International Public Affairs Association

7:45-8:45 AM      Conference registration and breakfast

 9:00-10:30 AM    Administrative Policy and Reform
Moderator: Dr. John Karaagac, School of Public and Environmental Affairs

• Christopher Blackburn (MA, EALC): “Spin-off or Spin-on? The Challenges Facing Defense Industries in the 21^st Century”
• Mehmet Demircioglu (PhD, SPEA): “Administrative Reforms in International Organizations: Antecedents, Processes, and Lessons”
• Stacey Pollack (MPA/MA, SPEA/CEUS): “Kazakhstan Language Policy Implementation”
• Kartik Trivedi (MPA, SPEA): “Assessment of Home Delivery model of Public Distribution System of supply in state of Madhya Pradesh in India”

 10:40 AM-12:10 PM     Evaluating International Laws
Moderator: Dr. Robert Fischman, Maurer School of Law

• Joseph Kaminski (PhD, Purdue University): “American Counternarcotics Strategy in Afghanistan and International Law”
• Lana Knox (MPA, SPEA): “Redefining Women’s Empowerment to Better Inform International Policy”
• Lincoln McKinley (PhD, Purdue University): “Multinational Corporations and International Human Rights Law in a Globalized World: Who Makes the Rules?”
• Austin Mitchell (MPA, SPEA): “How Should the International Community Regulate Greenhouse gas emissions effectively equitably, and efficiently?”

 Strategies of International Aid
Moderator: Dr. Matthew Auer, Dean, Hutton Honors College

• Tony Klausing (MPA, SPEA): “Overseas Private Investment Corporation: A Cost-Benefit Framework from a Domestic Stakeholder Perspective”
• Christina M. McDougall (MPA, SPEA): “United States Agency for International Development’s Funding Models: Effects on Elections and Civil Society Development in Emerging Democracies”
• Bi Zhao (PhD, Purdue University): “Aid, Public Spending and Regime”

 12:15-1:00 PM   Keynote address
Mr. Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy
“Democracy’s New Moment: A Forward Strategy for Advancing Freedom in the World” 

 1:00-2:00 PM   Keynote luncheon

 2:15-3:30 PM    International Education Policy
Moderator: Dr. Margaret Sutton, School of Education

• Katherine Pruess (MA, REEI): “Why Kyrgyzstan’s Soviet Past Matters for its Post-Soviet Future: Evidence from Education”
• Sara Reeves (MPA, SPEA): “Female Education and Development: An Example of International Female Educational Attainment as a Development Indicator and Implications for Public Policy”
• Jessica Swickard, Jenna Morrow and Ruth Pollak (MPA, SPEA-IUPUI and SPEA) “Globalization and Public Policy: Educational Policies in the European Context”

Environmental Sustainability
Moderator: Dr. Kerry Krutilla, School of Public and Environmental Affairs

• Atilla Gumus and Philip Haddix (MPA, SPEA): “Assessing Site Sustainability for Neighborhood Development in the City of Atlanta”
• Samuel Murray (MPA/MSES, SPEA): “Band-e Amir National Park policy in Afghanistan”
• Candene Myers (MSES, SPEA): “Protected areas and indigenous peoples: Should the National Museums of Kenya protect kayas, what level of protection should they receive and how should they be managed?”

 3:40-5:10 PM    Economic Growth and Development
Moderator: Dr. Anh Tran, School of Public and Environmental Affairs

• Kwame Dakwa (PhD, IU School of Education): “Leveraging advances in Information Technology to strengthen Ghana’s economy”
• Natalia Ermasova (PhD, SPEA): “The Impact of Corruption on Innovation Activity in Russia”
• Thuy Dieu Nguyen (MPA, SPEA): “Examining the Relationship between Fiscal Decentralization and Provincial Economic Growth in Vietnam”
• Nora Williams (MPA, SPEA/CEUS): “Economic Effects of Casinos: Evaluating Gambling Zoning Policy in Kazakhstan”

Marginalized Communities
Moderator: Dr. Hilary Kahn, Center for the Study of Global Change

• Laura M. Corser (MA, EALC) “Citizenship Policies for North Korean Defectors residing in South Korea”
• Dr. Todd Lindley (Visiting lecturer, International Studies Program): “Intercountry adoptions between the U.S. and the Philippines: Institutions, Intermediaries, and the NGO roles assessed”
• Ruth Pollak (MPA, SPEA): “Integration of minorities into the education system: comparative analysis of the education systems in Austria and France”
• Margaret Sullivan (MPA, SPEA/CEUS): “Deinstitutionalization in Kazakhstan: Identity and incentive in child welfare policy”

 5:15-5:30 PM     Closing Remarks and Adjournment