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Adolescent body dissatisfaction and the media
No full textIn this paper, an examination of the correlation between the use of sexual images in advertising and feelings of discontent with body image in adolescent girls will take place. It is this author’s opinion that the over-use of sexual images in advertising negatively effects how young girls perceive their bodies. This author’s research question examined whether the increased use of sex as an advertising tool is associated with the way that an adolescent girl perceives her own body. A literature search was also completed in which it was found that there is significant evidence to support this author’s claim. A broad internet search was done to obtain the most common keywords, and then a more in-depth search was done to find appropriate articles.M.A.L.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Lisa M. Forber
Who Are Athletic Advisors? State of the Profession
Full text linkCitation: Lisa M. Rubin (2017) Who Are Athletic Advisors? State of the Profession. NACADA Journal: 2017, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 37-50.The field of athletic advising has existed since the 1970s. In the early 1990s, the National Collegiate Athletic Association mandated that higher education institutions provide academic support for student-athletes. Few researchers have identified those serving as athletic advisors, so the literature features little data on advisor demographics, training, education, and work responsibilities. Therefore, the background and experiences of 277 members of the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics, who responded to a survey, were explored. Specifically, athletic advisor educational and training background, burnout levels, meaning of the profession as participants describe it, advice for prospective advisors, and the knowledge they wish they had gained before entering the field are addressed. Dramaturgy was utilized as a framework for analyzing this research
Keynote Speaker: Lisa M. Fairfax
No full textLisa M. Fairfax is the Leroy Sorenson Merrifield Research Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School. Professor Fairfax is the Director of the GW Corporate Law and Governance Initiative. She teaches courses in the business area including Corporations, a Securities Law Seminar, and Contracts II. Professor Fairfax’s scholarly interests include corporate governance matters, fiduciary obligations, board diversity, shareholder activism, affinity fraud, and securities fraud. In addition to her many law review articles, Professor Fairfax has authored a book entitled, “Shareholder Democracy: A Primer on Shareholder Activism and Participation.” Professor Fairfax also has written several book chapters on board independence.
Professor Fairfax is a member of the Investor Advisory Committee of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She is also a member of the SEC Historical Society Board of Advisors and the BYU Law School Board of Advisors. Professor Fairfax serves as Co-Director of the DirectWomen Board Institute, which promotes board diversity by identifying and supporting qualified women attorneys to serve as board candidates. In 2015, Professor Fairfax was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Professor Fairfax is a former member of the Committee on Corporate Laws of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, which has jurisdiction over the Model Business Corporation Act. Professor Fairfax is a former chair of the Securities Regulation Section of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) and a former chair of the Business Associations Section of the AALS.
Professor Fairfax is a former member of the National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) of the Financial Industry Regulation Authority (FINRA), where she served as chair of its subcommittee on waivers. Professor Fairfax is also a former member of the NASDAQ Market Regulation Committee of FINRA.
Prior to joining the GW law faculty, Professor Fairfax was a Professor of Law and Director of the Business Law Program at the University of Maryland School of Law, and was voted “Teacher of the Year” by the Maryland law school students. Before entering academia, Professor Fairfax practiced corporate and securities law with the law firm of Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston and the District of Columbia. Her practice included venture capital transactions, public offerings, private placements, and mergers and acquisitions. Professor Fairfax graduated from Harvard Law School and Harvard College with honors.
Professor Fairfax is introduced by Brant J. Hellwig, Dean of the Washington and Lee University School of Law and Professor of Law
Fifty Years of the Philosophy and Medicine Book Series
No full textThe Philosophy and Medicine series was conceived by H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. and Stuart F. Spicker in 1975 to contribute to the growing discussions of ethical and philosophical issues in the practice of medicine. Their identification of this series of problems as the focus for a book series was prescient. The ethical and philosophical issues in the practice of medicine have not diminished over time. New issues emerge and old issues need to be reconsidered. Over the last 50 years more than 150 books have been published in the series. This celebratory volume edited by the current series editors Lisa M. Rasmussen and Søren Holm looks back at the history of the series and forwards towards the new frontiers of philosophy and medicine.</p
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