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Wow, You are a Female Engineer! : Gender and the Chilly Climate of STEM Fields

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Abstract Monica was a sophomore biomedical engineering major at a large Midwestern university. Within the College of Engineering, the number of female students was around 18%—a figure similar to the national average. Her major had the highest proportion of female students, as roughly 50% of the s...

"Junk in the Trunk": Body Shaming in Women's Soccer

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Abstract The Los Angeles Raptors, a team with the American Women’s Indoor Soccer League (AWISL), have a new coach. When he says some inappropriate things about the bodies of the Latinas on the team, the women band together to try to right the wrong. But no one seems willing to take the problem se...

Louder Than Words

Author(s): Lorena Turner, Alan Reyes

The field of public relations is changing – the look of a message is now just as important as the message itself. Louder Than Words is the first book that presents the fundamentals of visual communication to public relations practitioners. Whether you’re a just starting out in the field, or have exp...

Health-Related Self-Disclosure Online: Emotion Expression by One Online Community Member Across 460 Posts

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Sample Developing a serious or chronic health condition can be a life-changing event (Bury, 1982). Along with physical and psychological symptoms, illness often creates a range of challenges involving one’s relationships, occupation, finances, and several other domains. Sharing one’s experiences ...

Digital Art and Design: An Introduction

Author(s): John Antoine Labadie, Margie Beth Labadie

The innovative electronic textbook Digital Art and Design: An Introduction is written at an introductory level and provides readers with factually correct information about wide-ranging subject areas directly related to digital art and design. This text provides a clear and thorough introduction to ...

Humor and Message Production

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Sample If laughter is the best medicine, then we ought to devote as much attention to the doctors and pharmacists of wit as we do to the ailments that give rise to the prescription. Interest in the sense of humor is longstanding, and investigations vis-à-vis the field of communication are no exce...

Cases and Materials on Direct Democracy in California

Author(s): Chris Micheli

When I first contemplated a casebook focused on California’s legislative branch of government, I considered a section dedicated to the forms of direct democracy found in the state. However, as I explored the topic further, and I read dozens of cases, I realized that a casebook could be focused just ...