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The Thinker 1.12, Amy Thompson

Library Newsletters

The Thinker newsletter for December 2013.

A Case For Banking Oversight Reform In Crisis Mitigation, J. Barrow, S. Smalt

Faculty and Research Publications

This paper reviews the key weaknesses in the banking system related to the 2007 global financial crisis and finds supervisory oversight and accountability underrepresented or missing in recommended solutions although they are a critical contributor to the problem. The paper purports: (1) focusing on the fundamental factors that attribute to the vulnerability of the banking system is a key component of a model for the mitigation of a financial crisis and; (2) the factors are interrelated; therefore, the model should be holistic. The analysis results in an integrative blueprint and includes a simple case study application. The findings of the …

Student Performance In A Principle Of Microeconomics Course Under Hybrid And Face-To-Face Delivery, P. Verhoeven, T. Rudchenko

Faculty and Research Publications

Designing a hybrid course entails the challenge of choosing learning activities for each of the face-to-face and online environments--and sequencing and coordinating the activities across the two environments--to promote student attainment of the course’s learning objectives. This paper presents a study comparing student performance in an undergraduate Principles of Microeconomics course taught by the same instructor under hybrid (n = 51) and face-to-face (n = 24) delivery. The percentage of hybrid students completing the course (71%) was not significantly different (chi-square = .61, p = .433) than that (79%) of the face-to-face students. A regression analysis controlling for student GPA …

Prehispanic Use Of Chili Peppers In Chiapas, Mexico, Terry G. Powis, Emiliano Gallaga Murrieta, Richard Lesure, Roberto Lopez Bravo, Louis Grivetti, Heidi Kucera, Nilesh W. Gaikwad

Faculty and Research Publications

The genus Capsicum is New World in origin and represents a complex of a wide variety of both wild and domesticated taxa. Peppers or fruits of Capsicum species rarely have been identified in the paleoethnobotanical record in either Meso- or South America. We report here confirmation of Capsicum sp. residues from pottery samples excavated at Chiapa de Corzo in southern Mexico dated from Middle to Late Preclassic periods (400 BCE to 300 CE). Residues from 13 different pottery types were collected and extracted using standard techniques. Presence of Capsicum was confirmed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC)/MS-MS Analysis. Five pottery types …

The Thinker 1.11, Amy Thompson

Library Newsletters

The Thinker newsletter for November 2013.

The Thinker 1.10, Amy Thompson

Library Newsletters

The Thinker newsletter for October 2013.

Mcjobs And Pieces Of Flair: Linking Mcdonaldization To Alienating Work, Linda Ann Treiber

Faculty and Research Publications

This article offers strategies for teaching about rationality, bureaucracy, and social change using George Ritzer’s The McDonaldization of Society and its ideas about efficiency, predictability, calculability, and control. Student learning is facilitated using a series of strategies: making the familiar strange, explaining McDonaldization, self-investigation and discovery, and exploring and implementing alternatives. Through assignments, class exercises, and films, students contextualize modernity and its unintended negative consequences by viewing McDonaldization though the lenses of work and jobs. These strategies provide a framework to help students understand key concepts, critique McDonaldization, and formulate positive ways to cope with Weber’s iron cage.

The Thinker 1.09, Amy Thompson

Library Newsletters

The Thinker newsletter for September 2013.

The Thinker 1.08, Amy Thompson

Library Newsletters

The Thinker newsletter for August 2013.

The Thinker 1.07, Amy Thompson

Library Newsletters

The Thinker newsletter for July 2013.

The Digital Natives Are Restless: Engaging High Conflict Parents Through Technology, Sherrill Hayes

Faculty and Research Publications

When I started working as a parenting coordinator (PC) in 2006, I envisioned a practice filled with uncomfortable and heated conversations around a table. But while there have been plenty of heated conversations, they have taken a different form than I expected. I have spent a lot of time, and had some of my most challenging experiences, not in meetings or other face-to-face encounters but rather in listening to lengthy unfocused voicemails, reading and editing inflammatory emails, and teaching the fundamentals of netiquette to parents who had forgotten their e-manners.

I have found that many parents have little or no …

Six Thinking Hats In The Library, Sandra Barclay, Linda Golian-Lui, Ariel Turner

Faculty and Research Publications

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Clash Of Civilization Or Clash Of Newspaper Ideologies? An Analysis Of The Ideological Split In British Newspaper Commentaries On The 2002 Miss World Riots In Nigeria, Farooq Kperogi

Faculty and Research Publications

Riots that erupted in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna over a newspaper article that some Muslims interpreted as blaspheming the Prophet Muhammad on account of Nigeria’s decision to host the 2002 edition of the Miss World beauty pageant captured the attention of the media around the world. This article investigates how the British press framed the riots in their opinion columns and editorials. Through an interpretive textual analysis of the opinion pages, the study shows that while the ideological persuasions of left-leaning British press predisposed them to express opinions on the Miss World riots that resonated with what might …

The Thinker 1.06, Amy Thompson

Library Newsletters

The Thinker newsletter for June 2013.

Graduate Library Survey Results, Michael Luther

Library Reports and Surveys

Horace W. Sturgis Library conducted a survey of all graduate students between April 22nd and April 30th. The purpose of the survey was to collect opinions from among the graduate population of Kennesaw State University regarding the Graduate Library space on the third floor of Sturgis Library. We received 90 complete survey responses.

The Thinker 1.05, Amy Thompson

Library Newsletters

The Thinker newsletter for May 2013.

2013 Libqual+ Survey Results, Kennesaw State University Library System

Library Reports and Surveys

No abstract provided.

Quasi-Maximum Likelihood Estimation Of Multivariate Diffusions, Xiao Huang

Faculty and Research Publications

This paper introduces quasi-maximum likelihood estimator for multivariate diffusions based on discrete observations. A numerical solution to the stochastic differential equation is obtained by higher order Wagner-Platen approximation and it is used to derive the first two conditional moments. Monte Carlo simulation shows that the proposed method has good finite sample property for both normal and non-normal diffusions. In an application of estimating stochastic volatility models, we find evidence of closeness between the CEV model and the GARCH stochastic volatility model. This finding supports the discrete time GARCH modeling of market volatility.

The Thinker 1.04, Cheryl Stiles

Library Newsletters

The Thinker newsletter for April 2013.

Culture Matters: Individualism Vs. Collectivism In Conflict Decision-Making, Volker C. Franke, Rebecca Lefebvre

Faculty and Research Publications

Does culture matter in decision-making? Existing literature largely assumes that the cognitive processes that inform decision-making are universally applicable, while only very few studies indicate that cultural norms and values shape cognitive processes. Using survey based quasi-experimental design, this research shows that subjects with higher levels of individualism tend to be more rational in their decision processing, while those with higher levels of collectivism tend to be more dependent and less likely to betray the interests of members of more central ingroups in favor of less central ingroups. Furthermore, the results indicate that in conflict settings that seem familiar, individuals …

News With Views: Postobjectivism And Emergent Alternative Journalistic Practices In America’S Corporate News Media, Farooq Kperogi

Faculty and Research Publications

One of the inchoate yet defining features of journalism in the twenty-first century has been the profession’s unannounced but nonetheless consequential repudiation of the time-honored journalistic ethos of ‘‘objectivity.’’ In this paper, I argue that the gradual renunciation of the ideals of objectivity in contemporary journalistic practice, especially in the United States which birthed the concept, is both a return to journalism’s roots and a back-handed, if profit-inspired, embrace of certain hallmarks of ‘‘alternative journalism,’’ which emerged as a counterfoil to nineteenth-century notions of ‘‘objective journalism.’’ I demonstrate my thesis by historicizing ‘‘objective journalism’’ and linking its emergence to multiple …

The Thinker 1.03, Cheryl Stiles

Library Newsletters

The Thinker newsletter for March 2013.

The Thinker 1.02, Cheryl Stiles

Library Newsletters

The Thinker newsletter for February 2013.

2013 Libqual+ Survey, Kennesaw State University Library System

Library Reports and Surveys

2013 LibQUAL+ Survey for the Horace W. Sturgis Library.

2013 Annual Report For The Horace W. Sturgis Library, Horace W. Sturgis Library

Library Reports and Surveys

2013 Annual Report for the Horace W. Sturgis Library.

Ilibraries: Maintaining Relevancy In A Mobile World, Ariel Turner

Faculty and Research Publications

Though the wealth of opportunities mobile technologies provide to libraries is widely acknowledged, some libraries continue to experience challenges when incorporating these technologies. These challenges include technological illiteracy, prohibitive cost, and the effect of these technologies on the traditional library environment. An examination of a variety of current literature and studies related to the incorporation of mobile technologies is necessary to determine how best to tackle these challenges, and suggests several methods of incorporating mobile technologies into academic libraries. Such methods include exploring technical blogs or classes, learning from technologically savvy peers, including tablets or other mobile devices in the …

Espionage And The Optimal Standard Of The C-Tpat Program In Port Security, Aniruddha Bagchi, Jomon Aliyas Paul

Faculty and Research Publications

No abstract provided.

Leading From Behind The Gap: Post-Racial Politics And The Pedagogy Of Black Studies, Seneca Vaught

Faculty and Research Publications

An Associated Press Poll released on the eve of the 2012 presidential election revealed that more Americans are overtly racist today than four years ago.

The Exercise Of Corporate Bond Clawbacks And Debt Renegotiation: An Empirical Analysis, Kenneth Daniels, Fernando Diaz, Gabriel G. Ramirez

Faculty and Research Publications

Bond clawback provisions allow the issuer to partially redeem a bond issue often within three years of issuance using proceeds only from new equity issues. We document that clawback bonds are often renegotiated and clawbacks provisions are rarely exercised. We find that the probability of exercising an option increases if the firm is large and has lower levels of debt, the issue is large and if the issue was subject of renegotiation prior to the exercised date, the workout took the form of a cash tender offer. We find that the likelihood of renegotiation of an IPOC is positively associated …

Social Versus Conservative Democracies And Homicide Rates, Marcus Marktanner, Luc Noiset

Faculty and Research Publications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critique recent findings that democratic practices are positively related to homicide rates. Design/methodology/approach – Economic rational choice model supported by empirical evidence. Findings – It was found that higher homicide rates are only characteristic of democracies that fail to respond to the median voter's call for equitable social development. Originality/value – The paper makes an original distinction between conservative and social democracies, operationalizes this distinction theoretically and empirically, and shows that higher homicide rates are a phenomenon of conservative, not social, democracies.