Steven Schier and Andrew Kaufman '07 of the Political Science Department have coauthored a scholarly article in the American Review of Politics, a peer-reviewed journal. Entitled "American Foreign Policy Opinion in 2004: Exploring Underlying Beliefs," their analysis appears in Volume 27 of the journal (Winter 2006-7) on pages 295-318.

Congratulations to these students who earned Distinction for their comps papers:

• Noah Brennan, '07
• Jessica Goad, '07
• Dan Hall, '07
• Ben Jacoff, '07
• Andrew Kaufman, '07
• Jonah Khandros, '07
• Brian Klaas, '08
• Seth Lippincott, '07
• Wayne Soon, '08
• Martha Thomsen, '07

The first joint Macalester-Carleton College Political Science Student Conference will be held April 4, 2007, in the Weyerhauser boardroom at Macalester College. As the attached announcement and application describe, this day-long conference will consist of thematically organized panels of paper presentations, each of which will include a student chair, 3-4 student presenters, and a faculty discussant. Both student and faculty participants will be drawn from the two colleges.

May 12-13, 2007 Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota On campuses across the United States, a new generation of young scholars is engaged in research on the history, immigration, and contemporary life of Southeast Asian Americans in the United States. Undergraduate students are carrying out exciting research projects about the dynamic changes taking place in communities of Southeast Asian Americans and the relationship of these communities to the larger society and global environment. The “Conference on Southeast Asian Americans” has two principal aims. First, the conference will provide a forum for undergraduates to share and discuss their research. Second, the conference will offer a space for faculty and undergraduates to develop collaborative relationships for future research endeavors. The conference will focus on studies of Southeast Asian Americans who are immigrants or descendents of immigrants from the mainland of Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. We are especially interested in papers about the ethnic Burmese, Cambodian, Hmong, Khmu, Lao, Lue, Mien, Thai, Thaidam, and Vietnamese.

Introduction of Dev Gupta and Carolyn Wong

Seniors awarded Distinction for comps, 2005-06

Morgan Weiland '06 was honored at the Midwest Political Science Conference with First Prize for her paper, "Tacit Consent: The American News Media and Minority Tyranny." Her paper was also awarded Second Prize at the Illinois State University Conference for Undergraduate Students.

Andrew Kaufman '07 was awarded the best undergraduate paper award on the presidency by the Presidency Research Group of the American Political Science Association. His paper, "Historical Continuities in Presidential Debates," was completed in a seminar taught by Steven Schier.