SPIRE Conference Schedule
Friday, May 10, 2013 at Rutgers University
All events take place at Eagleton Institute for Politics.
8:30-9:00 am, Continental breakfast (Location: lobby)
9:00-9:40 am, Antoine Banks, “Blaming the Out-Group: How Anger Activates Ethnocentroism in the Context of Race and Immigration(University of Maryland)
9:40-10:20 am, Rahsaan Maxwell, “Symbolic Occupational Threat: Accepting Racial Minorities in the French Community” (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
10:20-10:40 am, Break - refreshments available in lobby
10:40-11:20 am – Michael Javen Fortner and Prentiss Dantzler, “Black Power, Policy, and Pessimism: Federal Involvement in Law Enforcement in 1970s New York City” (Rutgers, Camden)
11:20-11:45am- Research Design Presentation, David Cortez, “Policing Identity: Organizational Culture and the(De)racialization of Law Enforcement (Cornell University)
11:45 am-1:00 pm, Lunch
1:00-1:40 pm, Dorian Warren and Virgina Parks, “Boxing Out: Race, Walmart & Politics of Labor Market Regulation from Below”, (Columbia University and University of Chicago)
1:40-2:20 pm, Jessica Lavariega-Monforti and Adam McGlynn “Is there a Poverty Draft? Assessing the Role of Socioeconomic Status in the U.S. Military Recruitment of Hispanic Students” (UT-Pan American and East Stroudsburg University)
2:20-2:40 pm, Break - refreshments available in lobby
2:40-3:20 pm, Ali Valenzuela and Melissa Michelson, “Turnout, Status, and Identity: Mobilizing Latinos to Vote in Contrasting Contexts” (Princeton University and Menlo College)
3:20-4:00 pm, Matthew Platt, “The Paradox of Ambition”(Harvard University)
4:00-4:20 pm, Break
4:20-5:45 pm, Roundtable- Publishing in Top Journal and University Presses? (Paul Frymer, Kim Johnson, Michael Jones-Correa, Valerie Martinez-Ebers)
5:45 pm - Dinner (Location: on site)