iexpoundupontheparticularpopulationsmostsusceptibletodifferentcombinationsofframingtechniques.PoliticalIdentityFormationofBlackMillennialsSarahBridgewatersLinkedfate–theideathataperson’sfateislinkedtootherswithintheirracialgroup–isatoolforconceptualizingandunderstandingpoliticalmobilizationandunity,particularlyforcommunitiesofcolor.However,thenumberofrespondentsofcolorthatbelieveinlinkedfateisdecreasing.Isthisasignoflargerideologicalpoliticalshift,andifso,whyandhowarepeopleofcolortransitioningpolitically?ThesequestionsarehardtoanswerbecauseoftheminimalsurveydataandinformationavailableonBlackrespondents.Additionally,thequantitativemetricsthatarecurrentlyinusedonotcapturethefullmechanismsofpoliticalmobilizationandtheindividualizedconditionsunderwhichpeopleofcolorbecomepoliticallyactiveorconscious.IwillbroadenthescopeofavailablequalitativeandlocalizeddatabyinterviewingBlackmillennials(18-34)inChicagotoascertainhowtheyformtheirracialidentity.Inlightofthesignificanceofplaceandrace,Ihypothesizethatrespondentswhohavehadanegativeencounterwiththestate(thepoliceorlegalsystem,or

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specifictoChicago–theincreasedratesofpolicebrutalityandpublic-schoolclosings)willhaveahigherpropensitytobelieveinlinkedfate.IslamicSocialMovementOrganizationsandOpportunisticPoliticalPartiesinIndonesiaZahraAmaliaSyarifahLiteratureondemocratizationoftencentersaroundeconomicdevelopmentandrationalchoicefueledbydistributiveclassconflict.People’scapacitytomobilizeincollectiveactioniscentraltothisapproachyetisoftenignored.Meanwhile,socialmovementscholarshipattemptstoexplainhowpeopleorganizeincollectiveaction.However,ittendstofocusonWesternpoliticalcontext,whichoverlooksinstitutionalfactorsindifferentpoliticalandsocio-economicsettings.Usingcomputational-content-analysisandnetwork-analysis,thisprojectaimstofillthegapindemocratizationandsocialmovementresearchbylookingatthedynamicsbetweensocialmovementorganizations(SMO)andpoliticalpartiesinIndonesia.AsIndonesiademocratized,thepoliticalelite’sabandonmentofcleavagepoliticsforbroadpartycartelismleftpeoplewithoutpoliticalrepresentation.Opportunisticpower-sharingbetweenpartiesopenedapathforchallengerswhocanfilltheneedforstablepoliticalrepresentation.SMOsbecomeavehicleforordinarycitizenswholackaccesstorepresentativeinstitutionstoengageinpoliticsbyexertingpowerthroughcontentiousmeans.Byframingissuesinareligiousperspective,SMOscanengageandmobilizeelectorateswhomightbeaversetotheperceivedelitistpartypolitics.Despitevaryingissues,theSMOs’consistentframingovertimeallowspeopletoidentifywiththemmorethanwithpoliticalparties.RemittanceDevelopmentintheContextofMexico-USMigrationCarolGarciaRemittancessentbymigrantsfromtheUnitedStatestoMexicohavebeenenvisionedbymigrantsandMexicanstateofficialsasavehiclefordevelopment.ThispaperinvestigatestheMexicangovernment’sremittancedevelopmentpolicyThree-for-One(3X1)initiatedintheyear2002,whichquadruplesmigrantdollarsatthefederal,stateandmunicipallevelfordevelopmentprojects.The3X1programcanbeunderstoodasaneoliberalprojectasitsupplementstheMexicanstateindevelopmentwithimmigranttransnationalorganizations.However,Iwillarguethatattentiontothemigratoryprocessesthatmobilizemigrantstoengagewith3X1andmigrants’conceptionsofdevelopmentcomplicatetheassertionthat3X1isatopdown,neoliberalprojectthatmerelyaimstocapitalizeonmigrants’labor.Throughethnographicfieldworkconductedatanimmigrantnon-profitorganizationinChicago,Iarguethat3X1providesaplatformformigrantstocontestwhatdevelopmentisandtoconstructtheMexicanstateasresponsibleforfundingprojectsthatareofmigrants’gusto,orofmigrants’desire.

Family&Culture:It'sMoreComplexThanItSoundsDiscussant:Dr.MichelleHurst

MakingitCount:ParentalFeedbackandChildren'sEarlyNumberKnowledgeSarahAminiAschildren’sfirstteachers,parentsplayanimportantfoundationalroleinchildren’searlynumberknowledge.Onewayinwhichparentsintroducenumberstotheirchildrenandpracticeearlynumericalskillsisthroughcountingbooks.Thisprojectaimstoinvestigatehowparentsutilizedifferenttypesofverbalfeedbacktoencouragechildren’scountingduringcountingbookreading,andhowthesestrategiesrelatetochildren’snumberlearningoverthecourseoffourweeks.Familiesweregiventwoexperimentalcountingbookswithinstructionstoreadthemwiththeirchildrenoverthecourseoffourweeks.Children’snumberknowledgewasmeasuredduringapre-,mid-,andpost-test,eachscheduledtwoweeksapart.Parentswerealsovideotapedreadingoneofthecountingbookswiththeirchildduringthesecondsession.Thesereadingvideoswillbecoded

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forparents’useofverbalfeedbackinresponsetotheirchildren’scounting.Analyseswillexplore1)howspecificvs.non-specificfeedbackrelatetothechild’saccuracyduringthebookreadingand,2)howthedifferenttypesoffeedbackpredictchildren’slearning.Theseresultsmayinformhowparentsmayrespondtochildren’scountingattemptstobesthelpthemdevelopthisskill.ConcertedCultivationinChina:TheClassDifferencesinChineseFamilyParentingandItsEffectonChildren’sDevelopmentsBoyanZhengAcademicworkshavepaidincreasingattentiontotheroleoffamilyparentingintheintergenerationaltransmissionofeducationaladvantages.ThisresearchexaminestheclassdifferenceoffamilyparentinginChinaanditseffectsonchildren’scognitiveabilities.BasedonLareau’stheoryofconcertedcultivation,thisresearchuses2010to2014ChineseFamilyPanelStudydata(N=1045)andoperationalizesfamilyparentingasfourdimensions:supervisoryparentalinvolvement,assistiveparentalinvolvement,extracurricularactivityparticipationandparent-childinteraction.Theanalysesarethreefold.First,aConfirmatoryFactorAnalysis(CFA)indicatesthatconcertedcultivationisavalidconstructinChina.Second,employingMarginalStructuralModel(MSM)basedonInverse-Probability-Treatment-Weighting(IPTW),theanalysisshowsthattheparticipationofextracurricularactivitiesandthegoodparental-childinteractionimprovechildren’scognitiveabilities,whiletheothertwodimensionshavenosignificanteffects.Third,parentaleducationandfamilyincomepositivelycontributetothelong-termgoodparent-childinteractionandthehigherextracurricularactivityparticipation.TheresultsrevealthatthefamilyparentingistransmittingparentaladvantagestochildreninChinaandthattheconceptofconcertedcultivationexhibitscross-culturalvalidity.Thepresentationwouldprimarilyincludethetheoreticalframeworkoffamilyparenting,thelongitudinalMSMdesignandtheinterpretationoftheMSMresults.TheRoleofPalestinianCitizensofIsraelattheSeedsofPeaceSummerCamSierraFeaselPaststudieshavelookedattheintergrouprelationsbetweenPalestiniansandJewishIsraelisorbetweenPalestiniansCitizensofIsraelandJewishIsraelis.Thesummercamp,SeedsofPeace,isathree-weekcoexistenceprogramstructuredbasedonGordonAllport’sfouroptimalconditionsforintergroupcontact.Thiscampprovidesauniqueopportunitywhereteenagersfromallthreedelegationsarepresent.ThisstudyanalyzestheroleofPalestinianCitizensofIsrael(PCI)atthiscamp.PCIareaminoritygroupinIsraelwhohaveanIsraelinationalidentityandaPalestinianculturalidentity.ThisstudyteststheopposinghypothesesthatPCI’sdualidentityenablesthemtobringopposingsidestogetherbyfacilitatingcross-groupfriendshipsbetweenPalestiniansandJewishIsraelis,oriftheirbehavioratcampreflectstheirPalestinianculturalbackgroundhavingagrowinginfluenceontheiridentity.ThroughanalysisoffriendshipdataobtainedatSeedsofPeace,PalestinianCitizensofIsraelappeartobeactingasmore“extreme”versionsofPalestiniansatcamp,becomingverypopularamongPalestinianteensandunpopularamongJewishIsraeliteens.PerceivedGroupMembershipasaMediatingFactorinJudgementsofCulturalAppropriationCarmanW.FowlerCulturalappropriationisunderstoodastheexploitationoftheexpressionsandproductsofasubordinateminoritycultureasacommodityorresourceforusebyadominantmajorityculture.Inagrowingworldofglobalizationinthesocial,economic,andpoliticalspheres,properculturalexchangebecomesanecessarycomponenttowardsthepromotionofpositiveandrespectfulinteractionsbetweenindividualsfromdistinctcultures.Theseinteractionsareaffectedbynumerousfactors,distinctlyamongwhichincludetheauthenticityofanactor’srepresentationwhichallowforittobeseenaseitherstealingfromanotherculture(appropriation)orcelebratingit.Wehypothesizethatbymanipulatingthepresenceofminoritygroupmembersduringtheoccurrenceofamajoritygroupmember’sactofrepresentationwecanaffectanobserver’sperceptionsof

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authenticity,andbyextensionviewsofstealingorcelebration.Thepresenceofaminoritygroupmemberwouldserveasastampofauthenticity,signalingtotheobserverthatthemajoritygroupactor’srepresentationismoreauthenticthanitwouldbewithouttheirpresence.

UnderstandingMovementsattheirExtremes

Discussant:WillLevineIssuesofSexualViolenceinChinaDuringMaoEra(1949-1978)JingyiLuMypaperinvestigatestheissueofsexualviolenceinChinaduringMaoera(1949-1978).Duringthatperiod,rapewasregardedasafelonyandinformalsexualregulationswereincreasinglystrengthenedtocontrolpeople’ssexualdiscoursesandpractices,whichimpliesheavysexualrepression.However,meanwhile,accordingtosomeofficialrecords,sexualviolencewasquitecommonandfrequent.Itisworthconsideringwhythesetwoseeminglycontradictoryphenomenahappenedsimultaneously.Asfortheterm“sexualviolence”,Iwilllookintothisissuefromboththeperspectiveof“sex”and“violence”.Ontheonehand,Iwillstudysexualviolenceasaformofinterpersonalviolence.Violenceisverycommoninthattimebecauseoftheconsecutiveoccurrencesofpoliticalcampaigns,movementsandrevolutionsandmassacresinwhichnumerouspeopletookviolentmeanstofightagainsteachother.Thus,thisperiodwascharacteristicofviolenceandbrutalityonanationalscale.Ontheother,insexualterms,sexualviolencewasnotuncommondespiterepeatedprohibitionsatthattime.Violenceentailedbythepoliticalcampaignsandmovementsisoftensexualized,bothphysicallyandverbally.Forexample,thelocalarchivesabouttheCulturalRevolutioncompiledbySongYongyirevealmanycasesofvictimswhoweresexuallyhumiliatedduringthatperiod.Fromthesetwoperspectives,IintendtohistoricizesexualviolenceandexplorewhatkindofsocialvaluesinthatparticularhistoricalperiodfacilitatesexualviolenceandwhatimplicationsitcarriesinMao’sChina.Overall,Iwillfocusontwomainquestions:1)wassexualviolencedifferentfromthatinthepreviousandfollowingdecades?2)wassexualviolencedifferentfromotherformsofviolence?Byansweringthesetwoquestions,wecouldbetterunderstandwhatconstitutedtheessentialelementsofsexualviolenceinMao’sChina.AftertheExpedition:WhatisandHowOnlineNationalistActivistsConstructtheirCollectiveStoriesandDurableIdentities?ZhaodiChenAnewwaveofyoungnationalistswhoareinternet-savvyandwell-educatedarechangingthewayonlinedebateiswagedinChina.Butwhoarethey,exactly?Inthisstudy,Iintendtofocusoncyber-nationalismanddigitalactivisminChina’sonlinepublicsphere.Themajorpuzzleishowparticipantsinonlinenationalistactivismconstructtheircollectivestoriesandreinforcetheirnationalistidentitiesthroughonlineinteractions.Toillustratethisinteractiveprocess,Itakeasacasestudyaspecificinstanceofonlineactivismrelatedtonationalistconcernsandsentiments:the“D8Expedition”of2016.Whilebeingwidelyconsideredas“naïve”,“irrational”andlabeledas“LittlePink”,howtheseyoungnationalistsidentifythemselvesremainsunknown.Dotheyreallyidentifythemselvesaspatriots?Whatistheirwayoftellingthesamestory?Howtheyconstructtheircollectiveidentity?Thisstudyaimstoexploretheforegoingpuzzles.Usingtheapproachofcontentanalysisandonlineethnography,mystudywillanswerthefollowingquestions:1)WhatarethecomponentsofD8Expeditionparticipants’collectivestory?2)Howtheyconstructtheircollectiveidentitybyinteractingwithdiverseonlineactors(e.g.otherparticipants,officialdiscourse,liberalcommentators)?“WeareAllGuomin”:CourtesansandtheNationinEarlyTwentiethcenturyChinaMindiZhangThispaperlooksattherelationshipbetweencourtesans(jinü)andpoliticsinChinaduringthelateQingandtheRepublicanperiodfromtwoperspectives.First,itexamineshowcourtesansengagedinsignificanteventsofthe

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periodandthewaysinwhichpolitically-chargednotionswereembodiedthroughtheiractionsinpublicrealm.Second,itdealswiththepopularliteratureatthetime,especiallythoseaboutthefamouscourtesanSaiJinhua,andinvestigateshow,intheseliteraryrepresentations,courtesansweredeployedassymbolsbyauthorsofdifferentpersuasionstoservetheirbroaderpoliticalagenda,aswellasthevariousresponsestotheserepresentations.Courtesans,agroupwithambivalentculturalbearingsandrapidlychangingsocialandeconomicstatuswerelinked,inavarietyofways,tosignificantmomentsinmodernChinesehistory.Ashistoricalactors,theypublicallydefinedthemselvesasguomin(literally,peopleofthenation)andutilizedtheirartistictalents,sexualappeals,andpersonalnetworkstoadvancenotonlypatrioticcausesbutalsotheirowncareers;asliterarypresentations,theportrayalsofSaiJinhuainpopularnovels,poems,andplaysandthereceptionsthereofspeaktotheperceptionsonnationhoodandwomanhoodofboththeirauthorsandthebroaderurbanaudienceinthe1930s.Thispaperwillenrichourunderstandingofthelargerthemesofnationalism,womanhood,andmodernitythroughtheactionsofcourtesansinthespatialboundaryofChineseurbansocietyintheearlytwentiethcentury.PopularizingGrief:TragediesandTragicEventsinAncientAthensSeongjoonAhnFromthehorrorsof9/11tothemassshootingsinParkland,Florida,people’sinitialresponsestotheseunfathomablepublictragediesaretoexpressgrief,aboveallelse.However,theaftermathsoftheinitialgrievancearediverseandunpredictable.Hence,overthepastfewdecades,politicaltheoristshavebeendelvingintotheemotionofgrieffromapoliticalperspectiveinanattempttoexplainhowitrendersspecialconsequencesinthepoliticalcommunity.Iseektocontinuethistrend;toinquireintowhatthispureandimpartialformofgrieftransformsintoinademocraticsociety.Previousliteraturesmostlyportrayedgriefasmeansofpoliticalmanipulationorresilience;asatoolfortheelitesorforthecommunitiesaswholes.However,griefalsopossessestraitsthatstimulatethedemos,theordinarypeople.AncientGreektexts,especiallytragediesandhistoricalmanuscripts,dynamicallyportraytheinstancesofpublicgriefandmourningpracticesstimulatingthedemos’reactionarytendencies.Hence,bycross-analyzingmultipleancientGreektexts,thispresentationexploreshowgriefinstigatesreactionarypoliticalmovementsindemocraticsocieties.Specifically,thiscross-analysiswillshowhowtheemotionofgriefcontainstwopoliticalfeatures–contagiousnessandantagonism–that,whentriggeredsimultaneously,excitesreactionarypoliticalmovements.

SpecialThankstothe2018ConferenceCommittee:SamanthaFan,DarcyHughesHeuring,FrancisMcKay,ShellyRobinson,GozdeErdeniz,StefaniMetos,TaniaIslas

Weinstein,CateFugazzola,JaySchutte,andLauraHorton