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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 …

Fireproofing The Lawn: Reclaimed Water And Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers In Tampa Bay, Ryan C. Davis

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Reclaimed water has increased in popularity as a means to recycle water and thus decrease the amount of wasteful water use. This process is widely used in Tampa Bay for watering of lawns. This increase in popularity and use has raised questions as to what contaminants are in the reclaimed water.

The purpose of this study was to analyze reclaimed water for contaminants believed to be detrimental to health and conduct interviews to ascertain perceptions of risk in the local population. As water reuse grows in popularity further research will need to be conducted to address potential human health concerns. …

Crow's Nest, October 19, 2009, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The October 19, 2009, issue of the Crow's Nest.

Living With Sugar: Socioeconomic Status And Cultural Beliefs About Type 2 Diabetes Among Afro-Caribbean Women, Chrystal A.S Smith

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In the U.S., individuals of Afro-Caribbean and Latino descent are two to three times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than non-Hispanic whites. Caribbean and Latin America migrants, particularly minority women bear a disproportionate burden of type 2 diabetes and its risk factors. The purpose of this research is to investigate if Afro-Caribbean women share a cultural belief model about type 2 diabetes and how this belief model, along with structural barriers to health care, influence disease risk and management.

A sample of 40 women, primarily Jamaican and Trinidadian, 35 to 90 years of age previously diagnosed with type …

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, October 2, 2009, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The October 2, 2009, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

Newsletter, Society For Advancement Of Poynter Library, Fall 2009, Society For Advancement Of Poynter Library

Society for Advancement of Poynter Library

The Fall 2009 issue of the newsletter for the Society for Advancement of Poynter Library.

Warm Ideas And Chilling Consequences, Arthur P. Bochner

Communication Faculty Publications

In the process of writing my academic memoirs spanning a period of more than thirty-five years, I discovered how crucial the work of Gregory Bateson had been to my life as a teacher, a scholar, and a relational partner. In this paper I celebrate Bateson's charming and incisive ideas about how communication works, his deep reservations about the worship of quantification, and his astute analysis of what is at stake when we make epistemological errors in everyday life. Reviewing a turning point in my academic life—a conference held in 1979, I reaffirm the importance of warm ideas and provide a …

The Weekly Challenger, September 17, 2009, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The September 17, 2009, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Press Release :2009 : 09 : 16 : Sokolovsky Spends Summer As Visiting Scholar At Oxford, Melanie Marquez

USF St. Petersburg Campus News and Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, September 15, 2009, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The September 15, 2009, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

International Colloquium Explores Research On The Otopame, September 14, 2009, Melanie Marquez

USF St. Petersburg Campus News and Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Hunger Of The Body, Hunger Of The Mind: The Experience Of Food Insecurity In Rural, Non-Peninsular Malaysia, Elizabeth Elliott Cooper

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Supplementary feeding continues to be a widespread strategy for child health promotion though its efficacy remains contested. The long-standing, Malaysian national food assistance program for children - Program Pemulihan Kanak-Kanak Kekurangan Zat Makanan (PPKZM) - fits this pattern, receiving severe criticism for its limited impact on child nutritional status. Still, the program remains, producing a seeming paradox and prompting questions of how it fits into (1) the larger political context of national health policy and (2) more localized village and clinic environments. This research combines historical inquiry with the in-depth, ethnographic study of two predominantly Malay coastal villages in Malaysian …

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, August 8, 2009, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

King O'Neal Scholar - Kimberly Michelle Patarini; President's Global Leadership Award - Indira Chakravarty; Outstanding Senior - Anthony Le

Annual Report, Public Services Department, 2008-2009, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Library Department and Committee Reports

Annual report for the Public Services Department of the Nelson Poynter Library at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg for the fiscal year 2008-2009.

Journal Of Cave And Karst Studies, Volume 71, No. 2, August 2009, Table Of Contents, National Speleological Society

KIP Articles

No abstract provided.

Mundos Subterráneos, No. 20, August 2009, José G. Palacios-Vargas

KIP Articles

Contents: Mundos Subterráneos: 20 Años De Difundir Y Divulgar La Espeleología -- Ácaros Cavernícolas Do Brasil: Uma Observação Preliminar Sobre A Ocorrência E Distribuição Das Famílias -- Registros De Ácaros Oribáticos (Acari: Oribatei) De Los Sótanos “el Salto” Y “tilaco”, Querétaro Y “ahuihuitzcapa”, Veracruz, México -- Los Estudios Bioespeleológicos De La Cueva De Las Sardinas Y Sus Perspectivas -- Distribución De Campodeidos (Diplura: Campodeidae) Cavernícolas De México -- Rituales Contemporáneos Zoques En Una Cueva De La Autopista Tuxtla Gutiérrez-las Choapas, Chiapas -- Rabia Transmitida Por Murciélagos -- Las Exploraciones Espeleológicas En Villa De Las Rosas, Chiapas Grupo Espeleológico Jaguar A.c. …

Humor And Attitude Toward Homosexuals: The Case Of Will & Grace, Heather Cribbs

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Data collected from a survey questionnaire disseminated to college students was used to examine the relationship between humor in the mass media on audience attitude. This research study attempted to link the comedic nature of media with a heightened tolerance toward unpopular messages by looking specifically at the show Will & Grace. Results supported the hypothesized positive relationship between humor on attitudes toward the show, as well as attitudes toward real life homosexuals. In addition, distraction and interpersonal communication served as mediators between humor and attitudes. Results supported positive relationships between humor and both distraction and interpersonal communication, and supported …

Integrating Rural Cambodian Villagers’ Perspectives Into Monitoring And Evaluation Protocols For An Ngo’S Water And Sanitation Program, Elizabeth Churchill

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Bridges Across Borders (BAB), a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Cambodia, directs diverse and complementary projects to improve the lives of Cambodians living in poverty. The Hand In Hand project (HIH) is one of these projects, implemented in the rural community of Chamcar Bei. This project started in 2006 and is designed to be completely sustained by the villagers after 5 years. One of the four components of HIH is a health component, whose goal is to improve the health of the community. In 2007 and 2008, through these health initiatives, BAB provided the community with 280 ceramic water filters, 20 …

Contemporary Daughter/Son Adult Social Role Performance Rating Scale And Interview Protocol: Development, Content Validation, And Exploratory Investigation, Dana Everett Cozad

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to develop and content validate a Performance Rating Scale and Interview Protocol, enabling study of the social role performance of adult daughters and sons as they fulfill the societal norms and expectations of adult children. This exploratory investigation was one of 13 contemporary adult social roles completed by the University of South Florida Social Roles Research Group to update research of Havighurst in the 1950s.

The Daughter/Son Performance Rating Scale and Interview Protocol were created through a series of panel reviews and suggestions by experts drawn from adult education, human development, gerontology, and educational …

The Effect Of Celebrity Endorsements On Gift-Giving Purchases: An Application Of The Elaboration Likelihood Model, Christine Anghel

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to determine how effective celebrity endorsements are in regards to the type of gift purchase one decides to make (i.e., buying for someone who has a high significant meaning to the buyer, such as a best friend, versus buying for someone who has a low significant meaning to the buyer, such as a casual friend). The study seeks to extend upon the anthropology research exploring gift-giving and marketing research exploring celebrity endorsements by applying the tenants of the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM). This study uses an experimental procedure in order to determine the effect …

Dressing Psychic Wounds: Clothing As Metaphor In Paule Marshall's Praisesong For The Widow And Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony, Angela D. Tartaglia

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

I investigate the function of dress as it relates to cultural retention in Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the Widow and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony, drawing upon the work of fashion theorists Joanne Entwistle, Alison Lurie and Anne Hollander. My examination of the two novels is informed by several excellent scholarly works which hold that characters' well being is determined by the extent to which they connect with their folkloric roots, the central message in both Ceremony and Praisesong for the Widow. I build on this discourse by demonstrating that the novels' consistent attention to clothing is a device …

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, July 3, 2009, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The July 3, 2009, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

An Exploratory Study Of The Use Of Imagery By Vocal Professionals: Applications Of A Sport Psychology Framework, Patricia Louise Bowes

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the use of imagery in vocal professionals' efforts to achieve optimal performance based on research from sport psychology. The four Ws of imagery use: where, when, what, and why have been applied to this study from the fields of athletics (Munroe, Giacobbi, Hall, & Weinberg, 2000) and dance (Nordin & Cumming, 2005). These were adopted after many years of research in athletic performance excellence, with particular reference to the Analytic Framework of the Cognitive and Motivational Functions of Imagery (Paivio, 1985; Hall, Mack, Paivio, & Hausenblas, 1998). This theoretical framework …

Rape Attitudes And Beliefs: A Replication Study, Rhissa Emily Briones

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The phenomena of sexual violence have been studied on college campuses for over 50 years. Despite changes in society's attitudes towards women and gains made by women in education and the work force since the 1960s, research reveals that the incidence and prevalence rates of date rape have not changed significantly over the years. Extant literature indicates that endorsement of rape myths has been found to be associated with sexual aggression by males. A review of existing instruments revealed that current assessments of rape supportive attitudes and beliefs appear outdated in their language and may not be geared for today's …

Ethnomedical And Biomedical Health Care And Healing Practices Among The Rathwa Adivasi Of Kadipani Village, Gujarat State, India, Margaret A. Karnyski

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Rathwa of Kadipani village are adivasi (original inhabitants, tribe) residing in a rural part of Gujarat State, India. Primarily farmers, the Rathwa live in an area where development-related projects, such as mineral mining and damming on the Narmada River, are increasingly impacting their livelihood, health status, and quality of life. The local economy is impacted by uncertainty regarding access to water from the Narmada River, concerns related to the extraction of minerals from a mine in Kadipani, and economic issues that arise when the primary wage earner of the household becomes ill.

This dissertation addresses Rathwa health care practices, …

Exploring Writing Of English Language Learners In Middle School: A Mixed Methods Study, Robin L. Danzak

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The study's purpose was to assess, through mixed methods, written linguistic features of 20 Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs) in middle school. Students came from Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. Participants wrote two expository and two narrative formal texts, each in Spanish and English, for a total of eight writing samples each. Additionally, students developed 10 journal entries in their language of choice, and 6 randomly selected, focal participants were interviewed for the qualitative analysis.

The quantitative analysis involved scoring formal texts at the lexical, syntactic, and discourse levels. Scores were analyzed using Friedman's 2-way ANOVA by ranks, …

Commencement Convocation Program, Sarasota - Manatee Campus, May 3, 2009, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

King O'Neal Scholar - Erika Szoke; Outstanding Professor - Michael Richard; Golden Bull Award - Jina Lyon; Sarasota-Manatee Outstanding Senior

Commencement Convocation Program, Tampa Campus, May 1, 2009, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Honorary Doctor of Human Letters - Robert Butterworth; Outstanding Senior - Rose Rezaei; King O'Neal Scholars - Autumn Nicole Barthelemy, Sonya Brar, Linh Phuong Thi Dinh, David Michael Donohue, Sandy Ranae Heflin, Tegan Marie Lesperance, Elona Rrapo, Chirstopher Charles Swanson, and Glenna Shemida Brewster

Karst Regions Of The World (Krow): Global Karst Datasets And Maps To Advance The Protection Of Karst Species And Habitats Worldwide, Emily Hollingsworth

KIP Theses and Dissertations

Historically, many people dealing with caves and karst have tended to be guarded about sharing information. They have sought to protect their property, their resources, liability risk, and special interests by keeping details about karst (especially caves) secret. This has resulted in inconsistent, localized, and hard-to-access knowledge and data, in highly generalized large-scale maps of widely varying consistency and quality.

Gis Spatial Analysis Of Multiple Scenes In Criminal Homicides, Casey C. Anderson

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Anthropological studies of community structures and human relationships of today's societies are becoming increasingly important for crime analysis. Law enforcement agencies are often challenged with the task of connecting multiple locations to persons involved in crimes to solve cases. Using the structures of the target communities and the social relationship between the victim and offender, spatial distributions of crimes can be reconstructed.

Data used in this analysis were collected from Hillsborough County, Florida (n=420) and Lancaster County, Nebraska (n=48) law enforcement agencies within the years 1997-2007. The hypothesis of this paper is: if the social relationship between the victim and …