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S4 GIS Summer Institute Mini-Conference (“Mini-Con”)

June 23rd, 2006, PSTC

Session 1: Society and Space: Global Perspectives
9:00 – 9:10Eduardo Moncada, Political Science
 "Democracy and Fear of Street Crime in Latin America"
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9:10 – 9:20Tiago Freire, Economics
 "Mifta’s Village and the 2004 South-East Asia Tsunami"
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9:20 – 9:30Josip Dasovic, Political Science
 "The Spatial Logic of Ethnic Violence: The 1990s Croatian Homeland War"
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9:30 – 9:40Sreeparna Chattopadhyay, Anthropology
 "Mapping Domestic Violence in India"
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Session 2: Public Policy
10:00 – 10:10Yaakov Garb, Watson Institute for International Studies
 "Toward a Dynamic Spatial Exploration of Trip Patterns to the First Malls in Prague"
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10:10 – 10:20Ravi Perry, Political Science
 "Looking at Wards: Finding the 'Who,' 'What,' and 'Why' of voting within Ohio Electoral Dimensions"
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10:20 – 10:30Nickolas Zaller, Medicine, Miriam Hospital
 "Methadone Treatment Access Among Minority Injection Drug Users"
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10:30 – 10:40Luc Th้riault, Sociology, University of New Brunswick
 "Exploring the World of Charitable Human Services Organizations in New Brunswick"
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10:40 – 10:50Laura Smith, Epidemiology, Department of Community Health
 "Racial disparities in access to quality nursing home care: Does space matter?"
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Session 3: History
11:10 – 11:20Gabriel Rosenberg, History
 "Giving a Lay of the Land: Mapping Iowa Agriculture and 4H Demographics, 1910-1950"
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11:20 – 11:30Erik Anderson, History
 "Mapping American Wild Men and Women: 1830-1930"
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11:30 – 11:40Daniel Acevedo, Computer Science
 "Visualization in GIS: A look under the hood"
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Session 4: China
1:00 – 1:10Yiping Fang, S4
 "Mapping Housing Tenure in China and Urban Migration in Guangzhou City"
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1:10 – 1:20Hongwei Xu, Sociology
 "Exploring the Spatial Distribution of Health Service in China"
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1:20 – 1:30Jing Song, Sociology
 "Why Husbands Earn More: A Study of Urban Chinese Families"
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1:30 – 1:40Hsin-Mei Agnes Hsu, History of Art and Architecture
 "The Mawangdui Code: A GIS Analysis of the Symbolic Language of an Early Chinese Map"
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Session 5: Cities and Space
2:00 – 2:10Lindsey Ryckman, Environmental Studies
 "The Post-Katrina Urban Riskcape: Mapping Risk Perception and Health Status of New Orleans Residents Participating in Home Cleanup After Hurricane Katrina"
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2:10 – 2:20Sookhee Oh, S4
 "Identifying Ethnic Communities: Suburban Korean Enclaves in Bergen County, New Jersey"
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2:20 – 2:30Sze Liu, Epidemiology, Department of Community Health
 "Neighborhood Conditions, Disability Status and Cancer Screening Practices: Does Place Matter?"
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2:30 -2:40Alison Hart, Public Policy
 "The Effect of Neighborhood on Special Education in Rhode Island"
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