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Culinary Omnivorousness: The Relationship Between Social Class And Food Consumption Patterns, Cassidy Conner
Culinary Omnivorousness: The Relationship Between Social Class And Food Consumption Patterns, Cassidy Conner
All Theses
Utilizing National Geographic's Survey2000 data set, this thesis investigates the intersection of social class and food consumption habits of Americans. Previous research identified the cultural omnivore as a new type of consumer who samples a wide variety of culture to show his membership in a higher social class (Peterson & Kern, 1996). This study focuses on one form of omnivorousness, culinary omnivorousness, to determine whether omnivorous food consumption patterns vary by social class. Three social classes are operationalized (highbrow omnivores, highbrow snobs, and lowbrows), and each class's consumption of three food types (universal foods, in-region foods, outside-region foods) is …
Unspoken Voices: Captain Cook's Third Voyage, The Lono Question, And The Discourse Of Trade, Gordon Sauer Iii
Unspoken Voices: Captain Cook's Third Voyage, The Lono Question, And The Discourse Of Trade, Gordon Sauer Iii
All Theses
This thesis examines the polarized debate regarding Captain James Cook's apotheosis waging on between anthropologists Marshall Sahlins and Gananath Obeyesekere. By illustrating how and why binary interpretations of Cook's death render a shallow examination of associated travel texts, the thesis re-examines two travel journals resulting from Cook's third and final voyage--journals from the American, John Ledyard and Captain James Cook--and an account, 'Captain Cook's Visit to Hawaii,' taken from Samuel Mānaiakalani Kamakaua's (nineteenth-century Hawaiian historian) Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii. Focusing on discussions of trade, this project reconfigures the apotheosis debate in order to highlight the significance of the discourse …
The Awe Wall: A Novel Robotic Surface, Martha Kwoka
The Awe Wall: A Novel Robotic Surface, Martha Kwoka
All Theses
In this thesis, we present fundamental contributions towards AWE, a novel 'Animated Work Environment', which seeks to introduce robotics at the architectural scale to modify environments in real time to the changing needs and moods of their occupants. Part of AWE is a robotic surface, or wall, featuring a multiple folding panel structure. The panels of the AWE wall feature embedded IT and adapt to the current movements and tasks of the user. We describe the overall AWE concept and discuss the construction of the robot surface, its motion planning and its control, and all experiments run to this point.
Intergenerational Educational Mobility And Child-Parent Relationships: A Response To Absolute Or Structural Mobility?, Eric Willis
Intergenerational Educational Mobility And Child-Parent Relationships: A Response To Absolute Or Structural Mobility?, Eric Willis
All Theses
Research exploring the negative effects of intergenerational educational mobility is very common throughout the social science literature. The primary question driving this research is whether those who exceed the highest level of education attained by either of their parents have less cohesive ties with their parents than those who do not. Most of this research uses a metric of absolute mobility which directly compares the child's education to the education of their mother and father. However, if more people are receiving a college degree in the child's than in the parents' generation, it is possible that the child's mobility will …
The Effects Of Human/Object Interaction On Museum Visit Experience Satisfaction, John Fino
The Effects Of Human/Object Interaction On Museum Visit Experience Satisfaction, John Fino
All Theses
Interactive exhibits in museums have become commonplace (Spock, 2004). They have been found to be effective teaching tools (Falk & Dierking, 1992), they can increase the attracting power of the exhibit (Davidson, Heald & Hein, 1991) and can help create mindfulness in visitors (Moscardo, 1996). However, interactives are considered primarily the domain of science and technology museums (Pekarik, 2004) and there is little published research regarding interactives in living history museums. To better understand the effects of interactives in a living history setting, a quasi-experiment was created to compare the outcomes of two treatments of the same interpretive presentation: an …
How Spirituality Impacts Ethical Leadership: A Cross-Case Analysis Of Eleven Corporate Chief Executive Officers, Mary Rose Johnson Edd
How Spirituality Impacts Ethical Leadership: A Cross-Case Analysis Of Eleven Corporate Chief Executive Officers, Mary Rose Johnson Edd
Dissertations
Almost weekly, there are news accounts of corporate and government leaders breaching ethical and moral standards. Indeed, in recent years, corporate corruption and misrepresentation of the truth have appeared overwhelming. At the very least, corporate and government scandals suggest that there is currently a crisis in leadership. A Spiritual Audit of Corporate America by Mitroff and Denton, a book called a “landmark contribution” by prominent leadership scholar Warren Bennis, found that individuals and organizations that have a strong sense of spirituality are “far less likely to compromise their basic beliefs and values.” Their data suggested that spirituality may serve as …
The Role Of Residential Learning Communities In The Faith Development Of First Year College Students, Dayanne Izmirian Phd
The Role Of Residential Learning Communities In The Faith Development Of First Year College Students, Dayanne Izmirian Phd
Dissertations
Although student development theories have recognized the complex processes of identity development, they have not adequately addressed the development of the spiritual self. Rather than given separate consideration, spiritual development is often discussed in the context of other aspects of development, such as the cognitive. Consequently, student affairs practitioners have not been adequately trained to address, facilitate, nor support the spiritual development of college students. One approach that has been proposed for facilitating the faith development of college students is Residential Learning Communities. Unfortunately, the assertion that Residential Learning Communities are a promising method of facilitating faith development in college …
A Study Of Craft Worker Length Of Employment At Select Missouri Construction Companies, Richard D. Bruce
A Study Of Craft Worker Length Of Employment At Select Missouri Construction Companies, Richard D. Bruce
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Craft worker retention is a constant concern of construction firms who selfperform portions of projects. These companies must maintain an understanding oftheir work force. A methodology is presented in this study for studying information in readily available employee databases to gain such an understanding. Using a sample of 10 of Missouri's 17 largest contractors, that employ 5,277 craft workers; this study examined the employee databases to identify differences in mean length of employment based on hire age, craft, union affiliation, and company size. The analysis of variance statistical technique was utilized to test four null hypotheses. Based on the test …
With Friends Like These: Grievance, Governance, And Capacity-Building In Coin, Robert M. Chamberlain
With Friends Like These: Grievance, Governance, And Capacity-Building In Coin, Robert M. Chamberlain
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
2008 Baccalaureate & Graduate Commencement, Lindenwood University
2008 Baccalaureate & Graduate Commencement, Lindenwood University
Commencement Programs
Lindenwood University Commencement program.
2008 Undergraduate Commencement, Lindenwood University
2008 Undergraduate Commencement, Lindenwood University
Commencement Programs
Lindenwood University Commencement program.
University Of Central Florida Graduate Catalog, 2008 - 2009, University Of Central Florida
University Of Central Florida Graduate Catalog, 2008 - 2009, University Of Central Florida
UCF Catalogs
No abstract provided.
To Create An Integrated Society, Paul Van Seters
To Create An Integrated Society, Paul Van Seters
Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)
No abstract provided.
Teaching Effective Communication Principles: Characteristics Of Effective Preaching To Young Adult In A North American Context, Matthew William Gamble
Teaching Effective Communication Principles: Characteristics Of Effective Preaching To Young Adult In A North American Context, Matthew William Gamble
Human Subject Research Archive
The purpose of this dissertation is to help preachers to be more effective in the pulpit. The characteristics for what make a preacher effective in the pulpit are explored and considered in this project. The seminar: Preaching to the iPod Mind was presented to four different groups of preachers in the North American Division. A survey was provided to each participant.
University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 09 - May 2008
University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 09 - May 2008
1996-2009, University Reporter
This issue of the University Reporter includes articles on planning for the 2008 Commencement, the ethnic health reporting initiative based in the University's Center on Media and Society, the national “Chinese Bridge” Mandarin Chinese speech contest sponsored by UMass Boston's Confucius Institute, professor Jeffrey Dukes' work on climate change, the Center for Social Development and Education's showcase of its contributions to the field of research on children with disabilities, and other news from UMass Boston.
Luther's Two Kinds Of Righteousness And His Wartbug Postil, Makito Masaki
Luther's Two Kinds Of Righteousness And His Wartbug Postil, Makito Masaki
Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation
This study discusses how Luther exhorted people to live the Christian life. Luther understood the Christian life as a life of the saved sinner in himself and in his community. He understood that Christians live lives defined by two kinds of righteousness; that is, righteousness that God bestows, and righteousness that they produce. This study will be carried out by reviewing this basic understanding of what the Christian life is, and by examining Luther's preaching material, specifically a set of sermonic writings called The Wartburg Postil. The thesis of this survey is that in The Wartburg Postil, Luther used the …
Evaluating Costa Rica’S Program For Environmental Services Payments In The Monteverde Region, May 2008, Nathaniel F. Meyer
Evaluating Costa Rica’S Program For Environmental Services Payments In The Monteverde Region, May 2008, Nathaniel F. Meyer
Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation
Costa Rica’s environmental services payments or “PSA” (“Pagos por servicios ambientales”) program was created to provide an economic incentive for landowners to conserve forest, thus compensating them for the ecosystem services their conservation activities provide. This study was conducted to evaluate the program’s performance twelve years after its inception. By interviewing 20 private landowners in the Monteverde region, I ask (1) whether certain demographic parameters or property size affect participation, (2) whether the government is effectively informing farmers of the PSA opportunity, (3) what obstacles are preventing potential participants from successfully obtaining contracts, and (4) whether the program is functioning …
Balancing Marriage And Friends: The Funeral Of Friendship?, Cora Polsgrove
Balancing Marriage And Friends: The Funeral Of Friendship?, Cora Polsgrove
Sociology Honors Projects
This study examines the effect of marriage on friendship and the way individuals balance their relationships with their spouses and their friends. Data were collected from in-depth interviews with eleven adults from their mid-20s to mid-60s. Analysis revealed that marriage shapes the kinds of friendships people form, but has a less significant effect on friendships that predate marriage. Married people form mutual, activity-based friendships with other couples and maintain the emotionally close, same-gender friendships that they formed before marriage. Data supported the dominant American ideal of spouse as best friend. While marriage did have some influence on friendship patterns, work …
Continuities And Changes In Marshallese Grandparenting, Laurence Marshall Carucci
Continuities And Changes In Marshallese Grandparenting, Laurence Marshall Carucci
Pacific Studies
For Marshallese, grandparents do not exist as independent types of kin. A grandparent is a partner in a reciprocal grandparent/grandchild relationship. The relationship is not grounded in either biology or unchanging social status; rather, it is constructed out of practical activities as members of a shared community. Grandparents who actively earn respect in their relationships with others are recognized collectively as senior grandparents of the community or communal grandparents. This paper examines continuities and changes in the activities and social significance of grandparents of the community across three decades and four different social settings. The paper focuses on how shifting …
The Impact Of Product Stigma On Consumer Behavior: The Effects Of Self Concept And Attitudes, Al Darwan
The Impact Of Product Stigma On Consumer Behavior: The Effects Of Self Concept And Attitudes, Al Darwan
Student Scholarship
Qualitative research is proposed to study the derivation and effect of stigma in the marketing domain where it has been observed as an underexposed theoretical construct. The study seeks to build on previous research in the social domain by considering how product stigma derives and if it can be characterized similarly in the marketplace. The study is designed to discover, for example, if consumers, in their responses to product stigma, engage in the same stigma development processes that sociologists and psychologists have described operate in social situations. And we are motivated to shed light on how and to what extent …
From Conversation To Learning To Performance: Understanding Great Strategic Conversations, Ann Kowal Smith
From Conversation To Learning To Performance: Understanding Great Strategic Conversations, Ann Kowal Smith
Student Scholarship
To develop, maintain and retain competitive advantage, organizations must learn new skills and adapt to rapidly changing environments. My research is focused on the means by which individuals come together to learn from each other, and to collectively advance the objectives of the organization in a fast-paced, changing environment. In particular, I am interested in the power of the conversation and the conversation space as tools to facilitate this learning, to permit individuals to share their own experiences, build on the experiences of others and catalyze innovation. Increasingly, people are called to together to innovate, to solve thorny problems and …
The Value Of Humanities Education And What Higher Education Must Do To Keep It Alive, Stephen A. Yang
The Value Of Humanities Education And What Higher Education Must Do To Keep It Alive, Stephen A. Yang
Senior Honors Projects
No abstract provided.
Gender Minority Elder Care, Yisrael Malotte-Berger
Gender Minority Elder Care, Yisrael Malotte-Berger
Senior Honors Projects
The challenges facing older adults are great, including the challenges involved in finding quality healthcare and, potentially, assisted living or nursing residences. The challenges for older transsexual, transgender, and intersex (TGI) adults are compounded due to lack of sensitivity and confidentiality with regard to TGI patients or residents that is prevalent amongst especially lower level healthcare professionals. Part of the project was to develop an evaluation tool for changes in attitude and practical knowledge, to be administered as pre- and post-tests at employee trainings at elder care facilities. It was the goal of this project to evaluate the training programme …
A Cello Anthology, Alina R. Castro Swonger
A Cello Anthology, Alina R. Castro Swonger
Senior Honors Projects
Throughout my life, music has been incredibly important and influential. As a cellist for over 15 years, and a great admirer of music for as long as I can remember, music has been an outlet for self-expression and reflection. Realizing the power of music on a personal level, is what first inspired me to learn more about the history, culture, social setting, and life of the composers involved with the various pieces I have studied. I have come to realize that classical music, even without lyrics, can express the deepest emotions, share complex ideas, and create revolutionary change. It is …
Hip Hop Is Dead: The Rhetoric Of Hip Hop, Kalyana Champlain
Hip Hop Is Dead: The Rhetoric Of Hip Hop, Kalyana Champlain
Senior Honors Projects
There is no doubt that Hip Hop has become a most influential international force. This animal has had many faces: two of these faces have been as a political tool as displayed by Public Enemy, and as a therapeutic release-- as I discovered while in AmeriCorps interning at AS220 for a program called Hip Hop 220, in which we took underprivileged youth and helped them to channel their energy through this art form. However, there is a dark side to this culture that includes extreme misogyny, self- sabotage, hatred, and an unhealthy obsession with status. As I reflected on these …
“Do You Not Know What Happens To Mothers In America?”, Angela Santopietro
“Do You Not Know What Happens To Mothers In America?”, Angela Santopietro
Senior Honors Projects
Joan Kofodimos, author of, Balancing Act: How Managers Can Integrate Successful Careers and Fulfilling Personal Lives (1993), defines work-family integration as, “Having a satisfying, healthy, and productive life that includes work, play, and love; that integrates a range of life activities with attention to self and to personal and spiritual development; and that expresses a person’s unique wishes, interests, and values.” It is particularly important to help working mothers gain work-family integration, also known as work-family balance, because of the effects on family, work, and society. The burden of work and family often falls disproportionately on the shoulders of working …
Documentation And Interpretation In Hampstead Village, A Neighborhood On Charleston's East Side, James M. Zwolak
Documentation And Interpretation In Hampstead Village, A Neighborhood On Charleston's East Side, James M. Zwolak
Master of Science in Historic Preservation Terminal Projects
No abstract provided.
Choosing Successful Strategies: A Checklist For Executives And Entrepreneurs, William T. Evans, Clyde Eiríkur Hull
Choosing Successful Strategies: A Checklist For Executives And Entrepreneurs, William T. Evans, Clyde Eiríkur Hull
International Journal of Applied Management and Technology
Every day, executives are confronted with strategic investment decisions. In this paper we draw on decades of making these decisions for a well-known Fortune 500 company to provide a straightforward way to choose successful strategic investments. A successful strategy requires a significant opportunity, the ability to extract value from that opportunity, and an investment balanced with the returns possible from that opportunity. We begin with five basic questions which should be asked of any strategic investment opportunity. The answers to these questions are often enough to indicate that the investment opportunity should not be pursued. The next step, assuming the …
Strategic Themes For Balanced Scorecard Construction Based On Fuzzy Logic, Adolfo Alberto Vanti, Rafael Espin, Alonso Perez-Soltero, Denise Ciotta
Strategic Themes For Balanced Scorecard Construction Based On Fuzzy Logic, Adolfo Alberto Vanti, Rafael Espin, Alonso Perez-Soltero, Denise Ciotta
International Journal of Applied Management and Technology
Balanced Scorecard is a methodology for strategic management with emphasis in strategic, tactic, and operational control. If you don’t measure something, you don’t manage it. Last statement is a way to emphasizes one of the most important assumptions of this methodology that is very well implemented by it. However, BSC can’t express strategy in actions, nor translate verbalization of strategic planning, important topics to build an effective Balance Scorecard. This paper defines priorities of topics about strategic planning considering the SWOT analysis - strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats – (Andrews, 1971). SWOT analysis is completed considering actions and objectives through Fuzzy …
Reputation And The Rules: An Argument For A Balancing Approach Under Rule 8.3 Of The Model Rules Of Professional Conduct, Ryan Williams
Reputation And The Rules: An Argument For A Balancing Approach Under Rule 8.3 Of The Model Rules Of Professional Conduct, Ryan Williams
Louisiana Law Review
No abstract provided.