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Slave Story: A Tale Of Recovery, Rule A. S. Hiuallah-Messiah

Theses and Dissertations

It is my opinion that we, as human, as living-beings, we are complex and complicated vessels of ambiguous intent. We exchange information, opinions, and experiences with friends, family, co-workers, and colleagues, sometimes agreeing—sometimes not. We communicate about ordinary and extraordinary things—school affairs, movies, sports, dances, catastrophes, and death. Those of us who can communicate easily, and pleasantly, well, we are popular, and justly so. Those of us who wish to, but for whatever reasons, cannot, are categorized and marginalized and oft-times ostracized. I am communicating, by writing this dissertation, using autoethnography as a method, as one whom, for whatever reasons, …

Spatiality And Temporality In Communication Theories, Diana Iulia Nastasia

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation has been planned and written as an extended review of literature on space and time within and outside of communication studies, and as a thorough categorization of issues about spatiality and temporality that have been and might be employed outside of and within communication studies. This dissertation has been envisioned and conceived as a critical look at both theories that consider space and time as unproblematic, that reify an ideal-typical perspective of time and an absolute-universal perspective of space, and theories that problematize space and time, that challenge the settled and predominant view of spatiality and temporality. The …

Minutes From February 16 2011, University Senate

University Senate Minutes

Minutes from February 16 2011 University Senate Meeting

Report: The Illinois State University Faculty-Staff Newsletter, February 15, 2011, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Report (1966-2012)

Illinois State University bi-weekly employee newsletter.

Distance Education And Community Learning Networks Linked By A Library Of Culture, Joseph A. Santiago

Student Affairs Digital Community Development

Humans are relational beings with their modeled behavior as practical examples of cultural routines that they hear, see, read, and assemble on their own from communal pieces of information to answer the needs of their everyday lives (Bandura, & Jeffrey, 1973). Yet few researchers have looked at the differing synthesis of culture and generally assume that others share similar ideas/values that lead to particular events and worldviews (Lillard, p.5 1998). Informational and cultural contact zones can be created to support CLNs, universities, and individuals in a variety of roles to encourage their interactions so they might design, and challenge the …

College Voice Vol. 95 No. 12, Connecticut College

2010-2011

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, February 13, 2011, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2011

No abstract provided.

A Question Of Consumption? An Analysis Of The Relative Effectiveness Of Multilateral And Bilateral Aid Receipts, Oliver Zornow

Undergraduate Economic Review

The literature focusing on the effects of foreign aid on economic growth contains a wide range of conclusions. Despite this lack of consensus, policy makers have been strongly influenced by the work of Burnside and Dollar (2000) (B&D). In addition to their primary conclusion that total aid is linked with growth in a good policy environment, B&D make a claim which is not directly supported by their results. My research is motivated by their claim that multilateral aid is the most effective form of aid. This paper demonstrates that B&D's data does not support this claim.

A Connection Between Moral Imperative And Women’S Leadership?, Sarah W. Nelson, Patricia L. Guerra, B. Genise Henry

Administrative Issues Journal

This paper describes a qualitative study of two school districts’ efforts to support school leaders in developing the knowledge and skills to analyze, understand, and transform system inequities. The results suggest that, despite being armed with knowledge and skills, leaders may be reluctant to act even when doing so is within the scope of their authority. This work draws from Fullan’s (2003) concept of moral imperative and examines the connection between moral imperative and women’s ways of leading. The findings have implications for educational leadership programs that seek to prepare school leaders capable of challenging and changing inequitable systems.

The Daily Egyptian, February 10, 2011, Daily Egyptian Staff

February 2011

No abstract provided.

Programming Language Fragmentation And Developer Productivity: An Empirical Study, Jonathan L. Krein

Theses and Dissertations

In an effort to increase both the quality of software applications and the efficiency with which applications can be written, developers often incorporate multiple programming languages into software projects. Although language specialization arguably introduces benefits, the total impact of the resulting language fragmentation (working concurrently in multiple programming languages) on developer performance is unclear. For instance, developers may solve problems more efficiently when they have multiple language paradigms at their disposal. However, the overhead of maintaining efficiency in more than one language may outweigh those benefits. This thesis represents a first step toward understanding the relationship between language fragmentation and …

The Racialization Of Dine (Youth) In Education, Vincent Werito

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

This critical qualitative research study examines the racialization of Din4 (Navajo) youth in education. The study is based on a critical theoretical framework that draws on research from critical educational studies, Indigenous theory, and critical race theory. Using critical qualitative case study methods through personal interviews, this study highlights nine Din4 (Navajo) students counter narratives about their experiences with schooling and the ways they negotiate their racial and cultural identities within the historical, economic, political, and socio-cultural contexts of past and current educational policies. Particularly, an emphasis on the ways that Indigenous youth are racialized and Indigenous languages and cultural …

Secondary Schooling And Indigenous Pueblo Youth: Dynamics Of Power, Natalie Martinez

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Research regarding secondary schooling of Pueblo youth in the southwestern United States is limited. Existing literature examines schooling through boarding school era historical depictions and anthropological studies of school experiences. Current Indigenous academic knowledge calls for rededication to self-determination and tribal control over education systems. This research critically analyzes curricular implications and the operation of power in a New Mexico school district whose Indigenous students exceed one-third of the student population. This study demonstrates long-standing disempowerment of the constituents of this school district through existing hierarchical power structures. This research is based upon qualitative methodologies for gathering and analyzing data, …

Anglo-Saxon Poetics In The Linguarum Veterum Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus Et Archaelogicus Of George Hickes: A Translation, Analysis, And Contextualization, Shannon Mccabe

English Language and Literature ETDs

In 1705, the last fascicle of the Linguarum Veterum Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archaeologicus of George Hickes was published in Oxford. This monumental volume represented a major step forward in Anglo-Saxon studies. This study translates the most monumental chapter of the Thesaurus, Chapter 23. Although this chapter \u2015On the Poetic Art of the Anglo-Saxons,\u2016 represents the first sustained attempt to apply a critical and theoretical apparatus to Anglo-Saxon poetry, it is also concerned with attempts to sort out a \u2015purer\u2016 language from the various dialects represented in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. Hickes directly addresses two major Anglo-Saxon forms in Chapter 23, \u2015pure …

First-Person Singular Pronouns In Japanese: How Do They Work In Conversation?, Mami Mccraw

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

Subjectivity-- expression of our thoughts and emotions-- is the essence of everyday conversation (e.g., Benveniste, 1971; Scheibman, 2002). Previous studies have found that subjectivity is expressed in a variety of linguistic items in a wide range of languages. First-person singular (1SG) pronouns may be one of the most fundamental linguistic items for expressing subjectivity because they directly reflect the speaker, who is the owner of subjective point of view. This dissertation explores the use of 1SG pronouns in Japanese utilizing the analysis of naturally occurring conversational data. In Japanese, personal pronouns including first person are used infrequently, especially in spoken …

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Human Performance On Insight Problem Solving: A Review, Yun Chu, James N. Macgregor

The Journal of Problem Solving

No abstract provided.

The Utah Statesman, February 7, 2011, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

College Voice Vol. 35 No. 11, Connecticut College

2010-2011

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, February 6, 2011, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2011

No abstract provided.

Roger Williams University School Of Law "2011 Public Interest Auction" (2011), Roger Williams University School Of Law

School of Law Public Interest Auction

No abstract provided.

The Parthenon, February 4, 2011, Marshall University

The Parthenon

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Language And The Law, Yadira Calvo

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Business Innovation Group (Big) News, Georgia Southern University

Business Innovation Group: News & Publications

• Lynn Lilly Speaks in Entrepreneurship Classes

Breaking The Language Barrier: Health Care Quality, Efficiency And Saving Through Professional Medical Interpretation

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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February 2, 2011 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

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Why Lesbians And Gay Men Should Read Martha Fineman, Nancy D. Polikoff

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Why Lesbians And Gay Men Should Read Martha Fineman, Nancy D. Polikoff

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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The Symbolic Power Of Color: Constructions Of Race, Skin-Color, And Identity In Brazil, Marcia Mikulak

Anthropology Faculty Publications

Some current cultural anthropologists define race as a social construct, yet explorations of the socio-historical constructions that give form and structure to racial identities perpetuating notions of “race” are rarely discussed. This study explores the theory of racial formations proposed by Michael Omi and Howard Winant as it applies to Brazil’s racial project, arguing that Brazil’s rhetoric on race and national identity during the late 19th to early 20th century culminated in a racial project ultimately known as democracia racial. As a result, I propose that Brazilian racial consciousness is symbolically pluralistic, encompassing race, social class, and social position, generating …