SCHEDULE

Saturday - May 21, 2022

8:15 AM - 9:00 AM Registration

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Opening Ceremony

9:40 AM - 12:00 PM Committee Session I

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Advisor Meeting I

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Lunch

12:45 PM - 3:30 PM Committee Session II

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Advisor Meeting II

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Closing Ceremony

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The JackrabbitMUN Conference is in-person, hosted at Long Beach Polytechnic High School; masks are recommended but not required.

Long Beach Polytechnic HS

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1600 Atlantic Avenue

Long Beach, California 

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GUEST SPEAKER: DR. RICHARD MARCUS

Richard R. Marcus is Professor of International Studies and Founding Director of the Global Studies Institute and the MA in International Affairs at California State University, Long Beach.  As Director of The Global Studies Institute, he has led the creation of over a dozen project areas focusing on research, faculty development, and implementation of international content across curricula.  As a scholar, Prof. Marcus has conducted research in Madagascar since 1992 as well as additional field research in Kenya, Israel, Uganda, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Guatemala.  His research focuses on the relationships between macro-political institutional change, popular perceptions, and political economic change across sectors.  He is author of The Politics of Institutional Failure in Madagascar’s Third Republic (Rowman Littlefield/Lexington in 2016) and four dozen other publications and white papers.  His current book project is entitled Ungoverned Microspaces and the Art of Violence.  Prof. Marcus has been a PI or Co-PI on approximately $3mill in grants and has been a consultant or advisor for the World Bank, SSRC Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum/UN Department of Political Affairs, United Nations Development Program, and other international organizations.