Grad Students and Faculty to Present at Western PSA Annual Meeting

The UCSB Department of Political Science will be well-represented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association in La Jolla, California, March 20-22, 2008.

The following graduate students will be presenting papers:
John Fortuna, "Democratic Sacrifice "
Thomas Hartman, "Hard Instruments of Soft Power: A Quantitative Analysis of Military Engagements on America's Image"
Brian Lovato, "Friendship as a Political Concept: Ancient and Modern"
Brooke Mascagni, "Evoking Fear in Photojournalism: The 2006 Israeli Offensive in Lebanon"

Graduate Student Panel Chairs:
Thomas Hartman, "Conflict Processes"
Kathleen Maloney, "Negotiating Sex and Power: Prostitution, Identity, and Diversity";
"EnGendering Democracy: Rights, Authority, and Consent"
Jason Pfeifle, "Applying Gender Theory: Intersectionality and Anti-Subordination"

Faculty participants:
Edwina Barvosa (affiliated faculty), Paper: "Feminism and Gender Diversity: Rereading Gendered Resistance in the Munby Papers"
Kathleen Bruhn, Discussant: "Political Community and Inequality in Contemporary Mexico: Views from State and Local Politics"
P. E. Digeser, Discussant: "Negotiating Sex and Power: Prostitution, Identity, and Diversity";
"EnGendering Democracy: Rights, Authority, and Consent"
Pei-te Lien, Panel Chair: "Identity Politics in a Globalized World"
John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, Paper: "Going Public: Using New Data from the American Presidency Project"