2019 Conference
The ninth annual Young Scholars Conference schedule is listed below.
Session 1
Discussant: David Meyer, University of California, Irvine, Presider: Tomás Gold, University of Notre Dame
Kate Ragon. University of Connecticut. "Finding the ‘Good Organizer’: Exclusive Leadership in a Graduate Employee Union Campaign."
Didem Türkoğlu. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. "As Tuition Rises: Opposition to the Neoliberalization of Higher Education."
Candice C. Robinson. University of Pittsburgh. "Civic Engagement and Social Movements."
Session 2
Discussant: David Pettinicchio, University of Toronto, Presider: Jing Li, University of Notre Dame
George Weddington. University of Pittsburgh. "Organizing in and Against the Penal State: Building a Theory."
Nicole Iturriaga. University of California, Los Angeles. "At the Foot of the Grave: Challenging the Narrative of Violence in Post-Franco Spain."
Megan E. Brooker. University of California, Irvine. "From Dog Whistles to Bullhorns: Race, Movements, and the 2016 Presidential Election."
Session 3
Discussant: Jo Regner, Oakland University, Presider: Sehrazat Mart, University of Notre Dame
Joshua Basseches. Northwestern University. "Business Power in the U.S. States: Organized Interests and the Design of GHG Emissions Reduction Policies."
Ben Manski. University of California at Santa Barbara. "Seeking Democratization through Constitutional Renewal: Why Do Democracy Movements Succeed or Fail?"
Elizabeth McKenna. University of California at Berkeley. "The Revolution Will Be Organized: Power and Protest in Brazil’s New Republic, 1988-2018."
Session 4
Discussant: Dana Moss, University of Pittsburgh, Presider: Emmanuel Cannady, University of Notre Dame
Apoorva Ghosh. University of California at Irvine. "A Strategic Social Movement Intervention and the ‘Quiet Transgender Revolution’ in Fortune 500 Corporations."
Minwoo Jung. University of Southern California. "The Overachieving State: Envisioning Sovereignty in LGBT Politics in Taiwan."
Jack Delehanty. Clark University. "Collective Identity in Progressive Religious Activism: The Role of Personal Moral Authenticity."