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The Multidimential Impact Of Proportionality: Electoral Districts And Deficit Spending, Charles Robert Hankla

Political Science Faculty Publications

Why might a democratically elected government choose to run a sustained fiscal deficit in the face of many potential drawbacks? In this paper, I contribute in two important ways to our understanding of the political causes of fiscal outcomes. First, I develop a theoretical argument that democracies with a few large districts will have greater political incentives to provide balanced budgets than democracies with many small districts. Second, I test my theory (and, preliminarily, other theories) with a much broader empirical model than those generally used in the literature. The project helps bring to light the multidimensional impact of electoral …

November/December 2007, Stall Times

University Library Stall Times

No abstract provided.

The Life Of A Wiki: How Georgia State University Library's Wiki Enhances Content Currency And Employee Collaboration, Sarah Steiner, Joel Glogowski

University Library Faculty Publications

In recent years, the ease of use and collaborative nature of the wiki has made it a popular tool in many libraries. Georgia State University Library has hosted an internal wiki since 2003, and since its inception it has been utilized in many different and innovative ways. This article will provide an overview of some of the more interesting uses of the GSU Library wiki, specifically, its life as a reference guide, training manual, committee meeting and planning ground, home for material price quotes, and finally, as a place for entertaining work-related content.

Presentation - Getting Their Hands Dirty: Collaborating To Engage Undergraduates In Learning, Mandy J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D.

University Library Faculty Publications

Presentation on collaboration with Dr. Hannah Britton, Associate Professor of Political Science and Women’s Studies, on the redesign of her Women and Politics course toward achieving an articulated pedagogical aim of shifting from “providing instruction” to “producing learning” via engaging students’ in original research/analysis.

August/September 2007, Stall Times

University Library Stall Times

No abstract provided.

The Briefing, Spring/Summer 2007, Andrew Young School Of Policy Studies

The Briefing at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

No abstract provided.

June 2007, Stall Times

University Library Stall Times

No abstract provided.

Iraq The Vote: Retrospective And Prospective Foreign Policy Judgments On Candidate Choice And Casualty Tolerance, Jason Reifler, Christopher Gelpi, Peter Feaver

Political Science Faculty Publications

In this article, we model the effect of foreign policy attitudes on both vote choice and casualty tolerance, using survey data collected during the 2004 election. We show that prospective judgments of the likelihood of success in Iraq and retrospective judgments of whether the war in Iraq was right are significant determinants of both vote choice and casualty tolerance. The prospective judgment of success is key in predicting casualty tolerance, while retrospective judgment of whether the war was right takes precedence in determining vote choice. In addition, there is an important interaction between the two variables, so the effect of …

Derailing Anxiety In Academic Library Instruction, Kaetrena D. Davis

University Library Faculty Presentations

What We’ll Cover • What is Teaching Anxiety? • Why study Teaching Anxiety (TA)? • Methodology and details of the study • Results of the study • Emerging solutions to TA in librarians • Discussion: your experiences & comments

April/May 2007, Stall Times

University Library Stall Times

No abstract provided.

E-Book Evolution: The New Chapter Of Electronic Resources, Bonnie Tijerina, Tammy Sugarman, Heather King

University Library Faculty Presentations

Panelists discuss several aspects of the electronic book environment: the evolution and current incarnations of e-books, user perceptions, marketing, and how the current access, cost, and use models of e-books affect how libraries develop collections. Presentation includes video clips from interviews with Georgia State University students. Note: File may take a few minutes to download. Within the presentation, click on the blue boxes to view the video clips embedded in the presentation.

Academic Librarians, Professional Literature, And New Technologies: A Survey, Skye Hardesty, Tammy Sugarman

University Library Faculty Publications

Keeping abreast of professional literature and the latest trends is critical for academic librarians to be successful, but in a time of information glut, are librarians achieving this? Over seven hundred academic librarians responded to this survey and inform us about their use of both traditional methods and new technologies to stay current.

March 2007, Stall Times

University Library Stall Times

No abstract provided.

Information Literacy And Information Seeking Behavior Among Business Majors, Casey Long, Milind Shrikhande

University Library Faculty Publications

The current generation of college students has used the Internet to access information since the early 1990s. No assessment of information use, quality, variety, and reliability of information generally occurs at both the student and faculty level. In this paper we use a package of teaching methods targeted towards improving information-seeking behavior among graduate and undergraduate business majors. The effectiveness of the teaching package is assessed through an evaluation of student term-papers and quality of resources used. We find that the package of teaching methods implemented does result in significant improvement in information seeking behavior, especially among undergraduate business majors.

Connecting Diversity To Management: Further Insights, La Loria Konata, Tim Zou

University Library Faculty Publications

It has long been noted that libraries need more diversity in the professional ranks. This situation is now critical with baby boomers soon to retire leaving millennials, who are more racially and ethnically diverse, as the next majority population. The profession will need to recruit a more significant number of millennials to the profession if libraries are to resemble the communities they serve. To get an idea of the current status of management diversity in libraries, managers/supervisors of ARL libraries-in states that contain the highest number of minorities in population-were randomly selected for a survey. Participants in ARL's LCDP were …

February 2007, Stall Times

University Library Stall Times

No abstract provided.

Gender And The Evolution Of Normal School Education: A Historical Analysis Of Teacher Education Institutions, Chara H. Bohan, Wesley Null

Educational Policy Studies Faculty Publications

A historical analysis of the confluence of gender and teacher education curriculum at specific normal schools in Texas between 1890 and 1930 is provided. Comparing these stories reveals the influence of the expansion of public education on teacher education curricula, the influence of gender on the development of teacher education, and how the nature of the curriculum offered reflected the impact of gender.

Asymmetric Federalism In Russia: Cure Or Poison?, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez

ECON Publications

No abstract provided.

Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca Mulatta) Maintain Learning Set Despite Second-Order Stimulus-Response Spatial Discontiguity, Michael J. Beran, David A. Washburn, Duane M. Rumbaugh

Language Research Center

In many discrimination-learning tests, spatial separation between stimuli and response loci disrupts performance in rhesus macaques. However, monkeys are unaffected by such stimulusresponse spatial discontiguity when responses occur through joystick-based computerized movement of a cursor. To examine this discrepancy, five monkeys were tested on a learning-set task that required them to touch computer-graphic "levers" {which differed in location across experimental phases) with a cursor in order to select an associated test stimulus. The task produced both first-order (joystick and lever) and second-order (lever and stimuli) spatial discontiguity between the stimuli to be discriminated and the discriminative response. Performance was significantly …

Overview And Comparison Of The Value Added Tax And The Retail Sales Tax, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Sally Wallace, Laura Wheeler

FRC Working Papers

With the introduction of HR 900, there has been renewed interest in the Value Added Tax (VAT) as a revenue tool for Georgia. While the VAT does not appear to be under consideration in the revised version of HR 900, it does remain an interesting and innovative policy option for state tax revenues in Georgia. However, since only two states in the U.S. use a type of VAT, the tax is not familiar to many policymakers and constituents in Georgia. This policy brief provides an overview of the VAT and specifically summarizes the similarities and differences between a VAT and …

Global Evolution: A Chronological Annotated Bibliography Of International Students In U.S. Academic Libraries, Kaetrena D. Davis

University Library Faculty Publications

This chronological, annotated bibliography shows the evolution of the issues concerning undergraduate and graduate international students in American academic libraries and contains many possible guidelines and ideas for meeting the basic and advanced information needs of an increasingly diverse patron group.

Book Review - "Pigs And Raunch: 21st-Century Feminism?", Mandy J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D.

University Library Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Bright Idea: Connecting To Users With Facebook, Cliff Landis

University Library Faculty Publications

The author relates his decision to establish an Ask a Librarian social networking group for students at Valdosta State University in Georgia. One of the appeals of social networking Web sites to users is the variety of services in one interface. He discovered that many students are using the Facebook site while researching. He recommends the creation of individual accounts because Facebook discourages institute-wide accounts.

“Send Me A Nice Little Letter All To Myself”: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’S Fan Mail And Antebellum Poetic Culture, Jill E. Anderson

University Library Faculty Publications

This paper examines fan mail written to poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow during the 1840s and 1850s, as he made the transition from emerging poet to being one of the best-known and most influential American poets of his time. Longfellow’s admirers wrote him letters praising his poetry, but also making requests for tokens of his presence and esteem: handwritten lines of his poetry, pencils, portraits, locks of hair, and in one case, his daughter’s hand in marriage. Claiming to “know” Longfellow through his poetry, admirers often also identified themselves as being in “debt” to Longfellow for his beautiful poetry, and sought …

Breaking Down The Barriers To Pediatric Procedural Preparation, Lindsey L. Cohen, Jill E. Maclaren

Psychology Faculty Publications

There are characteristics of children’s medical pain that makes it amenable to intervention. Specifically, almost all procedural events are planned and the steps of the procedure are scripted. Thus, the parent and patient have the ability to be well prepared to handle the stressor. In fact, the medical situation could even be viewed as a valuable opportunity for the family to learn and practice coping skills, which in turn can result in a heightened sense of mastery and empowerment for future expected and unexpected pain and suffering in life. The preparation literature is sufficiently strong to allow recommendations regarding how …

Psychosocial Predictors Of Sexual Initiation And High-Risk Sexual Behaviors In Early Adolescence, Argyro Caminis, Christopher Henrich, Vladislav Ruchkin, Mary Schwab-Stone, Andrés Martin

Psychology Faculty Publications

Background: This longitudinal study examined psychosocial factors associated with risky sexual behavior in early adolescence.

Methods: Data were collected through a self-report survey, the Social and Health Assessment (SAHA), which was administered in three waves between 2001 and 2003 to a cohort of incoming sixth grade students in the public school system (149 classes at 17 middle and high schools, N = 1,175) of a small northeastern city in the United States. We first examined whether internalizing and externalizing problems in sixth grade, and the rate of change in these factors during middle school, were predictive of sexual initiation two …

Family Functioning In Children With Chronic Illness Compared With Healthy Controls: A Critical Review, Catherine B. Mcclellan, Lindsey L. Cohen

Psychology Faculty Publications

The impact of chronic illnesses upon children and their families can range from minimal disruptions to severe distress and functional limitations. Advances in medical care and technology have increased the lifespan of children with chronic illness as well as decreased the frequency of readily observable disease impacts on this population. To enhance our understanding of the more subtle, but equally important, impacts of pediatric chronic illnesses, researchers have expanded the domains assessed to include measurement of child adjustment and family functioning. Understanding the nature and development of the deficits in family functioning is key to the formulation of interventions designed …

The Impact Of Acceptance And Commitment Therapy Versus Education On Stigma Toward People With Psychological Disorders, Akihiko Masuda, S. C. Hayes, Lindsay B. Fletcher, P. J. Seignourel, K. Bunting, S. A. Herbst, M. P. Twohig, J. Lillis

Psychology Faculty Publications

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) has previously been shown to alter stigmatizing attitudes and to be relatively useful for psychologically inflexible participants. The present study is the first to bring those two findings together by comparing ACT to an education intervention for reducing stigma toward people with psychological disorders, and examining whether results differ for psychologically inflexible versus flexible individuals. A sample of college students (N = 95) was randomly assigned to a 2 ½ hour ACT or educational workshop. Measures were taken before and after the workshop and at a one-month follow-up. ACT reduced mental health stigma significantly regardless …

Fmri Predictors Of Treatment Outcome In Pediatric Anxiety Disorders, Erin Mcclure, Abby Adler, Christopher Monk, Jennifer Cameron, Samantha Smith, Eric E. Nelson, Ellen Leibenluft, Monique Ernst, Daniel Pine

Psychology Faculty Publications

A growing number of studies have found evidence that anxiety and depressive disorders are associated with atypical amygdala hyperactivation, which decreases with effective treatment. Interest has emerged in this phenomenon as a possible biological marker for individuals who are likely to benefit from tailored treatment approaches. The present study was designed to examine relationships between pre-treatment amygdala activity and treatment response in a sample of anxious children and adolescents. Participants, who were diagnosed predominantly with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning prior to treatment with fluoxetine or cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Results indicated significant negative …

Responses To Conflict And Cooperation In Adolescents With Anxiety And Mood Disorders, Erin B. Mcclure, Jessica M. Parrish, Eric E. Nelson, Joshua Easter, John F. Thorne, James K. Rilling, Monique Ernst, Daniel S. Pine

Psychology Faculty Publications

This study examined patterns of behavioral and emotional responses to conflict and cooperation in adolescents with anxiety/mood disorders and healthy peers. We compared performance on and emotional responses to the Prisoner’s Dilemma (PD) game, an economic exchange task involving conflict and cooperation, between adolescents with anxiety/depressive disorders (A/D) (N=21) and healthy comparisons (n=29). Participants were deceived to believe their co-player (a pre-programmed computer algorithm) was another study participant. A/D adolescents differed significantly from comparisons in patterns of play and emotional response to the game. Specifically, A/D participants responded more cooperatively to cooperative overtures from their co-players; A/D girls also reported …