2005 OPSA Annual Meeting

Rogers State University

Claremore, Oklahoma

November 3-4

Keynote Speaker:  Brad Carson

Designated Hotel Information:  The Days Inn, 1750 S. Lynn Riggs Blvd., Claremore, OK 74017 (918-343-3297); Conference Rate is $58.50.  No deadline for reservations

Program Chair:     Dr. Ken Hicks, Rogers State University (kennethhicks@rsu.edu)

OPSA President:  Mike Sharp, Northeastern State University

Conference Panels*

    Graduate/Undergraduate Panel

       Panel Chair:   Elvin Lim, University of Tulsa

       Participants:   Nicholas Carnes, University of Tulsa, "The Role of Religious Rhetoric in the Political Discourses

                                Surrounding the 2004 State Amendments Prohibiting Same-Gender Marriage."

                                Aaron Mason, Cisco Junior College, "Neo-Confederates and the New South."

                                Lauree Beth Stedje, University of Central Oklahoma, “The Dictatorship of Music.”

                                Matthew Mullican, “The 9/11 Commission Report: A Four Part Analysis of the Events That

                                Changed the United States.”

    Oklahoma as a Two-Party State

        Panel Chair:  Tom Clapper, Oklahoma State Senate Committee Staff

        Participants:  LeRoy Bridges, OU Communications Department

                                Bob Darcy, Oklahoma State University

                                Joe Dorman, Oklahoma House of Representatives

                                Tad Jones, Oklahoma House of Representatives

                                Jim McGoodwin, State Auditor and Inspector's Office

                                Richard Morrissette, Oklahoma House of Representatives

                                Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma State Senate

       Panel Chair:  Steve Housel, Adjunct Professor, Rogers State University, "Bumpy Ride: Reflections

                               by Two Public Administrators on the Oklahoma Fuel Tax Vote."

       Discussant:    Brett S. Sharp, University of Central Oklahoma

       Participants:  David Tait and David Newcomb, Rogers State University, "Policy and Social Well-Being:

                               Toward Developing a Social Wellness Index for Oklahoma."

                               Julie Miner, Economist for Urban Development Department, City of Tulsa,

                                "Historic Preservation: Its Usefulness in Economic and Community Development -

                                Designing Public Policies in Tulsa, Oklahoma."

        Panel Chair:   James Davis, Oklahoma State University, "Recent Jury Study"

         Participants:  Justin Halpern, Northeastern State University, "The Bush Appointments:  Implications for Federalism"

           Panel Chair:  Carolyn Taylor, Rogers State University

             Participants:  Austin Gilley, Workforce Planning Manager, Oklahoma Office of Personnel Management,

                                    "Cities in Oklahoma - The State of Competition: A Survey of Official Economic Development

                                    Strategies Employed by Oklahoma Municipal Governments."
                                    Katie Richey, Executive Director of the Independent Electrical Contractors, Oklahoma City

                                    Chapter, "The Oklahoma Construction Industries Board: The Emancipation of a State Agency."

                                    James Henson, President UCO Pi Sigma Alpha Chapter, "The Truth About the Taxpayers

                                     Bill of Rights."

       Panel Chair:  Tony Litherland, Oklahoma Baptist University

       Participants:  Rick Farmer, OK House of Representatives:  "Oklahoma Speakers:  A Colorful History"

                               Joy Nance, "Public Policy and the Death Penalty"

    Teaching Politics

       Panel Chair:  Chunmei Yoe, Southeastern Oklahoma State University

       Participants:   Aimee Franklin, University of Oklahoma, "E-Learning"

                                Brett S. Sharp, University of Central Oklahoma, "Music as a Pedagogical Tool for

                                Teaching American Politics"

                                Gary Rutledge, RSU, "Andragogical Learning Considerations for Teaching

                                Political Science Online"

       Panel Chair:   Brett S. Sharp, University of Central Oklahoma

        Participants:  Kenneth, Hicks, Rogers State University, "Liberal Academic Bias"

                                Christine Pappas, Manette Nixon, Raye Hall, and Tamara Roberts, East

                                 Central University:  "Depictions of Women in Political Cartoons"

                                 Ron Becker, Northeastern State University, "The Bush Doctrine"

* Presenters have access to a computer, LCD projector, and audio.

Previous Conferences:

    2004 Annual Meeting - Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK

    2003 Annual Meeting - University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK