2019 Conference Panels & Papers
Conference Session
Thursday • 7:30 – 9:00 PM
Panel 1: IMMIGRATION
Discussant: Joshua Goode, Claremont Graduate University
Humanities Building, Room 201
Experiences with and Perceptions of Immigrants in Italy
Arianna Babraj, University of Southern California
Europe’s (Lack of) Welfare Chauvinism: Evidence from Surveys and Spending
Ethan Davis, Brigham Young University
Uneven Influence: Why Female Representation Affects Some Migration Policies but not Others
Lauren Olsen, Brigham Young University
The Puzzle of Spanish Attitudes towards Immigration
Paige Pepitone, Pomona College
Panel 2: FAR RIGHT
Discussant: Hans Rindisbacher, Pomona College
Humanities Building, Room 202
Understanding the Rise of Far-Right Populist Parties in Europe
Alina Sobolik, University of Victoria
Alternative Visions of a European Community: A Comparative Analysis of Far-Right Parties in Interwar and Post-Cold War Germany
Brian Quinn, Oakland University
Comparative Models in German Elections: Using the German Far-Right Party as a Proxy for Ethnic Conflict
Clay Parham, Baylor University
How the Alternative for Germany Party Threatens Decades of Reconciliation
Hannah Barrett, University of California, Los Angeles
Conference Session B
Friday • 8:30 – 10:00 AM
Panel 3: SECURITY
Discussant: Jennifer Taw, Claremont McKenna College
Humanities Building, Room 201
EU Integration and its Relationship with a Cohesive European Defense
Mckenna Parker, University of Montana
Putin, Russia and the European Union: Frozen with an Unclear Future
Kevin Reber, The Catholic University of America
A Ukrainian Impasse: The European Union and the Russian Federation
Taylor Gregory, University of Montana
Keeping Russia Out: How Europe’s Defense Spending Reacts to Threats
Jillian Weitzel, Brigham Young University
Panel 4: ECONOMICS
Discussant: Wade Jacoby, Brigham Young University
Humanities Building, Room 202
A Neofunctionalist Interpretation of European Union Financial Regulatory Changes after the 2008 Financial Crisis
Brendan Darraugh, University of Utah
EU through a Fiscal Lense
Fahad Selem, Cypress College
Thank You, Next: An Analysis of Sweden’s Non-Compliance with its Country-Specific Recommendations
Malcolm Thomson, University of Victoria
The Common Fisheries Policy: A Measure of Successful European Integration
Savannah Goette, University of Florida
Conference Session C
Friday • 10:15 – 11:45 AM
Panel 5: ISSUES IN INTEGRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
Discussant: Tobias Hofmann, University of Utah
Humanities Building, Room 201
Sharpening the Blade of Integration: Crafting European Identity to Counter Political Opposition
Drew Fenner, University of Florida
Spitzenkandidat! A Comparative Analysis of the Political Discourse of Martin Schulz in the European Parliament Election in 2014 and the German Bundestagwahl in 2017
Eponine Howarth, London School of Economics
Lisbon Treaty and Mitigating the Democratic Deficit
Rachel Grimley, University of Florida
A Moral Bureaucracy: Enforcement of EU Fundamental Values in Central and Eastern Europe
Sarah Sheets, University of California, Berkeley
Panel 6: EU AND ITS NEIGHBORS
Discussant: Branislav Radeljic, University of East London
Humanities Building, Room 202
Atomic Dreams: Exploring the Promise of Nuclear Energy in Central-Eastern Europe
Ryann Welch, University of Florida
Pipelines or Pipe Dream: The Potential of Peace Pipelines as a Solution to Fragmentation and Energy Insecurity in the European Union
Afton Apodaca and Julia Greensfelder, Washington University in St. Louis
Is Turkey a Rival to the European Union? Neo-Ottoman Influence in the Balkans
Ghazi Ghazi, Oakland University- Rochester Hills, Michigan
Conference Session D
Friday • 2:00 – 3:30 PM
Panel 7: REFUGEES AND BORDERS
Discussant: Eva-Maria Maggi, University of Montana
Humanities Building, Room 201
Refusal of Refugees: Security, Religion, and Sovereignty Concerns in Hungary
Alexandra Nowak, University of Florida
A Reimagined World: Changing Conceptualizations of Borders and Bordering Practices
Maura Kitchens, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Effect of Public Opinion on the Hungarian Government’s Migrant Defection
Phoenix Berman, University of Florida
Panel 8: DEMOCRACY AND POPULISM
Discussant: Adam Zientek, University of California, Davis
Humanities Building, Room 202
The Finch Effect: Evolutionary Metaphors and Illiberal Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe
Abigail Woodfield, Brigham Young University
European Nationalism in the Age of Populism
Carole Grant, University of Southern Maine
An Unsurprisingly Vulnerable First World
Julia Foodman, Scripps College
Hungary for Freedom: The Fall of Democracy in Hungary
Lauren McLane, Baylor University