Thesis Defense

After a year and a half working on this research project, I finally have a completed draft of my thesis. I wrote my Circumnavigators paper in the fall on each country and community I visited. In this paper, I have expanded the theory section to include sections on both civil society theory and civil society and Islam; I also expanded my comparisons and conclusions and added a part on global civil society. I will be defending my thesis on April 24th at 5pm (Case Hall, rm #336).

Feel free to download the PDF file and let me know what you think. You can either email me comments, questions, or suggestions or save them for defense! I hope those of you who have followed my travels or helped me with my research will be able to read some or parts of my thesis and come to my defense.


http://nickmicinski.googlepages.com/micinskithesis1.pdf

Conference Presentations

On Saturday, April 5th, I presented this poster at the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago. I was able to speak with several other conference goers about their research and they gave me input into my research.

Monika and I had a beautiful day to explore the city. We also met up with Jason Ardanowski (a former Madison grad) for lunch and Chicago style pizza. It was very good.

On Friday, April 11th, I made an oral presentation of my research at the University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF). I prepared this powerpoint presentation and answered several interesting questions afterwards about connecting my research with literature on African Diaspora and networks. I found out a few days later that I received first prize for my presentation!

Please look at both my poster and my powerpoint presentation and leave questions or comments for me to answer.
















Marquette presentation at NMU














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Poster at MPSA Conference in Chicago





























Presentation at the Circumnavigators Club in October