HCAS Student Presents at the Florida Political Science Association Annual Meeting

 

Andrea Angel Riano, a student in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS) presented a research paper at one of the 14 panels of the Florida Political Science Association Annual Meeting.  She is a senior, majoring in Legal Studies and Political Science.

The 2021 FPSA Virtual Conference had over 40 participants and featured presentations from 35 different institutions. This Conference encourages faculty and students to conduct meaningful research on a subject of their interest, while providing them with the opportunity to present and share their work among peers and faculty mentors.

Riano’s paper is entitled “The relationship between mining, forced displacement, and territorial and economic conflicts in Colombia,” and the research was performed under the guidance of Ransford F. Edwards, Jr., Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Politics. The paper aims to illustrate the relationship that exists between the extractive industry and its economic implications and forced displacement in Colombia, which is a country characterized by a strong political, social and armed conflict.

According to Riano, “having the opportunity to work on a research project and sharing it with my mentors and peers, not only helped me to develop my writing and public speaking skills; but also showed me that with dedication and the right system of support even the hardest tasks become possible.”