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American: (Adj.) Of Or Pertaining To North Or South America, Christiana Frisby Jan 2015

American: (Adj.) Of Or Pertaining To North Or South America, Christiana Frisby

Whittier Scholars Program

This senior project outlines the relationship between those living in the Americas and those living within the United States of America, as well as the overall view of the United States from those who live outside of it but within the Americas. The author used a combination of semi-structured interviews, informal interviews, jottings, journaling, and a free listing exercise on a variety of participants to understand their perspectives. She also uses secondary source from the Pew Research Center’s Global Indicators Database to gain a bigger sample size of information.

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The Myth Of The Drunken Mistake: Theorizing Narratives Of Resistance To Campus Rape Culture, Bea Fonseca Jan 2015

The Myth Of The Drunken Mistake: Theorizing Narratives Of Resistance To Campus Rape Culture, Bea Fonseca

Whittier Scholars Program

This project explores how the practices of narrative and storytelling can be a crucial act of building power for students on college campuses. The Scholar’s hope for this project is that it becomes a tool for campus anti-rape activists as they fight for institutions free of gender-based violence. The Scholar lays out an ethical argument against administrative justifications of rape and explains the vital role of narrative.

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Winter 2015, Seattle University Jan 2015

Winter 2015, Seattle University

Seattle University Magazine

No abstract provided.

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Better Knowledge With Social Media? Exploring The Roles Of Social Capital And Organizational Knowledge Management, Pratyush Bharati, Wei Zhang, Abhijit Chaudhury Jan 2015

Better Knowledge With Social Media? Exploring The Roles Of Social Capital And Organizational Knowledge Management, Pratyush Bharati, Wei Zhang, Abhijit Chaudhury

Management Science and Information Systems Faculty Publication Series

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore social media’s impact on organizational knowledge quality through the theoretical lens of social capital and resource exchange. Design/methodology/approach – Theory-confirming, quantitative study using panel data collected through web-based survey Findings – The results show that while social media affect structural capital and cognitive capital directly, it only affects relational capital indirectly through structural and cognitive capital. Moreover, overall social media and the enhanced social capital do help promote organizational efforts in knowledge management, which subsequently leads to higher level of organizational knowledge quality. Research limitations/implications – All survey respondents were …

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Re-Envisioning Community-Wildfire Relations In The U.S. West As Adaptive Governance, Jesse B. Abrams, Melanie Knapp, Travis B. Paveglio, Autumn Ellison, Cassandra Moseley, Max Nielsen-Pincus, Matthew S. Carroll Jan 2015

Re-Envisioning Community-Wildfire Relations In The U.S. West As Adaptive Governance, Jesse B. Abrams, Melanie Knapp, Travis B. Paveglio, Autumn Ellison, Cassandra Moseley, Max Nielsen-Pincus, Matthew S. Carroll

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Prompted by a series of increasingly destructive, expensive, and highly visible wildfire crises in human communities across the globe, a robust body of scholarship has emerged to theorize, conceptualize, and measure community-level resilience to wildfires. To date, however, insufficient consideration has been given to wildfire resilience as a process of adaptive governance mediated by institutions at multiple scales. Here we explore the possibilities for addressing this gap through an analysis of wildfire resilience among wildland-urban interface communities in the western region of the United States. We re-engage important but overlooked components of social-ecological system resilience by situating rural communities within …

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Herbert Spencer And His American Audience, Joel F. Yoder Jan 2015

Herbert Spencer And His American Audience, Joel F. Yoder

Dissertations

The philosopher Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) is little remembered today, but in the late nineteenth century he was a world-renowned figure and widely read. Spencer was popular in his native England, but even more highly regarded in America. Modern scholars generally understand this popularity as stemming from Spencer’s social Darwinism—that is, his belief that natural selection does and should operate on humans to improve mankind. On the other hand, many of those who have studied Spencer’s work claim that he was not a social Darwinist at all. It is my contention that Spencer was a social Darwinist, but that other aspects …

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Community Detection Using Efficient Modularity Optimization Method: Labelmod With Single And Multi-Layer Graphs, Seokhun Bang Jan 2015

Community Detection Using Efficient Modularity Optimization Method: Labelmod With Single And Multi-Layer Graphs, Seokhun Bang

Open Access Theses

Graph clustering is a field of study that helps reveal characteristics of communities. Systems can be viewed as networks and form communities in various areas such as biology, computer science, engineering, economics, and politics. A clustering algorithm is a tool that detects communities and it can be also considered as a pre-processing step to study the characteristics of detected communities. Many efforts were made to develop a well performing clustering algorithm in different types of networks. In recent literature, a concept of multi-layer graphs emerged, and clustering algorithms are being developed to detect communities in the multi-layer graphs. In this …

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Community Detection Using Efficient Modularity Optimization Method: Labelmod With Single And Multi-Layer Graphs, Seokhun Bang Jan 2015

Community Detection Using Efficient Modularity Optimization Method: Labelmod With Single And Multi-Layer Graphs, Seokhun Bang

Open Access Theses

Graph clustering is a field of study that helps reveal characteristics of communities. Systems can be viewed as networks and form communities in various areas such as biology, computer science, engineering, economics, and politics. A clustering algorithm is a tool that detects communities and it can be also considered as a pre-processing step to study the characteristics of detected communities. Many efforts were made to develop a well performing clustering algorithm in different types of networks. In recent literature, a concept of multi-layer graphs emerged, and clustering algorithms are being developed to detect communities in the multi-layer graphs. In this …

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Communal Division And Constitutional Changes In Colonial Fiji, 1959-1970, Donald D. Johnson Jan 2015

Communal Division And Constitutional Changes In Colonial Fiji, 1959-1970, Donald D. Johnson

Open Access Theses

This essay examines the role of communal division in changes to Fiji’s constitution during the decade prior to Fiji becoming an independent state. Amicable relations between indigenous Fijians and Indians who migrated under indentured servitude began to crack in 1959 and broke open during political negotiations and the constitutional conference of the 1965. The subsequent election in 1966 solidified the political gains of fledgling parties and entrenched communal divides between the pro-Indian National Federation Party and the Alliance Party, theoretically race neutral, representing the interests of Fijians. By 1969 the political calculus of both the National Federation Party and the …

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An Overview Of The Physical And Non-Physical Health Effects Of Marathon Running, Joshua David Beck Jan 2015

An Overview Of The Physical And Non-Physical Health Effects Of Marathon Running, Joshua David Beck

Open Access Theses

The purpose of this study is to summarize the current scientific literature and knowledge on the physical and non-physical health effects of marathon running. Five databases were queried, using the keywords marathon, endurance, training, wellness, injury, distance, runner, running, health, benefit, respiratory, infection, immunity, and/or risk in various combinations. Articles eligible for inclusion analyzed the effects of long-distance running (13.1 miles or greater), and were published in peer-reviewed English language journals after 1976. Of the 71 articles which meet the inclusion criteria, several discussed more than one aspect of marathon running; 26 discussed physical benefits, 11 discussed non-physical benefits, 40 …

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Determinants Of Bankruptcy Among Us Households In The 2013 Survey Of Consumer Finances, Schane D. Coker Jan 2015

Determinants Of Bankruptcy Among Us Households In The 2013 Survey Of Consumer Finances, Schane D. Coker

Open Access Theses

This study investigates behaviors and decisions made by US households and how

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Who's Responsible? Using Proactive Personality, Felt Responsibility, And Csr Context To Predict Socially Responsible And Irresponsible Behaviors At And Outside Of Work, Drew B. Mallory Jan 2015

Who's Responsible? Using Proactive Personality, Felt Responsibility, And Csr Context To Predict Socially Responsible And Irresponsible Behaviors At And Outside Of Work, Drew B. Mallory

Open Access Theses

This research explores the antecedents and consequences of felt responsibility for

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Rituals Upon Celluloid: The Need For Crime And Punishment In Contemporary Film, J C. Oleson Jan 2015

Rituals Upon Celluloid: The Need For Crime And Punishment In Contemporary Film, J C. Oleson

Cleveland State Law Review

Most members of the public lack first-hand experience with the criminal justice system; nevertheless, they believe that they possess phenomenological knowledge about it. In large part, the public’s understandings of crime and punishment are derived from television and film, which provide modern audiences with a vision of institutions that are normally occluded from view. While public rituals of punishment used to take place on the scaffold, equivalent moral narratives about crime and punishment now occur on film because modern punishment is imposed outside of the public gaze. Yet because crime films distort what they depict, the public’s view of crime …

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Problem Solving Courts & Race: An Examination Of Community Courts And The Impact Of Race, Tyrell Anthony Connor Jan 2015

Problem Solving Courts & Race: An Examination Of Community Courts And The Impact Of Race, Tyrell Anthony Connor

Open Access Dissertations

The United States currently leads the world in incarcerations rates. The dramatic increase of using prison as a response to most criminal offenses has called for new and innovative practices. Problem solving courts have been leading the way by incorporating evidence-based practices in the courtroom to find alternatives to incarceration. However, although problem solving courts are receiving praise for their innovative ways, they have seemed to fail at adequately addressing the racial disparities so prevalent in the U.S. criminal justices system. This dissertation seeks to understand how race can play a role in problem solving courts, by specifically evaluating community …

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Social Antecedents And Health Consequences Of Productive Activity, Seoyoun Kim Jan 2015

Social Antecedents And Health Consequences Of Productive Activity, Seoyoun Kim

Open Access Dissertations

This dissertation consists of three empirical papers that investigate social antecedents and health consequences of productive activity. The ideas of productive activity and productive aging are the main concepts guiding the dissertation. The project is innovative by (a) testing how components of capital influence productive activities, (b) replicating analyses of productive activity and chronic inflammation in a Korean sample, and (c) examining sleep as a potential mediator and moderator of the relationship between productive activities and chronic inflammation. Chapter 2 attempted to contribute to the knowledge on productive aging by testing components of human, social, and cultural capital and older …

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Characterizing Enabling Innovations And Enabling Thinking, Freddy Solis Jan 2015

Characterizing Enabling Innovations And Enabling Thinking, Freddy Solis

Open Access Dissertations

The pursuit of innovation is engrained throughout society whether in business via the introduction of offerings, non-profits in their mission-driven initiatives, universities and agencies in their drive for discoveries and inventions, or governments in their desire to improve the quality of life of their citizens. Yet, despite these pursuits, innovations with long-lasting, significant impact represent an infrequent outcome in most domains. The seemingly random nature of these results stems, in part, from the definitions of innovation and the models based on such definitions. Although there is debate on this topic, a comprehensive and pragmatic perspective developed in this work defines …

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Antecedents And Consequences Of Consumer – Customized Product Identification: An Identity Theory Perspective, Soyeon Kwon Jan 2015

Antecedents And Consequences Of Consumer – Customized Product Identification: An Identity Theory Perspective, Soyeon Kwon

Open Access Dissertations

Customization is considered one of the key sources of value creation in a highly competitive and segmented market. Recent research has demonstrated that the key to successful customization experiences lies in the degree to which consumers feel connected to a product that is customized. This study investigated consumers’ psychological connection to customized products by exploring the variable, “consumer-customized product identification (C-C identification).” Building upon identity theory and research on “extended self,” this study investigated (1) two key antecedents that influence C-C identification, (2) attitudinal and behavioral consequences of C-C identification, and (3) the moderating role of product involvement in C-C …

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Exploring Perceived Communicative Competence In Upper-Level L1 And L2 Interactions In Higher Education, Heejung Kwon Jan 2015

Exploring Perceived Communicative Competence In Upper-Level L1 And L2 Interactions In Higher Education, Heejung Kwon

Open Access Dissertations

The present study explores how university-level second language learners of English prepare themselves for professional worlds in English-speaking environments in a North American context. I specifically look at how upper-level L2 students (second language learners) identify their needs and negotiate miscommunications and preconceived notions of L2 learners in various communicative events in the process of developing communicative competence (Canale & Swain, 1980; Hymes, 1972) and planning for their future careers. I also investigate how L1 English speakers (native speakers of English) form perceptions of L2 English speakers and negotiate miscommunications and misunderstandings while engaging in collaborative projects. Using ethnographic approaches …

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This Is Not A Dissertation: (Neo)Neo-Bohemian Connections, Walter Gainor Moore Jan 2015

This Is Not A Dissertation: (Neo)Neo-Bohemian Connections, Walter Gainor Moore

Open Access Dissertations

This dissertation uses/packages selected post-World War II literature, film, and photography to identify and analyze various aspects/nuances and influences/connections of/on/to Neo-Bohemia in the contemporary United States, and aims to show how these textual associations and analyses interconnect with particular American cities and (neo)bohemian neighborhoods along with these spaces’/places’ related residents and players.

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Toward World Englishes Writing: Is It Idealism In The Introductory Composition Class?, Shih-Yu Chang Jan 2015

Toward World Englishes Writing: Is It Idealism In The Introductory Composition Class?, Shih-Yu Chang

Open Access Dissertations

The purpose of the present study is to discover how teaching college introductory composition for international students within the World Englishes paradigm looks like. The study was conducted through questionnaires, blog entries, and interviews across three semesters in a public university in Indiana, America. In total, three introductory composition classes consisting of 41 students participated the study. The students were introduced to World Englishes through a series of related readings and the designed World Englishes workshop while they were also prepared for writing for other university courses. The results of this mixed-method study show that by learning about World Englishes, …

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Cultivating Multicultural Education In Islamic Schools In The U.S: Teachers' Perspectives About Diversity In Islamic Schools, Kadriye El-Atwani Jan 2015

Cultivating Multicultural Education In Islamic Schools In The U.S: Teachers' Perspectives About Diversity In Islamic Schools, Kadriye El-Atwani

Open Access Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the perspectives of six teachers who have taught in Islamic schools in the U.S. to comprehend the general context of multicultural education in Islamic schools. This study was designed as a descriptive collective case study primarily to investigate how racial, class, national, language and gender diversity were observed in six different Islamic schools’ climates and classrooms. Designing this research as a collective case study fostered the exploration of various social dynamics among Muslim communities in the U.S., and exemplified different characteristics of Muslim communities through the six cases. Key findings and analyses …

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Elementary School Teachers' Attitudes Towards Multilingualism And Language Policy: Kazan, Russia, Alsu M. Gilmetdinova Jan 2015

Elementary School Teachers' Attitudes Towards Multilingualism And Language Policy: Kazan, Russia, Alsu M. Gilmetdinova

Open Access Dissertations

The dissertation adopts a transdisciplinary approach to study schools as sites of language policy implementation. Contributions of language policy, TESOL and multilingual education, and linguistic anthropology help understand the role of teachers in language education. Of particular interests are teachers’ attitudes towards multilingualism and language policies, namely, the learning and teaching of national (Russian), titular (Tatar) and foreign (English) languages, as well as teachers’ negotiation of language policies in school. Federal, regional and school policy documents, 25 teacher interviews and site observations from a Tatar-medium school (1), a Russian-medium school (2) and a school with intensive English language program (3) …

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Cultural Considerations In Forensic Science In The United States, Suzanna K. Taylor, Wayne P. Bergeron Jan 2015

Cultural Considerations In Forensic Science In The United States, Suzanna K. Taylor, Wayne P. Bergeron

Politics, Justice, Law, and Philosophy

Does the cultural context of any criminal justice element, ranging from the crime victim to the forensic science expert, have any impact on the pursuit of justice? Is forensic science completely free of cultural adulteration? Two dimensions of the cultural consideration variable this paper focuses on are (1), what areas of forensic analysis need to be considered to prevent, or at least, diminish cultural offenses in processing crime scenes and forensic evidence, and (2) the need of forensic science professionals and organizations to adopt a consistent scientific culture in processing and analyzing evidence (particularly in DNA analysis). While many empirical …

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Assessment Of The Technical And Economic Potential Of Automated Estrus Detection Technologies For Dairy Cattle, Karmella Ann Dolecheck Jan 2015

Assessment Of The Technical And Economic Potential Of Automated Estrus Detection Technologies For Dairy Cattle, Karmella Ann Dolecheck

Theses and Dissertations--Animal and Food Sciences

Poor estrus detection can limit the reproductive performance of a dairy herd. One objective of this research was to evaluate an alternative method to traditional estrus detection in the form of automated monitoring technologies. To accomplish this, the first study considered the ability of automatically monitored parameters (activity, number of steps, lying bouts, lying time, feeding time, rumination time, and temperature) to detect estrus. A second study compared automated activity monitoring to timed artificial insemination as reproductive management strategies on commercial herds. The other objective of this research was to evaluate the economic potential of automated estrus detection technologies. This …

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Criminal Law—Sentencing Juveniles—Where Do We Go From Here? Mandatory Sentencing And Retroactive Application Post-Miller. Miller V. Alabama, 132 S. Ct. 2455 (2012)., Nikki Morris Jan 2015

Criminal Law—Sentencing Juveniles—Where Do We Go From Here? Mandatory Sentencing And Retroactive Application Post-Miller. Miller V. Alabama, 132 S. Ct. 2455 (2012)., Nikki Morris

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Hitchhiking The Labyrinth, Tom Gage Jan 2015

Hitchhiking The Labyrinth, Tom Gage

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

James Moffett’s best friend recalls Moffett’s enduring influence on his own extraordinary career, as well as Moffett’s substantial contributions to AEPL.

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Winter 2015, Department Of Conflict Analysis And Resolution Jan 2015

Winter 2015, Department Of Conflict Analysis And Resolution

DCRS on the Move

No abstract provided.

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It Takes A Village: Can Faith Based Organizations Help In Closing The Educational Achievement Gap?, Claudia Mesnil-Báez Jan 2015

It Takes A Village: Can Faith Based Organizations Help In Closing The Educational Achievement Gap?, Claudia Mesnil-Báez

Summer Community of Scholars Posters (RCEU and HCR Combined Programs)

No abstract provided.

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A Warmer Welcome Home: The Need For Incorporating Therapeutic Jurisprudence In Reentry Courts, Kelsey Geary Jan 2015

A Warmer Welcome Home: The Need For Incorporating Therapeutic Jurisprudence In Reentry Courts, Kelsey Geary

St. Thomas Law Review

This comment will focus on one of the first established reentry courts-the Harlem Reentry Court ("HRC")-by evaluating its effectiveness with the basic principles of therapeutic jurisprudence. Section II provides general background on all the relevant topics: therapeutic jurisprudence, problem-solving courts, and reentry courts. Section III specifically focuses on the background, formation, and strategies of the HRC. Section IV gives an in-depth analysis of HRC's process, and how recognizing and further incorporating therapeutic practices could increase its success. Finally, Section V will conclude the argument by advocating for nationwide exposure and implementation of reentry courts for parolees around the country with …

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The End Of Prisons: Reflections From The Decarceration Movement, Carmen Lanos Williams Jan 2015

The End Of Prisons: Reflections From The Decarceration Movement, Carmen Lanos Williams

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Book review of The End of Prisons: Reflections from the Decarceration Movement, edited by Mechtild E. Nagel and Anthony J. Nocella (2013).

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