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How Long Will I Be Out?": Overcoming An Athletic Injury Through Desired Social Support: A Closer Look At Problematic Integrations ", Emily Joy Haas

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Fresh Riff On J. Denny Weaver’S A-Theology Or Prolegomenon To A Stewardship Rhetoric, Susan L. Trollinger, Jason R. Moyer

English Faculty Publications

J. Denny Weaver's "theology" is irritating. Its style is impolite, its substance improper. Weaver writes, albeit in postmodern fashion, as one who speaks the truth. Although he recognizes that his truth is particular to an Anabaptist perspective, he also notes that every other truth-claim is similarly particular. However, while refusing to adopt common responses to this condition-polite tolerance, on the one hand, or self-righteous fundamentalism, on the other-Weaver nevertheless confesses that his truth has universal aspirations.

Geographic Patterns, Patrick G. Donnelly

Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Faculty Publications

Criminologists, law enforcement officials, and city planners have long been interested in the relationship between geography and crime. Some of the earliest empirical studies of crime were conducted in the 1830s and 1840s by Andre Michel Guerry and Adolphe Quetelet, who plotted recorded crimes on maps and showed considerable variation in the numbers of crimes across geographic areas. As part of the Chicago ecological school of the 1920s and 1930s, Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay examined rates of delinquency in reference to the concentric zones in urban areas. The development of social area analysis and factor analytic techniques in the …

Urban Decline, Patrick G. Donnelly

Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Faculty Publications

Urban decline refers to a process that includes population loss and the concentration in cities of major social, economic, and environmental problems, such as high levels of unemployment and poverty and the deterioration of housing and public infrastructure. Sometimes used interchangeably with the terms urban decay and urban distress, urban decline is frequently measured by changes in population (particularly in relation to middle- and upper‐income residents), unemployment, and poverty rates; changes in median household income; and changes in property values, housing tenure, and vacancy rates.

Urban Sprawl, Patrick G. Donnelly

Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Faculty Publications

In the early 21st century, urban sprawl continues to be a source of considerable controversy and political debate, yet many Americans quietly accept sprawl. They express their acceptance by moving farther away from central cities into housing and business developments on land that was formerly rural and undeveloped. While a significant number of suburban communities have existed in the United States since the late 19th century, the greatest growth in suburbs occurred after World War II.

At the dawn of the 20th century, the suburban population represented less than 12 percent of the total U.S. population. By 1950, that figure …

The Influence Of Biological Sex, Previous Experience, And Preparation Time On Classroom Public Speaking Grades, Judy C. Pearson, Jeffrey T. Child

Basic Communication Course Annual

How does biological sex affect public speaking grades? Students completed journal entries over the course of the semester. Hierarchical multiple regression incrementally examined competency measures (previous experience and overall preparation time) then biological sex on public speaking grade averages. Competency measures predicted higher speech grade averages, but women still earned higher speech grades even after the effects of competency had been removed. Among the explanations offered are that women may be more competent than men, a combination of competence and compliance explains women’s higher grades, or public speaking classrooms perpetuate a female competency bias.

Measuring Library Space Use And Preferences: Charting A Path Toward Increased Engagement, Kathleen M. Webb, Molly Schaller, Sawyer Hunley

Roesch Library Faculty Publications

The article presents a study on measuring library space, use, and preferences at the University of Dayton. The study used a multi-method research approach to be able to analyze the current space use in the library. Data from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), surveys on study spaces and online library, and a week-long video were investigated to comprehend the student choices in library usage. Results showed that the university students prefer to study at times alone and at times with others. Factors such us interpersonal communication, comfort, and promotion of basic human needs and desires are necessary for …

Race And Resistance In The Communication Classroom, Paul Fotsch

Basic Communication Course Annual

Teaching diversity is no longer segregated to ethnic studies departments or to intercultural communication courses. Consequently, many students have become resistant to the idea of spending time--"yet again"--on the issue of race. Communication scholars have described a kind of resistance found frequently in the basic communication classroom and likewise proposed various responses to this resistance. Through a review of the literature and drawing on my ten years of experience teaching diversity in the university, this essay assesses these responses. One source of white student discomfort comes from the increasing visibility of whiteness, so two strategies used to address this discomfort …

Ltc Newsletter, University Of Dayton. Ryan C. Harris Learning Teaching Center

LTC Newsletter

Winter 2008

158th Commencement, Winter

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Tv And Politics

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Flyer News, Vol. 55, No. 20 (Dec. 7, 2007), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton

Campus Report, Vol. 35, No. 4, University Of Dayton

Campus Report

Read the latest news on campus: crèche from around the world; progress in alcohol abuse prevention; a new mass notification system; promising enrollment prospects; and financial strategies for fiscal 2009. And, "Take a break with" Diana Smith, director of the Bombeck Family Learning Center.

Voices Raised, Issue 18, University Of Dayton. Women's Center

Women’s Center Newsletter

Included in this issue: Women and Politics; Native American Woman Author comes to UD; Unity Week; Marianist Sisters on Campus; Christmas on Campus Leaders Keeping the Tradition; What is Really Important During the Holidays; Avoiding the Holidays Stress; Rape and personal safety/self-defense.

Cover And Front Matter, Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Cover, table of contents, administrative information

Flyer News, Vol. 55, No. 16 (Nov. 16, 2007), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton

Flyer News, Vol. 55, No. 15 (Nov. 9, 2007), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton

Flyer News, Vol. 55, No. 14 (Nov. 6, 2007), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton

Honoring Service

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Community Leader, Vol. 06, No. 01, University Of Dayton. Fitz Center For Leadership In Community

Newsletter: Community Leader

News and notes from the University of Dayton Fitz Center for Leadership in Community.

University Of Dayton To Offer Nation's First Bachelor's Degree In Human Rights Studies

News Releases

News release announces that the University of Dayton's board of trustees today approved what's believed to be the nation's first bachelor's degree in human rights studies.

Campus Report October 17, 2007

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Giving Up Fall Break To Help Out

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Campus Report, Vol. 35, No. 2, University Of Dayton

Campus Report

The publication for faculty and staff of the University of Dayton. Upward Bound grant; Chapel renovation planning; post-Katrina symposium.

Voices Raised, Issue 17, University Of Dayton. Women's Center

Women’s Center Newsletter

Included in this issue: Loving Your Body From the Inside Out; Out of the Shadows; One-to-One with Sr. Schmeling; Women’s Leadership House Leading Discussion; Date Rape Drugs; Mary’s Presence on Campus is Strengthened; Breast Cancer Awareness Spreads Through Dayton; Stop Hate Week.

The Optimal Law Enforcement With Mandatory Defendant Class Action, Nelson Rodrigues Netto

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.

State-Corporate Crime And The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Alan S. Bruce, Paul J. Becker

Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Faculty Publications

While criminologists have for some time examined state and corporate crime as separate entities, the concept of state-corporate crime highlighting joint government and private corporate action causing criminal harm is a recent area of study with relatively few published case studies (Matthews and Kauzlarich, 2000). This paper focuses on state-corporate crime at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) in Paducah, Kentucky, and contributes to the study of state-corporate crime in three ways: (1) it adds a new case study to a field in which there are few published accounts, (2) it assesses the utility of Kauzlarich and Kramer’s (1998) integrated …

No Shortage Of Activities

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Flyer News, Vol. 55, No. 6 (Sept. 21, 2007), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton

Race And Politics

News Releases

No abstract provided.