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2003 OPSA Annual Meeting
November 6-7, 2003
Nigh University Center, 3rd Floor
University of Central Oklahoma
100 North University Blvd.
Edmond OK
Schedule
Thursday Nov. 6th
1:00-2:20pm
(Room 300) Roundtable Discussion: State Government and Politics
Chair: Tom Clapper, Oklahoma State Senate Committee Staff
Discussants: Jerry Steward Oklahoma City Community College,
Rep. Joe Dorman, Oklahoma State House of Representatives,
James L. Milner, Lobbyist
Terry Garrett, Pan American University of Texas
(Room 304) Graduate Student Panel on the Presidency
Chair: Ann-Marie Szymanski, University of Oklahoma
2:30-3:50pm
(Room 300) Women and Politics
Chair: Youngtae Shin, University of Central Oklahoma
Discussants: Sherri Raney, Oklahoma Baptist University
Kaye Tatro, Northwest Oklahoma State University,
Papers:
Renee Waters and Christine Pappas, East Central Oklahoma State University, "The Impact of Women Judges on State Court Opinions."
Bob Darcy, Oklahoma State University, “Woman Suffrage in Oklahoma 1890-1942: The Legal and Legislative Process.”
Meshack Sagini, Langston University, "Clara Luper and Anita Hill: Oklahoma Political Women.”
4:00-5:20pm
(Room 300) State Politics
Chair: Bob Darcy, Oklahoma State University
Papers: Phil Simpson, Cameron University, “Political Reform in Oklahoma: Past, Present, and Future”
Jan Hardt, University of Central Oklahoma, “Campaign Finance in Oklahoma”
(Room 304) Producing Results: Recent Lessons in Public Sector Organizing, Collaborating, & Financing”
Chair: Steve Housel, University of Oklahoma
Discussant: Brett S. Sharp, University of Central Oklahoma
Papers:
Steve Housel, University of Oklahoma, and Dr. Brett Sharp, University of Central Oklahoma.
"Ghosts in the Bureaucratic Machine: Resurrecting the Principles of Administration in the Oklahoma Health Department."
Amy Treadwell, University of Oklahoma. "Theoretical Concepts in Intergovernmental Relations: My Internship with the Oklahoma Federal Executive Board"
Brent Bryant, Interim Business Manager, City of Oklahoma City, "Home Runs or Fouls: Public Subsidies of Major League Baseball Stadiums"
5:30-6:50pm
(Room 300) Book Rep Displays
7:00pm
(Room 421) Will Rogers Room, Nigh University Center
Awards Dinner Keynote Speaker: Fred Harris "Political Science and Citizenship."
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7th
9:00am-10:20am
(Room 300) Roundtable Discussion on US Policy in the Middle East
Chair: Loren Gatch, University of Central Oklahoma
Discussants: Josh Landis, University of Oklahoma
Husam Mohamad, University of Central Oklahoma
Provost Don Betz, University of Central Oklahoma
(Room 304) Graduate Student Panel on the Presidency
Chair: Ann-Marie Szymanski, University of Oklahoma
10:30am-11:50am
(Room 300) Roundtable on the Impact of Lawrence v. Texas
Chair: Justin Halpern, Northeastern State University
Discussants: Dennis Arrow, Oklahoma City University School of Law
Art LeFrancois, Oklahoma City University School of Law
Justin Halpern, Northeastern State University
Danny Adkison, Oklahoma State University
(Room 304) Roundtable on the Challenges of On-Line Teaching
Chair: Paulette Jones, Oklahoma City Community College
Discussants: Gary Rutledge, Political Science, Rogers University;
Alan Ball, History, OKC Community College;
Jim Morrow, Political Science, Tulsa Community College
Lunch – 12:00 Noon - 1:30pm
(Room 421) Will Rogers Room, Nigh University Center
UCO President W. Roger Webb: "A JFK Perspective - 40 Years Later"
1:30pm-2:50pm
(Room 300) Roundtable Discussion on Terrorism
Chair: Randall Jones, University of Central Oklahoma
Discussants: Brian Houghton, Director of Research for the Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT)
James "Chip" O Ellis III, Research and Program Coordinator, MIPT
3:00pm-4:20pm
(Room 300) Intellectual Property Issues in Oklahoma Higher Education
Chair: Grant Aguirre, University of Central Oklahoma
Discussants: Brad Morelli, Chief Legal Counsel and Intellectual Property Officer for UCO
Debra Tussey, Oklahoma City University School of Law
(Room 304) Graduate Student Panel on the Presidency
Chair: Ann-Marie Szymanski, University of Oklahoma
CONFERENCE CHAIR
Keith Rollin Eakins, Ph.D., J.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
The University of Central Oklahoma
100 N. University Drive
Edmond, Oklahoma 73034-5209
Phone (405) 974-5275
Fax (405) 974-3823
www.ucok.edu