Cannavo Presents at Political Science Conference

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Peter Cannavo attended the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association on March 16-18 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  He presented a paper on Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans titled, "In the Wake of Poseidon: Katrina, Climate Change, and the Coming Crisis of Displacement." He argued, "The massive displacement of New Orleans residents may be a harbinger of a more general crisis of displacement and homelessness that will be generated by global warming over the course of this century."  He was a discussant for a roundtable discussion titled, "New and Recent Books in Environmental Political Thought," for which he reviewed three books.  He also chaired a panel titled "Political Theory in the Greenhouse II: Changing Understandings of Politics."