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Submissions from 2008
Cherokee Health and Healing: A Language-Based Approach, Heidi M. Altman and Thomas N. Belt
Cherokee Language, Memory and Worldview, Heidi M. Altman and Thomas N. Belt
Green Chemistry: Reduction of β-Keto Nitriles Using Bioengineered E. Coli, Jose Alvarez, Richard Anusckiewitz, Kira Isengard, and Brent D. Feske
Economic Development Challenges Stemming from U.S. Textile Trade, William A. Amponsah
Further Evidence of External Debt and Economic Growth Relationship in Selected Sub-Sahara African Countries, William A. Amponsah and Krishna M. Kasibhatla
Reforming Agricultural Trade under Commodity Price Volatility: Can Poor African Countries Achieve Food Security and Economic Development?, William A. Amponsah and Victor Ofori-Boadu
Rising Food Prices and Failure of Agricultural Trade Reforms: Can Poor African Countries Achieve Food Security and Alleviate Poverty?, William A. Amponsah and Victor Ofori-Boadu
Targeted Mutation of the Yeast Reductase, YDL 124w, Affects Enzyme Stereoselectivity, Crystal Archer, Erik Davis, Ruchita Patel, Mande Beers, Scott C. Mateer, and Brent D. Feske
I think my wife be honest and I think she is not”: Othello’s Tragic (K)nots, Christopher P. Baker
Constructing the Global Citizen: Model United Nations Participation and Global Awareness, Barry J. Balleck
Empowering the Millennials to Handle the Stressors Of College, Helen W. Bland, Bridget F. Melton, and Paul Welle
Retrospective Case-Control Study of Factors that Contribute to Obesity Among College Students, Helen W. Bland and J. R. Welle
An Empirical Assessment of SSSL and Cybercrime, Adam Bossler, George Burruss, and Thomas Holt
The Reproduction of Social Class in Higher Education, Ted Brimeyer
Economics and Personal Finance, Gregory Brock
Economics as a Career and some pedagogical economics classroom activities, Gregory Brock
Economics for High Schoolers, Gregory Brock
Methods to master economics in 9th grade, Gregory Brock
The PPF, fractional banking and market structures, Gregory Brock
Conducting an Investigation, Thomas A. Buckhoff
Effective Fraud Deterrence, Thomas A. Buckhoff
Financial Investigations, Thomas A. Buckhoff
Forensic Accountants: The Fraudbusters, Thomas A. Buckhoff
Forensic Accounting, Thomas A. Buckhoff
Why Don't Auditors Detect/Report Fraud?, Thomas A. Buckhoff, Leslee Higgins, and Debra Sinclair
Does Lack of Auditor Choice Lead to Poor Quality Financial Information?, Timothy D. Cairney
A Study of Auditor Changes and Specialist Selection at the Industry Level, Timothy D. Cairney and Eddie Metrejean
Families as Integral Members of the Team: Reclaiming Our Priority!, Sheri Carey
The Challenges (and Rewards) of Educating Adolescents About Health, Joanne Chopak-Foss and S. Goodwin
Enhancing Health Literacy, From Paper to Practice, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Bridget F. Melton, and E. Baltazar
Precocious Puberty in Girls: Implications for Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Bridget F. Melton, and Swati Raychowdhury
Promoting Health Literacy to Reduce Sexual Health Risk Behaviors: A Primer for Pre-Service Teachers, Joanne Chopak-Foss and Linda B. Synovitz
Oral Presentation at the 8th International Congress on the Biology of Fish Bi-annual Meeting, Christopher P. Cutler
An Introduction to Service-Learning: Highlighting Service-Learning Models on a College Campus, Phyllis S. Dallas, J. Michelle Cawthorn, Daniel C. Fisher, B. Frigo, Helen W. Bland, D. Hensley, Lisa Leege, Mondi Mason, and Stephanie R. Sipe
An improved method of visualizing the energy flow: the Rayleigh wave, Cleon Dean and James P. Braselton
The energy flow for a spherical acoustic lens: ray vs. wave methods, Cleon E. Dean and James P. Braselton
Brazil’s Biodiesel and Ethanol Production: An Attempt to Reduce Oil Dependency, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
Gender and HIV/AIDS in Latin America, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
The Japanese in Brazil: 1908-2008, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
The Meridia Initiative: Beefing Up the Anti-Drug War, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
The New United States African Command (AFRICOM): Building a Long Term Partnership or the Militarization of U.S.-African Relations, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz
Gender and HIV/AIDS in Post- Authoritarian Brazil, Jose de Arimateia da Cruz and Laura K. Stephens
Discussion of Americano as Apple Pie, William O. Deaver
“Three Waves of Cuban Immigration: Waving (Wavene) the Flag of Patriotic Fervor”, William O. Deaver
Understanding Healthy People 2010, Betty T. Dixon, Sara S. Plaspohl, Raymona Lawrence, and Anthony V. Parillo
Lifetime Earnings, Mortality, and Social Security Benefits: Should Benefits Be Reduced to Preserve Progressivity?, Alan D. Eastman and Kevin Eastman
KIVA: Peer to Peer Microfinance and the Stimulus of Entrepreneurship, Jacqueline K. Eastman and Kevin Eastman
From Protest to Peace: Murals of the Bogside Artists of Northern Ireland, Steven Engel
Honors Admissions: Models that Work, Steven Engel
Honors at Georgia Southern, Steven Engel
Keynote Address, Duke Talent Identification Program, Steven Engel
Internationalizing the Honors Experience: Initiatives to Globalize an Honors Program, Steven Engel and Bob Frigo
Rousseau and the Contemporary Dilemma of Patriotism, Steven Engel and Palle Svensson
Making Drugs with Little Bugs, Brent D. Feske and Scott C. Mateer
Economics of Health Disparities in Georgia: A Tri-County Case Study, Whitney Fuller, William A. Amponsah, and Godfrey A. Gibbison
Reading With Your Young Child: Strategies for Enhancing Language and Emergent Literacy, April W. Garrity
Speech and Language Development for Physical Therapists: Birth to Six Years, April W. Garrity
Relationships Among GPA, GRE, and PRAXIS-II Scores in CSD Students, April W. Garrity, M. R. Clark, and D. R. Brooks
Inquiry Based Introductory Physics Laboratories, Delena Bell Gatch
And All the 'net a Stage: The Internet as Text in the First-Year Composition Classroom, Timothy D. Giles
Recruiting Technical Communication Students from First-Year Composition, Timothy D. Giles
Seasonal Changes in Locomotor Performance and Bite Force in a Non-Territorial Lizard, T. Gowan and Lance D. McBrayer
Advertising matters: Using Peer Advisors to increase departmental enculturation, Beverly L. Graham
A Formal Framework for Defining Entity-Based Data Source Integration, Ray R. Hashemi
An Experiment in Push Technology, Ray R. Hashemi
Discovery of Intent through the Analysis of Visited Sites, Ray R. Hashemi
Expressing Continuity and Change in an Irish-American Community: The St. Patrick’s Season in Savannah, Georgia, Barbara A. Hendry
The Nature of NGC 1097’s Optical Jets, James L. Higdon
Unveiling Invisible Galaxies in the Early Universe, James L. Higdon
Examining Awareness and Perceptions of Computer Crime in the General Public, Thomas Holt, Adam Bossler, and George Burruss
Examining On-Line Harassment among a Population of Juveniles, Thomas Holt, David C. May, and Adam Bossler
Re-Presenting the Rhetoric of Retention and the Work of First-Year Composition: Learning to Revise as a WPA, Helen E. Howells
Southern Homes: Resistance, Curiosity, and Empowerment, Helen E. Howells
Grail Imagery in the Harry Potter Series, Carol P. Jamison
The ‘New’ Seven Deadly Sins, Carol P. Jamison
Debit Use as a Commitment Mechanism for Consumers with Hyperbolic Preferences, John T. King and Amanda S. King
Union Concentration and Inflationary Expectations in the United States, Risa Kumazawa and Mark Yanochik
Activist Practitioner Curriculum Inquiry: Researching the Life of Schools, Neighborhoods and Communities in the U.S. South, Robert L. Lake
Liberating Dissertation Writing: Life in Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities in the U.S. South, Robert L. Lake
More Than Words: Moving Currere Into the Universe of Discourse in Preservice Teacher Education, Robert L. Lake
Reconstructing Multiculturalism: Beyond the Essentialist/Relativist Dichotomy and Into Personal Story, Robert L. Lake
Does Raising Consciousness Change Behavior: Exposure to Information on Work Conditions and Consumer Habits, Jynette Larshus and Ted Brimeyer
Looking Before Leaping: The Effect of Owner Decisiveness on Small Business Performance, John Leaptrott and Michael P. McDonald
Service Learning in Large Classes: A Good Time Investment for Students and Faculty?, Lisa M. Leege and J. Michelle Cawthorn
Anyone for a Game of Sudoku, Y. Daniel Liang
Conversations with Professors, Nancy L. Malcom
Conversations with Professors, Nancy L. Malcom
Working Toward a Distinct “Pedagogy of the First Year”: What Classroom Strategies Work Best with First Year Students?, Nancy L. Malcom, Kathy Albertson, Olivia Edenfield, Jessica N. Orvis, and Ellen H. Hendrix
Evidence for the Role of Foraging Behavior in Shaping the Evolutionary History of Lizards, Lance D. McBrayer
Cross Disciplinary Teaching Strategies to Enhance Reflectivity in Undergraduate College Students, S. McCollum, Melissa Lickteig, and Diana Sturges
Peak Oil and Coal Fires: How Scientific Fact Becomes Debatable Political Questions, Karen M. McCurdy
The Past Can Be the Key to the Present: Lessons from J.W. Powell’s Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Policy Making, Karen M. McCurdy
Increasing Graduate Business Enrollments Using the Marketing Growth Strategy Matrix, J. Michael McDonald, Glen Riecken, and John Leaptrott
Bilateral Comparison of Propulsion Mechanics During Single Leg Vertical Jumping, Michael T. McElveen, Bryan L. Riemann, and George J. Davies
Assessing the Effectiveness of Stress Coping Mechanisms Employed by College Students, Bridget Melton and Helen W. Bland
Weight Management Curricula in Physical Education, Bridget Melton, Helen W. Bland, Daniel R. Czech, and Stephen J. Rossi
Using Online Course Management System to Enhance the Health Curriculum, Bridget Melton, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Helen W. Bland, and Glenn Parrish Burdette
Hybrid Health: Is It the Next Generation of Teaching?, Bridget F. Melton, Swati Raychowdhury, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Glenn Burdette, and Helen W. Bland
Progress Towards the Synthesis of Dragmacidin Alkaloids, Darryl Miles and Christine R. Whitlock
The Effect of Ideology in Decision Making on Specialized Courts: The Case of the Federal Circuit Court, Banks Miller and Brett W. Curry