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Faculty Senate Agenda, April 2, 2007, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Honorary Degrees and Awards Committee Report
• AFT Committee Report
• BFW Committee Report
• PRPC Committee Report
• EPC Business
• Committee on Equity and Diversity (2nd reading)
• EPC Membership (1st reading)
• Faculty Senate Past-President (1st reading)
• Faculty Forum Membership (1st reading)
• NCAA Recertification
• Representation of Extension and RCDE on Faculty Senate

To Pay Or Not To Pay?: Legal And Ethical Issues In International Students’ Participation In Research, Ana A. L. Baumann, Melanie M. Domenech-Rodriguez

Psychology Faculty Publications

Research methods are typically drafted carefully to ensure that the research question on hand can be answered. Sample selection is influenced by issues of feasibility. For example, in the case of researchers interested in cross-cultural research, the cost of traveling abroad and the practical matters involved in data collection in another country may make cross-cultural research impossible to conduct. Research with samples of recently immigrated persons in the ethnic, national, and/or cultural group of interest might present a viable and defensible alternative to examine crosscultural differences in the constructs of interest. Recently, however, the authors learned that there are major …

Creating Rituals In Stepfamilies, Scot Allgood, Rachel Crook

All Current Publications

An important goal of any stepfamily is to develop a sense of who you are as a family. Rituals can help create this feeling of “family.”

Developing Strengths In Stepfamilies, Linda Skogrand, Rachel Arrington, Brian Higginbotham

All Current Publications

Over time, most families develop strengths that help them face and successfully manage difficult times. The same is true of stepfamilies.

We Teach It, But Do We Practice It? Challenging Our Own Ethics In Higher Education, Susan R. Madsen, James Davis, Scott C. Hammond, Bonner Ritchie

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

The purpose of this panel discussion is to provide business school faculty, administrators, and doctoral students a forum to discuss current issues and challenges related to the ethical decision-making and behavior of individuals and groups (i.e., faculty, administrators, and staff) within the higher educational arena. It will provide the attendees/participants the opportunity to challenge behaviors and practices commonly seen and held. There are a number of contexts that provide ethical/moral dilemmas in post-secondary settings. While several of these contexts have received significant attention from professional associations such as the Academy of Management, others have received little or no attention. The …

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, March 19, 2007, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Honorary Degrees and Awards Committee Report
• AFT Committee Report
• BFW Committee Report
• PRPC Committee Report
• EPC Business
• NCAA Recertification
• Committee on Equity and Diversity (2nd)
• EPC-Curriculum Sub-committee Update (2nd)
• EPC Membership (1st)
• Faculty Senate Past President (1st)
• Faculty Senate President-Elect
• Course Content and Sincerely Held Beliefs
• Representation of Extension and RCDE on Faculty Senate
• Faculty Appeals Process

Usu Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes, March 19, 2007, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Honorary Degrees and Awards Committee Report
• AFT Committee Report
• BFW Committee Report
• PRPC Committee Report
• EPC Business
• NCAA Recertification
• Faculty Senate President-Elect
• Course Content and Sincerely Held Core Beliefs
• Representation of Extension and RCDE on Faculty Senate
• Faculty Appeals Process

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, College Of Humanities And Social Sciences, March 9, 2007, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Utah State University requests approval to offer a Master of Social Work (MSW) Degree effective January of 2008.

Faculty Senate Minutes, March 5, 2007, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• PRPC Business
• Committee on Equity and Diversity
• EPC-Curriculum Sub-Committee Update
• Human Research Policy
• Comprehensive Campaign Presentation
• Nominations for President-Elect
• Regional Campus Representation
• Discussion of Responsibilities of Faculty Senate Past-President
• EPC Membership Update

Faculty Senate Agenda, March 5, 2007, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Parking Report
• EPC Business
• Committee on Equity and Diversity
• EPC-Curriculum Sub-committee Update
• Human Research Policy
• Comprehensive Campaign Presentation
• Nomination for President-Elect
• Regional Campus Representation on Faculty Senate
• Discussion of Responsibilities of Faculty Senate Past-President
• EPC Membership Update

Scoping Report For The Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental Plan Environmental Impact Statement, U.S. Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Reclamation

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

This report summarizes the issues raised during the initial scoping process for the Bureau of Reclamation's Long-term Experimental Plan for Glen Canyon Dam Operations and Other Management Actions Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). This report describes the initial scoping process and presents the schedule, describes the scoping meetings, summarizes comments submitted by the public, and provides an overview of the relevant issues that Reclamation anticipates will be analyzed in the EIS.

Scoping is defined by the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as the process whereby lead agencies solicit input from the public on what the issues and alternatives …

Lake Mead Complex Final Gather Plan: Environmental Assessment, U.S. Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

This Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas Field Office (LVFO) to analyze the environmental effects of a gather to remove approximately 195 resident wild burros from National Park Service-administered lands adjacent to the El Dorado Mountains, Gold Butte and Muddy Mountains Herd Management Areas (HMAs) within the Lake Mead Complex (LMC) in March 2007. The LMC is located in southern Nevada in Clark County. The BLM Las Vegas Field Office and National Park Service coordinate management activities for wild burros on these public lands within their individual administrative responsibilities through a …

Managing Stress In Stepfamilies, Linda Skogrand, Rachel Arrington

All Current Publications

Every family experiences stress and encounters problems. Stepfamilies, however, may face unique and complex challenges when problems arise.

Bitting The Horse: Snaffles, Patricia Evans, Dale Barnett

All Current Publications

This publication describes and suggests when and where it is appropriate to use a snaffle bit.

Biting The Horse: Snaffles, Patricia A. Evans, Dale Barnett

All Current Publications

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, February 20, 2007, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Parking Report
• EPC Business
• Human Research Policy
• President's Comprehensive Campaign Announcement Presentation
• Committee on Equity and Diversity
• Faculty Forum Code Change
• EPC-Curriculum Sub-committee Update
• EPC Membership Update
• Regional Campus Representation on Faculty Senate
• Discussion of Responsibilities of Faculty Senate Past-President
• Nominations for President-Elect

Father Involvement In Early Head Start Research Programs, H. H. Raikes, J. A. Summers, Lori A. Roggman

Human Development and Family Studies Faculty Publications

This study examined fathers' participation in Early Head Start programs using quantitative and qualitative data from 326 Early Head Start fathers when children were 36 months of age. About half (49%) of the fathers were involved in at least one program activity. A quarter (26%) of the fathers participated at a higher level, in two or more types of program activities. Fathers participated in parent education programs (17%), group socializations (15%), father-only activities (6%), policy councils and program committees (9%), home visits (32% ever, 17% monthly), and in dropping children off at the Early Head Start center (24% ever, …

Kerr-Mcgee's Bonanza Area Environmental Assessment And Biological Assessment, U.S. Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

No abstract provided.

Playing With Daddy: Social Toy Play, Early Head Start, And Developmental Outcomes, Lori A. Roggman, Lisa Bouye, G. A. Cook, K. Christiansen, D. Jones

Human Development and Family Studies Faculty Publications

Research on fathers in Early Head Start (EHS) has provided an opportunity to study fathers from low-income families. We examined father-toddler social toy play in relation to EHS enrollment, fathers' psychosocial well-being, and children's developmental outcomes in a sample of 74 father-toddler dyads. Overall, our results show that father-toddler social toy play was more complex among fathers in an EHS program than among those in a comparison group. Greater complexity in father-toddler social toy play predicted better cognitive and social developmental outcomes for young children, especially in the program group, but it was limited by fathers' psychosocial well-being in the …

Helpful Strategies To Deal With Ex-Partners In Remarriages, Scot Allgood, Brian Higginbotham

All Current Publications

The process of building and maintaining a strong remarriage is complicated by many factors.

Faculty Senate Agenda, January 8, 2007, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Council on Teacher Education Report
• Campus Retention Report
• Research Council Report
• Scholarship Advisory Board Report
• EPC Business
• Plans to Reconstitute the Campus Climate for Women Committee
• Overview of the New Position of Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity
• Dean's Tenure and Advisory Committees

A Case Against The Federal Marriage Protection Amendment, Nancy Kubasek, Arash Garrossian

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

An Equitable, Efficient, And Implementable Scheme To Control Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Arthur J. Caplan, Emilson C.D. Silva

Applied Economics Faculty Publications

We design an international scheme to control global externalities in which autonomous regions choose their own emissions levels in anticipation of interregional resource transfers implemented by an international agency. This agency follows a proportional equity principle, which preserves the status-quo ratio of regional welfare levels. We show that it is individually rational for each region to participate in the proposed international scheme and that regional environmental authorities choose policies that fully internalize the global externality. Although based on an admittedly ideal scheme, these results are especially noteworthy in light of the call for various forms of transfers in international agreements …

Advances In Startercultures And Cultured Foods, T. M. Cogan, J. Steele, Jeff Broadbent, N. P. Shah, Z. Ustunol

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

With 2005 retail sales close to $4.8 million, cultured dairy products are driving the growth of dairy foods consumption. Starter cultures are of great industrial significance in that they play a vital role in the manufacturing, flavor, and texture development of fermented dairy foods. Furthermore, additional interest in starter bacteria has been generated because of the data accumulating on the potential health benefits of these organisms. Today, starter cultures for fermented foods are developed mainly by design rather than by the traditional screening methods and trial and error. Advances in genetics and molecular biology have provided opportunities for genomic studies …

A General Equilibrium Analysis Of Pesticide Resistance, Kenneth S. Lyon

Economic Research Institute Study Papers

Pesticides have value because they help farmers control pests that destroy crops and decrease yields; however, their use will lead to insecticide resistance. In addition, their use has unintended other effects. These stem in part from pesticide residues on food and application drift that exposes humans and other non-target biologic populations to toxic agents. We analyze these interactions in a stochastic general equilibrium optimal control model. The necessary conditions of an optimal path are examined to identify the roles that Integrated Pest Management, spraying and pest resistant crops, and biological research can play along the optimal time path. Because the …

Inra Water Resource Management Research And Educationneeds Assessment Project, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith, Sandra Marquart-Pyatt, C. Harris, A. Lovecraft, E. Shanahan, P. Wanschneider

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

The Water Resources Research Needs Assessment team received funding in summer 2006 from the Inland Northwest Research Alliance (INRA) Water Resources Steering Committee to conduct a structured needs assessment study. The study was motivated by the desire to allow future INRA research and educational programs to meet better the needs of water resources managers in the five state INRA region.

General Catalog 2007-2009, Utah State University

University Catalogs

Contains course descriptions, University college calendar, and college administration

Aspen Indicator Species In Lichen Communities In The Bear River Range Of Idaho And Utah, Paul C. Rogers, Roger Rosentreter, Ronald J. Ryel

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

Aspen are thought to be declining in this region due to a combination of fire suppression, grazing and wildlife management practices, and potentially cool/wet climates of the past century which favor advancing conifer succession. Many scientists are concerned that aspen’s related species may also be losing habitat, thereby threatening the long-term local and regional viability of this important community. To date, few studies have specifically examined the role of aspen’s epiphytic lichen community. This paper presents basic community research describing the application of Indicator Species Analysis for lichens growing on aspen stems in the central Rocky Mountains of North American. …

Standardizing Sampling Effort On Autosimilarity For Comparing Assemblages: Effect Of Species-Occurrence And Species-Abundance Distributions, Y. Cao, Charles P. Hawkins, J. Van Sickle

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Utah Prairie Dog Habitat Evaluation Guide, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Environmental Defense

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

The Utah prairie dog (Cynomys parvidens) (UPD) is listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and exists only in southwestern Utah. UPD numbers and range have declined dramatically since settlement of Utah because of conversion of rangeland to cropland, urban development, fire suppression, improper grazing, drought, and introduced sylvatic plague (Yersina pestis). As of this writing, approximately 75% of all Utah prairie dogs inhabit private lands. This fact highlights the need to encourage farmers and ranchers to manage UPD habitat on their property in order to move the species closer to recovery. This guide provides technical …