This collection contains scholarly articles, reports and other publications authored by faculty and staff members from various departments and units at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
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Submissions from 2009
Stimulus Preference Assessment, Jane E. Fisher, Jeffrey Buchanan, and Stacey Cherup-Leslie
Combating Violence & Abuse of People with Disabilities: A Call to Action, Nancy M. Fitzsimons
Combating Violence and Abuse of People with Disabilities: A Call to Action, Nancy M. Fitzsimons
Internet Daters’ Body Types Preferences: Race-Ethnic and Gender Differences, Carol L. Glasser, Belinda Robnett, and Cynthia Feliciano
Teaching and Learning with Digital Photography: Tips and Tools for Early Childhood, Linda Good
Biodiversity and Subjecthood in Ecuador’s Constitution, James A. (Jim) Grabowska
Hacia metas y recomendaciones para el mejoramiento o reforma del sistema educativo en el Ecuador, James A. (Jim) Grabowska
The Americas Clean House: the Case of Ecuador during WWII, James A. (Jim) Grabowska
Una nueva ciudadanía ecuatoriana: la madre naturaleza, James A. (Jim) Grabowska
The Remarkable Men of Garden City, Minnesota, E. Winston Grundmeier
Antioxidant Effect on Urinary Excretion of Malondialdehyde in Non-Athletes During Aerobic Training, Mary Hadley, Mary Visser, and Travis Vander Steen
The Turtle Catcher, Nicole Lea Helget
Spirituality, Social Skills, and Pro-Social Behavior, Laura Jacobi
Through the Eyes of the Nurse: Spirituality and Well Being in Health Care, Laura Jacobi
Chapter 4: Teaching Civic and Governement, and Economics, Andrew P. Johnson
Sub-cultures as Leverage for Organizational Learning and Lean Thinking, Jennifer Karlin
Review of Research Designs Using Digital Images to Understand Children's Experience and Environment, Vera Grigoryevna Kashin and Elizabeth J. Sandell
Starting a Psychology Laboratory at a Community College, Jason A. Kaufman
Psychometric Properties of the Pyramids and Palm Trees Test, Liesa A. Klein and Jeffrey Buchanan
Minnesota Tuning Project: Biology and Graphic Design, Kristi L. Kremers, Krista M. Soria, and Lynn D. Akey
Effects of Incentives and the Big Five Personality Dimensions on Internet Panellists' Ratings, Andrea J. Larson and Daniel Sachau
Portraits from the Prairies, Michael L. Larson
LibITS (Library+ITS): Cooperative Projects Lead to Successes, Margaret Lawrence, Joan Roca, and Wayne Sharp
Lesson from Instrumented Slope Stabilization Project Using Drilled Shafts, Robert Y. Liang, Mohammad M. Yamin, and Wassel Bodour
Life Stories Between the Former Soviet Union and the United States, Kimberly M. Maas, Elizabeth J. Sandell, and Emily Boyd
Medium Sausage with Anchovies, JP Mackey
Grassroots Community Practice: Applying Alinsky's Rules in the 21st Century, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Is There Really a Problem with Hiring Rural Social Service Staff? An Investigation of Rural Minnesota Social Service Supervisors, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Taking it to the Streets! Engaging in the Praxis of Community Organization, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Perceptions of Work-Life Balance Among Military Law Enforcement Personnel and Their Spouses, Mahlia Matsch, Daniel Sachau, Jessica Gertz, and David Englert
How Do You Know That? An Investigation of Student Research Practices in the Digital Age, Randall McClure and Kellian Clink
Reference Universe, Pete McDonnell and Kellian Clink
Alumni: Today 2009, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Workflows for Outsourced Technical Services, Dianne L. Narum, Robert L. Bothmann, Christopher E. Getz, Mic Golden, and Paddy Satzer
Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: The Role of the Instructor, Kara L. Orvis and Andrea L. Lassiter
A Preliminary Light Noble Gas Investigation of Stardust Samples, Russel L. Palma, Robert O. Pepin, and D. J. Schlutter
New Women Writers, Authority and the Body, Melissa Purdue and Stacey Floyd
Radioactive City, Richard Robbins
Beginning Algebra with Applications and Visualization, Gary K. Rockswold and Terry A. Krieger
Intermediate Algebra with Applications & Visualization, Gary K. Rockswold and Terry A. Krieger
Subwavelength Ordered Nanoparticle Structures Enhance Sensing via Electromagnetic Coupling with Localized Surface Plasmons, Donald Keith Roper, Wonmi Ahn, P. Blake, Benjamin Taylor, and Analía G. Dall'Asén
Tournament Validity: Testing Golfer Competence, Daniel Sachau, Lance Andrews, Bryan Gibson, and Daniel DeNeui
Initial Teacher Licensure Programs at Minnesota State Univeristy, Mankato, Elizabeth J. Sandell
Pilot Test of a Quality Rating and Improvement System, Elizabeth J. Sandell, Vera G. Azarova, and Olga Victorovna Klypa
Flat Stanley: Join the Phenomenon!, Elizabeth J. Sandell, Mary C. Behrens, and Laura Linde
Using the ACEI's Global Guidelines Assessment for Improving Early Education, Elizabeth J. Sandell, Belinda J. Hardin, and Sue C. Wortham
Introduction to the Process of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Research with Human Subjects, Elizabeth J. Sandell, Patricia M. Hargrove, and Anne Blackhurst
Training Collaboration in a Network-Assisted Environment, Brooke Schaab, J. Douglas Dressel, Mark A. Sabol, and Andrea L. Lassiter
Timing of Moderate Level Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Influences Gene Expression of Sensory Processing Behavior in Rhesus Monkeys, Mary L. Schneider, Colleen F. Moore, Julie A. Larson, Christina S. Barr, Onofre T. DeJesus, and Andrew D. Roberts
Building a Sub-Saharan African Film Collection, Jessica Schomberg and Barbara J. Bergman
Child Care Psychology, Sarah K. Sifers
The Effects of Censored and Uncensored Sexually Explicit Music on Sexual Attitudes and Perceptions of Sexual Activity, Eric L. Sprankle and Christian M. End
Strategic Applications of Distance Learning Technologies, Mahbubur Rahman Syed
Feisty Lydia: Memoirs of a German War Bride, Edna Thayer
Social Support Provisions as Differential Predicators of Adaptive Outcomes in Young Adolescents, Jared S. Warren, Yo Jackson, and Sarah K. Sifers
My Boyfriend Loves it When I Come Home from this Class': Pedagogy, Titillation, and New Media Technologies, Dennis D. Waskul
The Importance of Insincerity and Inauthenticity for Self and Society: Honesty is Not the Best Policy, Dennis D. Waskul
The Aroma of Recollections: Olfaction, Notalgia, and the Shaping of the Sensuous Self, Dennis D. Waskul, Phillip Vannini, and Janelle Wilson
Paddle and Portage: The Travail of BWCA Canoe Travel, Dennis D. Waskul and Michele E. Waskul
An Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Attention and Effector Switching Using ERPs, Robert West, Kira Bailey, and Moses M. Langley
Interpreting the Behavior of Laterally Loaded Drilled Shaft from Measured Deflection Data, Mohammad M. Yamin and Robert Y. Liang
Submissions from 2008
Electroless Gold Island Thin Films: Photoluminescence and Thermal Transformation to Nanoparticle Ensembles, Wonmi Ahn, Benjamin Taylor, Analía G. Dall'Asén, and Donald Keith Roper
Collegiate Jaf English-Kurdish Dictionary, Ihsan Ali
Professional Relations in Early Childhood Careers, Mary C. Behrens, and Elizabeth J. Sandell
Professional Relationships in Early Childhood Careers, Mary C. Behrens and Elizabeth J. Sandell
Network Level Programming of Bridge Projects: Current Practice and Recommendations, Başak Aldemir Bektaş
A Discussion on the Efficiency of NBI Translator Algorithm, Başak Aldemir Bektaş and Omar Smadi
Reconsidering Violence Against Women: Coalition Politics in the Antirape Movement, Maria Bevacqua
Enhancing Student Connections: Students' Perceptions of a Spiritually Focused Wilderness Orientation Program, Andrew J. Bobilya and Lynn D. Akey
Consumers and the Allure of 'Safer' Tobacco Products: Scientific and Policy Issues, Eugene Borgida, Anita Kim, Emily Stark, and Chris Miller
Electronic Resources, Robert L. Bothmann
The Use of In Vivo Desensitization for the Treatment of a Specific Phobia of Earthworms, Jeffrey Buchanan and Daniel Houlihan
Publication Trends in Behavioral Gerontology in the Past 25 Years: Are the Elderly Still an Understudied Population in Behavioral Research?, Jeffrey Buchanan, Jeremy D. Husfeldt, Tiffany M. Berg, and Daniel Houlihan
Emergency Management: A Reference Handbook, Jeffrey B. Bumgarner,
Icons of Crime Fighting: Relentless Pursuers of Justice Volume 1, Jeffrey B. Bumgarner
Icons of Crime Fighting: Relentless Pursuers of Justice, Volume 2, Jeffrey B. Bumgarner
Childhood and Adolescence, changing views of, Christopher R. Corley
Marriage, Christopher R. Corley
Orphans, Christopher R. Corley
Widows/Widowhood, Christopher R. Corley
Book Review of Contemporary Issues in Interpersonal Communicatino (Orbe & Bruess, 1st ed.), Kristen Cvancara
I Love My Love: SATB Chorus, B♭ Clarinet & Piano, David C. Dickau
Silent Noon, David C. Dickau and Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Calm on the Listening Ear of Night, David C. Dickau and Edmund R. Sears
The Boreal Owl Murder: A Bob White Birder Murder Mystery, Jan Dunlap
A Group Contingency Program to Improve the Behavior of Elementary Students in a Cafeteria, Gregory A. Fabiano, William E. Pelham, Karen Karmazin, Joanne Kreher, Carlos J. Panahon, and Carl Carlson
Rethinking Tech Services, Angi Faiks, Robert L. Bothmann, Leslie McPhail Peterson, and Virginia Dudley
Professional Learning Communities: An Implementation Guide and Toolkit, Kathleen A. Foord and Jean M. Haar
Online M@tchmaking (Book Review), Carol L. Glasser
Stability Analysis of Slopes Using the Finite Element Method and Limiting Equilibrium Approach, Nezar Hammouri, Abdallah Malkawi, and Mohammad M. Yamin
Strategic Planning for Electronic Resource Management, Melissa Holmberg and Robert L. Bothmann
Predictors of Behavior and Level of Life Satisfaction of Children and Adolescents After a Major Tornado, Daniel Houlihan, Barry J. Reis, Melissa A. Polusny, and Christine N. Hanson
Welfare States in East Central Europe, 1919-2004, Tomasz Inglot
A Short Guide to Action Research, Andrew P. Johnson
Teaching Reading and Writing: A Guidebook for Tutoring and Remediating Students, Andrew P. Johnson
Teaching Reading and Writing: A Guidebook for Tutoring and Remediating Students, Andrew P. Johnson
Biological Psychology, Boyce M. Jubilan and Dawn N. Albertson
Picture Recognition Without Identification: A Method for Assessing the Role of Perceptual Information in Familiarity-Based Picture Recognition, Moses M. Langley, Anne M. Cleary, Bogdan N. Kostic, and Joshua A. Woods
Heroes: A Year in Vietnam with the First Air Cavalry Division, Mike Larson
