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Communication And Aging (Online Course), Elizabeth Gill

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A survey of the research in key areas related to aging and communication. Course introduces central theories of communication and aging and approaches to studying intergenerational communication. Communication’s influence on societal attitudes about aging and intergenerational communication, and the impact of communication on issues of independence, wellbeing, healthcare, close personal relationships, decision-making, and other communicative contexts related to aging will be examined. 

Communication And Conflict Management (Online Course), Elizabeth Gill

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This course examines the nature of interpersonal conflict, its causes and consequences. The focus is on application of communication theories and research that illuminate why people behave as they do in conflict. The course also focuses on how to effectively manage conflicts and improve interpersonal communication quality. 

Communication In Families, Elizabeth Gill

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This course provides an examination of communicative structure,function, and process among family members. The family system as a whole and major subsystems(parent-child, siblings, spouses) are explored. Emphasis is on the role ofcommunication in the construction, maintenance, and change of family relationshipsthroughout the family lifecycle.

Communication In Health Professions (Online Course), Elizabeth Gill

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A study of the role communication plays in health professions. The course focuses on the impact of communication on patient-provider interactions and health-related outcomes. Communication skill development and communicative best practices for a variety of healthcare providers are emphasized. 

Introduction To Communication Theories, Richard Jones

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How does communication work? Why does communication work thatway? Scholars in communication studies begin to answer these questions through the applicationof communication theory. This course serves as an introduction to a broad range ofcommunication theories related to interpersonal, group and public, intercultural, media, gender,and organizational communication. This core course is required for communication majorsbecause it serves as a building block for upper level communication courses that depend upon aworking knowledge of communication theories and processes. This course serves as part of youroverall training as a communication scholar/professional in regards to critical thinking, analyticthinking, critical reading, and listening skills. In this …

Introduction To Speech Communication, Richard Jones

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This course focuses on the fundamental principles of selecting, analyzing, evaluating, organizing, developing, and communicating information, evidence, and points of view orally. The course includes instruction in techniques of listening and informative, persuasive, and reactive speaking.

Communication Research, W. Robinson

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How do you find answers to questions you have? How do you ask the“right” questions? How do you solve problems and puzzles related to information retrieval,processing, and organization? How do you synthesize in writing the information you find?These are all important questions that this course will help you address. Developing a strongunderstanding of and ability to use research methods is a practical and important skill forstudents of communication studies to use in other college classes, internships, future careers,and graduate school education.

Communication Theory, W. Robinson

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A survey of communication theories in rhetorical, public, interpersonal,organizational, and mediated contexts.

Case Studies In Organizational Communication, Samantha Szczur

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This course examines key issues inOrganizational Communication through an analysis of case studies. Students will apply various theories of Organizational Communication to real-­‐‑life (or real-­‐‑life inspired) cases from contemporary organizational settings. 

Introduction To Organizational Communication, Samantha Szczur

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This course includes basic theories, structures and functions of communication in business and professional settings.  It also includes effective leadership, decision-­‐‑making, and management of communication techniques. 

Small Group Communication, Samantha Szczur

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This course covers the definition, structure, and functions of small groups. It examines theories and processes of communication that occur in formal and informal groups in professional, civic, and other contexts. Special attention is paid to the ways in which communication in small groups relates to critical and analytical thinking in small group decision making and problem solving, diversity in small groups, roles and leadership in small groups, and oral presentations in small groups. 

Social Interaction, Samantha Szczur

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Human beings employ an array of communicative symbols to craft selves, identities, groups, and reality more generally.  This graduate seminar is dedicated to examining the myriad ways humans create and negotiate realities and identities through social interaction.  As such, we will attend to the individual, groups, cultures, larger social formations, and the inter-­relationships among these arenas.    Studies of social interaction are interdisciplinary and emerge from an array of research methodologies. Consequently, our readings reflect a diversity of perspectives on disciplinary and methodological levels. 

Principles And Practices Of Public Relations Campaigns, Rashmi Thapaliya

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This course examines the methods and approaches to planning,pitching, and implementing public relations campaigns. It introduces students to astakeholder approach to developing campaign strategy including preparing a projectproposal, managing a campaign, and evaluating a campaign’s success. The techniquesaddressed in this course are applicable to diverse clients and build on prior knowledge ofpublic relations writing.

Media Criticism, Scott Walus

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This course is an overview to studying media content, producers, and audiences. This empirical andcritical overview maps the current state of mass communication and media studies research through boththeoretical and applied pieces. Specifically it provides the foundations to entering a conversation on mediastudies, the methodology and theory behind producer studies, various theoretical approaches to textualanalysis, and approaching audience and reception studies.

Assessing The Impact Of Factors On Parental Grief Among Older Chinese Parents, Yongqiang Zheng, Leslie Wuest

Faculty Publications - College of Social Work

A sample of 206 older Chinese bereaved parents was recruited and the effects of attachment style, coping strategy, social support, and spirituality on parental grief were investigated utilizing structural equation modeling. The results revealed problem-focused and dysfunctional coping strategy, insecure attachment style, less social support from family and friends would likely lead to higher levels of parental grief. The study explored how the unique context of Chinese culture and policies may shape the severity and duration of parental grief. It provides a baseline to understand the complexity of parental grief in China and to design and improve future interventions

The Eyes Never Lie: Detecting Simulated Traumatic Brain Injury With Eye-Tracking, Robert John Kanser

Wayne State University Dissertations

Performance validity test (PVT) inaccuracies can be explained by both test and extra-test (e.g., research design components) factors. Eye-tracking is a promising technology to enhance assessment of performance validity. Prior research has established that ocular behaviors are reliable biomarkers of (un)conscious cognitive processes. Experimental research on deception has shown that ocular behaviors reliably distinguish feigned concealment of information from honest responding. The primary objective of this study was to examine the incremental utility of incorporating eye-tracking into a clinical PVT to distinguish adults with verified TBI from adults coached to feign cognitive impairment. A secondary objective was to determine the …

Bad Science: Misconduct In Research, Ethics, & Morality, Jenessa Mcelfresh

Presentations

No abstract provided.

Towards A Pedagogy Of Intergenerational Learning, Anne Fitzpatrick

Books/Book chapters

Based on innovative global practice, Intergenerational Learning in Practice presents a unique contribution to the field of intergenerational learning. Drawing on the Together Old and Young (TOY) programme, this book provides a comprehensive background to intergenerational learning, along with tools and resources to help develop and improve your own intergenerational practice. Experienced international authors from Europe, North America and Australia provide a broad array of perspectives on intergenerational learning, ranging from pedagogy to planning and community development.

The Drug Economy And Youth Interventions: An Exploratory Research Project On Working With Young People Involved In The Illegal Drugs Trade, Matt Bowden

Reports

No abstract provided.

The ‘Hypertextual’ Self: A Mixed Methods Exploration Of Social Media Use For Identity Work Among Muslims In North America, Annisa Meirita Patimurani Rochadiat

Wayne State University Dissertations

Digital connectivity and social media use have become increasingly commonplace as internet-mediated communication and mobile phone technology dominate our daily communication repertoire. Informed by a multidisciplinary theoretical framework of the cybernetic Big Five theory (CB5T; DeYoung, 2015), Communication Theory of Identity (Hecht, 1993), an affordances framework (DeVito, Birnholtz, & Hancock, 2017), and respectability politics (Higginbotham, 1993), this two-phase sequential explanatory mixed methods (Creswell & Plano Clark, 2011) dissertation explores some of the implications of social media use for North America’s (the United States and Canada) Muslims, and how Muslim social media users engage with and communicate through internet-mediated technologies to …

Implementing A New Performance Management System In The Egyptian Civil Service / تطبيق نظام جديد لإدارة الأداء في قطاع الخدمة المدنية في مصر, Reham Mohamed Yousef, Samar Roushdy, Yara Abo El Waffa, Yasmine Mohamed Badr

Papers, Posters, and Presentations

The policy paper discusses the recently ratified Civil Service Law (CSL) No. 81/2016 with a special focus on the potential implementation pathways regarding the performance management system ofgovernment employees. In an attempt to combat the inefficiencies in state bureaucracy to achieve more economic growth, the CSL comes as a legislative instrument within an ambitious national agenda for administrative reform in Egypt seekinga better performance of the public sector institutions.

Kate 2015, Elijah Simpkins, Lauren Bibbs

Kate

Each year, Kate seeks to:

• explore ideas about normative gender, sex, and sexuality

• work against oppression and hierarchies of power in any and all forms

• serve as a voice for race and gender equity as well as queer positivity

• encourage the silent to speak and feel less afraid

• build a zine and community that we care about and trust

The Quest For Wholeness, Shann Ray Ferch

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The articles in this volume of the IJSL, like the articles we’ve been honored to publish throughout the journal’s history, are bold, transgressive, and aimed at decentralizing dominant-culture narratives. As people, Shann Ray Ferch, IJSL editor-in-chief, believes that we are specific and universal, beautiful, tragic, met with fracture, met with fusion, triumphant, graceful, traumatized, deeply harmed, lovely, and graceful. The collective presence of the articles published in this volume are guided by similar beliefs, addressing the call given by Seattle writer and National Book Award winner Charles Johnson (Middle Passage) who asks, “How do we portray the racial, cultural, gender, …

The Qualitative Essence Of Servant-Leadership1, Jiying Song, Shann Ray Ferch

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Robert K. Greenleaf (2002) effectively embodied lesser known servant-leadership aspects such as prophesy, foresight, and the will to better society, often through personal and collective sacrifice. In his telling essay on Robert Frost’s poem “Directive,” Greenleaf showed not only his strengths in linear thinking, but his uncommon and profound gifts with regard to nonlinear, mystery-based, and more circular aspects of wisdom. This type of wisdom is more readily associated with poets and painters than business practitioners or social scientists.

Film Review: “Njan Prakashan”, Philip Mathew

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Beloved Indian poet and playwright Rabindranath Tagore once penned the immortal words: “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” The 2018 Malayalam language film Njan Prakashan (lit. “I am Prakashan”), with English subtitles, brings to life Tagore’s words in a story bursting with the universal themes of humor, joy, empathy, tragedy and, ultimately, rebirth.

Radiocarbon Evidence For Initial Early Formative Period Occupation In Coastal Oaxaca, Mexico, Guy David Hepp

Anthropology Faculty Publications

Seven AMS radiocarbon dates (1950–1525 cal BC) from controlled contexts demonstrate Early Formative period occupation in coastal Oaxaca, Mexico. These dated elements from the site of La Consentida include hearths, occupational surfaces, carbon adhering to pottery from a midden, and human bone collagen processed with XAD purification. They were excavated from primary contexts and do not represent redeposited materials. An eighth sample, dated to the Middle Formative period, is considered postoccupational. The diversity of dated deposits and features, their distribution, and their overlapping calibrated ranges indicate settlement by an initial Early Formative period village.

Deaf Children, Humor And Education Policy, Donna Jo Napoli, R. L. Sutton-Spence

Linguistics Faculty Works

Deaf children need true inclusion to learn, entailing consistent, pervasive use of visual-learning techniques. This is achieved via bilingual education policies that enforce deaf children’s rights to use sign language, permitting teachers to engage in deaf pedagogy using sign language. Educational policies advocating inclusion via an interpreter in the mainstreamed classroom create the “illusion of inclusion” (Glickman 2003). We argue that, in either case, humor can aid inclusion. Understanding humor is a developmental ability, related to cognitive, social, linguistic, and metalinguistic competence. Additionally, learning how humor is understood and expressed contributes to language mastery. However, we find little discussion of …

Identity In The Digital World: Incorporating Digital Wisdom Into Information Literacy Instruction, Andrea Abernathy, Rob Bohall, Sarah Stevenson

Faculty Publications - George Fox University Library

About LIBA 100: Knowing and Being Known

A First Year Experience Class, which focuses on the following

● Liberal Arts

● Writing Proficiency

● Information and Digital Literacy

● Student Success Calling, vocation, StrengthsFinder metrics, belonging, persistence, and developing, the mind are central themes of the course.

Writing is pre-disciplinary, as a response to readings.

Communique, April 2019, Tennessee Health Facilities Commission

2019

This periodical is the bimonthly publication of the Health Services and Development Agency.

Keeping College Pricey: The Bootlegger And Baptist Story Of Higher Education Accreditation, Mary Watson Smith, Joshua C. Hall

Economics Faculty Working Papers Series

Since the passage of the Veterans Readjustment Act of 1952, private accrediting agencies have held the purse strings to all federal student aid. Today, six regional accrediting agencies and ten national accrediting agencies act as the gatekeepers of these federal monies. No college or university can access federal funds without receiving the imprimatur of one of these recognized accrediting agencies. Proponents of the current system of accreditation argue that the framework presently in place ultimately benefits both students and the public at large by fulfilling quality assurance and information signaling functions. Applying Yandle’s “Baptists and Bootleggers” model, we examine whether …