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Graduate Catalog, Spring 2007, Marshall University Jan 2007

Graduate Catalog, Spring 2007, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 2000-2009

Marshall University Graduate Catalog for the Spring 2007 academic year.

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Graduate Catalog, Fall 2007, Marshall University Jan 2007

Graduate Catalog, Fall 2007, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 2000-2009

Marshall University Graduate Catalog for the Fall 2007 academic year.

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Commencement, 2007, Marshall University Jan 2007

Commencement, 2007, Marshall University

Marshall University Commencement

Program for the One Hundred Seventieth Commencement of Marshall University.

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Marketplace Plants Used In Ceremonial Cleansing Among Andean Qechuans Of Ecuador, Sushma Shrestha Jan 2007

Marketplace Plants Used In Ceremonial Cleansing Among Andean Qechuans Of Ecuador, Sushma Shrestha

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Ceremonial cleansing plays a vital role in indigenous societies where ‘folk illnesses’ such as susto (fright) are common. Indigenous Andean Qechuans commonly use cleansing plants to treat susto, and related ‘folk illnesses’.The purpose of this study was to characterize and compare market plants and to define methods and knowledge used in ceremonial cleansing among Ecuadorian Qechuans. Interviews were conducted with 22 vendors at 13 marketplaces. Regression Analysis (RA) determined preferentially selected plant families and residual value of RA determined the highest and lowest preferentially selected plant families.Hierarchical cluster analysis and coefficient of similarity demonstrated the relationship between marketplaces and cleansing …

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Analysis Of Prehistoric Burials At The Snidow Site (46mc1), Mercer County, West Virginia, Rachel J. Crawford Jan 2007

Analysis Of Prehistoric Burials At The Snidow Site (46mc1), Mercer County, West Virginia, Rachel J. Crawford

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The Snidow Site (46-MC-1) is a Late Prehistoric village site containing evidence of palisade lines, house structures and numerous prehistoric burials. Most of the burials at the site consisted of infants and subadults, with only a couple of burials being of mature adults. The analysis of the grave goods and the human skeletal remains helps archaeologists identify such things as burials rites, social organization, and status of the individuals. Archaeological excavations and technical laboratory methods were used in analyzing the artifacts associated with the Snidow site. The main objective in this analysis is to date the material, analyze the artifacts …

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An Analysis Of The Stereotypes Of Preacher’S Kids And Its Application On Their Spouses, Tara J. Allman Jan 2007

An Analysis Of The Stereotypes Of Preacher’S Kids And Its Application On Their Spouses, Tara J. Allman

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The purpose of this study is to discover the results of the effects of stereotypes and under what conditions certain stereotypes occur. The focus of this study is to examine stereotypes connected to the children of a Protestant minister and the spouses of those children. Ethnographic interviews and surveys show that the stereotype does exist in two distinct ways. Children of ministers are expected to either be rebellious hellions or they are expected to be perfect role models. The stereotypes affect the respondents more as children and teenagers than as adults unless as an adult the child still attends the …

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Interrupting Ethnographic Spectacles In Eric Valli's Himalaya, Puspa Damai Jan 2007

Interrupting Ethnographic Spectacles In Eric Valli's Himalaya, Puspa Damai

English Faculty Research

How can we talk about "postcoloniality" in relation to Nepal, which, even though it has never been foreign to Western fantasies about the exotic, was never formally colonized? One of the ways could be to create narratives and deploy images - as has been done by Eric Valli in his popular film Himalaya- that foreground geographically remote and ethnically and politically marginalized people of the nation. And yet, this article argues, such an attempt as Himalaya could easily fall into the same trap as grips orientalist ethnography that seeks to generate spectacles of the other for its own pleasure. …

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The Practitioner, The Priest, And The Professor: Perspectives On Self-Initiation In The American Neopagan Community, Marty Laubach, Louis Martinie’, Roselinda Clemons Jan 2007

The Practitioner, The Priest, And The Professor: Perspectives On Self-Initiation In The American Neopagan Community, Marty Laubach, Louis Martinie’, Roselinda Clemons

Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Research

Initiation is a religious practice that is generally understood as involving socialization and acceptance into a religious community, but American Neopaganism, with its emphasis on individualism and autonomy, has evolved a meaning that challenges that simple understanding. American Neopagan communities are marketplaces of ideas that are comprised of groups and solo practitioners, all in interaction in which they might conduct main holidays together, but not necessarily work together in what they would consider more “serious” practices in which they receive the spirit communications with which they develop the ideas. Among groups, these practices include initiations through which candidates are trained …

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Grey Suit Or Brown Carhartt: Narrative Transition, Relocation, And Reorientation In The Lives Of Corporate Refugees, Brian Hoey Oct 2006

Grey Suit Or Brown Carhartt: Narrative Transition, Relocation, And Reorientation In The Lives Of Corporate Refugees, Brian Hoey

Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Research

This article examines relocation stories of people who leave behind corporate work culture, relocate from metropolitan areas to small towns and rural places, and attempt to reorient themselves to work and family obligations. Decisions to start over take place within the context of moral questions about what makes a life worth living and what does not through a process in which geography has a bearing. For these migrants, a choice about where to live is also one about how to live. Choices of how to live one's life are made of more than simple economics, they are also moral. The …

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Appalink, Appalachian Studies Association Sep 2006

Appalink, Appalachian Studies Association

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Morphologic And Ontogenetic Patterns In Elasmosaur Neck Length, With Comments On The Taxonomic Utility Of Neck Length Variables, F. Robin O’Keefe, Norton Hiller Jun 2006

Morphologic And Ontogenetic Patterns In Elasmosaur Neck Length, With Comments On The Taxonomic Utility Of Neck Length Variables, F. Robin O’Keefe, Norton Hiller

Biological Sciences Faculty Research

Elasmosaur cervical vertebrae are common fossils, but their taxonomic utility is limited due to a lack of understanding concerning their shape within and among taxa. In this paper, we analyze data from complete elasmosaur necks in an attempt to quantify and understand the variation in centrum dimensions. In accord with previous studies, variation in cervical centrum shape is found to stem from at least three sources: ontogeny, intracolumn variation, and intercolumn or taxonomic variation. Ontogenetic variability seems reminiscent of that seen in Cryptoclidus, with an overall positive allometry in the length of all centra that is accentuated in the mid-cervical …

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General Undergraduate Catalog, 2006-2007 (Interim Online Edition), Marshall University Jan 2006

General Undergraduate Catalog, 2006-2007 (Interim Online Edition), Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 2000-2009

Marshall University Undergraduate Catalog for the 2006-2007 academic year.

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Graduate Catalog, 2006-2008, Marshall University Jan 2006

Graduate Catalog, 2006-2008, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 2000-2009

Marshall University Graduate Catalog for the 2006-2008 academic year.

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Graduate Catalog, Spring 2006, Marshall University Jan 2006

Graduate Catalog, Spring 2006, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 2000-2009

Marshall University Graduate Catalog for the Spring 2006 academic year.

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We Are…Marshall, November 4, 2005, Office Of Marshall University Communications Nov 2005

We Are…Marshall, November 4, 2005, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

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Formative Research For Hygiene Promotion In Kyrgyzstan, Adam Biran, Anara Tabyshalieva, Zumrat Salmorbekova Jul 2005

Formative Research For Hygiene Promotion In Kyrgyzstan, Adam Biran, Anara Tabyshalieva, Zumrat Salmorbekova

History Faculty Research

Formative research for hygiene promotion was used to gather data relating to hygiene practices in rural Kyrgyzstan. Some of the hand-washing and faeces disposal practices observed were sub-optimal from a public health perspective. In combination with the poverty, limited medical services and poor water supply infrastructure characteristic of the study area, it is likely that these factors increase the risk of diarrhoeal infections among Kyrgyz children. An association was found between increased rates of hand-washing following latrine use and ownership of a washstand. This offers some empirical support for the idea that promotion of hand-washing technologies can form a useful …

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Appalink, Appalachian Studies Association May 2005

Appalink, Appalachian Studies Association

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We Are…Marshall, April 29, 2005, Office Of Marshall University Communications Apr 2005

We Are…Marshall, April 29, 2005, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

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General Undergraduate Catalog, 2005-2007, Marshall University Apr 2005

General Undergraduate Catalog, 2005-2007, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 2000-2009

Marshall University Undergraduate Graduate Course Catalog for the 2005-2007 academic year.

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Warriors Of The Skyline : A Gendered Study Of Mohawk Warrior Culture, Anthony Patrick Curtis Jan 2005

Warriors Of The Skyline : A Gendered Study Of Mohawk Warrior Culture, Anthony Patrick Curtis

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This analysis provides a better understanding of how members of the Mohawk tribe strived to maintain their cultural and gender identity within a white male-dominated high steel industry. This thesis examines traditional Mohawk warrior culture, meaning traditional Mohawk rites of passage and Mohawk male gender roles, through analyzing the role of Mohawk skywalkers in the late 19th and early 20th century. In tribal Mohawk society, the passage from adolescence to manhood was representative of a boy becoming a warrior. By exhibiting bravery, he earned the title of warrior and, consistent with his new tribal stature, increased his chances at marriage …

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Reconstructing Poverty Discourse: Poverty And Reagan’S Narrative Rationality, Ryan Phillip Mccullough Jan 2005

Reconstructing Poverty Discourse: Poverty And Reagan’S Narrative Rationality, Ryan Phillip Mccullough

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

This thesis examines President Ronald Reagan’s poverty discourse during his first term. Using the work of Walter Fisher, this study examines Reagan’s narrative rationality in constructing images of welfare recipients and the welfare system in the justification of his policies. By identifying links between Reagan’s rhetoric and the rhetoric of debates leading to the passage of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), this thesis supports Asen’s (2002) claim that Reagan created a "discursive context" that made passage of PRWORA possible. Moreover, the study suggests the utility of using Skowronek’s (1997) "Recurrent Structure of Presidential Authority" in …

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Oral History Interview: Kat Williams, Kat Williams Jan 2005

Oral History Interview: Kat Williams, Kat Williams

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. This interview contains a summary prepared by the interviewer, which includes page numbers. Kat Williams was the director of the Women's Studies Program at Marshall University. She discusses: detailed information about her childhood, family, and education; some information about her jobs as a dental technician and a jeweler; her exposure to the organized women's movement; her experiences as a baseball player and a girl scout as a child; her involvement in the Women's Movement; the National Organization for Women and why she was involved in it but …

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Graduate Catalog, Spring 2005, Marshall University Jan 2005

Graduate Catalog, Spring 2005, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 2000-2009

Marshall University Graduate Catalog for the Spring 2005 academic year.

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Graduate Catalog, Fall 2005, Marshall University Jan 2005

Graduate Catalog, Fall 2005, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 2000-2009

Marshall University Graduate Catalog for the Fall 2005 academic year.

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Consent, Informal Organization, And Job Rewards: A Mixed Methods Analysis, Marty Laubach Jan 2005

Consent, Informal Organization, And Job Rewards: A Mixed Methods Analysis, Marty Laubach

Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Research

This study uses a mixed methods approach to workplace dynamics. Ethnographic observations show that the consent deal underlies an informal stratification that divides the workplace into an “informal periphery,” a “conventional core,” and an “administrative clan.” The “consent deal” is defined as an exchange of autonomy, voice, and schedule flexibility for intensified commitment, and is modeled as a single factor underlying these elements. When constructed as an additive scale, consent allows informal organization to be included in workplace models. Despite its derivation from subjective and informal processes, informal structure exerts an independent effect on objective job rewards such as wages.

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Commencement, 2005, Marshall University Jan 2005

Commencement, 2005, Marshall University

Marshall University Commencement

Program for the One Hundred Sixty-Eighth Commencement of Marshall University.

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The Killing Machine Of Exception: Sovereignty, Law, And Play In Agamben’S State Of Exception, Puspa Damai Jan 2005

The Killing Machine Of Exception: Sovereignty, Law, And Play In Agamben’S State Of Exception, Puspa Damai

English Faculty Research

Giorgio Agamben’s slender but profound monograph on the state of exception is an intervention into a world that is becoming more and more exceptionalist. The events of 9/11, the War on Terror, and the successive decrees and acts authorizing fingerprinting, interrogation, and indefinite detention of suspects in terrorist activities, all testify to Agamben’s prophetic portrayal of contemporary politics in which the state of exception—normally a provisional attempt to deal with political exigencies— has become a permanent practice or paradigm of government. When the exception becomes the rule, it results, argues Agamben, not only in the appropriation of the legislative or …

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Teaching Texts Materially: The Ends Of Nella Larsen’S Passing, John K. Young Jul 2004

Teaching Texts Materially: The Ends Of Nella Larsen’S Passing, John K. Young

English Faculty Research

The author suggests that attending to the publishing history of Larsen’s novel and the resulting indeterminacy of its ending(s) offers a concrete example of a materially oriented pedagogy that can illuminate the racial politics behind textual production and its relation to particular historical and cultural moments. He suggests that such a pedagogy offers both another way of understanding the textual contingency emphasized in contemporary theory and a way of further opening up questions of textuality and meaning for students.

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Appalink, Appalachian Studies Association May 2004

Appalink, Appalachian Studies Association

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Marshall Magazine Spring 2004, Marshall University Apr 2004

Marshall Magazine Spring 2004, Marshall University

Marshall Magazine

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