San Diego 2026 Conference Theme Panels

Conference Theme: "Democracy in Crisis: Challenges, Responses and the Future of Governance"

Theme Panels to be announced in March 2026. Please check back.


Panel 02.4: Roundtable: Higher Ed and Democracy: A Crisis Unfolding
When: Saturday, April 04 03:15PM–05:00PM, Vista B
Chair(s): Gash, Alison, [email protected], University of Oregon
Discussant(s):
Forde, Kathy, [email protected], University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Spence, Lester, [email protected], John’s Hopkins University
Chwe, Michael, [email protected], UCLA
Tyson, [email protected], Scripps


Panel 03.9: Democracy, Authoritarianism, Ecology
When: Saturday, April 04 01:15PM–03:00PM, Vista C
Chair(s): Cannavò, Peter, [email protected], Hamilton College
Discussant(s):
Lambacher, Jason, [email protected], University of Washington Bothell

Papers:
From Many Green New Deals to No More Green Deals Again: MAGA Environmentalism in the Trump 2.0 Administration
Luke, Timothy, [email protected], Virginia Tech

Climate Democracy, Authority, and Authoritarian Challenges
Wilson, Harlan, [email protected], Oberlin College

Authoritarianism Within Democracy: Histories of Racialized Violence, Sacrifice Zones, and the American State
Santala, Anne, [email protected], University of Colorado Boulder

Perspectives on Just Climate Adaptation from the San Diego-Tijuana Border or What Do We Do When Institutions Fail?
Haines, Kyle, [email protected], UC San Diego Center on Global Justice


Panel 06.5: Roundtable: Where Do We Go from Here? Gender, Race, and Repression
When: Friday, April 03 03:15PM–05:00PM, Mission Beach B
Chair(s): Jackson, Jenn, [email protected], Syracuse University
Discussant(s):
Frasure, Lorrie, [email protected], University of California Los Angeles
Davies, Jordie, [email protected], University of California, Irvine
Gause, LaGina, [email protected], UCSD
Robertson, Crystal, [email protected], University of California, Irvine
Junn, Jane, [email protected], University of Southern California


Panel 19.2: Author-Meets-Critics: Nancy Love’s Anthems: Community, Land, and Song (2025)
When: Thursday, April 02 10:00AM–11:45AM, Mission Beach B
Chair(s): Ritner, Scott, [email protected], University of Colorado Boulder
Discussant(s):
Love, Nancy, [email protected], Appalachian State University
Beausoleil, Emily, [email protected], University of Wellington
Davies, Jordie, [email protected], University of California, Irvine
Ritner, Scott, [email protected], University of Colorado Boulder
Svabek, Larry, [email protected], University of Missouri-Columbia