Michigan Academician articles from March 2001

Michigan Academician archives from March 2001

Administration.(Brief Article)(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... United States Textile Trade Policy and the Inter-Agency Process. Sara Bickler and Robert Cunningham, Department of Economics, Alma College, Alma, MI 48801 The textile industry has historically been an integral part of the United States'...

Anthropology.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Concordance of Two Methods of Assessing Sex and Race of Human Crania. Christy Watterson, Central Michigan University, Department of Anthropology, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858; 517/773-8394 The objective of this research was to assess the...

Asian Studies.(Brief Article)(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Angelology/Demonology in Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses. Zacharias P. Thundy, Northern Michigan University, English Department, Marquette, MI 49855; 219/271-8277 Blaise Pascal argues that human beings are neither angels nor brutes but...

Botany & Plant Ecology.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Natural Areas Inventory of the Greater Grand Rapids Region: Prioritizing Sites for Conservation Value. Emily Hollender, Jonathon Schramm, Randall Van Dragr, and David Warners, Calvin College, Department of Biology, 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids,...

Cinema Studies.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... It's Only a Movie: Film and Critics in American Culture. Raymond J. Haberski, Jr., Marian College, Department of History, 3200 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis, IN 46222-1997; 317/955-6227; Haberski@marian.edu The debate over movies has...

Communication.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Think Ink: The Symbolic Subculture of Tattoos. Marjorie L. Yambor, Michigan State University, Department of Advertising; home address: 4467 Cricket Ridge Drive, Apt. 202, Holt, MI 48842; 517/694-9098; yamborm1@msu.edu This research delves...

Education.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Using an "Archaeological Dig" in a Premethods Education Class to Study Middle School Culture. Jodi O'Keefe-Olive, Christy Keim, and Christina Johnson, Northern Michigan University, School of Education, Marquette, MI 49855; 906/ 228-2356 A...

Environmental Science & Ecology.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Population Dynamics of Turtles in the Campus Lake at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Orin O. Gelderloos, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI 48128-1491; 313/593-5339; William E. Ferzoco, Department...

French & Italian Language & Literature.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Philippe Desportes et "Le Rencontre des muses de France et d'Italie." Gabriella Scarlatta Eschrich, University of Michigan--Dearborn, Humanities Department, Dearborn, MI 48128-1491; 313/593-4958 Temoin des changements politiques,...

Geography.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Urban Sprawl in Metropolitan Detroit: Thirty Years of Change. Jennifer E. Bujdos, Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197 Urban sprawl affects the daily lives of millions and is hard to...

Geological Sciences.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... A New Interpretation of "Pegmatite" Layers in a Basalt Flow from the South Range Quarry near Houghton, Michigan. Shauna Little and Edward Hansen, Hope College, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Holland, MI 49423 In an...

Germanic Languages & Literature.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... In der Bresche stehen: Expectation and Reality in the Role of Pastor in Fontane's Efri Briest. Mary E. Buteyn, Calvin College, Department of Germanic Languages, Grand Rapids, MI 49546; 616/459-4945 In 1884 Theodor Fontane wrote,"... trotz...

Health & Human Services.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Exploring Patterns of Routine in Older African-American Women. Kiersten Sweeney and Jill Wall, Eastern Michigan University, Department of Associated Health Professions, Ypsilanti, MI 48197; 734/827-2171 In 1998, Ludwig theorized that as...

History.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Stand Watie's Confederate Cherokees. Randal L. Hoyer, Madonna University, Department of History, Livonia, MI 43150; 734/432-5554; Hoyer@smtp.muner.edu; and Richard Sax, Madonna University, College of Arts and Humanities, Livonia, MI;...

History of Science & Technology.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Getting Medications into Patients: The Development and Evolution of Injection Devices in Health Care. Rose M. Schliska, VNA of Saginaw/Covenant Health Care, 500 S. Hamilton, Saginaw, MI 48602; 517/583-3011 The use of injection devices by...

Language & Literature.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... "The Jawbone of an Ass": Milton's Regrets Concerning His Earlier Polemic in Samson Agonistes. Mark J. Galik, Michigan State University; home address: 1595 Cranwood Court, Okemos, MI 48864; galikmar@pilor.msu.edu This study reviews Milton's...

Law.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Where a Court of Equity, State Law, and Zoning Decisions Talk Past Each Other in Michigan. G. M. Ross, 10561 36th SE, Lowell, MI 49331 By statute the final decision in a zoning question rests with the zoning Board of Appeals of a local...

Library & Information Sciences.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Ally or Agent Provocateur: A Look at a Public Service Librarian's Year in the Acquisitions Department. Randle J. Gedeon, Western Michigan University, Waldo Library, Kalamazoo, MI 49008; 616/387-5227; randle.gedeon@wmich.edu This paper will...

Medieval Studies.
March 22, 2001... Virtue Analysis: Virtues Taught by Shakespeare in Hamlet and Measure for Measure. Robin Kennedy, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI 49855; rkennedy@nmu.edu When one looks at the various analyses of Shakespeare's plays, there is a...

Philosophy.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Herder, Gadamer, and the Twenty-First Century Humanities. K. Sundaram, Lake Michigan College, Philosophy Department, Benton Harbor, MI 49022-1899; 616/927-8100 x 5181 We cannot address the central questions of philosophy such as the...

Political Science.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Vital Partnerships Between Government and Nongovernmental Organizations in Kenya. Jennifer Gibson, Alma College, Department of Political Science, Alma, MI 48801; oogiie@aol.com The HIV/AIDS virus is spreading unchecked throughout the...

Psychology.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Our Changing Views of Homosexuality in Psychoanalysis. Catherine Mortiere, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Detroit Mercy, 8200 West Outer Drive, Detroit, MI 48219 Historically, our culture has stigmatized homosexuality as...

Religious Studies.(Critical Essay)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Benedictine Monasticism and Small-Town Life in the Works of Kathleen Norris. Robert Kellerman, Department of English, Alma College, 614 Superior Street, Alma, MI 48801 Poet and essayist Kathleen Norris explores her interest in Benedictine...

Rhetoric & Composition.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Enhancing Critical Thinking in the Composition Classroom: A Function for Creative Writing in Basic Writing Courses. Kendra L. Matko, Western Michigan University, Department of English, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5078 Integrating creative writing...

Slavic & East European Studies.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Karamzin's Notes. Edward A. Cole, Grand Valley State University, History Department, Allendale, MI 49401; 616/895-3185; colee@gvsu.edu In An Obsession with History, Andrew Baruch Wachtel sees the famous History of the Russian State by N....

Sociology.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Religion and the African American Community: Faith or Institution? Ava E. Lewis, Department of Nursing, Saginaw Valley State University; and Dawn Hinton, Department of Sociology, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI 48710 ...

Spanish Language, Literature, & Culture.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... The Baroque in New Spain: An Aesthetics of Materiality. Rafael H. Mojica, University of Michigan--Flint, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures; home address: 1119 Woodside Drive, Flint, MI 48503; 810/762-3370 Well known among...

Women's Studies.(Critical Essay)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Feminism or Foreign Influence? The Impact of Modernization on the Japanese Feminist Movement. Aimee Cain, University of Michigan-Flint; home address: 99200 Carpenter Road, Flushing, MI 48433; acain@student.flint.wmich.edu After Commodore...

Zoology.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2001... Endoproteolytic Processing of pro-BACE by Members of the Family of Eucaryotic, Subtilisin-Like Endoproteases. Shawn Corwin and Joseph F. Sucic, University of Michigan-Flint, Biology Department, Flint, MI 48502-1950; Kumar Sambamurti, Mayo...