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Resistance, The Church, And A Comparison Of Ceramics From Sixteenth-Century Caluco, El Salvador, Alison Denise Hodges Oct 2015

Resistance, The Church, And A Comparison Of Ceramics From Sixteenth-Century Caluco, El Salvador, Alison Denise Hodges

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines ceramics from the church of San Pedro y San Pablo, Caluco, El Salvador, to investigate the pressures of Spanish evangelization during the Colonial Period. It compares the church's ceramic assemblage to two privately-owned houses, also within Caluco. Examining choices in ceramic styles for serving food and drink is one way to examine the colonial policies of reducción, which were to instill a regular, commonplace Christian order in everyday life. The materials in question were a large number of Spanish majolicas, as well as 300 locally-made vessels, and form, decoration, and ware was noted for each. The relative …

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Life Is Calling ... How Far Will You Go ... Back In The Closet? Identity Negotiation And Management Among Queer, Peace Corps Volunteers, Kate Elizabeth Slisz Oct 2015

Life Is Calling ... How Far Will You Go ... Back In The Closet? Identity Negotiation And Management Among Queer, Peace Corps Volunteers, Kate Elizabeth Slisz

Theses and Dissertations

There is little to no research surrounding the experiences of queer, foreign-aid workers. To address this gap, a study was conducted to explore how compulsory heterosexuality affects the social construction of sexuality in societies where queer, foreign-aid workers serve and how this influences their identity negotiation and management processes. Participants consisted of ten self-identified queer, Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), as well as, the researcher herself who also identifies as queer. Data was gathered through both semi-structured interviews and autoethnographic research. Meaning structuring through narratives was used to analyze the data. Analysis revealed that strategies of silencing, counterfeiting, and lying …

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Illinois State University Salaries Fy2016, Illinois State University Oct 2015

Illinois State University Salaries Fy2016, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Salaries

Includes two sections: non-tenure track, tenure track, and faculty associate salaries, and administrative professional and civil service salaries.

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Signs & Symbols, Vol. 15, Fall 2015, Illinois State University, Department Of Sociology And Anthropology Oct 2015

Signs & Symbols, Vol. 15, Fall 2015, Illinois State University, Department Of Sociology And Anthropology

Signs & Symbols

Newsletter of the Illinois State University Department of Sociology and Anthropology

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Fact Book 2015, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis Oct 2015

Fact Book 2015, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Fact Book (1988-2019)

Fact Book 2015 for Illinois State University

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Enrollment Report, Fall 2015, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis Oct 2015

Enrollment Report, Fall 2015, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Enrollment Reports (2004-2019)

Enrollment Report for Fall 2015 for Illinois State University

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Ritual Economy And Craft Production In Small-Scale Societies: Evidence From Microwear Analysis Of Hopewell Bladelets, Logan Miller Sep 2015

Ritual Economy And Craft Production In Small-Scale Societies: Evidence From Microwear Analysis Of Hopewell Bladelets, Logan Miller

Faculty Publications – Sociology and Anthropology

Ritual economy provides a powerful framework for examining aspects of the organization of craft production, especially in the absence of a strong, centralized political economy. This paper outlines the basic tenants of ritual economy and describes how this framework can expand the understanding of the organization of production in small scale societies. I apply these concepts in a case study based largely on microwear analysis of Hopewell bladelets from the Fort Ancient earthworks in southwest Ohio. Microwear analysis from many different localities excavated within and near the earthworks demonstrates that craft production was an important activity conducted using bladelets. Each …

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Research & Graduate Studies Newsletter, Vol. 1 (Fall 2015), Illinois State University Sep 2015

Research & Graduate Studies Newsletter, Vol. 1 (Fall 2015), Illinois State University

Research & Graduate Studies Newsletter

No abstract provided.

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Sexual Minority Educators And Public Disclosure: How Identity And Culture Influence The Decisions To Be Out In School Settings, Breanna Evans-Santiago Jul 2015

Sexual Minority Educators And Public Disclosure: How Identity And Culture Influence The Decisions To Be Out In School Settings, Breanna Evans-Santiago

Theses and Dissertations

In thirty years, sexual minority educators will have taught at least 65,676,600 children. Several studies have shown that sexual minority teachers exercise the right to refrain from disclosing their sexual identity because they are aware of the possible repercussions when they "come out" in the K-12 educational setting. Choosing whether or not to disclose their sexual identities may result from the juxtaposition of deciding how and with whom to identify. This study specifically analyzes cultural factors and educators' commitments as professionals in educational settings. This study dissects the stories from five K-12 educators that identify as Lesbian or Bisexual. Several …

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A Formative Evaluation Of Select Evidence-Based, Healthy Aging Programs For Seniors In East Central Illinois, Kathleen Raynor Jul 2015

A Formative Evaluation Of Select Evidence-Based, Healthy Aging Programs For Seniors In East Central Illinois, Kathleen Raynor

Student Research – Stevenson Center

This study serves as a formative evaluation of two evidence-based, healthy aging programs that are funded by the East Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging (ECIAAA). The first, the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, is a six-session course designed to alleviate symptoms of chronic health issues in older adults and encourage participants to act as self-advocates in regard to their health. The second program, A Matter of Balance, attempts to reduce fear and risk factors related to falls in older adults over the course of eight sessions. The methodology of this study involves focus groups with former participants of these programs …

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Investigating Preschool Teachers' Implementation Of Multicultural Curriculum Through Teacher Evaluation Approaches, Anna Krummel Reinking Jul 2015

Investigating Preschool Teachers' Implementation Of Multicultural Curriculum Through Teacher Evaluation Approaches, Anna Krummel Reinking

Theses and Dissertations

"American schools have in fact grown increasingly diverse as policies opened classroom doors to previously excluded populations" (Paine, 1989, p. 1). However, as student populations are increasing in diversity, the teaching staff is not (Gollnick & Chin, 2009). Therefore, this qualitative research study focused on five preschool teachers' (three certified head teachers and two assistant teachers) understanding of diversity between and among their students, as well as their implementation of multicultural curriculum. This study used teacher evaluation approaches, such as observation, feedback, and self-reflection, to understand teachers' implementation of multicultural curriculum, as defined by Banks (1993) and McIntosh (2000). The …

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Reconceptualizing Markets: Hip- Hop Artists, Marketing, Distribution, And Consumers, Ronald Pikes Jul 2015

Reconceptualizing Markets: Hip- Hop Artists, Marketing, Distribution, And Consumers, Ronald Pikes

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Sociologists have made many contributions to the current understanding of markets. In spite of these contributions, individuals and market practices in sociology are generally overlooked, but both are important because individuals and their practices give markets their form. By overlooking market practices, sociologists disregard two of the most important forces within markets, distribution and marketing. These oversights significantly reduce our ability to understand how modern economic markets operate. Thus, the focus of this study is centered on market actions of independent hip-hop music artists and consumers of hip-hop music especially in regards to music distribution technology. Data was collected via …

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Enrollment Report, Summer 2015, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis Jul 2015

Enrollment Report, Summer 2015, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Enrollment Reports (2004-2019)

Enrollment Report for Summer 2015 for Illinois State University

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Alumni Matter, Summer 2015, Women's, Gender, And Sexuality Studies Program Jul 2015

Alumni Matter, Summer 2015, Women's, Gender, And Sexuality Studies Program

Alumni Matter (2009-2022)

A bulletin of Illinois State University’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program, Summer 2015.

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Factors Influencing Criminal Case Processing Time In Mclean County Courts, Christina Davila Jul 2015

Factors Influencing Criminal Case Processing Time In Mclean County Courts, Christina Davila

Student Research – Stevenson Center

The McLean County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council seeks to ensure an effective, fair, and efficient system of justice. It aims to understand how different factors affect case processing time, so as to reduce unnecessary delay. An exploratory multivariate analysis of jail data was conducted to determine how case-related factors and factors unrelated to the case influence how long it took for a criminal case to be processed within the McLean County court system between 2007 and 2013. Based on the findings, case-related variables like charge severity, number of counts, and days in custody hold more predictive power than variables that …

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Educating Illinois Progress Report, Fiscal Year 2015, Illinois State University Jun 2015

Educating Illinois Progress Report, Fiscal Year 2015, Illinois State University

Educating Illinois (2000-2018)

Illinois State University’s mission, vision, values, goals, and strategies presented in Educating Illinois have provided a road map for the University that has led to its current level of distinction. This report reflects how the University community embodies the strategic plan as highlighted through the programs and activities initiated and the recognitions received during the second full year of implementation of Educating Illinois 2013-2018: Individualized Attention, Shared Aspirations.

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Expect The Unexpected: An Autoethnography Of Typhoon"Yolanda"( Haiyan ), Ashley Conrad Jun 2015

Expect The Unexpected: An Autoethnography Of Typhoon"Yolanda"( Haiyan ), Ashley Conrad

Theses and Dissertations

On November 8, 2014 one of the most powerful typhoons in recorded history made landfall in the Philippines leaving the country in a declared state of national calamity (NPR 2013; BBC 2013). This research seeks to place in sociological context my experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer serving in the Philippines during the landfall of typhoon "Yolanda". I utilized autoethnographic methods with a focus in personal narrative to analyze my experience.

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' Cancer Is Like Teenagers': Figurative Comparisons In Surgical Consultations For Early-Stage Breast Cancer, Keith Cox Jun 2015

' Cancer Is Like Teenagers': Figurative Comparisons In Surgical Consultations For Early-Stage Breast Cancer, Keith Cox

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis reports findings from a conversation analytic study that investigate how surgeons describe cancer to early-stage breast cancer patients during preoperative consultations. Drawing upon audio recordings of actual consultations, this study examines one surgeon's use of a type of figurative expression, an analogy, to describe what cancer is and how it behaves. My analysis focuses on the role that this analogy plays in the activities that unfold in one phase of the surgical consultation, and reveals some social organizational dimensions of figurative expressions that have gone unexplored in prior research.

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Illinois State University, One Hundred And Fifty-Sixth Annual Commencement, May 8, 2015, Illinois State University May 2015

Illinois State University, One Hundred And Fifty-Sixth Annual Commencement, May 8, 2015, Illinois State University

Commencement Programs

Illinois State University
One Hundred and Fifty-Sixth Annual Commencement
May 8 and 9, 2015

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New Perspectives On Internship And Practicum Requirements In Archival Education, April K. Anderson-Zorn May 2015

New Perspectives On Internship And Practicum Requirements In Archival Education, April K. Anderson-Zorn

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

This conference panel discussed internship and practicum work in archival repositories. The presentation delivered by Anderson focused on training at institutional repositories and the program she developed for both ISU and regional students. As per the panel’s abstract: ”This session will generate new perspectives on the issue of internships and practicums with the intended goal of balancing the educational needs of students, the instructional requirements of archival educators, and the ethical concerns of institutions.”

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Learning Style Dimensions And Professional Characteristics Of Academic Librarians, Amanda Rinehart, Jennifer Sharkey, Chad M. Kahl May 2015

Learning Style Dimensions And Professional Characteristics Of Academic Librarians, Amanda Rinehart, Jennifer Sharkey, Chad M. Kahl

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

Do librarians with different characteristics, such as type of work responsibilities or age, have different learning styles? The authors analyzed results from over 1,500 responses to a version of the Index of Learning Styles (ILS) questionnaire based on the Felder-Silverman Learning Styles model. This model consists of eight dimensions paired on four scales: Active / Reflective; Sensing / Intuitive; Visual / Verbal; and Sequential / Global. In addition to their scores on the ILS questionnaire, respondents were also asked about demographic and professional characteristics. Statistically significant differences in learning style scores were found to exist between librarians with different types …

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20th Annual Women's And Gender Studies Symposium Program, 2015, Illinois State University, Women's And Gender Studies Program Apr 2015

20th Annual Women's And Gender Studies Symposium Program, 2015, Illinois State University, Women's And Gender Studies Program

WGSS Student Research Symposium

Program from the Women's and Gender Studies Symposium

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Empowerment Through Transformations In Agency-Influence Of Self Help Groups On Women's Empowerment In Rural Nepal, Shikshya Adhikari Apr 2015

Empowerment Through Transformations In Agency-Influence Of Self Help Groups On Women's Empowerment In Rural Nepal, Shikshya Adhikari

Theses and Dissertations

Self-help groups have been considered a powerful tool in empowering women because of the various opportunities they provide women. Self-help groups have started becoming very popular in rural Nepal. My research focuses on the interpretations of men and women in rural Nepal regarding how self-help groups have influenced women's lives. Interviews with women and their husbands reveal that self-help groups have provided women with physical social mobility, increased knowledge and skills, increased their ability to speak and voice opinions, and increased their capacity to invest in their children's education. However, women have not been able to earn money through independent …

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Department Of Philosophy News, Spring 2015, Illinois State University, Department Of Philosophy Apr 2015

Department Of Philosophy News, Spring 2015, Illinois State University, Department Of Philosophy

Philosophy Alumni Newsletter

Newsletter of the Illinois State University Departmetn of Philosophy

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Signs & Symbols, Vol. 14, Spring 2015, Illinois State University, Department Of Sociology And Anthropology Apr 2015

Signs & Symbols, Vol. 14, Spring 2015, Illinois State University, Department Of Sociology And Anthropology

Signs & Symbols

Newsletter of the Illinois State University Department of Sociology and Anthropology

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Enrollment Report, Spring 2015, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis Apr 2015

Enrollment Report, Spring 2015, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Enrollment Reports (2004-2019)

Enrollment Report for Spring 2015 for Illinois State University

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School Of Biological Sciences News, 2015, School Of Biological Sciences Apr 2015

School Of Biological Sciences News, 2015, School Of Biological Sciences

School of Biological Sciences News

Alumni newsletter of Illinois State University's School of Biological Sciences.

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Utilizing Illinois State University's Environmental Legacy And Historical Collections To Sustain A Global Future, Melissa Nergard Mar 2015

Utilizing Illinois State University's Environmental Legacy And Historical Collections To Sustain A Global Future, Melissa Nergard

Theses and Dissertations

The scholarly capital of materials at Illinois State University includes numerous natural history collections from the mid-nineteenth century that hold significant research and historical value. Changes in pedagogical methods and academic leadership, however, created confusion and territorial competition in who would preserve and manage the collections. Consequently some specimens from those early collections have been both lost and forgotten. This thesis used a systems approach to track the material losses incurred when institutional support shifted in the 1870s, and the original collectors and curators left Central Illinois for national interests in Washington, D.C. Yet, historical environmental collections have become increasingly …

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Subsistence Strategies In The Upper Illinois River Valley: The Kuhne Site Case Study, Autumn Beyer Feb 2015

Subsistence Strategies In The Upper Illinois River Valley: The Kuhne Site Case Study, Autumn Beyer

Theses and Dissertations

Stuart Struever's excavation of the Kuhne site, located in the Upper Illinois River Valley occurred during the start of archaeological interest in the region. The faunal remains recovered during this excavation offer a unique opportunity to understand subsistence strategies in the area during the Middle Woodland period. Using standard zooarchaeological methods, these remains were analyzed to better understand which animal species were targeted by Middle Woodland people in this region, which season(s) the site was occupied, and how bones were modified for utilitarian and other purposes. These findings were then compared to faunal assemblages from Middle Woodland sites in the …

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Why Do I Fall For The Elf, When I Am No Orc Myself? The Implications Of Virtual Avatars In Digital Communication, Sercan Sengun Jan 2015

Why Do I Fall For The Elf, When I Am No Orc Myself? The Implications Of Virtual Avatars In Digital Communication, Sercan Sengun

Faculty Publications – Creative Technologies

Various recent research on online avatars debated their authenticity in terms of representing the individuals that manage them. Seemingly users would construct an enhanced or idealized presence of themselves online, yet fail to realize that others also do so when seeking information of other users through their avatars. This phenomenon becomes even more curious inside online video game spaces, since video game avatars are already expected to be unrelated with their players but are still seen as sources of information about them. This study approaches the issue as a communication problem and tries to explain the process through Berger’s Uncertainty …

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