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 2011

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Not in His Image: The Moderating Effect of Gender on Religious Appeals, Brian R. Calfano and Paul A. Djupe

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American Muslim Investment in Civil Society: Political Discussion, Disagreement, and Tolerance, Paul A. Djupe and Brian R. Calfano

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Civilian, ROTC, and Military Academy Undergraduate Attitudes toward Homosexuals in the U.S. Military, Morten G. Ender, David E. Rohall, Andrew J. Brennan, Michael D. Matthews, and Irving Smith III

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Understanding perceptions of supervision and organizational operations among prison teachers: A multilevel analysis, Brett E. Garland and William McCarty

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Public Opinion on Juvenile Blended Sentencing, Brett Garland, Melissa Melton, and Aida Hass

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A Critique of Using Civil Litigation to Suppress White Supremacist Violence, Brett Garland and Pete Simi

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Sydney Nevile: Squire in the slums or progressive brewer?, David W. Gutzke

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From the Inside/Out: Greene County Jail Inmates on Restorative ReEntry, Aida Hass and Caryn E. Saxon

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Recent legal developments: Criminal justice decisions of the United States Supreme Court, 2010 term, Craig Hemmens and Jonathan Bolen

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Supreme Court 2010 point-counterpoint: Kentucky v. King: The Supreme Court invites unwarranted police entry, Craig Hemmens and Stephanie Karas

Assessing presidential history, Dennis V. Hickey

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Rapprochement between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland: Implications for american foreign policy, Dennis V. Hickey

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Stress and Burnout in Policing: Does Military Experience Matter?, Don Ivie and Brett Garland

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Improved Situational Awareness in Emergency Management through Automated Data Analysis and Modeling, David Johnson, Adam Zagorecki, Joshua M. Gelman, and Louise K. Comfort

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The Impact of Multiple Marginality on Gang Membership and Delinquent Behavior for Hispanic, African American, and White Male Adolescents, Marvin D. Krohn, Nicole M. Schmidt, Alan J. Lizotte, and Julie M. Baldwin

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Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans, Eline D. Lorenzen; David Nogués-Bravo; Ludovic Orlando; Jaco Weinstock; Jonas Binladen; Katharine A. Marske; Andrew Ugan; Michael K. Borregaard; David A. Byers; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.

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An Examination of the Influence of Strength of Evidence Variables in the Prosecution's Decision to Dismiss Driving While Intoxicated Cases, Tana McCoy, Patti Ross Salinas, Jeffrey T. Walker, and Lance Hignite

Honoring Native American code talkers: The road to the code talkers recognition act of 2008 (public law 110-420), William C. Meadows

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"D.O. or die": Identity negotiation among osteopathic medical students, Stephanie Norander, Joseph P. Mazer, and Benjamin R. Bates

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The Politics of Stem Cell Policy: Ballot Initiative in Missouri, Kant Patel

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The Congressional Strategic Posture Commission Report and a Brief Assessment of Developments in U.S. Strategic Policy, Keith B. Payne

The Bishops and the Black Hawks, William G. Piston

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Post 9-11 U.S. Muslim Labor Market Outcomes, Faisal Rabby and William M. Rodgers

A Unique Human Effigy Pipe from Cedar County, Missouri, Jack H. Ray and A. Clark Montgomery

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Piety and politics: Aegidius Hunnius's Sermons on the Lutheran catechism (1592), Austra Reinis

Household food stamp program participation and childhood obesity, Christina A. Robinson and Xiaoyong Zheng

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Market and non-market child labour in rural India: The role of the mother's participation in the labour force, Sharmistha Self

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Is there gender bias in participation in early childhood education programs in developing countries? Role of mother's education, Sharmistha Self and Richard Grabowski

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"An Old Way to Solve an Old Problem": Provider Perspectives on Recovery-Oriented Services and Consumer Capabilities in New Mexico, Marnie K. Watson, Caroline A. Bonham, Cathleen E. Willging, and Richard L. Hough

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Women and Men's Legislative Success in the 21st Century Professional and Citizen State Legislatures, Donald E. Whistler and Mark C. Ellickson

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Utilizing behavioral interventions to improve supervision outcomes in community-based corrections, Eric J. Wodahl, Brett Garland, Scott E. Culhane, and William P. McCarty

Submissions from 2010

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Introduction to the theory and applications of uncertainty, Moawia Alghalith and Ardeshir Dalal

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Revelation 5:1 and 10:2a, 8-10 in the earliest Greek tradition: A response to Richard Bauckham, Leslie Baynes

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Getting touchy‐feely: application of the plain view doctrine to plain touch, plain smell, and plain hearing situations by the United States Courts of Appeal and District Courts, Valerie Bell, Craig Hemmens, and Nichole Gerhard

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Returning to Flesh: A Jewish Reflection on Feminist Disability Theology, Julia Watts Belser

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Hungarian Aristocracy and the White Terror, Bela Bodo

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Iván Héjjas: The life of a counterrevolutionary, Béla Bodó

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A decision theory of clergy political behavior, Brian Robert Calfano

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Prophetic at any price? Clergy political behavior and utility maximization, Brian Robert Calfano

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The power of brand: Beyond interest group influence in U.S. state abortion politics, Brian Robert Calfano

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Writing as resistance: Maya graphic pluralism and indigenous elite strategies for survival in colonial Yucatan, 1550-1750, John F. Chuchiak IV

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The Edsel: Forty Years as a Symbol of Failure, Tom Dicke

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Isotopic evidence for Younger Dryas aridity in the North American midcontinent, J. A. Dorale, L. A. Wozniak, III A. Bettis, S. J. Carpenter, R. D. Mandel, E. R. Hajic, N. H. Lopinot, and Jack H. Ray

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Food, Taste, and American Religions, Martha L. Finch

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Developmental Patterns of Social Trust Between Early and Late Adolescence: Age and School Climate Effects, Constance A. Flanagan and Michael D. Stout

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Rating the prison boss: Examining supervision among prison health care staff, Brett E. Garland and William McCarty

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Prisoner Reentry in a Small Metropolitan Community: Obstacles and Policy Recommendations, Brett E. Garland, Eric J. Wodahl, and Julie Mayfield

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Perceived discrimination and international students' learning: An empirical investigation, Corinne M. Karuppan and Mahua Barari

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“A Victory for Secular India”? Hindu Nationalism in the 2004 Election, J. E. Llewellyn

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A Reader's Guide to The Self Possessed, John E. Llewellyn

Archaeological Investigations of the Horsethief Site (14HO308), Hodgeman County, Kansas, Neal H. Lopinot, A. Holly Jones, Jack H. Ray, and David Byers

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Conversation and Identity: Jesus and the Samaritan Woman, Victor H. Matthews

A Survey of Economic Measures of Freight Reliability and Security, Amlan Mitra and Ardeshir J. Dalal

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The Parish in its Landscapes: Pilgrimage Processions in the Archdeaconry of Blois, 1500–1700, Eric Nelson

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The impact of more complex family structure upon marital earnings premiums, Reed Olsen

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Greed-grievance debate and the Ife-Modakeke conflict, Bukola Oyeniyi

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Ideological Polarization in a Decentralized Party System: Explaining Interstate Differences, Joel Paddock

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From Militancy to Clientelism: Labor Union Strategies and Membership Trajectories in Contemporary Chile, Indira Palacios-Valladares

Late Archaic Staged Reduction of High-Quality Greenwood Rhyolite at the Allen Site, Jack H. Ray

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Cents and sensibility: A case study of corrections reform in Kansas and Michigan, Andres F. Rengifo, Don Stemen, Brendan D. Dooley, Ethan Amidon, and Amanda Gendon

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Retiree Health Insurance and Disengagement from a Career Job, Christina A. Robinson and Robert Clark

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Iraqi Kurdistan: Challenges of autonomy in the wake of US withdrawal, David Romano

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Mercy Killing: Sportsmanship and Blowouts, Pam R. Sailors

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Social Engagement in an Evangelical Campus Ministry: The Case of Urbana 2006, John Schmalzbauer

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Egypt's shameful death and the house of Israel's Exodus from Sheol (Ezekiel 32.17-32 and 37.1-14), John T. Strong

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A Rational Choice Approach to Explaining Policy Preferences and Concern for Representing Women among State Legislators, Donald E. Whistler and Mark C. Ellickson

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Arroyos and Agriculture: Geoarchaeological Investigations at Pueblo Pintado, Frederick Scott Worman and Hannah V. Mattson

Submissions from 2009

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The choice between multiplicative and additive production uncertainty, Moawia Alghalith and Ardeshir Dalal

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Crying out for rain: The human, the holy, and the earth in the ritual fasts of rabbinic literature, Julia Watts Belser

The Arkansas Ghost Trial: The Connie Franklin case and the Ozarks in the national media, Brooks Blevins

Considering Regional Exceptionalism: The Case of the Ghost of the Ozarks, Brooks R. Blevins

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Public Support for Punishment and Progressive Criminal Justice Policy Preferences: The Role of Symbolic Racism and Negative Racial Stereotype, Kevin Buckler, Steve Wilson, and Patti Ross Salinas

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Pronghorn Dental Age Profiles and Holocene Hunting Strategies at Hogup Cave, Utah, David A. Byers and Brenda Hill

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Choosing constituent cues: Reference group influence on clergy political speech, Brian Robert Calfano

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God talk: Religious cues and electoral support, Brian Robert Calfano and Paul A. Djupe

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Forums for Controversy: Understanding Clergy-Led Deliberation among the Faithful, Brian Robert Calfano and Jacob R. Neiheisel

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An Alan Keyes Effect? Examining Anti-Black Sentiment Among White Evangelicals, Brian Robert Calfano and Philip Paolino

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Production decisions under joint price and production uncertainty, Ardeshir J. Dalal and Moawia Aghalith

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Justification Not by Faith Alone: Clergy Generating Trust and Certainty by Revealing Thought, Paul A. Djupe and Brian R. Calfano

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The Economics of Global Light Pollution, Terrel A. Gallaway, Reed N. Olsen, and David M. Mitchell

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Job Satisfaction Behind Walls and Fences: A study of prison health care staff., Brett E. Garland and William McCarty

A Legacy of Legislative Leadership: The Taiwan Relations Act after 35 Years, Dennis V. Hickey

Beijing's evolving policy toward Taipei: Engagement or entrapment, Dennis V. Hickey

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They Said: An Analysis of State Level Sexual and Gender Harassment Data, Kate King, Mary K. Stohr, Laura Kelley, Salvador Vazquez, Shelli Smith-Daniels, and Robert Uhlenkott

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Back to Bethel: Geographical Reiteration in Biblical Narrative, Victor H. Matthews

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Jeremiah's Scroll and linked zones of communication, Victor H. Matthews

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An Organizational Approach to Understanding Sex and Race Segregation in U.S. Workplaces, Tricia McTague, Kevin Stainback, and Donald Tomaskovic-Devey

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"They had a chance to talk to one another...": The role of incidence in Native American code talking, William C. Meadows

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Marital status in a developing economy: gender, ethnicity and family structure, Reed Neil Olsen

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State and Local Procurement Preferences: A Survey, Yuhua Qiao, Khi V. Thai, and Glenn Cummings

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Geoarchaeological investigations in the upper North Fork River valley in Southern Missouri, Jack H. Ray

The Populist Vision: A Roundtable Discussion, Miller W. Robert

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More Than a Pair of Shoes: Running and Technology, Pam R. Sailors

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Agricultural technology and child labor: Evidence from India, Sharmistha Self and Richard Grabowski

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Gender Development, Institutions, and Level of Economic Development, Sharmistha Self and Richard Grabowski

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Modernization, inter-caste marriage, and dowry: An analytical perspective, Sharmistha Self and Richard Grabowski

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Relative gender differentials and Islam in non-Arabic nations: a regional analysis, Sharmistha Self and Richard Grabowski

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Language and later Heidegger: What is being?, Ralph Shain

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Code of Silence: Students' Perceptions of School Climate and Willingness to Intervene in a Peer's Dangerous Plan, Amy K. Syvertsen, Constance A. Flanagan, and Michael D. Stout

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Using Elections as Teachable Moments: A Randomized Evaluation of the Student Voices Civic Education Program, Amy K. Syvertsen, Michael D. Stout, Constance A. Flanagan, Dana L. Mitra, Mary Beth Oliver, and S. Shyam Sundar