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Computer Skills, Gender, And Technostress In Higher Education, Sonya Shepherd Dec 2005

Computer Skills, Gender, And Technostress In Higher Education, Sonya Shepherd

Sonya S. Gaither

The creation of computer software and hardware, telecommunications, databases, and the Internet has affected society as a whole, and particularly higher education by giving people new productivity options and changing the way they work (Hulbert, 1998). In the so-called “information age” the increasing use of technology has become the driving force in the way people work, learn, and play (Drake, 2000). As this force evolves, the people using technology change also (Nelson, 1990). Adapting to technology is not simple. Some people tend to embrace change while others resist change (Wolski & Jackson, 1999). Before making a decision on whether to …


Is Death’S Badness Gendered? Symposium On Christine Overall’S Book Aging, Death And Human Longevity: A Philosophical Inquiry, Samantha Brennan Dec 2005

Is Death’S Badness Gendered? Symposium On Christine Overall’S Book Aging, Death And Human Longevity: A Philosophical Inquiry, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.


Enchanting Readers With Revisionist Fairy Tales, James Carter Dec 2005

Enchanting Readers With Revisionist Fairy Tales, James Carter

James B Carter

"Students examine three examples of revisionist fairy tales in which female characters act in empowered roles rather than behaving helpless and submissive"


ទស្សនាវដ្តី​រឿង​ព្រេង​ខ្មែរ​ថ្មី​ {New Cambodian Folktales: Gender}, Erik W. Davis Davise@Macalester.Edu Dec 2005

ទស្សនាវដ្តី​រឿង​ព្រេង​ខ្មែរ​ថ្មី​ {New Cambodian Folktales: Gender}, Erik W. Davis Davise@Macalester.Edu

Erik W. Davis

No abstract provided.


Can We Talk? Feminist Economists In Dialogue With Social Theorists, Julie A. Nelson Dec 2005

Can We Talk? Feminist Economists In Dialogue With Social Theorists, Julie A. Nelson

Julie A. Nelson

The article focuses on the issues regarding the social and political theory of feminism. It has been mentioned that political action will be dynamized rather than compromised by a more alive observation of economic organizations and activities. The author has suggested that feminist social theorists across the disciplines must join the several feminist economists who are dropping the negative one-size-fits-all prescription of protection from markets. It is essential to have more positive results in the complex contemporary economies.