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Library News, Spring 2009, San Jose State University Library Apr 2009

Library News, Spring 2009, San Jose State University Library

Library News

No abstract provided.


It Didn’T Start With Proposition 187: One Hundred And Fifty Years Of Nativist Legislation In California, Glen Gendzel Apr 2009

It Didn’T Start With Proposition 187: One Hundred And Fifty Years Of Nativist Legislation In California, Glen Gendzel

Faculty Publications, History

The writer surveys California's long history of nativist legislation. In doing so, he demonstrates that three recent Californian ballot initiatives—Proposition 187, a 1994 ballot that denied public services such as education and nonemergency medical care to so-called illegal aliens, Proposition 209, which banned affirmative action in the public sector, and Proposition 227, which banned bilingual education in public schools—were not just a spasmodic backlash against recent demographic trends but were the culmination of a century-and-a-half of nativist politics in California. He shows that, from the beginning of statehood, anti-immigrant laws aimed at Latin-Americans and Asian-Americans have received broad support from …


A New Look At Translation: Teaching Tools For Language And Literature, Anne Fountain, Catherine Fountain Mar 2009

A New Look At Translation: Teaching Tools For Language And Literature, Anne Fountain, Catherine Fountain

Faculty Publications

Does translation have a place in the modern language or literature classroom? This article argues that as long as translation is recognized as a distinct skill rather than a path to language acquisition it can and should play a role in language instruction. The rising popularity of Web-based machine translation (WBMT) sites among students points to a need to help foreign language learners better understand the translation process. Along with a discussion of how instructors can minimize inappropriate use of WBMT, the article provides examples of how translation in the proper context can be used productively to teach both language …


Spartan Daily, February 12, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Feb 2009

Spartan Daily, February 12, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 132, Issue 11


Spartan Daily, January 27, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Jan 2009

Spartan Daily, January 27, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 132, Issue 2


Sjsu Erfa News, Fall 2009, San Jose State University, Emeritus And Retired Faculty Association Jan 2009

Sjsu Erfa News, Fall 2009, San Jose State University, Emeritus And Retired Faculty Association

Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association (ERFA) Newsletter

Volume 23, Number 1


Personality, Emotion And Judgment In Virtual Environments: A Theoretical Framework, Steven A. Murphy, Michael J. Hine, Nathaniel C. Lupton, John M. Zelenski Jan 2009

Personality, Emotion And Judgment In Virtual Environments: A Theoretical Framework, Steven A. Murphy, Michael J. Hine, Nathaniel C. Lupton, John M. Zelenski

Faculty Publications

As organizations become increasingly reliant on distributive technologies, the processes that underpin the effective functioning of employees in virtual environments require systematic examination. This article provides a theoretical framework for studying personality, emotion and judgment in virtual environments. The communication media characteristics, social context, and individual traits and states are presented to portray the dynamic nature of judgment formation in a virtual environment. We argue that media characteristics, combined with personality, motivation and emergent social contexts serve to shape emotions and resultant judgments. By integrating the Information Systems (IS) and Organizational Behavior/Psychology literatures, we chart a course for research examining …


Innovate Magazine / Annual Review 2008-2009, San Jose State University Jan 2009

Innovate Magazine / Annual Review 2008-2009, San Jose State University

Innovate Magazine (School of Information)

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Service Science,Management, Engineering, And Design (Ssmed): An Emerging Discipline -- Outline And References, J. Spohrer, Stephen K. Kwan Jan 2009

Service Science,Management, Engineering, And Design (Ssmed): An Emerging Discipline -- Outline And References, J. Spohrer, Stephen K. Kwan

Faculty Publications, Information Systems & Technology

The growth of the global service economy has led to a dramatic increase in our daily interactions with highly specialized service systems. Service (or value-cocreation) interactions are both frequent and diverse, and may include retail, financial, healthcare, education, on-line, communications, technical support, entertainment, transportation, legal, professional, government, or many other types of specialized interactions. And yet surprisingly few students graduating from universities have studied anything about service or service systems. Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Design (SSMED), or service science for short, is an emerging discipline aimed at understanding service and innovating service systems. This article sketches an outline and …


Service Learning In Preservice Teacher Preparation: Building Foundations For Engaged Professionalism In The New Millenium, Amy Strage, Susan Gomez, Kari Knutson-Miller, Ana Garcia-Nevarez Jan 2009

Service Learning In Preservice Teacher Preparation: Building Foundations For Engaged Professionalism In The New Millenium, Amy Strage, Susan Gomez, Kari Knutson-Miller, Ana Garcia-Nevarez

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


"Firing The Pigskin Real Right": Media Representations Of Simpson And Romo., Lindsey M. Eliopulos Jan 2009

"Firing The Pigskin Real Right": Media Representations Of Simpson And Romo., Lindsey M. Eliopulos

Master's Theses

The purpose of the study was to examine the media's representations of sport-celebrity couple singer-actress, Jessica Simpson and Dallas Cowboys Quarterback, Tony Romo. One hundred magazine and 100 newspaper articles published between December 17, 200, that coincided with the first publicized notion of the "Jessica Simpson jinx" and April 15, 2009, were qualitatively analyzed. The investigation revealed the prevailing dominant ideologies of patriarchal structures, traditional gender roles, hegemonic masculinity and deviance, while underscoring the mass media's ubiquitous characteristics. The literature emphasized the mass media's representation of the celebrity and the media's habitual employment of gossip and rumor linguistics to frame …


Relations Between Language And Executive Function In Spanish-Speaking Children., Ana Luz Portillo Jan 2009

Relations Between Language And Executive Function In Spanish-Speaking Children., Ana Luz Portillo

Master's Theses

The literature on the development of executive function (EF) has been largely limited to studies of middle-class English-speaking children. This study extended executive function research to a primarily low socioeconomic status (SES) sample of Spanish-speaking preschool children living in the United States. The purpose of this study was to examine a variety of language measures (vocabulary, grammar, and comprehensive language) in relation to a variety of executive function measures (working memory, inhibitory control, and attention-shifting). Results revealed that Spanish speakers performed on some, but not all, EF measures comparably to higher SES English-speaking peers, in concurrence with previously reported findings. …


"I'M Korean, Living In The United States", Youngmin Seo Jan 2009

"I'M Korean, Living In The United States", Youngmin Seo

Master's Theses

This study explores the acculturation process of generation 1.5 Korean immigrants in the United States with special attention to their construction of ethnic identity as it influences their adjustment to the new culture. The researcher defines generation 1.5 Korean as those who were born in Korea and immigrated to the United States between age 5 and 16. For the purpose of this study, the researcher conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews on the participants' immigration experiences, focusing on how they have developed their ethnic identities over time. Twenty Korean immigrants were recruited and interviewed in the area of San Jose, California.


Negotiating Multicultural Identities Within The Classroom., Teresa Lee Teng Jan 2009

Negotiating Multicultural Identities Within The Classroom., Teresa Lee Teng

Master's Theses

This thesis explores cultural identity negotiation among American born Chinese (ABC) college students. Specifically analyzing their communication patterns within the classroom, the author illuminates how ABC students negotiate their multicultural identities through emergent dialectical tensions and patterns of praxis.


An Automata Based Text Analysis System, Yue Lu Jan 2009

An Automata Based Text Analysis System, Yue Lu

Master's Projects

This report describes and implements an automata based text analysis system. We have collected some of the writing samples. Each sample establishes a tree, and uses the ALERGIA algorithm to merge all compatible nodes in order to get a merged stochastic finite automaton. We store these automatons which demonstrate writing style of the sample texts in the hard drive. For a new testing piece, we can test if it has similar writing style compared to those sample texts.


Mrcraig: Mapreduce And Ensemble Classifiers For Parallelizing Data Classification Problems, Glenn Jahnke Jan 2009

Mrcraig: Mapreduce And Ensemble Classifiers For Parallelizing Data Classification Problems, Glenn Jahnke

Master's Projects

In this paper, a novel technique for parallelizing data-classification problems is applied to finding genes in sequences of DNA. The technique involves various ensem- ble classification methods such as Bagging and Select Best. It then distributes the classifier training and prediction using MapReduce. A novel sequence classification voting algorithm is evaluated in the Bagging method, as well as compared against the Select Best method.


Linguistic Moments: Language, Teaching, And Teacher Education In The U.S., Brandon Lavada, Denise Marie Baszile, Theodorea Berry Jan 2009

Linguistic Moments: Language, Teaching, And Teacher Education In The U.S., Brandon Lavada, Denise Marie Baszile, Theodorea Berry

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Development Of Interactional Competence: Changes In The Use Of Ne In L2 Japanese During Study Abroad, Midori Ishida Jan 2009

Development Of Interactional Competence: Changes In The Use Of Ne In L2 Japanese During Study Abroad, Midori Ishida

Faculty Publications

This chapter investigates the development of the use of the Japanese particle ne by a second language (L2) learner of Japanese during a 9-month study abroad.


Praxis : Dialogue, Reflection, And Action Toward A More Empowering Pedagogy, Genvieve Nicole Dorsey Jan 2009

Praxis : Dialogue, Reflection, And Action Toward A More Empowering Pedagogy, Genvieve Nicole Dorsey

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Mutable Bodies And Wills : The Implications Of Humoral Discourse In Literature, Heather Stanger Jan 2009

Mutable Bodies And Wills : The Implications Of Humoral Discourse In Literature, Heather Stanger

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Forms And Functions Of Englishisms In Japanese Women's Fashion Magazines, Yumie Sase Jan 2009

Forms And Functions Of Englishisms In Japanese Women's Fashion Magazines, Yumie Sase

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Micro-Hydropower Projects In Nepal, Shradha Upadhayay Jan 2009

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Micro-Hydropower Projects In Nepal, Shradha Upadhayay

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Rationalism And The Professional Development Of Graduate Teaching Associates, Diana C. Woodhouse Jan 2009

Rationalism And The Professional Development Of Graduate Teaching Associates, Diana C. Woodhouse

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Cross-Cultural Comparison Of U.S. And Taiwanese Print Advertising Strategy, Chun-Lin Wu Jan 2009

A Cross-Cultural Comparison Of U.S. And Taiwanese Print Advertising Strategy, Chun-Lin Wu

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Revealing The Textual Mask, John Jason Buckley Jan 2009

Revealing The Textual Mask, John Jason Buckley

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Testing Two Models Of Acculturation And Well-Being Of Asian College Students, Teresa Jamie Soriano Jan 2009

Testing Two Models Of Acculturation And Well-Being Of Asian College Students, Teresa Jamie Soriano

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Left-Isolation From A Construction Grammar Viewpoint, Shelley Crocker Jan 2009

Left-Isolation From A Construction Grammar Viewpoint, Shelley Crocker

Master's Theses

The Left-Isolation (LI) construction is a clausal construction that licenses long-distance dependencies and is responsible for a noun phrase object, indirect object or object of a preposition appearing before the subject of a sentence instead of in its canonical position after the verb. It is used in many different types of sentences, all of which have the pragmatics of drawing attention to the left-isolated element. This thesis examines the argument structure, valence, and information structure of the construction as well as some of the different types of sentences that inherit this construction. The types of participant roles as well as …


Depression: The Role Of Cultural Factors And Perception Of Treatment., Cynthia Chacon Jan 2009

Depression: The Role Of Cultural Factors And Perception Of Treatment., Cynthia Chacon

Master's Theses

Depression is a prevalent mental disorder. Various factors influence people's attitudes toward help seeking, perceptions, and beliefs about psychotherapy, including ethnicity (language), distress level, social support, treatment modality, and subpopulation. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic therapy (PT) have been used to treat depression. This study explored the relationship between the aforementioned variables. Participants (N = 264) were White and Mexican-American from a college and the community. Results indicated that ethnicity and subpopulation were not significantly related to seeking help; people who reported higher distress levels and higher social support expressed greater likelihood to seek help. All groups rated CBT …


Biological Invasions And Biocultural Diversity: Linking Ecological And Cultural Systems, Jeanine Pfeiffer, Robert Voeks Dec 2008

Biological Invasions And Biocultural Diversity: Linking Ecological And Cultural Systems, Jeanine Pfeiffer, Robert Voeks

Faculty Publications

Study of the ecological and economic effects of invasive species has paralleled their progressively pervasive influence worldwide, yet their cultural impacts remain largely unexamined and therefore unrecognized. Unlike biological systems, where the ecological consequences of biological invasions are primarily negative, from an ethnoscientific standpoint, invasive species' impacts on cultural systems span a range of effects. Biological invasions affect cultural groups in myriad, often unpredictable and at times contradictory ways. This review groups case studies into a conceptual matrix suggesting three categorically different cultural impacts of invasive species. Culturally impoverishing invasive species precipitate the loss or replacement of culturally important native …


Chance Operations, Liena Vayzman Dec 2008

Chance Operations, Liena Vayzman

SWITCH

This article describes the multimedia exhibit and performance, “Chance Operations,” held in Fall 2008 at the Climate theater in San Francisco. The event featured 14 projects exploring the theme of chance.