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Political Science Fall 2009, Dan Sabia

Political Science Newsletter Fall 2009

No abstract provided.

In Defense Of Ideology: A Principled Approach To The Supreme Court Confirmation Process, Lori A. Ringhand

Scholarly Works

In this paper, Professor Ringhand offers a principled defense of an ideological approach to the Supreme Court justice confirmation process. In constructing her argument, she does three things. First, she explores how the insights provided by recent empirical legal scholarship have created a need to re-think the role of the Supreme Court and, consequently, the process by which we select Supreme Court justices. In doing so, Professor Ringhand explains how these insights have called into question much of our conventional constitutional narrative, and how this failure of the conventional narrative has in turn undermined traditional objections to an ideologically-based confirmation …

Spatial Mobility And Cultural Capital: Latino Students At Emma Elementary, Michael Mccabe

Southern Anthropologist

[2009 Undergraduate Prize Winner]

Using participant-observer methodology, I studied Latino students at a Buncombe County, NC, elementary school in the months of February through April 2007, looking for qualities of relationship formation and interaction as mediated by three principles – spatial mobility, cultural capital, and social proximity. These three dynamics were used to analyze the distinct environments of the classroom, lunch, and recess and explain motives as well as tendencies in the students’ interactions. The amount of social proximity and the necessity for cultural capital were found to be in an inverse relationship with the amount of spatial mobility available. …

Dora Chen, Assistant Professor Of Family Studies, College Of Health And Human Services And Leslie Couse, Associate Professor Of Education, College Of Liberal Arts, Both Travel To China, Leslie J. Couse, Dora Chen

Faculty Travel Reports

No abstract provided.

Written And Oral Persuasion In The United States Courts: A District Judge's Perspective On Their History, Function, And Future, Mark R. Kravitz

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

No abstract provided.

Scalable Detection Of Partial Near-Duplicate Videos By Visual-Temporal Consistency, Hung-Khoon Tan, Chong-Wah Ngo, Richang Hong, Tat-Seng Chua

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Following the exponential growth of social media, there now exist huge repositories of videos online. Among the huge volumes of videos, there exist large numbers of near-duplicate videos. Most existing techniques either focus on the fast retrieval of full copies or near-duplicates, or consider localization in a heuristic manner. This paper considers the scalable detection and localization of partial near-duplicate videos by jointly considering visual similarity and temporal consistency. Temporal constraints are embedded into a network structure as directed edges. Through the structure, partial alignment is novelly converted into a network flow problem where highly efficient solutions exist. To precisely …

Cultural Competency: A Viable Approach To Health Disparities In Urban Schools, Sterling Saddler, A. Dexter Samuels, Roger Cleveland, Tiffany G. Tyler

Journal of Praxis in Multicultural Education

This paper encapsulates a large body of work on cultural mismatch, cultural competency and their interrelation with health disparities in urban schools. Cultural mismatch is the cultural difference between formal institutions and the populations they serve, while cultural competency is defined as the integration and transformation of knowledge about individuals and groups of people into specific standards, policies, practices, and attitudes used in appropriate cultural settings to increase the quality of services (Cross, 1989). As noted in this paper, disparities include the racial, economic, and cultural issues affecting the health of school age children. Using cultural competency as a theoretical …

Advancing Cultural Competence And Intercultural Consciousness Through A Cross-Cultural Simulation With Teacher Candidates, Nancy P. Gallavan, Angela Webster-Smith

Journal of Praxis in Multicultural Education

Teacher education curricula typically introduce multicultural concepts, principles, and practices. However, candidates benefit greatly from experiences that pursue multi-faceted contexts. In this study the simulation, Barnga, enhances candidates’ cultural competence and intercultural consciousness by exploring perceived realities in classrooms and communities. Through Barnga, candidates are afforded a rich investigation into self knowledge, acceptance of group conventions, exposure to multiple perspectives, and self-assessment of their stance toward equity and change. Expressing their reactions, responses, and reflections, candidates experience multi-layered transformation, intercultural consciousness, and cultural competence for themselves. By participating in cross-cultural simulations and interacting with people like and unlike themselves, candidates …

Visions Of Cuba: Mary Peabody Mann’S Juanita: A Romance Of Real Life In Cuba Fifty Years Ago, Julia C. Paulk

Spanish Languages and Literatures Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

The Classic, Fall 2009, Public Relations

The Classic, 2000-2009

Zwemer View: Don't Keep It Secret; In Box; Executive Decisions; Campus Enhancements; Spanglish Hoops; Of Course: You in Context; Mission Minor; Teaching Leader; First-Year Faculty: Weston Cutter, Yin Lam (Nicole) Lee, Jonathan Sabo, Richard Sowienski; Courses Online; Compiling Kudos; Face Value: Dave Nonnemacher; On Board; Music Maker: Kimberly Utke Svanoe retires after three decades at NWC; 1000 Words: Class Pride; Class Warfare; Funding Northwestern's Mission: 2008-09 giving spurred by $250,000 gift; Family Tree: Families who branch out through adoption grow in more ways than one; Red Ties; Class Notes; New Arrivals; Marriages; In Memoriam; Pen Pal; Wildlife Lover; Cities by …

Know Your Enemy: Tibetan Perceptions Of And Approaches To Chinese Studies In Exile, Katherine Mechling

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Achieving peaceful dialogue between Chinese and Tibetans is the crux of the Tibetan community in exile’s strategy to regain its homeland. Yet despite the recognized importance of cross-cultural communication the Tibetans, ideologically unwilling to separate “China the Oppressor” from “China the Neighbor” or even, potentially, “China the Co-Collaborator,” have largely avoided studying their adversary. Although increased literacy in Chinese language, knowledge of Chinese history and understanding of Chinese culture would enable the Tibetans to engage with China more effectively and productively, few initiatives exist in exile that facilitate the spread of such information. Receiving only a basic overview of Chinese …

Spelling Achievement Of Third Culture Children Compared To United States Norms, Lauren Jayne Berry Cuidon

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Spelling is a critical component to literacy development. Teachers of American children living overseas as well as adult "Third Culture Kids" (TCKs) have reported that spelling is especially challenging for the TCK population. This study investigated whether a difference existed in TCK spelling achievement compared to U.S. norms, as well as the effects of gender and schooling choice on TCK spelling achievement. Participants included children who were enrolled in fourth through seventh grades in an English-speaking instructional program, who held an American passport, who have lived internationally more than two years in a non-English speaking country, and who scored in …

Vocate: Auditory Interfaces For The Lok8 Project, John Mcgee, Charlie Cullen

9th. IT & T Conference

The auditory modality has a number of unique advantages over other modalities, such as a fast neural processing rate and focus-independence. As part of the LOK8 project’s aim to develop location-based services, the Vocate module will be seeking to exploit these advantages to augment the overall usability of the LOK8 interface and also to deliver scalable content in scenarios where the user may be in transit or requires focus-independence. This paper discusses these advantages and outlines three possible approaches that the Vocate module may take within the LOK8 project: speech interfaces, auditory user interfaces, and sonification.

Sustainability In An Online Community Of Practice: The Case Study Of A Group Of Secondary School Educators In Victoria, Ria Hanewald, Roland Gesthuizen

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

This paper reports on Information Technology (IT) secondary school educators in Victoria and their involvement in an online community of practice. It examined the social effects of the online mailing list technology on their participation and factors that influenced their collaboration with other colleagues. In mapping these elements, the motivations of educators and the effects on online communities of practice can be distilled and then used to build and sustain other architectures of participation. It was found that mailing list subscribers seem to trade a currency of support, thoughts, ideas and answers, which helped them in their day-to-day teaching. Online …

Silencing The Silk Road: China's Language Policy In The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Aurora Elizabeth Bewicke

San Diego International Law Journal

As part of its push for mono-culturalism throughout China in general, and in the XUAR in particular, China's language policy is at the forefront of what some have labeled China's program of "cultural genocide." While most agree that this provocative terminology is overstated, China's language policy may well be at the root of various human rights violations. Part II of this article will describe the historical context and modern realities of China's language policy in the XUAR, which is compromised of both overt policies in the form of laws, regulations, and policy statements as well as more covert policies, which …

The Language Of Food: A Review Of The 2009 Oxford Symposium On Food And Cookery, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

Articles

This article reviews the 2009 Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, which was held in St. Catherine's College, Oxford. This year's theme was Food and Language and over forty papers were delivered to and audience of over two hundred leading food writers, historians, scientists, anthropologists, linguists, culinary students, and general food enthusiasts.

College Internships Launched Crawford’S Crime-Fighting Career, Iwu Magazine

Illinois Wesleyan University Magazine, 2002-2017

David is living out that dream as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, specializing in violent crimes and criminal enterprise.

A Descriptive Analysis Of The Perceptions Of North Carolina 4-H Agents Toward Minority Youth Participation In Agricultural-Related Activities, Antoine J. Alston, Cormanica M. Crutchfield

Journal of Extension

An analysis of the perceptions of North Carolina 4-H Extension personnel regarding minority youth participation in agriculture-related activities was conducted. Based on the data collected, the researchers found that 4-H agricultural programs were not fully meeting the needs of a growing diverse population. There is a strong need to improve agricultural program participation in order to increase recruitment and retention strategies for minority youth in relation to 4-H agricultural based activities.

Fall 2009, Friends Of Dacus Library

Friends of Dacus Library Newsletter

Inside this Issue:

Dean’s Welcome
Program highlights, reception, cont
Twitter!
Online renewal option
Bi-Lo Boosters
Board meetings, work
New library tools
1,001 Books!
About the Friends
2011: Friends turn 15
Message from Chair

The Psychology Of Conflicts Of Interest In Criminal Cases, Tigran W. Eldred

Faculty Scholarship

This article demonstrates that current Sixth Amendment jurisprudence fails to account for how defense lawyers respond to conflicts of interest in criminal cases. Too often, the Supreme Court has made assumptions about the behavior of defense lawyers without empirical support. The result has been a confusing doctrinal landscape, which both relies upon and questions the ability of defense lawyers to address and resolve conflicts of interest.

This article fills the gap in existing literature by viewing conflicts of interest in criminal cases through the prism of behavioral economics. The research reveals that defense lawyers are subject to psychological biases that …

Nonpatentability Of Business Methods: Legal And Economic Analysis, Peter Menell, Michael J. Meurer

Faculty Scholarship

In this brief filed in Bilski vs. Kappos, pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, we argue that the "useful Arts" limitation of the the Intellectual Property Clause of the U.S.Constitution restricts the scope of Congress's patent power to technological advances. Beyond this constitutional limitation, Congress has not extended patent protection to business methods. The subject matter provision of the 1952 Patent Act merely codified existing subject matter categories and limitations, including the exclusion of business methods. The First Inventor Defense Act of 1999 did not alter this limitation on patentable subject matter. It did not amend the subject matter provision. …

The Hidden Second Amendment Framework Within "District Of Columbia V. Heller", Andrew R. Gould

Vanderbilt Law Review

The Second Amendment has always been shrouded in constitutional mystery. For most of our history, this mystery has centered on whether the Second Amendment protects an individual or collective right to keep and bear arms. The Supreme Court had not addressed the issue in any meaningful fashion, and lower courts continuously struggled with it, leading legal commentators to produce countless books, articles, and symposia on the topic.

The Court resolved this central Second Amendment question in June 2008 when it decided District of Columbia v. Heller. In Heller, the Court squarely confronted the meaning of the Second Amendment and held …

The Hidden Dimension Of Nineteenth-Century Immigration Law, Kerry Abrams

Vanderbilt Law Review

Most histories of immigration law are histories of restriction. This emphasis is hardly surprising: beginning in 1875, Congress passed increasingly draconian acts, mostly targeting Chinese immigrants, which ultimately led to the outright exclusion of nearly all Asian immigrants. Then, in the 1920s, Congress enacted quotas aimed at keeping the U.S. population primarily white, with an emphasis on immigrants from northern and western European stock. And throughout history in general, immigration law has focused not only on excluding but also on deporting those immigrants deemed undesirable.

In addition to focusing on exclusion, immigration law history has also been preoccupied with federal …

Ron’S Right Arm: Tactility, Visualization, And The Synesthesia Of Audio Engineering, Eliot Bates

Publications and Research

Most scholarship on audio engineering analyzes practices and practitioners in terms of musical and technical knowledges. The few references to sensory perception typically center on critical listening practices (“golden ears” engineers), audiophilia, and technologies of audition. However, particularly in light of computer-based workflows, the practice of audio engineering features carefully developed synesthesias of critical listening, visualization of digital audio, and tactile manipulations of interfaces, which can’t adequately be explained as cognitive processes or as conscious knowledge.

I draw on literature in the emerging field of sensory scholarship, in particular Brian Massumi’s theorization of synesthesia and affect and Charles Hirschkind’s analyses …

Sentiment Classification Of Reviews Using Sentiwordnet, Bruno Ohana, Brendan Tierney

9th. IT & T Conference

Sentiment classification concerns the use of automatic methods for predicting the orientation of subjective content on text documents, with applications on a number of areas including recommender and advertising systems, customer intelligence and information retrieval. SentiWordNet is an opinion lexicon derived from the WordNet database where each term is associated with numerical scores indicating positive and negative sentiment information. This research presents the results of applying the SentiWordNet lexical resource to the problem of automatic sentiment classification of film reviews. Our approach comprises counting positive and negative term scores to determine sentiment orientation, and an improvement is presented by building …

A Mobile Multimodal Dialogue System For Location Based Services, Niels Schütte, John D. Kelleher, Brian Macnamee

9th. IT & T Conference

This paper describes ongoing work on the dialogue management components for LOK8, a multimodal dialogue system. We describe our plans for a basic architecture of the system, the rough modules and outline the kinds of models in the project, as well as the next steps in our work.

Practice Teaching In Urban Schools: The Effectiveness Of Special Education Preclinical Experience In Urban School Settings, Myung-Sook Koh

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at EMU

Myung-sook Koh's contribution to this volume wrestles with an important issue in teacher education. Teacher education students at Eastern Michigan University get very little, if any, experience teaching in urban schools; furthermore, students not majoring in special education rarely gain direct experience working with this population, although the inclusive classrooms they will face as teachers likely will present them with special education students. This chapter details Myung-sook's work in getting her students into inner city schools as part of their field experience as preservice teachers, and examines student reactions to this important activity.

As the core of this project, of …

Book Reviews, Duncan Alford, Vicenç Feliú, Veronica A. Foster, Marci Hoffman, Teresa Stanton, Jonathan Pratter, Scott Rasmussen, Jacob E. Sayward, Alison Shea, Roy L. Sturgeon, Ronald C. Timmons

International Journal of Legal Information

No abstract provided.

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda, September 28, 2009, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting agenda from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, September 27, 2009, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2009

No abstract provided.