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Moving Up: The Challenges of Communicating a New Social Class Identity

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Sample ESPN SportsCenter was on, but Jim Morgan wasn’t listening. Instead he was lying on his couch in an otherwise dark room, the light from his television screen flickering across his blank face. His phone was buzzing with text message alerts, but he was ignoring those too. He had a rough week—...

Wolfman Jay and the Writing Center Gang: Humor in Listserv Community Development

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Abstract As individuals become more immersed in online discourse, the rhetorical ways in which face-to-face humor emerges as an important part of the written lexicon remain an important facet of effective communication. Social media, listservs, blogs, email, and collaborative virtual environments...

The Past in the Present: An Introduction to Archaeology

Author(s): Travis Stanton, Kenichiro Tsukamoto

Groundbreaking Introduction to Archaeology Course Content with Online Supplement! The Past in the Present: An Introduction to Archaeology is an introductory text on archaeology as a profession. While the authors use numerous examples of archaeological research throughout the world to illustrate h...

Essentials in Community and Public Health

Author(s): Lesley Rennis, Beverly Xaviera Watkins

When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot become manifest, strength cannot be exerted, wealth becomes useless, and reason is powerless. - Herphilus, 300 B.C Essentials in Community and Public Health, First Edition is an introduction to community and public health. The text p...

The Evolution of the Global Economy: From the First Era of Globalization to the COVID Pandemic

Author(s): Michael Jolly

Until very recently it was possible to believe that we were living in a new world in which the economic problems of the past had little or no relevance.   The subprime mortgage crisis of 2008, along with the subsequent ‘Great Recession’ and sovereign debt crisis, shattered this complacency. The G...

Detroit and Motown: The Rise and Fall of Two Giants

Author(s): EDWARD HIGGINS

In 1959, Barry Gordy, a twenty-nine year old wanna be boxer borrowed $800 to start a record company. Set against the civil rights movement alongside the decay of one of America’s most storied cities, Motown, Detroit’s History and Music, is the tale of how Motown effected the city of Detroit and how ...

When Love is Not Enough: Communication Challenges and Social Support Experienced When Placing a Spouse with Dementia in a Residential Care Facility

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Abstract Negative health impacts of caregiving for a person with dementia are well established, and placing a person with dementia in a residential care facility may become a necessary option. The decision to place a spouse with dementia in a residential care facility, and the difficult relationa...

Psychotherapy as Human Science Duquesne

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"A masterful survey, Psychotherapy as a Human Science provides a critical and clinical introduction to the core themes and influential thinkers that helped to shape contemporary human science approaches to psychotherapy. Daniel Burston and Roger Frie present an excellent and concise journey through ...