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A Space For Co-Constructing Counter Stories Under Surveillance, María Elena Torre, Michelle Fine, Kathy Boudin, Iris Bowen, Judith Clark, Donna Hylton, Migdalia Martinez, 'Missy', Rosemarie A. Roberts, Pamela Smart, Debora Upegui

Publications and Research

Using our experiences as members of a participatory action research committee (from the City University of New York Graduate Center and the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility) documenting the impact of college in a maximum security prison, this essay illustrates the power of Participatory Action Research in the construction of counter stories. We raise for discussion a set of theoretical, methodological and ethical challenges that emerged from the co-production of counter stories under surveillance: the creation of a critical space for producing 'counter knowledge'; the co-mingling of counter and dominant discourses, the negotiation of power over and within research in prison, …

Review Of William Blake, Antoni Pizà

Publications and Research

Although William Blake is the quintessential multidisciplinary artist – his achievements in literature and the visual arts are for the most part uncontested – as far as we know, he was never particularly interested in music. Indeed, neither his poetry nor his pictures describe or depict music directly. Yet, in the last 200 years or so, his work has made an astounding mark on composers and music. One sees Blake's influence primarily in the numberless musical settings of his poems, but also in more general, indefinite, and ineffable way – a very Blake-ian one, I am tempted to say. I …

Recruit, Recruit, Recruit: Organizing Benefits For Employees With Unmarried Families, Polly Thistlethwaite

Publications and Research

This article argues that librarians should work to adopt domestic partner benefits for employees in unmarried same- and opposite-sex couples given the inequities in compensation manifest in their absence. It provides new information about the domestic partner practices of Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions based on a spring/fall 2000 telephone survey. The article includes an outline of actions to institute domestic partner benefits in university settings.

On The Grounds Of Globalization: A Topography For Feminist Political Engagement, Cindi Katz

Publications and Research

Globalization is nothing new. Global trade has been going on for millennia—though what constitutes the "globe" has expanded dramatically in that time. And trade is nothing if not cultural exchange, the narrow distinctions between the economic and the cultural having long been rendered obsolete. Moreover, our forbears, like us, were great "miscegenators." If here I gloss the racialized and gendered violence often associated with miscegenation, I do so strategically to note that all recourse to purity, indigeneity, or aboriginality—however useful strategically—should be subject to at least as much scrutiny as the easy romance with hybridity (see Mitchell 1997). Globalization has …

Attitudes At The Bank : A Survey Of Reactions To Different Varieties Of English, Sean Wilcox

Dissertations and Theses

In the modem world of international communication, it is more common for speakers of different varieties of English to come into contact with each other on a daily basis. This can occur not only in face to face communication, but in telephone communication as well.

This study investigates the attitudes towards a non-native or Expanding Circle (ECE) variety of English held by telephone customer service representatives at a large American financial institution. The central question of this study asks whether or not these telephone representatives will rate a speaker of a Korean-accented variety of English higher or lower than a …

Comment, Crafting The International Criminal Court Trials And Tribulations In Article 98(2), Chimene Keitner

Faculty Scholarship

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Profiling Principle The Prosecution Of Wen Ho Lee And The Defense Of Asian Americans, Frank H. Wu

Faculty Scholarship

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The Profiling Of Threat Versus The Threat Of Profiling, Frank H. Wu

Faculty Scholarship

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Portland State Magazine, Portland State University. Office Of University Communications

Portland State Magazine

PSU’s alumni magazine, published 2-3 times a year. In this issue: Finding ancient remnants of a rich Northwest culture; young readers—and the authors who love them—are shaking up the book world; a professor tells of his trip up the Amazon to bring medical care to isolated peoples; love ’em or hate ’em, holiday letters are an American tradition; a strong focus launches Michelle Collins ’85 on a stellar career; and more.

Educational Leadership Through Service-Learning, Melvin J. Pedras, Jennifer J. Olson, Kim Flottemesch

Northwest Journal of Teacher Education

Leadership is the ability to envision connections and inspire change. The University of Idaho, College of Education is engaged in a project to integrate service learning into coursework for educators. These efforts are designed to inspire the leaders of tomorrow to link formal learning with community needs. The purpose of the study is to discuss the use of service-learning as a leadership strategy to help teachers become independent learners continuously seeking to integrate community concerns with educational needs. The authors discuss how to partner with community organizations, both public and private, to augment university coursework in education. Results of a …

Sharing Stories Of Teaching, Thomas Mcfarland

Northwest Journal of Teacher Education

Teaching is what matters most for improving student learning in the new millennium. Unfortunately, the teaching profession needs heros and heroines-it is sadly in need of caring teachers who have the ability to influence the general public. If teachers and teacher educators are to be influencers or public leaders, then they must consider the constraints of the unschooled mind as shown in the writings of Howard Gardner. They must present their expertise so that their ideas influence parents, students, and community members-not just other professionals. All teachers must model caring in their classroom. A few teachers or teacher educators need …

Federal Tax Collection Controversies In The Era Of Drye, Steve R. Johnson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

By "tax collection controversies," I mean cases in which it has been established that the taxpayer owes additional taxes, those taxes remain unpaid, and the IRS is attempting to enforce collection out of the taxpayer's assets. Such cases are numerous and involve attorneys in general legal practice as well as tax specialists. For example, the taxpayer may be your client for non-tax matters, and may expect you to handle her tax collection controversy as well. Or, your client may not be the taxpayer herself, but instead someone who co-owns property with the taxpayer. Your client expects you to make sure …

The Beaumont-Wilshire Neighborhood Center Study: Land Use, Transportation, And Design On Ne Fremont Street From Ne 33rd To Ne 50th Avenue, Marta Conkle, Lisa Selman, Beth St. Amand, Diane Sullivan, Greg Theisen

Master of Urban and Regional Planning Workshop Projects

The Beaumont Wilshire Neighborhood Center Study presents a comprehensive overview of NE Fremont between NE 33^rd and NE 50^th. It examines NE Fremont within the context of a neighborhood center or main street, which is defined as a neighborhood or community business district.

This study provides BWNA with information that it can use to preserve the character of the neighborhood and guide future growth. The study examines each issue to determine the nature and extent of the problem, assess how the issue impacts the operation of the neighborhood center, and presents potential strategies or tools to maintain …

Book Review Of International Librarianship: Cooperation And Collaboration. Edited By Frances Laverne Carroll And John Frederick Harvey., Kristen Kern

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

Book review of International Librarianship: Cooperation and Collaboration. Edited by Frances Laverne Carroll and John Frederick Harvey.

Fundamental Principles Of Transnational Civil Procedure, Geoffrey C. Hazard, Michele Taruffo, Rolf Sturner, Antonio Gidi

Faculty Scholarship

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Rules Of Transnational Civil Procedure, Geoffrey C. Hazard, Michele Taruffo, Rolf Sturner, Antonio Gidi

Faculty Scholarship

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Introduction To The Principles And Rules Of Transnational Civil Procedure, Geoffrey C. Hazard, Michele Taruffo, Rolf Sturner, Antonio Gidi

Faculty Scholarship

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Facts, Shapes, Our Relationship With The Landscape: A Conversation With David Quammen, David Thomas Sumner

Faculty Publications

This interview with David Quammen is part of a series of conversations with contemporary western writers about the ethical and cultural implications of nature writing.

Private Choices And Public Law Richard A. Posner's Contributions To Family Law And Policy, Ben Depoorter, Francesco Parisi

Faculty Scholarship

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From Difference To Dominance To Domesticity: Care As Work, Gender As Tradition, Joan C. Williams

Faculty Scholarship

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Injury Without Harm: Texas V. Lesage And The Strange World Of Article Iii Injuries, Ashutosh Bhagwat

Faculty Scholarship

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Asian American Mental Health Clients: Effects Of Ethnic Match And Age On Global Assessment And Visitation, Richard H. Dana, Glenn Gamst, Aghop Der-Karabetian, Terry Kramer

Regional Research Institute for Human Services

Effects of client-counselor ethnic match (i.e., match, no match) and client age group (child, adult) on counselor-evaluated Global Assessment of Function (GAF) and visitation were investigated. The sample consisted of 253 Asian-American outpatient clients (24.9% children 75.1% adults) of a community mental health center. Unadjusted results indicated that ethnically matched clients had more positive GAF evaluations and more clinic visits than nonmatched clients. When adjusted for eight covariates, results showed ethnically matched clients continued to show higher levels of visitation. Analysis of separate diagnostic categories showed that ethnically matched mood-disorder clients had higher levels of visitation. Conversely, nonethnically matched anxiety …

Private Agro-Environmental Management: Green Business Rising, David E. Ervin, Frank Casey

Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article focuses on the role of business environmental management (BEM) in the food industry. Types of BEM; Benefits of implementing the practice; Importance of giving producers flexibility; How private strategies and ventures may succeed. This article is adapted from a keynote address prepared for Challenging the Agricultural Economics Paradigm, a symposium honoring Luther G. Tweeten, Anderson Professor of Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Policy, September 10-11, 2000, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act: A Well Built Fence Or Barbed Wire Around The Intellectual Commons, Warigia M. Bowman

Articles, Chapters in Books and Other Contributions to Scholarly Works

The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) is a proposed state contract law developed to regulate transactions in intangible goods such as computer software, online databases and other digital products.' UCITA was intended to act as Article 2B of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). Article 2 comprises the law governing commercial transactions in the sale of goods and ensures consistent contract laws from state to state. The stated goal of UCITA is to provide clarity regarding computer information transactions.

Putting The Mentally Retarded Criminal Defendant To Death: Charting The Development Of A National Consensus To Exempt The Mentally Retarded From The Death Penalty, Lyn Entzeroth

Articles, Chapters in Books and Other Contributions to Scholarly Works

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Processing Algorithms For Tracking Speckle Shifts In Optical Elastography Of Biological Tissues, Donald D. Duncan, Sean J. Kirkpatrick

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Parametric and nonparametric data processing schemes for analyzing translating laser speckle data used to investigate the mechanical behavior of biological tissues are examined. Crosscorrelation, minimum mean square estimator, maximum likelihood, and maximum entropy approaches are discussed and compared on speckle data derived from cortical bone samples undergoing dynamic loading. While it was not the purpose of this paper to demonstrate that one processing technique is superior to another, maximum likelihood and maximum entropy approaches are shown to be particularly useful when the observed speckle motion is small.

Schelling’S Vom Ich As A Reading Of Fichte’S Grundlage Des Gesamten Wissenschaftslehre, Michael Vater

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Preface [To Italian Renaissance Masters], Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Protecting Children From Exposure To Domestic Violence: The Use And Abuse Of Child Maltreatment Statutes, Lois A. Weithorn

UC Law Journal

In the past two decades, researchers have amassed an impressive body of empirical data demonstrating the deleterious impact of exposure to interparental violence on children. Policymakers are now confronted with the question of how society can best prevent children's exposure to domestic violence and assist those children already exposed. A range of policy initiatives aimed at promoting the well-being of exposed children have emerged in the last several years. Whereas some statutory trends have been lauded by a broad range of constituencies, others have engendered substantial controversy. There is particularly vociferous debate about statutes that bring children exposed to domestic …

The Fourth Amendment As A "Big Time Tv" Fad, Wayne R. Lafave

UC Law Journal

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