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S.L. Ames
School of Community and Global Health
Ames, S.L. & McBride, C. (2006). Translating genetics, cognitive science and other basic science research findings into applications for prevention of substance use. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 29 (3), 277-301.
Ames, S.L., Grenard, J., Thush, C., Sussman, S., Wiers, R.W., & Stacy, A.W. (2007). Comparison of indirect assessments of association as predictors of marijuana use among at-risk adolescents. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 15(2):204-18.
Grenard, J.L., Ames, S.L., Wiers, R., Thush, C., Sussman, S. & Stacy, A.W. (2008). Working memory capacity moderates the predictive effects of drug-related associations on substance use. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22(3), 426-432.
I chose these papers because they represent my current research focus and interest in translating basic science research on control and automatic processes to health behaviors and increasing our understanding of the role of these processes in health decisions.
My current NIH-funded research projects seek to understand the neural substrates involved in implicit associative processes (automatic processes) through the imaging (fMRI) of alcohol and drug-relevant memory associations.
My near future research has been expanded to evaluate neurocognitive processes in eating behavior in addition to substance abuse, and the functional imaging of these processes - both control and automatic - that influence the formation and perpetuation of habits.
David Amico
School of Arts and Humanities
"Sonata," Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
First museum show
"Circus Boy," Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
First show with an internationally recognized gallery
"Drift-Trace Paintings," Ace Gallery Los Angeles
First solo show with 25 major pieces of art
My present work has a distinction leaning towards observational detail, focusing on personal marks in public places.
To me this research attempts to visualize the spaces between intentions, not the mechanisms of delivery with regard to style.
John Angus
School of Mathematical Sciences
"What's in Your 403(b)? Academic Retirement Plans and the Costs of Underdiversification," with W. O. Brown, J. K. Smith, and R. Smith, J. of the Financial Management Association International, 36(2), 2007.
"Modeling t-cell activation using gene expression profiling and state space models," with C. Rangel, F. Falciani, Z Ghahramani, M. Lioumi, and D. Wild, Bioinformatics, 20, 2004.
"RAIM (Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring) with Multiple Faults," Navigation Journal of the Institute of Navigation, 53(4), Winter 2006, pp. 249-257.
Why: These show the breadth and relevance of my research to pressing, contemporary issues: Finance, Molecular Biology and Genetics, and Navigation using the Global Positioning System (GPS).
I am presently developing some of the mathematical navigation safety algorithms needed for the Joint Precision Approach Landing System (JPALS), which will be the next generation of GPS-based precision landing system for military and civil aviators.
Why it matters: The key to safe and accurate global navigation in the future lies in the creative use and enhancement of the Global Positioning System.
Dale E. Berger
School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences
My students and I are expanding our major web site that offers support for teaching statistics: Web Interface for Statistics Education (WISE) at http://wise.cgu.edu.
Our web site, recognized with national awards, is used by students and faculty around the world.
Malek, M. H., Berger, D. E., Housh, T. J., Marelich, W. D., Coburn, J. W., & Beck, T. W. (2006) Cardiovascular function following surgical repair of pectus excavatum: A meta-analysis. Chest, 130, 506-516.
Provides new compelling evidence that a surgical procedure demonstrates substantial cardiovascular benefits.
Berger, D. E., & Snortum, J. R. (1985). Alcoholic beverage preferences of drinking driving violators. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 46, 232 239.
This research was used by legislators to support tougher drunk driving laws, especially regarding beer.
I am exploring ways to make better use of Internet technology in support of learning and teaching statistics through interactive applets and tutorials on http://wise.cgu.edu .
Recent rapid advances in technology have important but underutilized applications for learning and teaching.
Michelle Bligh
School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences
Bligh, M. C., Kohles, J. C., & Meindl, J. R. (2004). Charisma under Crisis: Presidential Leadership, Rhetoric, and Media Responses Before and After the September 11th Terrorist Attacks. The Leadership Quarterly, 15(2), 211-239.
Shamir, B., Pillai, R., Bligh, M. C., & Uhl-Bien, M. (Eds.). (2007). Follower-Centered Perspectives on Leadership: A Tribute to the Memory of James R. Meindl. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Bligh, M. C., & Robinson, J. L. (In press, 2009). Was Gandhi "Charismatic"? Exploring the Rhetorical Leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. The Leadership Quarterly.
These three publications reflect my primary research interests concerning followership, leader-follower relationships, and how the context of leadership shapes our attributions of "effective" leadership.
I am currently exploring how leaders can best foster innovation in conservative and collectivistic cultures such as the Confucian Asia cluster, developing followers who are willing to take risks and challenge leaders despite cultural norms that emphasize respect, obedience, and compliance.
Tom Borcherding
School of Politics and Economics
"Group Consumption, Free Riding and Informal Reciprocity Agreements," with D. Filson, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Sp. 2002). Conditions that enhance an efficient if uncoordinated community efforts producing public goods; social norms matter but are limited by transaction costs et al.
"Growth in the Real Size of Governments since 1970," with S. Ferris and A. Garzoni in Handbook of Public Choice (2004). Interaction between government activity and economic growth; the former may well enhance the latter, except for redistributive spending; limits of social democracy.
"Public Choice of Tax and Regulatory Instruments- The Role of Heterogeneity," with D. Lee, in Public Finance Review (Nov. 2006). Are taxes and regulations complements or substitutes; how the two effect the overall size of government; and why the mix is more tax intensive for more homogeneous societies.
What they indicate.
The three were chosen because they reflect much of my research agenda in public choice for over more than four decades.
What am I doing nowadays.
My current work with Prof. Gene Silberberg, University of Washington, the political economy of social attitudes, incorporates Adam Smith's Moral Sentiment's view that human behavior reflects both the narrow motives of prudence and selfishness, but, as well, wider inclinations which can enhance group solidarity, if the institutions are congenial to that end. Here and elsewhere we/I conclude that while our neurological nature makes apparent irrationality ubiquitous and troublesome, it allows our "better angels" to coalesce more readily, but only if institutions accentuate group solidarity and attenuate both mindlessness and barbarity. Thus, Hobbes yields to Locke.
Peter Boyer
School of Arts and Humanities
Three musical compositions of which I am proudest: Ellis Island: The Dream of America for actors and orchestra with projected images; On Music's Wings for soloists, choruses, and orchestra; New Beginnings for orchestra. Of these, Ellis Island is by far my most well-known work, having received a Grammy nomination and over 100 performances by 50 orchestras; I am proud of its widespread recognition in the field of contemporary classical music.
I have just been commissioned by the Boston Pops Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, conductor, to compose a work celebrating the legacy of the Kennedy brothers: John, Robert, & Ted. This is by far the most significant commission I have ever received, and it will be premiered at Boston's Symphony Hall in May, then performed on the Boston Pops Fourth of July concert on the Charles River Esplanade, and telecast to an audience numbering in the millions.
Michael Brewster
School of Arts and Humanities
Here it is:
I am proudest of my "acoustic sculpture" sound pieces that are in three pre-eminent world class collections: permanent installations at the Panza Collection in Varese, Italy, plus the Guggenheim Museum collection, and the MOCA LA collection. Also proud to be cited many times in Brandon La Belles's "Background Noise, perspectives in sound art" a definitive treatment of this arcane form of art.
I am presently working on miniature digital technology to produce solar powered outdoor visitor-sensing sound-fields that will rock, wobble and shift around the visitor. I think this work matters because it shifts and extends our concept of what constitutes a sculptural experience, away from precious objects towards sensations of space and form, a groundbreaking idea; but in an irrelevant arena.
Richard Bushman
School of Religion
Here are my three favorite productions and my next project. The last, a study of American farming, is an anomaly for a School of Religion faculty member but it is an old project I am trying to finish up before I go on to something else.
From Puritan to Yankee: Character and the Social Order in Connecticut, 1690-1765/ (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1967). Awarded the Bancroft and Phi Alpha Theta prizes.
The Refinement of America: Persons, Houses, Cities/ (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992). History Book Club and Book of the Month selections.
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling/ (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005). Association of Mormon Letters Best Biography Award; Evans Biography Award; Mormon History Association Best Book Award.
Future project:
Farmers in the Production of the Nation: Family Agriculture in Eighteenth-Century America.
Samir Chatterjee
School of Infromation Systems and Technology
Samir Chatterjee, and Alan Price, ""Healthy Living with Persuasive Technologies: Framework, Issues, and Challenges", Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA), J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009 Mar–Apr; 16(2): 171–178. doi: 10.1197/jamia.M2859.
Ken Peffers, Tuure Tuunanen, Marcus A. Rothenberger, Samir Chatterjee, "A Design Science Research Methodology for Information Systems Research", Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 45-77, Winter 2008.
Samir Chatterjee, Tarun Abhichandani, Bengisu Tulu, Haiqing Li, "SIP-based Enterprise Converged Network for Voice/Video over IP: Implementation and Evaluation of Components", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), Vol. 23, No. 10, pp. 1921-1933, October 2005.
I chose these articles because each of them reflects my areas of research interest in persuasive technology, science of design and telecommunications networking. These papers have received wide citation and are considered influential within the IS research community.
Current and Future project description: My current project includes the design and development of a biofeedback stress tool that can assist PTSD victims when used in an exposure therapy session to deal with stress and its impact. My other project titled "Sensing Living Patterns" is using sensors in a home to detect daily living activities such as sleeping, walking, eating, watching TV, front door, kitchen activity etc and the data is then mined to send text messages to alter human behavior using persuasive messages. I also have a project that is exploring the use of virtual worlds in experiential learning and group creativity.
Travis Columbus
Columbus, J. T., E. A. Friar, J. M. Porter, L. M. Prince, and M. G. Simpson [eds.]. 2006, 2007. Monocots: Comparative biology and evolution [2 vols.]. Aliso 22: 1–735, 23: 1–682.
Columbus, J. T., R. Cerros-Tlatilpa, M. S. Kinney, M. E. Siqueiros-Delgado, H. L. Bell, M.P. Griffith, and N. F. Refulio-Rodriguez. 2007. Phylogenetics of Chloridoideae(Gramineae): A preliminary study based on nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer and chloroplast trnL–F sequences, pp. 565–579.
In J. T. Columbus, E. A. Friar, J. M. Porter, L. M. Prince, and M. G. Simpson [eds.], Monocots:Comparative biology and evolution—Poales. Aliso 23.
Columbus, J. T. 1999. Morphology and leaf blade anatomy suggest a close relationship between Bouteloua aristidoides and B. (Chondrosium) eriopoda (Gramineae: Chloridoideae). Systematic Botany 23: 467–478.
These represent a range of publications I am proud of, including two large edited volumes and papers based on different kinds of data including morphology, anatomy, and DNA sequences from the chloroplast and nuclear genomes.
Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, I am expanding my research on the evolution of chloridoid grasses (ca. 1500 species worldwide) to include developmental studies of the inflorescence (how the flowers are arranged).
This research will lead to a new classification of chloridoid grasses and insights into their evolution that will form the basis for further study in other areas of biology including biogeography and ecology.
Jenny Darroch
Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito School of Management
1. Darroch, J. (2010), Marketing through Turbulent Times. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-0230237308
This is my first book and it represents a transition from writing research for more narrow academic audiences to a broader MBA type audience that I have called "thoughtful professionals".
2. Darroch, J. (2009), "Drucker on marketing: Remember customers are the reason you are in business," In Pearce, C., Maciariello, J. and Yamawaki, H. (2009). The Drucker Difference: What the World's Greatest Management Thinker Means to Today's Business Leaders. LA: McGraw-Hill.
I selected this chapter because it is one of a number of chapters that appeared in a Drucker faculty produced book to celebrate the Drucker Centennial.
3. Day, G., Slater, S. and Darroch, J. (2009), "A tribute to Peter Drucker: editors' introduction to the special issue," Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 37(1): 1-7.
When Peter Drucker passed away, I co-edited a tribute to him in one of the top-five marketing journals.
I am currently working on a research paper that examines whether firms that spend more on marketing than competitors in their industry during a recession outperform competitors when the recession passes.
Marlene L. Daut
School of Arts and Humanities
" 'Sons of White Fathers': Mulatto Vengeance and the Haitian Revolution in Victor Séjour's 'The Mulatto'." Nineteenth-Century Literature. (forthcoming)
"Un-Silencing the Past: Boisrond-Tonnerre, Vastey, and the Re-Writing of the Haitian Revolution." South Atlantic Review. 74.1 (Winter 2009): 35-64.
"Are they Mad? Nation and Narration in Tous les hommes sont fous," with Karen E. Richman, Small Axe. 12.2 (June 2008): 133-48.
These three works demonstrate that I can work with Anglophone and Francophone authors and texts from a variety of literary traditions (French colonial, Caribbean, U.S. American) and from a range of historical periods (18th-20th-centuries).
Current Project:
My current project, Science of Desire: Race and the Literary History of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1789-1865, shows how 18th- and 19th-century Caribbean, U.S. American, and colonial European authors used the language of scientific debates about race to explain the events of the Revolution (1789-1804). This is important because my research shows that literary texts dealing with the Haitian Revolution, whether published as fiction or non-fiction, had a broad influence on not only 19th-century understandings of the Revolution, but on contemporary historiography, and this project will therefore encourage scholars to revisit some of the under-examined assumptions about race that continue to exist in many studies of the Haitian Revolution.
Barbara DeHart
School of Education
Dr. DeHart's distinguished career includes 33 years in public education as a teacher, principal, district office administrator and culminated with her eight year tenure as Superintendent in Westminster School District in Orange County, California. Dr. DeHart is now serving in her sixth year as professor in the School of Educational Studies at CGU.
Dr. DeHart has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the Dr. Effie T. Jones Humanitarian Award which be presented in Phoenix at the American Association of School Administrator's National Conference in February 2010. This award comes as a result of Dr. DeHart's commitment to social justice and of her mentoring of women and minorities who are future educational leaders.
"A Descriptive Case Study of Discord and Dissent: The Story of a School board's Act of Noncompliance to State and Federal Law", written by Barbara DeHart and Delacy D. Ganley was published in The Future of School Board Governance; Relevancy and Revelation, edited by Thomas L. Alsbury. In 2008.
Stewart Donaldson
School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences
Donaldson, S. I. (2007). Program theory-driven evaluation science: Strategies and applications. Mahawah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Donaldson, S. I., Christie, C. A., & Mark, M. (2008). What counts as credible evidence in applied research and evaluation practice? Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Donaldson, S. I., Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Nakamura J. (forthcoming). Applied positive psychology: Improving everyday life, schools, work, health, and society. New York, NY: Routledge.
These three recent books reflect my interest in advancing the emerging areas of evaluation science and applied positive psychology. My current research projects address cutting edge issues that were raised in one of these volumes.
I have a new grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to help design the evaluation framework for the foundation's large portfolio of grants to improve the lives of the poor and vulnerable people in developing countries by easing basic survival insecurities, addressing the risks of accelerating urbanization, repairing weak and outmoded health systems, building resilience to environment degradation and climate change, and reweaving frayed social contracts.
David Drew
School of Educational Studies
Strengthening Academic Science, published by Praeger/Greenwood in 1985
Aptitude Revisited; Rethinking Math and Science Education for America's Next Century, published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 1996.
What They Didn't Teach You in Graduate School (with Paul Gray), published by Stylus in 2008
I chose these because each had an impact, e.g., invited to meet with Bill Clinton about #1, to address the National Science Foundation professional staff about #2, and great feedback from PhD students and junior faculty about how much #3 has helped them.
A current project:
I am a key (pro bono) advisor to the Tibetan Buddhists in exile in India as they launch a college, having previously been the lead advisor in the founding of a new college in Nevada.
In the 21st Century, it is vital to integrate the two cultures of a) science/technology and b) the humanities/arts in higher education and this project provides a unique perspective on those issue.
Patricia Easton
School of Arts and Humanities
Three notable publications:
"What is at Stake in the Cartesian Debates on the Eternal Truths?" Philosophy Compass 4/2 (2009): 348–362, 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2009.00202.x
"Robert Desgabets," in The Electronic Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Spring 2001 edition, Edward N. Zalta, general editor, Alan Nelson, early modern editor, URL= http://plato.stanford.edu/ ; updated June 2006.
The Descartes's Web Site: Passions de L'Ame and Passions of the Soul, a modernized edition, directed and edited by Patricia Easton (May 2000) URL = http://www.cgu.edu/descartes/
The article on eternal truths represents the culmination of work I began in 1992 which is of both historical and philosophical significance; my Desgabets article is widely assessable and provides the seminal treatment of this important thinker; and finally the Descartes Website is an ongoing project I began 15 years ago that makes Descartes' final work assessable to an international audience and has put me in touch with scholars from around the world.
Future research:
What is ancient in contemporary neuroscience?: Lessons From Descartes on Constructing a Model of Mind. Chapter of volume edited by Frank Vandervalk,under contract by Routledge.
Researchers in the new and growing field of neuroscience have reformulated old questions and raised new ones; this chapter provides me with the opportunity to combine my longstanding research interests in cognitive science (where I began my graduate studies) and my current field of expertise, early modern philosophy, through an examination of the Cartesian model of mind in light of contemporary discoveries and models.
Lori Anne Ferrell
School of Arts and Humanities
1. *_The Bible and the People_ (Yale UP, 2008); "The Bible and the People" (Huntington Library exhibit, The Boone Gallery, 2004-5), and _Religion and Society in Early Modern England_ (Routledge, 1996, 2nd edition 2003)
**They are the things I've written or curated that have been recognized for their ability to communicate to a larger audience both scholarly and public.
2. Future research:
**Two projects: forms of biblical illustration in the early modern and modern eras, and the sermons preached by the 17C poet John Donne in St. Pauls Cathedral, London.
3. One line that best reflects why the above-mentioned future research matters.
**The Bible, English Renaissance prose and poetry, and protestant preaching gave us the words—and thus by extension the worlds—of religion, literature, and politics we still live in today.
Dean R. Gerstein
School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences
Mark H. Moore and Dean R. Gerstein, eds. Alcohol and Public Policy: Beyond the Shadow of Prohibition. National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 463 pp., 1981.
Dean R. Gerstein and Lawrence S. Lewin. Treating Drug Problems. New England Journal of Medicine, 323(12):844–848, 1990. Dean R. Gerstein, Sally Murphy, Marianna Toce, and [13] others. Gambling Impact and Behavior Study: Report to the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, NORC at the University of Chicago, with four appendices, 96 + 668 pp., 1999. http://cloud9.norc.uchicago.edu/dlib/ngis.htm
Each of these studies, with collateral publications, changed the academic research, the behavior and thinking of practitioners, and the terms of debate at the national level in their respective subject areas.
FUTURE: Why Addiction Matters. A systematic, purpose-driven account of the intellectual history, current knowledge base, prospective advances in understanding, and fundamental scientific and social significance of the major addictive disorders (substance dependence, food addictions, and gambling).
Josh Goode
School of Arts and Humanities
1. I am proudest of my recent book, Impurity of Blood: Defining Race in Spain, 1870-1930 (LSU Press) because I bridged three different, and usually far too segregated, historiographies of race, European, Latin American and US, to create a study that tries to escape the usual and small national contexts and appeals to a wide audience.
2. I am proud of an upcoming Review Essay for History and Theory about the changes in Spanish history writing over the past five decades, again for the reasons of stretching a far too narrow national context to show its relevance and importance to a wider European and US historical and cultural studies audience.
3. I am proud of an 2005 article on crime and race in Spain that demonstrates how a topic that is usually overlooked in European History is relevant and helps modernize the field of European history with an added cultural studies focus and approach.
4. I am excited by my upcoming work on the ways in which historical memory and different national histories infuse contemporary European debates about politics and social policies, in particular immigration, because it deals with the fundamental issues in Europe today of bridging nationalism and the pluralist desires of the European Union and shows how cultural studies combined with rigorous historical analysis (what I hope is the cornerstone of my work) is relevant and essential well outside the academy.
Margaret Grogan
School of Educational Studies
Selected Publications:
Brunner, C.C. & Grogan, M. (2007). Women leading school systems: Uncommon roads to fulfillment. Lanham, MD.: Rowman & Littlefield Education.
Grogan, M. & Simmons, J. M. (2007). Taking a critical stance in research. In A. R. J. Briggs, & M. Coleman, (Eds). Research methods in educational leadership and management. London: Sage Publications.
Grogan, M. (2002). Influences of the discourse of globalisation on mentoring for gender equity and social justice in educational leadership. Leading and Managing, 8(2), 124-135. (Reprinted in Leadership, gender and culture, pp. 90-102, by John Collard and Cecilia Reynolds, Eds. 2004, London: Open University Press.)
These three represent the areas I have most researched and written about: Women in educational leadership, social justice issues and critical perspectives.
Current Project:
Charol Shakeshaft and I have a book contract with Jossey Bass on women's leadership in education tentatively titled Women generating collective leadership in education. This research matters because we need to tap into diverse minds and experiences to create dramatically improved learning conditions for all students in PreK-20 institutions across the globe.
Henry Krips
School of Arts and Humanities
1) Fetish: An Erotics of Culture. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1999.
2) The Metaphysics of Quantum Theory. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989 (revised paperback edition).
3) Science, Reason and Rhetoric (Pittsburgh University Press, 1995)
These three books represent a cross-section of my cross-disciplinary work.
Current Research:
My current research project examines the intersection between culture and politics.
The importance of this project has been highlighted in recent situations where the US faces the problem of managing political disputes with rival cultures with whom we share no concepts in terms of which we can negotiate a consensus or even agree to differ.
Gondy Leroy
School of Information and System Technologies
G. De Leo, C. Heins-Gonzales, P. Battagiri, G. Leroy, "A Smart-phone Application and a Companion Website for the Improvement of the Communication Skills of Children with Autism: Clinical Rationale, Technical Development and Preliminary Results", Journal of Medical Systems, Forthcoming 2010.
G. Leroy, T. Miller, G. Rosemblat, and A. Browne, "A Balanced Approach to Health Information Evaluation: A Vocabulary-based Naïve Bayes Classifier and Readability Formulas," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), 59 (9), 1409-1419, 2008.
G. Leroy, H. Chen, and J. D. Martinez. "A Shallow Parser Based on Closed-Class Words to Capture Relations in Biomedical Text," Journal of Biomedical Informatics (JBI), vol. 36, pp 145-158, June 2003.
These publications demonstrate the variety and collaborative nature of my research and how computing can improve, support, and augment our lives and community.
Current and Future project description:
My projects involve automated processing of text and information system development to support and augment biomedical research, access to health information for consumers, and crime fighting by law enforcement personnel.
Jean Lipman-Blumen
Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito School of Management
Here are the results of some research to which I am most committed. (As a Bostonian, "proud" sounds a "bit much."):
1) The Connective Edge: Leading in an Interdependent World. (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass), 1996. Paperback: Connective Leadership: Managing in a Changing World. (New York: Oxford University Press), 2000.
A. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Received numerous other awards, including from the American Sociological Association, etc. Widely reviewed and translated into ten languages.
2) Hot Groups: Seeding Them, Feeding Them, and Using Them to Ignite Your Organization. With Harold J. Leavitt, Kilpatrick Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford Graduate School of Business. (1999). (New York: Oxford University Press).
A. Awarded Best Book of 1999 from Association of American Publishers, Inc., Professional/Scholarly Division;1999 Award from Executive Book Summaries, for one of the "thirty best business books of 1999." Widely reviewed and translated into eight languages.
3) The Allure of Toxic Leaders: Why We Follow Destructive Bosses and Corrupt Politicians – and How We Can Survive Them. 2004. (New York: Oxford University Press).
A. Received Fast Company Magazine's award for one of the top 10 books of 2004 Reviewed in The Economist, the Financial Times of London, the Harvard Business Review, The Seattle Times; off the book page articles in The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, The Mauritius Times, The Globe and Mail (Canada), plus numerous other publications. Cited by The Economist for opening a new field of study about followership. Translated into 14 languages
Wendy Martin
School of Arts and Humanities
An American Triptych: The Lives and Work of Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, and Adrienne Rich (Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 1984), 272 pps. Published in clothbound and paperback editions; second printing, 1984.
We Are the Stories We Tell: Best Short Fiction by North American Women Writers Since 1945, (New York: Pantheon, 1990).
Emily Dickinson, (Cambridge University Press, March 2007).
** A combination of thorough scholarly research with cutting-edge analysis and interpretations
Best of Times, Worst of Times: The American Short Story from 1980 to the Present (NYU Press, under contract).
**transdisciplinary work from literary analysis to history, political and economic analysis
Hamid Mavani
School of Religion
"Analysis of Khomeini's Proofs for al-Wilaya al-Mutlaqa (Comprehensive Authority) of the Jurist." In The Most Learned of the Shi'a: The Institution of the Marja' al-Taqlid, edited by Linda S. Walbridge, 183-201. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
This concept has grave theological and political implications that impinge on what kind of a governance and State structure the Twelver Shi'i Muslims will espouse and also on the understanding of religious authority and leadership.
"Paradigm Shift in Twelver Shi'i Legal Theory (usul al-fiqh): Ayatullah Yusef Saanei." Muslim World, vol. 99 (April 2009): 362-82.
It is only by way of a critical re-evaluation of classical Islamic law and legal theory that one can devise new methodologies and strategies to re-examine Islam's position on issues such as gender justice, human rights, environmental ethics, war and peace, bio-medical ethics, and so on.
"Islam for Healthcare Specialists." In World Religions in Healthcare, edited by Siroj Sorajjakool, Mark Carr and Julius Nam, 85-112. New York: Routledge, 2009.
The rapid advancement in the field of bio-technology raises a host of complex issues that requires a multi-pronged approach and one of those approaches is from the religious perspective.
Lucinda McDade
Botany Department
2008. McDade, L. A., T. F. Daniel, and C. A. Kiel). Toward a comprehensive understanding of phylogenetic relationships among Acanthaceae s.l. (Lamiales). American Journal of Botany 95: 1136-1152.
2007. McDade, L. A. and E. A. Tripp. A synopsis of Costa Rican Ruellia (Acanthaceae), with descriptions of four new species. Brittonia 59: 199-216.
2004. McDade, L. A., and J. A. Weeks. Nectar in hummingbird-pollinated Neotropical plants I: Patterns of production and variability in twelve species. Biotropica 36 196-215
My work involves understanding evolutionary relationships among plants (with a focus on a large mostly tropical group, Acanthaceae), understanding what the species are and where they occur (second paper does that, including descriptions of four species new to science), and I am also extremely interested in plant reproductive biology especially those that are hummingbird pollinated.
At present, I and a number of colleagues are working to understand a pattern that we see repeated over and over in our study group: family trees in the Americas have many more species than their closest relatives in the Old World; out hypothesis is that it has to do with hummingbirds which do not occur in the Old World.
To understand the incredible biodiversity on planet Earth, we really want to know what the species are, where they are and also why they are in the sense of the evolutionary processes that have resulted in the patterns that we see.
Jennifer Merolla
School of Politics and Economics
"Crisis, Charisma, and Consequences: An Experimental Study during the 2004 U.S. Election" (with Jennifer M. Ramos and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister). 2007. Journal of Politics 69(1): 30-42.
"Vota por tu Futuro: Partisan Mobilization of Latino Voters in the 2000 Presidential Election" (with Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto). 2006. Political Behavior 4: 285 304.
All three are closely linked to issues that our polity faces. The book is published by a top academic press, as is the first article listed.
New Project
I just received an NSF grant to study the effects of terrorism on support for democracy in four liberal and four illiberal democracies. This is an extension to the book listed above.
Hedley Morris in Memorium
School of Politics and Economics
References to only three of their publications, art, or musical compositions about which they are the proudest.
• H. Morris, H. Schellhorn, ``A General Approach to Price Path-dependent American Securities Based on Malliavin Calculus". Submitted to Annals of Applied Probability (AAP). (2009)
• H. Morris, De Pass, Monica, ``Wavelet feature extraction of HRR radar profiles using Generalized Gaussian Distributions for Automatic Target Recognition", Proc. SPIE Vol. 5809, p. 165-175, Signal Processing, Sensor Fusion, and Target Recognition XIV; Ivan Kadar; Ed. (2005}
• E. Cumberbatch, H. Abebe and H. Morris, ``Current-Voltage Characteristics from an Asymptotic Analysis of the MOSFET Equations", Journal of Engineering Mathematics 19, 1, 25-46, (2001)
Each paper contains original ideas that have led to new results in their respective areas.
Currently founding an Institute of Biomedical Imaging (IBI) within CCMS
If IBI achieves its goals it will save the lives of cancer victims throughout the world by improving diagnostic algorithms.
Anselm Min
School of Religion
The Dialectic of Salvation: Issues in Theology of Liberation (SUNY Press, 1989)
The Solidarity of Others: Postmodern Theology after Postmodernism (T & T Clark International, 2004)
Paths to the Triune God: An Encounter between Aquinas and Recent Theologies (U. of Notre Dame Press, 2005)
These are indicative of my ongoing concern to explore the Christian tradition in light of contemporary issues such as social justice, religious pluralism, and the relations among nations in the globalizing world.
Ali Nadim
School of Mathematical Sciences
1. Three references:
2. Currently I am working on computer simulations of protein dynamics. This is important in order to understand how proteins work in the cell and, looking to the future, how well drug molecules will be able to bind to them.
I continue to work on mathematical modeling and applications of electrowetting as a means to transport tiny droplets on surfaces for eventual use in point-of-care diagnostic instruments.
Jeanne Nakamura
School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences
1. The following represent my recent scholarship (a), program building (b), and training collaborations with students (c), in positive psychology:
a. Nakamura, J., & Shernoff, D., Hooker, C. (2009). Good mentoring. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
b. Nakamura, J. (in press). Contexts of positive adult development. In S. Donaldson, M. Csikszentmihalyi, & J. Nakamura (Eds.), Applied positive psychology. New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
c. Davis, O.C., & Nakamura, J. (in press). Toward an optimal mentoring environment for medical residents. Academic Medicine.
a. Nakamura, J., & Shernoff, D., Hooker, C. (2009). Good mentoring. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
b. Nakamura, J. (in press). Contexts of positive adult development. In S. Donaldson, M. Csikszentmihalyi, & J. Nakamura (Eds.), Applied positive psychology. New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
c. Davis, O.C., & Nakamura, J. (in press). Toward an optimal mentoring environment for medical residents. Academic Medicine.
2. I am analyzing data about the dynamics of positive experience in adolescents' and adults' daily lives. This research aims to increase understanding and ultimately improve quality of life; future research in this vein will focus specifically on pathways to flourishing after age 60.
Lorne Olfman
School of Information and Systems Technology
Note: All of the papers I have chosen are co-authored with students.
Olfman, Lorne, & Mandviwalla, Munir (1994). Conceptual versus procedural software training for graphical user interfaces: A longitudinal field experiment. MIS Quarterly, 18, 4, 405-426. -This paper was the first "major" article that I published without my advisor as co-author, and it was not Munir's dissertation work. Munir is Associate Professor and Chair of MIS at the Fox School of Business, Temple University.
Jennex, Murray E., & Olfman, Lorne (2005). Assessing knowledge management success. International Journal of Knowledge Management, 1, 2, 33-49. - This paper reflects a long-term project that began as Murray's dissertation. I am especially proud of Murray's work because he is now one of the key researchers in the field of Knowledge Management. Murray is Associate Professor at San Diego State University.
Zhang, Xuesong, Olfman, Lorne, & Ractham, Peter (2007). Designing ePortfolio 2.0: Integrating and coordinating Web 2.0 services into ePortfolio systems for enhancing users' learning. Journal of Information Systems Education, 18, 2, 203-214. - This paper is based on a dissertation and demonstrates how design research can develop meaningful innovations for social learning, which is the goal the research lab the I co-direct with Terry Ryan, the Social Learning Software Lab ([SL]2). Xuesong is an Assistant Professor at Fresno State University.
Kasemvilas, Sumonta, & Olfman, Lorne (2009). Design alternatives for a Mediawiki to support collaborative writing. Journal of Information, Information Technology, and Organizations, 4, 87-106. - This paper is based on Sumonta's dissertation proposal; she is just beginning her dissertation study. This project led to the creation of a number of mechanisms to help improve collaborative writing activities, and continues the SL2 work in design research focusing on innovations for educational environments.
Allen Omoto
School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences
References to three scholarly works:
Omoto, A. M., & Kurtzman, H. S. (Eds.) (2006). Sexual orientation and mental health: Examining identity and development in lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. Washington, DC: APA Books.
Omoto, A. M. & Snyder, M. (2002). Considerations of community: The context and process of volunteerism. American Behavioral Scientist, 45, 846-867.
Omoto, A. M., & Snyder, M. (1995). Sustained helping without obligation: Motivation, longevity of service, and perceived attitude change among AIDS volunteers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 671 686.
Explanation for choice:
Two of these publications opened up and called attention to new areas of inquiry for social psychologists (specifically, volunteerism in the 1995 article and LGBT issues in the 2006 volume), and the 2002 article reflects my evolving thinking about mechanisms underlying civic involvement and volunteerism.
Current project description and why it matters:
I am currently conducting a research project in which my students and I are collecting questionnaire data on relationships and adolescent health and functioning from both parents and one adolescent child in families headed by gay men, lesbian women, and heterosexual couples. The results of this project will contribute to the scant empirical literature on gay and lesbian families, and it has the potential to contribute to current public discourse and social policies on LGBT rights, relationships, and families.
David Pagel
School of Arts and Humanities
3 Publications I'm proudest of:
"Catching Up with Frederick Hammersley," in "Frederick Hammersley," Museum of New Mexico Press; My essay links Hammersley (1919-2009) to 3 generations of younger LA artists and is part of his "rediscovery."
"Mongrel Formalism: Clay and Paint in California," in "Electric Mud," University of Houston; My essay, catalog, and exhibition present the work of 6 California artists who are breaking down the boundaries between clay and paint, art and craft, formalism and functionalism.
The 250-word texts on the wall labels for the art collection in the new Dallas Cowboys stadium. I love writing about world-class contemporary art for folks on the way to the hotdog stand: it speaks to my populist convictions.
Current project: Organizing an exhibition for the Parrish Art Museum in Long Island City, New York that examines a recent turn toward Folk Art by artists working in a Pop idiom. It interests me because it traces a dark side of Pop often overlooked in standard accounts, and taps into its rebelliousness.
Susan J. Paik
School of Educational Studies
Understanding the Achievement Gap: Families, Schools, & Communities Narrowing the Achievement Gap: Strategies for Educating Latino, Black, and Asian Students (2007) (with Walberg, H. J.). New York: Springer.
Advancing Educational Productivity: Policy Implications from National Databases (2004). Greenwich, Connecticut: Information Age Publishing.
International Perspectives on Families, Schools, and Communities: Educational Implications for Partnerships (2005). [Special Issue] (Raquel Amaya Martinez-Gonzales and Susan J. Paik), International Journal of Educational Research, 41 (1).
Understanding the Achievement Gap: Families, Schools, & Communities Narrowing the Achievement Gap: Strategies for Educating Latino, Black, and Asian Students (2007) (with Walberg, H. J.). New York: Springer.
Advancing Educational Productivity: Policy Implications from National Databases (2004). Greenwich, Connecticut: Information Age Publishing.
International Perspectives on Families, Schools, and Communities: Educational Implications for Partnerships (2005). [Special Issue] (Raquel Amaya Martinez-Gonzales and Susan J. Paik), International Journal of Educational Research, 41 (1).
2) Current project: Improving Educational Productivity: International and Multicultural Perspectives. Reason: Education matters: social justice, accountability, partnerships, culture, learning
Allon Percus
School of Mathematical Sciences
1. 3 publications:
- A.G. Percus, G. Istrate, B. Goncalves, R.Z. Sumi and S. Boettcher, "The peculiar phase structure of random graph bisection," Journal of Mathematical Physics 49, 125219 (2008).
- S. Boettcher and A.G. Percus, "Nature's way of optimizing," Artificial Intelligence 119, 275-286 (2000).
- A.G. Percus and O.C. Martin, "Finite size and dimensional dependence of the Euclidean traveling salesman problem," Physical Review Letters 76, 1188-1191 (1996).
- A.G. Percus, G. Istrate, B. Goncalves, R.Z. Sumi and S. Boettcher, "The peculiar phase structure of random graph bisection," Journal of Mathematical Physics 49, 125219 (2008).
- S. Boettcher and A.G. Percus, "Nature's way of optimizing," Artificial Intelligence 119, 275-286 (2000).
- A.G. Percus and O.C. Martin, "Finite size and dimensional dependence of the Euclidean traveling salesman problem," Physical Review Letters 76, 1188-1191 (1996).
All three of these use techniques from mathematical physics to analyze or solve complex problems in computation.
2. PROJECT: Studying a theoretical connection between physical phase transitions and the performance of computer algorithms. This matters, because understanding such connections at the mathematical modeling level is enabling technological advances in areas from wireless communication to image processing.
Linda M. Perkins
School of Educational Studies
These are the three most important because they clearing distinguish the difference in the purposes of education for Black women and the the utilization of their education.
"The History of Black Women Graduate Students: 1921-1960"in Linda Tillman,editor, African American Education Handbook ( SAGE Books, 2009):53-65
"The History of Black Women Graduate Students: 1921-1960"in Linda Tillman,editor, African American Education Handbook ( SAGE Books, 2009):53-65
This chapter discusses the early history of Black women graduate students and the beginning of the Black female professoriate.
"The African American Female Elite: The Early History of African American Woman in the Seven Sister Colleges, 1880-1960" in the Harvard Educational Review, volume Sixty-Seven, Number Four, Winter1997:718-756.
"The African American Female Elite: The Early History of African American Woman in the Seven Sister Colleges, 1880-1960" in the Harvard Educational Review, volume Sixty-Seven, Number Four, Winter1997:718-756.
This chapter discusses the experiences and history of Black women in the elite Seven Sister Colleges from the late nineteenth century to the early 1960s before there was a concerted effort to recruit such students.
"For the Good of the Race: A Historical Perspective on African-American Academic Couples", Marianne A. Ferber and Jane Loeb, eds. Academic Couples: Problems and Promise (University of Illinois Press, 1997) :80-105
"For the Good of the Race: A Historical Perspective on African-American Academic Couples", Marianne A. Ferber and Jane Loeb, eds. Academic Couples: Problems and Promise (University of Illinois Press, 1997) :80-105
This chapter discusses the fact that educated Black colleges and universities have always employed Black women and Black couples. Unlike white society, until recently, barred educated wives from holding academic positions at the institutions that employed their husbands (and barred women from faculties in general), Black colleges not only employed single Black women but Black couples as well. Even all-male Morehouse College employed Black women faculty.
Mary Poplin
School of Educational Studies
1. Poplin and Rivera. Final Report to the Haynes Foundation, High Performing Teachers in Low Performing Schools. I chose this because the study of 31 high performing teachers in nine very poor K-12 schools in LA is a massive research project that has taken me five years.
2. Poplin and Rivera. "First Impressions and First Findings" Chapter 1 of a proposed book on the teacher study. We are "in conversation" with Harvard University Press regarding the book. This chapter describes some of the most stunning findings from the first phase of the study.
3. "Finding Calcutta" is my first adventure in writing for general public.
It is a documentary of my two months working in Calcutta with Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity published by InterVarsity Press.
Linda M. Prince
Botany Department
Prince, L.M., and C.R. Parks. 2001. Molecular phylogeny of Theoideae(Theaceae). American Journal of Botany 88: 2309-2320.
Kress, W.J., L.M. Prince, W. J. Hahn, and E. A. Zimmer. 2001. Unraveling the evolutionary radiation of the families of the Zingiberanae using morphological and molecular characters. Systematic Biology 59: 926-944.
Prince, LM. 2007. A brief review of 20th century nomenclature for genera and tribes of Theaceae sensu stricto. Aliso 24: 105-121.
One line explaining why you chose those three:
The 2001 Theoideae paper was my first publication from my dissertation thesis, the second 2001 paper I was responsible for the analyses (primary focus of the journal in which it was published), and the third paper synthesizes much of what I have learned about the tea family.
Future research:
I have a wide diversity of research projects but given my current responsibilities to the laboratory facilities, it seems likely that my future research will focus on methodological improvements such as my ongoing development of additional plastid markers for phylogenetic research (evolutionary relationships) in closely related flowering plants.
My research provides a direct benefit to the broader scientific community because most plant systematists will continue to rely on direct sequencing of targeted gene regions rather than the high profile whole genome sequencing currently receiving so much attention.
Becky Reichard
School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences
3 Publications:
Reichard, R.J. & Johnson, S.J. (in press). Leader self development as organizational strategy. The Leadership Quarterly.
Avolio, B.J., Reichard, R.J., Hannah, S., Walumbwa, F.O., & Chan, A. (2009). A meta analytic review of leadership impact research: Experimental and quasi experimental studies. The Leadership Quarterly, 20, 764-784.
Riggio, R. E. & Reichard, R. J. (2008). Emotional skills and effective management. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 23(2), 169-185. * Top 20 article by immediacy * Top 20 article of 2009 * Top 20 article of 2008 *
Current project: In collaboration with researchers at CSUF, Dr Reichard is examining the developmental roots of everyday leaders through a 30+ year longitudinal study.
Terry Ryan
School of Information Systems and Technology
1. Raman, M., Ryan, T., Jennex, M., and Olfman, L. (Forthcoming). Wiki technology and emergency response: An action research study. International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management.
2. Garrett, N., Thoms B., Ryan T., and Alrushiedat, N. (2009). Developing the social portfolio. On the Horizon Volume 17, Number 3.
3. Thoms, B., Garrett, N. , and Ryan, T. (2009). Online learning communities in the New 'U'. International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, Volume 6, Number 5, pp. 499-517.
Why these three?
They represent recent successes in improving the design of social learning software (i.e., online discussions, wikis, blogs, and knowledge-sharing environments being used by people attempting to learn together).
One project that best captures my future research:
Improving the design of social learning software by adding features to help users identify and handle potential communications problems caused by cultural differences among online group members.
Why this matters?
If communications problems caused by cultural differences among online group members can be reduced, outcomes for online groups and the people who constitute them can be improved.
Vijay Sathe
The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management
(1) Manage Your Career (2008)
(2) Corporate Entrepreneurship (2003)
(3) Culture and Related Corporate Realities (1985)
I chose these three because they represent the evolution of my interest from culture to entrepreneurship to careers that make a positive difference.
I am currently working on extending my research in corporate entrepreneurship to the venture capital world. It matters because the VC world is not well understood and is important to the revitalization of all economies.
1) US Patent 7010510 "Variance Reduction Technique for Large Scale Risk Management."
2) Credit Risk in a Network Economy. Management Science, vol 53(10), 1604-1617 (2007). Co-author: Didier Cossin.
3) A Double-Sided Multiunit Combinatorial Auction for Substitutes: Theory and Algorithms." European Journal of Operational Research, 197, 2, 799-808 (2009).
My firm patented (1) because it valued its practical importance. I am proud of (2) and (3) because of their intellectual complexity.
4) Hedley Morris and I are working on "A New Solution Scheme for Backward Stochastic Differential Equations using Malliavin Calculus: Applications to Stochastic Control and Optimal Stopping" , a NSF proposal.
We discovered a symmetry in random problems between going backward in time and going forward in time, thus neutralizing the perceived assymetry between them (coming from the fact that information accumulates with time).
2008. Mothers of Promise: Women in the Book of Genesis. Baker Academic Publishing Company.
2000. Judges. The Everlasting Covenant: Studies in Hebrew Narrative and Poetry. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press.
I love these two books because both changed the paradigm about how we view women in the biblical text and therefore how we understand the biblical text while applying and creating new rigorous methodologies rooted in philological analysis.
2008. "The Scantified 'Adultress' and Her Circumstantial Clause: Bathsheba's Bath and Self-Consecration in 2 Samuel 11," with J. Dror Chankin-Gould, Derek Hutchinson, David Hilton Jackson, Tyler D. Mayfield, Leah Rediger Schulte, and E. Winkelman, JSOTS 32/3 (2008) 339-352.
This article I wrote with my entire class of that semester where the feminist contribution is rooted in thorough application of grammar and philology.
My new project that excites me the most is the excavation of Tel Akko in Israel. This is an excavation in a UNESCO World Heritage City where we (international team including faculty from History at CGU, CMC faculty, students from CGU and the colleges, as well as other colleges in the US and Israel) will be working with the city of Akko and excavating with an eye towards both the ancient past and the city's modern reality. http://www.akkoarchaeology.org
Merolla, Jennifer, Jean Reith Schroedel and Mirya Holman. 2007. "The Paradox of Protestantism and Women in Elected Office in the United States." Women, Politics & Policy 29(1): 77-100.
Schroedel, Jean Reith and Brooke Herndon. 2004. "Cervical Cancer Screening Outreach Among Low Income, Immigrant and Minority Communities in Los Angeles County." International Journal of Public Administration 2(1&2): 83-108.
Schroedel, Jean Reith. 2000. Is the Fetus a Person? A Comparison of Policies Across the Fifty States. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
In these works I apply the knowledge and skills that I have learned over the past two decades as a political scientist in ways that concretely improve the lives of real human beings.
Right now the work that I feel most strongly represents my vision of what it means to be an academic is an oral history book project tentatively entitled, Living in Limbo: What it is Like to Spend Your Childhood in Foster Care. This is a project intersperses compelling personal accounts of the lived experience of foster care with historical and public policy data, with the goal of triggering reforms that will improve the life outcomes of the nearly half a million children currently in out of home care.
Daryl G. Smith
School of Educational Studies
These three reflect the work of the last 10 years in terms of building higher education's knowledge and capacity about diversity.
Smith, D.G.Achieving Diversity's Promise for Higher Education: Making It Work. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Clayton-Pederson, A.R., Parker, S., Smith, D.G., Moréno, J.F., Teraguchi, D.H. "Making A Real Difference with Diversity: A Guide to Institutional Change," Washington, D.C.: AACU, 2007.
Moreno, J.F., Smith, D.G., Clayton-Pedersen, A.R., Parker, S., Teraguchi, D.H. "The Revolving Door for Underrepresented Minority Faculty in Higher Education," April 2006, http://www.irvine.org/assets/pdf/pubs/education/insight_Revolving_Door.pdf.
Smith, D.D. & Tyler, N.C. (2010). Introduction to special education: Making a difference (7th ed.). Columbus, OH: Pearsons/Merrill.
This widely used introductory text comprises a complete instructional package including supporting resources, and it has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, and Polish.
The IRIS Center for Training Enhancements – IRIS-West (Total funding to CGU through Vanderbilt from U.S. Department of Education: $2,477,305)
The IRIS Center creates, develops, and disseminates free, on-line, interactive instructional resources about high quality instruction for students with disabilities; IRIS-West @ CGU provides national training and outreach services for The Center. Fall semester 2009, saw over 300,000 users of the Web site's resources.
Special Education Faculty Needs Assessment (SEFNA) (Total funding to CGU from U.S. Department of Education: $1,248,635)
This evaluation effort will inform Congress and national policy makers about variables influencing the nation's capacity to produce a sufficient supply of highly qualified special education teachers.
Dennis Trinidad
School of Community and Global Health
a. One of the first publications to show a link between adolescent emotional intelligence and health behaviors.
a. One of the first publications to show a link between adolescent emotional intelligence and health behaviors.
2. Trinidad DR, Gilpin EA, Lee L, Pierce JP. Do the majority of U.S. Asian and African American smokers start as adults? American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2004;26(2):156-58.
a. Among the first studies to show that the majority of Asian Americans and African Americans start smoking as adults.
a. Among the first studies to show that the majority of Asian Americans and African Americans start smoking as adults.
3. Trinidad DR, Pérez-Stable EJ, Emery SL, White MM, Grana RA, Messer K. Intermittent and light smoking across race/ethnic groups in the United States. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 2009;11(2):203-10.
a. High rate of light smoking has implications for understanding tobacco dependence and developing prevention/cessation strategies for racial/ethnic minorities.
a. High rate of light smoking has implications for understanding tobacco dependence and developing prevention/cessation strategies for racial/ethnic minorities.
Current Project name: Parenting to Prevent Cancer Risk Behaviors in Filipino Adolescents.
• High rates of problem behaviors in this population and findings may be applicable to other high-risk groups.
Tom Willett
The School of Politics and Economics
1. References to publications:
"IMF Conditionality, Implementation and the New Political Economy of Ownership" Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. 46, No. 3, 2004, pp. 423 – 450.
"Why the Middle is Unstable: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Regimes and Currency Crises" The World Economy, 2007.
"China as a Reserve Sink" Journal of International Money and Finance, (forthcoming).
"IMF Conditionality, Implementation and the New Political Economy of Ownership" Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. 46, No. 3, 2004, pp. 423 – 450.
"Why the Middle is Unstable: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Regimes and Currency Crises" The World Economy, 2007.
"China as a Reserve Sink" Journal of International Money and Finance, (forthcoming).
• These illustrate some of the range of my interests in technical economic analysis and political economy and economic policy.
2. Description of project: Study of the generation and spread of the global crisis from the standpoints of behavioral finance, political economy, and the role of mental models.
• This involves many of my graduate students and should help make future crises less likely and less severe.
Bin Xie
School of Community and Global Health
1. Xie B, Chou C, Spruijt-Metz D, Reynolds K, Palmer P, Wu Q, Gallaher P, Johnson CA. Longitudinal Analysis of Weight Perception and Psychological Factors in Chinese Adolescents. American Journal of Health Behaivor (in press in 2010).
2. Xie B*, Palmer HP*, Pang Z, Sun P, Wang C, Duan H, Ning F, Johnson CA. Environmental Tobacco Use and Metabolic Syndrome in Chinese Adults. Nicotine & Tobacco Research (in press in 2009, *Co-first authors).
3. Xie B, Wu Q, Spruijt-Metz D, Unger JB, Gallaher P, Chou C, Johnson CA. Overweight, body image dissatisfaction and Depressive Symptoms in Asian and Hispanic Adolescents. American Journal of Health Behavior (in press in 2009).
Most recent publications and representation of recent research
The project (funded by National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, RO3 HD058122, PI: Bin Xie) is to examine the complex interplay of obesity and psychosocial adjustment during adolescences.
Why the above-mentioned future research matters.
The study will have important public health implications for improving the physical development and mental well-being of adolescents.
Hideki Yamawaki
Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito School of Management
1. Yamawaki, Hideki. 2007. Japanese Exports and Foreign Direct Investment: Imperfect Competition in International Markets, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
This book synthesizes my previous empirical research that examines how oligopolists interact with each other across international boundaries. This is the area that is largely missing in the existing empirical literature in economics.
This book synthesizes my previous empirical research that examines how oligopolists interact with each other across international boundaries. This is the area that is largely missing in the existing empirical literature in economics.
2.Yamawaki, Hideki, 2006. "The Location of American and Japanese Multinationals in Europe," International Economics and Economic Policy, 3, 157-173.
3.Sleuwagen, Leo, and Hideki Yamawaki, 1988. "The Formation of the European Common Market and Changes in Market Structure and Performance," European Economic Review, 32, 1451-1475.
These papers examine the effect of European integration on its industrial structure and firm behavior. They are one of the first studies in the literature that examined this issue using new data.
These papers examine the effect of European integration on its industrial structure and firm behavior. They are one of the first studies in the literature that examined this issue using new data.
My current project examines the impact of innovation in industrial design on firm performance and international competition.
Chuck Young
School of Arts and Humanities
"Aristotle on Temperance," The Philosophical Review 97 (1988), 521-42. Reprinted twice.
"Plato and Computer Dating," Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 12 (1994), 227-50. Reprinted once.
"Aristotelian Grace," in G. Anagnostopoulos, ed., Essays in Honor of David Keyt. Philosophical Inquiry (suppl., forthcoming rsn), and to be reprinted shortly after publication.
They got chosen because, um, they're the really good stuff.
The main current project is more work on the grace project. It matters because, as they say, it fills a needed gap in the field.
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In 2012 alone, piracy in Somalia cost shipping companies $6 billion. Teresa Stevens and her husband have come up with a product that aims to make it a lot more difficult for pirates to board ships. The product is called the Guardian Anti-Piracy Barrier. It is a simply-designed plastic barrier which fits over the rails of a ship and makes it nearly impossible for pirates to board ships using ladders or grappling hooks. This invention has the potential to lead to huge cost savings for global shipping companies and have a positive impact on neighboring African countries' economies.
globalEDGE Blog - By Tag: shipping
In 2006, the people of Panama overwhelmingly approved a national referendum to expand and enlarge the Panama Canal. This $5.25 Billion project, currently 6 months behind schedule, is due to be finished around June 2015. The project will double the capacity of the canal by adding 4 new locks, which will be able to handle much larger ships, known as New Panamax. The question becomes how the expansion will impact global trade and shipping routes.
The Arctic Ocean has traditionally been covered in ice and very difficult to travel through with a ship. Currently the ocean is travelable for four months a year as polar ice caps melt due to global warming. One country taking advantage of the newly opened route is China. A Chinese shipping company, COSCO, sent a ship from the port of Dalian to Rotterdam in the Netherlands, a 3,380 mile route that would take just over 30 days.
It is well known that areas in Asia, specifically Hong Kong and Beijing, are reputable for their dangerous air pollution and constant smog. In response, Hong Kong has begun to implement restrictions for the transportation industry regarding fuel and emissions, while even offering up to 50% savings on port fees for those vessels switching to fuel that doesn't contain sulfur. However, these incentives aren't enough to make the switch for some large container-shipping vessels, because it is simply too expensive to switch from the dirtier oil. When transportation companies refuse to use clean fuel, it gives them a competitive advantage that energy-conscious companies won't tolerate any longer.
The way in which shipping is conducted can have huge implications for consumers and businesses around the world. As talks of sustainability and green energy continue to dominate the energy sector, businesses are looking for ways to make shipping less harmful to the environment. Hence, some companies have begun to ship their goods via sailing ships that use the wind as the source of energy. The organic and eco-friendly sector has jumped on this idea because the maritime industry is said to currently produce 3-5% of global carbon dioxide emissions.
Over the years, clean energy sources have become extremely popular as countries and governments around the world try to mitigate climate change by reducing carbon emissions. One of these clean energy sources is solar power which converts sunlight directly into electricity. Solar power has been used as a major energy source for many applications such as providing electricity for residential homes and industrial equipment. Recently, solar power has been applied to many new projects. One of which is shipping and if successful, solar powered shipping can have large impacts on the environment as well as international trade.
Most people view pirates as bandits dressed in funny outfits who sail around the world stealing treasure and stashing it on small, hidden islands. This may be a fun way to imagine the world, but modern day pirates are a real concern for shipping companies. Instead of stealing golden treasure, pirates commandeer ships with precious cargo and demand large ransoms from its owners.
You have to pay to ship your products to another country, but you don't want it to cost you an arm and a leg. So what can you do? To be successful internationally, you must know how to get your products to your customers all over the world in a timely manner and at the lowest cost.
What was once an ancient risk now has a modern face, and is a growing concern for shipping companies. Following the release of the Maersk Alabama, the media has paid much less attention to the infamous Somali pirates. These pirates are still very much active. The number of piracy incidents has risen drastically since 2008. Back then, most of the acitivity conducted by pirates consisted of simply plundering the ship and fleeing. Now, the pirates are not only plundering the ships, but are also taking the ships and crews hostage for ransom. What changes could the piracy resurgence bring to the shipping industry?
Need to know how to complete a NAFTA Certificate of Origin or comply with customs regulations for outbound shipments? How about finding your Harmonized Code or Schedule B number? Head on over to the U.S. Census Bureau site and watch short, entertaining videos which provide step-by-step instructions. Save yourself time, money, and headaches by learning how to get your goods to the buyer.
A while back I wrote a post on the recent upsurge in piracy. At the time, a Saudi supertanker carrying $100 million in crude oil had just been commandeered, and the global shipping industry was unwillingly thrust into news headlines worldwide. In the end, the tanker was released for an undisclosed ransom, but the incident served as a catalyst for discussions on how to deal with the threat of piracy.
Navies from around the world have responded by sending ships to the coast of Africa to stave off attacks and hunt down the buccaneers. Even Japan sent forces to the region in a rare, post-WWII military action. The pirates are operating in an area larger than 1 million square miles however, making it nearly impossible for these forces to ensure the safety of shipping vessels. Shipping companies, consequently, must address the question of how they will manage the risk of piracy.
The latest event in a recent upsurge in pirate activity off Africa's coast was also the biggest attack yet. A Saudi Arabian supertanker carrying $100 million worth of oil was commandeered by pirates 450 nautical miles away from the Kenyan coastline. This attack was unprecedented in both the size of the target and its distance away from shore, and as such represents a higher level of boldness on the part of the pirates.

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Police say a loaded handgun was discovered in the bag of a woman as she entered a Philadelphia school to register for evening classes Thursday.
According to police, the gun was discovered as the bag entered through an x-ray machine at South Philadelphia High School.
Police say the woman was taken into custody but later released.
FOX 29's Omari Fleming reports 21-year-old Kelly Jones was signing up for night school at the time. The gun was discovered when she placed her diaper bag through the school's x-ray machine.
Jones told investigators she doesn't know where the gun came from, police said.
Police say they don't believe anyone in the school was ever in any danger.
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Magret de Canard Roti au Miel Epices (Cardamom, Ginger, Mango and Star Anise spiced Honey Roasted Duck Breast)
I find duck meat to be very sophisticated. So whether you're throwing an elegant dinner or you're having a romantic dinner, duck is the perfect choice.
I'm used to making a French preparation of duck, but I wanted to use oriental flavors for this recipe instead. I decided to use star anise and honey as the base for the glaze. Star anise is a classic Asian flavor, and I have some very special honey at home that I try to use whenever I need a sweetener for a dish. Last time I was in Paris I got a jar of raw honey from my sister's in-laws who are honey makers in Amiens, a town in the nothern region of France. It's just out of this world.
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A Brace of American Birds (Pheasant and Duck)
This is meal fit for a President. Or two. A brace of pheasant and duck was the main course at Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Dinner and will again be featured at President-Elect Barack Obama's Inauguration. Pheasant is no longer commonly available but I finally was able to get some at Whole Foods.
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Another Anti-Sex Education, Anti-Choice Bush Appointee Steps Down
Wade Horn Was Known for His Narrow Views on Sex Education
Planned Parenthood Urges Bush Administration To Appoint Mainstream Health Expert Who Supports Access To Comprehensive Sex Education and Affordable Birth Control
NEW YORK CITY Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), the nation's leading reproductive health care advocate and provider, called on the Bush administration to replace HHS Assistant Secretary for Children and Families Wade Horn, who resigned Monday, with a true advocate for the health of teens, women and families.
"Horn's political appointment was a classic case of the Bush administration prizing ideology over public health. Horn should be replaced with a public health expert who's a true advocate for teens, women and families," PPFA President Cecile Richards said. "Approximately 750,000 U.S. teens will become pregnant this year, and nearly four million of them will contract a sexually transmitted infection in part because they don't have access to the information they need to make responsible decisions about their health."
Horn's resignation comes just days after Eric Keroack, Bush's appointee to run our nation's family planning program, stepped down. Officials in Keroack's home state of Massachusetts told the Boston Globe late last week that the former family planning chief "is under investigation by state Medicaid authorities in connection with his private medical practice."
"The Bush administration should be doing everything it can to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies in America through commonsense measures, such as comprehensive sex education and affordable contraception," Richards added.
Richards called on Congress to pass the Responsible Education About Life (REAL) Act, introduced two weeks ago. The bipartisan REAL Act would create a grant program administered by the Department of Health and Human Services that would fund comprehensive sex education programs in schools nationwide. Currently, no federal program is dedicated to supporting comprehensive sex education, despite the proven effectiveness of such programs. It is estimated that only 10 percent of all American school districts have a sexuality education policy that is comprehensive and includes information about contraception and safer sex in addition to abstinence.
President Bush recently requested a $28 million increase in the FY'08 budget for abstinence-only programs, which have been widely criticized for denying teens life-saving information about how to protect themselves from unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. Since 1996, Congress has committed more than $1 billion for federal and state abstinence-only programs.


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When Edmonton's Nick The Quiet Assassin Penner takes on Kamloopss Sandy Pembroke in the main event of TFC 4: Retribution at Shaw Conference Centre on Aug. 29, aficionados of mixed martial arts will witness a blast from MMA's past.
The fight will be a three-round kickboxing match which would seem to favor Pembroke - the 2005 WKA world champion at 91 kg. Pembroke is far more experienced in this discipline than Penner, who's trying to balance MMA with a burgeoning career as a pro boxer. Now 3-0 as a boxer and 4-1 in MMA, Penner will try his hand in professional kickboxing.
Whether it's boxing, MMA or kickboxing, I want to make a statement, and the best way to do that is by scoring an impressive KO. So far in the cage, I've had some success ... but I've also lost. I'm still learning ... I just want it to come a little quicker, said Penner.
The semi-main event will showcasehomegrown banger Levi Kump against Lethbridge brawler John Laing. Kump, an experienced warrior who's equally adept with hands or feet, won't have an easy time with Laing, who notched TKO victories in his last two outings.
The MMA portion of Retribution will see a showdown between unbeaten B.C. rivals Conan Brandon Carlick of Kamloops and Vancouver's Dave Henry, and a trio of grudge matches: Mike Froese vs. Dan Walders; Brent Haley vs. Chris Conlan; and Kevin Dolan vs. Edmonton's own Tim Shady Smith.
The tentative card is as follows
Nick Penner vs. Sandy Penbroke
Levi Kump vs. John Laing
Conan Brandon Carlick vs. Dave Henry
Mike Froese vs. Dan Walders
Brent Haley vs. Chris Conlan
Kevin Dolan vs. Time Smith
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Busways proudly provides scheduled route and school bus services to communities in the Central Coast region.
The bus network covers a large geographical area including Woy Woy, Gosford, Kincumber and Wyong.
These services take passengers to and from work, school, shopping centres, beaches and many other places.
Some of the major trip destinations are the train stations of Wyong, Gosford and Woy Woy as well as Erina Fair Shopping Centre, Terrigal Beach, and the University of Newcastle, Ourimbah Campus.
Busways have been awarded a contract by the NSW Government to provide bus services in this area, also known as Outer Metropolitan Bus System Contract 6 (OMBSC 6), Central Coast.
Busways Turns Orange for SES Volunteers on WOW Day
Posted: 12 Nov 2013
Busways is acknowledging the hard work of our State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers by turning orange on November 13th for Wear Orange Wednesday (WOW Day).
Tender Announcement for Region 15
Posted: 29 Aug 2013
Busways is disappointed to announce that we were unsuccessful in our bid to retain our services in Region 15 where we operate services from depots in Campbelltown and Narellan.
Busways launches new mobile site
Posted: 31 Jul 2013
Busways is proud to announce the launch of our new mobile site which has been optimised for smartphones/mobile devices and aims to simplify the user experience.
Busways wins a 300-bus contract in Western Sydney
Posted: 07 Nov 2012
Busways is proud to announce our successful tender for the provision of bus services in Sydney's bus Contract 1 which includes Blacktown, Penrith, Richmond and Windsor areas.
A steady stream of happy passenger tales.
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We love posting positive feedback here on our website. Recently we've heard from some grateful parents, happy commuters and a passenger who now saves $10 a day thanks to his driver's advice!
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DIESEL MECHANICS WANTED!! Do you have an MVRIA licence and drivers licence? Are you interested in working in a friendly team environment with modern buses, workshops and equipment. We currently have a vacancy at our Coffs Harbour depot.
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European Journal of Plant Pathology
The European Journal of Plant Pathology is an international journal that publishes original research articles dealing with fundamental and applied aspects of plant pathology. Thus, in addition to bacteriological, mycological, and virological topics, entomological, nematological and plant protection studies in general are also included. 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.054
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ANNAPOLIS, MD (April 14, 2010) – Governor Martin O'Malley will be joined by Maryland's Executive Cabinet, Capitol Heights Mayor Darryl Miller, Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson, Senators Ulysses Currie and Nathaniel Exum, other local officials and area residents to declare Capitol Heights Maryland's "Capital for a Day" tomorrow. The monthly program launched by Governor O'Malley in 2007 brings the State Capital to every corner of Maryland through a series of events across a diverse selection of Maryland cities, towns and communities. Below is the full public schedule for Governor O'Malley's visit.
9:00 a.m. Governor O'Malley to discuss Jobs Creation and Recovery Tax Credit at a visit to Gray's Graphics, a family owned printing company in Capitol Heights
Location: Gray's Graphics, 8607 Central Avenue, Capitol Heights
10:30 a.m. Governor O'Malley to visit with area faith leaders for meet-and-greet
Location: Faith Temple No. 2 Baptist Church, 211 Maryland Park Dr., Capitol Heights
11:30 a.m. Governor O'Malley to visit future site of Capitol Heights Town Hall and tour the town's Green Demonstration House
Location: Begins tour at 119 Capitol Heights Blvd, Capitol Heights
12:00 p.m. Governor O'Malley to hold official Cabinet Meeting
Location: Capitol Heights Fire Station, 6061 Central Ave, Capitol Heights
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American Legal Theory
This seminar begins with Blackstone's Commentaries, which shaped American legal consciousness from the late eighteenth through most of the nineteenth century. It then considers the jurisprudential revolution of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, focusing particularly on the ethical skepticism of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. The bulk of the seminar will be devoted to more recent schools of legal thought, though which ones the seminar will cover will depend on student interest. The possibilities include legal realism, law and economics, critical legal studies, critical race theory, feminist jurisprudence, and natural justice. Each student will be expected to write a paper, circulate it to the class, and lead a one-hour discussion of its subject.
Catalog Number: LAWSTUDY 606
Practice Areas: Law and Philosophy
Additional Course Information: Consult Professor about writing requirements , Perspective Elective
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Title: American Legal Theory
Faculty: Alschuler, Albert W.
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The Skype app for iPhone is worth the download as a way to get in contact by voice, video, or text, but some features are still missing.
Typical price: $0.00
Today the Pebble smartwatch adds two-way communications to its toolkit.
That's the claim from unidentified government officials who say that the NSA attempts to keep as many innocent Americans out of the collection process as possible.
Google is feeling lucky: the search giant has built a "next generation personal communication device".
Siri's second big outage today came by surprise, highlighting the instability of software that taps into the Web.
A meeting this month could put the finishing touches on a new version of WebSocket, a technology for high-speed communications between browsers and servers.
See, the problem with alien communication fragmentation is that the aliens will have a hard time finding us. The real question, though, is whether that's a good thing or a bad thing. Also, we ponder whether we need a new rule about how no, you cannot turn off the Internet because of your inter-border protest issues ... EGYPT. Plus, LinkedIn goes IPO, Amazon is killing it, and the world is introduced to the CataPot. --Molly
BMW released some videos that show its vehicles communicating with other cars and traffic technology to make driving safer.


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Grp B: Academica vs Hapoel Tel Aviv Preview
Academica coach Peter Emanuel hopes to take inspiration from his side's weekend success heading into their first European home tie in more than four decades.
The Portuguese side have returned to continental competition for the first time since 1971 this season having qualified for the Europa League.
They were beaten 3-1 at Viktoria Plzen in their first Group B outing but, after four draws, finally recorded the first win of their domestic campaign against Maritimo on Sunday.
Emanuel now wants to carry the momentum forward as Israeli side Hapoel Tel Aviv, European regulars playing their 100th match in a UEFA competition, visit the Cidade de Coimbra Stadium.
Emanuel said: "Let's go, of course, with the ambition of anyone who plays at home and look for three points - but we respect their team, which has many Israeli players.
"The victory we achieved last Sunday was morale-boosting.
"We want to be a team that is increasingly competitive.
"This game is in a different competition and is the return of European games to Coimbra after 41 years, which is another motivating factor."
Hapoel are also looking for their first win in the group having been beaten 3-0 by Atletico Madrid in their opening fixture.
They are now in the charge of a new coach in Yossi Abukasis, their former title-winning midfielder and assistant boss.
He has taken over from Nitzan Shirazi, who has moved upstairs to become general manager for health reasons.


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Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors
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Keesia and Henri Matisse have the same birthday—New Year's Eve! That's why she picks him for her artist report. She finds out that over his long career Matisse made paintings, sculpture, books, costumes, and her favorite—his cut-outs, or what Matisse called "drawing with scissors." The report is filled with about 20 of Matisse's masterpieces as well as artwork that Keesia has created in his "style" (cut-out leaves, drawings through windows, fauvist animals). As she follows Matisse through his life she discovers why he is considered one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century.
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AT&T U-verse Subscribers Gain Access to Live Coverage of Every Event At Home or on the Go
DALLAS, Feb. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T U-verse® in agreement with NBCUniversal, today announced a multiplatform content offering for NBCUniversal's coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games from Sochi, Russia. The coverage begins Thursday, Feb. 6, and runs through Sunday, Feb. 23. AT&T U-Verse TV customers will have access to NBCUniversal's more than 1,500 hours of Winter Olympic programming and be able to enjoy action from every competition, live and on-demand.
Customers can follow their favorite sport from their televisions or their smartphone or tablet when they're away from home.
AT&T U-verse TV subscribers will get extensive coverage on the networks of NBCUniversal airing Olympic programming, including NBC, NBC Sports Network (NBCSN), MSNBC, CNBC, and USA Network. And they can stay connected to the Games wherever they go via NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports Live Extra app, America's premier Olympic digital destinations.
"The Olympic Games is always a must-see event that draws in people to watch the world's best athletes compete. And AT&T U-verse TV offers its customers a great way to see NBCUniversal's coverage of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics live," said Aaron Slator, president of content and advertising sales, AT&T Home Solutions. "We're pleased to deliver NBCUniversal's Olympics content to consumers whenever, wherever and however they want to watch."
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With more Winter Olympic events than ever before, competition for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games from Sochi, Russia, will begin one day prior to the Opening Ceremony. As a result, NBC will begin its primetime coverage of the 2014 Sochi Olympics on Thursday, Feb 6, one night before the broadcast network provides its traditional coverage of the Opening Ceremony on Friday Feb. 7. This marks the first time NBC will air Olympic primetime coverage before the Opening Ceremony. The primetime broadcast on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, is scheduled to include competition in snowboard slopestyle (men's and women's), in which two-time gold medalist Shaun White is expected to compete in the slopestyle's Olympic debut; team figure skating, which is also in the Olympics for the first time; and women's freestyle moguls.
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North Caldwell Man Charged With Transporting Explosives Without a Permit
A North Caldwell man was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with transporting a PVC pipe stuffed with explosives without a permit, according to U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman.
Nursing Home Worker Accused of Snapping Pic of Patient's Privates Indicted
A nursing home worker and her friend accused of posting a Facebook photo of an elderly patient's genitalia were indicted Monday, the Attorney General's office announced.
Millburn police are searching for a man who stole almost $80,000 in Rolex watches from Ross Simons in The Mall at Short Hills on Nov. 28.
Bomb threats at both Roosevelt Middle School and the Jewish Community Center in West Orange forced the evacuation of both buildings Monday, police said.
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens in Montclair
Marijuana has arrived in Montclair.
Greenleaf Compassion Center, located at 395 Bloomfield Ave., opened this week and became the first medical marijuana dispensary in New Jersey.
Caldwell Burglar Linked to Crimes Around State
A man suspected of burglarizing five Caldwell restaurants in March has been tied to more than 150 burglaries in northern New Jersey over the last two years, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.
Nutley Offering Employment Help to Residents
The Nutley Board of Commissioners announced Tuesday night that the township has six slots available for jobs with the township that could last up to six months and will pay $12,000 for each of the positions.
It might be hard to believe, but Dickens Village has been an annual holiday tradition in Maplewood for 51 years.
Zach Braff Joins South Orange MS Hall of Fame
Zach Braff joined the South Orange Middle School Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Braff was welcomed to his alma mater by current students, staff, and faculty, including teachers who knew him as a teen.
GSP Watchung Ave. Bridge Project Nears Completion
Commuters who pass through the Garden State Parkway's Exit 151 interchange will finally see an end to construction delays.
Protesters Say No to Walmart in Newark
More than 100 people rallied on the steps of city hall Monday to protest the purported construction of a Walmart along Springfield Avenue, echoing charges heard elsewhere that the retail giant does not provide a decent living for its employees and has a ruinous effect on local economies.
FBI Seeks Help Identifying TD Bank Robber
The FBI is seeking the public's help identifying the man who robbed a TD Bank on Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange on Monday.
Police Pursue Leads in Cedar Grove Burglary Investigation
Cedar Grove Police have recovered fingerprints and a glove from car believed to be involved in a Nov. 20 burglary of an Eileen Drive residence, officials said Thursday.
Reward Offered for Information on Murder of Newark Man Last Year
The Essex County Sheriff's Crimestoppers program is offering an award of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest in the murder of a 21-year-old city man a year ago.
State Sen. Kevin O'Toole (R-40th District) told Jersey Central Power & Light officials Wednesday morning their request for a $31.5-million rate hike following Hurricane Sandy was "insulting."


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The Office of Victim Services at East Carolina University was established in 2005 to provide victim advocacy services to those individuals whose life has been affected by crime. The primary mission of the advocacy program is to safeguard the constitutional rights of and provide for the emotional needs of victims during a very difficult time.
Victim Advocate Program
Victim Advocacy provides assistance to any member of the ECU Community who has been the victim or witness to a crime or other traumatic event. The Victim Advocate provides support and guidance in the following ways:
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The Nuance Group AG: Retail - Company Profile & SWOT Report
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"The Nuance Group AG: Retail - Company Profile & SWOT Report" contains in depth information and data about the company and its operations. The profile contains a company overview, key facts, major products and services, SWOT analysis, business description, company history, mergers & acquisitions, key employees, company locations and subsidiaries as well as employee biographies.
This report is a crucial resource for industry executives and anyone looking to access key information about "The Nuance Group AG"
The report utilizes a wide range of primary and secondary sources, which are analyzed and presented in a consistent and easily accessible format. Canadean strictly follows a standardized research methodology to ensure high levels of data quality and these characteristics guarantee a unique report.
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The Nuance Group AG (Nuance Group) is a duty-free shops and specialty stores operator based in Switzerland. The company offers a comprehensive range of perfumes and cosmetics, liqour, tobacco, confectionery, fashion and life style accessories, electronics, and souvenirs and other related items. In addition to retailing, the company is involved in wholesale and distribution activities besides providing in-flight services. The company operates 324 stores under different store formats including duty free departures stores, duty free arrivals stores, mono brand stores, multi brand stores and destination stores. Apart from operating in-stores, the company provides online shopping at www.airport-dutyfreeshopping.com. Geographically, the company's operations span across Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK and the US. Nuance Group is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
Table of contents
1 Business Analysis
1.1 Company Overview
1.2 Business Description
1.3 Major Products and Services
2 Mergers & Acquisitions and Partnerships
2.1 M&A and Partnerships Strategy
3 SWOT Analysis
3.1 SWOT Analysis - Overview
3.2 Strengths
3.3 Weaknesses
3.4 Opportunities
3.5 Threats
4 Company Statement
5 History
6 Key Employees
7 Key Employee Biographies
8 Locations and Subsidiaries
8.1 Head Office
8.2 Other Locations and Subsidiaries
9 Appendix
9.1 Methodology
9.2 Disclaimer
List of Tables
Table 1: Major Products and Services
Table 2: History
Table 3: Key Employees
Table 4: Key Employee Biographies
Table 5: Subsidiaries
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