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John Donne: Essays in Celebration (A. J. Smith) (Reviewed by Arthur F. Marotti, Wayne State University)

Samuel Johnson and Neoclassical Dramatic Theory: The Intellectual Context of the "Preface to Shakespeare" (R. D. Stock) (Reviewed by Eugene Hnatko, State University College, Cortland, New York)

The Spanish Plays of Neoclassical England (John Loftis) (Reviewed by Eugene Hnatko, State University College, Cortland, New York)

Keats the Poet (Stuart M. Sperry) (Reviewed by Barry Gradman, Wayne State University)

On Modern German Literature (Paul Konrad Kurz) (Reviewed by Robert Spaethling, University of Massachusetts at Boston)

Franz Kafka (Ronald Gray) (Reviewed by Stanley Corngold, Princeton University)

College Life As Reality Tv: Embrace Your New Alliance, David J. Silva

Linguistics & TESOL Faculty Publications & Presentations - Archive

Faculty speaker’s remarks for the 2012 MavsMeet Convocation

Efficient And Effective Funding Of Open Access 'Books', Frances Pinter, Sanford G. Thatcher, Ramune K. Kubilius

Charleston Library Conference

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Creating A Trillion-Field Catalog: Metadata In Google Books, Jon Orwant, Anna Fleming

Charleston Library Conference

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I Hear The Train A Comin' - Live, Greg Tananbaum, Joseph J. Esposito, Ramune K. Kubilius

Charleston Library Conference

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Imagination (Mary Warnock) (Reviewed by Lilian R. Furst, University of Texas at Dallas)

Language Truth and Poetry: Notes towards a Philosophy of Literature (Graham Durstan Martin) (Reviewed by Michael McCanles, Marquette University)

Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture (John G. Cawelti) (Reviewed by Albert D. Hutter, University of California, Los Angeles)

George Crabble's Poetry (Peter New) (Reviewed by R. L. Chamberlain, Grand Valley State College)

The Romantic Sublime: Studies in the Structure and Psychology of Transcendence (Thomas Weiskel) (Reviewed by Daniel Hughes, Wayne State University)

F. O. Matthiessen: The Critical Achievement (Giles Gunn) (Reviewed by …

Dominican Names Provost, Senior Assistant To President, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Dr. Weisler comes to Dominican from Hampshire College, where he is a professor of Linguistics and has served in numerous leadership roles, including Dean of Enrollment and Assessment, Dean of Academic Development, and Dean of Cognitive Science. Dr. Weisler also serves as Research Fellow with the New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability in Washington, D.C.

August 20, 2012: Herbert Scott Legacy Fund & New Issues Summer Celebration, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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Social Communication And Theory Of Mind In Boys With Autism And Fragile X Syndrome, Jessica Klusek

Faculty Publications

Impairments in the social use of language, or pragmatics, constitute a core characteristic of autism. Problems with pragmatic language have also been documented in fragile X syndrome (FXS), a monogenic condition that is the most common known genetic cause of autism. Evidence suggests that social cognitive ability, or theory of mind, may also be impaired in both conditions, and in autism, may importantly relate to pragmatic language ability. Given the substantial overlap observed in autism and FXS, this study aimed to better define those social-communicative phenotypes that overlap in these two conditions by comparing pragmatic language ability and theory of …

Social Communication And Theory Of Mind In Boys With Autism And Fragile X Syndrome, Molly Losh, Gary E. Martin, Jessica Klusek, Abigail L. Hogan-Brown, John Sideris

Faculty Publications

Impairments in the social use of language, or pragmatics, constitute a core characteristic of autism. Problems with pragmatic language have also been documented in fragile X syndrome (FXS), a monogenic condition that is the most common known genetic cause of autism. Evidence suggests that social cognitive ability, or theory of mind, may also be impaired in both conditions, and in autism, may importantly relate to pragmatic language ability. Given the substantial overlap observed in autism and FXS, this study aimed to better define those social-communicative phenotypes that overlap in these two conditions by comparing pragmatic language ability and theory of …

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, August 19, 2012, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2012

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Deafdigest: Blue Edition, August 19, 2012, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2012

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A Daunting Journey

News Releases

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Choreography And Performance With Deaf Adults Who Have Mental Illness: Culturally Affirmative Participatory Research, Sondra H. Malling

Creative Arts Therapies Theses

Dance/movement therapy (DMT) techniques—particularly choreography and performance techniques—have not been well-researched with Deaf adults who have mental illness. This study investigated the use of DMT, choreography, and performance techniques with Deaf adults with severe and chronic mental illness through participatory artistic inquiry. Primary research questions addressed pragmatic matters of participatory artistic inquiry: What aesthetic choices will the co-researchers make in the dance-making process? How does the researcher provide structure and incorporate her experience as a choreographer without overshadowing the contributions of the co-researchers? Broader philosophical research questions included: How do choreography and performance techniques impact this population’s well-being? How does …

College Of Behavioral And Social Sciences News, Georgia Southern University

College of Behavioral & Social Sciences: News & Publications (2012-2022)

• Internationally Acclaimed Author to Visit Georgia Southern University

Perceptual Mismatches In A University English As A Second Language Classroom, Kristine A. Adams

Linguistics

This study investigates perceptual mismatches in a university English as a second language classroom. Perceptual Mismatches in the classroom are a failure on the part of teachers and students to understand or interpret something the same way. These mismatches can lead to missed learning opportunities that impede teaching and learning. The purpose of this teacher research was to identify mismatches in a university ESL classroom in the U.S. This course was designed for Chinese degree completion students. Data was collected via questionnaires, interviews, dialogue journals, and observations. The results of this study show a tendency in mismatches between teachers and …

Barriers To Graduation: An Examination Of First-Generation College Students, Sarah M. Smith

Communication

The college experience of first- generation college students is unique in comparison to their peers. Many students do not have the support from their family and require help in the navigation of college life. Student Support Services, a federally funded TRIO program helps students successfully graduate with a bachelor's degree. Qualitative interviews were conducted on ten undergraduate students at UAF who were labeled as first-generation college students. All ten students were active participants in Student Support Services at the University of Alaska Fairbanks during the time of the interview. A thematic analysis produced six emergent themes. It was found that …

Contemporary Inuit Political Identity And Transnational Processes, Cori D. Bender

Anthropology

Understanding how local political identities are shaped by transnational networks can produce insight into the relationships among global processes, local identities, and the state. This ethnographic exploration of circumpolar transnational processes provides an understanding of the social and cultural factors influencing political identity among the Inuit of the United States. I ask how the local Alaska branch of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC-AK) connects to a broader transnational Indigenous network, and how those networks influence Inuit political identity locally and globally. The following thesis suggests that, despite an increase in cultural influences across national borders due to globalization, political identities …

Visualizing Second Language Learning: A Microgenetic Case Study Using Pantomime Comics For Adult Esl Students, Daniel J. Darrow

Linguistics

Comics are regularly used in language classrooms. Most language teachers and researchers in applied linguistics justify the use of comics through individual characteristics such as motivation, humor, and aiding comprehension. Some studies use comics in social settings, but do not consider the images as a significant factor in language development. This study investigates the effectiveness of instruction using pantomime comics on both language acquisition and language development for adult English as second language (ESL) students. A mixed methods approach is employed to investigate individual acquisition and language development during a collaborative task. Analyses of written tests, transcriptions, and audio/video data …

Youth Creating Sustainable Communities In Rural Alaska, Irmelin Gram-Hanssen

Arctic and Northern Studies

In this thesis I discuss the ability of the people of Igiugig to define their strengths and vulnerabilities as a village, and their ability to create innovative solutions in their conscious efforts to become a more sustainable village now and in the future. I argue that this process provides the village of Igiugig with a high degree of self-determination and increases its ability to move into the future on its own terms rather than terms defined solely by world politics and economics. A key component of Igiugig's process of becoming more sustainable is the accommodation and empowerment of its youth. …

Unreason, Love, And Un-Becoming Queer, Renée C. Hoogland

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Mad for Foucault: Rethinking the Foundations of Queer Theory by Lynne Huffer. Gender and Culture series. New York City: Columbia University Press, 2009. Pp. 376, 10 illustrations. $84.50 cloth, $27.50 paper.

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Charles Olson: Call Him Ishmael (Paul Christensen) (Reviewed by Marjorie Perloff, University of Southern California)

Charles Olson: The Scholar's Art (Robert von Hallberg) (Reviewed by Marjorie Perloff, University of Southern California)

Olson's Push: Origin, Black Mountain and Recent American Poetry (Sherman Paul) (Reviewed by Marjorie Perloff, University of Southern California)

The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response (Wolfgang Iser) (Reviewed by Wallace Martin, University of Toledo)

The Failure of Criticism (Eugene Goodheart) (Reviewed by Michael Grimaud, Wellesley College)

What is Literature? (Paul Hernadi) (Reviewed by Michael Grimaud, Wellesley College)

The Sceptical Vision of Moliere (Robert McBride) (Reviewed by …

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Subject Criticism (David Bleich) (Reviewed by Mark Shechner, State University of New York-Buffalo)

Psychoanalysis, Creativity, and Literatzwe: A French-American Inquiry (Alan Roland) (Reviewed by Murray M. Schwartz, Center for the Psychological Study of the Arts, State University of New York, Buffalo)

Change and Decline: Roman Literature in the Early Empire (Gordon Williams) (Reviewed by K. R. Walters, Wayne State University)

The Song of Roland: An Analytical Edition (2 vols.) (Gerard J. Brault) (Reviewed by Elizabeth S. Sklar, Wayne State University)

Rhetorical Norms in Renaissance Literature (William J. Kennedy) (Reviewed by Thomas O. Sloane, The University of California, Berkeley)

Whatever happened …

College Of Behavioral And Social Sciences News, Georgia Southern University

College of Behavioral & Social Sciences: News & Publications (2012-2022)

• Georgia Southern University student Christopher Combs to receive scholarship for ‘moving’ work

Arts & Humanities News, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities: News & Publications (2009-2023)

• Georgia Southern University student Christopher Combs to receive scholarship for ‘moving’ work

Book Reviews, Criticism Editors

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Unsuspected Eloquence: A History of the Relations between Poetry and Music (James Anderson Winn) (Reviewed by Andrew J. Sabol, Brown University)

Semiotics and Interpretation (Robert Scholes) (Reviewed by Nancy Armstrong, Wayne State University)

The Art of Laughter (Neil Schaeffer) (Reviewed by Richard Keller Simon, University of Texas, Austin)

Discovering the Comic (George McFadden) (Reviewed by Richard Keller Simon, University of Texas, Austin)

Laughing, A Psychology of Humor (Norman H. Holland) (Reviewed by Richard Keller Simon, University of Texas, Austin)

Poetics of the Holy: A Reading of Paradise Lost (Michael Lieb) (Reviewed by Boyd Berry, Virginia Commonwealth University)

Edwardian Fiction (Jefferson …

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A General Rhetoric (J. Dubois, F. Edeline, J.-M. Klinkenberg, P. Minguet, F. Pire, H. Trinon) (Reviewed by Roger Fowler, University of East Anglia)

Saving the Text: Litererture/Derrida/Philosophy (Geoffrey H. Hartman) (Reviewed by Robert Moynihan, State University College of New York, Oneonta)

Endlesse Worke: Spenser and the Structures of Discourse (Jonathan Goldberg) (Reviewed by Michael McCanlse, Marquette University)

Romantics, Rebels and Reactiona1ies, English Literature and its Backg;round 1760-1830 (Marilyn Butler) (Reviewed by Michael Scrivner, Wayne State University)

The Trans-parent: Sexual Politics in the Language of Emerson (Eric Cheyfitz) (Reviewed by Kerry Charles Larson, University of Michigan)

Joyce's Cities: Archaeologies of the …

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The Poetics ot Indeterminacy: Rimbaud to Cage (Marjorie Perloff) (Reviewed by Wendy Steiner, University of Pennsylvania)

The Monstrous Races in Medieval Art and Thought (John Block Friedman) (Reviewed by Lee W. Patterson, The John Hopkins University)

The Anti-Theatrical Prejudice (Jonas Barish) (Reviewed by Jackson I. Cope, University of Southern California)

Narrative and its Discontents: Problems of Closure in tbe Traditional Novel (D. A. Miller) (Reviewed by Walter L. Reed, University of Texas)

Closure in the Novel (Marianna Torgovnick) (Reviewed by Walter L. Reed, University of Texas)

The Life in the Fiction of Ford M. Ford (Thomas C. Moser) (Reviewed by …

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Renaissance Self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare (Stephen Greenblatt) (Reviewed by Louis Adrian Montrose, University of California, San Diego)

Milton and the Martial Muse: Paradise Lost and the European Traditions of War (James A. Freeman) (Reviewed by Stella P. Revard, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville)

The Political Unconscious: Narrative as a Socially Symbolic Act (Fredric Jameson) (Reviewed by David Punter, University of East Anglia)

Comic Faith: The Great Tradition from Austen to Joyce (Robert M. Polhemus) (Reviewed by Roger B. Henkle, Brown University)

Free Verse: An Essay on Prosody (Charles O. Hartman) (Reviewed by Andrew Welsh, Rutgers University)

Interpretation: An Essay in …