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The Calamus Root: American Gay Poetry Since World War Ii, Walter Ralph Holland

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation argues that there is a clear gay poetic tradition dating back to nineteenth century Europe, and it describes an historical taxonomy for gay poetry in America since 1945 by reference to its characteristic themes, influences and leading figures. After a brief discussion of early precursors such as Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Walt Whitman, C. P. Cavafy, Hart Crane, Langston Hughes and W. H. Auden, the dissertation traces, through close explication of texts, the works of Harold Norse, Allen Ginsberg, Tennessee Williams, Frank O'Hara, Adrian Stanford, Richard Howard, Alfred Corn and Essex Hemphill. The influences on such poets of …

The Ground-Zero Theory Of Evidence, Kim Lane Scheppele

UC Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Academic Civility Begins In The Classroom, Roger G. Baldwin

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Values and traditions supporting academic civility are learned in the classroom. This essay discusses the role of the college professor in promoting civil discourse and nurturing overall academic civility.

1996-97, Eastern Michigan University, Degree Recipient Analysis, Eastern Michigan University

Business and Finance

No abstract provided.

1996-97, Eastern Michigan University, Academic Department Profiles, Eastern Michigan University

Business and Finance

No abstract provided.

1998 Platte River Basin Ecosystem Symposium Proceedings

Water Current Newsletter

No abstract provided.

"I Don't Collaborate With Anyone": A Tension Of Ideas & Perspective

Grand Valley Review

No abstract provided.

Armstrong Atlantic State University 1998-1999 Catalog, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong Office of the Registrar: Undergraduate Catalogs (Archived)

Academic catalog for Armstrong Atlantic State University.

The Unknown Playwright : A Study Of Aphra Behn's Authorial Mask, Angela M. Langfitt

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Perceptions Of The Demi-Monde In The Work Of Edgar Degas, Susan Nicole Morgan Clark

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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The Workplace In A Racially Diverse Society: Preliminary Thoughts On The Role Of Labor And Employment Law, Cynthia Estlund

Faculty Articles

But the workplace is perhaps the most important sphere in which significant integration has taken place. A combination of legal pressures, primarily driven by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and voluntary efforts have made the workplace an arena of comparative integration. Moreover, it is an arena in which individuals interact on a daily basis, often over years, within a common enterprise which necessitates, to varying degrees, trust and cooperation. The workplace is thus one of the very few settings in which adults spend a significant amount of time interacting intensively and constructively with others from different …

The Jew Taboo: Jewish Difference And The Affirmative Action Debate, Deborah Malamud

Faculty Articles

One of the most important questions for a serious debate on affirmative action is why certain minority groups need affirmative action while others have succeeded without it. The question is rarely asked, however, because the comparison that most frequently comes to mind-i.e., blacks and Jews-is seen by many as taboo. Daniel A. Farber and Suzanna Sherry have breached that taboo in recent writings. Professor Malamud's Article draws on work in the Jewish Studies field to respond to Farber and Sherry. It begins by critiquing their claim that Jewish values account for Jewish success. It then explores and embraces alternative explanations-some …

The Meredith Event At The University Of Mississippi : The Creaking Of Modern America Under Post Modern Stress / By William Thomas, William Thomas

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Women's Studies At Umass Boston: Celebrates 25 Years 1973-1998, Sherry H. Penney, Jean Mcmahon Humez, Women's Studies Program, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Women’s and Gender Studies Faculty Publication Series

What follows is an impressionistic overview of our program's first twenty five years, derived in part from our archives and in part from our collective recollections, and written by the current program director. As with any celebratory institutional history, it makes no claim to objectivity. Our aim is to look back at the main lines of our growth and development, and in so doing to acknowledge many of the individuals who have contributed to the building of the program over time.

We gratefully acknowledge the work of our first archivist, UMass Women's Studies / Sociology graduate dian fitzpatrick who, in …

1998-1999 Lindenwood University Undergraduate Course Catalog, Lindenwood University

Course Catalogs

Lindenwood University Undergraduate Course Catalog

Cyberthuggee And The Ridiculous World Order, Gary Singh

SWITCH

As powers around the world become more authoritarian, Singh suggests the power of the internet and web art as a tool to ridicule these social structures. Throughout history, commentary and ridicule through anonymity have been useful in challenging the political goliaths as seen in the dissertation “Thugs, Dacoits, and the Modern World-System of the Nineteenth Century” by Iftikhar Ahmad (1992). In the article, Singh compares military strategies of decentralization to the abilities of the common man via the internet. Both of these techniques weaken the targets through disruption and chaos.

Effect Of Peer Mediation In Resolving Conflict Between College Students, Mary Ness

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Mediation is a non-adversarial method of resolving conflict through the use a trained third party in a structured process. This study measured college students' perception of satisfaction/resolution of conflicts with and without the presence of a trained peer mediator. Subjects wrote "scripts" of a recent conflict in which they were involved. Subjects also completed pertinence and intensity ratings of conflict areas on a Likert-type questionnaire. Conflict areas were limited to commonly experienced issues such as broken promises, annoyance, and illegitimate demands. Using the results, thirty-two subjects were paired and assigned scenarios to role play in conflict dyads. In experimental group …

Back Matter

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet January 1998, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The January 1998 Monthly packet includes the January agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held December 1997.

Bitterroot Dreams, Yukari Usuda

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Differences In University Sport Revenue Status And Student-Athletes' Self-Perceptions, Scott D. Sandstedt

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Dilemmas Of Building A Sustainable Equitable Information Resource. Workshop In Political Theory And Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Charlotte Hess

Librarian Publications

From Page 1: "Because information plays a central role in environmental and CPR research, the quality, flow, and timeliness of of intellectual resources are crucial. The development agency community repeatedly stresses the intricate relationship between information access and economic development (UNDP, 1997; Mchombu, 1996; McConnell, 1996; Baranshamaje, 1995; Valantin, 1996). International information specialists write about the urgent need for local, appropriate information in locally-designed libraries which better serve local, indigenous communities (Alemna, 1996; Matare, 1997; Kuntze, 1996; Ifidon, 1990). Better accountability and communication of scientific information by researchers is also being voiced more frequently . In his keynote address at …

Charting The Influences On The Judicial Mind: An Empirical Study Of Judicial Reasoning, Gregory C. Sisk, Michael Heise, Andrew P. Morriss

Faculty Scholarship

In 1988, hundreds of federal district judges were suddenly confronted with the need to render a decision on the constitutionality of the Sentencing Reform Act and the newly promulgated criminal Sentencing Guidelines. Never before has a question of such importance and involving such significant issues of constitutional law, mandated the immediate and simultaneous attention of such a large segment of the federal trial bench. Accordingly, this event provides an archetypal model for exploring the influence of social background, ideology, judicial role and institution, and other factors on judicial decisionmaking. Based upon a unique set of written decisions involving an identical …

Indifférance, John F. Pohorylo

Theses

The main intention of this thesis is to wrestle Derrida's notion of différance from an endless free-play of signification into some sense of boundedness, and to release meaning, knowledge and understanding from its relentless grasp. In achieving this goal, an entirely new field of "value" and "Quality" based discourse would open up within applied schismatic architectural theory.

Robert Pirsig offers a strong alternative to différance with his discourse on the Metaphysics of Quality, wherein he defines "Quality" as a pre-intellectual reality. This pre-intellectual reality, which I call "indifférance", is made up of the lenses of inorganic, organic and social …

Talking About Religion In The Language Of The Law: Impossible But Necessary, James Boyd White

Articles

In speaking to this conference about religion and law I am in a decidedly peculiar position, for it may be that every one of you has thought longer and harder about the relation between these two forms of life than I have. When Scott Idleman first asked me to talk to you, I explained that I was no expert, to put it mildly, and that the most that I could offer would be the reflections of a neophyte. He said that this was fine-perhaps he was just desperate for a speaker; perhaps he thought that it might be helpful to …

The Bison: 1998, Howard University

Howard University Yearbooks

This digital object was funded in part through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The digitalization of this object was part of a collaborative effort with the Washington Research Library Consortium and George Washington University.

The Grand Bazaar: Trust, Multicultural Education, And The Education Of Teachers, Wade A. Carpenter

Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice

Trust is necessary for education. But distrust is a major problem in urban, multiethnic schools. The existing literature on multicultural education, while strong on political, sociological, and economic concerns, devotes little if any attention to the character of the teacher. Teachers whose preparation has not connected ethics and ethnicity may consider resistance theory as simply shrill, and disregard it entirely. The article goes on to suggest that teachers get a highly personalized, balanced liberal and technical preparation from professors intimately familiar with urban k-12 instruction.

Teachers Seeking National Board Certification: A Multi-State Case Study, Lucinda Mae Wilson

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has developed a process for National Certification of teachers who meet defined standards. This includes a portfolio, video documentation, and an assessment process. The purpose of this study was to describe what happened to seven teachers as they sought National Board Certification. The study described how each teacher reacted to the process at various stages and the role of support during the process. The study described participants' motivations, the concerns and frustrations they encountered during the assessment, their attitudes about the reflection required for the assessment, their need for support, and their perceptions …

The Road From Westray: A Predictable Path To Disaster?, Eric Tucker

Articles & Book Chapters

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Welfare "Reform": Com'in' Up On The Rough Side Of The Mountain, Loretta J. Williams, Roland Ward, Attieno Davis

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Through the lens of an innovative community-university partnership in the Greater Boston region, the authors analyze how welfare reform organizing overtook a resident-driven empowerment project. Since a major goal of the Chelsea/Dudley Partnership in MA is to support residents in exerting greater power over the practices and policies of community agencies, projects have been initiated in the city of Chelsea and the Dudley neighborhood of Boston to organize, and to strengthen, low income women by training them as welfare advocates. This paper examines how the efforts evolved, and how the community and the university partners are playing a key role …