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Geochemistry Of Archaeological And Marine Environments In Southwest Maine, Heather L. Bushie

Thinking Matters Symposium Archive

Two archaeological excavations for the University of Southern Maine collected sediment columns from select units for geological and chemical analysis. The Spiller Farms site is a Native American site located in Wells, Maine marking a transition period between the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs, 12,000 BP. The Malaga Island site was a historic mixed-race community at the north end of Casco Bay where sediment columns were obtained in near-shore and subtidal zones. The samples obtained from Malaga Island have been radiocarbon dated to 3800 +/- 30 BP at 23 meters below the low-tide line. X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis is being conducted …

Curls, Kinks And Colonization: The Decolonization Of Afrodescendant Women’S Bodies In Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Allegra Wyatt

Award Winning Anthropology Papers

This paper documents the experiences of Afrodescendant women in the Dominican Republic who choose to wear their hair naturally curly, despite the norm to straighten it. I argue that Afrodescendant Dominican women are decolonizing racial and gendered discourses of the Afrodescendant body through their pursuit of beauty, blackness, health and self-definition. I draw on Ana Irma Rivera Lassén's allegory of the spiderweb to suggest that my informants are the spiders of their webs, weaving the discourses of the Afrodescendant female body into a web in which they are free to move in/through their multiple identities and find empowerment.

Pedagogy & Power: Introduction To Educational Studies (Educ 14) Syllabus, Jennifer Bradley, Edwin Mayorga

Digital Humanities Curricular Development

The Pedagogy & Power (Intro to Ed Studies) course uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine key issues in American education. We explore questions from the perspectives of psychology, philosophy, economics, history, sociology and anthropology and discuss alternative policies and programs. We will examine the topics listed on the syllabus through historical and contemporary readings, the use of relevant materials curated in the Pedagogy & Power Digital Syllabus, through your writing, your fieldwork, and through small and large group discussion and activities. You will develop in awareness of contemporary curriculum theory and practice through work with instructional materials and firsthand experience …

Boletín V.23 (2018), Fordham University Latin American And Latino Studies Institute

Boletín (Fordham University. Latin American and Latino Studies Institute)

No abstract provided.

Cimagazine - Spring 2018, Dmacc

ciMagazine

Our annual ciLive! (Celebrate! Innovation Live) gives students and the community opportunities to interact with people (some famous, all inspired) who have dreamed, created, and accomplished. During this thought-provoking and interactive event, students listen, absorb, and engage without the stress of the regular class routine. Generous sponsors make the event free and open to the public. Celebrate! Innovation Magazine is published biannually by Des Moines Area Community College West Campus

Macalester Today Spring 2018, Macalester College

Macalester Today

No abstract provided.

Graduate Studies Newsletter, Graduate Studies Office

Newsletters

Pg. 2 & 3 - Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Alison O’Dowd

Pg. 4 - Research in the HSU Biomechanics Lab

Pg. 5 - Important Dates and Deadlines

Pg. 6 - 2017-18 McConkey Award Recipients

Pg. 7 - Spring 2018 Thesis/Project Submission Process

Pg. 8 - Graduate Student & Alumni Profiles

Women & Gender Studies Spring 2018 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine

WGS Newsletter

In this issue:

• Director's Welcome
• Major/Minor & Core
• Undergraduate Research in WGS
• WGS in Iceland
• Fall 2018 Courses
• Summer 2018 Courses
• Student Spotlight and Conversations with Alumni

College Connections Newsletter, Spring 2018, Cahs Dean's Office Staff

CAHS College Connections Newsletter

In this issue:

• 2018 Commencement
• Annual CAHS Scholarship Awards Event
• Program Activities
• Student and Alumni Notes

Mediation In The Mediterranean: Italy As A Crucible For Immigration And Intercultural Mediation, Nicole Patteuw Abetti

MA TESOL Collection

Europe is again in an intense state of migration influx. While some European countries have historical precedence for these types of population shifts, Italy has largely remained outside the modern phenomenon, since it did not experience the economic boom of post WW2 and the subsequent demand for migrant workers, nor did it experience the pull effect of language migrants after the decolonization of Africa. Italy therefore also missed the second surge of migration during the 70’s and 80’s when families of these immigrants began arriving in Europe. What Italy did experience throughout the 20^th century, and continues to experience …

Library Focus (Spring 2018), University Libraries

Library Focus

The spring 2018 issue of Library Focus, the newsletter of University Libraries, highlights the 2018 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award and the Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival. This issue also includes the 2018 Edible Book Festival, Gulf Coast art exhibits, and the updates made to University Libraries’ web site and Digital Collections’ new public interface. Additionally, this issue highlights new study space in the Gulf Coast Library.

Silencing Discipline In Legal Education, Lucille A. Jewel

Scholarly Works

In current times, the production of critical legal knowledge has become constrained by a neoliberal education mindset that emphasizes economic performance and measured outcomes over critical thought. In this essay, I argue that academic freedom, in the sense of being free to speak, write, and teach critical knowledge, both in the intellectual sense and in the law practice sense, is being eroded. And, I urge my critically minded colleagues that are traditional law scholars (tenure-track or tenured) to consider the circumstances of law teachers who currently do not have the protections of tenure but who generate valuable knowledge, particularly in …

Informally Shaping A Child's Mind Around Genocide Within Rwandan Families, Cameron Voss

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

While policy and education are subject to change from research oriented projects, my research rather drives to understand and record how caregivers portrayed their own, others, and their country’s past to the next generation. The informal aspects of family structures, while highly influential, are difficult to navigate and track, and this research endeavors to unveil some of the hidden trends that are throughout Rwandan families with children born after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The generation that has matured in the aftermath of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda have faced many challenges that few outside of …

Spring 2018, Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois

Augustana Magazine

No abstract provided.

The Faculty Notebook, April 2018, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.

Reflections On Fake News, Librarians, And Undergraduate Research, Lisa M. Rose-Wiles

Praxis Publications

The recent explosion of “fake news” highlights the need for academic libraries to provide access to reliable information resources and for librarians to instruct students in using them effectively. Providing reliable resources with minimal barriers to access involves cooperation among librarians, publishers, and vendors; however, I suggest that there is tension between our mutual desires to satisfy student demands for instant and perfect results and to encourage them to become persistent and critical information seekers. Many tools exist to assist students in gaining background information and limiting search results, but ultimately none replace the need to develop and explore questions …

Southern Register. 2018.2 (Spring/Summer 2018), University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture

Southern Register

No abstract provided.

Mcnair Scholars Program At Uni Newsletter, Spring 2018, Mcnair Scholars Program (University Of Northern Iowa)

McNair Scholars Program at UNI Newsletter

Inside This Issue:

-- A message from the Director
-- Congratulations!
-- Recent Happenings
-- Graduating Scholars Future Plans...
-- McNair Scholars Summer Plans...
-- Upcoming Events
-- A Farewell Message

El Negocio Del Desarrollo Internacional: Las Dinámicas Asimétricas De Poder Entre Voluntariados Internacionales Y Comunidades Locales / The Business Of International Development: The Asymmetric Power Dynamics Between International Volunteers And Local Communities, Ivana Giang

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

El estudio de caso de la organización no gubernamental (ONG), Semillas de Aprendizaje ( Seeds of Learning , SoL) demuestra el fenómeno de volunturismo, en que voluntarios principalmente estadounidenses cada uno paga una cuota estándar de $1.550 a SoL para hacer un viaje alrededor de una semana a Nicaragua. Allí, participan haciendo proyectos de construcción, como aulas y bibliotecas, a desarrollar oportunidades educativas para los estudiantes de comunidades rurales. SoL también crea un itinerario para los voluntarios hacer actividades turísticas, los costos incluidos en la cuota. Después de tres semanas de entrevistas y observación participante en los sitios de SoL …

The Revolution Conundrum In Cameroon: A Study Of Relative Peace Under President Biya's Rule, Marianna Babboni

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This paper attempts to answer the question: What are the factors that have contributed to relative peace in Cameroon under the rule of President Paul Biya up until the civil uprisings in the Anglophone regions in 2016? Cameroon has witnessed consistent civil unrest in the forms of protests and strikes and yet the political structure remains strong against all opposition. Within the limitations of the research, the study finds three main explanations: state terror tactics and divide and rule strategies have quelled opposition, the survival culture of the population has resulted in creative economic alternatives that subsidize civil disorder, and …

An Examination Of Factors That Affect Male Body Image In College Students, Jennifer Elise Van Meter

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to determine whether viewing photos of muscular men or viewing photos of toned men produces greater body dissatisfaction scores for male college students. Prior to receiving the intervention, participants completed a pretest measuring their body satisfaction. The intervention was administered in a group setting and took approximately 30 minutes to administer. After receiving the intervention, participants completed the same assessment measures as the pre-test, but in a post-test form. Results indicate that there was a significant difference between pre-test and posttest body satisfaction ratings for men who viewed muscle photos and mend who viewed …

Full Issue Vol. 3 No. 1, Crosspol

Crosspol Journal

No abstract provided.

Corruption, Right On!: Hidden Cameras, Cynical Satire, And Banal Intimacies Of Anti-Corruption, Smoki Musaraj

Sociology & Anthropology Open Access Publications

Since 2002, the satirical investigative television show Fiks Fare (“Right On!" or “Exactly”) has aired immediately after prime-time news at a leading national broadcasting network in Albania. Through sting operations and cynical satire, the show tells the raw story of everyday experiences of corruption in Albanian society-from daily interactions with low-level public administration officers to the backroom deals of high-level officials. Over the years, Fiks Fare has endured as an effective whistle-blower in a country notorious for a lack of prosecutions and convictions on corruption charges. In this article, I explore the effects of this unlikely anti-corruption agent by drawing …

Black In Beijing: How Transient Black Foreigners Create Community In China, Myhana M. Kerr

Anthropology Honors Projects

This ethnography describes how Black people adapt to life in China and how they deal with the various meanings imposed on their bodies by Chinese society. In five chapters, I describe why Black people move to China, how they form relationships and find communities, and how Black people interact with Chinese society. In China, one’s Blackness is salient because it is the defining attribute that sets people of African origin apart. Moreover, even though most Black expatriates are only in China for a temporary period, there are more Black people traveling to China overall, creating a critical mass to demonstrate …

Ua12/2/2 2018 Talisman: Grit, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

2018 Talisman yearbook.

• Gibson, Helen. Grit
• Zambrano, Max. Cash Cows – Chaney’s Dairy Barn
• Holt, Delaney. A Quarry Story – White Stone Quarry, Caden Quarry
• McKee, Rylee. Beautiful Grit – BellaMoxi, Dance
• Voorhees, Jessica. Digging Deep – Jean-Luc Houle, Anthropology
• Lucas, Kaley. Black Mountain
• Edwards, Aly. Roots of Stigma – McKenna Vierstra, Jordan Frodge, Max Williams, Robin Farrell
• Eastham, Lillie. Grab ‘Em by the Ballot – Time’s Up Movement
• McCarthy, Hannah. Flesh Memories
• Barritt, Brooklyn. Making a Place at the Table – Dungeons & Dragons
• Gary, Summer. For Adoption: Unwanted Mutt
• Waters, Adrianna. For the Love of Creation – Art …

Profile: A Model For Living And Learning: The Campaign For The University Of Minnesota, Morris, Communications And Marketing

Profile (1996-)

In this issue: A new chapter begins: the inauguration of Chancellor Michelle Behr; Model citizens: find out how donors are making Morris a stronger model than ever before; Giving news; Coming home: Homecoming celebrations remembered in photos; Campus news briefs; Spotlight: special edition: Get to know the men and women behind our biggest fundraising effort to date; A model for living and learning: See what the campaign for Morris is all about (and what you can do to help); The big picture; Alumni news; Class notes; Cougar Sports news

Foregrounding The Role Of The Consumer In Social Entrepreneurship, April M. Wyatt

Capstone Collection

The research purpose of this study initiates the need for describing the role consumers have in social entrepreneurship. Current research remains primarily dedicated to the leadership and organizational structures of entities operating as a social enterprise – while overlooking the role of consumers. This style of entrepreneurship requires specific attention on the social aspect of consumers and beneficiaries in order to create and implement ethics in this growing field. This research examines the current role of the participants in the social-mission driven organizations they support; data collection indicates that, at the present, most consumers support organizations without engaging in direct …

Illuminated Magazine, School Of Graduate Studies, East Tennessee State University

Illuminated: Graduate Student Research Magazine

From the School of Graduate Studies; Hailing the Future [Edward Hall, Applied Computer Science, M.S.]; The Effects of "Bath Salts" on the Brain [Serena Allen, Biomedical Sciences, Ph.D., Backing Up the Unsung Heroes of Appalachian Education [Drs. Fox, Mims, Baroszuk with Olakunle Joseph Oni]; Caring for a Performer's "Instrument" [Heather Smith, Speech-Language Pathology, M.S.]; Where Are They Now? [Lawence Loving, Jenna Middlebrooks, and Jami Winstrom]; Tudo Roses, Milanese Mercenaries, and the Laws They Manipulated to Maintain Power [Heather Alexander, History, M.A.]; Positive Deviance: An Assests-Based Approach to Solving Health Disparities [Olivia Egen, Community Health, Dr.PH]; The Pure Math Behind Brands …

Biological Biomedical Seminar | Jonathan Bloch, April 23, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Science Café | Algae: Friend Or Foe, April 4, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.