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Framing Fracking: Media Coverage Of Unconventional Oil And Gas Development In South Texas, Jebadiha E. Potterf

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The rapid growth of unconventional oil and gas development in the United States has greatly increased the production of these minerals, but has also raised the public’s concern over the dangers involved in this process. Due to the contested nature of unconventional development gaining an understanding of both how the public perceives this development and the influences on these perceptions is vital. As several previous research studies have investigated public perceptions this project addresses the second of these requirements.

This is done using qualitative methods to analyze the content of the online communications of proponents and opponents of this development. …

The Agricultural Economics Of Fremont Irrigation: A Case Study From South-Central Utah, Chimalis R. Kuehn

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Recent identification of a Fremont irrigation feature in southern Utah provides an example from which to study costs and benefits of intensive agricultural investment by the Fremont. Studying irrigation investment informs our understanding of cultural process behind subsistence decisions, as well as of cultural complexity among the temporally and geographically diverse Fremont farmers.

Fieldwork, funded in part by Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities (URCO) Grants, included experimental canal digging with wooden stick tools and excavation of a subsurface canal feature. This study uses prehistoric canal dimensions and labor rate data to compare relative efficiencies of irrigated and dry-farmed maize. Analysis …

Schools That Serve Military Children: A Comparison Of The Standardized Test Scores In The Dodea School System Versus The Civilian School System, Mary Eleanor Fugate

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

There are an estimated 1.2 million children with one or both parents enlisted in military service. These children are more geographically mobile than civilian children on average, and previous research suggests that mobility can have great effects on an individual's academic performance. This study seeks to answer the question: How does the standardized test performance of Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools compare to those of public schools with high concentrations of military children (funded by Impact Aid). It is hypothesized that due to higher average levels of funding, a standard curriculum, and both embedded and intentional social support, …

Mothers On The Market: Employer Hiring Practices And Motherhood Penalties, Elizabeth Kiester

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

While gender inequity in wages is often discussed in the media by politicians, the motherhood wage penalty receives substantially less attention. This distinct wage penalty suggests that women with children suffer a wage penalty separate from women without children. In addition, there is an employment gap between mothers and nonmothers indicating that mothers are less likely to be employed. While some argue that this is a matter of choice, I contend that mothers may face unique barriers that deny them access to the labor market. I tested this theory in two ways and in two states; Utah and California. First, …

The Intergenerational Income Elasticity In The Nlsy97 Dataset, Christina Mueller

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

This paper estimates the intergenerational income elasticity for four differently related groups. The results are IGE’s of 0.1368 between fathers and sons, 0.1734 between fathers and daughters, 0.2076 between mothers and sons and 0.2217 between mothers and daughters. These results are compared to previous studies and found to be significantly lower. Possible explanations are the simple passing of time between studies, the financial recession of 2008, and short-run data availability in the dataset. This study includes many control variables to find explanations of the IGE. The level of schooling is of sole importance and explains up to 49 percent of …

The Utah Statesman, April 24, 2014, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Intermountain West Journal Of Religious Studies Volume 5 Number 1

Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews

Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies

No abstract provided.

Revisiting Joseph Campbell’S The Power Of Myth, Daniel Gorman Jr.

Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies

This paper considers the relevance of The Power of Myth to the secular study of religion. First, I identify the scholars from whom Campbell borrows concepts. I organize these scholars into three groups – the qualitative religious scholars, the quantitative religious scholars, and those who draw from both approaches. Next, I identify Joseph Campbell’s key ideas (the monomyth, the hero’s journey, the existence of a higher power or energy, the lack of myth in the modern world, and the notion that religion possesses given qualities). I then analyze the contradictions inherent within Campbell’s argument, for Campbell fails to synthesize three …

The Utah Statesman, April 10, 2014, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Managing The Surplus Of Superficiality: The Case Of Dented Bumper Repair, Arthur J. Caplan

Applied Economics Faculty Publications

This article uses data from a survey administered to 400 automobile owners in northern Utah to estimate willingness-to-pay (WTP) for removal of a superficial dent in the bumper of a typical owner’s vehicle. A unique set of controls are used to estimate the determinants of WTP for this particular manifestation of superficiality. Both parametric and nonparametric measures of mean WTP are also derived. To the extent that a driver’s demand for superficiality represents a market failure, e.g., due to imperfect information, or, in a normative sense, the influence of wasteful social norms, our welfare measures represent estimates of the potential …

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, April 3, 2014, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Prefix Change

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• USU-Eastern Non-Credit Courses for Northstar to Banner Conversion

Department of Art and Design

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Course Description Change
• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Course Number Change, Prerequisite Change
• Course Number Change, Title Change
• Course Number Change, Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Delete Course

Department of Psychology

• New Course

Department of Biological Engineering

• New Course
• Title Change
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

• Prerequisite Change
• Title …

The Utah Statesman, April 3, 2014, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, April 3, 2014, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Prefix Change

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• USU-Eastern Non-Credit Courses for Northstar to Banner Conversion

Department of Art and Design

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Course Description Change
• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Course Number Change, Prerequisite Change
• Course Number Change, Title Change
• Course Number Change, Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Delete Course

Department of Psychology

• New Course

Department of Biological Engineering

• New Course
• Title Change
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

• Prerequisite Change
• Title …

Utah State Magazine, Spring 2014, Utah State University

Utah State Magazine

The quarterly magazine for friends and alumni of Utah State University.

Liberalis, Spring 2014, Utah State University

Liberalis

Freedom to Think, Discover, and Create. The alumni magazine for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Utah State Univeristy.

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, College Of Humanities And Social Sciences, March 28, 2014 - Discontinuation Of The Sociology Major Teaching Emphasis, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

The Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology at Utah State University is requesting the discontinuation of the Teaching Emphasis within the Sociology major.

The Utah Statesman, March 25, 2014, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Utah Statesman, March 6, 2014, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, March 6, 2014, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

• Inactivate Course
• Delete Course

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• New Course

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course

Department of Accounting

• Course Number Change

Department of Economic and Finance

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Management

• New Course
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change
• Prerequisite Change
• Credit Hour Change

Department of Management Information Systems

• New Course

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• New Course
• Grade Mode Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, March 6, 2014, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

• Inactivate Course
• Delete Course

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• New Course

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course

Department of Accounting

• Course Number Change

Department of Economic and Finance

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Management

• New Course
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change
• Prerequisite Change
• Credit Hour Change

Department of Management Information Systems

• New Course

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• New Course
• Grade Mode Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department …

Sharing The Light Of The Sacred Fire: A Proposal For A Paradigm Shift In Psychology, Art W. Blume Ph.D.

Journal of Indigenous Research

Abstract

Psychology as a science and practice developed with a Eurocentric model that has basic assumptions about humanity and our place in the world. The model places great value on individualism and individual achievement, autonomy and personal liberties, self-achievement and personal rewards.

However, the Eurocentric paradigm of individualism and autonomy in many ways is not effective to respond to global concerns that were not anticipated when psychology first developed. Local problems have become global concerns in which traditional Eurocentric assumptions about boundaries and self-interests no longer hold. Many of the issues that challenge psychological health today are too large, broad, …

Health Literacy And Children Language Brokers: How Bilingual Children And Spanish- Speaking Parents Navigate The Medical Setting, Luz Maria Carreno

UCUR

Significance: Patients' health literacy, or ability to comprehend and understand health information, influences their health status, knowledge about medical care and conditions, and hospitalization and adherence rate (Andrus, & Roth, 2002). Low-English proficiency patients are especially at risk, given they must overcome English and health literacy barriers. Background: Oftentimes, children of patients with limited English language skills will language broker, or translate cultural and linguistic information for their parents (Morales & Hanson, 2005). This paper 1) analyzed health literacy levels of children who language broker and 2) sought to understand how parents and children combine their knowledge, as the skills …

Health Literacy And Children Language Brokers: How Bilingual Children And Spanish- Speaking Parents Navigate The Medical Setting, Luz Maria Carreno

UCUR

Significance: Patients' health literacy, or ability to comprehend and understand health information, influences their health status, knowledge about medical care and conditions, and hospitalization and adherence rate (Andrus, & Roth, 2002). Low-English proficiency patients are especially at risk, given they must overcome English and health literacy barriers. Background: Oftentimes, children of patients with limited English language skills will language broker, or translate cultural and linguistic information for their parents (Morales & Hanson, 2005). This paper 1) analyzed health literacy levels of children who language broker and 2) sought to understand how parents and children combine their knowledge, as the skills …

The Utah Statesman, February 6, 2014, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, February 6, 2014, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• New Course

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• New Course

Department of Accounting

• Grade Mode Change

Department of Economic and Finance

• Prerequisite Change
• Course Number Change, Prerequisite Change
• Course Number Change, Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Psychology

• New Course

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• Credit Hour Change

Department of Electrical …

The Utah Statesman, February 4, 2014, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Faculty Senate Agenda, February 3, 2014, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Contact the Faculty Senate –Electronic Form is already on the FS Webpage – Yanghee Kim
• BFW work changing service component of role statement – Alan Stephens
• Nominations of FS President-Elect – Yanghee Kim
• Scholarship Advisory Board report – Taya Flores
• EPC Items for January – Larry Smith
• Code change to 402.12.5(1) Referencing Policy 202 (Second Reading) - Stephen Bialkowski
• Open Nominations for Faculty Shared University Governance Award - Yanghee Kim
• FS Attendance Issues - Robert Schmidt
• FEC Feedback on Faculty Code 405.12 Post Tenure Review Proposal - Karen Mock
• AFT Feedback on Faculty Code 405.12 Post Tenure Review Proposal - …

Health Literacy And Children Language Brokers: How Bilingual Children And Spanish-Speaking Parents Navigate The Medical Setting, Luz Maria Carreno

Research on the Hill (Salt Lake City)

Significance: Patients’ health literacy, or ability to comprehend and understand health information, influences their health status, knowledge about medical care and conditions, and hospitalization and adherence rate (Andrus, & Roth, 2002). Low- English proficiency patients are especially at risk, given they must overcome English and health literacy barriers. Background: Oftentimes, children of patients with limited English language skills will language broker, or translate cultural and linguistic information for their parents (Morales & Hanson, 2005). This paper 1) analyzed health literacy levels of children who language broker and 2) sought to understand how parents and children combine their knowledge, as the …

The Effects Of Music On Subjects With Alzheimer And Dementia Disease In Cache Valley, Landon Frost

Research on the Hill (Salt Lake City)

Music has been shown to trigger old memories and induce various levels of stress relief and relaxation. My research focused on the effects of music on subjects with Alzheimer and Dementia disease. Eleven patients were selected through an informed consent process which included permission from responsible family members. During the course of three or more visits to patients in their care centers, the subjects listened to a variety of songs. These included songs that family members thought would be personally meaningful based on their knowledge of the patient’s past experiences with music. Other popular songs were selected to represent a …