The College of Humanities and Public Affairs (CHPA) helps students to understand social, political and legal structures, ethical principles, religious systems, and economic institutions and practices within a global, historical, and contemporary context. CHPA presents the concepts contained in the university’s Public Affairs mission and applies them to real-world problems and situations so that our students will be better prepared to become citizens and leaders.

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Submissions from 2014

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Explaining the ambiguous impact of mother's autonomy on daughters' welfare in patriarchal societies, Sharmistha Self

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Dictators and Deterrence: Syria's Assad, Chemical Weapons, and the Threat of U.S. Military Action, Eric Sterner

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“I’m not a lesbian; I’m just a freak”: A Pilot Study of the Experiences of Women in Assumed-Monogamous Other-Sex Unions Seeking Secret Same-Sex Encounters Online, their Negotiation of Sexual Desire, and Meaning-Making of Sexual Identity, Alicia Walker

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'Our Little Secret': How Publicly Heterosexual Women Make Meaning From Their 'Undercover' Same-Sex Sexual Experiences, Alicia Walker

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Revenge of the Beta Boys: Opting Out as an Exercise in Masculinity, Alicia Walker

Submissions from 2013

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Fear of floating or monetary policy as usual? A structural analysis of Mexico's monetary policy, Gabriela Best

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Specifying the Sources of Misperceptions of Peer Deviance: A Tale of Two Levels, John H. Boman IV, Jacob T.N. Young, Julie Marie Baldwin, and Ryan C. Meldrum

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Socioeconomic development and fertility trends among the states of India, Gary Brinker and Robin Amonker

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God save this broken land: The efficacy of closed-circuit voter targeting in a U.K. election, Brian Robert Calfano, Paul A. Djupe, and Angelia R. Wilson

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Mitigating mormonism: Overcoming religious identity challenges with targeted appeals, Brian Robert Calfano, Amanda Friesen, and Paul A. Djupe

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The organizational dynamics of far-right hate groups in the united states: Comparing violent to nonviolent organizations, Steven Chermak, Joshua Freilich, and Michael Suttmoeller

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A comparison of jail inmate and staff correctional goal orientations: results from across the line, Peter A. Collins, Brian Iannacchione, Marianne Hudson, Mary K. Stohr, and Craig Hemmens

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Pride and prejudice: Gay rights and religious moderation in Belfast, Jennifer Curtis

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Divine Intervention? The Influence of Religious Value Communication on U.S. Intervention Policy, Paul A. Djupe and Brian R. Calfano

Blinded by the Light: Economic Analysis of Severe Light Pollution, Terrel A. Gallaway, Reed N. Olsen, and David M. Mitchell

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An outcome evaluation of a midwestern prisoner reentry initiative, Brett E. Garland and Aida Y. Hass

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To Be or Not to Be Committed: The Effects of Continuance and Affective Commitment on Absenteeism and Turnover Intent among Private Prison Personnel, Brett E. Garland, Nancy L. Hogan, Thomas Kelley, Bitna Kim, and Eric G. Lambert

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Antecedents of Role Stress Among Correctional Staff: A Replication and Expansion, Brett E. Garland, Nancy L. Hogan, and Eric G. Lambert

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Prison Inmates' Views of Whether Reporting Rape Is the Same as Snitching: An Exploratory Study and Research Agenda, Brett E. Garland and Gabrielle Wilson

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Value Conflict and Public Opinion Toward Prisoner Reentry Initiatives, Brett E. Garland, Eric Wodahl, and Robert Schuhmann

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Mother's autonomy: impact on the quality of children's healthcare in India, Richard Grabowski and Sharmistha Self

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The Role of Urbanity, Status, and Identity on Migrant Remittance Management and Rural Development Potentials in Thailand, Gregory S. Gullette

Gender, Class, and Public Drinking in Britain during the First World War, David W. Gutzke

The Impact of the Greene County Juvenile Justice VIP (Victim Impact Panel) on Offender Development of Remorse and Empathy, Aida Hass and Samantha Lucas

A little of that human touch: Florence v. board of chosen freeholders of the County of Burlington, Craig Hemmens and Caryn E. Saxon

Imbalance in the Taiwan Strait, Dennis V. Hickey

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US Policy toward Taiwan: Time for Change?, Dennis V. Hickey

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Wake up to reality: Taiwan, the Chinese mainland and peace across the Taiwan Strait, Dennis V. Hickey

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An apology for the "New Atheism", Andrew B. Johnson

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Don't bring it on: the case against cheerleading as a collegiate sport, Andrew B. Johnson and Pamela Sailors

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How Bad Is It and Who Is in the Way: Assessing the Threat of Chemical Facilities, David E. A. Johnson and Trevor M. Brown

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From devastation to mobilisation: the Muslim community's involvement in social welfare in post-conflict DRC, Ashley Leinweber

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Taking calculated risks: The story of the cannibal mothers (2 Kings 6:24-7:20), Victor H. Matthews

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Looking for Levites in the Book of Judges, Victor H. Matthews

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Kiowa Ethnonymy of Other Populations, William C. Meadows

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Can Local Voluntary Environmental Programs "Work"? An Examination of Fort Collins' (Colorado) Climate Wise Program, Samantha Mosier and Jonathan Fisk

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Introduction to symposium on state/local fiscal sustainability, Yuhua Qiao

Stateline Faults: Making a Case for Standardized Terminology in Lithic Studies from an Ozarks-Wide Perspective, Jack H. Ray

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Younger Siblings Can Be Good for Your Health: An Examination of Spillover Benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Christina A. Robinson

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Prescription for "sports medicine and ethics", Pamela Sailors, Sarah Teetzel, and Charlene Weaving

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Gender roles roll, Pam R. Sailors

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Campus religious life in America: Revitalization and renewal, John A. Schmalzbauer

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Does son preference pay-off for the ailing and elderly in rural India?, Sharmistha Self

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Utilizing online tools to measure effort: Does it really improve student outcome?, Sharmistha Self

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Female Autonomy in Rural North India: Impact of Economic, Social, and Political Factors, Sharmistha Self and Richard Grabowski

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A Bad Time for Disaster: Economic Stress and Disaster Resilience, Robert L. Skertich, David E. A. Johnson, and Louise K. Comfort

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Evidence for deposition of 10 million tonnes of impact spherules across four continents 12,800 y ago, James H. Wittke; James C. Weaver; Ted E. Bunch; James P. Kennett; Douglas J. Kennett; Andrew M.T. Moore; Gordon C. Hillman; Jack H. Ray; Neal H. Lopinot; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.

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Data mining and machine learning in the context of disaster and crisis management, Adam T. Zagorecki, David E.A. Johnson, and Josef Ristvej

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Hailat Araka and the South Arabian Neolithic, Juris Zarins

Submissions from 2012

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Reconstructing gender, education and cultural transformation in Anglophone West Africa, Jamaine M. Abidogun

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Terrestrial Activity in Pitheciins (Cacajao, Chiropotes, and Pithecia), Adrian A. Barnett; Sarah A. Boyle; Marilyn M. Norconk; Suzanne Palminteri; Ricardo R. Santos; Liza M. Veiga; Thiago H.G. Alvim; Mark Bowler; Suzanne E. Walker-Pacheco; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.

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An Ugly King and the Mother Tongue: Notes on Kusa Jātaka in Sinhala Language and Culture, Stephen C. Berkwitz

In Praise of the Portuguese: Images of Power and Religion in Seventeenth-Century Ceilão, Stephen C. Berkwitz

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The Country Store: In Search of Mercantiles and Memories in the Ozarks, Brooks R. Blevins

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Wreck on the highway: The Supreme Court, search incident to arrest, the good faith exception, and Davis v. United States, Jonathan Bolen and Craig Hemmens

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Advances in drug development for acute migraine, Ryan J. Cady, Candace L. Shade, and Roger K. Cady

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Optimal monetary policy with asymmetric preferences for output, Steven P. Cassou, C. Patrick Scott, and Jesús Vázquez

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A Politics of Love? Antonio Negri on Revolution and Democracy, Cigdem Cidam

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Stimulating civic engagement through a mock presidential election, Jonathan Day, Keith Boekelman, Casey LaFrance, Richard Hardy, and David Rohall

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The PEDALS stationary cycling intervention and health-related quality of life in children with cerebral palsy: A randomized controlled trial, Sharon K. Demuth, Loretta M. Knutson, and Eileen G. Fowler

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The deliberative pulpit? The democratic norms and practices of the PCUSA, Paul A. Djupe and Brian R. Calfano

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Rehabilitating materiality: bodies, gods, and religion, Martha L. Finch

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State Tourism, Labour Mobilities, and Remittance Potentials within Huatulco, Oaxaca, Gregory S. Gullette

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Tennent's lager, national identity and football in Scotland, 1960s-90s, David Gutzke

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The Supreme Court revisits (and weakens) Miranda yet again: A critical examination of the 2009 term cases, Craig Hemmens and Valerie Bell

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Recent Legal Developments: Criminal Justice Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2011 Term, Craig Hemmens and Caryn E. Saxon

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Interpretation and the investigative concept of criticism, Daniel A. Kaufman

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Dynamics of foreign earnings, assistance and debt servicing in Bangladesh, M. Wasiqur Rahman Khan and Haydory Akbar Ahmed

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Joshua’s Jihad? A Reexamination of Religious Violence in the Christian and Islamic Traditions, Matthew Kuiper

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A critique and qualified defense of "correctional quackery", Lynette C. Lee and Mary K. Stohr

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The Muslim minority of the democratic Republic of Congo. From historic marginalization and internal division to collective action, Ashley E. Leinweber

The beginning of the year in the Limousin: The evidence from the chronicle and notes of Bernard Itier, Andrew W. Lewis

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Four Books about Saints and Hagiography in Greater South Asia, J. E. Llewellyn

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Introduction: Sankara, Possession, and the Self, J. E. Llewellyn

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Knowing Kamasastra in the Biblical Sense: Sankara's Possession of King Amaruka, J. E. Llewellyn

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Questioning Transjordan’s Historic Desertification: A Critical Review of the Paradigm of ‘Empty Lands’, Bernhard Lucke, Mohammed Shunnaq, Bethany Walker, Atef Shiyab, Zeidoun al-Muheisen, Hussein al-Sababha, Rupert Baumler, and Michael Schmidt

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Making Your Point: The Use of Gestures in Ancient Israel, Victor H. Matthews

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Modeling transactions costs in a regional transferable discharge permit system for phosphorus runoff, David M. Mitchell and Keith Willett

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Social Impacts of Tourism as Perceived by State-planned Tourism Destination Residents: The Case of Huatulco, Mexico, Jaun Carlos Monterrubio, Gregory S. Gullette, M. Marivel Mendoza-Ontiveros, María José Fernández, and Ana C. Luque

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Modelling U.S. light pollution, Reed N. Olsen, Terrel A. Gallaway, and David M. Mitchell

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International migration and social policy underdevelopment in the Dominican Republic, Gabriel Ondetti

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No Net Gain: A critique of media representations of women's Olympic beach volleyball, Pam A. Sailors, Sarah J. Teetzel, and Charlene Weaving

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The Complexities of Sport, Gender, and Drug Testing, Pam A. Sailors, Sarah J. Teetzel, and Charlene Weaving

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Age, period and cohort effects on social capital, Philip Schwadel and Michael Stout

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Studying Absenteeism in Principles of Macroeconomics: Do Attendance Policies Make a Difference?, Sharmistha Self

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Female Autonomy and Health Care in Developing Countries: A Closer Look at Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, Sharmistha Self and Richard Grabowski

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Opportunities for Women and Islam: Variation Upon Variations, Sharmistha Self and Richard Grabowski

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Son Preference, Autonomy and Maternal Health in Rural India, Sharmistha Self and Richard Grabowski

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An archaeological test of the " Exchange Expansion Model" of contact era change on the Northwest Coast, Elizabeth A. Sobel

Assessing the Organizational Culture in a Jail Setting, Mary K. Stohr, Craig Hemmens, Peter A. Collins, Brian Iannacchione, Marianne Hudson, and Hailey Johnson

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Assessing the Organizational Culture in a Jail Setting, Mary K. Stohr, Craig Hemmens, Peter A. Collins, Brian Iannacchione, Marianne Hudson, and Hailey Johnson

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Grounding Ezekiel's heavenly ascent: A defense of ezek 40-48 as a program for restoration, John T. Strong

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Treatment provider's perceived effectiveness of probation and parole: A case study, Michael Suttmoeller and Linda D. Keena

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Shabik’Eschee Village in Chaco Canyon: Beyond the Archetype, W H. Wills, F. Scott Worman, Wetherbee Dorshow, and Heather Richards-Rissetto

Submissions from 2011

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What No Longer Serves Us: Resisting Ableism and Anti-Judaism in New Testament Healing Narratives, Julia Watts Belser and Melanie S. Morrison

Mountain mission schools in Arkansas, Brooks Blevins

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The white terror in hungary, 1919-1921: The social worlds of paramilitary groups, Béla Bodó

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Prey Body Size and Ranking in Zooarchaeology: Theory, Empirical Evidence, and Applications from the Northern Great Basin, Jack M. Broughton, Michael D. Cannon, Frank E. Bayham, and David A. Byers

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An Inquiry into the Pay Structure of the New York Yankees: 1919-1941, Kenneth H. Brown, Paul E. Gabriel, and David G. Surdam

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Stable Isotope Chemistry, Population Histories and Late Prehistoric Subsistence Change in the Aleutian Islands, David A. Byers, David R. Yesner, Jack M. Broughton, and Joan Brenner Coltrain