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The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for May 13-19, 2010. Vol. 85, No. 6.

Mental Health Status Of Asian And Latino/Caribbean Immigrants, Hua Lv

Open Access Dissertations

This study examines how the migration experience affects the mental health status of recent Asian and Latin American/Caribbean immigrants. It analyzes the relationship between stress among immigrants and their adaptation patterns. Specifically, this study focuses on the psycho-social transition processes associated with migration, examining how disruption of cultural norms, and restructured lifestyle may lead to stress, or other mental health difficulties. In addition, this study highlights "transnationalism," a newly defined adaptation pattern of recent immigrants, especially among Latin immigrants. It focuses on "transnational activity" as a potential mediator of the relationship between immigration stressors and mental health outcomes among recent …

Spartan Daily May 12, 2010, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 134, Issue 52

Stony Brook Press, V. 31, N. 14, Stony Brook University. Stony Brook Press.

Stony Brook Press

v. 31, n. 14, v.:ill. ; 38 cm (original analog pub.)

Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Friends' Events
• Database trials and evaluation: American Theological Library Association Historical Monographs Collection , and American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection

Understanding The Values Of Mobile Technology In Education: A Value-Focused Thinking Approach, Hong Sheng, Keng Siau, Fiona Nah Fui-Hoon

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

Mobile technology has mobilized the human interaction in all dimensions by supporting mobile collaboration. as collaboration is key to learning in today's educational environment, mobile technology has tremendous potential in supporting and improving education and its delivery. Given that mobile technology for education is a new phenomenon that is gaining popularity, the values of using mobile technology to support education need to be further researched and better understood. in this research, we used the Value-Focused Thinking approach to interview students and instructors to identify the values of education that are enabled by mobile technology. These values are represented in the …

Spectator 2010-05-12, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

Ua35/11 Arête May 2010, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Educational Role Of The Art Museum And Its Collections In The Teaching Of University Undergraduate And Graduate Student, Lanette Mcneil

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to gain understanding of the types and purposes of art museum educational programs, services and collaborative projects that have been developed by art museum educators for university audiences. Additionally, this study examines the challenges in creating and sustaining these educational experiences. This study presents results from an exploratory qualitative web survey administered to art museum educators from public, private, and university art museums. This study provides insight into the relationships between the art museum educators and the university audiences. Additionally, this study underscores the importance of understanding theoretical differences from which art museum educators …

Public Security Vs. Private Self-Protection: Optimal Taxation And The Social Dynamics Of Fear, Angelo Antoci, Pier Luigi Sacco, Mauro Sodini

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

In this paper, we develop a simple model of social dynamics governing the evolution of strategic self-protection choices of boundedly rational potential victims facing the threat of prospective offenders in a large population with random matching. We prove that individual (and socially transmitted) fear of exposure to criminal threats may actually condition choices even in the face of objective evidence of declining crime rates, and thereby cause the eventual selection of Pareto inefficient equilibria with self-protection. We also show that a suitable strategy of provision of public security financed through discriminatory taxation of self-protective expenses may actually overcome this problem, …

A History Of Violence: Testing The ‘Culture Of Honor’ In The Us South, Pauline Grosjean

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

Using historical data on early settlers to the United States, this paper tests and confirms the “Culture of Honor” hypothesis by socio-psychologists Dov Cohen and Richard Nisbett (1994, 1996). This hypothesis argues that the high prevalence of homicides in the US South stems from the fact that it was a frontier region settled by people whose economy was based on herding: the Scotch-Irish. Herding societies develop cultures of honors for reasons having to do with their precariousness: violence is a necessary condition to preserve a reputation for toughness and deter animal theft. Using historical census data on waves of settlers …

Child Care: Preferences And Opportunity Costs, Beaujot Roderic, Zenaida R. Ravanera, Ching Du

PSC Discussion Papers Series

Family and work questions over the life course can be analyzed as constrained choices within structural and normative contexts. We focus here on the preferences and opportunity costs associated with child care, using data from the 2006 General Social Survey on Family. We start with the extent of usage of various forms of child care, for respondents with children aged 0-4, along with the reasons for the choice and the preferences for alternate forms of care. Among respondents with children under five years of age, 48% are currently using regular child care of some kind, and 79% of persons using …

In Their Voices-Retaining African American Students At A Predominately White University: An Examination Of Theoretical Implications And Student Cerntered Practices, Gwendolyn Deloach-Packnett

Dissertations

This investigation is a study on the impact of a research-based holistic developmental retention plan for African American students who attend/attended a predominately White institution (PWI). The strategic praxis connected theoretical implications and student centered practices to enhance positive retention outcomes. This study examined the impact of these student centered retention offerings used in the Office of Multicultural Relations (MCR) at the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL). Founded in 1997, the expressed mission of MCR was to address the challenges of the University’s largest minority population, placing emphasis on the retention of its African American students. Two focus groups (graduate …

Monitor Newsletter May 10, 2010, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

Dmitri Shalin Interview With Audrey Wipper About Erving Goffman Entitled "Goffman Was Very Original From The Beginning, He Had His Own Way Of Seeing And He Stuck To It", Audrey Wipper

Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives

This conversation with Dr. Audrey Wipper, Professor Emerita at the University of Waterloo, was recorded over the phone on September 23, 2009. After Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, Dr. Wipper edited the transcript and approved posting the present version on the web. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.

Commencement Convocation Program, St. Petersburg Campus, May 9, 2010, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

USF St. Petersburg Graduations and Commencements

King O'Neal Awards: Sybil Crocetti, Melissa Harris, Joy Scholing, Tiffany Tran; Outstanding Graduate: Alanna L. Lecher

University Of Richmond Commencement Exercises Program - 2010

Commencement Programs

University of Richmond Commencement Exercises Program, 2010. Including Conferring of Degrees to School of Arts and Sciences Graduate School: Master of Arts, and Master of Liberal Arts; The E. Claiborne Robins School of Business The Richard S. Reynolds Graduate School: Master of Accountancy, and Master of Business Administration; School of Arts & Sciences: Bachelor of Arts, and Bachelor of Science; The E. Claiborne Robins School of Business: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Jepson School of Leadership Studies: Bachelor of Arts.

Beyond Racial Precedents: Loving V. Virginia As An Appropriate Legal Model And Strategy For Same-Sex Marriage Litigation, Michael J. Csere

Honors Scholar Theses

This thesis explores how LGBT marriage activists and lawyers have employed a racial interpretation of due process and equal protection in recent same-sex marriage litigation. Special attention is paid to the Supreme Court's opinion in Loving v. Virginia, the landmark case that declared anti-miscegenation laws unconstitutional. By exploring the use of racial precedent in same-sex marriage litigation and its treatment in state court cases, this thesis critiques the racial interpretation of due process and equal protection that became the basis for LGBT marriage briefs and litigation, and attempts to answer the question of whether a racial interpretation of due process …

Representing Afghanistan: The United States And Democracy's Imposition, Brantley Hawkins

Honors Scholar Theses

There is an ongoing mission in Afghanistan; a mission driven by external political forces. At its core this mission hopes to establish peace, to protect the populace, and to install democracy. Each of these goals has remained just that, a goal, for the past eight years as the American and international mission in Afghanistan has enjoyed varied levels of commitment. Currently, the stagnant progress in Afghanistan has led the international community to become increasingly concerned about the viability of a future Afghan state. Most of these questions take root in the question over whether or not an Afghan state can …

Building Steprelationships: Emerging Adult Stepchildrens' Perceptions And Experiences Of Their Stepparents, Luke Thomas Russell

Honors Scholar Theses

A grounded theory study was conducted with ten (7 female, 3 male) emerging-adults in stepfamilies to examine their perceptions and experiences of their stepparents, and what factors influence the development and maintenance of these steprelationships. Three primary categories emerged from the data: (1) Stepchildrens' perceptions of their stepparents presence in their lives, including both physical closeness and physical and emotional involvement (2) The perceived level of authenticity within the steprelationship, and (3) The level of clout stepchildren afforded to their stepparents' position within their lives and families.

Additional factors found to influence the levels of presence, authenticity, and clout were …

Variations In The Implementation Of Ethical Guidelines Among Mental Health Professionals In The United States And Denmark, Nanja Holland Hansen, Andrea L. Dixon, Sharon Robinson Kurpius

Journal for International Counselor Education

This study focused on the differences and similarities in how mental health professionals in the United States and Denmark implement their ethical guidelines set forth by the American Counseling Association and the Danish Psychological Association (Dansk Psykolog Forening), their specific work settings’ rules and regulations, and their personal values and beliefs when working with clients. Survey packets were developed in English and Danish and administered to 30 United States citizens and 27 Danish mental health professionals. Results indicated that U.S. mental health professionals adhere to their professional ethical guidelines more often than Danish mental health professionals. Results also revealed a …

Spring Commencement Program, May 8, 2010, Coastal Carolina University

Commencement Programs

Program of Commencement Exercises at Coastal Carolina University.

Spring 2010 Commencement - The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin, The University Of Texas Permian Basin

UTPB Commencement Programs

Spring 2010 Commencement - May 8, 2010

South Dakota State University One Hundred-Twenty-Fourth Annual Commencement, May 8, 2010, Brookings, South Dakota, South Dakota State University

Commencement Programs

Please be advised that the names listed in the program do not constitute official confirmation of meeting the graduation requirements. The 124th Annual Commencement ceremony will commence with introductions by University President David L. Chicoine. Honorary marshals are Linda Nussbaumer, Professor and Program Coordinator of Interior Design, and E. Dennis Hinde, Associate Professor of Mass Communication. Brigadier General Mark A. Clark will deliver the commencement address titled "Life's Compass." Provost Laurie Nichols, Vice President for Academic Affairs, will extend recognition to student honors. The commissioning of Army and Air Force officers will be conducted by Major Kory L. Knight and …

Commencement Program 2010 May Undergraduate, Gcsu Special Collections

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Spring Commencement [Program], May 8, 2010, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Commencement Programs

The program of the commencement ceremonies, including a list of institutional leadership, a list of the departments by college, awards given at the ceremonies, and a list of undergraduate and graduate degree candidates.

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, Baccalaureates, May 8, 2010, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

King O'Neal Scholars - Vignesh Alamanda, Hong Ting Chiu, Maria Domino, Brianna Girton, Jody Kelly, Alla Kireeva, Molly McCann, Michael Montuno, Akash Parekh, Nathan Quecan, Sarah Ranes, Janine Villot, and Danielle Weaver-Rogers; Honorary Doctor of Human Letters - R. Gil Kerlikowske; Outstanding Senior - Kristen Corpion

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, Graduate, May 8, 2010, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

President's Global Leadership Award - Allan Goodman

2010 Commencement Program, Longwood University

Undergraduate Commencement Programs

Itinerary and list of graduates for 2010 commencement.

University Of Mississippi Commencement, 2010, University Of Mississippi, Daniel W. Jones, Morris H. Stocks, Ray Mabus

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.