Spring 2009 Senior Thesis Defense Schedule

Students are invited to attend IPE senior thesis defenses. Please be respectful of the student presenters and do not interrupt a defense in progress.

Professor Dillman's thesis seminar meets in Trimble 112.

Date	Time	Name	Title
Tu 4/14	9:30	Ethan Taylor	Urban Evolution: The International Economy and the Global City
	10:05	Inder Datta	The Mighty Military: Pakistan's Myopic Security Concerns and the Detriments to Its Society
Th 4/16	9:30	Sara Saunders	Islamic Feminism and Reform in the Maghreb
	10:05	Max Silverson	Hezbollah, Israel and the Potential for Peace
Tu 4/21	9:30	Mia Palomo	Embracing Paradox: The Zapatistas’ Postmodern Revolution
	10:05	Linsey Warren	Somalia: Modern Day Piracy as Leverage for State-Building
Th 4/23	9:30	Nathan Sharpe	The New Rentier: Energy and the Russian Political Economy
	10:05	Taylor Larson	Sovereign Wealth Funds: Nationalistic Fears and Global Refutations
Tu 4/28	9:20	T.J. Ersfeld	Chilean Government Support for the Forestry and Aquaculture Industries and the Negative Externalities
	9:55	Will True	The War on Khat: Failed Attempts to Control the Production and Consumption of Catha Edulis in the Middle East and Northeast Africa
	10:25	Brittany McManus	The Natural-Born Winner That Lost: How Multinational Corporations Have Destroyed a Quality Industry
Th 4/30	9:30	Wilson Cecil	Bubbly and Basmati: Evaluating the Importance of Culture in Geographic Indicators
	10:05	Clinton Agresti	Culture Jamming and the Free Culture Movement: Resisting the Corporate Colonization of Culture

Professor Veseth's thesis seminar meets in McIntyre 320.

	Discussants
Thurs 4/9	Kate Darlington	Slums of Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Civil Society in a Zone of Abandonment	Bret S Meghan S
	Beth Graves	The Impacts of NGO-State Partnerships on NGO Legitimacy in the International System	Steph S Kelsey Q
Tues 4/14	Kelsey Quam	Natural Allies? Conservation, Development and Cultural Interests Between Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas	Kerala H Linnea J
	Meghan Schimanski	Exploiting the Vulnerable: Alternative Explanations of Sex Abuse by UN Peacekeepers	Lindsay E Beth G
Thurs 4/16	Lindsay Etheredge	Militarizing Mexico: The Failure of Force to Weaken the Grip of Drub Cartels	Kate D Andrew M-M
	Robin Wade	The WTO in Agriculture: The Future of the World Trade Organization in Agriculture, the Proliferation of Preferential Trade Agreements and the Implications on a New World Order	Dan A Brittannia J
Tues 4/21	Kent Hamar	Financial Crises	Andrew M-M Anna B
	Steph Sievers	The Cacophony7 of International Standards: IFOAM's Mission to Harmonize the Organic Market	Beth G Robin W
Thurs 4/23	Kerala Hise	Education & development	Kelsey Q Kent H
	Bret Schluederberg	LDC slums	Kate D Brittannia J
Tues 4/28	Brittannia James	Intellectual Property Rights: Interpretation & Implementation	Bret S Anna B
	Linnea Johansen	Hindering South Africa's Development: The Ongoing Battle Against AIDS	Meghan S Lindsey E
Thurs 4/30	Anna Beers	The Power of Visual Art: A Countermovement to the Market Economy and a Compliment to Fascism	Steph S Linnea J
	Andrew Miller-McKeever	The Proper Role of Financial Regulation: Crisis in Perspective	Kent H Dan A
Tues 5/5	Dan Adler	One Nation, Many Possibilities: Growth Diagnostics and the Search for Constraints on Food Security	Robin W Kerala H
	If necessary

Professor Balaam's thesis seminar meets in McIntyre 309.

Apr 14: 7pm

Taylor Ash "The Economic Dichotomy of Change: How Western Politicies Fail to Fit Eastern European Economic Transition."

7:45 Ian Andrews, "The Financial Crisis and It's Impact on the Nuclear Energy Industry."

8:30 Leigh Barrick, "The Culture of Consumption: Analysis of the Role of Specialty Coffee in Mexico and Brazil."

Apr 28 7pm:

Rachel Meyer, "U.S. Aid in Colombia: Fuel for Two Wars."

7:45 Megan Schrader, "Agonistic Democracy in Response to the Multitude: A Post-Marxist Critique of Hardt & Negri."

May 5 7pm:

Madeline Priest, "Sustainable Forestry and Agriculture: The Future for Mexico and Brazil."

Kevin Nguyen, "Why Internet Censorship Doesn't Matter in China."