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Follow The Scientists? How Beliefs About The Practice Of Science Shaped Covid-19 Views, Thomas G. Safford, Emily H. Whitmore, Lawrence C. Hamilton Jan 2021

Follow The Scientists? How Beliefs About The Practice Of Science Shaped Covid-19 Views, Thomas G. Safford, Emily H. Whitmore, Lawrence C. Hamilton

Faculty Publications

“Follow the science” became the mantra for responding to COVID-19 pandemic. However, for the public this also meant “follow the scientists,” and this led to uneasiness as some viewed scientists as not credible. We investigate how beliefs about the way scientists develop their findings affect pandemic-related views. Our analysis shows that beliefs about scientists’ objectivity predict views regrading coronavirus-related risks, behavioral changes, and policy priorities. While political party identity also predicts views about COVID-19-related concerns, these vary by political leaders whose approaches embraced versus dismissed science based strategies, highlighting the importance of perceptions of scientists in shaping pandemic related attitudes …


How Policies Portray Students: A Discourse Analysis Of Codes Of Conduct In Academic Libraries, Megan Bresnahan Jan 2021

How Policies Portray Students: A Discourse Analysis Of Codes Of Conduct In Academic Libraries, Megan Bresnahan

Faculty Publications

In academic libraries, “codes of conduct” are policies that define what people who use those libraries are allowed to do in library spaces and serve as rules for enforcement. In this policy discourse analysis, the author examines these policies to understand what dominant discourses emerge about students who use libraries. The discourses represented in these policies portray students through frames of deficit thinking, adultism, exclusion, and surveillance. The study advocates for a critical shift in the design and purpose of these policies, and the results may inspire academic librarians to revise their policies to center care and respect for students.


A Future In Criminal Justice, Jody Record Dec 2020

A Future In Criminal Justice, Jody Record

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.


First-Year Mentor Spotlight: Melissa Mullen '21, Kassidy Taylor Dec 2020

First-Year Mentor Spotlight: Melissa Mullen '21, Kassidy Taylor

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.


Weaving Strands Of Knowledge: Leaning About Environmental Change In The Bhutan Himalayas, Sameer Honwad, Andrew D. Coppens, Greg Defrancis, Marcos Stafne Montshire, Shivaraj Bhattarai Dec 2020

Weaving Strands Of Knowledge: Leaning About Environmental Change In The Bhutan Himalayas, Sameer Honwad, Andrew D. Coppens, Greg Defrancis, Marcos Stafne Montshire, Shivaraj Bhattarai

Faculty Publications

Climate change is a complex phenomenon, so much so that even those with expert knowledge on the scientific data struggle to understand the impacts of climate change on their everyday lives. Contradictions across systems of knowledge make clear that climate change is not just a problem of scientific understanding but is also simultaneously a problem of global coordination as well as a sociopolitical problem of connecting domains of knowledge that are seldom valued equitably. The project described in this paper is a prototype effort to put knowledge from community members in two culturally distinct rural areas of the world at …


Overconfident, Underwhelming, Beth Potier Dec 2020

Overconfident, Underwhelming, Beth Potier

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.


A Matter Of Life And Death, Susan Dumais Dec 2020

A Matter Of Life And Death, Susan Dumais

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.


2020 Books In Cola, Susan Dumais Dec 2020

2020 Books In Cola, Susan Dumais

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.


Five Ways To Combat Stress During Finals, Unh Communications And Public Affairs Dec 2020

Five Ways To Combat Stress During Finals, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.


2020-2021 Faculty Senate Xxv - December 7, 2020 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate Dec 2020

2020-2021 Faculty Senate Xxv - December 7, 2020 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.


Fall 2020, In Case You Missed It, Wen Houle Dec 2020

Fall 2020, In Case You Missed It, Wen Houle

UNH International Educator Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Immunohistochemical Characterization Of A Novel Population Of Reticular Thalamic Neurons Expressing Cholecystokinin And Type 1 Cannabinoid Receptors, Shayna Mallat Dec 2020

Immunohistochemical Characterization Of A Novel Population Of Reticular Thalamic Neurons Expressing Cholecystokinin And Type 1 Cannabinoid Receptors, Shayna Mallat

Master's Theses and Capstones

The thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN) filters somatosensory stimuli by providing inhibition to the excitatory thalamic relay nuclei, which then communicate with the cortex to appropriately integrate and respond to sensory stimuli. The TRN is also responsible for generating and maintaining sleep spindles, which are important for memory and cognition, and are disrupted in various psychiatric disorders. Previous studies have shown that the TRN is comprised of several neuronal subpopulations that carry out specific functions. These neurons can be distinguished using peptide markers such as parvalbumin (PV), somatostatin (SST), and calbindin (CB). In this thesis, I identified a novel neuronal population …


Examining The Overlooked Complexities Of School Lunch: An Investigation Into The Juncture Of Food, Schooling, And The Developing Adolescent, Eleanor Kane Dec 2020

Examining The Overlooked Complexities Of School Lunch: An Investigation Into The Juncture Of Food, Schooling, And The Developing Adolescent, Eleanor Kane

Doctoral Dissertations

School lunch is a universal experience for students everywhere and yet remains largely understudied by educational researchers. This dissertation explores school lunch through the lens of adolescent identity theory, with the purpose of investigating the unarticulated and overlooked complexities inherent in the lunch block, from issues of the developing sense of self, to social and cultural meanings surrounding food, and consequences for social reproduction. I used a combination of ethnographic observations and narrative interviews at a rural New England high school, focusing on participants’ daily habits, food practices, and choices during the lunch block. Through this, I established the normative …


White Discipline, Black Rebellion: A History Of American Race Riots From Emancipation To The War On Drugs, Jordan C. Burke Dec 2020

White Discipline, Black Rebellion: A History Of American Race Riots From Emancipation To The War On Drugs, Jordan C. Burke

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation is a comparative analysis of American race riots, within and across historical eras, from Emancipation (1863) to the War on Drugs (1972). I argue that changes in the status of African-American citizenship produced different forms of race rioting. Examining riot events across eras reveals how ethical principles at the core of democracy are undermined in specific socio-historical contexts—especially equality of participation in collective self-governance. Congressional testimony, state-sponsored riot investigations, and archival data indicate that riots have been used historically to structure racial inequality in both political institutions and economic relations. While race riots have proven instrumental in maintaining …


Characterizing Student Engagement In A Post-Secondary Developmental Mathematics Class And Exploring The Reflexivity Between Social And Sociomathematical Norms, David Fifty Dec 2020

Characterizing Student Engagement In A Post-Secondary Developmental Mathematics Class And Exploring The Reflexivity Between Social And Sociomathematical Norms, David Fifty

Doctoral Dissertations

Traditionally, post-secondary developmental mathematics courses aspire to equip students with mathematical content knowledge needed to succeed in calculus and subsequent STEM courses. The literature shows that this goal alone is insufficient, as the emphasis on content acquisition often comes at the expense of developing higher-order skills such as argumentation, reasoning, and flexibility in mathematics problem solving (Chiaravalloti, 2009; Partanen & Kaasila, 2014; Star et al., 2015). Redesigning curricula with these additional objectives in mind requires providing students with opportunities to engage with mathematics in ways that may contrast with their past experiences or expectations. It requires changing patterns of classroom …


2020-2021 Faculty Senate Xxv - November 30, 2020 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate Nov 2020

2020-2021 Faculty Senate Xxv - November 30, 2020 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.


2020-2021 Faculty Senate Xxv - November 16, 2020 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate Nov 2020

2020-2021 Faculty Senate Xxv - November 16, 2020 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.


Finalists Announced For Annual Innovative Idea Competition, Sustainability Institute Nov 2020

Finalists Announced For Annual Innovative Idea Competition, Sustainability Institute

Sustainability Institute Blog

No abstract provided.


Essay: The Fighting Words Doctrine: Alive And Well In The Lower Courts, David L. Hudson, Jr. Nov 2020

Essay: The Fighting Words Doctrine: Alive And Well In The Lower Courts, David L. Hudson, Jr.

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

No abstract provided.


Pervasive Infancy: Reassessing The Contract Capacity Of Adults In Modern America, Michael S. Lewis Nov 2020

Pervasive Infancy: Reassessing The Contract Capacity Of Adults In Modern America, Michael S. Lewis

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

This article argues that the law of consumer contracts should permit adults to access the same protections available to children where data about adult performance indicates that the two categories of people are similarly situated within the domain of consumer contracts. In making this claim, this article relies upon a description of capacity articulated by Professor Martha Nussbaum in her important work on the subject. Professor Nussbaum explains that capacity is a function, not only of a person’s innate capabilities, but of a person’s opportunity or ability to deploy those capabilities within environmental limitations. Capacity to contract in a free …


Celebrating 10 Years Of Ecogastronomy, Micky Bedell Nov 2020

Celebrating 10 Years Of Ecogastronomy, Micky Bedell

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.


Two Kinds Of Polar Knowledge, Lawrence C. Hamilton Nov 2020

Two Kinds Of Polar Knowledge, Lawrence C. Hamilton

Faculty Publications

Outreach and communication with the public have substantial value in polar research, in which studies often find changes of global importance that are happening far out of sight from the majority of people living at lower latitudes. Seeking evidence on the effectiveness of outreach programs, the U.S. National Science Foundation sponsored large-scale survey assessments before and after the International Polar Year in 2007/2008. Polar-knowledge questions have subsequently been tested and refined through other nationwide and regional surveys. More than a decade of such work has established that basic but fairly specific knowledge questions, with all answer choices sounding plausible but …


2020-2021 Faculty Senate Xxv - November 2, 2020 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate Nov 2020

2020-2021 Faculty Senate Xxv - November 2, 2020 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.


Unh Faculty Embed Social Venture Innovation Challenge In Record Numbers, Sustainability Institute Oct 2020

Unh Faculty Embed Social Venture Innovation Challenge In Record Numbers, Sustainability Institute

Sustainability Institute Blog

No abstract provided.


Can You Give Your Customer Too Much Love?, Dave Moore Oct 2020

Can You Give Your Customer Too Much Love?, Dave Moore

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.


Fall 2020 Prevention Matters Newsletter, Prevention Innovations Research Center Oct 2020

Fall 2020 Prevention Matters Newsletter, Prevention Innovations Research Center

PIRC Newsletter

No abstract provided.


The New Hampshire, Vol. 110 [111], No. 42 (Oct. 22, 2020), The New Hampshire Oct 2020

The New Hampshire, Vol. 110 [111], No. 42 (Oct. 22, 2020), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 110, but it is the 111th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.


The New Hampshire, Vol. 110 [111], No. 41 (Oct. 15, 2020), The New Hampshire Oct 2020

The New Hampshire, Vol. 110 [111], No. 41 (Oct. 15, 2020), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 110, but it is the 111th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.


Views Of The Highway: Infrastructure Reality, Perceptions, And Politics, Linda M. Fogg, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Erin S. Bell Oct 2020

Views Of The Highway: Infrastructure Reality, Perceptions, And Politics, Linda M. Fogg, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Erin S. Bell

Faculty Publications

Transportation infrastructure such as highways and bridges requires upgrades and maintenance. In many U.S. regions, these requirements have surpassed current funding, so new solutions are needed. One obvious though imperfect source is gasoline taxes, but raising these is politically risky, regardless of need. To illuminate this conflict, we analyze data from four random-sample telephone surveys (2016–2018, n = 2,035) that asked residents in the U.S. state of New Hampshire about their perceptions of highway and bridge conditions, and support for gas tax increases. About one third of the respondents counterfactually reported that highway and bridge conditions had improved compared with …


2020-2021 Faculty Senate Xxv - October 5, 2020 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate Oct 2020

2020-2021 Faculty Senate Xxv - October 5, 2020 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.