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Submissions from 2008
Applying Language Lessons to Health and Wellbeing, Heidi M. Altman
The Best Laid Plans: Lessons Learned from Language Planning, Heidi M. Altman
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
The Reproduction of Social Class in Higher Education, Ted Brimeyer
Expressing Continuity and Change in an Irish-American Community: The St. Patrick’s Season in Savannah, Georgia, Barbara A. Hendry
Does Raising Consciousness Change Behavior: Exposure to Information on Work Conditions and Consumer Habits, Jynette Larshus and Ted Brimeyer
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
Academic Dishonesty, Alcohol and Marijuana Use, and the Transition to College, Nathan W. Pino and William L. Smith
Argentina: Creating Ties, Relationships, and Opportunities Abroad, Ned Rinalducci
Kiss Me I’m Irish: Maintaining an Ethnic Identity in Savannah, Georgia, William L. Smith
Perceived Factors Facilitating Students’Transition from High School to College, William L. Smith and Pidi Zhang
Submissions from 2007
Cherokee Healing: A LanguageBased Study, Heidi M. Altman
Native Peoples and Language Revitalization, Heidi M. Altman
Native Peoples of the Southeast, Heidi M. Altman
Divining the Past: Cherokee History through a Cherokee Lens, Heidi M. Altman and Thomas N. Belt
Doctor, Doctor: Health Choices Among Contemporary Cherokees, Heidi M. Altman and Thomas N. Belt
The Will West Long Materials at the Gilcrease Museum, Heidi M. Altman and Thomas N. Belt
Tohi: The Cherokee Concept of Wellbeing, Heidi M. Altman and Thomas N. Belt
The Role of Religious Beliefs and Denominational Affiliation in Explaining Poverty: Individual, Structural and Divine Causes, Ted Brimeyer
Assessment 101: What is it and why do we do it?, Nancy L. Malcom
Conversations with Professors, Nancy L. Malcom
Study Tips for Sociology, Nancy L. Malcom
Study Tips for Sociology, Nancy L. Malcom
American Politics in Perspective, Ned Rinalducci
Global Terrorism: An American Perspective, Ned Rinalducci
Global Terrorism and the U.S. led War Against Terror, Ned Rinalducci
Terrorism and Narco-Terrorism: Trends and Perspectives, Ned Rinalducci
Terrorism and The American War on Terror, Ned Rinalducci
The Intersection of Ethnic, Racial, Religious and Political Identity in Trinidad, Ned Rinalducci
Southerner and Irish? Regional and Ethnic Consciousness in Savannah, Georgia, William L. Smith
Teaching the Capstone Course, William L. Smith
Submissions from 2006
Ethnographic Investigations at Cades Cove, Heidi M. Altman
Long Range Planning and Language Revitalization in the Eastern Cherokee Communities, Heidi M. Altman
Native American Languages: A Locus for Cultural, Economic and Spiritual Revitalization, Heidi M. Altman
Native Peoples of the Southeast, Heidi M. Altman
Projections of Language Health, Heidi M. Altman
Linguistic Divergence in Cherokee, Heidi M. Altman and Thomas N. Belt
The Soul Wound of Multigenerational Trauma: Addressing Health and Social Issues Among the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Heidi M. Altman and Lisa Lefler
Career Stages, Resources for Control, and Company Commitment, Ted Brimeyer and Robert Perucci
The Need for Sexual Education in High School and College Athletics: A Proposed Program, Daniel Czech, Joanne Chopak-Foss, and Nancy L. Malcom
Celticness: The Modern Invention of an Identity, Barbara A. Hendry
Interpretive Reproduction in Girls’ Recreational Softball, Nancy L. Malcom
Study Tips for Sociology, Nancy L. Malcom
Study Tips for Sociology, Nancy L. Malcom
Professional Community Building within the Tiers, Ned Rinalducci
The Media, the Middle East, and the War on Terror, Ned Rinalducci
The Social and Cultural Construction of Ethnic Identity among Irish Americans in Savannah, Georgia, William L. Smith and Barbara A. Hendry
Submissions from 2005
Language Revitalization: An Action Plan for the EBCI and Western Carolina University, Heidi M. Altman
Tsalagi Past into the Present: A Return to Indigenous Methods of Language Learning, Heidi M. Altman
Variations in Written Cherokee: A Challenge to Language Revitalization, Heidi M. Altman
“Erin Go Bragh, Y’all! Celebrating Irish Identity in Savannah, Georgia, Barbara A. Hendry
The Greening of Savannah: Exploring Irish American Identity in a Southern City, Barbara A. Hendry and William Smith
The ‘St. Patrick’s Season’ in Savannah: Negotiating Irish Identity in a Changing Southern City, Barbara A. Hendry and William Smith
Constructing Identities on Contested Terrain: Dress and Appearance of Real Girls Who Negotiate Female Athleticism, Nancy L. Malcom and V. Ann Paulins
Terrorism in Film, Ned Rinalducci
The Middle East: Crisis and Hope, Ned Rinalducci
Religion and Ethnicity Among Irish Americans in Savannah, Georgia, William L. Smith and Barbara A. Hendry
Submissions from 2004
Remembering St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah, Barbara A. Hendry
Analytical Writing in a Social Problems Course, Nancy L. Malcom
Amero-Centricity and the Media: An Obstacle to Understanding Terrorism and World Events, Ned Rinalducci
Major Contemporary Third World Problems and Issues, Ned Rinalducci
The Politics of Race and Poverty in Trinidad, Ned Rinalducci
Trinidad: Rainbow Culture or Cultural Exclusivity, Ned Rinalducci
Monastic Spirituality Beyond the Cloister: A Preliminary Look at Lay Cistercians, William L. Smith
African American Students, the Academic Ethic, and GPA, William L. Smith and Nathan W. Pino
Access to Health Care Delivery for Latino Migrant in Georgia, Pidi Zhang
Submissions from 2003
Health Status of Latino Migrant in Georgia: Implications for Policies and Programs, Elizabeth Brown and Pidi Zhang
The Power of Names: Place-Making and People-Making in a Spanish-Basque Borderland, Barbara A. Hendry
Constructing Female Athleticism: A Study of Girls’ Recreational Softball, Nancy L. Malcom
Playing the Field: Sex and Sports, Nancy L. Malcom
Using the One Minute Paper, Nancy L. Malcom
Who Adopts the Sport Ethic? Social Determinants of 'Athlete Identity' Development Among Girls, Nancy L. Malcom
Amero-Centricity and the Media: An Obstacle to Understanding Terrorism and World Events, Ned Rinalducci
In Dixie Land I'll Take My Stand: Interpretations of Confederate Symbolism, Ned Rinalducci
Major Problems and Issues in Contemporary Northeast Asia and the Middle East, Ned Rinalducci
Habits of the Mind: In Search of the Academic Ethic Among College Students, William L. Smith and Nathan W. Pino
Revisiting the Academic Ethic Issue: A Preliminary Analysis, William L. Smith and Nathan W. Pino
Submissions from 2002
Title IX and Women’s Sports, Nancy L. Malcom
Using the One Minute Paper, Nancy L. Malcom
African Americans and the Law, Ned Rinalducci
Amero-Centricity and the Media: An Obstacle to Understanding Terrorism and World Events, Ned Rinalducci
International Social Movement Activity 1950-1995, Ned Rinalducci
Prague, Puebla, and Beyond: How To Present Issues of Equality and Diversity While Keeping Students Out of Foreign Jails, Ned Rinalducci
Teaching about Terrorism with Sociology and Teaching Sociology with Terrorism, Ned Rinalducci
Understanding Islam, Ned Rinalducci
Understanding the Middle East and the War on Terror, Ned Rinalducci
Varieties of Islam and Muslim Practices, Ned Rinalducci
Intentional Communities 1990-2000: A Portrait, William L. Smith
Submissions from 2001
And Whose Voices Shall be Heard? Negotiating Community History in the Rural South, Barbara A. Hendry and Patricia Pace
A History of Feminism, Nancy L. Malcom
Coming to Terms with Female Athleticism, Nancy L. Malcom
Organized Cheering and the ‘Feminization’ of Youth Sports, Nancy L. Malcom
‘Shaking it Off’ and ‘Toughing it Out’: Socialization to Pain and Injury in Girls’ Softball, Nancy L. Malcom
A University Conversation on this Weeks National Tragedy, Ned Rinalducci
Middle East Forum, Ned Rinalducci
Old Times There Are Not Forgotten: How College Students in Georgia View the Confederate Battle Flag, Ned Rinalducci
