Program
The Fund for Ethics, Leadership and Civic Responsibility and
The Students of ‘Practices of Citizenship’
Present the Second
Symposium on Citizenship
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Benson University Center 409
9:30-10:45
Citizens Voting and Representation
‘Citizen’s Competence: Information-Based or Interests-Based?’ Qingjiang Yao, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina-Columbia
‘Majority-Minority Districts,’ Matt Triplett, Wake Forest University ‘09
‘Bakhtin and 9-11 Conspiracy Theories: The role of the Carnival in modern discourse,’ Taylor Hahn, Wake Forest University MA ‘09
Respondents:
Rep. Earline W. Parmon, North Carolina House of Representatives
Angela Hattery, Zachary T. Smith Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Wake Forest University
Earl Smith, Rubin Professor of American Ethnic Studies, Department of Sociology, Wake Forest University
Ananda Mitra, Professor, Department of Communication, Wake Forest University
Moderators: Whitney West ‘08 and Maya Yette ‘09
11:00-12:15
Citizenship and Protest: The Message of Music
Patricia A. Dixon, Senior Lecturer, Department of Music, Wake Forest University
Elizabeth Garrett, Wake Forest University ‘11
Christopher Tumminello, Wake Forest University ‘11
Chuck Hendrick, Wake Forest University ‘11
William Collins, Wake Forest University ‘11
Respondent: Ronald Rudkin, North Carolina School of the Arts Faculty, Jazz
Moderators: Erin Lopez '08 and Caroline Rabbit '09
12:30-1:30 Lunch provided for all participants
1:30-2:45
There's More than Islam in the East: An Examination of Citizenship Abroad
‘The Silent Rebellion: Investigating the Lack of Mongolian Youth Political Participation’ Allison Hahn, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Masters of International Development ‘09, University of Pittsburgh
‘Buddhism’s Influence on Government and Citizenship Practices in Tibet,’ Olivia Fischer, Wake Forest University ‘08
‘Exporting Democracy’ Charles Mellies, Wake Forest University ’08
Respondents:
Helga Welsh, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Wake Forest University
Randall Rogan, Chair and Professor, Department of Communication, Wake Forest University
Moderators: Lauren Smith ‘08 and David Bristol '08
3:00-4:30
Student Citizenship and Participation in the Elections: A Roundtable Discussion
Elisabeth Walley, Students for Obama, Wake Forest University '09
Jonathan Peterson, Democracy Now, North Carolina Representative
Jillian Hutchens, Student-Teacher, Mount Tabor High School, Winston-Salem, NC and Appalachian State University ‘08
Nathaniel French, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Christopher Newport University, Wake Forest University Alumnus
Allan Louden, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Director of Debate 1977-2007, Ben Franklin Transatlantic Institute Organizer, Wake Forest University
Linda Petrou, Board of Directors: National Federation of Republican Women Republicans and North Carolina Federation of Republican Women; Board of Directors: Forsyth County Board of Health and Winston-Salem Sister-Cities; Ben Franklin Transatlantic Institute Organizer; Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Wake Forest University
Meg Zulick, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Wake Forest University
Moderators: Chelsea Mullarney ‘08 and Krissy Shepherd ’08