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Shark Wildlife Tourism’S Influence On Conservation Efforts, Elizabeth C. Saraf

All HCAS Student Capstones, Theses, and Dissertations

Shark wildlife tourism has the potential to shape pro-environmental values and attitudes, fostering meaningful conservation behaviors. Understanding the influence of participating in shark tourism activities provides valuable insights into its effectiveness as a conservation tool. This study compared different intervention types related to wildlife tourism, including both direct (i.e., swimming with sharks) and indirect (i.e., viewing a related documentary) interactions with sharks. To evaluate the impact of these intervention events, participants were surveyed at three time intervals: before, immediately afterwards, and one month after the event. The surveys assessed respondents’ psychological constructs related to the environment, specifically their value orientations, …

Do They Belong? Inquiries Into The Perceptions Of The Black Male College Athlete Identity In Higher Education, Marcis Fennell, Kayla Martinez, C.Keith Harrison, Whitney Griffin, Nick Kopka

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

This qualitative study examined attitudes about Black male college athletes (BMCA)in predominantly White higher education institutions. To investigate the experience in the classroom, the purpose of this study was to inquire into the perception of the BMCA identity from the identity of the non-college athletes (NCA). Using the social identity complexity model, we sought to understand the perceptions that influence group formation among college students. The present study employed the film elicitation technique to examine the NCAs’ perceptions of the legitimacy of the BMCA identity in higher education during faculty interactions and its correlation to ingroup formation. The findings from …

Meet The Fars: An Examination Of The Background, Roles, And Appointment Of Faculty Athletic Representatives At National Collegiate Athletic Association Member Institutions, Chris Corr, Christopher Atwater, Mark S. Nagel, Richard Southall, Rick Eckstein, Marek Taškár

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

As many National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) member institutions continue to engage in athletic centric decision-making processes, academic integrity and the campus experience for college athletes is often marginalized. Mandated by the NCAA to represent athletes’ academic interests, the faculty athletics representative (FAR) position is designed to occupy a central role in maintaining the primacy of academia among college athletes. FARs, however, exist within an institutional setting muddled by competing and contradictory logics. Accordingly, given the inherent juxtaposition between the operation of collegiate athletics and the stated role of FARs, the present study sought to examine the characteristics and positional …

Transactional And Autocratic Leadership In Practice: The Case Of Trump’S Attempt To Redefine Birthright Citizenship, Ruolan Huang, Liwei Fang, Jingzhe Zhang, Anna Zaldivar

The Scholarship Without Borders Journal

This case study investigates how President Donald Trump's autocratic and transactional leadership style influenced the conception, implementation, and social impact of the 2025 executive order seeking to revoke birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants. This study employs the case study approach and applies thematic analysis of public documents, legal texts, and media reports. The study identifies five major themes, including autocratic leadership and executive overreach, racialized policy implementation, media manipulation, legal resistance, and a broader crisis of democratic legitimacy. The findings suggest that while the executive order aims at framing a legal structure, it disproportionately affects marginalized immigrant communities, …

Black Americans’ Strategic Disengagement In Digital Protest: A Thematic Analysis Of Youtube Responses To Latino Deportation Appeals (2025), Professor Meya E. Hargett

The Scholarship Without Borders Journal

This qualitative study, grounded in digital discourse theory, investigates Black Americans’ responses to the Latino community’s calls for protest support against federal deportation policies under the current U.S. administration. Twelve publicly available YouTube videos from Spring 2025 were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis to identify key patterns in Black discourse, including themes of strategic withdrawal, political disillusionment, solidarity fatigue, and historical tension.

This study defines 'stand down' as a deliberate, non-antagonistic decision to refrain from participating in another group’s protest movement. Findings indicate that disengagement is not rooted in apathy but is shaped by long-standing racialized experiences, ideological misalignment, and …

How Cultural Intelligence Shapes Communication And Decision-Making In Multicultural Teams, Jonathan Freking

The Scholarship Without Borders Journal

This study explores how cultural intelligence influences patterns of communication and decision-making in multicultural teams, with particular attention to behaviors such as turn-taking, conflict resolution, and feedback. Drawing on a thematic analysis of 45 peer-reviewed articles spanning foundational theories, empirical studies, and methodological approaches, this paper identifies six key themes: the evolution of the CQ construct; CQ as an adaptive communication mechanism; its role in conflict resolution; its influence on collaborative decision-making; the emergence of collective cultural intelligence; and methodological approaches for understanding CQ in context. Findings suggest that high-CQ individuals and teams demonstrate more equitable voice distribution, engage in …

Investigating Burnout Among Higher Education Students In Kenya: Factorial Structure, Validity, And Reliability Of The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey, Kennedy Wasonga Awuonda, Kwanghee Jung, Jaehoon Lee, Woonyoung Song, Sharon Atieno

Journal of Educational Research and Practice

Burnout is characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced work-related personal accomplishment. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is a widely used tool for measuring burnout syndrome. Several studies have been conducted to evaluate the reliability and validity of various versions of the MBI, including the MBI-Student Survey. However, cultural, social, and economic factors may affect burnout differently in African countries, highlighting the need for more research. The study examined burnout among college students in Kenya, specifically by investigating the factorial structure, validity, and reliability of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS). The study involved a total of 422 participants. The …

Clouds, Cameras, And Computers: The First Amendment And Networked Public Places, Timothy Zick

Florida Law Review

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Search For A Method, Jean-Paul Sartre

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

New York, Knopf, 1963

Call #: B819 .S3363 1963

Contains marginalia and marginal lining.

PDF Information: 30 pages – 12.6mb

A History Of Political Theory, George Sabine

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

New York, H. Holt and Company [©1937]

Call #JA81 .S3 1937

Contains marginal lining

PDF information: 19 pages – 1.2mb

The Shorthorn: December 5, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: November 14, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: October 31, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: October 17, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: October 24, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: August 15, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: September 26, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: August 1, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: May 16, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: May 2, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: May 9, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: April 25, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: April 18, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: April 11, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: March 28, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: March 21, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: March 14, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: March 7, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: February 28, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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The Shorthorn: February 21, 1969

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1960s

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