2018 Conference
The eight annual Young Scholars Conference schedule is listed below.
Session 1
Discussant: Pam Oliver, University of Wisconsin, Presider: Emmanuel Cannady, University of Notre Dame
Han Zhang. Princeton University. “What Distinguishes Protest from their Counterfactuals?”
Juan Masullo. Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences. “Ideology and Civilian Contention in Civil War: How ideational factors shape civilian collective responses to armed groups.”
Juhi Tyagi. University of Erfurt. “Building a class organization: Quantitative evidence of non-violence in resilience in the armed Maoist movement in India”
Session 2
Discussant: Andy Andrews, University of North Carloina, Presider: Luiz Vilaca, University of Notre Dame
Yuan Hsiao. University of Washington. “Collective versus connective action in Black Lives Matter Sacramento: The interaction between network structures, strong/weak ties, and forms of activism.”
Marshall Taylor. University of Notre Dame. “Attention-Getting Among White Nationalist Organizations in the U.S. South, 1989-2008.”
Nicole Iturriaga. University of California at Los Angeles. “At the Foot of the Grave: Challenging the Narrative of Violence in Post-Franco Spain.”
Nicole Hirsch. University of Southern California. The Limits of Resonant Frames: The Case of Mobilization against Racially Biased Policing in France and the U.S.”
Session 3
Discussant: Michael Schwartz, Stony Brook University, Presider: Monika Yadav, University of Notre Dame
Grace L. Augustine. Northwestern University. “We’re not like those crazy hippies: the emergence of an occupational group from a social movement.”
Dane Mataic. Pennsylvania State University. “Mobilizing the Faithful: Promotion of Activism and Organizational Commitment.”
Thomas Davidson. Cornell University. UKIP at the Ballot Box, Britain First on Facebook: Party-Movement Interactions in the Age of Social Media
Session 4
Discussant: Belina Robnett, University of California, Irvine, Presider: Sarah Neitz, University of Notre Dame
Aisha Upton. University of Minnesota. “Roses and Revolution: Black Sororities Responses to the Black Feminist Movement 1968-1980.”
Maria de Jesus Mora. University of California, Merced. “Local Battles for Immigrant Rights: Threat and Sustained Mobilization.”
Charles Seguin. University of Arizona. “Institutional Allies, Public Attention, & Protest Tactics; Civil Rights Organization's Representation at Congressional Hearings 1900-2000.”