University of West Florida

Department of Government

News and Events

UPCOMING EVENTS
Constitution Day Celebration - September 18, 2009 Jerry Maygarden Distinguished Lecture Series - October 2009
CONGRATULATIONS 2008-09
Congratulations to Justin Nelson for being one of three students to receive a scholarship from the Florida State Association of Supervisor of Elections.
Congratulations to the 2008-09 Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society - Rho Pi Inductees
Congratulations to Amanda Clonts for being elected President of SGA for school year 2009-10
UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA HONORS CONVOCATION April 3, 2009 Congratulations to Dr. David Alvis for winning the Distinguished Teaching Award Congratulations to the Following Students for Their Excellence April Jardine for winning the Hal Crosby Leadership Award. April is a Political Science and History major and currently the SGA president and serves as the student representative to the UWF Board of Trustees. Georgia Adams named Outstanding International Studies Student of the Year. Gywn Ellsworth named Outstanding Political Science Student of the Year. The following students were named in the Who's Who Among Students in American Universitites and Colleges 2008: Erin Bartholomew-Cook - Political Science Jennifer Gulley - International Studies Hilary Turner - International Studies The following students were named for the Voyages Leadership Development Program award: Alexis Harper - International Studies April Jardine - Political Science and History Katherine McLaurin - Political Science Mary Ann Vaughan - International Studies minor
Students Present Papers at Conferences Bryan Allen Waters - presented a paper entitled "Puritanism in America: Tocqueville's Puritans and the Implication for Modern American Politics" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009. Hengel Reina - presented a paper entitled "Framers or Figureheads: Examining Activist Centered Realignment in Contemporary Republican Politics" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009. Ryan McNutt - presented a paper entitled "Redrawing the Face of America: Explaining the Impact of Electoral Heterogeneity on Presidential Elections" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009. Maureen Yann - presented a paper entitled "U.S. House of Representatives Voting Behavior on Roll Call Vote 661/HR4137: Border Protection, Antiterrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009. Julie Goldberg, Erica Sapp, Maureen Yann, Samantha Adams, and Josiane Welsh - presented a paper entitled "Women Leading Congress: Is the First Female Speaker Really All That Different?" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009. Jean Paul Agustin - presented a paper entitled "The Brazilian Praetorian Guard" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009. Kari Crawford - presented a paper entitled "Argentina: Falkland's War" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009. Angelica Jenkins - presented a paper entitled "The Congressional Black Caucus" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009. Sara Zandi - presented a paper entitled "The Iranian Military's Enforecement of Martial Law During Revolution" at the Florida Political Science Association conference in Orlando, April 18, 2009. Maureen Yann - presented a paper entitled "Women Leading Congress: Is the First Female Speaker Really All That Different?" at the Southern Political Science Association conference in New Orleans, January 9, 2009 coauthored with Erica Sapp, Julie Goldberg, Samantha Adams, and Josiane Welsh. Ana Picota - presented a paper entitled "Junk that Nobody Cares About? Examining the Relationship between Political Science and Policy Making." at the Southern Political Science Association conference in New Orleans, January 9, 2009. Krista Billingsley - presented paper entitled "Why are we here? Examining the impact of the positivist political scientist through research and teaching." at the Southern Political Science Association conference in New Orleans, January 9, 2009.

CONGRATULATIONS 2007-08
To Dr. David Alvis, Pre-Law Advisor for the Department of Government, for receiving the Nautilus Faculty Award for outstanding service to the University Honors Program-presented May 2008. To Sheila Freeman, Office Administrator for the Department of Government, for receiving the Soaring Eagle Award for going above and beyond the skills necessary to develop a roubust and engaging Web presence for the Department of Government-presented May 2008.
UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA HONORS CONVOCATION April 4, 2008 Congratulations To The Following Students For Their Excellence Holly Griffin for winning the Hal Crosby Leadership Award. Lauren Asmus named Outstanding International Studies Student of the Year. Jessica Moorish named Outstanding Political Science Student of the Year. The following students were named in the Who's Who Among Students in American Universitites and Colleges 2008. Erin Bartholomew-Cook - Political Science Krista Billingsley - Political Science Sebastian Meyer - International Studies
Graduate students present papers at conferences . Krista Billingsley Krista presented her paper titled "Is the media politically correct? Examining Bias in the Media Through the Clinton and Dole Candidacies," at the Southwestern Political Science Association Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 12-16, 2008. Travis Braidwood Travis presented his paper co-authored with Dr. Jocelyn Evans titled "No Delegates? No Problem: Examining Voting Behavior in the 2008 Primary Elections in Escambia County," at the Florida Political Science Association Conference in St. Peterburg, Florida, April 12, 2008. Travis also presented this same paper at the The Politics of Science and the Science of Politics Conference at Berry College in Rome, GA, March 26-28, 2008. Travis presented his paper titled "A Lost Cause or Determining the Course? A Study of the Recent Impact of Third Parties in America," at the Southern Political Science Association Conference in New Orleans, LA, January 11-12, 2008. Angela Achen presented her paper titled "Institutionalized Patriarchy and the Struggle for Marriage Equality," at the Women's Studies Conference at UWF on March 28, 2008. There she also performed a poem by Beah Richards titled "A Black Woman Speaks of White Womanhood, of White Supremacy, and of Peace."
The Department of Government invites Dr. Sally Satel to speak at the 3rd annual Jerry Maygarden Lecture Series held February 19 and 20, 2008 Lecture title - "A Better System For Organ Donations" Listen to WUWF radio interview with Dr. Sally Satel

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