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Submissions from 2018
Sustainability and Tradition in Anindo Village, Okinawa, Japan, Kara Bridgman Sweeney, Alexander Y. Sweeney, Naoki Higa, Takumi Kishimoto, and Naho Ishiki
No One Asks the Fishermen, Jennifer Sweeney Tookes, Sherry Larkin, and Tracy Yandle
Diversity and Inclusion in the Classroom: What’s the Difference?, Clare F. Walsh
Gender 101, Clare F. Walsh
Racial Theory, Analysis, and Politics in Trump America, Clare F. Walsh
Stereotypes: Hard to Live With Them; Hard to Live Without Them, Clare F. Walsh
Lionfish in the USVI, Tracy Yandle, Sherry Larkin, Jennifer Sweeney Tookes, and Michael Page
Developing Skills of Debunking Disinformation through Writing in Social Science and Humanity Classes, Pidi Zhang
Service-learning in Higher Education, Aging- Focused Courses: a Model for Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Research, Jennifer Zorotovich, Rebecca G. Ryan, and Adrienne Cohen
Submissions from 2017
“Guess Who” and the Reduction of Race Talk, Alicia Brunson
End of Life Care: Writing Up Your Five Wishes Document, Adrienne L. Cohen
Respite Care Options for Caregivers, Adrienne L. Cohen
Successful Aging Panel, Adrienne L. Cohen
Using Word Frequencies and Word Clouds for Content Analysis, Adrienne L. Cohen
Using Your Classroom as Your Research Venue: Strategies and Challenges, Adrienne L. Cohen
Service-Learning at Eagle Nation: Systematic Evaluation of Student Experiences, Adrienne L. Cohen, Moya L. Alfonso, Dina C. Walker-DeVose, Jennifer Zorotovich, and Urkovia Andrews
The Statistics of Tiny Samples: The Utility of ACTUS, an Alternative Method of Contingency Table Analysis Using Simulation, in Human Skeletal Biology, Virginia Estabrook and David A. Prosser
Teaching Anthropology in a ‘Red State’, Virginia Estabrook, Susan Tannner, Emily Dean, Justin Garcia, Lauren Murfree, and Amelia Hubbard
An Outline on the Theoretical Links between Global Capitalism and Global Health, Matthew B. Flynn
The Neo-Development State and Local Production of Drugs: Brazil’s Pharmaceutical Successes and Challenges, Matthew B. Flynn
The Political Economy of Immigration Detention: Globalization, National Diversity, and Economic Actors, Matthew B. Flynn
The Irish Diaspora in a Southern American City: History, Anthropology, Archives and Engagement in Savannah, Georgia, David T. Gleeson, Howard Keeley, Barbara A. Hendry, and Luciana Spracher
The "St. Patrick's Season" in Savannah, Georgia: perpetuating and contesting Irish identity through ritual in a southern city, Barbara A. Hendry
Recognizing and Appreciating: How CrossFit Helped Girls Locate and Nurture Their Strengths, Nancy L. Malcom, Christina Gipson, and Tamerah Hunt
From William's Doll to Jacob's New Dress: The Depiction of Gender Non-Conforming Boys in Children's Picture Books from 1972 to 2014, Nancy L. Malcom and Nicole Sheahan
Exploring the Meaning of the Pussyhat, V. Ann Paulins, Julie L. Hillery, Alexandra Howell, and Nancy L. Malcom
Queering Families: The Postmodern Partnerships of Cisgender Women and Transgender Men, Carla Pfeffer and Clare F. Walsh
"This is the Government Pulling our Family Apart": Protecting Marriage after Deportation, April M. Schueths
Southerner and Jewish? Regional and Jewish Identity in Savannah, Georgia, William L. Smith and Pidi Zhang
Paleoindian and Early Archaic South Carolina: An Update, Kara Bridgman Sweeney, J. Christopher Gillam, and Christopher R. Moore
Emergent Issues for Commercial Fishermen in Georgia, Jennifer Sweeney Tookes
The State of the Fleet: Georgia’s Fishermen, Jennifer Sweeney Tookes
The State of the Fleet: Georgia’s Fishermen, Jennifer Sweeney Tookes
Because They Hurt and No One Wants to Eat Them!, Jennifer Sweeney Tookes, Sherry Larkin, and Tracy Yandle
Understanding Commercial Fishermen’s Willingness to Harvest Lionfish: A Multi-Disciplinary Analysis of the Supply For a Lionfish Market in the US Virgin Islands, Jennifer Sweeney Tookes, Skyler Simnett, Sherry Larkin, and Tracy Yandle
Community in Transition: Georgia’s Fishing Industry, Jennifer Sweeney Tookes and Tracy Yandle
Diversities: Inclusion, Equality, and Resistance, Clare F. Walsh
Justice and Resistance, Clare F. Walsh
Sexualities, Clare F. Walsh
Does Economic Divergence Predict Political Divergence: Changes in Political Economic Ideology By Gender, Race, and Class 1985-2016, Joseph Wilson and Ted Brimeyer
Five Thousand in the Pines: Blackshear’s Confederate Prison Camp, M. Jared Wood, Lance Greene, and Inger Wood
Pend in a Pine Grove: Archaeology of the Confederate POW Camp at Blackshear, Georgia, M. Jared Wood, Lance Greene, and Inger Wood
Integrating Research and Outreach: Lionfish Management in the US Virgin Islands, Tracy Yandle, Sherry Larkin, Jennifer Sweeney Tookes, and Michael Page
Submissions from 2016
Astronomical Observation and Application of a Standardized Measure in the Layout of a Mississippian Mound Center: New Evidence from Southwestern Georgia, Dennis B. Blanton, Daniel M. Summer, Chester Walker, and M. Jared Wood
Collaborative Research With Professors and Graduate Students: Stories From the WIGL (Women in Gerontology Legacy) Project, Adrienne L. Cohen
More Than Just Bingo: Teaching Students About Problem Gambling in Later Life, Adrienne L. Cohen
Prescription Drug Use, Misuse and Addiction in Late Life, Adrienne L. Cohen
Sex in Late Life, Adrienne L. Cohen
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
The Female Pelvis of Casimir Pulaski: misidentified skeleton or intersex war hero, Virginia Estabrook and Melissa A. Powell
Capitalism and Immigration Control: What Political Economy Reveals about the Growth of Detention Systems, Matthew B. Flynn
Conversations with Professors, Nancy L. Malcom
Teaching Children About Death: Storybooks as a Form of ‘Just in Time’ Socialization, Nancy L. Malcom
Spear Superiority and (un)Knightly Warfare: Reconstructing and Modelling the Conflict Landscape of Bannockburn (AD1314) with GIS and KOCOA’, Ryan K. McNutt
Can We Talk About Racism?, Nathan S. Palmer
Dare Greatly: Doing the Work That Scares you the Most, Nathan S. Palmer
How to Use Social Media to Do Your Research, Teach Your Students, and Launch Your Career, Nathan S. Palmer
Using Social Media and Technology to Improve Student Learning, Nathan S. Palmer
Using Social Media to Prepare for Your Classes & Teach Sociology, Nathan S. Palmer
Using Social Media to Teach Sociology and Engage with Students, Nathan S. Palmer
Savannah Tourism: Theory and Practice, Ned Rinalducci
Deportation Policies and Health: U.S. Citizen Spouses’ Perspectives, April Schueths
Stress and Coping of Children in Mixed-Status Couples, April Schueths
Family Encouragement and Life Experiences: The Road to the Monastic Life, William L. Smith
Jewish Identity in a Deep Southern City, William L. Smith and Pidi Zhang
The Archaeological Utility of ACTUS: An Alternative Method of Contingency Table Analysis Using Simulation, Elizabeth Sobel and Virginia Estabrook
Crossing Boundaries in Early Archaic Research, Kara Bridgman Sweeney
Mapping Variation in the Early Archaic Coastal Plain, Kara Bridgman Sweeney
Chibariyo! Navigating Cultural Resources Compliance on U.S. Military Installations in Japan, Kara Bridgman Sweeney and Alexander Y. Sweeney
You Can't Catch 'Em and Sell 'Em:' Perceptions of Obstacles to Direct Marketing among Georgia Fishermen, Jennifer Sweeney Tookes and Tracy Yandle
You Can't Catch 'Em and Sell 'Em:' Perceptions of Obstacles to Direct Marketing among Georgia Fishermen, Jennifer Sweeney Tookes and Tracy Yandle
Gender, Sexual Identity, and Families: The Personal is Political, Clare F. Walsh
Pushing Boundaries: Expanding Reach and Amplifying Voice in Social Science Research, Clare F. Walsh
Sexualities, Clare F. Walsh
Sexualities, Clare F. Walsh
The Politics of Marriage: From Intimacy to Public Policy, Clare F. Walsh
Mapping Kolomoki: LiDAR, Space, Structure & Place, M. Jared Wood and Thomas J. Pluckhahn
Terra incognita, M. Jared Wood and Thomas J. Pluckhahn
Submissions from 2015
Reflecting Realities: Aging Through the Eyes of Women Gerontologists, Dana Burr Bradley, Pamela Pitman Brown, Adrienne L. Cohen, and Carroll Estes
Labor’s Legitimacy: Visibility, Consonance, and Dissonance of the Employee Free Choice Act in major Newspapers, Ted Brimeyer
Becoming a Gerontologist: Lessons From the WIGL Project, Pamela Pitman Brown, Adrienne L. Cohen, Dana Burr Bradley, Colleen R. Bennett, A. Dawson, and Carroll L. Estes
"I Knew What to Expect..." Reflections on Knowledge of Aging Versus Personal Experiences of Female Gerontologists, Pamela Pitman Brown, Adrienne L. Cohen, Dana Burr Bradley, and Carroll L. Estes
Shifts in Students’ Attitudes Toward Elders Through Service Learning With Well and Frail Elders, Adrienne L. Cohen
The Racial Experiences of College Students at a Southeastern University, Akiv Dawson, April Schueths, Ted Brimeyer, and Dina Walker-DeVose
Bioarchaeology of Gendered Labor in the Middle and Upper Paleolithic, Virginia Estabrook
In Search of Women in the Paleolithic, Virginia Estabrook and Caroline VanSickle
Racial Disparities in the American Child Welfare System, Shanna N. Felix, April M. Schueths, Chad Posick, and Laura E. Agnich
Bureaucratic Capitalism and the Immigration Industrial Complex, Matthew B. Flynn
The Dilemma of High-Priced Medicines, Matthew B. Flynn
SAS’S 50TH Annual Meeting: Reunion and Reflection, Barbara A. Hendry
The Continuing Impact of Victim Responsibility: Rape Culture and Perceptions of University Responses to Sexual Assault, Jennifer O'Neill, Marieke M. Van Willigen, Alison Hatch, and David Knox
Framing Sociological Research for Social Media, Nathan S. Palmer
Using Social Media to Teach Sociology, Nathan S. Palmer
Using Wordpress Blogs to Disseminate Sociological Research, Nathan S. Palmer
Courageous Conversations: Discussing Race and Racism at GSU, Nathan S. Palmer and Breyan Haizlip
Georgia College Students and Confederate Battle Flag Symbolism: A Comparison between 2001-2015, Ned Rinalducci
Re-enfranchising the Disenfranchised: Voting Rights in America, Ned Rinalducci
Syria: Understanding the Conflict, Ned Rinalducci
We Don’t Do It This Way At Home: Study Abroad as Transformative Learning, Ned Rinalducci
