Helpful Paper Writing Link

A helpful link that Denise found on organizing your thinking and writing:
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/brainstorming.html#5

Northeastern Political Science Association

Northeastern Political Science Association

2008 Annual Meeting

November 13-15, 2008

Boston, Massachusetts

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CALL FOR PAPERS, PANELS AND PARTICIPATION

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The Northeastern Political Science Association will hold its 40th annual
meeting on November 13-15, 2008 at the Omni Parker House Hotel in Boston,
Massachusetts. We invite paper, panel, and roundtable submissions from
academics, graduate students, journalists, and practitioners. Proposals
for papers, panels, or to serve as a chair and/or discussant must be
submitted by June 15, 2008 through the All Academic [
http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/npsa/npsa08/ ]Submission Website
which can also be reached through the [ http://www.northeasternpsa.com/
]NPSA Website. Once on the submission website, create a username and
password and follow the instructions.

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NPSA prohibits multiple paper submissions. Only one paper submission per
person will be accepted. However, a paper presenter may also serve as a
chair or discussant on another panel or roundtable. Questions should be
directed to the appropriate Section Chair (see below) or the conference [
mailto:FJDAmico@maxwell.syr.edu?subject=NPSA%20Inquiry ]Program Chair.


PROGRAM CHAIR

Francine D’Amico

The Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs

Syracuse University

225 Eggers Hall

Syracuse, NY 13244-1090

Phone: 315-443-2306

[ mailto:fjdamico@maxwell.syr.edu ]fjdamico@maxwell.syr.edu

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AMERICAN POLITICS

Submit proposals for papers, panels and roundtables to the appropriate
subcategory below.

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CONGRESS, PRESIDENCY, AND THE COURTS

All aspects of legislative studies, presidential research, constitutional
law

and the courts, he intersection of, and relationships among, the three
branches.

Douglas Harris

Department of Political Science

Loyola College in Maryland,

4501 Charles Street, Baltimore, MD

Phone: (410) 617-2227; Fax: (410) 617-2215

[ mailto:dharris4@loyola.edu ]dharris4@loyola.edu

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STATE-LOCAL GOVERNMENT

AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

All aspects of state and local governments, federalism,

and intergovernmental relations.

Richard Flanagan

Department of Political Science, Economics and Philosophy

College of Staten Island, CUNY

2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10314

Phone: 718-982-2834

[ mailto:Flanagan@mail.csi.cuny.edu ]Flanagan@mail.csi.cuny.edu

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PARTIES, INTEREST GROUPS, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS,

AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR

All aspects of U.S. parties, interest groups, social movements,

political behavior, elections, and public opinion.

Arthur Paulson

Department of Political Science

Southern Connecticut State University

501 Crescent Street

New Haven, CT 06515

Phone: 203-392-5657

Email: Paulsona1@southernct.edu

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PUBLIC POLICY AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Papers, panels, and roundtables on all topics in public policy and public
administration.

Lisa K. Parshall

Department of History and Government

Daemen College

4380 Main Street, Amherst, NY 14226

Phone: 716-839-8303

Email: [ mailto:lparshal@daemen.edu ]lparshal@daemen.edu

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THE 2008 ELECTIONS

Papers, panels, and roundtables on all topics related to the 2008
elections.

Lara Brown

Department of Political Science

Villanova University

800 Lancaster Avenue

Villanova, PA 19085

Phone : 610-519-8904

Email : lara.brown@villanova.edu

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POLITICAL THEORY

All areas of political philosophy, political theory and political thought
broadly defined, Western and non-Western. Submit proposals for papers,
panels and roundtables to the appropriate subcategory below.

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ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Dustin K. Gish

Department of Political Science

College of the Holy Cross

1 College Street

Worcester, MA 01610

Phone: (508) 793-3519

[ mailto:dgish@holycross.edu ]dgish@holycross.edu

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MODERN POLITICAL THEORY

Machiavelli to Marx.

Diana M. Judd

Department of Political Science

William Paterson University

Wayne, NJÂ 07470

Phone:Â (973) 720-3891

[ mailto:juddd1@wpunj.edu ]juddd1@wpunj.edu

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CONTINENTAL POLITICAL THOUGHT

Including but not limited to German idealism, phenomenology, hermeneutics,
existentialism, post-structuralism, post-modernism, critical theory,
French feminism, Nietzsche and Marxism.

David A. Freeman

Department of Political Science

Washburn University

1700 College Avenue, Topeka, KS 66621

Phone: (785) 231-1010 Ext. 2028; Fax: (785) 231-1004

david.freeman@washburn.edu

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DEMOCRATIC THEORY

All topics in contemporary democratic theory including

deliberative democracy, identity politics, group rights, and citizenship.

Patricia Moynagh

Department of Government and Politics

Wagner College

1 Campus Road

Staten Island, NY 10301

Phone:Â (718) 420-4492

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AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT

David Alvis

Department of Government

University of West Florida

11000 University Pkwy, Pensacola, FL 32514

Phone: (850) 857-6116

jalvis1@uwf.edu

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Seeks panel and paper submissions on topics in international studies
broadly defined, including international relations theory, international
law and organizations, foreign policy, globalization, human rights,
international development, conflict resolution, military/strategic
studies, feminist theory/gender studies, and international political
economy.

Fred P. Cocozzelli

Department of Government and Politics

St. John’s University

St. John Hall, Room 234L
 St. John’s University
8000 Utopia Parkway
Queens, New York 11439

Phone: (718) 990-5267
Fax: (718) 990-2084
[ mailto:cocozzef@stjohns.edu ]cocozzef@stjohns.edu

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COMPARATIVE POLITICS

All areas of comparative politics, including the politics of advanced
industrial, post-communist, or developing countries; cross-regional
studies; broad theoretical issues such as democratization, economic
development, globalization, ethnic and nationalist conflict are welcomed.

Eric N. Budd

Department of Social Sciences

Fitchburg State College,

160 Pearl Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420-2697

Phone: (978) 665-3732 ; Fax: (978) 665-4530

ebudd@fsc.edu

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GENDER, RACE, AND ETHNICITY

All proposals dealing with gender, race, and ethnicity. Especially
encouraged are proposals on racial, ethnic, and gender identity, Â as well
as the intersections of these and/or other potential identities. All
methodological perspectives are welcome.

Farida Jalalzai

Department of Political Science

University of Missouri-Saint Louis, 904 Tower

8001 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO 63121-4499

Phone: (314) 516-5838

jalalzaif@umsl.edu

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ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY

Papers, panels, and roundtables on topics of relevance to environmental
politics or policy, whether U.S., international, or comparative. Topics
may include, for example, environmental movements or their opponents;
environmentalism, its variants or rivals; environmental policy formation
or implementation; environmental regimes; management of common pool
resources; environmental policy analysis; and sustainable development.
Interdisciplinary approaches are especially welcome.

Paul A. Barresi

Southern New Hampshire University,

2500 North River Road, Manchester, NH 03106

Phone: (603) 668-2211 Ext. 2247; Fax: (603) 645-9779

p.barresi@snhu.edu

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TEACHING, LEARNING, AND THE PROFESSION

All aspects of undergraduate and graduate teaching, especially in the
areas of integrating technology into the curriculum, the use of
cooperative and collaborative learning techniques, and experiential
learning. Proposals are also welcome on the future of the profession and
on professional education in political science, including approaches to
preparing new professionals for academic and non-academic positions.

John O'Rorke

Department of Political Science

Frostburg State University

Frostburg, MD 21532

Phone: (301) 687-4277; Fax: (301) 687-4760

jororke@frostburg.edu

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POPULAR CULTURE AND POLITICS

All works that explore the intersection of popular culture and politics.
Especially relevant are papers that examine the ways in which film,
television, literature, and music depict political institutions, affect
political socialization, shape public opinion and serve as a tool for
explaining concepts and fostering debate. Papers that explore popular
culture as an instrument for providing context and diverse perspectives
are also welcome.

Kevan M. Yenerall

Political Science Department

Clarion University

320 Founders Hall, Clarion, PA 16214

Phone: (814) 393-1897; Fax: (814) 393-2550

kyenerall@clarion.edu

3/31/08: "Bachelor Babes, Bridezillas, and Husband-Hunting Harems: Decoding Reality TV's Twisted Fairy Tales."

MIT's Program in Women's and Gender Studies presents:
"Bachelor Babes, Bridezillas, and Husband-Hunting Harems: Decoding Reality TV's Twisted Fairy Tales."
by Jennifer L. Pozner - Director of WIMN and widely published feminist journalist & media critic
Monday, March 31st


A conversation with Jennifer L. Pozner for students interested in Women Producing Media, and concerned about representations of Girls and Women in the Media. Hosted by the MIT grad-feminists and the Women's and Gender Studies (WGS) student advisory board. Dinner will be served: RSVP to wgs@mit.edu.

Dinner Conversation
5 - 6 pm
Building 14E - 304
Public Talk: "Bachelor Babes, Bridezillas, and Husband-Hunting Harems: Decoding Reality TV's Twisted Fairy Tales."
7 - 8:30 pm
Building 1 - 390


Co-sponsored by MIT’s SLIPPAGE, Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies and Comparative Media Studies

Shifting Stars : A Harvard study suggests female executives outperform males when taking a new job

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/03/30/shifting_stars/

Why I Had Myself Water-boarded

In an effort to increase public awareness and understanding of water-boarding, Kaj Larsen arranged to have himself water-boarded, had it videotaped, and posted on the Internet.

http://current.com/items/76347282_getting_waterboarded

Kaj Larsen, Correspondent, Current TV

Tuesday, April 8, 6:30 pm
Tufts University, Cabot Auditorium
170 Packard Ave., Medford, MA 02155


To sign up or find out more visit: http://action.aclum.org/waterboarding

Massachusetts NOW Action Alert: Join Greater Boston NOW for an exciting event with local women artists

Is Making Art a Feminist Act?
Celebrate Women' s History Month With Greater Boston NOW and Local Women Visual Artists

Join local artists Kaetlyn Wilcox, Adria Arch and Deborah Putnoi as they discuss their work, their role as women in the art world and artists in the world at large, as well as the inspirations for their work! Bring your questions and your curiosity for this roundtable discussion of issues in art, feminism and society.

Coffee, tea and light refreshments will be served.

LOGISTICS: Monday, March 31st, 7:30 pm at the Boston NOW office,
1105 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston.
Take Green B Line or 57 bus to Packard's Corner.

Student Paper Competition

GRADUATE COMPETITION
The Association of Black Sociologists (ABS) is now accepting papers for its annual Graduate Student Paper Competition. Graduate students who are members of ABS qualify for the competition. The top three winners of the competition will receive cash awards. They will also present their papers at this year's ABS conference held in Boston, MA from July 29-August 2, 2008. The papers are to be no longer than 30 pages, including references, and they cannot be under consideration for publication at the time of submission. Additionally, an abstract of no more than 200 words should be submitted with the paper.

For both competitions, students should submit six copies of the paper and abstract to:

ABS Student Paper Competition
Association of Black Sociologists
4200 Wisconsin Avenue NW, PMB 106-257
Washington, D.C. 20016

Students can also submit the paper and abstract electronically in either Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, or PDF format to: studentpaper@blacksociologists.org>studentpaper@blacksociologists.org.

Please provide your name, education, university affiliation and contact information in the email or cover letter. The submission deadline for the competition is May 1, 2008. Please visit the ABS website at <http://www.blacksociologists.org>www.blacksociologists.org for further information about the Association of Black Sociologists and the Student Paper Competitions.

Demand a pledge from Clinton, McCain, and Obama to enact the DREAM Act in their first 100 days

Dear Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama,

All three of you co-sponsored the federal DREAM Act, yet it has never been made law. One of you will be President next year, so no more excuses! You must secure America's future by committing now to enact the federal DREAM Act in your first 100 days in office.

http://adreamdeferred.org/?utm_source=rgemail

job opportunity

Policy Analyst

Alliance for Children and Families
United Neighborhood Centers of America

The Alliance for Children and Families (Alliance) and United
Neighborhood Centers of America (UNCA) invite dynamic individuals to
apply for the position of Policy Analyst in their joint public policy
office in Washington, D.C.

The Alliance for Children and Families represents over 370 nonprofit
organizations across the nation that provide services and economic
empowerment to children and families. United Neighborhood Centers of
America (UNCA) is a voluntary, nonprofit, national organization with
neighborhood-based member -agencies throughout the United States.
Formerly known as the National Federation of Settlements and
Neighborhood Centers, it was founded in 1911 by Jane Addams and other
pioneers of the settlement movement. To learn more about the Alliance
and UNCA, visit the web sites at www.alliance1.org and www.unca.org.

Primary public policy issues currently covered by the organizations are
child welfare, education (No Child Left Behind), mental health, and
substance abuse. For more information, consult the Alliance web site.

Responsibilities:

* Lobby on key issues on behalf of Alliance and UNCA members before
Congress and the administration.
* Monitor and analyze federal legislation and funding streams. Prepare
legislative and regulatory analyses, issue briefs, testimony, articles,
and other materials for publication through organizational newsletter
and web site(s).
* Represent the Alliance and UNCA in key national coalitions.
* Engage Alliance and UNCA members in legislative and advocacy
activities. Disseminate public policy information to members.
* Some travel, as needed.
* Help coordinate events, including public policy workshops at national
conferences and periodic teleconferences.
* Contribute to shared office administrative tasks.

Qualifications:

* Education: Bachelors degree from accredited college or university.

* Job-related Experience: The successful candidate will have strong
writing and research skills, be a demonstrated self-starter, and
demonstrate a strong career interest in the nonprofit human services
sector and the communities it serves.

Compensation

* Salary will begin at $35,000 to $40,000 per year plus benefits.

To Apply

Interested candidates should send cover letter, resume, and two writing
samples (five pages or less per sample) to: Helen Eisner at
policy@alliance1.org. No phone calls please.

Applications should be received by May 1, 2008. The Alliance and UNCA
are equal opportunity employers.

Conference of interest?

Who's Laughing?: The Politics of Humor

April 4-5, 2008

at the Stata Center, 32 Vassar Street

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA, USA

Conference is *free* and open to the public.

Contact gcws@mit.edu for information.

Jokes, satire, parody, and comedic performance can be powerful tools for challenging the status quo or for conforming to it. They have the potential to transform discourse, yet it is in these forms that our most troubling and violently disfiguring assumptions about gender, race, class, and sexual orientation can find their longest life. “Humor” can both enable and disable speech; it is available to some and prohibited for others.

How can or do we as scholars, teachers, activists, and persons use humor to create and build awareness? What are the roles of irony, satire, parody, and comedic performance in oppression and resistance to oppression—historically, in the present, and possibly in the future? How does humor work with/against ideas of free expression? Who has the right of free expression and who does not? To what extent does “humor” rely on an us/them mentality and what kinds of social, cultural, and political portraits does it create?

Join us in April for panels, presentations, stand-up comedy, and performances that address these and other questions about the politics of humor!

FULL SCHEDULE AVAILABLE ONLINE:

http://web.mit.edu/gcws/Grad_Conference_08/index_schedule08.html

Conference highlights:

Friday evening:

• They Must Be Hysterical! An Evening of Feminist Comedy: Four edgy and hilarious acts converge in an evening of feminist comedy. Followed by a moderated discussion with the performers.

Saturday:

• Saturday Morning Cartoons: Come early for pop-tarts, cocoa-puffs, and cartoons! Saturday will begin with a screening of cartoons - old and new, rare and familiar - that offer ripe material for cultural analysis, feminist discussion and critique.

• Monday Night in Westerbork: a keynote performance by S. Bear Bergman

• "Why Women Aren't Funny" And other Laughable Myths: a keynote presentation by Glenda Carpio

• And panels & discussions featuring graduate student work on the subject of humor and politics

Registration information:

http://web.mit.edu/gcws/Grad_Conference_08/register08.html

CLASS CHANGE: NEXT WEEK

Hello,

I hope you are enjoying a restful break. Professor Hardy-Fanta and I have changed the schedule for next week and HER CLASS WILL BE ON TUESDAY and CASE STUDY METHODOLOGY WILL BE ON THURSDAY.

Please plan accordingly.

Prof. Waddell

Voting for Clinton to Boost GOP

Interesting article about Republicans strategically voting for Clinton:

Many Voting for Clinton to Boost GOP

or copy and paste http://tinyurl.com/2rejpo

The Privileged Presidency, Thursday 3/20

The Privileged Presidency:

A Conversation on Executive Power with:

Jameel Jaffer, ACLU Director, National Security Program American Civil Liberties Union

David Rivkin, Partner at Baker Hostetler, Washington, D.C. Former legal advisor to the Counsel to the President Conservative Guru

Thursday, March 20, from 12:15-1:30 PM
Northeastern Univ. School of Law, Room 97, Cargill Hall
400 Huntington Ave., Boston

Jameel Jaffer, director of the ACLU's National Security Program, and lead counsel in cases involving the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program and the FBI's use of national security letters
— in a polite, bipartisan conversation with —
David Rivkin, partner at Baker Hostetler, Washington, D.C., formerly served in the Department of Justice and the White House in the Reagan and George H. W. Bush Administrations.

Refreshments will be served.

The event will be moderated by Professor Michael Meltsner and is sponsored by the ACLU, ACS, the Federalist Society, and the Northeastern Law Forum.

Raising Women's Voices Conference

This is a conference happening in Boston April 17 & 18. Looks interesting. I couldn't find a student discount, but I'm still hoping...

http://www.raisingwomensvoices.net/index.html

NYT Maureen Dowd OpEd

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/opinion/05dowd.html?ref=opinion

ACLU: Join us for "Revolutionary Ideals, Modern Debate"

Old South Meeting House Series

If you enjoyed our 2008 Conference -- or if you couldn't attend -- please join us for "Revolutionary Ideals, Modern Debate." It's a speaker and film series presented by Old South Meeting House, in partnership with the ACLU of Massachusetts.

Carol Rose, our Executive Director, will kick off the series on March 12, speaking in "Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Dissent." The entire calendar of events is:

March 12: Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Dissent

March 26: The Rights of Immigrants

April 2: Torture and Detention, Justice and Power

April 30: The Right to Vote

For complete details http://www.aclum.org/osmhseries08/index.html

This series is free and open to the public. All events will be held 6:30 pm at:

Old South Meeting House
310 Washington St., Boston (downtown, zip code 02108)

another oped http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/nyregion/03bigcity.html?ref=politics

job opportunity

The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
seeks a Research Coordinator (L4) who will contribute to intellectual
leadership and enhance research capacity in the area of social policy and
development.

The Institute's work in this area examines the role of social policy in
promoting social protection and social justice, and involves
interdisciplinary research and debate on the relationship between social
policy, economic development and democratization.

In addition to designing and managing substantive research projects on
this theme, the Research Coordinator is expected to carry out independent
research and writing; commission and substantively edit case study
reports; contribute to the Institute's flagship and other reports;
assist in fundraising; and interact with constituents, including UN
agencies, governments and non-governmental organizations.

Qualifications: Advanced social sciences degree, minimum of seven years of
experience in development research at developing-country and international
levels, and a track record of peer-reviewed publications in relevant
fields.

Languages: Fluent English with proven ability in writing/editing of
reports. Good working knowledge of French and/or Spanish desirable.

Location: Geneva, Switzerland.

Application requirements: (1) Complete the online application by clicking
the button below; and (2) submit a full-length CV; a letter of motivation;
the names and contact details (telephone and email) of three referees; and
three relevant articles or chapters published in peer-reviewed journals or
books within the past five years, to: The Director (Ref. RC), UNRISD,
Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland; fax: +41-22-9170650;
email: [ mailto:rc@unrisd.org ]rc@unrisd.org.

Closing date for applications: 31 March 2008.

Process: Short-listed candidates may be required to attend an interview by
30 April 2008. The successful candidate will be notified by 15 May 2008,
and is expected to take up the post by 1 August 2008.

Post Article

Not sure how to post to the "Op-Ed" section, but here's an interesting article...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/29/AR2008022902992.html