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Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference:
Science and Technology in Society
March 31 - April 1, 2007
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Graduate Student Presentations: Session I
March 31, 10:15 12:30
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Women in Science
Moderator: Professor Bonnie Stabile, George Mason
University
Revelle Room
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Women and Mothers in University Science: Battles,
Babies and Biases
Lynne Graziano,
Georgia Tech
Love in the Lab: Women
Scientists and EngineersMarried to or Partnered with Other
Scientists and Engineers
Brianna Blaser, University
of Washington
Implementing
Sustainability Practices and Technology in the SierraNorte of
Puebla: Improving the Economic and Social Status of Indigenous Women
Yolanda Serrano-Gehman,
Arizona State University
New Approaches to Gender
& Technology Studies from a Development Perspective: Womens Lived
Experiences of Technology in Swaziland
Caroline Wamala,
Lulea University of Technology
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Ethical Issues in Science and Technology
Moderator: Professor Lee Zwanziger, Virginia Tech
Haskins Room
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Articulating
'self-identified race/ethnicity' [SIRE] in genetic terms: Epistemological and Ethical Issues
Sophia Efstathiou,
University of California, San Diego
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Design Principles
and Experiences of Use Nassim Jafarinaimi,
Carnegie Mellon University
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Policies
Regulating the Inclusion of Foster Children in Pre-Approval Clinical Trials
Susan DAmelio, Virginia Tech
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The Praxis of
Scientific Epistemology: Reaching Political and Social Resolution to the Debate Over Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Nathan Palpant,
University of Michigan
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Sex as a
Standardized Package - John Parsi, Arizona State University
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Collaboration for Science and Technology
Moderator: Professor David Hart, George Mason
University
Abelson Room
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Complementarity,
Information Flows, and State-Led Technological Innovation in Korea and Taiwan
Matthew Shapiro,
University of Southern California
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Federal Lab
Patents, Licensing, and the Value of Patents: An Explorative Study about the Licensed Patents from NASA
Taehyun Jung,
Georgia Tech
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Distribution of
Foreign-Born S&E Talent in American Cities and its Effects
Fangmeng Tian, George Mason University
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Selection and
Concentration vs Decentralization in National Science Funding. A Study on Experimental Program for the Stimulation of Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
Youngsun Baek,
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Citizen Participation in, and Understanding of
Science
Moderator: Professor Massimiano Bucchi, University of
Trento Auditorium
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Experimentation in
Participative Procedures and in Citizen Expression Tools
Nicolas Benvegnu, Ecole des Mines de Paris
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Public
Participation and New Food Technologies: When is the Public Being Asked and Why?
Annika Porsborg Nielsen,
University of Copenhagen
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Public Engagement
in Nanotechnology: Who is the Public? What is the Engagement? Competing Meanings Around Public Engagement Experiences in France
Brice Laurent, Ecole des Mines de Paris
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Press Coverage of
Science: Comparing the Montreal Protocol and the Basel Convention
Jennifer Moyer,
Drexel University
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The Public Value
of Social Policy Research: An Application of the Public Value Mapping Method at the National Institute of Justice
Sean Hays,
Arizona State University
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Graduate Student Presentations: Session II
March 31, 3:45 6:00
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Public Regulation of S&T
Moderator: Professor Nicholas S. Vonortas
George Washington University
Auditorium
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Regulating the
Coexistence of GM and Non-GM Farming: The Missing Link in the EU Regulatory Regime for Agricultural Biotechnology
Thijs Etty, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
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Patent Tales:
Trailing Environmental Regulations and Emission Control Technologies in the Developing World
Neelakshi Medhi,
Syracuse University
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The American
Competitiveness Initiative in Historic Context
David Bruggeman, Virginia Tech
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Information
Security and Government Intervention: Should the Government Play a Dominating Role in IT Security?
Esfandiar Bakhtiar, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Environmental and Water Policy
Moderator(s): David Tomblin, Virginia Tech; and Ryan Meyer
Arizona State University
Haskins Room
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To Adopt or Not to
Adopt? Policy Diffusion and the Role of Norms in Environmental Policy
Andrea Olive, Purdue
University
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Expert
Disagreement and the Clean Water Act: the Difficult Necessity of Providing Interdisciplinary Advice for Environmental Policy
Holly VandeWall,
University of Notre Dame
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Knowledge Transfer
and Utilization in Water System Management
Mirjam Van Tilburg, University of Twente
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Grounded in
High-Quality Data or Banking on a Fantasy? Assessing the Arizona Groundwater Management Act of 1980
Megan OShea, Arizona State University
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Environment,
Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
Dalya Guιrin, Universite
Paris, Panthιon, Sorbonne
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Innovation and Economy
Moderator: Dr. David Attis, Council on Competitiveness
Abelson Room
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Implementation and
Impact of EMS (ISO 14001) on Industries
Aneel Salman, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute
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Bringing Structure
to the Championing of Environmental Improvements in Innovation Work
Nils Markusson,
Edinburgh University
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Developing Fusion
as an Energy Source Lauren Kate Gibson,
George Washington University
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Syndicated Venture
Capital Investment Supporting Technology-Based Companies Across National Borders
Kristi Hakkaja, George Washington University
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Innovation in Low
Technology Manufacturing: the Role of Networking and Input Acquisition
Juan Julio Guetierrez,
George Mason University
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Issues in Space Policy
Moderator: Dr. Shannon A. Brown
Virginia Tech & National Defense University
Revelle Room
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Determining the
Effects of ITAR Regulation on the Commercial Space Manufacturing
Ryan Zelnio, George Mason University
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Design of a
Mechanism to Organize International Collaboration on Space Exploration
Audrey Schaffer, George
Washington University
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India and the Road
to Space: A Model for Societal Development Through a National Space Program
Ian Christensen,
George Washington University
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Graduate Student Presentations: Session III
April 1, 10:30 12:45
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(Potential) Impact of Information
Communication Technology on Society
Moderator: Professor David Hart
George Mason University
Revelle Room
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How the Internet
is Shaping the Chilean Community: Globalization and Dependency
Rick Duque,
Louisiana State
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High-Tech Labor
and Open Source Stuart Mawler, Virginia
Tech
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Social Networks
for ICTs in Development Jon Camfield, George
Washington University
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The Development of
E-Government at the Country and City Levels in the United States
Dhanaraj Thakur,
Georgia Institute of Technology
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CT Adoption and
Social Development: A Case Study on Grameen Telecom in Bangladesh
Shib Shankar Dasgupta,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Issues in Climate Science and Policy
Moderator: Professor Betsy Mendelsohn
University of Maryland
Haskins Room
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The Use and
Neglect of Research on Public Engagement in Environmental Policy
Noah Feinstein, Stanford University
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Scientific Elites
as Policy Entrepreneurs: Is There a Role for Scientists in Congressional Climate Change Policy?
Tatyana Ruseva, Indiana University
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Does Science
Matter? The Role of Science in Framing Policy Problems
Mark Neff,
Arizona State University
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Models and
Predictions: Philosophical Views on the Use of Models in Policy
Zach Pirtle, Arizona State University
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Science and Technology in Developing
Countries
Moderator: Professor Nicholas S. Vonortas
George Washington University
Abelson Room
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Visualizing the
Invisible College in Chinas Nano World: Evidence from Publications and Patents 1990-2006
Li Tang, Georgia Tech
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A Mission-Oriented
Pattern of S&T Policy in China
Yu
Meng, Georgia Tech
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The Technocratic
Trend and Its Implication in China
Jungwon Yoon, Georgia Tech
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Indias Science
and Technology Policy: Implementation to Date and the Prospects Ahead
Jessica Rushing, George
Washington University
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Software
Nationalization: Open Source as an Approach to Development
Edgar Maldonado, Pennsylvania State University
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Perception and Construction of Science in
Society
Moderator: Professor Jameson Wetmore
Arizona State University
Auditorium
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Decision-Making
about Preferences for Genetic Testing
Lindsay Owens, University of Chicago
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Enhancing the
Understanding of Traditional Indigenous Knowledge (TK) as a Social, Political, and Cultural Construct
Ulia Gosart, University of California
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Shaping Science:
Turning Science Studies into Science Action
Genevieve Maricle,
University of Colorado
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The Generals and
the Gatlings: Lessons Learned from the U.S. Army 1862-1918
Tim Cathcart,
Virginia Tech
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Technology and the
City: the Case of the Mo.S.E. Project in Venice
Dr. Andrea Lorenzet,
University of Trento, Italy
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