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Immigration And Farm Labor In The U.S., Philip Martin, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith
Immigration And Farm Labor In The U.S., Philip Martin, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith
Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications
Hired workers comprise 33 percent of people employed on farms but do an estimated 60 percent of the work performed on U.S. farms. Most hired farm workers were born abroad, usually in Mexico, and most are believed not to be authorized to work in the U.S. Changes in Mexico-US migration flows and more restrictive immigration laws and policies have increased the vulnerability of U.S. agriculture to labor supply shocks, which could increase costs and threaten the ability of some farmers to harvest laborintensive crops. Congress is considering major changes in immigration policies. Farm employers want access to a reliable supply …
La-Icp-Ms Analysis Of Quartzite From The Upper Gunnison Basin, Colorado, Bonnie L. Pitblado, Molly Boeka Cannon, Hector Neff, Carol M. Dehler, Stephen T. Nelson
La-Icp-Ms Analysis Of Quartzite From The Upper Gunnison Basin, Colorado, Bonnie L. Pitblado, Molly Boeka Cannon, Hector Neff, Carol M. Dehler, Stephen T. Nelson
Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications
We report the results of LA-ICP-MS analysis of 402 quartzite samples representing 48 collection loci in the Upper Gunnison Basin (UGB), Colorado and determine the extent to which the sources can be geochemically discriminated from one another using this non-destructive technique. The ability to differentiate among the sources would open the door to provenance studies of the quartzite chipped-stone tools and debitage that constitute 95% or more of most of the 3000-plus prehistoric site assemblages documented in the UGB. Our samples represent prehistorically quarried and non-quarried quartzite sources, including outcrop (primary) and gravel (secondary) deposits. The results reveal spatial and …
Barriers To Critical Thinking Across Domains, Reed Geertsen
Barriers To Critical Thinking Across Domains, Reed Geertsen
Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications
The transfer of critical thinking across domains presents both a significant
challenge and meaningful opportunity for college education as well as
programs of continuing education and · efforts to encourage lifelong learning.
After examining different approaches to teaching critical thinking, this paper examines some of
the barriers to transfer across domains using an interactionist perspective. This perspective
underscores the fact that developing and using critical thinking is a lifelong endeavor due to the
tunnel-vision tendencies that naturally follow from situated learning in a particular domain. Two
case studies are presented to illustrate the potential blinding effects of situated learning
resulting …
Targeting And Local Health Promotion, Reed Geertsen
Targeting And Local Health Promotion, Reed Geertsen
Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Almost two-thirds of
our adult population is overweight, and more than one-third are obese. The
obesity rate is twice what it was in 1970. Most local health departments try to
address this problem with nutrition and weight control clinics, but these clinics are often
underutilized. This study examined the effects of nine independent variables on a person's
inclination to use a nutrition/weight control clinic at ·a local health department in one of Utah's
twelve health districts. It was undertaken to identify the types of individuals who were most
likely to use …