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Submissions from 2014
Impractical Lives: The Prayer Lives of Cistercian Monks in the American Southeast, William L. Smith
The Sights and Sounds of Action: Visual Attention to Action Effectors During an Image-verb Processing Task, Christopher P. Snyder, Josita Maouene, Nitya Sethuraman, and Ty W. Boyer
Expanding our understanding of visitor displacement: Voluntary and involuntary. Does the difference matter?, Bill Spain, Steven Burr, Dale Blahna, Jascha Zeitlin, and John Peden
Study guides in Human Anatomy and Physiology and students’ perceptions and academic performance, Diana Sturges and Trent W. Maurer
Students’ academic motivation and grade estimation accuracy in a Human Anatomy and Physiology class, Diana Sturges, Trent W. Maurer, Deborah Allen, Delena Gatch, and Padmini Shankar
Students’ Academic Motivation and Grade Estimation: Should We Care?, Diana Sturges, Trent W. Maurer, Deborah Allen, Delena Gatch, and Padmini Shankar
Multiple Scales of Interaction and Tradition in the Early Side-Notched Horizon, Kara Bridgman Sweeney
Subregional Side-Notched Traditions in the Coastal Plain, Kara Bridgman Sweeney
The Typology of Early Side-Notched Bifaces and Unifaces, Kara Bridgman Sweeney
Perception of Mind and Big Five Personality Traits, Mia Tharp, Nicholas S. Holtzman, and Fade R. Eadch
Gender and Sexual Minority Literature: A Tool for Understanding, Caren Town, Trina Smith, Laura E. Agnich, Dina C. Walker-DeVose, and Scott A. Beck
Impact of Judicial Instructions and Motivation on Suppressing Prejudicial Thoughts, C. Vitiello, J. Chau, Amy A. Hackney, and Nicholas S. Holtzman
Becoming a Better Recreational Therapist: Four Strategies for Success, Brent Wolfe
Facilitator Training, Brent Wolfe
Recreation Therapy Education on Licensure and Developing a State-Wide Recreation Therapy Organization, Brent Wolfe
The Bennett Grove School: Bulloch County’s Last One Room African American Schoolhouse, Inger Wood
The Final Fitzner Survey, M. Jared Wood
Differences Among Emerging Adults: A Replication and Extension of Amato’s (2011) Work, Jennifer Zorotovich, Patricia N.E. Roberson, and Kristin Anders
Submissions from 2013
Eyewitness to Workplace Violence: The Virginia Tech Killings, Laura E. Agnich
Gun Violence in the United States, Laura E. Agnich
Gun Violence in the United States and Canada-A Comparison, Laura E. Agnich
Principals' Perceptions of School Violence: A Multilevel Cross-National Analysis, Laura E. Agnich
Prison Rape in Context, Laura E. Agnich
The Effects of Gender, Student Achievement, and Poverty on Bullying Victimization in Cross-National Contexts, Laura E. Agnich
"Drank Up in My Cup:" How Prevalent is the Illicit Use of Codeine Cough Syrup Mixture "Purple Drank," and Who Is Using It?, Laura E. Agnich, John M. Stogner, and Bryan Lee Miller
Students’ academic motivations in a graduate nursing program, Debbie Allen, Diana Sturges, Trent W. Maurer, Delena Gatch, and Padmini Shankar
Students’ academic motivations in a graduate nursing program, Deborah Allen, Diana Sturges, Trent W. Maurer, Delena Gatch, and Padmini Shankar
Students’ academic motivations in a graduate nursing program, Deborah Allen, Diana Sturges, Trent W. Maurer, Delena Gatch, and Padmini Shankar
Translating Culture: Anthropology, Language and Culture in Indian Country, Heidi M. Altman
Service-Learning and the Attainment of Course Objectives: A Study in Two Disciplines, Nancy M. Arrington and Adrienne L. Cohen
Crisis in Syria: What Should the U.S. Do?, Barry J. Balleck
Exploring Digital Forensic Examiners' Perceptions of Cybercrime, Adam Bossler and Thomas J. Holt
Assessing Trends and Correlates of Malware Infection Victimization at the Macro-Level, Adam Bossler, Thomas J. Holt, and George Burruss
A Comparison of Covert and Overt Orienting of Social Attention, Ty W. Boyer and Bennett I. Bertenthal
Nine-Month-Old Infants’ Understanding of Actions: What’s Priming Got to Do With It?, Ty W. Boyer, Samuel Harding, and Bennett I. Bertenthal
The New York Times Framing of the Troubled Asset Relief Program: Challenges to or Reaffirmation of Neoliberal Hegemony, Ted Brimeyer and Chris Gillmann
The Role of the Black Church in Offender Re-Entry, Maxine L. Bryant
Signal Clarity for Infant Quantity Representation, Lisa Cantrell, Ty W. Boyer, Sara Cordes, and Linda B. Smith
Signal Clarity for Infant Quantity Representation, Lisa Cantrell, Ty W. Boyer, Sara Cordes, and Lisa Smith
Signal Clarity for Infant Numerical Representation, Lisa Cantrell, Ty W. Boyer, and Lisa Smith
Maintaining the Availability of Infectious Disease Health Care Services in Texas, Jesse Carter and Matthew Flynn
Mirrors, Movement and More!: Learning Centers in the Infant Classroom, Raina Chance and Katy Gregg
Anatomy of Tax Fraud: A Typology of Sales Tax Noncompliance, P. Cary Christian
Compliance Costs: What States Don’t Know, P. Cary Christian
Five Lessons, P. Cary Christian
Teaching Sexuality and Aging, Adrienne L. Cohen
Reaching Across the Divide: Supreme Court Decision Making in State Cases, Brett W. Curry, Richard L. Pacelle Jr., and Bryan Marshall
Motivation and Adults with Physical Disabilities: Factors That Increase Participation in Competitive Sports, S. Curry and Brent Wolfe
Data Collection and Analysis: An Introduction, A. Davis and Katy Gregg
National Security in the Twenty-first Century: Changes and Continuity, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
Misleading Metaphors and Marginalization: Risks, Ethics and Public Health Imperatives in HIV and Prisoners in Brazil, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz and Leigh E. Rich
Expanding the Counterstory: The Potential for Critical Race Methods Studies in Education, J. DeCuir-Gunby and Dina Walker-Devose PhD
Infants’ Understanding of Others’ Goal-Directed Actions Covaries With Speed of Encoding, Aditi Deodhar, Ty W. Boyer, and Bennett I. Bertenthal
Keynote Address, Duke Talent Identification Program, Steven Engel
Welcoming Transfer Students: Articulation Agreements, Recruiting Issues, and Other Challenges, Steven Engel
Application and Use of Cyclododecane, Part II: En Bloc Removal of Osteological Remains, Alice E. Fazlollah, M. Jared Wood, and Brigitte M. Wray-Miller
The Brazilian Context: An Unlikely Hero in the Fight against AIDS, Matthew Flynn
Haptic Orienting in an Enclosure: Spatial Geometry Learning via Touch, Katherine A. Gaskin, Marshall Lee Green, Alicia C. Evans, April A. Graves, Jonathan E. Roberts, Danielle Allen, Rachel Geary, and Bradley R. Sturz
Exploring the Relationship Between State Failure and Transnational Crime, Laurie A. Gould and Matthew Pate
Perceptions of Police and Public Safety: Baselines for Policy Response, Laurie A. Gould and Matthew Pate
More Than a Feeling: Incidental Learning of Array Geometry by Blind-Folded Adult Humans Revealed Through Touch, Marshall Lee Green, Katherine A. Gaskin, Alicia C. Evans, April A. Graves, Jonathan E. Roberts, and Bradley R. Sturz
Defining Quality and Inclusion: Listening to the Voices of Children, Families and Practitioners, Katy Gregg
Increasing Research Productivity Through Undergraduate Directed Studies, Katy Gregg
Riding the Tidal Waves of Emotions: Creating Supportive Environments to Prevent Challenging Behaviors, Katy Gregg
Data Collection and Analysis With IRB-approved Data Sets, Katy Gregg and April Schueths
Creating an Anti-Bias Curriculum, Alice Hall
Learn How to Increase Diversity Awareness and Reduce Prejudice, Alice Hall
Make Dramatic Play More Than Home Living, Alice Hall
Object Tracking via Spatiotemporal Continuity Vs. Surface Features, Samuel Harding, Ty W. Boyer, and Bennett I. Bertenthal
"Sippin' on Some Sizzurp:" Exploring the Relationship between Musical Preferences and Experimenting with Purple Drank, Melanie Hart, Laura E. Agnich, John M. Stogner, and Bryan Lee Miller
Does the Presence of a Non-Coincident Visual Spatial Pattern Facilitate the Learning of Spatial Relations Among Locations?, Scott Katz and Bradley R. Sturz
Preliminary Investigations at the Dixon Site: A Possible Clovis Occupation, Dwight Kirkland and M. Jared Wood
The Benefits of Medical Play With Preschoolers: Reducing Fears and Increasing Knowledge and Coping Skills, Jerri J. Kropp
Scaffolded research in FYE Honors course, Jerri J. Kropp and Trent W. Maurer
Course Design in an Integrated First-Year Honors Sequence: Service Learning, Scaffolded Research, & Faculty Collaboration, Jerri J. Kropp and Trent W. Maurer
Study Abroad in the US and the Middle East, Jacek Lubecki
Conversations with Professors, Nancy L. Malcom
Illustrating Prejudice and Discrimination with a Class Activity on the Bogardus Social Distance Scale, Trent W. Maurer
Teaching Financial Literacy with Process-Oriented Guided-Inquiry Learning [POGIL], Trent W. Maurer
The impact of the Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique on course evaluations, Trent W. Maurer
The Impact of the Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique on Course Evaluations, Trent W. Maurer and Jerri J. Kropp
Improving reading compliance and quiz scores through the use of reading guides, Trent W. Maurer and Judith Longfield
Repeat Campaign Donors and State Supreme Court Decision Making, Bennet Min, Banks Miller, and Brett W. Curry
How Many Lone Nuts does it take to bring about Presidential Succession?, Dennis D. Murphy
Rifle Reports and the Warren Report: Three Conspiracies in One?, Dennis D. Murphy
Crime, Public Opinion and the Supreme Court, Richard L. Pacelle Jr., Brett W. Curry, and Catherine Marcum
Opening Lines: Discussing Race and Racism at GSU, Nathan S. Palmer and Breyan Haizlip
Combating Crime as a Social Enterprise, Matthew Pate and Laurie A. Gould
Sustainability Forum, John Peden
Experiential education: Lifelong benefits, John Peden, J. Boling, A. Boykin, D. Derby, and A. Taylor
Learning the Natural Way: Students Travel to Maine and Wyoming for Summer Outdoor Leadership Course, John Peden, W. Deeds, and P. Reese
From Ahwi to Anikahwi: Deer in Cherokee Subsistence and Social Structure, Tanya Peres and Heidi M. Altman
The Dual Role of Victim Emotions and Police Officer Empathy in Satisfaction With Police Encounters, Chad Posick and Jack McDevitt
Adaptive Zumba for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injuries, K. M. Rigdon and Brent Wolfe
Managing Conflict in the Case of the South China Sea, Nalanda Roy
Confluence or Divergence? The Intersection of Same Sex Marriage and Immigration Discourse, April M. Schueths and Eric Silva
Continuity and Change in a Southern Beachy Amish-Mennonite Congregation, William L. Smith
Novel Drug Use in the LGBT Community: A Mixed Methods Approach Using the Social Structure-Social Learning Model, John Stogner, Joe Ruckus, Laura E. Agnich, and Bryan Lee Miller
Impact of study guides on students' perceptions and academic performance: the case of undergraduate Human Anatomy and Physiology classes, Diana Sturges and Trent W. Maurer
Outline vs. completed study guides in Human Anatomy & Physiology: Perceptions and influences on academic achievement, Diana Sturges and Trent W. Maurer