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Inscribing Ordinary Trauma In The Diary Of A Military Child, Jennifer Sinor
Inscribing Ordinary Trauma In The Diary Of A Military Child, Jennifer Sinor
English Faculty Publications
Using her own diary as a case study, the author examines how the life writing of a military child inscribes ordinary trauma, defining ordinary trauma as a response to extraordinary events masked as ordinary. For the military child, the possibility of war is made ordinary and rendered such in her writing.
Intensity And Color Of Language In Attitude Change And Emotion, Tomie Day Bankhead, Amy Bench, Trisha Peterson, Risa Place, John S. Seiter
Intensity And Color Of Language In Attitude Change And Emotion, Tomie Day Bankhead, Amy Bench, Trisha Peterson, Risa Place, John S. Seiter
Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications
This study examined whether messages using or not using emotionally intense language combined with certain colors, i.e., red, white, or blue, to effect attitude change. Emotionally intense messages were more positively associated with attitude change than were those with low emotional intensity, but no interaction effects or main effects for color were found.
Pierced For Success?: The Effects Of Ear And Nose Piercing On Perceptions Of Job Candidates’ Credibility, Attractiveness, And Hireability, John S. Seiter, Andrea Sandry
Pierced For Success?: The Effects Of Ear And Nose Piercing On Perceptions Of Job Candidates’ Credibility, Attractiveness, And Hireability, John S. Seiter, Andrea Sandry
Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications
This study examined the effect of body piercing on perceptions of an employment seeker's credibility, hirability, and attractiveness. Participants (undergraduate students and managers) viewed a photograph of a job candidate who wore either no jewelry, an earring, or a nose ring, and then rated dimensions of the candidate's credibility, hirability, and attractiveness. Analysis indicated that although the candidate's attractiveness ratings were not affected by the type of jewelry he wore, his credibility ratings decreased when he was wearing jewelry, and his hirability ratings decreased when he was wearing a nose ring. These results and their implications are discussed.
The Heritage Arts Imperative, Barre Toelken
The Heritage Arts Imperative, Barre Toelken
English Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Galway Arts Festival, 2003: Focusing On Home, Still Delighting, Christie L. Fox
Galway Arts Festival, 2003: Focusing On Home, Still Delighting, Christie L. Fox
English Faculty Publications
For twenty-six years the Galway Arts Festival has “morphed” the city of Galway into its natural logical conclusion: the city already boasts a young, artistic community, but for two weeks each summer, the festival brings the spotlight and the crowds to Galway for a celebration of the arts. Of late, however, the festival has suffered from decreased government expenditures on the arts—as have all the arts in Ireland. Recent festivals have been far more subdued than the extravagant Millennial Festival in 1999, during which the city teemed with outdoor events and more than one hundred thousand people gathered to watch …
Creating Community: Macnas’S Galway Arts Festival Parade, 2000, Christie L. Fox
Creating Community: Macnas’S Galway Arts Festival Parade, 2000, Christie L. Fox
English Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.