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2017

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Protected: Arsenic And Old Pelts: Deadly Pesticides In Museum Collections, Alice B. Kehoe, Marshall Joseph Becker Dec 2017

Protected: Arsenic And Old Pelts: Deadly Pesticides In Museum Collections, Alice B. Kehoe, Marshall Joseph Becker

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

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Managing Diabetes In Festive Times, Jasmin Tahmaseb-Mcconatha Nov 2017

Managing Diabetes In Festive Times, Jasmin Tahmaseb-Mcconatha

Psychology Faculty Publications

Are you worried about managing your Type 2 diabetes as the holidays approach? Are you anxious about going to social gatherings? Talking about your concerns and planning can help. The diabetes crisis continues to grow creating holiday stress for patients.

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Contextualizing Trump: Education For Communism, Curry Stephenson Malott Oct 2017

Contextualizing Trump: Education For Communism, Curry Stephenson Malott

Educational Foundations & Policy Studies Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Anthropologists Weigh In On The Sustainability Of Tourism, Michael A. Di Giovine Aug 2017

Anthropologists Weigh In On The Sustainability Of Tourism, Michael A. Di Giovine

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

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Coping With Micro-Stressors: How Do I Work My Smart Tv?, Jasmin Tahmaseb-Mcconatha Jun 2017

Coping With Micro-Stressors: How Do I Work My Smart Tv?, Jasmin Tahmaseb-Mcconatha

Psychology Faculty Publications

How do I work my Smart TV? What can we do about micro-stressors? Micro-stressors present ongoing daily challenges that threaten the aging self.

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Shifting Winds: Using Ancestry Dna To Explore Multiracial Individuals' Patterns Of Articulating Racial Identity, Bessie Lee Lawton, Anita K. Foeman Apr 2017

Shifting Winds: Using Ancestry Dna To Explore Multiracial Individuals' Patterns Of Articulating Racial Identity, Bessie Lee Lawton, Anita K. Foeman

Communication and Media Faculty Publications

This study explored how genotype information affects identification narratives of multiracial individuals. Twenty-one multiracial individuals completed individual interviews before and after receiving a DNA analysis to clarify their genetically based racial ancestry. Based on results, this article proposes patterns of articulating racial identity by multiracial individuals. Four patterns extend evolving research in multiracial identification, namely (1) the individual articulates a monoracial identity; (2) the individual articulates one identity, but this can shift in response to various conditions; (3) the individual articulates an extraracial identity, opting out of traditional categories applied to race; and (4) the person distinguishes traditional categories of …

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Imagined Israel: The Problem Of Pilgrimage In The Holy Land, Michael A. Di Giovine Apr 2017

Imagined Israel: The Problem Of Pilgrimage In The Holy Land, Michael A. Di Giovine

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

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Ceramic Roof Ornaments (Almenas) From Cihuatan, El Salvador: Contexts, Descriptions And Inferences From Other Sites, Marshall Joseph Becker Apr 2017

Ceramic Roof Ornaments (Almenas) From Cihuatan, El Salvador: Contexts, Descriptions And Inferences From Other Sites, Marshall Joseph Becker

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

Discovery of dozens of broken ceramic roof ornaments (almenas) on the floor abutting the front (western) margin of an elite residence (Structure Q-1) at Cihuatan, El Salvador provides a new context for this category of artifacts. While relatively well-known from sites in the Valley of Mexico, elsewhere in Mesoamerica almenas have been documented only from a single Teotihuacan-style structure at the lowland Maya site of Tikal, one structure at Mayapan, and possibly at a few other sites in Yucatan. A preliminary program to reconstruct a portion of the many box-like almenasat Cihuatan, of a date much later than the one …

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Stereotypes About Boys Of Color: Information About Race/Ethnicity And Socioeconomic Status Biases Ratings Of Boys’ Behavior, Eleanor D. Brown, Mallory L. Garnett, Lauren Burlew, Peter Ippolito, Julie Belling, Masataka Mitsuzuka, Anna Di Stefano Apr 2017

Stereotypes About Boys Of Color: Information About Race/Ethnicity And Socioeconomic Status Biases Ratings Of Boys’ Behavior, Eleanor D. Brown, Mallory L. Garnett, Lauren Burlew, Peter Ippolito, Julie Belling, Masataka Mitsuzuka, Anna Di Stefano

Psychology Student Work

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Learning With Music: Macphail’S Innovative Early Childhood Program Associated With Social-Emotional Advantage, Eleanor D. Brown, Mallory Garnett, Ashley Labrador, Lydia Faro, Amelia Hallenbeck, Breona Jackson, Sophia Pazmino Apr 2017

Learning With Music: Macphail’S Innovative Early Childhood Program Associated With Social-Emotional Advantage, Eleanor D. Brown, Mallory Garnett, Ashley Labrador, Lydia Faro, Amelia Hallenbeck, Breona Jackson, Sophia Pazmino

Psychology Student Work

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The Body Image Culture Within Sororities: A Qualitative Study, Kyle Ross, Melissa Bene, Lisa Edwards, Rebeca Chlebnikow, Alexandra Dolla, Kristen Perone, Deanne Zotter Apr 2017

The Body Image Culture Within Sororities: A Qualitative Study, Kyle Ross, Melissa Bene, Lisa Edwards, Rebeca Chlebnikow, Alexandra Dolla, Kristen Perone, Deanne Zotter

Psychology Student Work

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A Wampum Basket From New England: Discovery Of An Account Providing Verification Of An Oral Tradition, Marshall Joseph Becker Apr 2017

A Wampum Basket From New England: Discovery Of An Account Providing Verification Of An Oral Tradition, Marshall Joseph Becker

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

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Thank God The Holidays Are Over: Coping With Diabetes, Jasmin Tahmaseb-Mcconatha Jan 2017

Thank God The Holidays Are Over: Coping With Diabetes, Jasmin Tahmaseb-Mcconatha

Psychology Faculty Publications

How can I enjoy social gatherings if I have diabetes? Holiday gatherings can be stressful for men and women coping with diabetes. For 35 million Americans with diabetes, holiday gatherings are more stressful.

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The Teachable Moment: Engaging Students In Social Justice Movements, Tiffany Yvette Lane, Christine M. Chiarelli-Helminiak, Casey Bohrman, Terrence Lewis Jan 2017

The Teachable Moment: Engaging Students In Social Justice Movements, Tiffany Yvette Lane, Christine M. Chiarelli-Helminiak, Casey Bohrman, Terrence Lewis

Social Work (Graduate) Faculty Publications

Social justice has long been at the forefront of the core values of the social work profession. Social workers are charged to confront social injustices and advocate for social change. In 2014, there was a societal response across the United States to the deaths of two African-American men, Mike Brown and Eric Garner, and the decision to not indict the police officers who killed them. The collective reaction was reflective of a country unsettled by the criminal justice system’s ongoing acceptance of structural discrimination. This article will focus on one university’s social work faculty’s collective response to the brutal killings …

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You Can’T Walk Where There Is No Ground, Paul Stoller Jan 2017

You Can’T Walk Where There Is No Ground, Paul Stoller

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

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Can The Arts Get Under The Skin? Arts And Cortisol For Economically Disadvantaged Children, Eleanor D. Brown, Mallory L. Garnett, Kate E. Anderson Jan 2017

Can The Arts Get Under The Skin? Arts And Cortisol For Economically Disadvantaged Children, Eleanor D. Brown, Mallory L. Garnett, Kate E. Anderson

Psychology Faculty Publications

This within-subjects experimental study investigated the influence of the arts on cortisol for economically disadvantaged children. Participants were 310 children, ages 3–5 years, who attended a Head Start preschool and were randomly assigned to participate in different schedules of arts and homeroom classes on different days of the week. Cortisol was sampled at morning baseline and after arts and homeroom classes on two different days at start, middle, and end of the year. For music, dance, and visual arts, grouped and separately, results of piecewise hierarchical linear modeling with time-varying predictors suggested cortisol was lower after an arts versus homeroom …

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Greening Us Legacy Cities: Urban Agriculture As A Strategy For Reclaiming Vacant Land, Fanny Carlet, Joseph Schilling, Megan Heckert Jan 2017

Greening Us Legacy Cities: Urban Agriculture As A Strategy For Reclaiming Vacant Land, Fanny Carlet, Joseph Schilling, Megan Heckert

Geography & Planning Faculty Publications

Repurposing vacant land for food production is expanding as a response to urban blight, food insecurity and food deserts. As municipalities integrate urban agriculture in their sustainability plans and zoning regulations, scholars are beginning to take a broader look at the benefits from this and other types of greening strategies. This article investigates current state of research and practice of urban agriculture as an emerging strategy for regenerating shrinking cities. It highlights key findings while offering observations on how public officials and practitioners can leverage this research to enhance urban agriculture as a treatment for vacant land.

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Etruscan Gold Dental Appliances, Marshall Joseph Becker Jan 2017

Etruscan Gold Dental Appliances, Marshall Joseph Becker

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Anthony F. C. Wallace: Homage To A Professor, Marshall Joseph Becker Jan 2017

Anthony F. C. Wallace: Homage To A Professor, Marshall Joseph Becker

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Spytinĕv (Ce 875-915), Duke Of Bohemia: An Osteobiographic Perspective On Society Status And Stature In The Emerging Czech State, Marshall Joseph Becker Jan 2017

Spytinĕv (Ce 875-915), Duke Of Bohemia: An Osteobiographic Perspective On Society Status And Stature In The Emerging Czech State, Marshall Joseph Becker

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

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