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Cover And Table Of Contents, Expanding Minds And Promoting Tolerance, Northern Iowa Today, Winter 2011

Art on Campus Documents

Various articles on art at the University of Northern Iowa (also formerly known as Iowa State Teachers College).

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Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

One Touchy Topic: Targeting Students’ Sense Of Touch Through Multiple Activities, Ally Shinar, Rabihah Simmons, Megan Ross

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This article provides exploratory experiences for First Grade students to refine their understanding of their sense of touch and develop their observation skills. The activities scaffold from open-ended exploratory investigations to application activities in which students categorize items using their understanding of touch. The activities also make explicit links to help students develop language and writing skills. This activity promotes National Science Education Content Standards A and B, and Iowa Teaching Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

All Bottled Up: An Inquiry Activity Using Bottles To Teach The Effect Of Water Temperature On Dissolved Gas, Collin Reichert, Curtis Titter

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This article describes an inquiry activity that promotes an accurate and deep understanding of key components of the carbon cycle, namely the exchange of carbon dioxide (CO₂) gas between the atmosphere and the ocean, and how temperature affects this exchange. The crucial role of the teacher during this activity is described, including key questions and interactions that help students arrive at deep and robust understandings of the carbon cycle and nature of science ideas. This article promotes High School National Science Education Content Standards A, B, D, and G, Iowa Core Curriculum 1 and 3, and Iowa Teaching …

Panther First Recipients Of 2011, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Panther First Awards

The Panther First Award identifies and rewards employees who have provided excellent customer service to customers, co-workers, or other members of the UNI community. This is the list of recipients from 2011.

Editorial Board & Iowa Academy Of Sciences Officers And Directors

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

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Challenges Of Online Communication: Achieving Digital Equity Within Intercultural Communication Confines, Judith Roberts

Iowa Journal of Communication

This research focuses on intercultural communication and how instructors can work on creating digital equity across cultural boundaries. The research determined that educators, administrators, and industry professionals need to work together and have a vision to increase digital equity for all students, despite possible intercultural communication issues. In addition, teachers should focus on making sure the curriculum material is understandable for all students in order to increase knowledge.

2011 Soundtrack To Our Lives, Northern University High School

Malcolm Price Laboratory School Yearbooks

The student yearbook of the Northern University High School, part of the Malcolm Price Laboratory School of the University of Northern Iowa.

Self-Presentation On Social Network Sites: Development Of A Self-Identity Expression Scale And Its Relationship With Social Competence, Sherice Gearhart, Seok Kang, Kwan Min Lee

Iowa Journal of Communication

The current study explores dimensions of self-identity expression on social network sites (SNSs) and their relationships with social competence. Data were collected through an online survey among young SNS users that had a profile on Facebook and/or MySpace. Results showed that self-identity expression on SNSs is multidimensional made up of interest/activity, roles and memberships, and opinion expression. Individuals who were found to actively use SNSs to express views on social and political issues tended to exhibit high social competence and an ability to form and manage offline real-world relationships. Results also indicate that SNS users selectively use self-identity expression dimensions …

Patterns Of Response To Health Risks Among The Poor And Near Poor, Shawna G. Harris, Shelly R. Hovick, Vicky S. Freimuth, Ashani Johnson-Turbes, Doryn D. Chervin

Iowa Journal of Communication

To understand how to reach low-income audiences with persuasive health communication, the present study analyzes 6 years of formative health research conducted by U.S. federal agencies. A thematic content analysis was conducted of formative research reports representing more than 800 participants. Recurring themes regarding the motivations and barriers to health-protective behaviors and sources of information used and trusted were assessed. Results indicate low-income people desire to maintain or improve their health and may do so with the support of others. Major barriers to implementing health-protective behaviors include the lack of comfort or appeal, lack of knowledge, time and potential side …

When Bieber Fever Strikes: Using Twitter As A New Medium For Attack And Defense Communication, Samuel Hardman Taylor, Matthew Barton

Iowa Journal of Communication

Rhetorical analyses of image restoration and attack have characteristically centered on public figures because their images are the focal point of news conversation for traditional mass media outlets following events of public shame. Through the development of Web 2.0 technologies and microblogging sites like Twitter, publishing power has shifted the conversation about public figures and their image creation, management and restoration into the hands of the general public. The shift creates new opportunities for research in the field of public discourse, specifically attack and defense rhetoric. This study uses the tweets surrounding Justin Bieber's loss at the 2011 Grammy Awards …

Organizational Face: Examining The Communication Of Organizational Identity Through Emotional Labor, Joy L. Daggs

Iowa Journal of Communication

Organizational communication scholars have been studying organizational identity and emotional labor as two independent constructs. Organizational identity has been studied in terms of how organizational members identify with their specific organization and how the public at large views the organization. Emotional labor has been studied in a variety of contexts examining how emotional displays are demanding and exhausting for those whose jobs require them (flight attendants, 911 call takers, retail sales associates, etc.). The important aspect of the emotional labor literature is its focus on how emotions are a commodity of the organization (Hochschild, 1983).

However, as the two literatures …

Wiggling Worms: Using The Learning Cycle In An Elementary Classroom To Study Variation, Lori Marie Ihrig, Jennifer Nicole Prindle

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In grades K-2, students are at an age when they start to look closely at living things around them. They can comprehend that while individuals may be of the same kind (i.e., kittens from the same litter), they possess differences. This article uses the learning cycle to engage students in making observations and measurements about plants and animals in order to help them understand “there is variation among individuals of one kind in a population” (AAAS, 1993, p. 107). This article promotes National Science Education Standards A and C, and Iowa Teaching Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

2011 Uni Football Media Information, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Coaching Staff --2
--Roster --21
--Player Bios --25
--2010 in Review --68
--Record Book --75

Voices Newsletter, V7n3, January 2010, University Of Northern Iowa. Center For Multicultural Education.

Voices Newsletter

Inside this issue:

-- Day of Service to Honor MLK
-- CME Tribute Celebration for MLK
-- CME Sponsors Poetry Slam
-- Thoughts from the Director
-- Our Mission
-- Become a Jumpstart Pathfinder
-- Calling all Actors and Actresses...

Does Music Tempo Influence Maximal Force Output?, Aaron D. Suma

Graduate Research Papers

This study aimed to determine the influence of music tempo on maximal force output. Furthermore, this study also examined participant's perception of listening to different tempo music during a maximal force task. Fifteen recreationally active male participants with a mean age of 25.1 years, mass of 89.14 kg, and height of 182.1 cm performed isometric mid-thigh pulls under three different conditions (no music, slow tempo music, and fast tempo music) in the University of Northern Iowa free-weight room. The peak pulling force was measured using a portable force plate to the nearest tenth of a Newton under the three conditions …

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Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

No abstract provided.

Current Status Of Lichen Diversity In Iowa, James T. Colbert

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

No abstract provided.

"It's About The Best That We Can Get:" The Technologically-Mediated Maintenance Of Women's Long-Distance Friendships, Jessica Thern Smith

Iowa Journal of Communication

This study was designed to uncover how women maintain their long-distance friendships using technologically-mediated channels. Thirty-four qualitative interviews were conducted with women in a university setting: first-year undergraduate students, first-year graduate students, and recently-hired faculty members. Data analysis resulted in uncovering how women adapt maintenance behaviors (positivity, assurances, openness, social networks) to mediated channels (Facebook, cellular phones, e-mail). Participants indicate LDFs may be challenging, but the necessary effort and lack of co-presence does not deter them from devoting themselves to the continuous maintenance work.

Teaching Math And Confidence Through Burkean Identification: A Close-Textual Analysis Of Danica Mckellar's Math Doesn't Suck, Valerie Lynn Schrader

Iowa Journal of Communication

This close textual analysis examines the various sections of Danica McKellar's book Math Doesn't Suck through the lens of Burkean identification. This article explores how McKellar, a well-known actress and mathematician, uses Burkean identification to persuade her audience of middle-school-aged girls to learn and enjoy mathematics and to have confidence in their own abilities. Through an analysis of McKellar's writing style, personal testimonials, quotations from celebrities and "real-life" kids, and story problems to which many girls can relate, this article suggests that McKellar connects with her audience, and that in this case, identification works in much the same way that …

Iowa Journal Of Communication, Volume 43, Number 2, Spring 2011 [Download Entire Issue]

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

The Affects Of Social Media On Practice Of Public Relations, Gayle M. Pohl

Iowa Journal of Communication

The public relations industry has shifted towards social media. Services like PitchEngine, PressLift, PRX Builder, and Mind Touch are bringing the press release into the new millennium with embedded multimedia and easy distribution through various channels, including social media and e-mail. The methods of distributing information are driven by social media. Rather than e-mailing a press release, public relations people are sending journalists to custom landing pages created just for that specific announcement, contacting them via Twitter with a BUDurllink to the release, or even directing them to a YouTube video with a message from the CEO making the announcement. …

Wild Geese Families And Commuter Families: Theoretical Considerations Of Relational Maintenance Of Families In Distance, Lena Yoo

Iowa Journal of Communication

Traditionally, families have transformed their forms to best adapt the members' labor mobility primarily in search of better-paid jobs and other economic opportunities (Lee & Koo, 2006, p. 533). In the current period of heightened globalization, many families migrate to other locations, both domestic and international, in order to confront the changing global environment. Diverse attempts at flexible adaptation have brought many new types of families (Lee & Koo, 2006, p. 533). My research focuses on a new family type where the members of which are separated in two or more locations but remain integral members of the original family, …

Communication Matters, Marilyn Shaw, Gwendolyn K. Abington, Rachael Van Dalen

Iowa Journal of Communication

At the University of Northern Iowa I teach a course titled Introduction to Communication. Part of the course description reads "the purpose of this course is to provide you with an overview of the field of communications studies, to understand your role in community, the role of research and theory in communication and to explore the career paths you may choose. We want you to be able to better understand why you are choosing communication for a field of study during your time at UNI." The course meets three times a week for five weeks. For a final assignment, I …

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Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

The Stories We Tell On Social Media, Pamela Cooper, Nan Johnson-Curskis, Melissa L. Beall

Iowa Journal of Communication

This essay looks at the relationship of narrative and social media as well as some practical applications of theory and research for the intercultural communication classroom. A sample syllabus, assignments and grading criteria are provided.

Facebook As A Tool For Fund-Raising And Support By Religious Organizations, Mark D. Johns

Iowa Journal of Communication

This pilot project explores the use of Facebook by a number of religious and denominationally affiliated non-profit charity or social purpose organizations. International relief agencies, youth ministry organizations, camping ministries, missionary organizations and others have established "causes" on facebook.com that are designed to gather "members," further ongoing interaction, and raise funds. Some have suggested that "causes" function, at least in some cases, as expressions of "brand communities" (Hassay & Peloz, 2009; Muniz & O'Guinn, 2001), and questions exist regarding the strength of social ties in such brand relationships (Haythornthwaite, 2002). Facebook users were surveyed, a variety of "cause" pages were …

Back Matter

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

Proceedings Of The 123rd Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science [Program, 2011], Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Program Summary --- 2-3
Acknowledgements --- 4
Contents --- 5
Welcome --- 5
Iowa Junior Academy of Science Competition --- 6
Geology Special Event Using Geographic Information Systems in Iowa's K-16 Classrooms --- 7
General Session I-Roaming Mars, a Personal Perspective --- 8
Iowa Junior Academy of Science Award Luncheon --- 9
Iowa Academy of Science Business Meeting --- 9
Iowa Academy of Science Volunteers for 2010-2011 --- 10
Symposium A-Unintended Health & Environmental Consequences of Confinement Agriculture --- 11
Symposium B-Investigating Forensic Science --- 12
Symposium C-150th Anniversary-Science and the Civil War --- 13
Symposia Speakers --- 14-15 …

Desiring A Transformed Society: Subversive Notions Of Rape In Margaret Atwood's "Rape Fantasies", Daniel Shank Cruz

Short Story

No abstract provided.