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Submissions from 2011
The Struggle for Legitimacy: Tensions between the LDS and FLDS, Ryan T. Cragun, Michael Nielsen, and H. Clingenpeel
Review of "John Chipman Gray: The Harvard Brahmin of Property Law", Brett W. Curry
A Middle-Class African-American Child in Desegregating Savannah: The Reminiscences of Justice Leah Ward Sears, Rebecca M. Davis
Africa’s Elusive Quest for Political, Social, and Economic Development, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
Faculty Employment Trends in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Laurie A. Gould, Shannon K. Fowler, and Alejandro del Carmen
Penality, Power and Polity: Exploring the Relationship between Political Repression and Corporal Punishment, Laurie A. Gould and Matthew Pate
Risk and Revocation in Community Corrections: The Influence of Gender, Laurie A. Gould, Matthew Pate, and Mary Sarver
Fostering Family-centered Practices Through a Family-created Portfolio, Katy Gregg, Mary Rugg, and Mariana Souto-Manning
Building on the Hopes and Dreams of Latino Families with Young Children: Findings from Family Member Focus Groups, Katy Gregg, Mary Rugg, and Zolinda Stoneman
OxyContin and a Regulation Deficiency of the Pharmaceutical Industry: Rethinking State-Corporate Crime., O. Griffin and Bryan Miller
Examining the Relationship Between Officer Burnout and Probation Violations, Amanda Kent, Laurie A. Gould, Robert A. Sarver III, and Rhonda R. Dobbs
Psychology of Religion, K. L. Ladd and Michael Nielsen
The Relationship between Psychopathic Traits and Attachment Behavior in a Non-Clinical Population, Tawny D. Mack, Amy Hackney, and Michael B. Pyle
Images of Heaven and the Spiritual Afterlife: Qualitative Analysis of Children’s Storybooks About Death, Dying, Grief, and Bereavement, Nancy L. Malcom
Using Facebook to Teach Visual Sociology, Nancy L. Malcom
Incentive-Based Reading Compliance: Part II, Trent W. Maurer
Reviewer Essay: On Publishing SoTL Articles, Trent W. Maurer
Financial Education with College Students: Comparing Peer-led and Traditional Classroom Instruction, Trent W. Maurer and Sun-A Lee
Spanning the Geoscience-Government Divide: The Importance of Congressional Time, Karen M. McCurdy
What Do Older Adults Seek in Their Potential Romantic Partners? Evidence from Online Personal Ads, William D. McIntosh, Lawrence Locker, Katherine Briley, Rebecca G. Ryan, and Alison J. Scott
Magic Mint, The Internet, and Peer Associations: A Test of Social Learning Theory using Patterns of Salvia divinorum Use., Bryan Miller, John Stogner, David Khey, Ronald Akers, John H. Boman IV, and O. Griffin
What Makes Municipal Councils Effective? An Empirical Analysis of How Council Members Perceive Their Group Interactions and Processes, Kimberly L. Nelson, Gerald T. Gabris, and Trenton J. Davis
Mormons and the Here and Now, Michael Nielsen
The Price of Free Inquiry in Mormonism, Michael Nielsen and Ryan T. Cragun
Luftkrieg and alien invasion: Unacknowledged themes of German wartime suffering in the Hollywood blockbuster Independence Day, Robert Pirro
Characterizations of a Quality Certified Athletic Trainer, Scot Raab, Brent Wolfe, Trenton E. Gould, and Scott G. Piland
Congress and U.S. – North Korean Relations: The Role of the Entrepreneur, Terence Roehrig and Lara Wessel
Psychometric Characteristics Of The Professor-Student Rapport Scale, Rebecca G. Ryan, Janie H. Wilson, and James L. Pugh
Teaching Religion in the Deep South, William L. Smith
A Spiritual Getaway: The Motivations, Experiences, And Benefits Of A Silent Retreat, William L. Smith and Pidi Zhang
Religiousness and Spirituality: An Analysis of a Practice-Oriented Retreat, William L. Smith and Pidi Zhang
Brief Report: Teaching History of Psychology for the Historically Challenged Instructor, Janice N. Steirn
Access to Emerging Technologies and Telehealth Intervention Modality Preferences in Rural Patients, Jacob C. Warren, K. Bryant Smalley, Jeff J. Klibert, and Jennie Wren Denmark
A Social Look at Student-Instructor Interactions, Janie H. Wilson, Karen Z. Naufel, and Amy Hackney
Perceived Impact of an Outdoor Orientation Program for First-Year University Students, Brent Wolfe and Gregor Kay
Challenge by Choice: A Dangerous Illusion?, Brent Wolfe and D. M. Samdahl
From High School to College: The Transition Experiences of Black and White Students, Pidi Zhang and William L. Smith
Submissions from 2010
Motivations for War-related Tourism: A Case of DMZ Visitors in Korea, James D. Bigley, Choong Ki Lee, Jinhyung Chon, and Yooshik Yoon
Tittle, Charles R., David A. Ward, and Harold G. Grasmick: The Capacity and Desire for Self-Control, Adam Bossler
The Effect of Self-Control on Victimization in the Cyberworld, Adam Bossler and Thomas J. Holt
Risk-Taking, Ty W. Boyer and James P. Byrnes
Age, Tenure, Resources for Control, and Organizational Commitment, Ted Brimeyer, Robert Perucci, and Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth
Religious Orientation, Religious Affiliation, and Boundary Maintenance: The Case of Polygamy, Ryan T. Cragun and Michael Nielsen
Book Review of "Brazilian Foreign Policy After the Cold War" by Sean W. Burges, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
State Terror and International Human Rights, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
The United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), Jose de Arimateia da Cruz and Becky Kohler da Cruz
The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM): Building Partnership or Neo-colonialism of U.S.-Africa Relations?, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz and Laura K. Stephens
Demand Versus Supply: Assessing the Capacity of MPA Programs to Satisfy the Growing Need for Professional Management in Local Government, Gerald T. Gabris, Trenton J. Davis, and Kimberly L. Nelson
Evolution and Engagement in SoTL: Today, Tomorrow, and Internationally, Cathy Gunn, Gila Kurtz, Karen Lauridson, Trent W. Maurer, and Godfrey Steele
Character Study: Teaching Character Education in Afterschool, Alice Hall
Examining State And Local Law Enforcement Perceptions Of Computer Crime, Thomas J. Holt, Adam Bossler, and Sarah Fitzgerald
Social Learning and Cyber-Deviance: Examining the Importance of a Full Social Learning Model in the Virtual World, Thomas J. Holt, George W. Burruss, and Adam Bossler
Domain is a Moving Target for Relational Learning, Jeffrey S. Katz, Bradley R. Sturz, and Anthony A. Wright
The Breakup of Romantic Relationships: Situational Predictors of Perception of Recovery, Lawrence Locker, William D. McIntosh, Amy Hackney, Janie H. Wilson, and Katherine E. Wiegand
Sociology of Games and Competition Syllabus, Nancy L. Malcom
Incentive-based reading compliance, Trent W. Maurer
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Comments—Invited Portraits, Trent W. Maurer, Debbie Allen, Diana Botnaru, Padmini Shankar, Saida Akbarova, and Timothy Cairney
A Faculty Learning Community on the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning: A Case Study, Trent W. Maurer, Diana Sturges, Padmini Shankar, Deborah Allen, and Saida Akbarova
Faculty-Student Differences In Perceptions Of Group Work, Trent W. Maurer, Diana Sturges, Padmini Shankar, Deborah Allen, and Saida Akbarova
Group Work at Georgia Southern University: Recommendations from the 2009-2010 FLC on SoTL, Trent W. Maurer, Diana Sturges, Padmini Shankar, Deborah Allen, and Saida Akbarova
The Policy Setting for Coal Fires: Indicators for Government Action, Karen M. McCurdy
How Do Psychology Students Use Web-based Information? Trends & Implications From a Descriptive Study, Karen Z. Naufel, K. K. Briley, L. K. Harackiewicz, A. S. Johnson, K. P. Marzec, and Michael Nielsen
Age Differences in Explicit Memory of Crimes and Source Monitoring Ability: Adolescents and Young Adults, Rebecca G. Ryan
Does Descriptive Race Representation Enhance Institutional Legitimacy? The Case of the U.S. Courts, Nancy Scherer and Brett W. Curry
Rural Mental Health and Psychological Treatment: A Review for Practitioners, Bryant Smalley, Candace T. Yancey, Jacob C. Warren, Karen Naufel, Rebecca G. Ryan, and James L. Pugh
Using Community Studies to Facilitate “Study in Depth”, William L. Smith
The Impact of Key Factors on the Transition From High School to College Among First-Generation and Second-Generation Students, William L. Smith and Pidi Zhang
Inclusive Adventure and Challenge Courses, A. Voight, A. Ewert, and Brent Wolfe
Professor-Student Rapport Scale Predicts Student Outcomes, Janie H. Wilson, Rebecca G. Ryan, and James L. Pugh
Are Celebrities Charged with Murder Likely to Be Acquitted?, Maria Wong, Alan K. Goodboy, Michael P. Murtagh, Amy Hackney, and Lynn E. McCutcheon
Submissions from 2009
Tohi: The Cherokee State of Wellbeing, Heidi M. Altman and Thomas N. Belt
Review of Brian C. Schmidt’s, The Political Discourse of Anarchy: A Disciplinary History of International Relations, Barry J. Balleck
Ferreting Out the Netherlands Orange Lanyard: The Promises and Pitfalls of Web-Based Resources, James D. Bigley
On-line Activities, Guardianship, and Malware Infection: An Examination of Routine Activities Theory, Adam Bossler and Thomas Holt
Fighting Over "Mormon": Media Coverage of the FLDS and LDS, Ryan T. Cragun and Michael Nielsen
Review of "Champion of Civil Rights: Judge John Minor Wisdom", Brett W. Curry
Scalia, Antonin, Brett W. Curry
Book Review of "A Discontented Diaspora: Japanese Brazilians and the Meanings of Ethnic Militancy, 1960-1980" by Jeffrey Lesser, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
Book Review of "The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It" by Paul Collier, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
Transnational Crime in the 21st Century: Regulating Cyber Crime in a Global Society, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz and Becky Kohler da Cruz
Rousseau and Imagined Communities, Steven Engel
An Assessment of the North Carolina School-age Child Care Accreditation Initiative, Alice Hall and Deborah J. Cassidy
Children’s Perceptions of the Psychosocial Climate of School-age Child Care Programs, Alice Hall and Jennie Dilworth
Cognitive dissonance or revenge? Student grades and course evaluations, Trent W. Maurer
Perceptions of Disruptive Classroom Behaviors, Trent W. Maurer, Diana Sturges, Danny Averette, Sun-A Lee, and Deborah Allen
Expertise, Experience, and Ideology on Specialized Courts: The Case of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Banks Miller and Brett W. Curry
Opinions Regarding Polygamy among LDS Church Members: Demographic Predictors, Michael Nielsen
Review of the Book In the Course of a Lifetime: Tracing Religious Belief, Practice, And Change, Michael Nielsen
Religious Orientation and Attitudes about Stem Cell Research, Michael Nielsen, Jennifer Williams, and Brandon Randolph-Seng
Popular epidemiology and the struggle for community health: Alternative perspectives from the environmental justice movement, Patrick J. Novotny
Social and Economic Determinants of Infant Ill Health in 159 Georgia Counties: A Comparison Study, Angela Peden, Alison Scott, and John Peden
Displacement in Wilderness Environments: A Comparative Analysis, John Peden and Rudolph M. Schuster
Cinematic Traces of Participatory Democracy: Italian Neorealism in the Light of Greek Tragedy, Robert Pirro
Goatsong in a Democratic Key: Legacies of Tragedy in German Culture and Politics, Robert Pirro
Tragedy, Theodicy and 9/11: Rhetorical Responses To Suffering and Their Public Significance, Robert Pirro
Opening the Doors of Perception: Priming Altered States of Consciousness Outside of Conscious Awareness, Brandon Randolph-Seng and Michael Nielsen
Age Differences in Personality: Adolescents and Young Adults, Rebecca G. Ryan
Southerner and Irish? Regional and Ethnic Consciousness in Savannah, Georgia, William L. Smith
