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  Maritime Culture and Everyday Life in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Coastal Ghana: A Social History of Cape Coast

  Kwaku Nti, Georgia Southern University

  1-2-2024
  

  The communities along the coastline of Ghana boast a long and vibrant maritime culture. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the region experienced creeping British imperialism and incorporation into the British Gold Coast colony. Drawing on a wealth of Ghanian archival sources, historian Kwaku Nti shows how many aspects of traditional maritime daily life—customary ritual performances, fishing, and concepts of ownership, and land—served as a means of resistance and allowed residents to contest and influence the socio-political transformations of the era.

  Nti explored how the Ebusua (female) and Asafo (male) local social groups, especially in Cape Coast, became bastions ... Read more

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  Critical Analysis of Parental Involvement in School: Working with Families Across Sociocultural Contexts

  Meca Williams-Johnson, Georgia Southern University and Nicolette P. Rickert, Georgia Southern University

  12-30-2024
  

  Critical Analysis of Parental Involvement in School presents in-depth explorations of parental involvement within culturally distinct contexts. As teachers and leaders sense the impact of today’s social and political tensions in their schools, new guidance is needed to help them make decisions, solve problems, clarify interventions, and resolve conflict with their students’ families as they mutually pursue the well-being of diverse students. This edited volume examines parents’ culturally situated goals and values, communication and rearing styles, academic involvement, and other social-psychological factors across identities at the intersection of race, gender, class, and beyond. Each chapter addresses the complexities of a ... Read more

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  Theology and Protest Music

  Jonathan H. Harwell, Georgia College & State University and Heidi M. Altman, Georgia Southern University

  3-2023
  

  Songs of protest have been inspiring activists for millennia, and continue to be created, shared, and reworked across musical genres. From the prophet Habakkuk as proto-protest singer, through a broad spectrum of twentieth and twenty-first century artists and diverse faith traditions, Theology and Protest Music gathers compelling contributions that examine Brazilian eschatology, Black liberation and womanism, esoteric Islam in Five Percenter rap, heavy metal as anti-theology, Howard Thurman’s relevance to jazz, Cuban Santería priest Pedrito Martinez’ sacred Batá drumming, as well as theological reflections on Jay-Z, Funkadelic, Marvin Gaye, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and the social justice chorale movement. ... Read more

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  Exploring Social Emotional Learning in Diverse Academic Settings

  Regina Rahimi, Georgia Southern University and Delores D. Liston, Georgia Southern University

  4-2023
  

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  The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened awareness of the need for social emotional learning throughout all educational contexts. Given this, schools, most often P-12 settings, have begun to embrace practices for addressing social emotional learning. While there is a growing body of research and literature on common practices of social emotional learning, there is no standard for its implementation.

  Exploring Social Emotional Learning in Diverse Academic Settings highlights unique and varied approaches to addressing social emotional learning and wellbeing in educational settings. It features a broad perspective on the topic, presenting approaches from a range of educational ... Read more

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  Statistical Analytics for Health Data Science with SAS and R

  Jeffrey Wilson, Arizona State University; Ding-Geng Chen, Arizona State University; and Karl E. Peace, Georgia Southern University

  3-28-2023
  

  This book aims to compile typical fundamental-to-advanced statistical methods to be used for health data sciences. Although the book promotes applications to health and health-related data, the models in the book can be used to analyze any kind of data. The data are analyzed with the commonly used statistical software of R/SAS (with online supplementary on SPSS/Stata). The data and computing programs will be available to facilitate readers’ learning experience. There has been considerable attention to making statistical methods and analytics available to health data science researchers and students. This book brings it all together to provide a concise point-of-reference ... Read more

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  Designer Teacher Project: A Program Proposal and Sample Lesson Plans for the Professional Development of Teachers

  Nihal Yurtseven and Selcuk Dogan, Georgia Southern University

  6-12-2023
  

  “Designer Teacher Project” is a teacher professional development project that aims to inform teachers about new trends regarding the teaching profession and roles and to raise awareness of their “Designer Teacher” identity. Within the scope of the project, it is aimed for teachers to acquire the knowledge and skills required to develop designs that focus on permanent understanding, are connected to real life and increase student success, using national curriculum, through active learning experiences and online activities.

  “Tasarımcı Öğretmen Projesi” öğretmenleri, öğretmenlik mesleği ve rollerine ilişkin yeni eğilimler hakkında bilgilendirmeyi ve onlara “Tasarımcı Öğretmen” kimliği konusunda farkındalık kazandırmayı amaçlayan bir ... Read more

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  Jesuit Libraries

  Kathleen M. Comerford, Georgia Southern University

  11-17-2022
  

  The Society of Jesus began a tradition of collecting books and curating those collections at its foundation. These libraries were important to both their European sites and their missions; they helped build a global culture as part of early modern European evangelization. When the Society was suppressed, the Jesuits’ possessions were seized and redistributed, by transfer to other religious orders, confiscation by governments, or sale to individuals. These possessions were rarely returned, and when, in 1814, the Society was restored, the Jesuits had to begin to build new libraries from scratch. Their practices of librarianship, though not their original libraries, ... Read more

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  Digital Distractions in the College Classroom

  Abraham E. Flanigan Dr., Georgia Southern University and Jackie Hee-Young Kim, Georgia Southern University

  2-2022
  

  Student misuse of mobile technology for off-task purposes has become an international phenomenon in college classrooms. When a student’s self-regulation of learning breaks down in the classroom, or when their task motivation begins to wane, turning toward their digital devices for leisure purposes is often the result. Although numerous studies have independently examined student digital distraction in the context of the college classroom, there remains a need to organize the field’s collective understanding of the phenomenon.

  Digital Distractions in the College Classroom explores the challenges that arise from student digital distraction along with potential solutions, including how mobile technology can ... Read more

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  A Primer of Pastoral Spanish

  Michael J. McGrath, Georgia Southern University

  12-16-2022
  

  A Primer of Pastoral Spanish is designed to provide clergy, religious and laity alike with the tools to be pastoral among Spanish-speaking people. This primer is modeled after Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish (1953), whose author, Margarita Madrigal, bases her methodology on creating with the language instead of memorizing it. Previous knowledge of Spanish is not necessary, although, as you will discover, you already know thousands of words in Spanish. The vocabulary you know in English is the foundation on which you can build your knowledge of Spanish vocabulary. There are thousands of English words that become Spanish words if ... Read more

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  Conservative Thought and American Constitutionalism since the New Deal

  Jonathan O'Neill, Georgia Southern University

  11-29-2022
  

  An intellectual history of American conservativism since the New Deal.
  
  The New Deal fundamentally changed the institutions of American constitutional government and, in turn, the relationship of Americans to their government. Johnathan O'Neill's Conservative Thought and American Constitutionalism since the New Deal examines how various types of conservative thinkers responded to this significant turning point in the second half of the twentieth century.

  O'Neill identifies four fundamental transformations engendered by the New Deal: the rise of the administrative state, the erosion of federalism, the ascendance of the modern presidency, and the development of modern judicial review. He then considers how various ... Read more

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  Music and the Brain for Musicians

  Laura A. Stambaugh, Georgia Southern University

  2022
  

  Musicians do amazing things. The wonders aren’t limited to the sounds they create. The wonders are also found in their brains. Music and the Brain for Musicians is a gateway for musicians to learn about the cognition and neuroscience that enables them to be outstanding performers. The book is situated in current theory and research but written for an audience who is less familiar with research jargon. The audience for Music and the Brain for Musicians is musicians of all kinds, music teachers, graduate and undergraduate students in music and psychology, and anyone who wants to learn how to apply ... Read more

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  Selected Papers of the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, 2020

  Bryan A. Bank and Jeffrey D. Burson, Georgia Southern University

  1-2021
  

  Summary: This volume comprises selected papers delivered at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Consortium of the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850, in convened in Tallahassee, Florida from 27-29 February 2020 under the sponsorship of the College of Arts and Sciences, and of the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution, at Florida State University, with additional sponsorship by the Leon County Tourism Board and the Weider Family. All contributions published herein have undergone the peer-review process. The 2020 edition of the Selected Papers of the Consortium of the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850 was produced as a collaboration between the Consortium’s Board of ... Read more

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  Organizational Behavior in Sport Management

  Chris Barnhill, Georgia Southern University; Natalie L. Smith, East Tennessee State University; and Brent D. Oja, University of Northern Colorado

  2021
  

  Practitioner interviews provide insight into theory application, allowing students to see relevance of the topic to career goals, be challenged to find their managerial style, and compare their strategies to the strategies of someone working in the sports industry QR linked audio files containing excerpts of practitioner interviews and summaries of chapter content encourage student engagement Case studies allow students to immerse themselves in the industry related issues, challenging assumptions, and encouraging higher-order thinking.

  
  

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  Applied Meta-analysis using R and STATA, 2nd Edition

  Ding-Geng Chen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Karl E. Peace, Georgia Southern University, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health

  3-31-2021
  

  Statistical Meta-Analysis with R and Stata, Second Edition provides a thorough presentation of statistical meta-analyses (MA) with step-by-step implementations using R/Stata. The authors develop analysis step by step using appropriate R/Stata functions, which enables readers to gain an understanding of meta-analysis methods and R/Stata implementation so that they can use these two popular software packages to analyze their own meta-data. Each chapter gives examples of real studies compiled from the literature. After presenting the data and necessary background for understanding the applications, various methods for analyzing meta-data are introduced. The authors then develop analysis code using the appropriate R/Stata packages ... Read more

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  Media Management and Sales

  Dean C. Cummings, Georgia Southern University

  2021
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member, Dean C. Cummings wrote Media Management and Sales.

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  Art as Information Ecology: Artworks, Artworlds, and Complex Systems Aesthetics

  Jason Hoelscher, Georgia Southern University

  10-2021
  

  In Art as Information Ecology, Jason A. Hoelscher offers not only an information theory of art but an aesthetic theory of information. Applying close readings of the information theories of Claude Shannon and Gilbert Simondon to 1960s American art, Hoelscher proposes that art is information in its aesthetic or indeterminate mode—information oriented less toward answers and resolvability than toward questions, irresolvability, and sustained difference. These irresolvable differences, Hoelscher demonstrates, fuel the richness of aesthetic experience by which viewers glean new information and insight from each encounter with an artwork. In this way, art constitutes information that remains in formation---a difference ... Read more

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  Culturally Grounded Approaches to Information Literacy Understanding

  Katia G. Karadjova-Kozhuharova, Georgia Southern University

  2021
  

  Georgia Southern faculty member, Katia G. Karadjova-Kozhuharova authored, Culturally grounded approaches to information literacy understanding.

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  Introduction to C++ Programming and Data Structures

  Y. Daniel Liang, Georgia Southern University

  6-5-2021
  

  Introduction to Programming with C++ and Data Structures uses a fundamentals-first approach that provides a solid foundation in basic programming logic and fundamental programming techniques. By introducing fundamentals first, you'll learn how to use programming to solve problems and gain the knowledge you need to move on to object-oriented and advanced C++ programming topics.

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  How Novelty and Narratives Drive the Stock Market: Black Swans, Animal Spirits and Scapegoats

  Nicholas Mangee, Georgia Southern University

  2021
  

  Georgia Southern faculty member Nicholas Mangee authored How Novelty and Narratives Drive the Stock Market: Black Swans, Animal Spirits and Scapegoats.

  'Animal spirits' is a term that describes the instincts and emotions driving human behaviour in economic settings. In recent years, this concept has been discussed in relation to the emerging field of narrative economics. When unscheduled events hit the stock market, from corporate scandals and technological breakthroughs to recessions and pandemics, relationships driving returns change in unforeseeable ways. To deal with uncertainty, investors engage in narratives which simplify the complexity of real-time, non-routine change. This book assesses the novelty-narrative ... Read more

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  Nonviolent Resistances in the Contemporary World: Case Studies from India, Poland, and Turkey

  Nalanda Roy, Georgia Southern University

  12-27-2021
  

  This volume studies nonviolent movements as instruments of change in contemporary global politics. It presents case studies of civilian-led nonviolent efforts in India, Poland, and Turkey, and analyses how they have enabled people’s voices, influenced popular resistance cultures and pushed for change across the world.

  The book discusses complex socio-political scenarios that challenge democracy, patriotism, and the question of identity across the world. It examines how popular resistance movements have been received by the media, subverted governments across the world, and how they have contributed to the development of new ‘protest paradigms’. The volume brings together leading experts who explore ... Read more

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  Broadcast Announcing Worktext

  Mary E. Beadle, John Carroll University; Reed Smith, Georgia Southern University; and Alan R. Stephenson, John Carroll University

  5-14-2020
  

  Broadcast Announcing Worktext, now in its fifth edition, remains one of the best resources for those looking to gain the skills, techniques, and procedures necessary to enter the competitive field of broadcast performance.

  Written accessibly, with easy-to-digest modules and practice projects, this book encourages active participation from readers to help develop their talent on air. In addition to the principles of good performance, the book addresses the importance of the audience and how to communicate effectively to diverse groups. The book combines traditional teaching with practical experience, and includes sample scripts and self-study exercises to allow for a practical, hands-on ... Read more

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  Sources for Europe in the Modern World with Guided Writing Exercises

  Allison Scardino Belzer, Georgia Southern University and Jonathan S. Perry, University of South Florida

  7-2020
  

  Georgia Southern faculty member Allison Scardino Belzer co-edited Sources for Europe in the Modern World with Guided Writing Exercises.

  Extensively revised by new coeditor Allison Scardino Belzer, Sources for Europe in the Modern World with Guided Writing Exercises, Second Edition, includes more than 100 primary sources. Expertly edited for clarity and pedagogical utility, the sources range from letters, political tracts, memoirs, and fiction to essays, speeches, poems, legal documents, and visuals. Each document is accompanied by a headnote and reading questions. The second edition features fifty-two new and expanded sources and now includes images. Guided writing exercises, derived from the ... Read more

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  Educating for Social Justice: Field Notes from Rural Communities

  Rebekah A. Cordova, University of Florida and William M. Reynolds, Georgia Southern University

  8-17-2020
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member William M. Reynolds co-edited Educating for Social Justice: Field Notes from Rural Communities.

  Part of Understanding Rural Education Series, Volume: 1.

  In Educating for Social Justice: Field Notes from Rural Communities, educators from across the United States offer their experiences engaging in rural, place-based social justice education. With education settings ranging from university campuses in Georgia to small villages in New Mexico, each chapter details the stories of teaching and learning within the often-overlooked rural areas of the United States.
  
  Attempting to highlight the experiences of rural educators, this text explores the triumphs, challenges, and hopes ... Read more

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  Crime and Justice in the Trump Era

  Francis T. Cullen, University of Cincinnati and Amanda K. Graham, Georgia Southern University

  2-28-2020
  

  Crime and Justice in the Trump Era documents the impact of Trump administration policies on (1) violence against women, (2) the treatment of persons of color, (3) corporate and environmental crime (both domestic and international), and (4) federal crime control policy.

  First, the book examines how the policies of Donald Trump’s administration have affected the rights and safety of female Americans—in particular, violence against women, including sexual assault. The book then goes on to explore President Trump’s very public stances devaluing people of color—whether they reside within the nation’s borders or are seeking entry into the United States. Next, the ... Read more

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  Roots Of The Past Nourish Present Research

  Jan Friesen, Department of Catchment Hydrology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany; John T. Van Stan II, Georgia Southern University; Albertus Tyasseta, Graphic Designer; and Ockto Baringbing, Graphic Designer

  5-4-2020
  

  The science comic 'Roots of the Past nourish present research' leads two students on a wild time travel to the first observations and observatories of plants and precipitation – the story of ecohydrology. Using past knowledge and new technologies they develop ideas for their own research.