Several faculty members from Political Science participated in the College of Liberal Arts’ Innovation Day on September 24th. Dr. Walter Wright participated in the “Across Borders and Nations” segment of Innovation Day exploring his work training mediators from San Luis Potosí and Monterrey and a cross-border mediation program between dispute resolution centers in Texas and the Mexican State of Tamaulipas that he helped establish. Dr. Ashleen Menchaca-Bagnulo shared her work relating the philosophical sources of the American founding to Native American and African experiences and origins. Dr. Thomas Doyle spoke about nuclear proliferation and increasing international tensions. Dr. Thomas Longoria spoke about his experiences participating in the City of Georgetown’s Bloomberg Challenge Project Team. The Bloomberg Challenge is a competition designed to encourage innovation in the public sector. His research concerned whether the citizens of Georgetown were comfortable with the creation of a virtual powerplant that would be made by taking solar panels from the city’s West Texas power supply and installing them on the roofs of private homes along with installation of batteries next to selected homes.
