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La Cultura Hispana En Estados Unidos: Grandes Promesas Incipientes, George Yudice Dec 2010

La Cultura Hispana En Estados Unidos: Grandes Promesas Incipientes, George Yudice

George Yúdice

No abstract provided.


Changing Egypt’S Identity One Picture At A Time, Ethan Pullman Dec 2010

Changing Egypt’S Identity One Picture At A Time, Ethan Pullman

Ethan P Pullman

In the wake of Egypt's recent political revolution, an image circulated on social networks and the internet at large that spread like wild fire – “has gone viral,” as one Facebook user comments. What makes this image revolutionary, and somewhat ironic, is the interplay between image and language reconstructed meaning using the language of the dominant “orientalist” culture that originated it.


Lockouts, Protests, And Scabs: A Critical Assessment Of The Los Angeles Herald Examiner Strike, Bonnie Brennen Dec 2010

Lockouts, Protests, And Scabs: A Critical Assessment Of The Los Angeles Herald Examiner Strike, Bonnie Brennen

Bonnie Brennen

No abstract provided.


Community Forums As A Unique Model Of Community Service-Learning In Higher Education, Sherrie Steiner, Buetta Warkentin, Michael Smith Dec 2010

Community Forums As A Unique Model Of Community Service-Learning In Higher Education, Sherrie Steiner, Buetta Warkentin, Michael Smith

Sherrie M Steiner

No abstract provided.


Business Ethics As Rational Choice, John Hooker Dec 2010

Business Ethics As Rational Choice, John Hooker

John Hooker

No abstract provided.


Consensus-Building Journalism: An Immodest Proposal, Gilda Parrella Dec 2010

Consensus-Building Journalism: An Immodest Proposal, Gilda Parrella

Gilda Parrella

"What this country could use is an enormous mediation session, and in the unique role they hold, journalists are logical people to lead it."


Connecting Creativity And Critical Thinking To The Campaign Planning Process, Marsha L. Matthews Dec 2010

Connecting Creativity And Critical Thinking To The Campaign Planning Process, Marsha L. Matthews

Marsha Matthews

Objectives: Students will understand and utilize the creative process, which includes curiosity, senses, synaethesia, whole-brain thinking, divergent/convergent thinking, flexibility, problem finding, intuition, mindfulness, tolerance for ambiguity, and the willingness to learn from mistakes. Courses - Semester-Long Project: Public Relations/Advertising Case Studies, Public Relations/Advertising Campaigns, Persuasion, Organizational Communication.


Learning From Escaped Prescribed Fire Reviews Workshop Flip Chart Summary, Jennifer A. Ziegler, Anne Black, Jim Saveland, Dave Thomas Dec 2010

Learning From Escaped Prescribed Fire Reviews Workshop Flip Chart Summary, Jennifer A. Ziegler, Anne Black, Jim Saveland, Dave Thomas

Jennifer A Ziegler

This document presents a synthesis of the flip charts and discussions from the final afternoon of each workshop. During this session, participants brainstormed about what to keep, what to dump and what to change in burn operations, review processes, products, and transfer in order to further encourage organizational learning from escaped prescribed fires. Although each workshop developed its own flavor and culture, the main topics arose spontaneously in every workshop. The synthesis below reflects the flip chart notes, after editing for clarity and to remove redundancies. This document supplements the Workshop Discussion Summary by providing more concrete ideas about how …


Learning From Escaped Prescribed Fire Reviews Workshop Discussion Summary, Jennifer A. Ziegler, Anne Black, Dave Thomas, Jim Saveland Dec 2010

Learning From Escaped Prescribed Fire Reviews Workshop Discussion Summary, Jennifer A. Ziegler, Anne Black, Dave Thomas, Jim Saveland

Jennifer A Ziegler

This Joint Fire Science funded project seeks to understand individual and organizational learning from prescribed fire operations, particularly how existing review processes do or might promote capture and transfer of lessons from prescribed fire escapes. We seek to understand what aspects of current reviews (processes, venues/formats, timing, and distribution techniques) are most effective in promoting organizational learning.