Fall 2012 Doctoral Student Research Workshops

October 5, 2012
SPP Doctoral Student Research Workshop
4:00pm – 5:30pm
Arlington Campus, Founders Hall, Room 602
Contact: Beth Eck, eeck@gmu.edu
Please RSVP to Victoria Bryan, vbryant@masonlive.gmu.edu; Karen Buckley, kadams@masonlive.gmu.edu; or Tasia Rayton, trayton@masonlive.gmu.edu

Schedule:
4:00pm – 4:25pm
Tina Himathongkam
thimatho@masonlive.gmu.edu
“Not Just any Sports: the Relationship between Weight Status and Physical Activities.”

4:30pm – 4:55pm
Ammar Malik
amalik8@masonlive.gmu.edu
“Pakistan’s Urban Challenge: A Case Study of Lahore.”

5:00pm – 5:30pm
Phil Pedlikin
ppedliki@masonlive.gmu.edu
“Deinstitutionalization and its Impact on Services for the Intellectually Disabled.”

October 16, 2012
SPP Doctoral Student Research Workshop
2:30pm – 4:10pm
Arlington Campus, Founders Hall, Room 602
Contact: Beth Eck, eeck@gmu.edu
Please RSVP to Victoria Bryan, vbryant@masonlive.gmu.edu; Karen Buckley, kadams@masonlive.gmu.edu; or Tasia Rayton, trayton@masonlive.gmu.edu

Schedule

2:30pm – 2:55pm
Alexis Lasselle Ross
alassell@gmu.edu
“Congress and Invisible National Security Policymaking: The Implications of Congressionally Mandated Military Compensation.”

3:00pm – 3:25pm
Yon Jung Choi
ychoij@gmu.edu
“Does Country Matter in Corporate Social Responsibility? Country Characteristics and the Corporate Participation in the United Nations Global Compact.”

3:30pm – 3:55pm
Mufeeza Iqbal
miqbal5@gmu.edu
“Political Participation and Power Distance: Is the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Index of Democracy Reliable?”

November 7, 2012
SPP Doctoral Student Research Workshop
2:30pm – 4:10pm
Arlington Campus, Founders Hall, Room 602
Contact: Beth Eck, eeck@gmu.edu
Please RSVP to Victoria Bryan, vbryant@masonlive.gmu.edu; Karen Buckley, kadams@masonlive.gmu.edu; or Tasia Rayton, trayton@masonlive.gmu.edu

Schedule

2:30-2:55 –– Laura Walker (lwalker1@gmu.edu)
“Predictors of Judicial Voting in Federal Appellate Courts”

3:00-3:25 – Ander Audikana (aarriola@gmu.edu)
“High-Speed Rail Policy in Spain”

3:30-3:55 – Snigdha Dewal (sdewal@masonlive.gmu.edu)
“The Political Economy of Reforms and Bargaining in India”