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The Anthropocene, Overview, Scott W. Schwartz

Open Educational Resources

This presentation offers an overview of the developing concept of The Anthropocene -- a term coined to describe our current geological epoch, in which human impact on the planet will leave a permanent trace.

Initiating Research On Igniting Fires In The Blue Ridge Mountains During The Autumn 2016 Conflagration, Cynthia Twyford Fowler

Faculty Scholarship

An unprecedented moment in the fire ecology of the Blue Ridge Mountains occurred in Autumn 2016 when severe drought, frequent anthropogenic ignitions, and seasonality in disturbed deciduous forests fueled widespread burning. As the wildfires burned, wildland firefighters from around the U.S. temporarily moved into the region to assist local land managers. As wildfire risks increased and air quality decreased, local residents became increasingly interested in fire ecology. The community shifted continuously as wildfires were extinguished, wildland firefighters returned home, and local residents disengaged. In conducting research during the conflagration, obtaining consent from community members varied depending on whether or not …

Intelligence Tests And The Personal World, Ralph D. Norman

New Mexico Quarterly

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Full Issue, University Of New Mexico Press

New Mexico Quarterly

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Reviews, University Of New Mexico Press

New Mexico Quarterly

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The Golden Bough As Literature, Stanley Edgar Hyman

New Mexico Quarterly

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Full Issue, University Of New Mexico Press

New Mexico Quarterly

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Books, University Of New Mexico Press

New Mexico Quarterly

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Back Matter, University Of New Mexico Press

New Mexico Quarterly

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Books, University Of New Mexico Press

New Mexico Quarterly

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Back Matter, University Of New Mexico Press

New Mexico Quarterly

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Books, University Of New Mexico Press

New Mexico Quarterly

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Books, University Of New Mexico Press

New Mexico Quarterly

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Books, University Of New Mexico Press

New Mexico Quarterly

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The Arctic: Science, Law, And Policy, Charles H. Norchi, Paul A. Mayewski

Ocean and Coastal Law Journal

In 1959, Sir Charles Snow (C.P. Snow) delivered a lecture at Cambridge University entitled The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution in which he identified a duality of cultures. There were the scientists and the humanists--two dimly acquanited cultures that rarely communicated, and when they did it was usually at cross-purposes. One culture was contentedly unknowing and skeptical of science, and the other was marginal to the great social questions of the time. For C.P. Snow, the polarization and lack of communication between the two groups could be fatal to the Western World. The 21st century has also revealed polarized …

Culture Beyond Borders: A Postcolonial Analysis Of Multicultural Education, Alex Diaz-Hui

Student Research Symposium

Using Third-World feminist and postcolonial theory, this research complicates the narrative of culture in education. While multicultural education is well intentioned, it creates caricatures of communities of color. Multicultural education also functions through an anthropological perspective of culture, one that relays on portraying communities of color through national cultures. According to Third-World feminist scholarship, particularly through the writings of Uma Narayan, national cultures do not exist but are actually constructed through distinguishing the colonizer and the colonized. Culturally responsive pedagogy provides a theoretical framework that attempts to remedy the issues of multicultural education. However, it fails to separate itself from …

The American Medical Association's Designation Of Obesity As A Disease And Its Influences On Experiences Of Body Weight, Brittany M. Harder

Open Access Dissertations

In this dissertation, I explored the influences of the American Medical Association’s (AMA) 2013 designation of obesity as a “disease” on experiences of body weight. I conducted 31 in-depth interviews with 29 participants considered “obese” by medical standards (BMI > 30 kg/m2) who had had conversations with a health professional about their body weight since the AMA’s policy change. Taking a symbolic interactionist approach complimented by grounded theory methodology, I addressed the following research questions: 1) What are the experiences “obese” people had when visiting a health professional post the AMA’s re-classification of obesity? 2) How did the designation of obesity …

Faculty In The News: May 10, 2017, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Nancy Martorano Miller and other faculty turn their focus toward the 2018 Ohio gubernatorial race. Read about this current news topic and follow other recent media coverage of College of Arts and Sciences faculty research, scholarship and commentary.

Language Choice Of Bilingual Musicians, Macy Lethco

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Often unconsciously, every bilingual makes a choice in each interaction of which language to use. These choices have many motivating factors but are mainly based on the content of the message and the identity of the speaker. This may occur in seconds and without hesitation. If even here, a choice is taking place, how much more in the writing, composition, and production of a song or album? Artists, unlike speakers in a conversation, can choose the audience the communicate with. Musicians and music listeners who choose to define themselves in a personal bilingual identity, which at the same time is …

Sociology Criminology Alums Path From 82nd Airborne To Director Of Security At The Henry Ford, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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El Misticismo Como Vehículo Para El Feminismo En La Serie La Habana Oculta De Daína Chaviano, Thallya Marie Diaz

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

This paper argues that the series, La Habana Oculta by Cuban author, Daína Chaviano, serves as a vehicle for feminist ideals and the development of a feminist conscience in its four female protagonists through the use of mysticism.

Volume 54, Number 39: May 10, 2017, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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A Novel Bioinformatic Approach To Understanding Addiction, Latifa F. Jackson

Journal of Family Strengths

Finding the genetic markers that influence complex, multigenic substance addiction phenotypes has been an area of significant medical study. Understanding complex disease traits like addiction has been hampered by the lack of functional insights into novel variants to the human genome. We hypothesized that gene location plays a role in functional genomic neighborhoods.

To test whether there is a relationship between opiate, dopamine, and GABA disease and population allele frequencies, we used genes obtained from addiction literature curated by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). These addiction and metabolism focused search terms generated opiate, dopamine, and GABA addiction results …

Cerebral Lateralization Of Second Language, Emily Peterson, Gregory A. Thompson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

It has been generally accepted that language shows left-hemisphere dominance in right-handed monolinguals. In contrast, current models of L2 lateralization reveal no such consensus. Some studies (Galloway and Scarcella 1982; Gordon and Zatorre 1981; Paradis 1992) have either found no evidence supporting increased right hemisphere involvement in L2 processing or indicated that bilinguals’ L2 is not any more bilaterally organized than their L1. Other studies (Ke 1992; Hoosain and Shiu 1989; Jia et. al. 2013) have shown the opposite, finding that the L2 is significantly less left-lateralized. Still other studies have suggested that there is simply too much inter-individual variation …

The Etiology And Phenomenology Of Sexual Shame: A Grounded Theory Study, Noel Clark

Clinical Psychology Dissertations

Although sexual shame is widely present in social discourse and has previously been described clinically—as shame related to sexual thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and attitudes—it has not been defined in an operational manner that can be empirically tested. This study creates a bridge between the colloquial knowledge regarding sexual shame found in clinical practice and the way in which sexual shame is defined and measured scientifically in the psychological research literature. Grounded theory was used in this study to generate theory related to the development and experience of sexual shame. The concept of sexual shame was explored from both a personal …

Learners Without Borders: Tales From The Trails Of Navigating Transitions From Student Partners To Staff Partners – While Retaining Students As Partners, Beverley B. Miles, Ronika K. Power

Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education

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Books, University Of New Mexico Press

New Mexico Quarterly

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Measuring “Progress” And “Regress” In Human Rights: Why We Need A Set Of Social Contract Measures To Replace Indices Of Violations And Slogans, David Lempert

DePaul Journal for Social Justice

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Using Formative Research To Develop A Hospital-Based Perinatal Public Health Intervention In The Us: The Thirty Million Words Initiative Newborn Parent Education Curriculum, Eileen Graf, Livia Garofalo, Alison C. Hundertmark, Glenda L. Montague, Nicole M. Polash, Elizabeth Suskind, Kristin R. Leffel, Robert J. Webber, Dana L. Suskind

Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

Parents and caregivers do not exist in a vacuum, and with regard to crafting impactful interventions, it is increasingly being recognized that there are no one-size-fits-all approaches to behavior change. Implementing research to practice is a complex endeavor and requires the adaptation of basic research findings to different cultural and environmental contexts of intended beneficiaries (Sepinwall, 2002; Weisner & Hay, 2014). The practice of formative research allows for the systematic assessment of diverse implementation contexts and provides insights into responsive adaptations of content and delivery. In this study, we detail the use of formative testing to inform the development of …

The Journal Of Early Hearing Detection And Intervention: Volume 2 Issue 1

Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

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