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Afterword: The Emergent Literature On Interdisciplinary And Transdisciplinary Research Evaluation, Julie Thompson Klein Apr 2006

Afterword: The Emergent Literature On Interdisciplinary And Transdisciplinary Research Evaluation, Julie Thompson Klein

English Faculty Research Publications

The complexity of evaluating interdisciplinary (ID) and transdisciplinary (TD) research defies a single standard. Yet, common elements appear in the emergent literature. Five overriding themes stand out. (1) Quality is a relative concept, driven by variability of goals and criteria. (2) A coaching model of evaluation nurtures the research process. (3) Integration is central to the process. (4) Social and cognitive factors interact, requiring management of information and decisionmaking. (5) The need for change in peer review has led to a variety of strategies. ID and TD evaluation is a generative activity that entails acts of “capitalizing” and “harvesting” expertise …


A Platform For A Shared Discourse Of Interdisciplinary Education, Julie Thompson Klein Jan 2006

A Platform For A Shared Discourse Of Interdisciplinary Education, Julie Thompson Klein

English Faculty Research Publications

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Barriers And Benefits: The Impact Of Learning Art Songs And Spirituals By African-American Composers On Voice Students From All Racial Backgrounds, Emery Stephens Jan 2006

Barriers And Benefits: The Impact Of Learning Art Songs And Spirituals By African-American Composers On Voice Students From All Racial Backgrounds, Emery Stephens

Music Faculty Research Publications

An investigation into the barriers faced by singers of all racial backgrounds when performing spirituals and African American art songs and suggests ways to eliminate those barriers.

Presented at the 2006 International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL), Washington, DC.


Is The Phoneme Usage-Based? – Some Issues, Geoffrey S. Nathan Jan 2006

Is The Phoneme Usage-Based? – Some Issues, Geoffrey S. Nathan

English Faculty Research Publications

After a brief review of the history of the phoneme, from its origins in the nineteenth century to Optimality Theory, including some Cognitive Linguists’ views of the concept. I argue that current ‘usage-based’ theorists views of the phoneme may not be able to explain some facts about how naïve speakers process language, both consciously and subconsciously. These facts include the invention of and worldwide preference for alphabetic writing systems, and language processing evidence provided by Spoonerisms, historical sound changes affecting all (or most) lexical items in a language and each other, and the fact that allophonic processes normally do not …