Graduate Student Accomplishments
Recent Graduate Student Papers, Publications, & Awards
AWARDS
Baris Kesgin has won the Margaret G. Hermann Award for Best Paper Utilizing Text Analysis in
Leadership Studies for his paper "How Do 'Secular' and 'Religious' Leaders Shape Foreign Policy Behavior
Towards the United States?" presented at the 2009 meeting of the ISA Midwest.
Ken Aikins - 2010 Howard Baumgartel Peace and Justice Award
Cody Brown - Winner of the 16th annual Roy and Betty Laird REES Essay Competition, 2010 for
the paper " Comrades in Crime: The Rise of the balkan Mafia in the Former Yugoslavia"
FLAS fellowhip, academic year 2010-2011
The 2009 Joseph P. Harris Fellowship, given to an outstanding graduate student whose major unfinished
task is completion of the doctoral dissertation, was awarded to Will Delehanty.
Adam Brown was the recipient of the 2009 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award given by
the Political Science Department’s Political Science Graduate Association.
Laura Dean, who is the recipient of a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) award, also won the
15th annual Roy and Betty Laird Center for Russian Studies Essay competition for the essay:
“The implications of East European sex tourism in a neocolonial context.”
Baris Kesgin’s essay on “Comparative Foreign Policy” will be published in the 21st Century Political
Science reference handbook. He is also the winner of a 2009 KU Graduate School Summer
Fellowship. His summer project: data collection to supplement an existing international events
data set.
Cristian Cantir – International Fellowship, University of Kansas, 2006-07
Tasha Keathley – Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (Kiswhahili), 2006-07
Tasha Keathley - Eddie Jacobsen Memorial Foundation Scholarship/Truman Good Neighbor Award, 2007
Andrew Hom - 3rd Place Winner, Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth's DePuy Writing Competition, "The New Legs Race: Critical Perspectives on Biometrics in Iraq". 2007
PUBLICATIONS
Andrea Vieux (co-authored with Prof. Donald Haider-Markel) “Gender and Conditional Support for Torture in the
War on Terror” Politics & Gender 4:5-33 (2008)
Matthew Beverlin and William Delehanty (co-authored with Prof. Donald Haider-Markel) “Media Framing and Racial
Attitudes in the Aftermath of Katrina,” Policy Studies Journal, November 2007
Will Delehanty (co-authored with Prof. Brent Steele) “Engaging the Narrative in Ontological (In)security Theory:
Insights from Feminist IR” Cambridge Review of International Affairs, September, 2009.
Jim Stoutenborough and Matt Beverlin, “Encouraging Pollution-Free Energy: The Diffusion of State Net Metering
Policies” Social Science Quarterly, December, 2008.
Baris Kesgin and Juliet Kaarbo (forthcoming in May 2010). “When and How Parliaments Influence Foreign Policy:
The Case of Turkey’s Iraq Decision.” International Studies Perspectives.
Holona LeAnne Ochs, " 'Color Blind' Policy in Black and White: The Racial Consequences of the Race Neutral Policy of Disenfranchisement." Policy Studies Journal (2006)
Holona LeAnne Ochs, Jeff Yates and Andrew B. Whitford, "Ideological Extremism and Public Participation." Social Science Quarterly (2006)
Holona LeAnne Ochs and Andrew B. Whitford, "The
Political Roots of Executive Clemency." American Politics Research (2006)
Matthew Beverlin and William Delehanty, “Racial Identity Theory and Hurricane Katrina.” Policy Studies Journal. (Forthcoming 2007).
Kellee J. Kirkpatrick and James W. Stoutenborough, “Confidence in the Press: The Impact of Political Events on an Individuals Confidence.” Public Opinion Pros (April 2007).
Donald P. Haider-Markel, Alana Querze, and Kara Lindaman, “Loose, Win or Draw? A Reexamination of Direct Democracy and Minority Rights.” Political Research Quarterly (Forthcoming).
James W. Stoutenborough, Donald P. Haider-Markel, and Mahalley D. Allen, “Reassessing the Impact of Supreme Court Decisions on Public Opinion: Gay Civil Rights Cases.” Political Research Quarterly 59(3): 419-433. (2006).
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Kenneth Aikens, " Local Government or Local Patrimonialism? The Limits of Decentralization in Ghauna", Midwest Political Science Association conference, April 2010
Sveltla Ben-Itzhak, "The Linkages of Poverty and Foreign Aid to Political Stability in Weak and Fragile Sub-Saharan African States: 1990-2007"
International Studies Association-Midwest Annual Conference, February 2010
Adam Brown, "Hard-liners, Moderates, and the Termination of the Phillipine-American War" - Presented at International Studies Association, Midwest Annual Conference, November 2009
Cody Brown , " Following the Leader: Slobodan Milosevic and Servian Mobilization" presented at the Central Slavic Studies Conference part of ISA Midwest, Saint Louis, Nov 2009
Laura Dean, "East European Sex Tourism in a Neocolonial Context: The Czech Republic and Latvia" National Women's Studies Association Conference in Atlanta, GA, Nov 2009 "Planes, Trains and Ferries: Implicaions of Sex Tourism in the Baltic States" Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies Conference, Seattle, WA, April 2010
Andri Innes, "Why are human rights withheld from those who ask for them: An Analysis of the Asylum Seeker Problem" International Studies Annual Conference, New Orleans, Feb 2010 " Ontological Security as a Human Right: A Framework of Analysis of Refugees'Stats and Conditions in Temporary Camps and Holding Centers in Europe" International Studies Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, Feb 2010
Franziska Jung, "Mobilizing Athiests: The Church's Role in the 1989 Protest in East Germany" Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, April 2010
Baris Kesgin, " A Tale of Two Communities on a Small Island: Mobilization Movements in Cyprus during the Annan Plan Debate" Midwest Political Science Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, along with Andri Innes, April 2010 "Marrying Events Data and Operational Code Analysis: How Do Leader Beliefs Shape State Behavior?" International Studies Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, Feb 2010
"Turkey's 2003 Iraqi War Decision Reconsidered: A Sequential Approach" , with Binnur Ozkececi-Taner International Studies Assoc. Annual Convention, New Orleans, February 2010
How Do Operational Codes of “Secular” and “Religious” Leaders Match with State Behavior towards the United States?” Paper presented at the annual meeting of International Studies Association-Midwest in St.Louis, MO November 5-7, “Mission Impossible? Teaching Critical Analytical and Writing Skills in Large Lecture Classes” Paper presented at the annual meeting of International Studies Association-Midwest in St. Louis MO, with Alexandria Innes, and Kate Weaver November 5-7, 2009 “In the Decision to Go to War: Dynamics of Turkey’s Iraq War Policy Making” presented at American Political Science Association Convention in Toronto, Canada. September 2-5, 2009, “The Elusive Quest for Learning: Intensive Analytical Writing in Large Lecture Undergraduate Courses” presented at American Political Science Association Convention in Toronto, Canada, with Alexandria Innes, and Kate Weaver. Sept
Kellee Kirkpatrick, “ Pathways to Parenthood: The Impact of State Law on Surrogate Parenting, Chicago, IL Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2010, “State Mandated Pregnancies: State Pregnancy Provisions in Living Wills with James Stoutenborough and Cristian Cantir, Chicago IL, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2010 Accepted: State Mandated Pregnancies: State Pregnancy Provisions in Living Wills with James W. Stoutenborough and Cristian Cantir, Washington, DC American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Fall 2010
Andrea Vieux,
: “Religious Rates and Home School Fates” Midwest Political Science Association, April 2010
Justin Tucker, "Implementing EMS in Bureacracy: The Case of Executive Order 13148." Presented at the meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2006.
Justin Tucker and Melchor Oritz, "My Data Aren't Normal, but My Tests Are: Weighting Individual Data for Non-Parametric Analysis." To be presented at the National Meeting of the American Society for Mining and Reclamation, Gillette, WY, June 2007.
Justin Tucker and Bruce Buchanan, "Historic Climax Communities as Reference Areas." To be presented at the National Meeting of the American Society for Mining and Reclamation, Gillette, WY, June 2007.
Justin Tucker, Anne Wagner, Jeremy Niemeier and Bruce Buchanan, "Comparison of Forest Regeneration in a Subsidence Zone to a Reference Area." To be presented at the National Meeting of the American Society for Mining and Reclamation, Gillette, WY, June 2007.
Justin Tucker with Bruce Buchanan, Matt Owens, Tim Ramsey, and John Mexal, "Evaluating the Effects of Spoil Thickness and Cover Soil Depth on Vegetation Using Three Years of Plant Cover and Production." Presented at the Billings Land Reclamation Symposium, Billings, MT, June 2006.
Holona LeAnne Ochs, "Health Inequality: The Children of "Undeserving" Mothers." Presented at the American Political Science Association, 2007.
Holona LeAnne Ochs, "Workfare Policies and the Impoverishment of Marginalized Groups: What's Fair About Workfare?" 2007.
Matthew Beverlin and Ian Ostrander, “You’re Fired: Presidential Staff Turnover and Public Opinion.” Presented at the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2007.
Bryce Dietrich, "A Window of Opportunity: Public Participation and State School Board Agenda Setting." Presented at the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2007.
Bryce Dietrich, "The Public and School Borad Agenda Setting: A New Interpretive Model." Presented a the Midwest Political Science Association's Conference. Chicago, Illinois, April 2007.
Ryan Gibb, “South-South Financing and Characteristics of Third World Ownership.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2007.
Baris Kesgin, “The Christian Democrats of Turkey? Bias or Misperception: The Justice and Development Party’s Foreign Media Coverage.” Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Hilton Towers, Chicago, Illinois, March 2007.
Baris Kesgin, “Turkish Politics at the Crossroads.” Presented at the German Marshall Fund conference, Washington D.C., February 8, 2007.
Baris Kesgin and S. Pakdil, “To be a Conservative (Muslim) Democrat, or to be an Islamist: Does it really matter? An image problem for the Justice and Development Party of Turkey.” Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association--Midwest, Saint Louis, Missouri, November 2006.
Matthew Slaboch, “What Accounts for Czech Atheism?” Presented at the Midwest Slavic Conference, April 14, 2007.
James Stoutenborough, “Promoting Wind Energy: Evaluating the Effects of State Renewable Energy Incentives.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2007.
James Stoutenborough, “Electoral Competition: The Battle between Aggregate and Annual Measurements.” Presented at the Seventh Annual State Politics and Policy Conference, Austin, Texas, 2007.
James Stoutenborough, “The Effects of Yearly Electoral Competition Measures on Public Welfare Expenditures in Florida: An Analysis over Time.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006.
James Stoutenborough and Ryan Gibb, “The Effects of Annual Electoral Competition Measures on State Highway and Corrections Expenditures: Analyses over time.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2007.
James Stoutenborough and Kellee Kirkpatrick, “Confidence in the Press: The Impact of Political Events on an Individuals Confidence.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006.
James Stoutenborough and Kellee Kirkpatrick, “Rethinking the Impact of the Media: Politics, Confidence, and a New Theory.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2007.
James Stoutenborough and Andrea Vieux, “Diffusion in the States: Constitutional Provisions for State Education.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2007.
Andrea Vieux, "Partisanship of Young Voters: 9/11 as a Catalyst for PreAdult Socialization." Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2007.
Ben Lampe, "Socioeconomic Rights as Human Rights: Legitimacy in International Relations Theory." Presented at the Midwest International Studies Association Conference, 2006.
Will Delehanty and Ian Ostrander, "The Dynamics of Political Trust and Racial Identity within the Melting Pot." Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2007.
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