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Recently Published Graduate Student - Nicole Filler

Graduate Student Nicole Filler recently published an article in Politics & Gender that she co-authored with Professor M. Kent Jennings. The article is titled "Familial Origins of Gender Role Attitudes" and examines the role that family has in shaping gender role attitudes involving politics. To read Filler and Jennings article, see attached PDF.

Abstract:

Multi- Versus Mixed- Method Research and the Logic of Causal Inference

Nicholas Weller and Jeb Barnes
Political Science, University of Southern California

Currency Misalignments and Industry Demands for Trade Protection

Speaker: J. Lawrence Broz, Professor of Political Science, University of California San Diego

UCSB MUN Wins Outstanding Delegation for Second Year in a Row

The UCSB Model United Nations (MUN) team won an "Outstanding Delegation" award for the second year in a row at the National Model United Nations conference held in New York in early April. The team of 22 members represented Kuwait at this year's conference. The award of Outstanding Delegation is only given to the top ten percent of participating schools. Participants credited a quarter of hard work and lots of individual preparation time, as well as the guidance of advisor Galen Stocking (PhD Candidate in Political Science) for their success.

To Look But Not See: Felon Voting Rights, Critical Prison Theory, and the Politics of Inclusion

Andrew T. Dilts, Assistant Professor of Political Theory, Loyola Marymount University

Annual Identity Studies Graduate Student Spring Panel

Event Start: May 07, 2015 11:00 PM

Event End: May 07, 2015 11:00 PM

Event Location: The Lane Room (Ellison 3824)

Zamira Abman (History, UCSB)
"The Bolshevik Emancipation of Muslim women of Tajikistan: What went wrong, 1924-1982"

Victoria J. Ballmes (Religious Studies, UCSB)
"Monumental Memory and the Construction of Jewish Identity in Antiquity"

George Blake (Music, UCSB)
"Music and Racial Formation in Cleveland, Ohio: Contemporary Jazz Identities in a Segregated City"

The Effects of Shocks on International Networks: Tie-Capacity and the Structure of International Trade and Alliance Networks

Zeev Maoz, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, UC Davis

Race, Religion and the Right in Immigrant America

Janelle Wong, Director, Asian American Studies Program and Associate Professor of American Studies, Univeristy of Maryland