Political Economy Days
April 7 -8, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Mark Abajian
Topic: An Economist Looks At Professional Sports
Mark Abajian is Associate Professor of Economics at Mesa College. He has also taught at Palomar College and the University of San Diego. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees at San Diego State University after graduation from Palomar College. He teaches a course on Sports Economics at the University of San Diego.
Alan Lechuza Aquallo
Topic: The Global Politics of Native Hip Hop
Alan Lechuza Aquallo is Assistant Professor of Native American Studies
at Palomar College. He has an M.F.A. from UC Irvine, and PhD in Music from UCSD. Professor Aquallo has written and published over twenty articles and essays, as well as taught and conducted seminars & workshops at over twenty colleges and universities, including UCSD, UC Berkeley and the Chopin Conservatory of Music in Warsaw, Poland. He is a well-known Native-American composer of several pieces of music from a wide-variety of musical genres.
Ellis Krause
Topic: The Fall of Japan’s Dominant Party: Explanations and Implications
Ellis Krause is Professor of Japanese Politics and Policymaking in the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD. He holds both an M.A. and PhD in Political Science from Stanford University. A nationally recognized expert on Japanese politics, U.S.-Japanese relations and international political economy, Professor Krause is the author, or co-author, of numerous books and peer-reviewed journal articles.
Thursday, April 8
Wendy Kinsinger
Topic: Conversations in Celebrations: Cinco de Mayo and Emerging Mexican American Identity in Texas
Wendy Kinsinger is Adjunct Professor of History at Palomar and several other community colleges. Professor Kinsinger's field of study is cultural and social history, with an emphasis on Mexican American history. She won the Summerfield Roberts Fellowship in Texas History for her research on Cinco de Mayo. She has a B.A. in history from San Diego State University, an M.A. in history from Southern Methodist University, and she has done post-graduate work at U.C.S.D.
Rosco Williamson
Topic: Global Terrorism as a Network: What Does this Mean and How do We Fight it?
Rosco Williamson is Professor of Political Science at Point Loma Nazarene University. He holds a Ph.D in Political Science from UCSD and an M.A. in History from San Diego State University. He is a specialist in international relations, political theory and comparative politics.
Maha Gebara
Topic: The Middle East Peace Camp: Building Community and Leadership
Maha Gebara is co-founder and co-director of the the Middle East Peace Camp for Children- A summer camp in Seattle Washington that brings Arab and Jewish children and friends together to build community and leadership. She was previously on the board of the Arab Center of Washington. She earned her doctorate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Sussex University, U.K, and postdoctoral fellowships at Johns Hopkins University. She taught Biology at Edmonds Community College in Washington. She has recently moved to San Diego.
Jeff Boxer
Topic: The Political Economy of Heterodox Ideas: Why Academic Freedom is Indispensible in a Free Society and What it Entails
Boxer is a private practice attorney in Los Angeles. He specializes in education and labor law.
Jose Esteban
Topic: The Economics of Cocaine: Bolivia as a Case Study
Jose Esteban is Professor of Economics at Palomar College, where he has taught for over 20 years. He specializes in learning technology and teaching pedagogy in economics, as well as Bolivian and Latin American economic policy. Professor Esteban holds an M.A. in economics from California State University, Fullerton.
Jonathan Smith
Topic: Experiments in Economics: A Brief Survey of Experiments that Test for Self-Interests, Probabilistic Sophistication and Rationality
Jonathan Smith is Assistant Professor of Economics at Palomar College. He holds an M.A. in economics from UCSD. He specializes in the fields of behavioral economics and game theory.
Mary Cassoni
Topic: But Wait, There’s More! Advertising and Its Role in our Culture, Economics and Politics
Mary Cassoni is Associate Professor of Business Administration at Palomar College. Prior to this, she served as a marketing and advertising professional in the biotechnology industry for 20 years. Professor Cassoni holds an M.B.A. in Marketing from San Diego State University, as well as a B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology from Boston University. She was the recipient of the Palomar College Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2007.
Fabio Marchi
Topic: The Role of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors
Fabio Marchi is a candidate for the 5th District seat of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. Mr. Marchi has a background in engineering and contracting.
 |
 |
 |
 |
