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Arts And Sciences Newsletter, Volume 11, Issue 1, Pt. 2, College Of Arts & Sciences

Arts and Sciences Newsletters

List of Arts & Sciences faculty presentations and publications.

Teaching & Technology Newsletter, Fall 2007, Office Of Instructional Technology, Ryan Matura Libray

Library Newsletters

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Law Library Briefs, Roger Williams University School Of Law Library

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

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Dipl 6802 Peoples And Cultures Of Latin America And The Caribbean, Benjamin Goldfrank Phd

Diplomacy Syllabi

This seminar provides an overview of major approaches to the study of Latin American politics and society. It emphasizes.both a historical perspective and an analysis of current trends and issues. Using various analytical lenses, including cultural, structural, institutional, and rational choice perspectives, the course focuses on the different kinds of political regimes and the patterns of political change that have characterized Latin American countries in the past century. We will take up several specific questions: Why have some countries in Latin America enjoyed more stable political systems than others? Why have some countries faced severe threats from guerrilla movements and …

Books Received, Natural Resources Journal

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

The Free Press Vol. 39, Issue No. 5, 10-01-2007, Angelique Carson

Free Press, The

One step at a time--Strength, speed and sex appeal on skates--USMers make award-winning impacts--Obama sweeps through Portland--WMPG fights for the return of radio--Beyond the bachelor’s degree

Using Diffusion Of Innovation Concepts For Improved Program Evaluation, William G. Hubbard, Lorilee R. Sandmann

Journal of Extension

Through the diffusion of innovations framework, Extension program planners, evaluators, and researchers can gain a better understanding of the reasons an educational program results in adoption or rejection of a particular practice. In addition to the information on impact of Extension programs available through traditional methods of analysis, this framework yields data on factors influencing adoption or rejection of practices. Such information is essential for understanding the absolute and relative importance of the information presented and the program experience. Survey and statistical methods and procedures can be developed to capture this information.

Steans Center Newsletter, Steans Center

Steans Center Newsletters, Press Releases and News Items

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Inside Unf Vol. 13 No. 9, University Of North Florida

35th Anniversary Printed Materials

The monthly publication for faculty and staff of the University of North Florida. This edition includes the following articles:

Plethora of Activities Fill Founders Month

Founding Staff Member: Janice Nowak

Faculty & Staff

Student Union will Foster a Strong Sense of Community

The Campus Gardener

Practicing Safe Hex (Computing)

Auchter Building Acquisition

Gropper Surprised, Anderson Excited About Awards

Louise Freshman Brown 2007 Distinguished Professor

Educating d 1st Digital gnr8n

Get to Know: Marcia Ladendorff

Building Social Capital In Forest Communities: Analysis Of New Mexico's Collaborative Forest Restorative Program, Tyler Prante, Jennifer A. Thacher, Daniel W. Mccollum, Robert P. Berrens

Natural Resources Journal

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Law School Announcements 2007-2008, Law School Announcements Editors

Announcements

• Officers and Faculty
• The Law School - History
• Programs of Instruction
• Curriculum
• Student Activities and Organizations
• Funds and Endowments

Book Reviews

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

Dangers Of Deference To Form Arbitration Provisions, Amy J. Schmitz

Nevada Law Journal

This Article is part of my larger project exploring what I call “contracting culture,” which borrows from legal realism and relational contract theory by considering contextual factors such as negotiators’ relations, understandings, and values. As part of this project, I am pursuing various threads, including empirical studies of how contracting realities impact arbitration. In this Article, however, I focus on how these realities in business to consumer contracts combine with the Federal Arbitration Act and formulaic contract law to foster dangerous deference to form arbitration provisions. The Article then invites procedural reforms and offers suggestions for regulations aimed to temper …

Speaking Of Inconvenient Truths—A History Of The Public Trust Doctrine, James L. Huffman

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

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A Limited Defense Of Clinical Placebo Deception, Adam Kolber

Faculty Scholarship

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Toward A Population Health Model Of Segmented Assimilation: The Case Of Low Birth Weight In Los Angeles, Brian K. Finch, Nelson Lim, William Perez, D. Phuong Do

Faculty Publications

The authors adapt the segmented assimilation theory to a model population health, which posits that assimilation is actually harmful to migrants' health. The authors also specify models of individual and contextual factors to indirectly test the theory of segmented assimilation - a theory that posits interactions between individual and residential circumstances. Using Year 2000 vital statistics data merged with 2000 U.S. census data from Los Angeles County, the authors model the probability of being born low birth weight among the native and foreign born. Results confirm an immigrant advantage at the individual level and protective effects of immigrant coresidence at …

Social Mnemonics Of Style: A Comparative Study Of Günter Grass’ Novella Crabwalk And The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Jaroslava Gajdosova

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

Sociological studies of collective memory have pointed out that forms, such as commemorative genres or the narrative styles, can influence how societies interpret and remember their pasts. [1] While drawing from these studies and from Hayden White's theory of the narrative tropes this essay compares the mnemonic work of style in two works of art - in Günter Grass' novella Crabwalk and in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. Both artifacts share attributes that are sociologically interesting: they are social testimonies about a difficult past, though the difficulties that German and American societies experienced are of different …

Front Matter, Comparative Civilizations Review

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Ziya Gökalp On Modernity And Islam: The Origins Of An Uneasy Union In Contemporary Turkey, Üner Daglier

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Challenging Political Boundaries In Post-Conflict States, Angela M. Banks

Faculty Publications

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Will Marriage Promotion Work?, Vivian E. Hamilton

Faculty Publications

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The Application Of The Religious Freedom Restoration Act To Appearance Regulations That Presumptively Prohibit Observant Sikh Lawyers From Joining The U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps, Rajdeep Singh Jolly

W&M Law Student Publications

Observant Sikh lawyers are presumptively prohibited from joining the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps because they cannot satisfy the Army's appearance regulations. This essay argues that this presumptive prohibition violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Under RFRA, the federal government may substantially burden an individual's exercise of religion only if it demonstrates that its application of the burden furthers a compelling governmental interest by the least restrictive means.' The Army's appearance regulations are designed to promote two interests-uniformity and safety. In the course of furthering these interests, the Army's appearance regulations effectively preclude observant Sikhs from joining …

Ama Symposium: Identification Of Intimate Partner Violence In Health Care Settings: What's The Evidence?, Harriet L. Macmillan

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

Dialogue Magazine, Fall 2007

Dialogue, the magazine of the DePaul University College of Law

No abstract provided.

Fact Book 2007, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Fact Book (1988-2019)

Fact Book 2007 for Illinois State University

Khal: An Exploration Of The Language Around Blackness In Morocco, Rachel Leigh Johnson

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Morocco has been described as a melting pot. While various ethnicities, religious beliefs, and languages merge and intermingle within the country, the language in the majority of Moroccan homes is Darijaa. The language itself is a mixture of the Amazigh language and classical and popular Arabic with some European elements. Additionally, Darijaa is the language through which the majority of Moroccans have come to understand the world and the people around them. It is also through this language that I will explore conceptions of blackness and black identity in Morocco. Through evaluating the words for “black” in Darijaa, I hope …

The Learning Organization In A Post-Development Era: A Case Study On Orgnizational Development At The Valley Trust, Justin Haruyama

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

In the past two decades, the rise of Post-Development theory has witnessed the questioning of the core assumptions of development. Post-Development theorists point to the failures of “development” to create significant decreases in poverty or inequality worldwide. Meanwhile, other theorists call for radical transformations of conventional practice. This paper seeks to grapple with these questions, using the example of The Valley Trust, a development NGO in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, as an entry point into the debate. Research was conducted over a four-week period through a mixture of participant observation and formal interviews with staff members of The Valley Trust. An …

Liberation Theology In The 21st Century: The Catholic Church, The Cpt, And Rural Movements In Southern Pará, Eleanor Sharp

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This study explores the present-day manifestation of liberation theology in the south of Pará, Brazil. Liberation theology has been widely recognized as an important development in theology and Latin American history that helped spark social movements across South and Central America in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. In the Brazilian Amazon, progressive Church workers (mainly Catholic) have been historically aligned with movements to protect and regain land rights for poor rural workers. Because these movements and organizations are the primary defenders of human rights in this part of Brazil, researching the changing role of religion in their work is important …

Los Afro-Descendientes De Buenos Aires: Mitos Y Realidades, William Cowles

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

During the 19th century, the black population of Buenos Aires suffered a massive demographic decline that brought their population from roughly 30% of Buenos Aires in the beginning of the century to an almost invisible fraction. According to the popular Argentine historical myths, this decline was the product of several concrete factors, most importantly an outbreak of Yellow Fever and the various wars of 19th century Argentina in which the black population suffered heavy losses. However, the demographic facts and the historical evidence do not support this explanation. The historical reality of the decline of the black population in Buenos …

La Recuperación De Ex-Centros Clandestinos De Detención Como Espacios De La Memoria: Un Estudio Acerca Del Caso Del Ex-Centro “Olimpo” En Buenos Aires, Katherine Jensen

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The last military dictatorship in Argentine history, from 1976 to 1983, implemented an institutionalized system of state terrorism that by the dictatorship’s end had permanently disappeared 30,000 of its citizens, as well as individuals from the rest of Latin America. The core of this system was the use of centros clandestinos de detención, tortura y extermino (clandestine centers of detention, torture and extermination) in which sequestered persons were tortured and then either disappeared or liberated. In the last few years, a movement has emerged to convert this former centers into espacios de la memoria (sites of memory). One such ex-center, …