PROGRAM
12th International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities
Princeton, The Erdman Center, 20 Library Place, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA, April 3-4, 2019
08:15-08:30 Registration Desk
08:30-08:40 Welcome and Opening Remarks
08:40-10:30 Session 1 General chair: Julia M. Puaschunder – USA
Pellegrino Manfra – USA
Causes, Consequence and Remedies In The 10th Year Anniversary of the Great Recession
Julia M. Puaschunder – USA
On Artificial Intelligence’s Razor’s Edge: On the Future of Democracy and Society in the Artificial Age
Christopher Lim – USA
The Impact of Social Variables on Financial Performance
Li Li – China
The Special Measures to Taken During Administrative Monopoly Investigation in China
María de Lourdes Lara Hernández, Sol Cristal Molina Parrilla – Puerto Rico
Citizenship Education for the Blossoming of Participatory Democracy
10:30-10:40 Tea/Coffee Break
10:40-12:00 Session 2 Session chair: Christopher Lim – USA
Christian Dreyer, Nadja Guenster, Oliver Schulz – Germany
Inequality, Credit, and Crises: The Role of Culture
Mercy Erhi Makpor – Portugal
CSR and Sustainability, Where Lies the Lacuna? A Theoretical Framework
Husain Ebrahim – Kuwait
Advertising A New Culture: Kuwait as a Case Study
Lorrie Frear – USA
Analog in a Digital World: Calligraphy Bridges the Gap
12:15-13:15 Lunch Time
13:15-15:35 Session 3 Session chair: Pellegrino Manfra – USA
David Axelrod – USA
Experience, Choice and Well-Being: An Economics of Psychological Energy
Caroline Akhras – Lebanon
An Exploratory Look at an SME Managerial Yardstick
Varun Chakravarty – India
Resale Price Maintenace: What Future, What Past?
Monika Bolek, Wolski Rafal – Poland
Irrationality of Investment Fund Managers in the Light of Available Information
Mohammed Said Karrouk – Morocco
Evolution of the “New Climate” Warmed on Morocco
David Martinčík – Czech Republic
Interactive Support for Teaching Economics
15:35-15:45 Tea/Coffee Break
15:45-17:45 Session 4 Session chair: Caroline Akhras – Lebanon
Hatice Akkoc, Hande Gulbagci-Dede – Turkey
Understanding Preservice Mathematics Teachers’ Technology Use
Hatice Akkoc – Turkey
A Sociocultural Approach to Learning to Teach with Technology
Daniel Cote – USA
Banning Plastic Shopping Bags: An Effort to Raise Environmental Consciousness on a National Level
Senjuti Jash – India
A Culture of Violence? Women in Twentieth Century Bengal
Michelli Aparecida Daros, Diandra Singh – Brazil
Affirmative action in post-secondary education: Contrasting approaches in Brazil and Canada
17:45-18:00 Closing Remarks
08:30-08:40 Opening Remarks
08:40-10:20 Session 1 Session chair: Michael Malenbaum – USA
Sonia Mukherjee – India
Challenges to International Migration: An Indian Case Study with focus on the Gulf Countries
Hani A. Alsarraf – Kuwait
Variables Affecting the Adoption of E-government in Kuwait from Public Administrators’ Perspectives
Naqeeb Shah, Basharat H., Samiullah P., Shakil A. – Pakistan
Impact of Psycho-Social Predictors on the Quality of Life of the Elderly in Pakistan
Adeline Idike – Nigeria
The Rule of Law, Democracy and Competing Paradigms of National Development: Locating the Nexus
Michael Malenbaum – USA
Economic Responses to Presidential Elections
10:20-10:30 Tea/Coffee Break
10:30-12:10 Session 2 Session chair: Marta Makowska – Poland
Marta Makowska – Poland
Pharmaceuticalization in the Context Of Dietary Supplements Use in Poland
Lauren Rivers – USA
The Various Psychosocial Implications of a Pediatric Cancer Diagnosis
Jennifer Lares, Kruti Lehenbauer – USA
Factors Contributing to Marital Dissatisfaction and Divorce in the Military
Joanna Klingenstein – USA
Utilizing Artistic Reactions in Research: Elevating Affective Data
Sung Ik Kim – USA
Synthetic Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO) Pricing Using Tempered Stable One Factor Copula Model
12:15-13:15 Lunch Time
13:15-15:15 Session 3 Session chair: Adeline Idike – Nigeria
Amal Alabbad – USA
Risk Committees, Bank Regulation and Bank Risk Taking
YaChing Hung – Taiwan
Taiwan from Foreign and Mainland Perspectives
Gilda Almeida – USA (Video presentation)
Global Corporate Tax Rate Competition – Who Pays the Bill?
Marina Pilkina – Russia
Gender Issues in Russian Democratization: The Myth or the Reality?
Wai Ming Ng – Hong Kong
A Historical Study of the Origins of the Japanese Lucky Cat (maneki-neko)
Yi Qin – China
Imaginary Love in the Context of Emotional Consumption: A Levinasian perspective
15:15-15:30 Tea/Coffee Break
15:30-17:30 Session 4 Session Chair: Pooja Arya – India
Pooja Arya – India
Open Mindedness in Language Teaching: A Moral Virtue
Man Baker – UAE
Capital Punishment for Apostasy in Islam
Salih Yucel – Australia
Theologisation of Volunteerism: An Islamic Perspective
Chukwuma Obinwa – Portugal
Civil-Military Coordination in Peacebuilding: The Obstacle in Somalia
Lydia Ouma Radoli – Germany
“White Terror and Ghosts of Kenya”: Postcolonial Imagery and Narratives of Kenyan Diasporas in Britain
Ewonkem Elad E.C., M. Mfomsam Mfombep, M.A. Ambomo Assomo – Cameroon
The Impact of Social Media on the Economy of Developing Countries
17:30-17:45 Closing Remarks