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Western Social Science Association 60th Annual Conference April 4 – 7, 2018 San Antonio, Texas WSSA 60th Annual Conference Acknowledgements Dianne Berry Assistant Program Coordinator Kate Herke, Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance WSSA Conference Manager and Communications Director Larry A. Gould, Northern Arizona University WSSA Executive Director, Conference Arrangements Kristi Connelly & Mike Muckerheide, Omni Press, Madison, WI Program and Mobile App Production Taylor Simmons, Hyatt Regency San Antonio Event Planning Manager Heather Albanesi & Michèle Companion, University of Colorado Colorado Springs Program Support Barbara Bonnekessen, Pittsburg State University Program Support Matt Molenar MGM Design, Web Design And a special Thank You to New Mexico State University (NMSU) & the NMSU College of Arts & Sciences for financial support i Welcome! Dear Social Science Colleagues: Table of Contents Acknowledgements ....................... i Welcome to the 60th Annual Conference of the Western Social Science Presidents Welcome ..................... ii Association in San Antonio, TX! About the WSSA ......................... iii Future Conferences .................... iv I presented my first paper with the WSSA in 2008 in Denver – this is my Program at a Glance .................... v 10th anniversary with the Association (that’s tin, isn’t it?). A lot has WSSA Gives Back ...................... vii changed in that time – an assistant professor on tenure-track in 2008, I Awards ....................................... ix am now a full professor and department chair (in my 7th year). Having Section Coordinators .................. xi just moved from Kansas to New Mexico at that time, I find myself back in Kansas today (don’t ask). And I am a double grandmother by now. Things African and African American have changed in the wider world, too – and as many presentations this Studies ........................................ 1 year will discuss, not for the better. American Indian Studies ............. 3 Anthropology ............................... 8 Arid Lands Studies and Geography In these ten years, the WSSA was not my only conference, but it became .................................................... 9 more and more my home. For the WSSA Conference has something that Asian Studies ............................ 11 is special and unique – this is the friendliest academic conference you Association for Borderlands can attend! Part of that is because we are all social scientists – nice Studies (ABS) ............................. 13 people, all of us. But we are all different social scientists, and whilst you Canadian Studies ...................... 40 might be tempted to attend only panels in your discipline, do expand – Chicano, Latino, Hispanic Studies the full value of the WSSA lies in the inter- and multi-disciplinary .................................................. 41 connections you will make and the many new friends you will meet. Chronic Disease and Disability .. 44 Communication Studies ............ 48 WSSA became my home for a second reason – all you need to do to Criminal Justice and Criminology become involved in the Association itself is to raise your hand. I began by .................................................. 51 attending Women’s and Gender Studies panels, mentioned to my now Economics: Association for good friend Diane Calloway-Graham that I was interested in being more Institutional Thought ................. 53 involved, and, voilà as they say, I was named co-coordinator of WGS. The Economics: Business and Finance next step was to be elected to the Council for three years, and then to be .................................................. 60 elected President-Elect (meaning program chair of the 2017 conference), Economics: General ................... 61 and now serving my last few days as president. There’s still one year as Environmental Policy and Natural the Immediate-Past President with responsibilities and, strangely enough, Resources Management ............. 66 Globalization and Development . 69 I am already back coordinating (Anthropology and Women’s and Gender History....................................... 70 Studies). Let’s hope this is not a repeating circle! Although we are a Latin American Studies ............. 72 rather large and multi-faceted organization, leadership opportunities are Mass Communication ................ 89 so very easy to pursue – just raise your hand! New Zealand and Australia Studies .................................................. 92 President-Elect and Program Coordinator Christopher Brown and his Political Science ......................... 93 assistant Dianne Berry have put together a fantastic program for us – Public Administration ................ 97 check the at-a-glance pages for the big events, like the opening reception, Public Finance and Budgeting ... 99 the Friday breakfast (with donations requested for a local nonprofit, as Rural and Agricultural Studies 105 usual), the poster competition, and the presidential luncheon and the Slavic and Eurasian Studies .... 107 final reception on Saturday evening – attend them all to see old and new Social Psychology .................... 110 friends even if your session interests keep you apart during the day! And Social Work ............................. 112 do meander through the sessions – listen in on a panel with familiar Sociology ................................. 114 content or brave a session of a discipline further away from your own! Union for Radical Political Economics ............................... 117 During the conference, don’t hesitate to find Executive Director Larry Urban Studies ......................... 120 Gould, Conference Manager Kate Herke, or myself if you need assistance, Poster Session ......................... 124 have questions, or just want to chat! Special Sessions ...................... 125 Index of Participants ................ 126 Barbara Bonnekessen President, Western Social Science Association ii WSSA 60th Annual Conference Scholarship, Service, and Collegiality Western Social Science Association The Western Social Science Association (formerly the Rocky Mountain Social Science Association) was founded in 1958 when the Social Sciences Section of the Colorado-Wyoming Academy of Science was reconstituted as an independent organization. On January 1, 1975, the name was changed to the Western Social Science Association (WSSA) to reflect the geographical representation of the Association. The purpose of the WSSA is to foster professional study, to advance research, and to promote the teaching of the social sciences. Membership is open to all who share its aims. The WSSA publishes the Social Science Journal, a newsletter, and an annual program and abstracts for the conference. Several affiliated organizations meet concurrently with the WSSA and share in developing the program. For more information contact: Larry A. Gould, Executive Director Professor Emeritus, NAU 2307 Chof Trail Flagstaff, AZ 86005 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (928) 606-2248 WSSA Officers President: Barbara Bonnekessen, Pittsburg State University Immediate Past-President: Michèle Companion, University of Colorado Colorado Springs President-Elect: Christopher Brown, New Mexico State University Vice President/Secretary: Tony Amato, Southwest Minnesota State University Executive Council Members 2012-2010 Debra D. Andrist (2018), Sam Houston State University Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox (2018), University of Arizona Stephen Mumme (2018), Colorado State University Moises Diaz (2019), Utah State Univeristy Mark Melichar (2019), Tennessee Technical University William Schaniel (2019), University of West Georgia (retired) Karen Jarratt-Snider (2020), Northern Arizona University Jesús Ruiz Flores (2020), Universidad de Guadalajara, at La Ciénega Meghna Sabharwal (2020), University of Texas at Dallas Ex-Officio Council Members Larry Gould, Executive Director, Northern Arizona University Krista Minotte and Daphne Pederson, Editors/Social Science Journal, University of North Dakota Chelsea Schelly, Book Review Editor, Social Science Journal, Michigan Technical University Nina Burkardt, Association Archivist, United States Geological Survey Kate Herke, Communications Director, Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance iii Join Us Next Year in San Diego, CA! Western Social Science Association April 24 – 27, 2019 Manchester Grand Hyatt Plan now to join us for another great meeting in San Diego! We have negotiated an amazing room rate at this fabulous hotel, relative to the area, to keep the costs down for scholars! The Western Social Science Association invites proposals for presentations at the 61st Annual Conference. Proposals for complete panels and individual papers, as well as posters, are welcome. You can submit your proposal through the WSSA website (www.wssaweb.com). Click on the “Sections” options, identify the section that most fits with your topic, and submit only to that one section. If you are having difficulty trying to identify the best fit for your abstract, please contact the section coordinators directly. Their contact information can be found by clicking on the section. Deadline for proposals is: December 1, 2018. You will be prompted to provide the following information: Title of presentation, Name, affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, and email address for all participants Abstract (not to exceed 200 words) Scholars willing to serve as moderators or discussants should indicate their interest