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Trade In Hispanic Weavings Of Northern New Mexico And The Social Construction Of Tradition!, Suzanne Baizerman

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

No discussion of late 20th century trade in textiles - particularly trade in what has been called "regional" or "ethnic" textiles - would be complete without a discussion of the terms "traditional" and "authentic" for these terms inform even a lay person's evaluation of textiles on the market today.

As textile professionals, we encounter terms like "textile tradition," "traditional textiles" or even "authentic traditional textiles" in our everyday experience: a textile brought back by a collector from travel to a Third World nation or a textile on display in a museum. These textiles are subjected to discussions of their authenticity, …

Toba Batak Textile Inventions, Sandra A. Niessen

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

INTRODUCTION

This article focuses on fruits of looms worked by Toba Batak weavers in the Silindung Valley, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Silindung Valley weavings are characteristically bright and fashionable. They are described by the Batak themselves and by visitors from outside as the "least traditional" of Batak woven goods. They are also surging in popularity throughout all of Toba and increasingly making inroads into the market replacing the old-style textiles which are larger, of coarser yarn, and deeper/sober in colour. It is the modern style of Batak textile which today commands the highest prices locally. "Connoisseurs" of Indonesian textiles, however, usually …

Notes And News For Vol.10 No.4

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

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Review Of Region And Regionalism In The United States: A Source Book For The Humanities And Social Sciences, Frederick C. Luebke

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

This multidisciplinary bibliography with annotations offers a judicious sampling of the best published work on American regions and regionalism. It is so useful that most scholars seriously working in regionalism will want to benefit from the authors' wide-ranging yet measured assessments.

Review Of New Directions In American Indian History, Michael Eastin

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

This appropriately titled collection of essays is the first volume of a continuing bibliographic series intended to supplement earlier bibliographies and further assist American Indian historians, especially newcomers to the field, in determining the relative merit of the hundreds of new publications concerning American Indians becoming available annually.

The Hispanic Presence On The Great Plains: An Introduction, Miguel A. Carranza

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

In April 1989, the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln sponsored its thirteenth annual symposium on the topic "The Hispanic Presence on the Great Plains." Scholars from across the United States and Mexico presented papers on a wide variety of topics covering the history, culture, politics, and images of people of Spanish origin on the Great Plains. These presentations focused on the Hispanic presence from the early Spanish explorers who entered the southern fringes of the Great Plains, to the vast migrations of Mexicans coming to "EI Norte" beginning in the early 1900s, to the creation …

Review Of Tejanas And The Numbers Game: A Socia-Historical Interpretation From The Federal Censuses, 1850-1900., Camilo A. Martínez

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Prior to this work did we have a well-balanced portrayal of the Tejano (Mexican American) who resided in the South, Central, and West Texas counties during the last half of the nineteenth century? Evidently not.

The Psychopath And The Definition Of "Mental Disease Or Defect" Under The Model Penal Code Test Of Insanity: A Question Of Psychology Or A Question Of Law?, Emily Campbell

Nebraska Law Review

The psychopath presents a number of issues for the legal system, in particular the question of criminal responsibility. Specifically, is psychopathy a condition which should relieve a criminal defendant of responsibility for his actions? Part II of this Comment describes the characteristics of psychopathy so the reader will have a better understanding of the type of individual in question. In addition, Part II presents the current psychiatric criteria for labeling an individual a psychopath. Part III of this Comment presents the prominent psychiatric view that psychopaths by virtue of their diagnosis should be exonerated from criminal liability. This view has …

Involuntary Outpatient Commitment For The Chronically Mentally Ill, Jillane T. Hinds

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction: The (Perceived) Need for Outpatient Commitment

II. Commitment to Outpatient Treatment ... A. Outpatient Commitment or Conditional Release? ... 1. Conditional Release ... 2. Outpatient Commitment ... B. Outpatient Treatment ... 1. Treatment Planning ... 2. Review ... 3. Right to Refuse Outpatient Treatment

III. Enforcement: Revocation of Outpatient Commitment ... A. Statutory Procedures ... B. Constitutional Requirements ... C. Analysis

IV. Criteria for Involuntary Commitment ... A. The Dangerousness Standard ... B. A Lower Standard for Outpatient Commitment?

V. Conclusion: Summary and Recommendations

A Model For Infusing Cultural Diversity Concepts Across The Curriculum, Barbara Flannery, Maureen Vanterpool

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Background

Purpose

Assumptions

Student Learning: Conceptual Frameworks for Culturally Receptive and Culturally Resistant Students

The Culturally Receptive Student: The Role of Cognitive and Affective Learning Objectives

The Culturally Resistant Student: Using Personal Relevance to Increase Salience of Cultural Diversity Concepts

A Model for Infusing Cultural Diversity Concepts Across the Curriculum: Combining Cognitive and Affective Learning Objectives and Personal Relevance

Applications of the Model: Two Case Studies

Teacher Education

Housing and Interior Design

Interdisciplinary Applications of the Model

References

Current And Desired Faculty Development Practices Among Pod Members, Joanne Kurfiss, Robert Boice

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Method and Sample

Results

Program Structure and Evaluation

Current and Desired Practices

Importance of Teaching

Views of Faculty Development

Discussion

References

Integrating Teaching And Research: A Multidimensional Career Model, Mary Pat Mann

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

The Academic Matrix: Teaching and Research

Career Choices and Role Orientation

Expanding Faculty Development

1. Support the overall career development of faculty members

2. Assist faculty in developing their general professional skills

3. Involve faculty in scholarly work directly related to their teaching

Conclusion

References

Reviewing The Empirical Evidence On Jury Racism: Findings Of Discrimination Or Discriminatory Findings?, Jeffrey E. Pfeifer

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Empirical Evidence of Jury Racism ... A. Laboratory Research ... B. Archival Research

III. Evaluation of Evidence ... A. Limitations of Archival Research ... B. Methodological Limitations of Laboratory Research … C. Predictive Limitations of Laboratory Research ... D. Correspondence Limitations of Laboratory Research … E. Additional Laboratory Research

IV. Conclusion

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 11 (1990), Laurel Horton, Kristin M. Langellier, Jeanette Lou (Jan) Stehlik, Janet Carruth, Laurene Sinema, Joyce B. Peaden, Nancy Gibson Tuckhorn, Elizabeth Richards, Sherri Martin-Scott, Kerry Maguire, Barbara K. Phillippi, Wilene Smith

Uncoverings Journal

Preface by Laurel Horton

The Marketing of Anne Orr's Quilts by Merikay Waldvogel

Contemporary Quiltmaking in Maine: Re-fashioning Femininity by Kristin M. Langellier

Quilt Patterns and Contests of the Omaha World Herald, 1921-1941 by Jan Stehlik

Emma Andres and Her Six Grand Old Characters by Janet Carruth and Laurene Sinema

The Multicolored Geometric Pieced Sails of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago by Joyce B. Peaden

A Profile of Quilts and Donors at the DAR Museum by Nancy Gibson Tuckhorn

Quilts as Material History: Identifying Research Models by Elizabeth Richards, Sherri Martin-Scott, and Kerry Maguire

Pre-1940 Quilt Tops: Their Status and …

Evaluating Honors Programs: An Outcomes Approach, Jacqueline Reihman, Sara Varhus, William R. Whipple

National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs

The evaluation of academic programs has always been a complex and sensitive issue. Evaluations are undertaken to determine which programs will survive in an era of straitened economic circumstances, to gain or maintain accreditation, or to tell us how our programs can be improved. They may apply some normative standard of quality, 0r address an academic program's unique situation and mission. They may include the following: review of budget, evaluation of staff, description of the program's operation, demonstration of faculty and student satisfaction, or measures of what students have learned. They may use standardized or locally developed tests of achievement; …

Realism In Psychology And Humanism In Law: Psycholegal Studies At Nebraska, Gary B. Melton

Nebraska Law Review

I. The History of Law and Social Science at Nebraska … A. The Growth of the Law/Psychology Program … B. Sociological Jurisprudence … C. Experimental Jurisprudence … D. Social Science in Law … E. Psychological Jurisprudence

II. The Impact of the Nebraska Program

III. This Symposium in Jurisprudential Context

IV. Conclusion: Justice Blackmun as a Model

Appendixes

Treatment Of The Mentally Disabled: Rethinking The Community-First Idea, Christopher Slobogin

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. The Legal Basis of the Community-First Movement

III. A Critical Look at the Arguments in Favor of the Community-First Idea ... A. The Least Restrictive Alternative Rationale ... B. Effectiveness ... 1. Involuntary Care ... 2. Voluntary Care ... C. Family Contacts ... D. Individual Integration ... E. Group Integration

IV. Conclusion

Dispositional Decisionmaking In The Juvenile Justice System: An Empirical Study Of The Use Of Offense And Offender Information, Alan J. Tomkins

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Historical Overview of Decisionmakers' Discretion in the Juvenile Justice System ... A. The Use of Psychosocial Information about the Offender in Juvenile Justice Decisionmaking ... B. The Use of Legal Information about the Offense in Juvenile Justice Decisionmaking ... C. Post-Adjudication Disposition Decisions: A Particular Case for the Use of Offender and Offense Information

III. Empirical Research on Dispositional Decisionmaking ... A. Previous Empirical Research Efforts ... B. The Present Study ... 1. Subjects for the Present Study ... 2. Measures Used in the Study ... 3. Results ... a. Descriptive Analyses ... b. Bivariate Correlations ... …

Bureaucracy, Institutional Change, And Deegan’S Theory Of Core Codes And Liberating Rituals, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

In American Ritual Dramas: Social Rules and Cultural Meanings (Greenwood Press, 1989), Mary Jo Deegan presents a theory of core codes and communitas that implicitly challenges the present organization of sociological practice in bureaucratic structures such as universities. The rituals of modern academic sociology are permeated by the same core codes that Deegan finds in many modern participatory and media-constructed rituals, specifically: the codes of oppression (class and sex codes) and the codes of repression (bureaucracy and time codes). Sociology remains little more than a rationalization for repressive and oppressive social control mechanisms unless it convincingly demonstrates and acts upon …

Excavating Underappreciated Sociologists: A Survey Of Assumptions And Strategies In Archival Research, Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Archivally-based research in the history and sociology of sociology (especially the recent work of Mary Jo Deegan on Jane Addams and the Men of the Chicago School, 1892-1918) powerfully demonstrates the central epistemological importance of excavating and rehabilitating the contributions of sociologists who have long been ignored by historians of sociology. Archival experience reveals that uncovering the unknown, the unwritten, or the unrecognized in the history of sociology frequently requires reversing the conventional wisdoms of sociological research. Ten archival research strategies are identified. These approaches are best adapted to long-term rather than short-term research programs. It is concluded that. the …

Spindrift Gazes, Ronald Charles Kurtenbach

Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Spindrift Gazes is a collection of short stories that thematically relate to how human dignity is engendered and how that sense of dignity is challenged, undercut, and regained. These fictional constructions are particularly concerned with issues of transformation, how and why change takes place. Of particular emphasis is how differing kinds of human relationships are instrumental in the nature of those changes. Of fundamental concern is to give fictional form to human rights issues.

Advisor: Judith Slater

Perception Of Climate For Change In The Work Place, Rose Marie Tondl

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This study assessed the perceptions of Extension agents, administrators and board members toward the climate for change identified as the need for change, openness to change, potential for change and participation in change. Age, their sex, years on Extension staff, FTE group, Research and Extension Centers, years served on the Extension board, size of community and site where one resides were variables selected to test research hypotheses formulated for this study. Theoretical concepts used to support this study were the Congruence Model of Organizational Behavior with a model identifying three problems of change based on the components of the organizational …

Agricultural Experiment Station News October 1989

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
UNL RESEARCH COUNCIL
CORPS OF ENGINEERS MOVES TO ARDC
EPA/USDA TOURS ARDC SEPTEMBER 22
LISA UPDATE
NEW FACULTY JOIN ARD
SAM CORDES BECOMES HEAD OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
ROBERT C. SHEARMAN HEADS AGRONOMY
JUDY ANNE DRISKELL LEADS HUMAN NUTRITION AND FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT
USDA COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM
ARD ADVISORY COUNCIL NEWS
PESTICIDE DOCUMENT NEARS COMPLETION
COMMODITY BOARD FUNDING ANNOUNCED
NEW AND REVISED PROJECTS
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED JUNE & JUNE 1989
STATE INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (1987) COMPARED BY EXPENDITURES PER $1000 GROSS FARM INCOME AND PER CAPITA

The Beacon: A Guide To Faculty Development At St. Norbert College, Vol. Iv, No. 4

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Lampreys, Eels, and Skinks, with Small Potatoes by Phil Cochran

Faculty to Discuss Jacoby's The Last Intellectuals

''FOOD FOR THOUGHT'' Series Offers Attractive Fall Program

Notes from the Director A New Semester's Resolution

INTERNATIONAL FORUM ISAC and Killeen Chair to Co-sponsor Teach-in on South Africa

Verbal and Nonverbal Immediacy in the Classroom -or- "Stop Hiding Behind the Podium and Talk with Your Students" James W. Neuliep

New Books in the Faculty Development Resource Center

Opportunity Calendar -· Fall Semester

Water Current, Volume 21, September 1989

Water Current Newsletter

United Nations Association, Nebraska Division Hears Roger Gold's "World's Water Problems"
Groundwater--One Word or Two?
Sandhills Water Resources and Irrigation Observed on Annual Nebraska Tour
Survey Reveals Recreational Activities of Nebraskans
Farm Conservation and Water Protection Act of 1989
New Staff at Water Center
Colorado State Receives $9 Million for Somalian Water Management Project
EPA Announces Third Method to Determine Drinking Water Coliforms
NRD History and Mission Explained in Booklet Now Available to Public
White House Conference on Water Resources Proposed by NWA to Discuss Water Issues
Acid Rain International Problem; Midwest's Too
Deadline for Grant Proposals to USGS Announced …

Survey Of Methodologies For Valuing Externalities And Public Goods, F. Gregory Hayden

Department of Economics: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this report is to explain and evaluate six different methodologies for the valuation of externalities and public goods with respect to natural resources and the ecosystem. The six methodologies are: 1) general systems analysis, 2) the social fabric matrix, 3) direct cost, 4) contingent valuation, 5) travel cost, and 6) the property approach. The explanation and analysis contained in this report intends to determine their applicability to a broad definition of an ecosystem or socioecosystem.

The concept of externalities in the field of economics is essentially a concept formulated to take account of interdependence in a model …

School Transitions And Adjustment During Early Adolescence, Lisa J. Crockett, Anne C. Petersen, Julie A. Graber, John E. Schulenberg, Aaron Ebata

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

The aim of this investigation was to determine the impact of the timing and number of school transitions on young adolescents’ subsequent adjustment. Three groups of adolescents (total N = 253) were compared: those making a single early school transition prior to sixth grade, those making a single later transition prior to seventh grade, and those making a double transition prior to both sixth and seventh grades. Adjustment was assessed in terms of course grades and self-image. Negative effects were found for both early and repeated school transitions, with the double transition being especially debilitating. In addition, effects were seen …

A Theory Of The Sociology Of Women, Helen A. Moore, Jane C. Ollenburger

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Feminist theories present a number of options for organizing a model of inequality for women. At times, these present mutually exclusive concepts or definitions, or even causal factors. Patriarchal theories will not be used because they do not perceive women's oppression. Without an assumption of sex stratification and oppression, women's reality cannot be accurately described. Along with these patriarchal models, sex role socialization theories have been criticized for having (1) an emphasis on finding a singular universal truth and verification method, (2) a commitment to objectivity and observer neutrality, (3) dichotomous classification and primarily causal models, (4) ahistorical views, and …