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University of North Florida

2001

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Program: Women’S History Month Kick Off Breakfast, March 1, 2001. Mar 2001

Program: Women’S History Month Kick Off Breakfast, March 1, 2001.

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Women's History month breakfast hosted by the Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women, Jacksonville, Florida. Thursday, March 1, 2001. 7:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m. At the Radisson Riverwalk Hotel.


A Study Of Influences And Life Choices: African American Males From An Urban Pre-Trial Detention Center And The Navy, Patrick O'Neal Arnwine Jan 2001

A Study Of Influences And Life Choices: African American Males From An Urban Pre-Trial Detention Center And The Navy, Patrick O'Neal Arnwine

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study was designed to explore the influences, experiences, and disparate life choices of eight African American males from the Jacksonville's Pre-trial Detention Center and the U.S. Navy. The focus of this project was on the choices made by the participants and possible reasons for those choices. Specifically, the research question for this study is "How do some African American males from Jacksonville's Pre-trial Detention Center and the Navy describe their life experiences and the influences of these experiences on their choices?''

The framework for this project was a cross-case and cross-site study. The sites were the Jacksonville Pre-trial Detention …


Voices Of Engaged Scholarship: Relationships & Research In University-Community Project, Elizabeth A. Curry Jan 2001

Voices Of Engaged Scholarship: Relationships & Research In University-Community Project, Elizabeth A. Curry

Library Faculty Presentations & Publications

This paper is about engaged scholarship and a university-community initiative as an example of research collaboration. It addresses the negative perceptions community activists hold concerning researchers, the development of the research relationship with the community organization and the reactions of academic researchers within the research team. The paper covers the first four months of developing a partnership between the University of South Florida (www.usf.edu) and an organization that works against domestic violence, CASA (www.casa-stpete.org). Using narratives, I explore issues such as incentives and barriers for the community agency to collaborate with the university and for university faculty to pursue a …