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Concessions And Conservation: A Study Of Environmentalism And Anti-Environmentalism Among Commodity Farmers, Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

This article seeks to deconstruct the anti-environmentalist label currently attached to many rural communities around the world. The study specifically addresses supposed anti-environmentalism among commodity farmers in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta and argues that it is overly simplistic to dub any community as anti-environmentalist before determining the historic basis for their motivations and beliefs. The data presented are drawn from onsite interviews with area farmers, community leaders and residents. The research indicates that although intensive farming practices have injured the environment and local residents have opposed environmentalist intervention, their actions and beliefs are rooted not in anti-environmental beliefs, but rather in …

Yucatec Maya Botany And The "Nature" Of Science, E. N. Anderson

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

No abstract provided.

The Hyper-Immune Human Female: The Etiologic Role Of Sleep Deprivation, Early Pregnancy Factor, Lactation And Woodsmoke Stressors, Satyendra Sunkavally, Lalitha Pappu

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

No abstract provided.

Using Gis And Ecological Variables To Identify High Potential Areas For Paleoanthropological Survey: An Example From Northern Armenia, Charles P. Egeland, Christopher M. Nicholson, Boris Gasparian

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

No abstract provided.

The Archaeology Of Environmental Change: Socionatural Legacies Of Degradation And Resilience, E. Christian Wells

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

No abstract provided.

Public Services Department : Annual Report : 2009 - 2010, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Annual Report, Public Services Department, 2009-2010, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Library Department and Committee Reports

Annual report for the academic year 2009-2010 for public services activities at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

How Folk Classification Interacts With Ethnoecological Knowledge: A Case Study From Chiapas, Mexico, Aaron M. Lampman

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

Folk taxonomies play a role in expanding or contracting the larger domain of ethnoecological knowledge that influences when and how cultural groups use living things. This paper demonstrates that ethnomycological classification is limited by utilitarian concerns and examines how Tzeltal Maya ethnoecological knowledge, although detailed and sophisticated, is heavily influenced by the structure of the folk classification system. Data were collected through 12 months of semi-structured and structured interviews, including freelists (n=100), mushroom collection with collaborators (n=5), open-ended interviewing (n=50), structured responses to photos (n=30), structured responses to mushroom specimens (n=15), and sentence frame substitutions (n=20). These interviews were focused …

Local And Traditional Knowledge And The Historical Ecologyof Pacific Herring In Alaska, Thomas F. Thornton, Madonna L. Moss, Virginia L. Butler, Jamie Hebert, Fritz Funk

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

No abstract provided.

Explaining Human Actions And Environmental Changes, Damian M. Smith

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

No abstract provided.

Report, College Of Business Assurance Of Learning, 2010-2011, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

Academic Learning Compacts

A report by the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's College of Business on how it is following the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business' (AACSB) guidelines.

2010 Annual Report Usf St. Petersburg, Usf

USF Accountability Reports

No abstract provided.

Sfra Review, Winter 2010, Science Fiction Research Association

SFRA Newsletter (Science Fiction Research Association)

The Winter 2010 issue of the SFRA Review.

Undergraduate Catalog, 2010-2011, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg.

Undergraduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Since You're Here, Volume 4, No. 1, January 2010, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

The January 2010 issue of the newsletter "Since You're Here."

Numeracy: Open-Access Publishing To Reduce The Cost Of Scholarly Journals, Todd A. Chavez

Numeracy

Each fiscal year, as academic librarians throughout the United States prepare materials budgets, a national “groan” ensues. Regardless of their format (i.e. print or digital), serial subscription costs are escalating, in the process impacting the role of the library in advancing scholarly communication . This paper examines some of the economic issues concerning open-access (OA) journal publishing. The importance of quantitative literacy is suggested for librarians and academics seeking a better understanding of alternatives to traditional journal subscription models and to anyone considering ventures into OA publishing. Quantitative literacy is essential for managing alternatives to the rising cost of scholarly …

Confessions Of A Weak Tie, Joel Best

Numeracy

No abstract provided.

Commencement Convocation Program, Sarasota - Manatee Campus, December 13, 2009, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

King O'Neal Scholar Award - Cheryl Ouelette; Outstanding Professor - Ross P. Alander; Golden Bull Award - Robert Johnson; Outstanding Senior - Brice Tisdale

Commencement Convocation Program, Tampa Campus, December 12, 2009, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

King O'Neal Scholars - Lena Champlin, Eva Chase, Lauren Cox, Seon Jeon, Jessica Jones, Jake Laun, Katie Laun, Michael Maiorana, Jonathan Minch, Akash Parekh, Willmarie Ramirez Vega, and Danielle Rudisill; Outstanding Senior - Christopher James Griesbach

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, Graduate, December 12, 2009, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Honorary Doctor of Public Health - Samuel P. Bell III

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, December 11, 2009, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The December 11, 2009, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

Journal Of Cave And Karst Studies, Volume 71, No. 3, December 2009, Table Of Contents, National Speleological Society

KIP Articles

No abstract provided.

Commencement Convocation Program, St. Petersburg Campus, December 1, 2009, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

USF St. Petersburg Graduations and Commencements

King O'Neal Awards: Sean Amodeo, Gertrud Huessy; Regional Chancellor's Award for Civic Engagement: David Carr

An Absence Of Presence: The Voices Of Marginalized Communities In The Development And Implementation Of Cultural Resource Management Initiatives In The British West Indies: A Case Study, Kelley Scudder-Temple

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation research is the study of cultural resource management initiatives and

the extent to which archaeological surveys and excavations include or exclude African

Caribbean contemporary and historic communities, throughout these processes. Varying

types of archaeological sites identified by archaeologists, along with community

inclusionary measures are examined to determine as to the degree to which

archaeological surveys and excavations are reflective of historic and contemporary

African Caribbean communities.

Data were collected through archival research, interviews and surveys and analyzed

qualitatively to examine the degree to which stakeholders, particularly those who have

been historically marginalized, have been incorporated into these processes. …

Striving And Surviving: The Phenomenology Of The First-Year Teaching Experience, Michael D. Smith

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Despite the enduring relative popularity of teaching as a career, the research literature on teacher preparation suggests that there is growing concern about the state of the field. With each passing year, the demographic realities within k-12 classrooms bring new challenges for the teacher preparation enterprise. Shortages in high need communities and increasing numbers of provisionally certified (or uncertified) teachers represent two areas of concern. Notwithstanding the extraordinarily increasing cultural and linguistic diversity now found among the student population, the teacher population has failed to diversify in kind. The number of new teachers who are ill-prepared to respond to this …

Crow's Nest, November 16, 2009, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The November 16, 2009, issue of the Crow's Nest.

Creek/Seminole Archaeology In The Apalachicola River Valley, Northwest Florida, April J. Buffington

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Seminole Indians were Creek Indians from Georgia and Alabama who migrated to Florida for several reasons, including much conflict from not only other native groups but European pursuits. This thesis documents the early Creeks coming into northwest Florida, and thereby contributes to the larger research question of Seminole ethnogenesis. By compiling not only the confusing and often unclear historical documentation, but also the archaeological record, this thesis examines Creek/Seminole archaeological sites along the Apalachicola River and lower Chattahoochee River and matches them up with known historical towns to see where and when the Creek Indians were coming into Florida …

Leading Change In Schools: Leadership Practices For A District Supported School-Based Reform Model, Monica C. Verra

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The reauthorization of the Individual with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 strongly encourages the use of a response-to-intervention (RtI) model to reduce the number of students identified as learning disabled, to increase student achievement, and to close learning gaps between subgroups of students. RtI is based on the systematic assessment of students' responses to high-quality research-based instruction and interventions. The implementation of a research-based school-specific intervention model, such as RtI, may result in significant change for schools and districts.

The purpose of this study was to describe perceptions of the level of change the implementation of RtI represents in a …

Rhetorics Of Fear, Deployment Of Identity, And Metal Music Cultures, Gregory Vance Smith

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to analyze the rhetorics of fear operating in public discourses surrounding metal music. This analysis focuses on how the public rhetorics deploy identity on listener populations through both the mediation and legislation of identities. Specifically, this mediation takes place using both symbols of fear and arguments constructed on potential threats. Texts for analysis in this study include film and television documentaries, newspaper articles, book-length critiques of and scholarship on heavy metal, and transcripts from the U.S. Senate Hearings on Record Labeling.

"Heavy metal" and "metal music" are labels that categorize diverse styles of music. …

Coffins, Closets, Kitchens, And Convents: Women Writing Of Home In Gendered Spaces, Nicole Spottke

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Coffins, Closets, Kitchens, and Convents uses anthropologist Liz Kenyon's categories of home, Gaston Bachelard's theories on the importance of imagination and metaphor in home building, as well as literary criticism, sociology, and feminist theory to examine values of "home" in various literary works of the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. This dissertation's focus on the struggles within traditional home spheres highlights the female characters' need of a protected space. Yet these characters realize they must allow for connections with various individuals to bring about such a safe space. Through the creative act of writing, Mary Leapor's Mira in the poem, "Crumble …