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Submissions from 2016
Predictors of Opposition to and Support for the Ordination of Women: Insights from the LDS Church, Ryan T. Cragun, Stephen M. Merino, Michael Nielsen, Brent D. Beal, Matthew Streamer, and Bradley Jones
Leadership Development, Trenton Davis and P. Cary Christian
Motivating Public Service Employees in the Era of the New Normal, Trenton J. Davis and Gerald T. Gabris
Book Review of "Drug Trafficking and International Security" by Paul Rexton Kan, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
Book Review of "Latin America in International Politics: Challenging U.S. Hegemony" by Joseph S. Tulchin, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
Chapter 9: Review of Understanding Religious Sacrifice: A Reader, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
Strategic Insights: Cyber (In)security, the Americas and U.S. National Security, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
Strategic Insights: Cyber (In)Security, the Americas, and U.S. National Security, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
Strategic Insights: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL) and Trinidad and Tobago: Establishing a Dangerous Presence in the Western Hemisphere, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
Vision Estrategica: Guyana-Venezuela: La Disputa por la region del Esquibo, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
Small Islands, Big Problems: Cybersecurity in the Caribbean Realm, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz and Taylor Alvarez
Generational Gangs and Insurgency: The New Battle Front for Law Enforcement Officers, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz, Taylor Alvarez, and James Marye
Cyber Vulnerabilities Assessment for the U.S. Navy, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz and Travis Howard
Documentation of SoTL Trends at NCFR, 2006-2015, Nikki DiGregorio, Trent W. Maurer, and Swaha Pattanaik
The Art of Weaving LGBTQ Aging Issues Throughout Higher Education, Nikki DiGregorio and Jennifer Zorotovich
Isolated Processing of Geometric Shapes and Their Corresponding Shape Words: Evidence from a Delayed Match-To-Sample Task, Joshua E. Edwards, Ty W. Boyer, Z. Kade Bell, and Bradley R. Sturz
Honors Thesis Preparation: Evidence of the Benefits of Structured Curricula, Steven Engel
Fragmentary skeletal remains, trauma, and sampling biases: Quantifying antemortem traumatic data lost due to fragmentation in samples from Hasanlu Teppe, Iran (12th-9th Centuries B.C.E)., Virginia Estabrook, Hanna D. Polasky, and Janet M. Monge
Psychological Victimization among College Students, Shanna N. Felix, Christina Policastro, Laura E. Agnich, and Laurie Gould
From Bare Life to Bureaucratic Capitalism: Analyzing the Growth of the Immigration Detention Industry as a Complex Organization, Matthew B. Flynn
Online Survey Administrated in a Foreign Country, Matthew B. Flynn
Review of Ritter, Daniel, The Iron Cage of Liberalism: International Politics and Unarmed Revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa, Matthew B. Flynn
Exploring the Relationship Between Gender Violence and State Failure: A Cross-National Comparison, Laurie A. Gould and Laura E. Agnich
Stroop-Like Interference in a Match-to-Sample Task: Further Evidence for Semantic Competition?, Marshall L. Green, Lawrence Locker, Ty W. Boyer, and Bradley R. Sturz
Program Outcomes at Adventure-based Camps for Youth With Disabilities, Alice Hall, Jerri Kropp, John Peden, and Dan Matthews
Spatial Attention to Social Cues is not a Monolithic Process, Samuel M. Harding, Ty W. Boyer, and Bennett I. Bertenthal
"War on Terror" in Our Backyard: Effects of Framing and Violent ISIS Propaganda on Anti-Muslim Prejudice, Arthur T. Hatton Sr. and Michael E. Nielsen
Assessing the Macro-level Correlates of Malware Infections Using a Routine Activities Framework, Thomas Holt, George Burruss, and Adam Bossler
Chapter 30: Technology and violence. In Cuevas, Carlos and Rennison, Thomas J. Holt and Adam Bossler
Identifying Predictors of Unwanted Online Sexual Conversations among Youth Using a Low Self-Control and Routine Activity Framework, Thomas J. Holt, Adam Bossler, Rebecca Malinski, and David C. May
Power-Control Theory, Kayla Kane and Brenda Blackwell
Counter-conduct and Critique of Critique: A Genealogy of Leadership Anxiety in ‘Global Governance’ Advocacy and Opposition, Tahseen Kazi
Does Congress Care About the President’s Popularity? Limitations on Presidential Prestige and the Power of Persuasion, Joshua B. Kennedy
Obama’s “executive orders” on guns are not executive orders at all, and their impact is likely to be limited, Joshua B. Kennedy
Who Do You Trust? Presidential Delegation in Executive Orders, Joshua B. Kennedy
Book Review: Understanding Social Enterprise, 2nd Edition, Patsy B. Kraeger
The scholarship of teaching & learning in family science, Trent W. Maurer and David Law
Supporting Diversity: Creating New Constructs of LGBTQ Families and Communities in the Virtual World, Melina McConatha and Nikki DiGregorio
Therapeutic Use of Sports, A. McKenney and Brent Wolfe
Inventory of Historic Battlefields: Battle of Sark, Ryan K. McNutt
Small‐Group Dynamics, Ideology, and Decision Making on the US Courts of Appeals, Banks Miller and Brett Curry
Social Class and Crime, Bryan Lee Miller
Unpaid Debt to Society: Exploring How Ex-Felons View Restrictions on Voting Rights after the Completion of Their Sentence, Bryan Lee Miller and Laura E. Agnich
Exploring Butane Hash Oil Use: A Research Note, Bryan Lee Miller, John M. Stogner, and J. Mitchell Miller
School Crime and Security, Thomas Mowen, John J. Brent, and Aaron Kupchik
Sociology Source Website, Nathan S. Palmer
A Walk in the Forest: Elementary Students’ Perceptions and Knowledge of Forestry Principles, John Peden, Alice Hall, Gail Westcot, and Samuel Police
Perceptions of the Antarctic wilderness: Views from emerging adults in Spain and the United States, John Peden, Tina Tin, Luis R. Pertierra, Pablo Tejedo, and Javier Benayas
Wartime Resistance and Republican Political Agency in Primo Levi’s Partisan Novel, Robert Pirro
Who Seeks Counseling for Intimate Partner Violence? The Role of Emotional Distress, Chad Posick, Laura E. Agnich, Christina Policastro, and Heather Hatfield
The state of the scholarship of teaching and learning in family science, Jennifer Reinke, Joel Muraco, and Trent W. Maurer
Self-Control and Crime: Theory, Research, and Remaining Puzzles, Michael Rocque, Chad Posick, and Alex R. Piquero
Temporal and Spatial Evolution of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Rates in Brazil, 1997-2012, Nadia Christina Rodrigues, Denise Leite Maia Monteiro, Andrea Sobral de Almeida, Andre Pereira Neto, Gisele O'Dwyer, Monica Kramer Andrade, Matthew B. Flynn, and Valeria Teresa Saraiva Lino
All Bark and No Bite: Analyzing the Role of ASEAN in Mitigating Disputes in Asia, Nalanda Roy
Review of The Royal Semi-Authoritarian Democracy of Bhutan by Dhurba Rizal, Nalanda Roy
The Story of Democratic Transition and Social Movements in Indonesia, Nalanda Roy
Predictors of “Success” Among Drug-Seeking Patients, Amber N. Sanders, John M. Eassey, John M. Stogner, and Bryan Lee Miller
Crisis of Confidence: The 2008 Global Financial Crisis and Public Trust in the European Central Bank, Jamie Scalera and Melissa Crosby Dixon
Optimism in Independence: The European Central Bank after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, Jamie Scalera and Melissa D. Dixon
Data That Save Lives: Suicide & The Crisis Text Line, April M. Schueths
Review of the book, “Nepali Migrant Women: Resistance and Survival in America”, April M. Schueths
The “Bankruptcy” of Liberalism and Social Democracy in the Neoliberal Age: A Response to Ronald W. Cox, Daniel Skidmore-Hess
“Have we not an equal interest with the men of this nation?” Gender, Equality, and Genesis in John Locke's Political Thought, Daniel Skidmore-Hess and Cathy Skidmore-Hess
Family Encouragement and Life Experiences: The Road to the Monastic Life, William L. Smith
Vocation Stories of Cistercian Monks, William L. Smith
Restrictions on Campaign Materials for Early Voting, Maureen Stobb
To Defer or Not Defer: The Dilemma of Federal Courts of Appeal Determining the Reach of U.S. Law, Maureen Stobb
They Were Getting High on What? Evaluating Novel Psychoactive Drug Knowledge among Practitioners, John M. Stogner, David N. Khey, Laura E. Agnich, and Bryan Lee Miller
Detecting the Perception of Illusory Spatial Boundaries: Evidence From Distance Judgment, Bradley R. Sturz and Kent D. Bodily
Cultural Resources Field Verification and Inventory Survey in the Kanna Watershed, Central Training Area (CTA), MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler, Ginoza-son, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, Kara Bridgman Sweeney, Alexander Y. Sweeney, Naoki Higa, Takumi Kishimoto, Keiichi Ueda, and Naho Ishiki
“I Guess I Trust My Kid’s School”: Parent-Teacher Relationships and Parental Involvement Practices of Low-Income African American Mothers, Dina Walker-Devose PhD
Do Presidents Maintain Attention? An Analysis of Presidential Attention to Agenda Priorities, Lara Wessel
Therapeutic Use of Animals, Brent Wolfe, A. McKenney, and S. Marsden
9DU2 Terrestrial LiDAR Technical Report, M. Jared Wood
Blackshear Confederate Prison Camp Terrestrial LiDAR Technical Report, M. Jared Wood
Kolomoki (9ER1) Mound A: 3-Dimensional Documentation and Condition Assessment LiDAR Technical Report, M. Jared Wood and Thomas J. Pluckhahn
Terra incognita, M. Jared Wood and Thomas J. Pluckhahn
Risk Factors for and Behavioral Consequences of Direct versus Indirect Exposure to Violence, Gregory M. Zimmerman and Chad Posick
The Power of (Mis)Perception: Rethinking Suicide Contagion in Youth Friendship Networks, Gregory M. Zimmerman, Carter Rees, Chad Posick, and Lori A. Zimmerman
Perceived Social Standing and Weight-related Outcomes in Adolescents, Jennifer Zorotovich, Elizabeth I. Johnson, Carol A. Costello, Naima Moustaid-Moussa, Betty Greer, Eugene C. Fitzhugh, and Marsha Spence
Subjective Social Status and Positive Indicators of Well-being, Jennifer Zorotovich, Elizabeth I. Johnson, and Rebekah Linn
Submissions from 2015
A Comparative Analysis of Attempted and Completed School-Based Mass Murder Attacks, Laura E. Agnich
Alcohol Use and Crime, Laura E. Agnich
Gender-Based Violence in Schools, Laura E. Agnich, Jun Sung Hong, and Anthony A. Peguero
Cybersecurity Initiatives in the Americas: Implications for U.S. National Security, Taylor Alvarez and Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
A Roadmap for Engaging Families With Young Children, Diane Bellem, Elaine Black, Juanita Blount-Clark, Keith Bostick, Pamela Perkins Carn, Glenda Davis-Canteen, Jessica DeWeese Coates, Maybel Diaz, Lisbeth Dominguez, Faith Duncan, Tynettia Elrod, Jennifer Everhart, Stephanie Flowers, Georgia Fruechtenicht, Katy Gregg, Anastasia Hardy, Cheryl Hearn, Alison Hope, Sonya Hope, Andrea Irvin, Tim Johnson, Karen Kelly, Cassandra Bolar, Anne Ladd, Sonia Ladd, Michelle Smith Lank, Emily Walters Laney, Roberta Malavenda, Andrea Marable, Dana McCrary, Vanessa Meyer, Jasmine Miller, Laura Miller, Pat Minish, Stephanie Moss, Christina Parker, Nadia Payne, Jennifer Popadiuk, Bentley Ponder, Sherry Richardson, Yvonne Rodgers, Michelle Sandrock, Nathan Schult, Allison Setterlind, Thom Snyder, Carole Steele, Pam Stevens, Brandi Swain, Nitza Vega-Lahr, Arianne Weldon, Stacey Schaff, Sherri Killins, and Deborah Stahl
The Development of Social Attention in Human Infants, Bennett I. Bertenthal and Ty W. Boyer
Self-Study Accreditation Report, James Bigley, Brent Wolfe, John Peden, and S. Iarmolenko
The Importance of Parenting in the Development of Self-Control in Boys and Girls: Results from a Multinational Study of Youth, Ekaterina Botchkovar, Ineke Haen Marshall, Michael Rocque, and Chad Posick
Prompting Children to Reason Proportionally: Processing Discrete Units as Continuous Amounts, Ty W. Boyer and Susan C. Levine
Criminology’s Theoretical Incarceration: Qualitative Methods as Liberator, John J. Brent and Peter Kraska
U.S. Army Reserve Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan Update, 81st Regional Support Command, Louisiana, Kara Bridgman Sweeney
Phase I Cultural Resources Survey of 2.5- Acres of the Savannah State University Expansion Tract, Chatham County, Georgia, Kara Bridgman Sweeney, Sheldon Owens, and Alexander Y. Sweeney
Cinematic Representations of the Mexican Narco War, Robert J. Bunker and Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
Signal Clarity: An Account of the Variability in Infant Quantity Discrimination Tasks, Lisa Cantrell, Ty W. Boyer, Sara Cordes, and Linda B. Smith
Narcissism and the Use of Personal Pronouns Revisited, Angela L. Carey, Melanie S. Brucks, Albrecht C. P. Kufner, Nicholas S. Holtzman, Fenne Grobe Deters, Mitja D. Back, M. Brent Donnellan, James W. Pennebaker, and Matthias R. Mehl