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Digital Scholarship, Kate Langan, Sue Steuer

Advancing Your Research Skills for the Digital Age

Brief presentation at Advancing Your Research Skill for the Digital Age: a workshop for grad students and faculty researchers.

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False Promises: The Failure Of Secure Communities In Miami-Dade County, Alex Stepick, Steve Held, Cynthia S. Hernandez, Cheryl Little, Susana Barciela

Sociology Faculty Publications and Presentations

This report addresses the impact on Miami-Dade County of the Secure Communities program, currently one of the primary federal immigration enforcement programs administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). DHS claims that the program prioritizes the removal of convicted criminal aliens who pose a danger to national security or public safety, repeat violators who game the immigration system, those who fail to appear at immigration hearings, and fugitives who have already been ordered removed by an immigration judge.

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Combating Violence Against Women Through C4d: The “Use Your Voice” Campaign And Its Implications On Audience-Citizens In Papua New Guinea, Vipul Khosla, Akina Mikami, Lauren B. Frank, Isabel Popal, Klara Debeljak, Amelia Shaw

Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations

Violence against women (VAW) is universally identified as a barrier to legal, social, political, and economic equality for women, violating their rights and fundamental freedoms. This article brings together existing literature and empirical research on addressing such violence in Papua New Guinea (PNG), providing results that can inform future work in this area. The literature review examines the causes of violence against women and the role that communication for development (C4D) can play in addressing these issues. The Use Your Voice campaign was implemented in PNG in late 2011 in an effort to promote speaking out against violence and displace …

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Forgiveness: A Humble Path For Police To Servant-Leadership, Mark Whitson

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

In an attempt to make sense ofthe often difficult task of being called to "protect and serve" society, I begin this article by setting the stage for servant-leadership as vital to the police endeavor. The world is ever-changing. It is becoming more complex and diverse. In an effort to better manage in a multicultural environment, leadership styles are evolving. Researchers Mayer, Bardes, and Piccolo indicated "a growing interest in ethical styles of leadership" (Mayer, Bardes, and Piccolo 2008, 180), and one such leadership style is servant-leadership. I have found in my thirty-two years as a public servant that servant-leadership is …

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Enhancing Servant-Leadership’S Practice Through Utilization Of Authentic Dialogue, Russell Horton

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

While the concept of servant-leadership dates back to biblical times more than two thousand years ago (Sendjaya and Sarros 2002, 57), it is only since the 1970s that the ideas of servant-leadership came into modern leadership scholarship through Robert Greenleaf's writings (ibid.). Several authors, including Gergen and Zelleke (2008), Heineman (2006), Russell and Stone (2002), and Tierney (2006) have commented on a societal leadership deficit. Wong and Davey noted that in some cases this manifests itself as a lack of interested or available leaders for a given organizational or community leadership position (Wong and Davey 2007, 1 ). The lack …

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Bernie’S Truth: Introducing Servant-Leadership Through A Case Study Of Leadership’S Effect On Organizational Culture, Randall Miller, Peter J. Flanagan

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The narrative case study presented in this article takes place in a Midwestern city with a population that exceeds one hundred thousand residents. The city has a long history of labor/management problems complicated by political corruption and professional inbreeding with regard to appointing city employees; from the lowest levels to the very top leadership positions. The resulting organizational culture has created a cadre of Good 01' Boys where politics rule over expertise, common sense, and ethical judgment. It is in this environment we introduce Bernie Russo, a fictitious character based on the real prototype of command and control leadership that …

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Critical Research Needs For Successful Food Systems Adaptation To Climate Change, Michelle Miller, Molly Anderson, Charles A. Francis, Chad Kruger, Carol Barford, Jacob Park, Brent H. Mccown

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

There is a growing sense of the fragility of agricultural production in the Global North and South and of increasing risks to food security, as scientific observations confirm significant changes in the Gulf Stream, polar ice, atmospheric CO₂, methane release, and other measures of climate change. This sense is heightened as each of us experiences extreme weather, such as the increasing frequency of droughts, floods, unseasonal temperatures, and erratic seasonality. The central research challenge before us is how global, national, regional, and local food systems may adapt to accelerating climate change stresses and uncertainties to ensure the availability, …

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The Daily You, I Know Who You Are And I Saw What You Did, And Privacy, Judy Anderson

CUP Faculty Research

Privacy is the bulwark of any free society. It seems like such a simple concept— letting people decide what information about themselves they want to make public—but what does it really entail? Today’s political and commercial world is about collecting information about people.

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Knowledge Of Juvenile Sex Offender Registration Laws As A Predictor Of Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Cynthia J. Najdowski, Margaret C. Stevenson, Tisha Ra Wiley

Psychology Faculty Scholarship

Because juveniles can now be registered as sex offenders, we conducted a pilot study to investigate awareness of these policies and sexual behavior histories in a convenience sample of 53 young adults (ages 18 to 23, 79% women). These preliminary data revealed that 42% percent of participants were unaware that youth under the age of 18 can be registered as sex offenders, and when informed that they can be, participants were unaware of the breadth of adolescent sexual behavior that warrants registration. Furthermore, those unaware of juvenile registration policies, compared to those who were aware, were marginally more likely to …

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Review Of Between Feminism And Islam: Human Rights And Sharia Law In Morocco By Zakia Salime, Dana M. Olwan

Societies Without Borders

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Review Of Islam And Human Rights Tradition And Politics By Ann Elizabeth Mayer, Aria Nakissa

Societies Without Borders

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Review Of Women Suicide Bombers: Narratives Of Violence By Julie V.G. Rajan, Allie Shier

Societies Without Borders

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The Expansion Of Transgenic Soybeans And The Killing Of Indigenous Peasants In Argentina, Pablo Lapegna

Societies Without Borders

In the last two years, four activists of peasant and indigenous organizations have died in the context of land conflicts in Northern Argentina. This article examines the expansion of genetically modified soybeans and the political alliances of national and provincial governments to understand these events. The focus is put on the recent killing of a peasant activist in the province of Santiago del Estero, the media coverage of this event, and the reactions of popular organizations. The case represents an example of the “dark side of the boom” of the recent expansion of agribusiness in South America.

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Review Of Immigration, Labor, And The Politics Of Belonging In France By Elaine Thomas, Joellen Pederson

Societies Without Borders

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Review Of Immigration Nation: Raids, Detentions, Deportations In Post- 9/11 America By Tanya Maria Golash-Boza, Nathaniel A. Davis

Societies Without Borders

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Narratives Of Mass Violence: The Role Of Memory And Memorialization In Addressing Human Rights Violations In Post-Conflict Rwanda And Uganda, Carla De Yeaza, Nicole Fox

Societies Without Borders

This paper explores the question of what do Rwandans and Ugandans working on memorialization initiatives deem important when discussing the role of individual and collective memory in the aftermath of mass violence and human rights violations. Social scientists and human rights scholars have asserted the importance of memory in both reconciliation and healing after mass violence. However, it is difficult to determine the most appropriate way to facilitate reconciliation between groups who previously raped, stole from or killed one another, as there is no “one-size-fits-all” approach. While policies cannot remedy the murder of one’s family, scholars, activists and practitioners argue …

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“I Now Pronounce You Polimigra”: Narrative Resistance To Police-Ice Interoperability, Meghan E. Conley

Societies Without Borders

Police-ICE interoperability, known colloquially by immigrant rights actors as PoliMigra, is the cooperation of state and local law enforcement with federal immigration authorities to enforce federal immigration law. Hailed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and state and local authorities as a “common sense” approach to immigration enforcement, such collaboration is asserted to aid authorities in identifying and apprehending potential or proven threats to the nation. In contrast, immigrant rights actors argue that the blurring of lines between local police and federal immigration agents ultimately produces vulnerability for communities, both immigrant and native-born. In …

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Freedom With Chinese Characteristics, Keith Kerr

Societies Without Borders

The following “note from the field” is based off of first-hand observations and experiences had while living and working as an affiliated professor at a Chinese university. Noting the well-known political restrictions existing in China, the piece argues that against dominant Western narratives depicting a lack of freedom within China, there ostensibly appear spaces offering levels of emotional and interactional freedoms greater than what one can experience in the West. This argument is framed within the thought of Western intellectuals such as David Riesman, Erich Fromm, C. Wright Mills and Stjepan Mestrovic, and is advanced by considering the vast historical …

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Review Of Fair Trade From The Ground Up. New Markets For Social Justice By April Linton, Silvia Giagnoni

Societies Without Borders

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Linking Disability Rights And Democracy: Insights From Brazil, Lyusyena Kirakosyan

Societies Without Borders

This article explores the purport and portent of the 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) for disabled Brazilians. The analysis proceeds in three stages. First, it traces the evolution of the Convention as the culmination of a 30-year dialogue between the UN, governments and civil society organizations worldwide. As a legally binding instrument, the UNCRPD enables disabled citizens and interested civil society organizations to hold signatory states accountable for the protection and furtherance of disability rights. Second, the article examines how the Brazilian government came to adopt the Convention and how it has implemented …

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Negotiating Uncertainty In The Right To Asylee Status, Erin Rider

Societies Without Borders

The asylum system regards asylum seekers as actors with privilege and resources, and expects them to present sound cases documenting their rights to asylee status. However, the asylum system fails to consider the lack of autonomy of asylum seekers, as they must manage trauma, lack of resources, new host societies, and the asylum process. Based on interviews (n=14) with asylum seekers, general findings reveal that inherent barriers within the asylum system position asylum seekers into a context of insecurity that undermines their agency and ability to achieve asylee status. The examination of asylum seekers interacting with the United States asylum …

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Mexicans In New York City, Luis F. Nuno

Societies Without Borders

New York City witnessed a substantial growth of Mexican immigration in the postCold War Era. This paper reviews the research literature on these changes across the urban landscape in light of the sociology of human rights in the contemporary era criminalizing migration. The number of births to Mexican mothers in New York City’s hospitals between 1985-2006 documents a near ten times growth in the number of Mexican American babies born in New York City for the twenty-year period between 1985-2005. Additionally, ethnographic data examine the lived experiences of Mexican immigrants in New York City during this era. The research offers …

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Stress Theory, Health, And Health Care: Self-Care Technology And Self-Identity Reinvigoration, Nicholas Gibson

Societies Without Borders

How does self-care technology influence self-concept in patients with chronic health care needs? Progressive patient reliance on self-care is tantamount to the extension of independence and self-reliance in all countries with populations experiencing chronic health challenges. With remarkable advancements in medical technology of late, understanding the effects of self-care technology on patient well-being is critical. This work explores existing literature on the intersection of medical care and technological interventions in populations dealing with chronic illnesses, through the lens of a researcher involved with the HOPE Project in Hawai'i exploring technology use by patients undergoing dialysis treatments. The perspective of this …

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Grappling With Structure, Social Construction, And Morality: Towards A Human Rights Approach To Social Problems Instruction, Eric Bonds

Societies Without Borders

This essay proposes a human rights approach to social problems instruction, whereby social problems are defined as conditions in which a group’s human rights are violated due to their position in a social structure. The approach advocated here draws upon the strengths of the values-structure and social constructionist heritages in the teaching of social problems, while also correcting for some of their individual weaknesses and limitations. The essay closes by outlining what such a class might look like and includes a list of possible teaching resources and a sample class syllabus.

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The Role Of Team Preparation Processes And Task Conflict On Virtual Team Performance, Pilar Pazos, Ana María Canto

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study is to increase our understanding of the factors contributing to team performance in global virtual teams. We report on a study on global virtual teams involved on applied projects in industry. Team members differed in location and nationalities. This paper examines the relationships between goal commitment, planning and conflict. Data were collected from 34 teams in an international Master program in Quality Management, Safety and Environmental Impact hosted in Bolivia and Chile. Students were from nine different countries in South America. Students were assigned to teams of size 3 and participated in 15-week project as …

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Sectarianism And External Intervention: The Us Occupation Of Iraq And The Rise Of Political Sectarianism In The Arab World, Gamal M. Selim, Dalia Rushdy

Political Science

منذ أن تبلورت في البلاد العربية ظاهرة الهوية، لم تكن تلك الهوية تمثل أي تعارض مع الدين أو المذهب. كما أن التعدد الثقافي العربي وبما تضمنه من تنوع طائفي وإثني ظل سمة أصيلة من سمات المجتمعات العربية لعقود طويلة، وكان مصدرا مهما من مصادر الثراء والتنوع الثقافي والحضاري. لكن هذا التعدد تحول منذ الغزو الأمريكي للعراق عام 2003 من مصدر لإثراء المجتمع إلى سبب لهدمه وتفكيكه، حيث برزت مسألة الطائفية السياسية بقوة، وأصبحت إحدى أكثر المشكلات التي يعاني الوطن العربي من ويلاتها. ورغم أننا لا يمكن أن ننكر أن ظهور الطائفية في الدول العربية سابق على الغزو الأمريكي للعراق، إلا …

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Donor States And Donee States: Investigating Geographic Redistribution Of The Us Federal-Aid Highway Program 1974-2008, Pengyu Zhu, Jeffrey R. Brown

Urban Studies and Community Development Faculty Publications and Presentations

In 2009, the US government spent more than $42 billion on the federal-aid highway program. Most of this money was raised from motor vehicle taxes, whose proceeds are deposited in the highway trust fund. Federal motor vehicle user taxes flow into the fund and aid expenditures flow out from it to build and maintain highways and other transportation infrastructure. With so much money at stake it should be no surprise that expenditure decisions are the subject of intense political debate. Chief among these debates is the conflict between donor states, whose residents pay more in highway user taxes than the …

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Regional Influences On Political Identity: Canadian And U.S. Urban Comparisons, Susan Mason

Urban Studies and Community Development Faculty Publications and Presentations

Scholars have expanded the academic literature to understand the way culture may influence politics but much less work has considered the influence of region on cities and individuals. The article uses existing data to examine whether liberalism is influenced by the region where individuals and cities are located. The study uses the boolean method and Hierarchical Linear Modeling to control for both individual and city level effects in 8 Canadian cities and 46 U.S. cities. The findings support the supposition that place still matters even in an era when globalization threatens to standardize much of what makes up our communities.

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Postville Immigration Raid 5 Years Later [Poster - Version 2]

Postville Project Documents

An English-language promotional poster for a demonstration commemorating the 2008 Postville Immigration Raid.

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Finding Library Solutions In Adjacent Industries, Lori Bowen Ayre

Collaborative Librarianship

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Digital Scholarship, Kate Langan, Sue Steuer

Advancing Your Research Skills for the Digital Age

False Promises: The Failure Of Secure Communities In Miami-Dade County, Alex Stepick, Steve Held, Cynthia S. Hernandez, Cheryl Little, Susana Barciela

Sociology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Combating Violence Against Women Through C4d: The “Use Your Voice” Campaign And Its Implications On Audience-Citizens In Papua New Guinea, Vipul Khosla, Akina Mikami, Lauren B. Frank, Isabel Popal, Klara Debeljak, Amelia Shaw

Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations

Forgiveness: A Humble Path For Police To Servant-Leadership, Mark Whitson

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Enhancing Servant-Leadership’S Practice Through Utilization Of Authentic Dialogue, Russell Horton

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Bernie’S Truth: Introducing Servant-Leadership Through A Case Study Of Leadership’S Effect On Organizational Culture, Randall Miller, Peter J. Flanagan

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Critical Research Needs For Successful Food Systems Adaptation To Climate Change, Michelle Miller, Molly Anderson, Charles A. Francis, Chad Kruger, Carol Barford, Jacob Park, Brent H. Mccown

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

The Daily You, I Know Who You Are And I Saw What You Did, And Privacy, Judy Anderson

CUP Faculty Research

Knowledge Of Juvenile Sex Offender Registration Laws As A Predictor Of Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Cynthia J. Najdowski, Margaret C. Stevenson, Tisha Ra Wiley

Psychology Faculty Scholarship

Review Of Between Feminism And Islam: Human Rights And Sharia Law In Morocco By Zakia Salime, Dana M. Olwan

Societies Without Borders

Review Of Islam And Human Rights Tradition And Politics By Ann Elizabeth Mayer, Aria Nakissa

Societies Without Borders

Review Of Women Suicide Bombers: Narratives Of Violence By Julie V.G. Rajan, Allie Shier

Societies Without Borders

The Expansion Of Transgenic Soybeans And The Killing Of Indigenous Peasants In Argentina, Pablo Lapegna

Societies Without Borders

Review Of Immigration, Labor, And The Politics Of Belonging In France By Elaine Thomas, Joellen Pederson

Societies Without Borders

Review Of Immigration Nation: Raids, Detentions, Deportations In Post- 9/11 America By Tanya Maria Golash-Boza, Nathaniel A. Davis

Societies Without Borders

Narratives Of Mass Violence: The Role Of Memory And Memorialization In Addressing Human Rights Violations In Post-Conflict Rwanda And Uganda, Carla De Yeaza, Nicole Fox

Societies Without Borders

“I Now Pronounce You Polimigra”: Narrative Resistance To Police-Ice Interoperability, Meghan E. Conley

Societies Without Borders

Freedom With Chinese Characteristics, Keith Kerr

Societies Without Borders

Review Of Fair Trade From The Ground Up. New Markets For Social Justice By April Linton, Silvia Giagnoni

Societies Without Borders

Linking Disability Rights And Democracy: Insights From Brazil, Lyusyena Kirakosyan

Societies Without Borders

Negotiating Uncertainty In The Right To Asylee Status, Erin Rider

Societies Without Borders

Mexicans In New York City, Luis F. Nuno

Societies Without Borders

Stress Theory, Health, And Health Care: Self-Care Technology And Self-Identity Reinvigoration, Nicholas Gibson

Societies Without Borders

Grappling With Structure, Social Construction, And Morality: Towards A Human Rights Approach To Social Problems Instruction, Eric Bonds

Societies Without Borders

The Role Of Team Preparation Processes And Task Conflict On Virtual Team Performance, Pilar Pazos, Ana María Canto

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

Sectarianism And External Intervention: The Us Occupation Of Iraq And The Rise Of Political Sectarianism In The Arab World, Gamal M. Selim, Dalia Rushdy

Political Science

Donor States And Donee States: Investigating Geographic Redistribution Of The Us Federal-Aid Highway Program 1974-2008, Pengyu Zhu, Jeffrey R. Brown

Urban Studies and Community Development Faculty Publications and Presentations

Regional Influences On Political Identity: Canadian And U.S. Urban Comparisons, Susan Mason

Urban Studies and Community Development Faculty Publications and Presentations

Postville Immigration Raid 5 Years Later [Poster - Version 2]

Postville Project Documents

Finding Library Solutions In Adjacent Industries, Lori Bowen Ayre

Collaborative Librarianship