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Cultural Cognition And Synthetic Biology Risk Perceptions: A Preliminary Analysis, Donald Braman, Gregory N. Mandel, Dan M. Kahan Jan 2008

Cultural Cognition And Synthetic Biology Risk Perceptions: A Preliminary Analysis, Donald Braman, Gregory N. Mandel, Dan M. Kahan

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

We describe the results of a study to determine the synthetic-biology risk perceptions of a large and diverse sample of Americans (N = 1,500). The survey found that hierarchical, conservative, and highly religious individuals - one who normally are skeptical of claims of environmental risks (including those relating to global warming) - are the most concerned about synthetic biology risks. We offer an interpretation that identifies how selective risk-skepticism and risk-sensitivity can convey a cultural commitment to traditional forms of authority.

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Can Patriotism Be Carved In Stone?: A Critical Analysis Of Mt. Rushmore's Orientation Films, Teresa Bergman Jan 2008

Can Patriotism Be Carved In Stone?: A Critical Analysis Of Mt. Rushmore's Orientation Films, Teresa Bergman

College of the Pacific Faculty Articles

This essay examines the three orientation films that have been shown at the Mt. Rushmore National Memorial since 1965, and analyzes how these films interpret the memorial as a patriotic symbol. Although the site was originally conceived to celebrate U.S. imperialism, each film moves away from that interpretation. This analysis tracks how these films’ interpretations of this patriotic icon have evolved to suit contemporary political exigencies rather than a fixed definition of Mt. Rushmore. I draw on memory studies, rhetoric, historical theory, and documentary film theory to examine the changing representations of nationalism and patriotism in these films.

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Developmental Trajectory Of Aggressive Behavior In Clinically Referred Boys: A Rasch Analysis, Scott Lafond Jan 2008

Developmental Trajectory Of Aggressive Behavior In Clinically Referred Boys: A Rasch Analysis, Scott Lafond

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A majority of research investigating aggression and its development in children has relied upon the use of rating scales such as the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). These scales are typically developed using a conventional factor analytic approach for the selection and retention of scale items, but may not contain sufficient numbers of items to adequately assess the unidimensional construct or developmental trajectory of aggressive behavior in youths. The present study evaluates specific psychometric properties of CBCL Aggressive and Delinquency Problems clinical syndrome scale items to determine the degree to which they reflect the breadth and established developmental trajectory of aggressive …

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Privacy, Visibility, Transparency, And Exposure, Julie E. Cohen Jan 2008

Privacy, Visibility, Transparency, And Exposure, Julie E. Cohen

University of Chicago Law Review

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Mechanisms For The Relationship Between Traditional Masculine Ideology And Rape Myth Acceptance, Karisa Ann Moler Jan 2008

Mechanisms For The Relationship Between Traditional Masculine Ideology And Rape Myth Acceptance, Karisa Ann Moler

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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University Of New Hampshire R+30 Headcounts Of Majors By College And Gender Unh - Durham Degree Candidates Only Fall 2007, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment Jan 2008

University Of New Hampshire R+30 Headcounts Of Majors By College And Gender Unh - Durham Degree Candidates Only Fall 2007, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment

UNH Factbooks

University of New Hampshire factbook data from the 2007-2008 academic year

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Bachelor Degree Completions By College, 1998-2007, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment Jan 2008

Bachelor Degree Completions By College, 1998-2007, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment

UNH Factbooks

University of New Hampshire factbook data from the 2007-2008 academic year

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Fighting To Make The Cut: Female Genital Cutting Studied Within The Context Of Cultural Relativism, Rachelle Cassman Jan 2008

Fighting To Make The Cut: Female Genital Cutting Studied Within The Context Of Cultural Relativism, Rachelle Cassman

Northwestern Journal of Human Rights

The painful and enduring practice of female genital cutting ("FGC") can be better understood through the lens of cultural relativism. This article begins with a description of the term cultural relativism, which represents the notion that cultures should be analyzed and understood independent of one's own culture, bias, and judgment. Then, an explanation and summary of FGC is presented, including its alleged, yet misguided, link to religion as well as various myths supporting its perpetuation. The author then discusses the perspectives of FGC proponents and opponents (namely, Westerners), as well as the proponents' reaction toward the Western stance. Next, a …

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Honors In Practice, Volume 4 (Complete Issue) Jan 2008

Honors In Practice, Volume 4 (Complete Issue)

Honors in Practice Online Archive

CONTENTS
Editorial Policy
Submission Guidelines
Dedication to Elizabeth C. Beck
Editor’s Introduction Ada Long

2007 CONFERENCE PLENARY ADDRESSES
Determining the Significance of Honors Katherine E. Bruce
Portable Widgets and Techie Tattoos: Honors of the Future Rosalie C. Otero
Honors in 2025: Becoming What You Emulate Craig T. Cobane
Honors 2025: The Future of the Honors College Richard Ira Scott and Philip L. Frana

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
Majoring in the Minor: A Closer Look at Experiential Learning Bernice Braid
Cultural Studies as the Foundation for an Honors Program: Documenting Students’ Academic and Personal Growth Sara E. Quay and Amy M. Damico

INNOVATIVE …

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Bibliography, Volume 26 (2008) Jan 2008

Bibliography, Volume 26 (2008)

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Bibliography for volume 26 (2008) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development.

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Cultural Studies As The Foundation For An Honors Program: Documenting Students’ Academic And Personal Growth, Sara Quay, Amy Damico Jan 2008

Cultural Studies As The Foundation For An Honors Program: Documenting Students’ Academic And Personal Growth, Sara Quay, Amy Damico

Honors in Practice Online Archive

A new honors program based on the field of cultural studies rigorously combines theory and practice, resulting in significant academic and personal growth among participating honors students. Particular activities and assignments connect academic theories to real world experiences, including writing a ‘shopping’ paper, eating dinner at an Indian restaurant, conducting an ethnography, playing the Game of Life, and participating in a walking tour of Ground Zero. Pre- and post-test assessments, five qualitative surveys, and an end-of-the-year comprehensive portfolio are used to document student learning. A new honors journal publishes an essay by each student from the first year in the …

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Cultural Diversity: Pain Beliefs And Treatment Among Mexican-Americans, African-Americans, Chinese-Americans And Japanese-Americans, Anthony J. Alvarado Jan 2008

Cultural Diversity: Pain Beliefs And Treatment Among Mexican-Americans, African-Americans, Chinese-Americans And Japanese-Americans, Anthony J. Alvarado

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

The purpose of this project was to examine culture and the impact it has on the pain experience. Pain, albeit acute or chronic, is an important subject to understand because it can have detrimental effects on the body if not properly managed. Culture has been found to be a factor that influences one’s pain experience and thus the need for healthcare professionals to acknowledge this is imperative. The cultures examined in this paper include: Mexican- Americans, African-Americans, Chinese-Americans and Japanese-Americans. Within these four cultural groups their beliefs about the origin of pain, physical responses to pain, health and illness beliefs …

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Book Review: Zhorna: Material Culture Of The Ukrainian Pioneers By Roman Paul Fodchuk, Svitlana P. Kukharenko Jan 2008

Book Review: Zhorna: Material Culture Of The Ukrainian Pioneers By Roman Paul Fodchuk, Svitlana P. Kukharenko

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

For Roman Paul Fodchuk the zhorna, or stone quem mills, symbolically represent the hardships early Ukrainian pioneers in Alberta experienced and successfully overcame while adapting to their new life. The book covers a broad range of the material culture topics-from pioneers' clothing and house utensils to house building and agricultural technology. Throughout its six chapters, the author presents the pioneers' chronological "becoming" through the lenses of material culture objects, both those brought with them at the end ofthe 19th century and also objects made in Canada.

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Another Structure Of Knowledge Is Possible: The Social Forum Process And Academia, Sherman Jan 2008

Another Structure Of Knowledge Is Possible: The Social Forum Process And Academia, Sherman

Societies Without Borders

The author highlights how the World Social Forum (WSF), the annual meeting held by members of the anti-globalization or alter-globalization movement, has unexpected consequences for epistemology. He considers the possibilities opened by the emergence of the social forum process for the reconstruction of the structures of knowledge. By structures of knowledge, he means following the disciplinary organization and hegemonic approaches since the late nineteenth century in the social sciences.

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The Teaching Of 'Book History' In English And Cultural Studies Units, Per Henningsgaard Jan 2008

The Teaching Of 'Book History' In English And Cultural Studies Units, Per Henningsgaard

English Faculty Publications and Presentations

Book history is a field of study concerned with 'the influence of manuscript or printed materials on the development and transmission of culture', typically concentrating on six related topics: 'authorship, book selling, printing, publishing, distribution, and reading' (West, 2003). This article evaluates the teaching of book history in English and Cultural Studies units at the University of Western Australia (UWA), which ceased offering a stand-alone unit on the subject in the late 1980s. Since then, book history is only ever addressed in English and Cultural Studies units as an ancillary to other themes and theoretical inclinations, in particular text based …

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What Happens To Countess Geschwitz? Revisiting Homosexuality In Horkheimer And Adorno, Kevin S. Amidon Ph.D. Jan 2008

What Happens To Countess Geschwitz? Revisiting Homosexuality In Horkheimer And Adorno, Kevin S. Amidon Ph.D.

Modern Languages Faculty Publications

In the philosophical and culture-critical works of Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer, the concept of homosexuality exists almost always in close textual relation to fascist domination. This is because they cannot see homosexual persons as existing outside the dominating discourses of the nineteenth-century bourgeois legal and psychiatric explication of homosexuality. This issue throws the stakes of ethical reflection in Critical Theory into high relief, especially since feminist thinkers including Judith Butler have recently provided a highly positive rereading of Adorno’s ethics. A close reading of Adorno’s exploration of Alban Berg’s opera Lulu further demonstrates the labile ethical and philosophical status …

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Reading Nairobi: Place, Space, And Difference At The 2007 World Social Forum, Conway Jan 2008

Reading Nairobi: Place, Space, And Difference At The 2007 World Social Forum, Conway

Societies Without Borders

The author seeks to elaborate an approach to more adequately analyze the World Social Forum (WSF), the annual meeting held by members of the anti-globalization or alter-globalization movement, both as somewhat coherent global political process while also recognizing the exploding plurality of the WSF as a multi-faceted phenomenon. He presents an interpretative framework that allows for different and intersecting levels of analysis. To assess the significance of the Nairobi event in Africa, he situates it in the history of the WSF process.

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Feminists And The Forum: Is It Worth The Effort?, Hewitt Jan 2008

Feminists And The Forum: Is It Worth The Effort?, Hewitt

Societies Without Borders

The author highlights how the World Social Forum (WSF), the annual meeting held by members of the anti-globalization or alter-globalization movement, has unexpected consequences for feminism. She identifies the ways in which her commitment to feminist research influence her scholarly practice. She reflects on the methodological challenges of scholar-activism and highlights several tenets of feminist methodology that bear particular importance for scholar-activists participating in and researching the social forum process.

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Volume 12, No. 2 (Winter 2008), Office Of University Advancement, Bryant University Jan 2008

Volume 12, No. 2 (Winter 2008), Office Of University Advancement, Bryant University

Bryant Magazine (1997-2019)(2024-present)

No abstract provided.

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Focus Emu, September 30, 2008, Office Of Public Information Jan 2008

Focus Emu, September 30, 2008, Office Of Public Information

Focus EMU

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Winter Commencement, December 14, 2008, Eastern Michigan University Jan 2008

Winter Commencement, December 14, 2008, Eastern Michigan University

Commencement Programs and Materials

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Story, Vincent Golphin Jan 2008

Story, Vincent Golphin

Presentations and other scholarship

“Story” is the title and substance of a presentation of the academic pursuits of Vincent F. A. Golphin. Personal stories chart the basic elements of human lives and societies, and in that sense, are a glue that holds disparate parts into a structure. Stories are what Professor Golphin deals with in various forms in the classroom, speeches and publications as a poet, fiction writer, essayist, commentator, memoirist, cultural analyst and ethnographer. As April's featured Faculty Scholar, he will discuss the role of stories in society and culture and share how they are used in a recent memoir, poetry collection and …

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Front Matter, Reagan L. Grimsley Jan 2008

Front Matter, Reagan L. Grimsley

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

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Back Matter, Reagan L. Grimsley Jan 2008

Back Matter, Reagan L. Grimsley

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

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Provenance Xxvi, Reagan Grimsley Jan 2008

Provenance Xxvi, Reagan Grimsley

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

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Archival Allegory? Cultural Studies And T.R. Schellenberg's Modern Archives: Principles And Techniques, Cheryl Beredo Jan 2008

Archival Allegory? Cultural Studies And T.R. Schellenberg's Modern Archives: Principles And Techniques, Cheryl Beredo

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in 1934, the same year that Theodore Roosevelt Schellenberg earned his doctorate in history from the University of Pennsylvania and began a career in archives. Schellenberg slowly and surely climbed the archival ranks, holding federal posts in Washington, D.C., and teaching archival-training courses at local universities; he later lectured on a variety of topics relating to archives in Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand. In 1950 Schellenberg was appointed to the prestigious position of director of Archival Management at NARA. Schellenberg soon published Modern Archives: Principles …

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Growth And Pattern Of Womens Studies In Malaysia As Reflected By Generated Literature, A.N. Zainab Jan 2008

Growth And Pattern Of Womens Studies In Malaysia As Reflected By Generated Literature, A.N. Zainab

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

The study uses research-based resources listed in two published bibliographies on Women in development in Malaysia produced between the pre 1970 years and 2004 to describe the growth and pattern of womens studies in Malaysia. A total 4037 resources formed the basis of the study. Bibliometric measure are used to indicate the annual growth of literature over the periods, the preferred publication channels used by the authors, the subject areas of research interests, the active authors and the inference of collaboration based on co-authored works. The results indicate a growth in womenâ��s studies especially between 1990 and 2004 totaling 3346 …

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Surveillance And Identity Performance: Some Thoughts Inspired By Martin Luther King, Frank Rudy Cooper Jan 2008

Surveillance And Identity Performance: Some Thoughts Inspired By Martin Luther King, Frank Rudy Cooper

Scholarly Works

In this article, Professor Frank Cooper explores self-actualization, the process whereby people create their own identity by means of experimenting with different behaviors, in the context of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the FBI surveillance he was subjected to in the time leading up to his death. He argues that it is possible for people to live in an environment that is more or less alienating to the way in which they perform their identities. Performativity scholars such as Devon Carbado and Mitu Gulati say that people can have an internal sense of self that is distinct from the identity …

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Custer's Last Drag: An Examination Of Tobacco Use Among The Seventh Cavalry During The Nineteenth Century, Shannon Marjorie Vihlene Jan 2008

Custer's Last Drag: An Examination Of Tobacco Use Among The Seventh Cavalry During The Nineteenth Century, Shannon Marjorie Vihlene

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Tobacco has played an integral role in global history, and there are numerous historical records related to tobacco use over the past five hundred years. The odontological evidence recovered from the Custer National Battlefield infers a high frequency of tobacco use within the Seventh Calvary, yet nineteenth century historical records fail to mention such intensive use in the Seventh Calvary. This paper will briefly discuss late nineteenth century tobacco culture and apply that to a bioarchaeological research project associated with remains from the Custer National Battlefield to addresses this contradiction between historical and physical records.

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Conspiracy Theories, Cass R. Sunstein, Adrian Vermeule Jan 2008

Conspiracy Theories, Cass R. Sunstein, Adrian Vermeule

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

Many millions of people hold conspiracy theories; they believe that powerful people have worked together in order to withhold the truth about some important practice or some terrible event. A recent example is the belief, widespread in some parts of the world, that the attacks of 9/11 were carried out not by Al Qaeda, but by Israel or the United States. Those who subscribe to conspiracy theories may create serious risks, including risks of violence, and the existence of such theories raises significant challenges for policy and law. The first challenge is to understand the mechanisms by which conspiracy theories …

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