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Full-Text Articles in Sociology
Ua37/29 Gary Ransdell - Fed. Reserve Board - Ben Bernanke Q&A Session, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board
Ua37/29 Gary Ransdell - Fed. Reserve Board - Ben Bernanke Q&A Session, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board
WKU Archives Records
Email sent to members of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board regarding the question and answer session following Bernanke's speech at the Washington Economic Club.
Analysis Of Mammoth Cave Pre-Park Communities, Matthew Brunt
Analysis Of Mammoth Cave Pre-Park Communities, Matthew Brunt
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Before the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park, this area was home to numerous communities, each with a sense of identity. To prepare for the creation of the National Park, all residents living within these communities were relocated, and many of these communities were lost to the passage of time. Today, public memory of these lost communities is being fostered by the descendents of the pre-park area.
Through the use of a Historical Geographic Information System, 1920 Edmonson County manuscript census data, and statistical analysis, the demographic composition of these lost communities was explored. This project not only brought to …
Ua37/29 Gary Ransdell - Fed. Reserve Board - Right Reform For The Fed, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board
Ua37/29 Gary Ransdell - Fed. Reserve Board - Right Reform For The Fed, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board
WKU Archives Records
Email sent to members of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board regarding Ben Bernanke's Op-Ed "The Right Reform for the Fed" which appeared in the Washington Post.
New Learning Approach, Aurelia Spaulding
New Learning Approach, Aurelia Spaulding
ALIVE Center Publications
No abstract provided.
Ua3/9/5 Bob Hensley Eulogy, Wku President's Office
Ua3/9/5 Bob Hensley Eulogy, Wku President's Office
WKU Archives Records
Eulogy delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at memorial service for alum and WKU supporter Bob Hensley who died November 11, 2009.
Socialization In Chinese Academic Immigrants' Conversion To Christianity, Zhan Jiang
Socialization In Chinese Academic Immigrants' Conversion To Christianity, Zhan Jiang
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The aim of this research is to find social factors in Chinese academic immigrants’ conversion to Christianity using the perspectives of symbolic interactionism and social exchange theory. The research data are drawn from observation and interviews. Fourteen Chinese student converts were interviewed. The analysis focuses on the interaction between recruits and Christians. Results supported the idea that religious conversion happens progressively. Affective bonds are essential for the religious conversion of Chinese academic immigrants. Chinese Christian converts experienced five stages. First, they develop affective commitment to Christians close to them and regard them as their reference group. Second, an emergent generalized …
Student Thinking In Terms Of Engagement, Aurelia Spaulding
Student Thinking In Terms Of Engagement, Aurelia Spaulding
ALIVE Center Publications
Western Kentucky University senior Emily Wilcox, from Louisville, Ky., is one of a growing “activist community” here at WKU. She uses the term activist community to describe the creation and growth of student groups such as GreenToppers and Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition (KSEC), and students “loosely organizing and doing community building” outside of organizations over the past few years.
Wilcox has been involved in arts and activism all her life. Now, she is a student in the WKU Honors College involved in a variety of student groups.
College Admissions Tests And Socioeconomic/Racial Discrimination, Aaron W. Hughey
College Admissions Tests And Socioeconomic/Racial Discrimination, Aaron W. Hughey
Counseling & Student Affairs Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Spirit Of Engagement, Paul Markham, Aurelia Spaulding
The Spirit Of Engagement, Paul Markham, Aurelia Spaulding
ALIVE Center Publications
No abstract provided.
The Du Ponts In Kentucky: Louisville’S Central Park, The Southern Exposition, And An Entrepreneurial Spirit*, Timothy J. Mullin
The Du Ponts In Kentucky: Louisville’S Central Park, The Southern Exposition, And An Entrepreneurial Spirit*, Timothy J. Mullin
SCL Faculty and Staff Publications
* The du Pont family is large, and recurring names and nicknames often make it difficult to follow who’s who. The Lammot family is woven together with the du Pont family in a complicated thread, especially since Margaretta was a favorite name. Adding the Coleman/Moxham family only makes the complicated spider’s web of family relationships that much more difficult. For this purpose selected family trees are included as appendices.
Newsletter, September 2009, Paul Markham, Aurelia Spaulding
Newsletter, September 2009, Paul Markham, Aurelia Spaulding
ALIVE Center Publications
No abstract provided.
Ua1c3 Portraits Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c3 Portraits Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Portraits of people not otherwise categorized. This section includes unidentified images.
New Learning Approach, Paul N. Markham, Aurelia Spaulding
New Learning Approach, Paul N. Markham, Aurelia Spaulding
ALIVE Center Publications
No abstract provided.
Using Archetypal Metaphor To Analyze Cultural Landscape: A Chlilean Case Study, Cari Bourette
Using Archetypal Metaphor To Analyze Cultural Landscape: A Chlilean Case Study, Cari Bourette
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
In our increasingly complex and interactive world, it becomes ever more difficult to isolate and map the cultural identity of any given region, as bounded and contained cultural places have become a rare occurrence. To further complicate the matter, perspectives, loyalties, and identities shift with time, and appear to shift with circumstance. While cultural conflict per se was not the subject of this study, the ability to quantify differing cultural profiles in one location relative to another may be the beginning of the development of a tool for assessing degrees of difference in neighboring regions, and thus diagnosing the potential …
The Influence Of Inequality And Noneconomic Institutions On Cross-National Terrorist Incidents, Magan Savana Newton
The Influence Of Inequality And Noneconomic Institutions On Cross-National Terrorist Incidents, Magan Savana Newton
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
To expand the research base concerning terrorism this study connects terrorist incidents on a global scale with economic and noneconomic institutional factors. Whereas most terrorism studies use social disorganization theory or anomie theory as their theoretical bases, this study uses institutional anomie theory (IAT) to examine the influence of economic and noneconomic institutions on terrorist-incident counts in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. The research employs the following five sources that are linked together: The Global Terrorism Database (GTD), World Bank Database, data from the University of Texas Inequality Project (UTIP), the United Nations (UN), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). …
The Heat Is On: Variations Among Male And Female Chefs, Brandi Wyatt-Hughes
The Heat Is On: Variations Among Male And Female Chefs, Brandi Wyatt-Hughes
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The primary purpose of this research was to examine a group of fourteen chefs, half male and half female, to determine the differences in the way male and female chefs do their job. To get an understanding of the perceptions of the chefs I conducted in-depth interviews with seven male chefs and seven female chefs. Definite differences were found in the way the chefs perceived their roles in the kitchen as well as how they managed their kitchens as a whole. Female chefs tended to manage their kitchens more collaboratively, thus creating and fostering a less emotional environment. Lack of …
Marijuana Users In Their Own Words: Explaining The Continuation And Cessation Of Habitual Marijuana Use, Landon Shane Bevier
Marijuana Users In Their Own Words: Explaining The Continuation And Cessation Of Habitual Marijuana Use, Landon Shane Bevier
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
This study is a qualitative examination of twenty current and former users of marijuana, using in-depth interviews as the units of analysis. The relationship between the participants’ perceived costs and rewards, type and amount of linguistic accounts used, as well as frequency of use are explored using Homans' exchange theory and Lyman and Scott’s theory of accounts. Reasons for continuation, regulation, and cessation of use are also studied. It is found that the participants use marijuana for a varied amount of reasons; these reasons directly influence how they account for their behavior as well as their frequency of use, particularly …
The Conceptualization Of Genocide In The International Media: A Case Study Of Darfur, Kayla Costello
The Conceptualization Of Genocide In The International Media: A Case Study Of Darfur, Kayla Costello
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Cross-national crime studies are often plagued with conceptualization issues. In specific, some countries may define certain acts of violence as crimes, whereas others may perceive these acts as justifiable or culturally prescribed. This difference in conceptualization is especially the case with the crime of genocide, which the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948 defines “as any of a number of acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group.” Despite this legal definition, countries, organizations, institutions or individuals may label a crisis as …
Finances, Social Capital, And College Organizational Membership, Jalandra Michelle Penick
Finances, Social Capital, And College Organizational Membership, Jalandra Michelle Penick
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
There were three focal objectives of this research. The research aimed to determine whether an association exists between perception of financial strain and involvement in campus clubs and organizations, actual finances, and involvement in clubs and organizations, and the levels of social capital generated by involvement in campus clubs and organizations. Results indicate that the perception of financial strain has no significant effect on involvement in campus clubs and activities. The analysis also reveals that actual finances have an insignificant relationship with involvement in campus clubs and organizations. There were significant relationships revealed when social capital was measured. The research …
Ending America's Dependence On Foreign Oil: Risk Perceptions Among Texans, Jessica R. Aldridge
Ending America's Dependence On Foreign Oil: Risk Perceptions Among Texans, Jessica R. Aldridge
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Reliance on foreign oil is a major problem facing the United States due to uncontrollable prices, dealing with hostile nations, and oil wars. Demographic variables, risk perception, community attachment, environmental knowledge, and environmental attitudes of Texans were examined to determine which factors influence attitudes toward the hard- and soft-energy path for ending the U.S. Reliance on foreign oil. The data for this study were collected through a mailed questionnaire which included 1,228 Texans in 12 counties over three ecological regions. The dependent measures, hard-energy path and soft-energy path, were regressed on the independent and control variables to determine which factors …
College Of Health And Human Services International Service Learning Program: Gales Point, Belize, Jordan Norris, Carrierobin Menapace
College Of Health And Human Services International Service Learning Program: Gales Point, Belize, Jordan Norris, Carrierobin Menapace
Impact Belize
No abstract provided.
Ua12/2/35 Greek Academic Recognition Program, Wku Intrafraternity Council
Ua12/2/35 Greek Academic Recognition Program, Wku Intrafraternity Council
WKU Archives Records
List of honorees at the 32nd Annual Greek Academic Recognition Program.
Ua3/9/5 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Speech, Wku President's Office
Ua3/9/5 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Speech, Wku President's Office
WKU Archives Records
Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Historic Eastern Woodland Native American Days, Christy L. Spurlock
Historic Eastern Woodland Native American Days, Christy L. Spurlock
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
The purpose of this publication is to serve as a guide for teachers who may wish to host their own version of Historic Eastern Woodland Native American Days for a single classroom, grade level, school or entire district.
Ua97/1 Ogden College Administration, Wku Archives
Ua97/1 Ogden College Administration, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the Regent and Trustees of Ogden College and the Ogden Foundation. This series includes information regarding Robert Ogden's estate, a list of regents, Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes and information regarding the lease of Ogden College to Western.
Giving As A Way Of Life: Its Benefits, Not Its Costs, Martha C. Jenkins
Giving As A Way Of Life: Its Benefits, Not Its Costs, Martha C. Jenkins
Applied Human Sciences
No abstract provided.
Ua68/13/4 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Journalism & Broadcasting Publications, Wku Archives
Ua68/13/4 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Journalism & Broadcasting Publications, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Publications created by Journalism & Broadcasting. These include incomplete runs of departmental bulletins, newsletters such as the Link, AdViews, InSync and The Hilltopper Journalist, Bowling Green magazine, as well as program brochures. See the finding aid for a list of issues in WKU Archives. Please contact the WKU Archives using the Send Feedback option above if you have missing issues that you wish to donate.
Ua1c10 Non Wku Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c10 Non Wku Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Non-WKU images. University faculty, staff, students or alumni may appear in these images that occur outside the scope of the university's administration.
Ua3/1/2/1 President's Office-Cherry - Correspondence - General, Wku Archives
Ua3/1/2/1 President's Office-Cherry - Correspondence - General, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
General correspondence regarding Western Kentucky University. Incoming letters are mainly addressed to Henry Hardin Cherry. Responses are made by Cherry and occasionally by faculty and staff. The president's secretary Mattie McLean is the writer for some of the letters signed by Cherry.
Some of Cherry's personal papers are also found in this series most notably those pertaining to his political aspirations and two candidacies for the Kentucky governorship. Copies of outgoing correspondence begin to appear in Box 1, Folder 50.
Ua1c11/1 Public Relations Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/1 Public Relations Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs, negatives, slides and transparencies created by Public Affairs staff members of WKU faculty, staff, students, alumni and events. See container list for arrangement and description.