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The Sacred As The Basis For Human Creativity And Agency In The Black Church, Cheryl Townsend Gilkes

Trotter Review

Religion is, I believe, the most important site for human creativity, innovation, and agency. In the world of the sacred in any social context, one is able to find the widest variety of human constructions of meaning. Indeed, the true understanding of human diversity may be found in the study of religion and the processes through which people sustain and renew their religious organizations and their religious world views. It is important, I think, to apply these new insights to the study of the African-American religious experience. The Black church, or the collective experience of African-American Christians in the United …

Black Church Politics And The Million Man March, William E. Nelson Jr.

Trotter Review

October 16, 1995 will be recorded as one of the most important days in the political history of African Americans in the United States. This day witnessed the largest mass political demonstration in the history of this nation—the assemblage of more than 1.2 million African-American men in Washington, D.C. under the banner of the Million Man March. Both the size and the overt political objectives of the march set it firmly apart from the pallid, feeble demonstrations in Washington led by the NAACP in the 1980s; in its size and character, the march echoed the focus on power and system …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Special Summer Edition, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Simmons, Darryn. Western, Nebraska Courting Paul Sanderford
• VanWinkle, Cara. Western Custodian Remembered – Jerry Robertson
• Brown, Karen. John Hardin Named Assistant Dean – Potter College of Arts & Letters
• Simmons, Darryn. Regents Approve Resolution, Budget – Gays, Lesbians
• Lenz, Rebecca. More Than 900 Students Graduate in May Ceremony – Commencement, Class of 1996 (WKU)
• Brown, Karen. Regent Donates Endowment – Raymond Preston
• Committee Interviews Six Finalists – Presidential Search
• Staff Regent Elections Wednesday
• Photojournalism Students Rewarded at National Contest – Jonathan Kirshner, Chad Stevens
• Summer Programs at Library – …

Western Women’S Travel Writing About The Pacific Islands, Claudia Knapman

Pacific Studies

Although there has been a revival of interest in nineteenth-century women’s travel writing, this is a neglected area of Pacific scholarship. Though the work of Western women travelers who wrote about the Pacific Islands has been drawn upon by some researchers, this literature has not received attention as a genre, as a body of source material, or as the focus of academic research questions. This article, while neither a detailed analysis of particular writers and their works nor an attempt to delineate the field, uses three categorizations--the realist, the protofeminist, and the orientalist--derived from analyses of women’s travel writing elsewhere …

Indochinese Mental Health In North America: Measures, Status, And Treatments, Thanh V. Tran, Donna L. Ferullo

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The massive influx of Indochinese refugees and immigrants to North America since the end of the Indochina war, especially to the United States of America, has resulted in numerous multi-disciplinary efforts to document and study their mental well-being. As a group, Indochinese Americans arrived from war-torn countries where many had experienced various forms of trauma, poverty, and oppression. Their pre-migration experiences, and experiences in adjusting and adapting to the new life in the host society have influenced their mental health status and overall quality of life in various ways. This paper analyzes and synthesizes a wealth of multi-disciplinary research on …

27th Chicano Commencement, 1997, San Jose State University, Associated Students

Chicano Commencement

27th Annual Chicano Commencement

The 27th Annual Chicano Commencement was held at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA on Sunday, May 25, 1997.

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

Quetzalcoatl Challenges The Christian Bible, Elsa Tamez

Journal of Hispanic / Latino Theology

The author traces four different attitudes toward the Bible that have developed in the more than five hundred years since the encounter of 1492. She challenges readers to rethink both their biblical interpretation and the Christian practice that draws upon that interpretation by becoming attentive to indigenous voices and traditions. If the present moment can be recognized as a kairos — a privileged time of decision, judgment, and grace — Tamez argues that “the historical challenge comes at this moment,” some five hundred years later, “from the indigenous and African-American peoples who, together with women, are rising up as newly …

Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Xiv, No. 2, Wku Latin American Studies

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

Evangelization Or Proselytism Of Hispanics? A Pentecostal Perspective, Cecil M. Robeck Jr.

Journal of Hispanic / Latino Theology

In this essay, based on an address to the US. National Association of Diocesan Ecumenical Directors, the author reviews the history of U.S. Hispanic involvement in the Pentecostal movement, underscoring the need for sustained dialogue in arriving at common understandings and in working toward the sort of genuine koinōnia that promotes authentic witness to the Gospel.

Perceptions Of African-American Males Regarding Factors Supporting Doctoral Completion In Colleges Of Education, William Respress

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The primary purpose of the study was to examine what institutional factors most influenced the decision of African-American male doctoral scholars to persist unto graduation. The literature review showed mentoring, institutional climate, race relations, and social adjustment as key factors in persistence of minorities in graduate studies. An objective specific to the study was to explore the cumulative outcomes that mentoring, social adjustment, institutional climate, and race relations have upon persistence. The population included scholars at both Predominantly White Colleges (PWIs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) throughout the United States in Colleges of Education. One hundred sixty-four scholars …

Why Black Psychology In The Introductory Psychology Course?, Linda Rhone

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

“An important factor is the need for more psychologists over the next decade, particularly psychologists of color, who can bring perspectives other than Eurocentric.”

Diversity Denial: An Exercise Of Mind And Will, Cathy Martinez, Paul H. Gutierrez

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

“When we all conform to the ‘majority rules,’ we are leaving behind the richness of the diversity we have to offer the people in the organization.”

Diversity, Athletics, And Mentoring: Creating New Academic Avenues, Lisa Hardaway, Pat Lutt

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

Culture shock, academic stress, making the transition, and high athletic performance expectations are just some of the things student-athletes experience.

The Need For American Ethnic Studies At Predominantly White Institutions (I): African American And Native American Studies, C.J. White, Frances W. Kaye, Keith Parker

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

This session will provide a straightforward account of what ethnic studies is and the current state of ethnic studies.

The Need For American Ethnic Studies At Predominantly White Institutions (Ii): Latino And Judaic Studies, Miguel Carranza, Alan Steinweis, Keith Parker

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

This session will provide a straightforward account of what ethnic studies is and the current state of ethnic studies.

Mentoring Diversity And The Majority Rules: The Power Of Purpose, Paul H. Gutierrez, Cathy Martinez, Warren Santistevan

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

“Tribal Societies selected special individuals to formally guide, grain, and indoctrinate the young in the arts, crafts, and behaviors necessary to function successfully and contribute to the community.”

Naccs 24th Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Chicana y Chicano Scholarship: Un Compromiso Con Nuestras Comunidades
April 16-19, 1997
Radisson Hotel

Ua66/10/2 Alumni Newsletter, Wku Mathematics

WKU Administration Documents

Alumni newsletter created by and about the WKU Mathematics department.

Negotiating The Pō: The Hawai‘I International Film Festival, 8-15 November 1996, Alexander Mawyer

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

The Not So Pacific: Pacific Islander Films At The 1996 Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival, 8–14 November 1996, Deborah A. Elliston

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Isabelle Merle's Review Of Nicholas Thomas's Colonialism’S Culture: Anthropology, Travel, And Government, Isabelle Merle

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Response By Nicholas Thomas On The Book Review Forum Of Colonialism’S Culture: Anthropology, Travel, And Government, Nicholas Thomas

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Patricia Grimshaw's Review Of Nicholas Thomas's Colonialism’S Culture: Anthropology, Travel, And Government, Patricia Grimshaw

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Bruce Kapferer's Review Of Nicholas Thomas's Colonialism’S Culture: Anthropology, Travel, And Government, Bruce Kapferer

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Poverty Among Asian Americans: Theories And Approaches, Surjit Singh Dhooper

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Asian Americans are not immune to poverty and its consequences. This paper has reviewed several poverty-related concepts and theories and examined their relevance for understanding and dealing with poverty among Asian Americans. Social work interventions are proposed at both macro and micro levels together with the professional skills necessary for those interventions.

Family Functioning And Psychological Well-Being In Vietnamese Adolescents, Quang Duong Tran, Cheryl A. Richey

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper presents an exploratory study that examines the influences of family functioning on the psychological well-being in a sample of Vietnamese adolescents. Thirty Vietnamese families from the King County area in the state of Washington participated in this study. Thirty adolescents between 13 and 19 years of age and 53 parents (27fathers and 26 mothers) responded to self-reported questionnaires. Data analysis was conducted to provide a descriptive "picture" of family and individual characteristics associated with Vietnamese adolescents' psychological well-being. Gender differences were apparent with Vietnamese female adolescents reporting higher mean scores on depressive symptoms and lower mean scores on …

Asian-American Women: An Understudied Minority, Lina Y. S. Fong

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper describes Asian-American women with their inter-ethnic, intergenerational connections. Diversities in race, ethnicity, and socio-economic status influence their lives in family, participation in education, the labor force, and community life. Issues and implications about the myth of Asian- American as model minority, the influence of feminism, and social work service for Asian-American women are also discussed.

Asian-American Elderly: A Review Of The Quality Of Life And Social Service Needs, Mizanur R. Miah, Dean R. Kahler

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper briefly reviews the historical, cultural, and socio-economic factors that affect and define the lives of Asian-American elderly. A close examination of the present quality of life of Asian-American Elderly is made to determine if there are differences between that population and other populations. This paper provides information about existing social services and a summary of culturally relevant social work intervention. In conclusion, the paper underscores the urgent need for additional data collection regarding the Asian-American elderly that will help guide appropriate policy decisions and social services for this neglected group.

Asian American Experiences: A View From The Other Side, Pill Jay Cho

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

President Truman is said to have complained about his assistants for giving him advice "on the other hand" as well as the first one. He joked about his wish to find an advisor who has only one arm. As one of the two guest editors for the present special issue on Asian American Experience, I have been surprised by the fact that all manuscripts submitted discuss what I call "negative" side of the Asian American experiences.