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Religion Faculty Works

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A Trickster In Disguise: Reading A New Type Of Satan In 2 Corinthians, Miranda Julia Rutherford

Honors Papers

This paper examines three brief mentions of Satan in 2 Corinthians by comparing them with representations in two longer pseudepigraphal texts: the Testament of Job and the Greek Life of Adam and Eve. Although the Satan of 2 Corinthians is often read in tandem with other mentions of an apocalyptic evil figure, I argue that this Satan bears a greater resemblance to the Satan portrayed in the Testament and the Life. In these three texts, Satan's moral alignment is ambiguous: although he often acts for nefarious purposes, he does not oppose God on a cosmic scale as apocalyptic Satan figures …

Review Of "Wittgenstein And Natural Religion" By G. Graham, Richard Thomas Eldridge

Philosophy Faculty Works

According to this richer reading of Wittgenstein, practices and uses matter: [...]philosophical understanding of religion as a human phenomenon" [p. xii] must be neither an abstract, intellectual theology, nor a form of physical-material science that denies the existence of will and commitment, nor a non-critical acceptance of all sincerely passionate ritual.

Acknowledging The Moral Law, Richard Thomas Eldridge

Philosophy Faculty Works

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Leadership And Conflict Resolution On The Production Line, Patricia I. Fusch Ph.D., Gene E. Fusch Ph.D.

International Journal of Applied Management and Technology

Conflict between coworkers on the production line can be expensive as well as time consuming for companies. The business problem investigated in the study is the inability of supervisors on the production line to resolve conflict in nonunion companies, which, consequently, may lead to a drop in organizational productivity. Behaviors impacting shop floor productivity and performance were detected through miniethnographic and descriptive case study qualitative research methods through research of the production line leadership in a global company that manufactures kitchen and fireplace accessories. Results obtained from themes demonstrated that the production supervisor had some leader–member exchange leader characteristics including …

Doing Interview-Based Qualitative Research: A Learner's Guide, E. Magnusson, Jeanne Marecek

Psychology Faculty Works

For many students, the experience of learning about and using qualitative methods can be bewildering. This book is an accessible step-by-step guide to conducting interview-based qualitative research projects. The authors discuss the 'hows' and 'whys' of qualitative research, showing readers the practices as well as the principles behind them. The book first describes how to formulate research questions suited to qualitative inquiry. It then discusses in detail how to select and invite research participants into a study and how to design and carry out good interviews. It next presents several ways to analyze interviews and provides readers with many worked …

Washington University Magazine, Summer 2015

Washington University Magazine

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Radiant Heat Effects On Ceramic Artifacts From The American Southwest: From Experimental Results To Site Treatment Guidelines, Rebekah R. Kneifel

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Archaeological assemblages in the American Southwest are currently subjected to periodic wildfires and prescribed burns, and have been exposed to fires in the past. Ceramics are a key constituent of these assemblages, leading to questions regarding the effects of post-depositional heat exposure on pottery. Alterations of ceramic surface appearance and other attributes have been observed following wildfires, and such changes are significant because intact ceramics provide important temporal context and social information. Over the past 150 years, southwestern wildfires have shifted away from the historical high-frequency, low-severity regime; thus, cultural resources can be exposed to fires that are potentially more …

Profit Maximization And The Death Of God: Theology And Economics In Benedict Xvi's Charity In Truth, D. Stephen Long

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

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African Liberative Theologies, Joseph Ogbonnaya

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

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Foreword: Theorizing Contemporary Legal Thought, Justin Deystone, Duncan Kennedy

Publications

This is a co-authored foreword to a symposium in Law & Contemporary Problems titled "Theorizing Contemporary Legal Thought." It includes a discussion of the background of the project, a brief summary of the articles included in the issue, and a very short statement from Desautels-Stein and Kennedy on the "loss of faith" indicative of Contemporary Legal Thought.

The Zombie Lawyer Apocalypse, Peter H. Huang, Corie Rosen Felder

Publications

This Article uses a popular cultural framework to address the near-epidemic levels of depression, decision-making errors, and professional dissatisfaction that studies have documented are prevalent among law students and lawyers today.

Zombies present an apt metaphor for understanding and contextualizing the ills now common in the American legal and legal education systems. To explore that metaphor and its import, this Article will first establish the contours of the zombie literature and will apply that literature to the existing state of legal education and legal practice, ultimately describing a state that we believe can only be termed "the Zombie Lawyer Apocalypse." …

Konsep Sinkretisme Menurut Perspektif Islam : Kajian Terhadap Adat Dan Kepercayaan Masyarakat Kedayan / Ros Aiza Mohd Mokhtar, Ros Aiza Mohd Mokhtar

Student Works (2010-2019)

Kajian ini bertujuan menjelaskan konsep sinkretisme dari perspektif Barat dan Islam, fenomena sinkretisme dalam adat dan kepercayaan tradisi masyarakat Kedayan dan perspektif Islam mengenainya serta faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhinya. Pendekatan yang digunakan dalam kajian ini adalah metode campuran yang terdiri daripada pendekatan kualitatif iaitu etnografi dan pendekatan kuantitatif iaitu tinjauan. Kaedah pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah kepustakaan, pemerhatian ikut serta, temubual informan terpilih dan pengedaran soal selidik. Kajian kepustakaan penting bagi membentuk kerangka konsep iaitu menjelaskan sinkretisme dari sudut pandang Islam dengan mengemukakan dalil dan pandangan pemikir Islam. Pada dasarnya sinkretisme tidak dibenarkan oleh Islam, namun dalam konteks adat tradisi masyarakat, …

Method Of Problem Solving From Islamic Thought Perspective : A Case Study Of Sisters In Islam / Zuraidah Binti Senik @ Kamaruddin, Zuraidah Senik @ Kamaruddin

Student Works (2010-2019)

ZURAIDAH BINTI SENIK @ KAMARUDDIN. Method of Problem Solving from Islamic Thought Perspective: a Case Study of Sisters In Islam. Thesis, Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2015. The objectives of the study are: to illustrate Sisters In Islam as a women’s organisation in struggling for women’s rights to achieve its objectives; to analyze the method of problem solving deployed by SIS; and to critically evaluate the method of problem solving used by SIS from an Islamic thought perspective. In this study, the methods adopted are library research (content analysis; data analysis; data gathering; and comparative analysis) and …

The Metaphorical Meanings Of Hóng ‘Red’ And Bái ‘White’ In Chinese / Zheng Jie, Jie Zheng

Student Works (2010-2019)

Color is inhered in every aspect of human life and the perception of color is regarded as one of our most fundamental cognitive abilities. A color term may be used actively for conceptualizing subjective experiences and denoting abstract concepts. In this regard, a color metaphor comes into being. In recent years, research on color metaphors has gradually been enhanced in China. There have been studies on basic color terms metaphors, non-basic color terms metaphors, specific one color metaphors from various perspectives. This dissertation seeks to analyze and specify the metaphorical meanings of two frequently used color terms hóng ‘red’ and …

Think-Aloud Protocol Of Esl Undergraduates In Writing / Fong Seok Ching, Seok Ching Fong

Student Works (2010-2019)

This study investigates the cognitive processes of five Chinese ESL undergraduates from University of Malaya (UM) by using Think-Aloud Protocols (TAPs) as the main research tool. The participants of this study are Band Three achievers in Malaysian University English Test (MUET) and they are required to write formal and informal letters on different assigned time slots. Apart from TAPs, data are also collected through interview and questionnaires from the participants to triangulate the results of study. The data findings obtained have successfully answered the research questions and achieved the objectives of the study, i.e. (i) to identify the thought processes …

Pandangan Mb Hooker Terhadap Adat Di Tanah Melayu: Analisis Terhadap Buku Islamic Law In South-East Asia / Nurul Asmida Binti Saad, Saad Nurul Asmida

Student Works (2010-2019)

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Accountability, Vedic & Schumacher’S Philosophy And Autoethnography: An Advocation For Tax Relief For Sibling Caregivers In Malaysia / Siva Subramanian A.R. Nair, A.R. Nair Siva Subramanian

Student Works (2010-2019)

In line with its objective of being accountable to Malaysian society, the Government of Malaysia has shown full support for all efforts to enhance facilities for persons with disabilities and ensuring that these individuals are always well taken care of. This is evident from the enactment of the Persons with Disabilities Act 2008, and the signing of the instrument to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The government has recognised that caring for persons with disabilities is its responsibility but, judging from the sheer enormity of the number of such persons, this responsibility has …

The Effects Of Using Familiar Melodies In Melodic Interval Identification In Undergraduate Music Majors / Nur Lina Anuar, Anuar Nur Lina

Student Works (2010-2019)

Melodic dictation is an important part of most university-level aural skills curriculum. This skill is well esteemed for its ability to facilitate students translate the pitches and rhythms that they hear and visualize them on manuscript. Studies attempting to discover trends in strategy usage of successful dictation takers, however, have not yielded meaningful results. This study attempts to discover whether the use of familiar melodies in interval identification is effective for undergraduate music majors. Control and experimental groups consisted of 60 random samples in each group. Control group will receive no melodic reference to identify intervals, while the treatment group …

The Relationship Between Critical Thinking Ability And Vocabulary Learning Strategy Among Efl Learners / Noushin Boroushaki, Noushin Boroushaki

Student Works (2010-2019)

As an approach to learning, critical thinking is considered important in the field of education due to its possible effects on language learning (Villavicencio, 2011). Thus, the reasons behind the success and failure of EFL learners have provoked researchers to examine different aspects of the process. In language classrooms, the highest priority is assigned to developing the four language skills, with little attention to developing learners’ ability to thinking critically. Notwithstanding the fact that improving learners’ critical thinking ability in the course of learning will enable students to rely on their own decisions and thoughts regarding the strategies and techniques …

‘Malaysia My Second Home’ (Mm2h): Retirees’ Motivations, Satisfaction, And Post-Satisfaction Intentions / Wong Kee Mun, Kee Mun Wong

Student Works (2010-2019)

‘Malaysia My Second Home’ is an international retirement migration (IRM) programme aimed at attracting the lucrative retiree market to choose Malaysia as their residence. Despite the widely researched IRM studies in the Western context, limited knowledge is available on the participants’ motivation, satisfaction, and post-satisfaction intentions (i.e. exit, voice, loyalty, neglect). Relationships among variables have also not been empirically established. Using the Interdependence theory as theoretical underpinning, the study combines the push-pull motivation theory, perceived performance theory, transnationalism, and exit, voice, loyalty and neglect theory. The conceptualised model - Second Home Retirement (SHR) – is developed through a two-phase sequential …

Analisis Etnografi Dan Semiotik Sosial Pertuturan Masyarakat Seletar / Samsur Rijal Bin Yahaya, Samsur Rijal Yahaya

Student Works (2010-2019)

Penyelidikan mengenai bahasa-bahasa orang asli di seluruh dunia sebenarnya adalah suatu usaha untuk menyelamatkan bahasa-bahasa ini daripada diancam kepupusan. Namun begitu, usaha menyelamatkan sesuatu bahasa ini hanyalah merupakan salah satu daripada sekian banyak tujuan murni yang ada. Objektif kajian yang ingin dicapai ialah (1) untuk menghuraikan jenis-jenis wacana yang terdapat dalam pertuturan masyarakat Seletar, (2) untuk mendeskripsikan ketiga-tiga unsur gaya yang terdapat dalam pertuturan ini, dan (3) untuk menganalisis pertuturan masyarakat Seletar dari aspek modaliti, dan (4) untuk menghuraikan etnografi masyarakat Seletar. Penyelidikan ini menampilkan Teori Semotik Sosial, Etnografi, Demografi dan Visual Antropologi bagi memperolehi kajian yang holistic. Pembahasan mengenai …

On The Prevalence Of Communication And English Language Anxieties As Possible Antecedents Of Library Anxiety / Janaki Sinnasamy, Janaki Sinnasamy

Student Works (2010-2019)

Academic related anxieties are of relevant concern to libraries and librarians because substantial funds are spent annually to provide adequate information resources, services and facilities for students while the optimal use can be hindered by anxieties faced by students. Furthermore, a large portion of the print and electronic resources procured by the libraries are inevitably in the English language. Students in Malaysia who are non-native speakers of English are diversified in their competency of English language. At the University of Malaya, all undergraduates are required to register and pass the Information Skills Course since 1998. The mission is to produce …

Kitchen Gas Stove Table Top Height From Ergonomic Perspective For Elderly In Malaysia / Ruhaizin Sulaiman, Ruhaizin Sulaiman

Student Works (2010-2019)

Malaysia is expected to become an aged society by year 2020, hence there is a need to prolong the independency of its senior citizens by improving their residential environment. This thesis aimed to increase elderly independency and their quality of life by ergonomic means to let them live independently as long as possible. The main research question is; what is the role of ergonomics in enhancing comfort perception for improving residential built environment for the Malaysian elderly population? Besides this main research question, there are four sub-research questions in this study namely; what is the present state of living among …

Teachers’ Understanding Of Imago Dei, Beverley Norsworthy, Christina Belcher

International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal

Often education is viewed pragmatically as that of preparing students for life as employees. Another view is that education is about enabling human beings to flourish. The pragmatic and flourishing paradox has consequences for national citizenship. For Christian teachers, critical to such an approach would be the manner in which their teaching practice is informed and shaped by a Christian worldview. Such shaping involves an applied knowledge with reference to understanding people, and particularly students as “Imago Dei.” This research presents a pilot study in which 120 teachers in Christian schools in New Zealand and Canada were invited, via an …

Javan Gibbon (Hylobates Moloch) Non-Vocal Social Communication And Gesture Use With Conspecifics, Melanie Bell

All Master's Theses

I explored gestures used by captive Javan gibbons (Hylobates moloch) at the Gibbon Conservation Center (Santa Clarita, CA). I hypothesized that a sender gibbon’s gesture modality would vary with the recipient gibbon’s attentional state and the sender would be equally likely to use all modalities (tactile, visual, actions, and facial expressions) when the recipient was attending (facing the sender), but would use more tactile gestures and actions when the recipient was non-attending (oriented away from the sender). I collected data from 10 individuals using all-occurrences sampling and an ethogram to score behaviors from video recordings. In 1,143 interactions, …

Female Social Connectivity Through The Leadership And Movement Progression Of Tibetan Macaques At Mt. Huangshan, China, Gregory P. Fratellone

All Master's Theses

The present study investigates the leadership and progression of collective movements of Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) found in Mt. Huangshan, China. I gathered information on their movements and social networks through all-occurrence, focal and scan sampling. I hypothesize that high-ranking females lead more collective movements than males as they have highly structured social bonds. I also predict that movements weighted by female presence are more efficient as societies are matrilineally structured and females are more socially connected. There were a total of 128 successful collective movements recorded over a 2-month period. There was no significant effect of sex, …

Using Particle Size Analysis To Separate The Deposition Of A Bonebed And Artifact At The Wenas Creek Mammoth Site, Genevieve Brown

All Master's Theses

The 2005 discovery of a 17,000 year old mammoth bonebed in close proximity to a possible artifact at the Wenas Creek Mammoth Site (WCMS) brought with it the question of whether the bones and artifact were actually deposited together. If the two are associated, the WCMS would qualify as a Pre-Clovis site, a title given to just a handful of proven archaeological sites in North America, though claimed for numerous more. A close interval particle size analysis was performed on 2 column samples from the WCMS with the intention of identifying microstratification that would separate the bonebed from the artifact. …

Determination Of Site Functionality And Subsistence Patterns At The Bray Archaeological Site (45pi1276) In Edgewood, Washington, David J. Sheldon

All Master's Theses

Resource intensification, or the logistical approach to the mass capture and extension of food resources through storage, is first evident for marine resources of the Northwest Coast during the Locarno Beach Phase (LBP) (ca. 3,500 BP to ca. 2,400 BP). Plant resource intensification is evident by 4,000 BP within the interior of the Pacific Northwest, but until recently there has been little evidence to support early intensification of plant use in the Puget Sound during the LBP. Test excavations conducted as part of a damage assessment of the Bray Site indicated that the site may contain the earliest known evidence …

Rediscovering An Upland Site: The Manastash Pines (45kt346) Kittitas County, Washington, Christopher J. Moose

All Master's Theses

The Manastash Pines site (45KT346) was excavated in 1979 and 1980 by Dr. James Alexander as part of a Central Washington University (CWU) field school. The excavation included 63 units (1 x 1 m) and three trenches, collecting lithics, fauna, charcoal, and sediment samples. The recovered artifacts were set aside to be analyzed at a later time. Starting in 2012, as part of a larger CWU project revisiting prior university excavations, I catalogued over 18,000 artifacts, scanned excavation records, and analyzed all of the fauna and a sample of the lithics from the site. A total of 2,586 faunal specimens …