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Britt A. Cartrite

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Recent Presentations

  • Dan Miodownik, Karalyn Nic, Victoria Bishop.  "Comparing Regional Measures of Voting Distinctiveness."  Midwestern Political Science Association.  Chicago.  April 11, 2013.
  • Britt Cartrite.  "The Scottish Referendum: An End to English Hegemony?."  International Political Science Association World Congress.  Madrid, Spain.  July 13, 2012.
  • Britt Cartrite (with Dan Miodownik).  "Islands of Contention: Superperipheries or Unique Space?."  International Political Science Association's Ethnicity and Politics Research Group.  Tel Aviv, Israel.  15 September, 2011.
  • Britt Cartrite.  "Complexity theory and agent-based modeling in political science."  European Institute University.  Florence, Italy.  November 22-28, 2011.
  • Britt Cartrite.  "The Impact of a Scottish Referendum on Ethnoregionalist Movements in the British Isles."  Island Independence Movements in the 21st Century.  Edinburgh, UK.  9 September 2011.
  • Britt Cartrite.  "'New' Nations in 'Old' Europe: Ethnogenesis and Ethnopolitical Mobilization in the Shetland and Orkney Islands of Scotland."  European Center for Political Research Conference: Minority Politics Within the Europe of Regions.  Cluj-Napoca, Romania.  17-20 June 2010.
  • Britt Cartrite.  "Comparing Evolutionary Theory and Complex Adaptive Systems Theory: Implications for the study of political phenomena."  European University Institute Conference: Evolutionary Theory in Political Science.  Florence, Italy.  4-5 June 2010.
  • "Ethnopolitical Mobilization in the North Sea Region."  International Political Science Association Research Committee on Ethnicity and Politics.  Madrid.  September 11-13, 2008.
  • "Rethinking Ethnic Politics in Europe."  European Union Center of Excellence.  University of Pittsburg.  January 26, 2007.
  • "How Deep are the Ruts in Path Dependency."  American Political Science Association.  Philadelphia, PA.  August 31-September 3, 2006.
  • Dan Miodownik.  "The Analytical Infrastructure for Ethnicity and Politics: A Study of the Current Methodology, Concepts, Approaches, Centres, Training and Communication."  International Political Science Association.  Fukuoka, Japan.  July 9-13, 2006.
  • Dan Miodownik.  "Taking Territoriality Seriously: Ethnoregional Parties and Elections."  Midwestern Political Science Association.  Chicago, IL.  April 20-23, 2006.
  • "The Emergence of Political Hierarchy."  Midwestern Political Science Association.  Chicago, IL.  April 20-23, 2006.
  • Dan Miodownik.  "Demarking Political Space: Territoriality and the Ethnoregional Party Family."  American Political Science Association.  Washington, DC.  September 1-4, 2005.
  • Ian Lustick.  "Virtualstan and Succession in Authoritarian Regimes."  American Political Science Association.  Washington DC.  September 1-4 2005.
  • ""Teaching Matters" Presentation."  Alma College.  November 22 2005.

 

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Dr. Nicholas Dixon
Departments: Philosophy

When philosophy professor Nicholas Dixon came to America from England to study philosophy in graduate school, he hoped to hitchhike across the country. But, unexpectedly, his love for philosophy caused him to make Michigan his home for more than 25 years.

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