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Setting The Stage: Gender, Sex, And Sexualities In Psychology, N. Dess, Jeanne Marecek, L. Bell

Psychology Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Social Psychology And Social Justice: Dilemmas, Dynamics, And Destinies, Kenneth J. Gergen

Psychology Faculty Works

The emergence of this handbook on social justice represents a groundbreaking event in the history of social psychology. In this summary discussion, I outline significant limits to social justice work embedded in the empiricist tradition of inquiry and point to ways in which the current work transcends these limits. However, I also view the present endeavors as in a fledgling state. In the service of enriching and rendering these pursuits more effective, I discuss five domains in which tensions currently prevail and suggest directions for future undertakings. Challenges are discussed in terms of epistemological schisms, presumed ontologies, value pluralism, explanatory …

Extending “Dignity Takings”: Re-Conceptualizing The Damage Caused By Criminal History And Ex-Offender Status, Jamila Jefferson-Jones

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Corporate Social Responsibility And Crowdwashing In The Gig Economy, Miriam A. Cherry

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Data Deficits In Municipal Rideshare Collaborations, Deepa Das Acevedo

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.

A Panorama Of Parks: Deep Nature, Depopulation, And The Cadence Of Conserving Nature, Emily Wakild

History Faculty Publications and Presentations

During the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Latin American countries set aside nature for conservation in thousands of parks and reserves. Today, such designations cover more than one-fifth of Latin America’s territory (see map 11.1). Parks range from Costa Rica’s tiny coastal Manuel Antonio National Park, consisting of a mere sixteen square kilometers, to those as large as Brazil’s Tumucumaque National Park, at nearly fifteen thousand square kilometers, a size larger than Belgium. Conservation areas famously include some of the region’s and even the world’s largest tropical forests, but also its driest deserts, highest mountain ranges, biggest waterfalls, deepest marine …

The Rise And Fall Of Fear Of Abuse In Consumer Bankruptcy: Most Recent Comparative Evidence From Europe And Beyond, 96 Tex. L. Rev. 1327 (2018), Jason Kilborn

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

Prepared for a symposium celebrating the groundbreaking career of Jay Westbrook, this Article examines recent evidence of fear of abuse of the benefits of consumer bankruptcy and the gradual abatement of that fear in modern consumer insolvency law reform. It marshals evidence of a recent and accelerating retreat in both the judicial discretion that Westbrook attributed to lawmakers' fear of abuse and other more direct techniques to avoid abusive recourse to consumer discharge. Fear of abuse appears to be diminishing with accumulated experience as indicated by recent liberalizing reforms in Denmark, Slovakia, Poland, Austria, Russia, and Romania. At the same …

Ath 2150 Comparative Nonwestern Cultures Core General Education Assessment, 2017-2018, College Of Liberal Arts, Wright State University

Core General Education Assessments - All

This report assesses Wright State University's course ATH 2150, Comparative Nonwestern Cultures, as part of the institution’s ongoing general education Core assessment plan.

Assessing The Role Of Critical Value Factors (Cvfs) On Users’ Resistance Of Urban Search And Rescue Robotics, Marion A. Brown

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

Natural and manmade disasters have brought urban search and rescue (USAR) robots to the technology forefront as a means of providing additional support for search and rescue workers. The loss of life among victims and rescue workers necessitates the need for a wider acceptance of this assistive technology. Disasters, such as hurricane Harvey in 2017, hurricane Sandy in 2012, the 2012 United States tornadoes that devastated 17 states, the 2011 Australian floods, the 2011 Japan and 2010 Haiti earthquakes, the 2010 West Virginia coal mine explosions, the 2009 Typhoon caused mudslides in Taiwan, the 2001 Collapse of the World Trade …

Participation And Co-Creation Of Cultural Value. #Izitravelsicilia And The Principles Of The Faro Convention, Elisa Bonacini

USF Alumni and Student Publications

The participatory project #iziTRAVELSicilia was launched on May 2016, with the main aim to bridge the gap of digital communication and enhancement of Sicilia cultural heritage. This project was soon transformed into a participatory process, by involving thousand of people representing exactly the “heritage communities” cited by the Faro Convention, and it has become a best practice of digital promotion and valorisation through storytelling. Since its beginning, more than 160 audioguides have been produced. #iziTRAVELSicilia has been soon recognized become as an exemple of a good practice, also for museums’ didactic, of participation in co-creation of cultural values, being able …

Teacher And Student Demographic Variables Which Predict Teacher Referral Of Males For Special Education Evaluation, Sandra Harris, Sandra Harris

Walden Faculty and Staff Publications

Past research has shown that African American/Black males are referred for special education evaluation at disproportionately higher rates compared to males of other racial/ethnic groups. Special education placement for African American/Black /Black males has been linked to adverse outcomes such as lower teacher expectations, low academic performance, and increased likelihood of dropping out of school. This study addressed the question of whether student and teacher demographic variables predicted how likely a teacher would refer male students for special education evaluation and whether there were significant differences in teacher ratings of severity of behavior based on race/ethnicity of male students. Principles …

2017-18 Strategic Plan Progress Report, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

A report detailing the progress on the strategic goals within the University of Northern Iowa's strategic plan.

Rodcon, Program, 2018, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

RodCon Documents

Inside This Program:
--Welcome to RodCon
--Locations
--Schedule
--What's That? Event Descriptions
--Artist Alley
--Sponsors
--Autographs

Voice Of The Saints In Taiwan, Richard B. Stamps

BYU Studies

Voice of the Saints in Taiwan By Po Nien (Felipe) Chou and Mei Wah Sin (Petra) Chou

Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2017

Usft 2018-2019 Usf Libraries Annual Report, Usf Libraries

Library Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Across An Ecotone: An Analysis Of Late Prehistoric Artifacts From Southern Minnesota, Jamison M. Jordan

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The transition zone between the Plains and Woodlands in Southern Minnesota is not homogenous, neither in terms of ecology or culture. The deciduous forests and oak barrens of the Eastern Woodlands present an ecological environment with a resource base much different than the tallgrass prairies of the Northeastern Plains, and the material remains left behind by peoples inhabiting both areas reflected this. Subjects such as the exchange of technology, such as one culture adopting select tools or traits from populations living on the other side of the ecotone, as well as the movement of people in general across this particular …

Cemetery Management In A Gis Framework: A Case Study Of Woodland Hills Memorial Park, Maureen Schmidt

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

his paper aims to examine the potential uses and applications of geospatial technologies for cemetery management. The Woodland Hills Memorial Park in Mankato, Minnesota, was used as a case study. The hard copy, handwritten records of the Woodland Hills Memorial Park were converted to digital formats, and then combined with GPS gathered data using GIS. The traditional method of storing and keeping these records is time consuming, as the curator must hand write all the information into the physical books. The maps of the park are also hand-drawn, which makes their examination and upkeep tedious. By creating digital copies of …

Archiving Oral Histories: A Practical Guide For Practitioners And Their Collaborators, Jenna E. Nolt

Instructions, Forms, and Toolkits

This guide takes a technical approach to educating practitioners (faculty, students, local historians) about the collection, processing, hosting, access, and preservation of oral histories. These technical processes are a critical component to an oral history project because they provide the means to project, share, and distribute the important work narrators and interviewers do. Therefore this guide works in conjunction with other professional guides that emphasize the development of historically significant research questions, and the ethical and legal considerations of the project as a whole. A earlier version of this document was initially created for the Oral History in the Liberal …

(In)Secure Communities: Assessing The Impacts Of Secure Communities On Immigrant Participation In Los Angeles Health Clinics, Grace Reckers

Scripps Senior Theses

The United States Department of Homeland Security launched Secure Communities in 2009, expanding Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) jurisdiction and establishing partnerships between federal immigration officers and municipal law enforcement agencies (LEAs) across the country. The effects of Secure Communities have been numerous. While rates of deportations had been rising annually for decades, the program granted ICE with even more power to detain and deport undocumented immigrants and dramatically increased federal collaboration with LEAs. Secure Communities was terminated by then Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson in 2014; replaced by the comparable, but lesser known, Priority Enforcement Program (PEP); and …

The Spatial Distribution Of Tumuli In The Iron Age Kanak Su Basin, Turkey, Paige Paulsen

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This project takes the Iron Age tumuli of the Kanak Su Basin in Yozgat, Turkey as a case study for the application of geospatial methods to reconstruct past perceptions of a mortuary landscape. The tumulus fields – landscapes heavily modified by monumental burial mounds – of central Anatolia present an opportunity to investigate how burial practices reflect and create places of collective memory, territorial identity, and the social order. Understanding the nature of Iron Age settlement in the Kanak Su Basin remains an ongoing subject of study in central Anatolian archaeology, especially in regard to how the large, short-lived city …

Commencement Program (June 2018), Csusb

CSUSB Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

After The July 9 (709) Crackdown: The Future Of Human Rights Lawyering, Hualing Fu, Han Zhu

Fordham International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Framed By Sexuality: An Examination Of Identity-Messages In “Purity Culture” Reflections, Ashley Pikel

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purity culture is a movement many young Evangelical Christians experienced in the 1990s and early 2000s. Purity culture espouses many values including practicing abstinence until marriage, observing strict dating and/or courtship rules, and remaining physically, emotionally, and spiritually pure. In 1997 Joshua Harris authored I Kissed Dating Goodbye (IKDG) which popularized purity culture principles. Over the past twenty years, Harris reflected on his writings as well as feedback from others to determine that some of what he wrote was incorrect. In 2016, Harris requested IKDG readers to submit their experiences with the book in the form of personal stories. Through …

Bryant University Undergraduate Course Catalog 2018-2019

Bryant University Undergraduate Course Catalog

No abstract provided.

Finding The River: Research Process Narrative, Aubrey G. Parke

Undergraduate Student Research Awards

No abstract provided.

Significance Of Immersion Programs, Mary Niebler

Proceedings: 2018 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

Through our international immersion programs, we hope to have students encounter, share, and grow their perspective of the world and its inhabitants. Some of these encounters occur through direct service; some through learning engagements with government officials, NGO directors, survivors of war, migrants, teachers, doctors, lawyers, families, peers, and many others. Each Immersion is unique, and each student may gain something different. But our hope is to have students return from an international experience with new commitments to promoting global solidarity and the human dignity of all peoples—starting back here with our campus community. ...

At this point in U.S. …

The Me You Do Not See: The Experiences Of African American Administrators And Double Consciousness, Matasha Jordan

CUP Ed.D. Dissertations

This qualitative study focused on the experiences of 10 African American professionals, five males and five females, in educational administrative positions. The purpose of the study was to show how African American educational administrators perceived double consciousness and describe how they navigated or negotiated their race when working with Caucasian stakeholders in educational organizations. The administrators participated in two interviews, answering questions on race, socioeconomic status, differences between Black and White leadership and lifestyles, culture, and double consciousness. The theoretical framework of this study included elements of critical race theory and culturally sensitive research approaches to support a narrative inquiry. …

Disagreement, Anti-Realism About Reasons, And Inference To The Best Explanation, Brian Leiter

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

No abstract provided.

The Vanishing Body Of Disability Law: Power And The Making Of The Impaired Subject, Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry

Canadian Journal of Family Law

The influence of disability studies on legal scholarship is most visible in the social model, which claims that people are not disabled because of their bodily impairments, but by society in its refusal to accommodate their impairments.

However, a modest but growing discourse within disability studies argues that the notion of impairment, in addition to disability, is socially constructed. This article aims to bring this problematized conception of impairment, informed by Michel Foucault’s conception of power, into contact with legal scholarship. Judith Mosoff’s sensibility about the role of impairments in the legal treatment of disabled people illustrates this critical outlook, …

The Poet In Mourning: Jeffers After Una, Robert Zaller

Jeffers Studies

This article explores the impact of Jeffers’ wife Una’s death on the work he completed between the date of her passing, 1 September 1950, and his own death in 1962. First, the history of Jeffers and Una’s relationship is recounted, including the important role Una played in shaping her husband’s public image. The article then turns to Jeffers’ late, post–1950 career, beginning with a prolonged period of grief-induced writer’s block. When Jeffers regained his ability to write verse, it was chiefly through the composition of “Hungerfield,” a distinctive mid-length narrative poem that bears the hallmarks of Jeffers’ earlier successful narratives …