Outstanding Faculty Publications 2020
Title
Outstanding Faculty Publications 2020
Description
The publications featured in this exhibit were chosen by their departments as outstanding examples of the research, scholarly, and creative work being done at Fresno State in 2019. The Henry Madden Library is proud to highlight these outstanding contributions by Fresno State faculty.
Publisher
Henry Madden Library
Date
2020
Collection Items
Rising profits with declining investment? An empirical investigation
The paper is a contribution to explaining the phenomenon of the slow investment growth in recent decades, which accompanied ever-rising profits. It investigates profit share and capacity utilization effects on the investment share of output for US…
“The Study of Religion” and “Religious Studies”: To What are We Entitled and to Whom are We Obliged?
Here I offer thoughts on what the recent history of the academic study of religion might reveal about its current state, and why we need to continually renew attention to our collective, and ideally, contested, vision for the academy. I frame this…
John George Nicolay: The Man in Lincoln’s Shadow
Apart from the president’s family, arguably no one was closer to Abraham Lincoln during his tenure in the White House than John George Nicolay. A German immigrant with a keen intelligence and tenacious work ethic, Nicolay (1832-1901) served as…
The Unique Case of Minneapolis–St. Paul, MN: Locational Attainments and Segregation in the Twin Cities
The Minneapolis–St. Paul Metropolitan Area has a rapidly growing foreign-born population in part due to its high levels of refugee reception and migrants drawn to the burgeoning high-tech and manufacturing industries. As a result, the Twin Cities are…
Effects of Culturally Tailored Nutrition Education on Dietary Quality of Hispanic Mothers: A Randomized Control Trial
Objective
To assess whether participation in a culturally tailored nutrition education program increases diet quality of Hispanic mothers.
Design
A randomized controlled trial.
Setting
Community centers and…
Putting crip in the script: A critical communication pedagogical study of communication theory textbooks
This critical communication pedagogy study consists of a cripistemological analysis of two prominent communication theory textbooks to better understand the nondisableist assumptions embedded within these textbooks and, by extension, our field’s…
A Spatial Analysis of the Impact of Float Distance on the Values of Canal-Front Houses
We utilize spatial Durbin modeling to measure the impact of distance to open water on the values of canal-front houses in Southwest Florida. Data from 1998 through 2015 are examined to observe how such an impact may vary across different market…
Armenian-American sketches
Armenians began arriving to America in large numbers at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. They established themselves in communities throughout the United States, maintaining their Armenian culture, while also…
Love in Education & the Art of Living
It is common for teachers and students of education to feel disheartened about the profession and their own aims and purposes once they become conscious of the dehumanizing tendencies of the schooling institution. As teacher educators, we have also…
The Poetry of Jazz, Vol. 2
Without knowing or planning it, saxophonist/composer Benjamin Boone has spent his life preparing for a collaboration with Philip Levine. Long fascinated by the inherent musicality of the spoken word, Boone crossed paths with the Pulitzer…
Oppression Pedagogy: Intergroup Dialogue and Theatre of the Oppressed in Creating a Safe Enough Classroom
Creation of a classroom environment safe enough for students to expess their perspectives, hear classmates views and engage in classroom dialogue remains a major challenge in social work teaching. Intergroup dialogue and Theatre of the Oppressed are…
Chemical features mining provides new descriptive structure-odor relationships
An important goal in researching the biology of olfaction is to link the perception of smells to the chemistry of odorants. In other words, why do some odorants smell like fruits and others like flowers? While the so-called stimulus-percept issue was…
Testifying Bodies: Testimonial Injustice as Derivatization
Human beings as objects, and we are objects inter alia, offer information, even knowledge. And yet, in a society marked by pervasive identity prejudice, even objects do not offer neutral facts. Here, I argue that the harms imposed on those who suffer…
Evaluating Victim Impact Statements: Applications and Challenges
Victimology in Africa critically analyses hidden victimisation in society, dehumanising notions of victimhood, victimisation patterns, secondary victimisation by the Western criminal justice systemtogether with the exploitation of international…
Youth Design the Future of Transportation for Their Community
The complexity of a globalized world, accelerating technological advances, and rapid change challenge educational systems. Around the world the call is to develop 21st century skills with a focus on career readiness, ability for lifelong learning,…
Culturally gendered personality traits across the adult lifespan: Longitudinal findings from two cohorts of the intergenerational studies
Data from two cohorts of individuals, one born in the 1920s and the other in the 1950s, all members of the Intergenerational Studies, a longitudinal study begun in 1929 in Berkeley and Oakland, California, were investigated to explore intraindividual…
Role of a noncanonical disulfide bond in the stability, affinity, and flexibility of a VHH specific for the Listeria virulence factor InlB
A distinguishing feature of camel (Camelus dromedarius) VHH domains are noncanonical disulfide bonds between CDR1 and CDR3. The disulfide bond may provide an evolutionary advantage, as one of the cysteines in the bond is germline encoded. It has been…
Impact of graph technologies in K-12 science and mathematics education
Graph technologies are now widely available in K-12 science and mathematics classrooms. These technologies have the potential to impact the learning of science and mathematics, especially by supporting student investigations. We use meta-analysis to…
Learning chemistry nomenclature: Comparing the use of an electronic game versus a study guide approach
Learning how to name chemical compounds is a critical feature of chemistry that many students often find challenging. Naming compounds requires both an understanding of the conventions and language of chemistry. Common strategies used to improve…
The Impact of Resource Development on Interpersonal Violence: Survivor Risk Factors and Experiences
Research shows that the industrial development and rapid population increases occurring in resource-based boomtown communities sometimes lead to an increase in crimes, including interpersonal violence (IPV). Interview data from ten survivors of IPV…