Professional Conference Presentations:

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, "The U.S. elections of November 7th and its foreign policy ramifications," Invited Lecture at the Universidade Federal Fluminense Centro Estudos Socias Aplicados e Centro Estudo Gerais, Programa Pos-Graduacao em Relacoes Internacionais, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 22nd, 2006

José de Arimatéia da Cruz and Corie J. Hammers
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“HIV/AIDS in Brazil: How Power and Gender Inequality Perpetuate the Pandemic,” paper presented at Gender and Women’s Studies Program Fourth Annual Conference, Savannah, GA., March 2-4, 2006.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz and Becky K. da Cruz, “An Unusual Choice: Michelle Bachelet, President, in Conservative South America,” paper presented at Gender and Women’s Studies Program Fourth Annual Conference, Savannah, GA., March 2-4, 2006.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz
and Evie Daughtrey, Graduate Student, Southwest Missouri State UniversityConference, Savannah, Ga., March 2-4, 2006, 9th Annual Conference of the America Sponsored by The America Council and the University System of Georgia Office of International Education, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA., February 101-11, 2006, Session I: Latin American in the Age of Economic Neoliberalism, papers presented “The Neoliberal Foreign Policy of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva” and “CAFTA: An Early Assessment of its Political, Economic, and Social Impact."

José de Arimatéia da Cruz and Corie J. Hammers, 9th Annual Conference of the America Sponsored by The America Council and the University System of Georgia Office of International Education, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA., February 101-11, 2006, Session VI: Social, Political, and Health Issues, paper presented “Gender, Power & HIV/AIDS”."

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, Chair and discussant Panel 2 “Latin America in Historical Perspective” at the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting Association of Third World Studies, November 20-22, 2005 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, “Neoliberalism in Brazil,” paper presented at the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting Association of Third World Studies, November 20-22, 2005 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, “Violence and Society in Democratizing Brazil,” Guest Speaker at the P.E.O. Chapter 5 of Savannah, November 9th, 2005, The Landings.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz,
“Brazil”s Politics of AIDS: Addressing the Pandemic in the “Sleeping Giant” of  South America,” paper presented at the Georgia Sociological Association conference on “Sociological Accessibility: Making Connections with Local and Global Communities,” St. Simons Island, October 20-22, 2005.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz,
“The Administration of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva: Is Brazil Still Afraid of Neoliberalism?” Paper delivered at the SECOLAS 2005, 52nd Annual Meeting in Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 7-9, 2005.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz,
Chair & Discussant, Panel: Corruption & Perceptions of Democracy at the SECOLAS 2005, 52nd Annual Meeting in Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 7-9, 2005.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz and Margaret Keiley-Listermann, “Incorporating East African into the Political Science Curriculum,”
Fourth Annual Into the Classroom: Incorporating Faculty Seminars and Teaching Abroad into the Curriculum, Sponsored by the Georgia Consortium for International Studies and the University System of Georgia Office of International Education, March 18-19, 2005,  Session 5: Incorporating Different Areas into the Classroom from Study Abroad: China, Belize, and East Africa.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, “Violence, Society, and the Future of Brazil’s Democratic Consolidation,” Guest Speaker at the Huntingdon Women’s Guild, February 16, 2005, Savannah, GA.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz,
8th Annual Conference on the Americas (An Interdisciplinary and Inter-cultural Conference) February 4-5, 2005 Savannah, Georgia. Session II: Sickness, Violence, and Attitudes (SC1405) Paper Delivered, “Brazil’s Politics of AIDS: Addressing the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in the “Sleeping Giant” of South America."

José de Arimatéia da Cruz,
8th Annual Conference on the Americas (An Interdisciplinary and Inter-cultural Conference) February 4-5, 2005 Savannah, Georgia. Session II: Sickness, Violence, and Attitudes (SC1405) Paper Delivered “The UnRule of Law, Violence, and Society in Brazil: Challenges to Brazil’s Fragile Democratic Consolidation,” co-authored with Becky K. da Cruz.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz,
8th Annual Conference on the Americas (An Interdisciplinary and Inter-cultural Conference) February 4-5, 2005 Savannah, Georgia. Session VI: Latin American Foreign Policy, Moderator: Armstrong Atlantic State University Student Panel on papers addressing the foreign policy of several Latin American nations during the Cold War and in the post-Cold War international system.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz,
Southern Political Science Association, Inter-Continental Hotel New Orleans, Jan. 6-8, 2005. Paper Delivered, “Brazil’s Rainbow Coalition Foreign Policy Under Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva."

José de Arimatéia da Cruz and Margaret Keiley-Listermann,Georgia Political Science Association 2004 Annual Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, November 11-13, 2004. Paper Delivered, “Incorporating An African Perspectives in Political Science."

José de Arimatéia da Cruz,
Twenty-Second Annual Meeting, Association of Third World Studies, October 7-9, 2004, Paper Delivered, “General Ernesto Geisel: From Dictator to Savior of Brazil’s Fragile Democracy,” as part of the panel Third World Authoritarianism chaired by Dr. Michael Hall.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, Lecture Delivered to the Rotary Club of Savannah, Georgia, October 18th, 2004. “U.S.--Cuba Relations in the Post-Cold War International System."

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, 8th Annual Conference on the Americas (An Interdisciplinary and Inter-cultural Conference) February 5-6, 2005 Savannah, Georgia.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, Sponsored by José de Arimatéia da Cruz. Professor John Kirton, G8 Research Group at University of Toronto, "Prospects for the G8 Sea Island Summit," April 26, 2004.
http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/scholar/kirton2004/ kirton_seaisland_040426.html


José de Arimatéia da Cruz, Armstrong Atlantic State University Leadership Initiative G-8 Community Forums, Panelist in the forum "What is Globalization?" AASU faculty members discussed some of the pros and cons of globalization, March 29th, 2004.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, Invited Guest Speaker The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad & Tobago, March 17th, 2004. Lecture Topic: "The Economic and Social Impact of the AIDS Pandemic in Latin America."

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, Interview National Public Radio: "G8 and Savannah and Globalization's Impact," January 30th, 2004.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, Invited Guest Speaker, HOLA Organization March 8th, 2004, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Ga. Presentation titled: "The AIDS Pandemic hits Latin America."

José de Arimatéia da Cruz & Becky K. da Cruz, "Brazil's Programa Zone Zero [Zero Hunger Program]" Paper Presented at the 7th annual conference on the Americas sponsoered by the Americas council and the University system of Georgia Office of International Education, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Ga., February 20-21, 2004.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz and Alejandra Garcia, "Bolivia's Poverty Reduction Strategy," Paper presented at the 7th annual conference on the Americas sponsored by the Americas council and the University system of Georgia Office of International Education, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Ga., February 20-21, 2004.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Presider Session II: Latin American Social and Political Problems in the 21st century at the 7th annual conference on the Americas sponsored by the Americas Council and the University System of Georgia Office of International Education, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Ga., February 20-21, 2004.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, Becky K. da Cruz, "Society and Violence in Democratic Brazil at the Dawn of the 21st Century," Paper Delivered at the Georgia Sociological Association, 2003 Annual Meeting, November 13th-15th, 2003, Jekyll Island, GA.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, Becky K. da Cruz, John Gambon and Nick Spangerburg, "The Do's and Dont's of Cyberteaching: Delivering the Best Quality Education Online," Paper Delivered at the Missouri Community College Association Annual Meeting, Lake of the Ozark, Missouri, 2002.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz and Becky K. da Cruz, "Critical Thinkers, Critical Thoughts: Student/Faculty Challenges of Critical Thinking in the Classroom," Paper Delivered at the Missouri Community College Association Annual Meeting, Lake of the Ozark, Missouri, 2000.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz and Patricia Boyd, "Global Education: Where Does It Fit Within the Curriculum?" Paper Delivered at the Missouri Community College Association Annual Meeting, Lake of the Ozark, Missouri, 2000.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, "Rhetoric vs. Reality: U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Latin America from the Carter Administration to the Clinton Administration," Paper Delivered at the National Social Science Association Fall Meeting, New Orleans, 1999.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, James Gardner, John Hess, and John Gambon, "The Consumer Model of Education: Fact or Fiction," Paper Delivered at the Missouri Community College Association Annual Meeting, Lake of the Ozark, Missouri, 1998.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz and Patricia Boyd, "Multiculturalism-Diversity: Is Anybody Talking? Listening? Doing It?," Paper Delivered at the Missouri Community College Association Annual Meeting, Lake of the Ozark, Missouri, 1998.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, "The Interplay of Politics and Economics: An Application of the Bargaining Model to Brazil's Foreign Debt Rescheduling," Paper Delivered at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1994.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, "Media and Politics in Latin America: A Case Study of Brazil's Presidential Election of 1989," Paper Delivered at the 44th International Communication Association Conference, Sidney, Australia, July 10-15, 1994.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, "Democratic Consolidation and Human Rights: The Brazilian Case in Perspectives," Paper Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Savannah, Georgia, November, 3-6, 1993.

José de Arimatéia da Cruz, "The Foreign Policy of Human Rights: Rhetoric and Reality," Paper Delivered at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Political Science Association, University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, October 3, 1993.