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Men's Quest For Wholeness: The Changing Counseling Needs Of Paheka Males, Philip Culbertson

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

In this essay I will claim that one of the most significant factors explaining the high levels of domestic and public violence in New Zealand is the definition of masculinity that Pakeha (descendants of white colonial settlers) men have inherited and the risks and demands for men who attempt to achieve it. In order to comprehend the extreme stress which the Pakeha definition of masculinity places on men, we need to begin by understanding how culture-specific every definition of masculinity (and femininity) is. Next we need to review how this Pakeha definition developed as a result of the history of …

Hypermasculinity And Violence As A Social System, Thomas J. Scheff

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Current theories of conflict fail to develop an adequate model of the causation of violence. Greed for power is often invoked, but how greed itself develops is seldom considered. Particularly absent are models explaining the vast energy that propels violence and destruction. This essay will consider bases of greed and violence unleashed by alienation and repression of emotions. Since it appears that most men in our society are more alienated/repressed than most women, the idea of hypermasculinity is used to develop a theory of conflict. The combination of alienation with the repression of vulnerable emotions suggests a biosocial doomsday machine …

Masculinities, Femininities, And Fundamentalisms: Gender Confrontations And Collaborations In Global Conflict, Joane Nagel

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

In this multimedia presentation, I combine images and text to argue that organized violence in the global system depends on shared gender cultures, networks, and transactions: Wars are violent confrontations AND collaborations among men and manhoods. Contemporary conflicts are very often depicted as "clashes of civilizations," but in many important respects they are collaborations of masculine cultures and systems of honor. Although organized violence involves men on opposing sides of ethnic or class or national boundaries, ironically, such violence depends on cooperation both among allies and among enemies. Men join forces with comrades as bands of brothers, as men in …

Hang With The Dude, Jeffery Byrd

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

The Greeks created idealized versions of themselves. But what good is making a perfect body if you are still schlepping around in the frumpy one you were born with?

In 2002, I designed an idealized version of myself that was wearable. The Dude is cool, hip, young and buff and not afraid to unleash his inner geek. He is totally at ease with who he is. In short, he was just what I wanted to be. And you may notice he is also short because I have honestly never had a problem with my height.

The Dude got around. He …

It'll Pass: Nypd: Blue's Sipowicz And Mundane Masculinity, Marc Ouellette

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

The development of the character of Det. Andy Sipowicz, on the ABC drama, NYPD: Blue, effectively demonstrates that the obstinance of traditional forms of masculinity may ultimately be a key factor in their undoing. Rather than effecting a superficial change based on consumer choice, as concurrent characters do, Sipowicz undergoes a transformation of his social behavior. Sipowicz regularly behaves in a manner consistent with Robert Connell’s definition of “hegemonic masculinity”: he resorts to violence, he resists change and he resents women and minorities (131). His alcoholism and quick temper tend to hinder his ability to adapt. However, change has occurred …

The Enfleshment Of Masculinity(S): The Maintenance Of Hegemonic Masculinity, Brett N. Billman

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

With the proliferation of the term “masculinities” over the past two decades men’s subjective experiences have come to light in an attempt to destabilize the patriarchy. However, in this time it seems that hegemonic masculinity has in fact been attempting, quite successfully, to maintain itself through the proliferation of multiple patriarchies. Examination of the enfleshment of masculinity through the physicality of the masculine body presents us with a more articulated version of hegemonic masculinity. This more articulate view begins to highlight the politics of difference present in a discussion of Brokeback Mountain and the wide spread deployment and growth of …

A Review By Thomas Hockey Of Lincoln’S Melancholy, By Joshua Wolf Shenk, Thomas Hockey

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Students do not always approach professors’ offices for help with their homework. Or with questions about the upcoming test. Sometimes their visits are more confessional, with the goal being atonement for the “sins” of poor academic performance. One thing that I found striking in the just-completed school year was the number of young people who self-divulged their mental illness, or treatment for mental disorders. While such a revelation was a rare, every-year-or-two phenomenon for much of my teaching career, in 2005/2006 its frequency jumped tenfold.

The Use Of Sports In The Teaching Of Culture And Civilization: Spain As A Case Study, Juan Castillo

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Most methodological approaches to the teaching of culture and civilization for second language students tend to have two things in common. First, they put an emphasis in history and high culture: fine arts, literature and film. Second, when they cover current events, they tend to take what I will call horizontal views of the civilization, trying to cover a wide spectrum of aspects of society, and not getting into an in-depth study of any of them.

This article wants to propose a different methodology on both counts. First, instead of focusing on high culture, I want to use an item …

Am I A Man Or A Feminist? Constructing Positive Male Feminist Thought, Cory Aragon

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Male Feminists find themselves in the weird position of opposing entrenched patriarchal gender hierarchies while effectively reinforcing them. The question arises, am I a man or a Feminist? This question is seated in a seemingly oppositional relationship between the culturally masculine, the culturally male, and the positive theory of Feminist thought.

In this paper, I attempt to provide a way of being both a man and a feminist. In the first section, I try to debunk the common notion of many Feminist separatist movements that the culturally male and masculine are destructive to the feminist cause. After showing that the …

Career Paths: Not What You Might Think, Robert J. Frederick

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

From orientation through graduation, UNI’s Academic Advising and Career Services has the unique role of supporting academic, personal and career success for our students. One interesting component of our office operation is our contact with employers. Each year over 600 employers come to campus. They post over 7,000 job and internship opportunities on our electronic job posting board, CareerLink, and they routinely offer thousands more at our career fairs. In the 2005-2006 academic year, they conducted over 1,500 formal interviews on campus and thousands more of the informal type during and after our fairs. Each summer, we visit over 100 …

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The Nature Of The "In-Between" In D.W. Winnicott's Concept Of Transitional Space And In Martin Buber's Das Zwischenmenschliche, Laura Praglin

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Martin Buber (1878-1965), German Jewish social philosopher and theologian, and D.W. Winnicott (1896-1971), British pediatrician and psychoanalyst, portray in vibrant detail the reality of the “in-between”. Although contemporaries, they were separated by country and profession, and did not know each other. Yet both set forth in their writings remarkably complementary views concerning “in-between space”--the transitional area, to Winnicott, or das Zwischenmenschliche to Buber. This is a meeting-ground of potentiality and authenticity, located neither within the self nor in the world of political and economic affairs. In this space, one finds the most authentic and creative aspects of our personal and …

“Imagine This:” Disengendered Fiction Writers, Susan M. Rochette

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

This article recites in brief a story the author wrote that caused conversation and reflection on behalf of herself, her teachers and her students over the years of her writing as a fictionist and fiction writing teacher. The point of the article is to both demonstrate by doing and to make comment on the issue of women writing in the masculine voice.

Female Like Me, Lynn E. Nielsen

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Following graduation, from the University of Iowa with a Ph.D. in elementary education, I clearly remember my aunt asking me very kindly but cautiously if when I completed my graduate work, could I get a “better job.” Of course I knew what she meant and I also understood where the question originated. Who ever heard of a man with a terminal degree teaching second-graders? Wasn’t that illegal or something? Wasn’t that “women’s work?” Wouldn’t I at least teach high school? Wouldn’t I take an administrative position or find a job teaching “bigger students.” The answer was a definitive NO. I …

The Angers Summer Institute: Forty Years And Going Strong!, Anne Lair

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

The following essay will explain how the Angers Summer Institute offered by the University of Northern Iowa started and what has contributed to its many successes for over three decades, such as the choice of courses, staffing and the importance of the host families.

The teaching of foreign languages in the United States can be characterized as having had many high and low points. Languages that were in vogue thirty or forty years ago have had to struggle in the past few years. Fifty or so years ago no self-respecting foreign languages department would have considered not offering latin. German …

The Sorry Sons Of The Godfather: Intertextuality, Orality And Diminished Masculinities In The Sopranos, Harry Brod

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

When the enormously popular HBO TV series The Sopranos first premiered in 1999, it shared a core plot element with a film released about the same time, Analyze This, also successful and popular enough to later spawn a sequel, Analyze That. 1 They both revolve around the central image of a Mafia boss seeing a psychotherapist. This essay focuses on The Sopranos, and uses references to the contemporaneous Analyze This to bolster its case that a generational shift in images of masculinity is illustrated here. This essay draws exclusively on the first season of The Sopranos in order to isolate …

Introduction: Forum On Masculinities, Violences, Variations, And Visions, Phyllis Baker, Harry Brod

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Debate and dialogue within the humanities and social sciences concerning the concept of masculinity/masculinities has been widespread for two decades. We use this edition of a Universitas Forum as a way to present and discuss the intriguing theoretical complexity of the concept of masculinity/masculinities. This forum is organized into three sections, focusing respectively on its relationship with the issue of violence, variations in forms and processes, and visions for transformations.

E-Portfolios - An Effective Tool?, Marilyn Drury

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

The effective use of electronic portfolios in educational institutions confirms their value as an important teaching and learning tool. An electronic portfolio is a digital archive or collection of artifacts (audio/video clips, text, graphics, and coursework) that represent the owner of the electronic portfolio, whether it is an individual, group, or institution. Personal reflection on one’s work or philosophies is a key element in many electronic portfolios. Some question whether electronic portfolios really benefit the educational process. This author overviews recent literature related to the use of electronic portfolios and discusses the issues and challenges of implementing and effectively using …

Bad Ass Or Punk Ass?: The Contours Of Street Masculinity, Christopher W. Mullins, Robin M. Cardwell-Mullins

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

In this article, we examine the utility of R.W. Connell’s conceptualization of hegemonic and subordinate masculinities through the examination of qualitative interviews with active criminal offenders in Saint Louis, Missouri. The article describes contours of “bad ass” masculinity, the hegemonic form, and “punk” masculinity, the primary subordinate form. After an examination of the nature of these masculinities, we discuss how these elements of the cognitive map of the streets are refractions of mainstream masculinities, exploring the convergences and divergences that emerged in the data. Finally, we point out how the work on masculinities is important to gender studies and feminist …

A Review By Chatham Carpenter Of Moral Courage, By Rushworth Kidder, April Chatham Carpenter

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

“Should I select a pragmatic, application-based text, to supplement the more traditional theoretical text, for the university capstone class I’m teaching for the first time this Fall? I want something that would be practical and make the students think about their own behavioral choices in situations involving ethics. But I also want something that will challenge them to think critically about a variety of ethical situations.” This was one of the dilemmas I faced when I was investigating what text to use as a supplementary text my first time through teaching the Ethics in Communication course as a university capstone …

Editor's Preface, Richard Utz

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

Programs And Courses 2006-2008, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Programs and Courses Catalogs

This catalog is published for students and other persons who want to know more about the University of Northern Iowa. Its purpose is to communicate as objectively and completely as possible what the university is and what it does. The catalog is presented in sections to give a general view of the university as well as the detailed information required for informed decision making.

Ballast Quarterly Review, V21n4, Summer 2006, Roy R. Behrens

Ballast Quarterly Review

A journal devoted to wit, the contents of which are intended to be insightful, amusing, or thought provoking.

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Summer 2006, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

University Of Northern Iowa Today, V90n2, Summer 2006, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

UNI Today

Inside This Issue:
-- Meet Benjamin J. Allen president of the University of Northern Iowa
-- Contents
-- Impact on Iowa Life - Being forever thankful
-- Customer-focused
-- A lifetime of teaching
-- To touch a life forever
-- "Pinks" is Red-Hot
-- Power From Scratch
-- UNI/PAC Initiative Delivers
-- Built with the Future in Mind
-- UNI Athletics
-- Panther Call Center - Making Connections
-- Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust Funds Projects
-- Community-University Partnership Basis of Koob Endowment Fund
-- UNI Athletic Club Renamed Panther Scholarship Club
-- The UNI Campanile: I'm 80 Years Old, …

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V02n3, Summer 2006, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--InnoCentive

--Saylorville 2006 Weather Talk

--Jane Haugen receives Gold Star

--GLOBE ONE Posters go to Thailand

--Education and the Environment

--Upcoming Programs

Biennial Report To The Board Of Regents State Of Iowa 2004-2006, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Contents:

--- Cumulative Enrollment 2004/2005
--- Cumulative Enrollment 2005/2006
--- Residence Enrollment by Sessions
--- Full-Time Equivalency Enrollment
--- Degrees Awarded
--- Program Certificates Awarded
--- Summary of Enrollment – Fall and Spring

An Analysis Of The Impact Of Federated Search Products On Library Instruction Using The Acrl Standards, Christopher N. Cox

Library Faculty/Staff Publications

Federated search products are becoming more and more prevalent in academic libraries. What are the implications of this phenomenon for instruction librarians? An analysis of federated search products using the “Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education” and a thorough review of the literature offer insight concerning whether these tools will have an impact on student information literacy and, in turn, what we emphasize in the classroom.

Uni Summer School Survey June 2006, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Contents
Section I
Introduction --- 1
Method --- 1
Results --- 3
Summary of Responses
Q1 I prefer summer school courses offered (time of day) --- 5
Q2 I prefer summer school courses offered during (month) --- 6
Q3 My primary reason for enrolling in summer school is --- 7
Q4 My secondary reason for enrolling in summer school is --- 8
Q5 Financial aid is a very important part of my decision to enroll in summer school --- 9
Q6 Local employment is a very important part of my decision to enroll in summer school --- 10
Q7 The …

Ists E-Newsletter, May 15, 2006, Iowa Academy Of Science

ISTS Newsletter

In this issue:

--A Message from Your (New) President

--Announcements

--Opportunities

--Your ISTS Leadership