2005 SOUTH CAROLINA POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

                                                            ANNUAL MEETING

                                                         FEBRUARY 25-26, 2005

                                                FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY

 

 

Friday, February 25

 

6:30pm - 8:00pm                    Reception

 

Reception in honor of Dr. Merle Black, Asa G. Candler Professor of Politics and

     Government, Emory University

 

Hosted by FMU President Fred Carter and his wife Folly

 

 

Location:        Wallace House  (President=s Home)

 

 

 

Saturday, February 26

 

           Coffee, tea, juice, muffins and donuts will be available during the morning sessions.

 

           With the exception of the luncheon, all panels are located in the Leatherman Science

               Facility (LSF).

 

 

SESSION  I,  9:00am - 10:15am

 

Panel #1:         The War on Terror

 

Room:             LSF  108

 

Chair/

  Disc:             Jonathan Smith, Presbyterian College  ( jonsmith@presby.edu )

 

Papers:           Kenneth Kitts, Francis Marion University  ( kkitts@fmarion.edu )

ABlue Ribbon Commissions and the War on Terror@

 

Alissa Warters, Francis Marion University  ( twarters@fmarion.edu )

AKeeping Schools Safe: U.S. Preparedness Policies in a Post-9/11 World@

 

Jonathan Miner, USC Columbia  ( miner@mailbox.sc.edu )

AThe Importance of Civil Society in the International Fight Against Terrorism: The Case of Russia@

Panel #2:         Political People, Political Theory and Political History

 

Room:             LSF  109

 

Chair/

  Disc:             Dan Sabia, USC Columbia  ( sabia@sc.edu )

 

Papers:           Kevin Lasher, Francis Marion University  ( klasher@fmarion.edu )

AMadeleine Albright, Gender, and Foreign Policy-Making@

 

Jack Lechelt, USC Columbia  ( Lechelt@sc.edu )

AGeorge H.W. Bush: The Semi-Institutional Vice Presidency and Semi-Silent Vice President@

 

Eric Reisenauer, USC Sumter  ( ericr@uscsumter.edu )

AModern Millennialism from the Great War to the War on Terror@

 

Daniel Regenscheit, USC Columbia  ( regensch@mailbox.sc.edu )

AIndustrial Society and Its Future: The Dystopias of Huxley and Zamyatin@

 

 

 

 

 

Panel #3:         Roundtable: The Future of the Democratic Party in South Carolina and in the U.S.

 

Room:             LSF  106

 

Chair:              Bill Moore, College of Charleston

 

Part:                Bob Botsch, USC Aiken  ( bobb@usca.edu )

Scott Huffmon, Winthrop University  ( huffmons@winthrop.edu )

Bill Moore, College of Charleston  ( MooreW@cofc.edu )

Neal Thigpen, Francis Marion University  ( nthigpen@fmarion.edu )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION  II,  10:30am - 11:45am

 

Panel #4:         Roundtable: Elections, Democracy and the War in Iraq

 

Room:             LSF  106

 

Chair:              Chris Van Aller, Winthrop University

 

Part:                Kema Irogbe, Claflin University  ( irogbe@claflin.edu )

Bob Jones, Belmont Abbey College  ( RobertJones@bac.edu )

Eileen Kirley-Tallon, Francis Marion University  ( ekirleytallon@fmarion.edu )

Kevin Lasher, Francis Marion University  ( klasher@fmarion.edu )

Chris Van Aller, Winthrop University  ( vanallerc@winthrop.edu )

Joyce Wiley, USC Upstate  ( JWILEY@uscupstate.edu )

 

 

 

 

 

Panel #5:         Voting and Elections  B  I

 

Room:             LSF  108

 

Chair/

  Disc:             Sherral Brown-Guinyard, South Carolina State  ( sbguinyard@scsu.edu )

 

Papers:           Carol Sears Botsch and Robert Botsch, USC Aiken

( carolb@usca.edu , bobb@usca.edu )

AEngaging the Millennial Generation: Voting Among South Carolina College Students, 2004"

 

Jacob Butler, Morris College  ( jbutler@morris.edu )

AThe 2004 Election Campaign and the Impact of Youth on the American Political Process@

 

William Lyles, III, Winthrop University  ( lyleswl@winthrop.edu )

AThe Voting Patterns of American Blacks: Why Democrats?@

 

Carrie Soule, USC Aiken  ( curiousg630@yahoo.com )

AFocusing on the Negative: The State Newspaper=s Coverage of the 1980 and 2004 Presidential Campaigns@

 

 

 

Panel #6:         Public Policy

 

Room:             LSF  109

 

Chair/       

  Disc:             Jim Renneker, Francis Marion University  ( jrenneker@fmarion.edu )

 

Papers:           Karen Kedrowski, Stephen Samuel Smith and Manning Shaw III, Winthrop University

( kedrowskik@winthrop.edu , smiths@winthrop.edu , shawm2@winthrop.edu )

ASingle-Member Districts and Policy Outcomes: A Study of South Carolina School Boards and School Desegregation@

 

Michael Lipscomb, Karen Kedrowski and Renee Capstraw, Winthrop University  ( lipscombm@winthrop.edu , kedrowskik@winthrop.edu , capstrawr1@winthrop.edu )

AWe Want You to Do It, But We Don=t Want to See It: American Mass Media Representations of Breastmilk and Breastfeeding@

 

Mary Laurin Brunson, USC Columbia  ( Mbrunson@ChildrensLawCenter.org )

ADeterrence and the Death Penalty@

 

Anthony Kassekert, Clemson University  ( tonysstuff@hotmail.com )

AIncentives for Higher Education in South Carolina=s Fire Service@

 

 

 

12:00noon - 1:45pm               Luncheon

 

Introductory Remarks:          Scott Huffmon, President

South Carolina Political Science Association

 

Fred Carter, President

Francis Marion University

 

 

Guest Speaker:                      Merle Black

Asa G. Candler Professor of Politics and Government,

Emory University

 

APolitics in the Modern South@

 

 

Location:                                The Cottage

Hendrick Dining Room

SESSION  III,  2:00pm - 3:15pm

 

Panel #7:         International and Comparative Politics

 

Room:             LSF  108

 

Chair/

  Disc:             Eileen Kirley-Tallon, Francis Marion University  ( ekirleytallon@fmarion.edu )

 

Papers:           Kema Irogbe, Claflin University  ( irogbe@claflin.edu )

AThe Lone Superpower, Unilateralism and World Tensions@

 

Lucas McMillan, USC Columbia  ( mcmillsl@mailbox.sc.edu )

AThe Territorial Dimension of European Integration: The Case of Scotland@

 

Mamadou Samba, USC Aiken ( mmsambe@uscaiken.edu )

AThe Aftermath of Devaluation: French and African Economic Relations@

 

 

 

 

 

Panel #8:         Voting and Elections  B  II

 

Room:             LSF  109

 

Chair/

  Disc:             Scott Huffmon, Winthrop University  ( huffmons@winthrop.edu )

 

Papers:           Dan Ruff  ( druff1@sc.rr.com )

ABipartisan Electoral Competition for the South Carolina Legislature, 1961-2004"

 

Robert Carey, Clemson University  ( rcarey@clemson.edu )

AGreater Than the Tread of Mighty Armies: The California Recall Election@

 

Tom Pavlich, College of Charleston  ( tepavlic@edisto.cofc.edu )

AElectoral Systems: Mapping Political Views of the People@

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panel #9:         The Media and Politics

 

Room:             LSF  106

 

Chair:              Christina Jeffrey, Coastal Carolina University

 

Part:                Christina Jeffrey, Coastal Carolina University  ( cjeffrey@sc.rr.com )

ABlogging and Slogging Toward Truth: The Role of the New Media@

 

Paul Peterson, Coastal Carolina University  ( peterson@coastal.edu )

ADan Rather, Kitty Kelly, and the Continuing Transformation of Media Coverage of Presidential Politics.@

 

Robert Jeffrey, Wofford College  ( jeffreyrc@wofford.edu )

AA Journalism More Fit for a Republic: Encouraging Developments in the 2004 Elections@

 

Disc:               Jack Riley, Coastal Carolina University  ( riley@coastal.edu )

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION  IV,  3:30pm - 4:00pm

 

SCPSA Business Meeting

 

Room:             LSF  106

 

 

 

 

 

Judges for the Mary Jean Byrd Award for Best Undergraduate Paper:

 

Dr. Eileen Kirley-Tallon, Francis Marion University  ( ekirleytallon@fmarion.edu )

Dr. Joyce Wiley, USC Upstate  ( JWILEY@uscupstate.edu )

Dr. David White, Francis Marion University  ( dwhite@fmarion.edu )