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A Poetics Of Space: Opening Up A World Through Vessel Metaphors In Modern And Contemporary Poetry, Lili Pariser

Honors Papers

This project follows the strangely consistent fascination in modern and contemporary poetry with vessel objects. From Wallace Stevens' "jar [placed] in Tennessee," to "That vase" of Philip Larkin or James Merrill's "clear vase of dry leaves vibrating on and on," even so far back in literary history as the shapely "Grecian Urn" of John Keats' famous ode among numerous others, the genre is teeming with vessels. I argue that these kinds of objects open up distinctive possibilities for poetic exploration because of the unique way that they engage with space. Consequently, by using these objects as metaphors, poets are able …

Therapeutic Communication From A Constructionist Standpoint, Kenneth J. Gergen, M. M. Gergen

Psychology Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

The Meaning And Experiences Of Healthy Eating In Mexican American Children: A Focused Ethnography, Alicia Kay Ribar

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose

The purpose of this focused ethnography is to understand the meaning and cultural influences of healthy eating and the role of nursing in the promotion of healthy eating practices from the Mexican American child's point of view.

Background

No current studies directly measure the meaning of healthy eating from the Mexican American child's perspective. Mexican American children have a unique perspective and understanding of the meaning of healthy eating and can help identify cultural norms and other factors that may be vital in directing culturally appropriate health promotion interventions.

Research Design

A focused ethnography method using Leininger's four phases …

Developing Fine Motor Skills In Preschool Age Children, Linnea Starkey

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Based on the findings of the literature review, fine motor skills are an important skill to develop during the preschool years. Marr, Cermak, Cohan and Henderson (2003) described the importance of fine motor skills to engage in valued occupations in addition to educational activities. A child's occupations that demand fine motor skills may be dressing, tying shoes, play, among other daily tasks. If a child has difficulty with fine motor skills it could have a negative outcome on their daily lives and how they perform in school. Children who have difficulty coordinating the small muscle groups in their hands have …

Electronic Discovery And The Constitution: Inaccessible Justice, Jennifer M. Smith

Journal Publications

Computers are the cynosure of American society. As a result, most information is stored electronically and only a small amount of information ever becomes a paper document. This explosion of electronically stored information has affected every aspect of society, including the court system. Litigation is drastically different than a few years ago due to this onset of electronically stored information. The discovery of electronically stored information in litigation has become known as electronic discovery. For many, electronic discovery is expensive and complicated, and thus, litigants are settling frivolous cases to avoid the costs and complexities of engaging in discovery to …

Getting Real About Legal Realism, New Legal Realism, And Clinical Legal Education, Katherine R. Kruse

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Frequency Of Generic And Nongeneric Praise In The Sports And Academic Settings, Edwin G. Ortiz

McNair Scholars Journal

The link between praise and motivation is well-documented. Generic praise focuses on a child’s traits and abilities and implies that achievement is due to stable factors such as intelligence. Nongeneric praise focuses on the effort the child exerts to achieve a goal and implies that achievement is due to nonstable factors. Generic praise influences goals for achievement by conveying to the child that outperforming others is more important than self-improvement. A performance goal is associated with negative outcomes for children such as the development of helpless responses and attributions of ability to explain success, which lead to decreased motivation in …

From The African American Oral Tradition To Slam Poetry: Rhetoric And Stylistics, Shawnkeisha Stoudamire

McNair Scholars Journal

Slam poetry is one of the most recent cultural innovations of African Americans. As with many cultural innovations, the artistry of slam poetry is undervalued while its entertainment appeal is overvalued. Although slam poetry’s artistry lies in both verbal and non-verbal aspects of performance, this research project focuses mainly on selected verbal features of slam poetry. This research seeks to balance the artistic and entertainment appeal of contemporary slam poetry by demonstrating that its verbal features derive from a linguistic heritage in early forms of Black English vernacular oral storytelling and from new styles of performance poetry produced by African …

Supplement

McNair Scholars Journal

No abstract provided.

The Friendly Yeti, Daniel S. Capper

Faculty Publications

Most images of yetis in Western popular culture and scholarly literature portray them as secular, predatory monsters. These representations overlook important religious dimensions of yetis that are hidden in the current literature, so I take a new look at yetis in Tibetan religions in order to clarify our understanding of these legendary creatures. Following a phenomenological approach that sets aside the issue of the ontological existence of yetis, I examine texts, art, ritual, and folklore in order to propose four yeti personal ideal types: the Buddhist practitioner, the human religious ally, the friendly yeti, and the mountain deity yeti. These …

Student And Teacher Perceptions Of Motivational Strategies In The Foreign Language Classroom, Ashley Ruesch, Jennifer Brown, Dan Dewey

Faculty Publications

The present paper reports on a study that builds upon Do¨rnyei and Csize´r’s and Cheng and Do¨rnyei’s research on the teaching practices foreign language instructors consider most motivational. The study utilized an instrument based on that of Do¨rnyei and Csize´r, but changed the cultural context in which the survey was administered (North America) and added the perspective of foreign language students. The results of the study offer further support to the findings of the earlier studies. Findings also suggest additional cross-cultural differences in perceptions of motivational teaching practices. Furthermore, the present study underscores the importance of including students’ perspectives on …

“Only If”: Lutheran Identity In Canada, Karen Kuhnert

Consensus

No abstract provided.

Three Prehistoric Inventions That Shaped Us, Glen Nelson

Consensus

Title: Three prehistoric inventions that shaped us Author: David Martel Johnson Publisher: New York: Peter Lang, 2011. ISBN: 9781453901571

2012-2013 Course Catalog, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of The Registrar

University of Montana Course Catalogs, 1895-2024

An annual catalog of courses and course descriptions offered at the University of Montana.

Low-Stakes, Reflective Writing: Moving Students Into Their Professional Fields, Joyce Neff, Garrett J. Mcauliffe, Carl Whithaus, Nial P. Quinlan

English Faculty Publications

This study examines low-stakes, written commentaries from a graduate counseling course to better understand the role writing plays in the transition from being a student to becoming a professional practitioner. The cross disciplinary research team used methods from Grounded Theory to analyze 60 commentaries and found that: (1) low-stakes, reflective writing revealed changes in self-awareness from Situational Self-Knowledge to Pattern Self-Knowledge (Weinstein & Alschuler, 1985); (2) low-stakes writing provided evidence of students connecting personally to learning and then connecting learning to professional practice; and (3) low-stakes writing encouraged the instructor to make mid-course adjustments to his teaching methods. This study …

Beyond Ecumenical Dialogue, Thomas Hughson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Regularizations Of Undocumented Residents In Spain And The Underground Economy: Insight For United States Policy Makers, Jon R. Davis

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

There were an estimated 11 million undocumented residents in the United States in 2010. The issue of undocumented migration and how it should be addressed is a contentious topic in the United States. However, the discussions about how to address illegal migration into the United States rarely include any comparisons to other measures that have been taken in other countries. There are many countries, such as Spain, that have large undocumented resident populations.

This analysis looks at policies that have been enacted in Spain since 1985 to enable undocumented residents to receive legal resident status, referred to as regularizations and …

Policy Outcomes In Indonesia Before And After Democratization, Aung Kyaw Phyo

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

Different types of regimes face different political situations and have different incentives to pursue different policies. In this paper, I am examining whether there are any differences in economic and social policy outcomes under democracy and dictatorship in Indonesia. The study is divided into two periods. The first period covers the authoritarian rule of President Suharto(1966 to 1998) and the second period covers the new democratic government(1999 to 2010). I set out by analyzing the rules used in distinguishing democracy from dictatorship and discussing the process by which Suharto's regime was categorized as a dictatorship and the Indonesian government after …

Religious Arbitration In The United States And Canada, Nicholas Walter

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Minority Coalition's Burden Of Proof Under Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act, Chelsea J. Hopkins

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Divinity Of Christ And Social Justice, Thomas Hughson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Paul’S Witness To Biblical Monotheism As Isaiah’S Servant In Acts, William Kurz

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

It is an honor to submit an essay for this Festschrift for Father Frank Matera, who contributes so much to our professional lives as scholar and colleague. Because of his solicitude for elaborating responsible theological approaches to Scripture based on scholarly historical and literary foundations, I dedicate to him these theological investigations into the significance of monotheism in Paul’s Gentile mission in Acts. How does the mission of the Servant of God in Isaiah influence the portrayal in Acts of Paul’s witness to the one living God and rejection of pagan idolatry and worship?

The Practice Of Relational Talk In Meetings / Diana Ong Mei Li, Diana Mei Li Ong

Student Works (2010-2019)

This study explores how participants do relational work at managerial meetings to achieve their objectives. Drawing on data recorded in managerial meetings in Kuala Lumpur, this study explores how participants manoeuvre their interaction according to the norms and expectations in the workplace and at the same time achieving their objectives. Four days of formal meetings were recorded. Seven participants representing the customer side discussed their company’s issues with the appointed vendor who was represented by one member. The meetings were conducted by non-native speakers of English who frequently code-switched from Bahasa Malaysia to English in a local Malaysian setting attended …

Perbandingan Padanan Terjemahan Kata Preposis Dalam Novel 'Memoirs Of A Geisha' Dan 'Kenang-Kenangan Seorang Geisha' / Leong Suk Cheng, Suk Cheng Leong

Student Works (2010-2019)

No abstract provided.

Isu “Al-Lafz Wa Al-Makna” Dan “Al-Makna Wa Almaghza”: Satu Kajian Perbandingan / Che Mohd Altarmizi Che Yusoff, Che Yusoff Che Mohd Altarmizi

Student Works (2010-2019)

No abstract provided.

Neuro-Fuzzy Based Hybrid Method For Modeling And Control Of Ph Neutralization / Mohd Fauzi Zanil, Zanil Mohd Fauzi

Student Works (2010-2019)

The pH neutralization is regarded as one of the fundamental parts of industrial chemical process. In electrochemical industry for example, heavy metals must be recovered (by reducing the solubility of the metals) from waste streams by controlling the pH value to prevent polluting the environment. The pH neutralization shows strong nonlinear characteristics because of feed condition. Theoretically, the nonlinear effects for this process come from negative logarithm of ionic hydrogen, where process dynamic occurs when the hydrogen ions increase or decrease during neutralization process and because of dynamic nonlinearity called the ‘‘S-shape’’ curve which consists of extreme sensitivity and insensitivity …

Humour In Meetings: A Study Of Power And Solidarity In The Malaysian Academic Context / Nor Azikin Mohd Omar, Mohd Omar Nor Azikin

Student Works (2010-2019)

This study examines the linguistic features that describe the functions of humour associated with power and solidarity in a particular workplace settings referred to as NAS. The purpose of this study is to investigate the nature of humour that is manifested in tandem with the concept of power and solidarity in symmetrical and asymmetrical positions during academic management meetings. Moreover, the aim of the study is to ascertain the turn taking patterns accompanying humour in these respective meetings. The parameters of this study are confined to the different rankings of the participants who utilise humour either to be used for …

Assessing And Giving Feedback To Students' Written Work : An Expert-Novice Study Using Verbal Protocol Analysis / Clarence Jerry, Clarence Jerry

Student Works (2010-2019)

The study aimed to examine and gain insight on how the practice of the expert raters in assessing and giving feedback on students’ writing can be translated into a mental model that can be used in training to help the novice raters acquire the skill of an expert rater in assessing ESL students’ writing effectively. The study was carried out in two phases. In phase one, the study contributes to the body of knowledge by uncovering the cognitive difference between the expert and novice raters while assessing and giving feedback on students’ writing. The transcripts of verbal protocol Analysis (VPA) …

Architectural Typological Study Of Coral Stone Mosques Of Maldives / Mohamed Mauroof Jameel, Mohamed Mauroof Jameel

Student Works (2010-2019)

Coral stone mosques of Maldives are ancient mosques assembled using finely shaped interlocking 'porite' coral stone from the reef, that have architectural features with coral carvings and detailed lacquer work. These mosques are among the earliest surviving buildings in the country where its cultural heritage is vanishing fast due to rapid changes and development. Little is known about these mosques, and the purpose of this research is to identify the surviving mosques, their state of condition, the influences in their evolution, and to establish a typology in terms of architectural features. The research uses qualitative research methods with multiple surveys …

Analisis Kontrastif Struktur Asas Ayat Bahasa Arab Dan Melayu / Baharuddin Shahman, Shahman Baharuddin

Student Works (2010-2019)

The topic studied is about “ BASIC STRUCTURAL CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF ARABIC AND MALAY SENTENCES ” , is subject that important to find any similarities and differences between both of those languages. This results of this servay could add more understanding and mastery of Arabic as second language beside their mother tongue. This study aimed to proffer clearer exposure and deep understanding to students and teachers of basic structure between Arabic and Malay language. However, the study is especially to explan the basic Arabic sentences, and explaining the basic forms of the Malay language, identify similarity and the differences between …