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75th Annual Southern Sociological Society Hotel Montelone March 21-24, 2012 New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Three faculty members and three graduate students spent Spring Break in New Orleans to present original research at the 2012 Southerns. |
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| "The Blame Game: Analyzing the Institutional Failures Underlying the Deepwater Horizon Disaster" |
Todd Matthews Neema Noori |
| "Dr. Internet Will See You Now: A Content Analysis of Prescription Drug Information Online" | Katie McIntyre Reece |
| "Neoliberalism and the Charter Coup: Public Education in Post-Katrina New Orleans" | J. Katie Harris |
| "Protest and Presidential Voting: Biographical vs. Structural Precipitants of Political Participation (1965-1997)" | Winston Tripp |
| "Promoting Critical Consciousness in the Desert: An Evaluation of a Peace Corps Sponsored Program in Morocco" | Joseph Stincer |
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2011 Annual Meeting of the Georgia Sociological Association
October 20-22, 2011
Hampton Inn
Savannah, Georgia
The University of West Georgia was very well represented at the 2011 GSA meeting in Savannah. Sessions were lively and represented a wide-range of interests and topics. The meetings presented a great way to network and connect not only with fellow UWG sociologists, but also with our colleagues across the state and the region.
Session: Teaching: Past, Present, and Future
Dr. Neema Noori was part of a lively panel discussion on the topic of technological innovations in the classroom; specifically the environment of the online classroom for both teachers and students of sociology.
Student Paper Session: Race, Space, and Economy
“Students in the Black Market Since the Recession”
Susanna Sierra
Joshua Reitz
Tiffany Jenkins
Session: Changing Social Institutions, Policy, and Beyond
“The Tea Party in Georgia: A Rural and Decentralized Social Movement Hybrid?
Cambria Moon
Session: Research in Women’s Studies
Moderator/Organizer – Tiffany A. Parsons
“Gender as Religion: A Theoretical Contribution”
Sara Simonis
“Police Brutality in the American Home”
Jessica Madruga
“Amazon Women: From Historical Reality to Myth to Current Influence”
Ashley Quartey
Session: Global, Local, and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
“The Navajo Uranium Legacies: An Analysis of Policy”
Dixie Curley
“Globalized Islam: American Assimilation of Muslim Communities”
Joseph Stincer
Session: To Be (Applied) or Not to Be (Applied)? Is that the Question? Applied Sociology in Georgia
Dr. Todd L. Matthews was a panelist in a session about the state of applied sociology in Georgia, focusing especially on the development and implementation of applied sociology programs in the colleges and universities around the state.