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Response By David N. Gibbs, David N. Gibbs

Class, Race and Corporate Power

David N. Gibbs responds to the six scholars who addressed his article in this issue of Class, Race and Corporate Power.

Responses To David N. Gibbs Article By John Theis, Scott Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha Varadarajan, Kees Van Der Pijl, And John Feffer, Various Authors

Class, Race and Corporate Power

This piece comprises the responses of six scholars to the article posted in this same issue of Class, Race and Corporate Power by David N. Gibbs titled "How the Srebrenica Massacre Redefined US Foreign Policy."

The Flora Of The Cuban Republic, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes a lecture by Jorge Gutierrez, the Main Curator of the Prof.Dr. Johannes Bisse Herbarium in Havana, Cuba, on the topic of his studies on plant biodiversity. This lecture is sponsored by the FIU Cuban Research Institute.

Cuba: From Economic Take-Off To Collapse Under Castro, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes a book presentation of "Cuba: From Economic Take-off to Collapse under Castro" by co-authors Jorge Salazar-Carrillo and Andro Nodarse-Leon.The book reviews Cuba's economic success pre-Castro, and concludes the Fidel Castro's revolution has been an economic disaster for Cuba.

This event was Cosponsored by the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center at FIU and will be held on December 15,2015 at Books & Books in Coral Gables, FL.

Giving Voice To Voiceless: Engaging Urban Youth For Possibilities, Donnie R. Hale Jr, Chaundra L. Whitehead, Chanika Young

South Florida Education Research Conference

This symposium will discuss the expansion of The Education Effect – Booker T. Washington, as a university community school partnership designed to engage urban youth for college and career readiness. The partnership is focused on developing collective impact and capacity for academic achievement, social success and college completion. The partnership aligns university expertise, resources and evidenced based strategies to address educational needs through the improvement of teaching and learning; increase graduation rate and parental involvement.

A Randomized Comparison Of Two Instructional Sequences For Imitation Intervention For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders, Elaine Espanola

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine differences in effectiveness and rate of skill acquisition between a recently developed and empirically validated instructional sequence, Motor and Vocal Imitation Assessment (MVIA), and a commonly used instructional sequence in a curriculum guide, Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP).

Methods: Children with ASD were randomly assigned to two treatment groups to determine difference in imitation performance. The treatment group followed the instructional sequence proposed in the MVIA. The comparison group followed the instructional sequence proposed in the VB-MAPP. Initial levels of imitation were assessed via the MVIA. The intervention …

Paris Talks: Geography & Community, Juliet Pinto

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Paris Talks: Energizing Cognitive Dissonance, Juliet Pinto

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Paris Talks: A Tale Of Two Narratives, Juliet Pinto

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Paris Talks: What's Resilience?, Phaedra Pezzullo

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Paris Talks: Acronyms, Actions & Akon, Juliet Pinto

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Digital Activities: Florida International University Libraries Annual Report, Fy 2014-2015, Digital Collections Center, Florida International University, Jamie Rogers, Jill V. Krefft

FIU Digital Collections Center Annual Reports

This report provides information on the digital activities for the fiscal year 2014-2015.

Paris Talks: Engage With The Environment, Juliet Pinto

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Paris Talks: Local - Global Issues, Juliet Pinto

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Paris Talks: Securing The Future, Phaedra Pezzullo

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Passage To Cuba: Up-Close Look At The World's Most Colorful Culture, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes a book presentation by Author Cynthia Carris Alonso on her new book, which provides an insider's view on the different worlds contained within Cuba. This event is presented by FIU Cuban Research Institute.

Paris Talks: Trials Of Climate Advocacy, Phaedra Pezzullo

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Evolution And Permanence In Cuban Poetry- The Poetry Of Lazaro Castillo, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes the lecture "Evolution and Permanence in Cuban Poetry- The Poetry of Lazaro Castillo" by Lazaro Castillo, a leading young poet in Cuba. His texts are characterized by his interest in daily life, a collection of itinerant anecdotes, and the amorous vocation that precedes pain. This lecture is cosponsored by the Department of Modern Languages and was conducted in Spanish. It was held on November 20,2015 at FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, CBC254.

The Spanish Spoken In Cuba: Antecedents, Processes Of Phonetic Variation, And Cubanisms- Lecture By Elizabeth Santana Cepero, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

The flyer promotes " The Spanish Spoken in Cuba: Antecedents, Processes of Phonetic Variation, and Cubanisms", a lecture by Elizabeth Santana Cepero on the Cuban variety of Spanish that results from historical and socoiolinguistic processes of transculturation and change. The lecture was conducted in Spanish and held on November 19,2015 at FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus Green Library 220.

Central Europe's Lessons For Modern Cuba- Presentation By Ambassador Michael Zantovsky, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

The Steve J. Green School of International and Public Affairs and the Vaclav Havel Program for Human Rights & Diplomacy invite you to a conversation with Ambassador Michael Zantovsky, former Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United Kingdom, United States and to Israel. Zantovsky lectures on lessons learned in Central Europe that are relevant to Cubans, the Cuban diaspora and the entire Miami community.

Mapping Memories: Cuban Exiles Navigate Home, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University

Cuban Research Institute Events

This flyer promotes the lecture "Mapping Memories: Cuban Exiles Navigate Home" by Patricia L. Price, the Dean of Academic Affairs at Stella & Charles Guttman Community College, City University of New York, Manhattan. This lecture was held on November 16, 2015 at Modesto M. Maidique Campus, Green Library 220.

Eyes Represents At Un, French Meetings, Robert E. Gutsche Jr.

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Announcing

"Eyes member Juliet Pinto has been selected to be part of the International Environmental Communication Association’s (IECA’s) Climate Negotiations Working Group at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris in November."

The Martian: A Nasa-Tionalist Utopia, Bryant W. Sculos

Class, Race and Corporate Power

The Martian presents the audience with a near-future that is a pervasively depoliticized neoliberal utopia—and what is scariest is that it does so very successfully. That is, The Martian is a very well-made and largely entertaining film that is also one of the shallowest movies likely to be considered for an Academy Award, though the competition for that will likely be strong.

How The Srebrenica Massacre Redefined Us Foreign Policy, David N. Gibbs

Class, Race and Corporate Power

This special perspectives section features commentary on the implications of the Srebrenica massacre for U.S. foreign policy. Given the 20-year anniversary of the massacre, we felt that it was appropriate to invite a range of scholars to participate in a forum to address different aspects of the tragedy and its aftermath in the context of U.S. foreign policy. The forum is structured around a commentary by David Gibbs, author of First Do No Harm: Humanitarian Intervention and the Destruction of Yugoslavia, Vanderbilt University Press, 2009. Gibbs article, "How the Srebrenica Massacre Redefined U.S. Foreign Policy," is featured below. Within the …

Marx In Miami: Reflections On Teaching And The Confrontation With Ideology, Bryant W. Sculos, Sean N. Walsh

Class, Race and Corporate Power

In composing this piece we hope to detail some of our strategies and pedagogical experiences teaching Marx and Marxism in Miami, Florida. Although Miami is certainly a special case regarding the intensity and character of ideological fervor against Leftist political and social theory, we believe the lessons adapted to this specific environment can be generalized for instructors regardless of geography. Teaching Marx in the United States often poses unique challenges. In Miami, those obstacles feel frequently amplified.

Cut From The Same Cloth: The Us Textile And Apparel Industry And Post-Disaster Designs For Haiti., Ransford F. Edwards Jr.

Class, Race and Corporate Power

In the aftermath of the 2010 Haitian earthquake, various neoliberal strategies have been advanced to help in short-term disaster mitigation and reconstruction, as well as more long-term improvements in the country’s overall economic integration and growth. One such strategy has been focused on revitalizing the country’s apparel assembly industries through an aggressive expansion of export processing zones (EPZs). The disaster, it appears, represented an important opportunity to improve economic conditions by reorganizing the country’s role in the global apparel commodity chain. However, this reorganization conflicts with the preferences of US textile and apparel producers who have used trade preference programs …

Crises And The Myth Of The Money Supply, James H. Nolt

Class, Race and Corporate Power

Money, credit and capital are three fundamental economic terms that every high school student, at least, should understand. Yet we live in a society that does not treasure clarity about itself. Power prefers obscurity. So not only do few high school students understand these concepts, but few PhDs in economics do either. If you learn anything from this article, at least I hope you will understand these three. If you already know, or think you do, what money, credit and capital are (readers of this journal should know these), perhaps nonetheless you will be somewhat surprised by the simplicity, clarity …

Economic Aid To Egypt: Promoting Progress Or Subordination?, Dina Jadallah

Class, Race and Corporate Power

This article evaluates the political economy of U.S. aid in Egypt, arguing that transnational actors worked symbiotically with political and crony capitalist Egyptian elite to formulate and implement aid policies. The transnational elite project, narratively described as promoting ‘market democracy,’ defined reforms within a narrow frame where political and economic engagement would not challenge the dominant U.S.-Israeli security structure. The aid regime used a dual strategy based on partnerships and privatization, whereby reforms functioned to enhance asymmetric elite profit-making, economic integration into the U.S.-dominated capitalist system, and the geostrategic stability, and hence, dictatorship, within that order. Dictatorial power was central …

Essays On Intergovernmental Fiscal Relationship, Bimal Soti

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The aim of this dissertation is to explore a number of issues in intergovernmental fiscal relationships in the United States. Three independent essays in the dissertation focus on three different issues of interest in public finance: the response of school districts and county governments to changes in state government grant allocations; political determinants of presidential disaster declarations; and the crowding out of federal transfers to states by private charitable donations with special reference to the proportion of federal welfare grants to all 50 U.S. states over the period 2005 - 2013.

Results in the first essay show that decreases in …

Eyewitness Choosing Behavior: The Role Of Ecphoric Experience And Non-Memorial Cues, Brian S. Cahill

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Researchers’ attempts at understanding the processes underlying witness choosing behavior have focused on applying models that predict that identifications will be primarily driven by memorial factors. However, research has shown that several non-memorial variables affect witness choosing behavior (e.g., administrator influence, clothing bias, co-witness information); thus a full understanding of the processes underlying witness choosing behavior needs to account for these effects. While the memory-based models do attempt to provide explanations for the effects of non-memorial based variables on choosing behavior they all do so within a memorial context. However, I will argue a lineup task is not simply a …