257 research outputs found
Loretta Hall
No full textLoretta Hall is an Albuquerque-based freelance writer specializing in science and engineering topics. She is the author of six nonfiction books. The most recent one, Space Pioneers: In Their Own Words, consists of annotated excerpts from oral history interviews of ninety men and women who were involved in various national and international space programs from 1945 through the space shuttle era. Her 2011 book, Out of this World: New Mexico’s Contributions to Space Travel, won six regional and national awards. She is a member of the National Space Society and the National Federation of Press Women.https://commons.erau.edu/stm-images/1004/thumbnail.jp
Embodiment: a key to social workers' wellbeing and attainment of social justice
No full text[Extract] Social work is not an easy occupation in which to participate—whether as a service user, practitioner, or service administrator. By its very nature, all actors are likely to experience uncomfortable physical sensations, difficult emotions, mental stresses, and moral challenges. While not a panacea to combat the impact of the complex issues experienced during a social work encounter, research has established that the body is not only necessary to navigate social difference and oppression, but also crucial to social workers’ wellbeing and the attainment of social justice (Cameron & McDermott, 2007; Johnson, 2015; Mensinga, 2017; Pyles, 2018). Embodiment is key to this process
Dr. Robert Threatt, Interviewed by Loretta Parham, September 24, 2012
No full textVideo interviews with a complementing monograph providing reflections of former presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities discussing leadership, mission, challenges, successes, and issues of race and education. Interviewer: Loretta Parham, CEO & Library Director, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. Interviewee: Dr. Robert Threatt, President, Morris Brown College 1973-1991
Economic Well-Being and Intimate Partner Violence: New Findings about the Informal Economy
No full textThe purpose of this research was to explore the relationship between intimatep artnerv iolence (IPV) and women\u27s participationin the informal economy (both legal and illegal) and their impact on economic well-being. This research was part of a National Institute of Justice (NIJ) study that was concerned with women\u27s survival of childhood and adult abuse. For the 285 women that were in this sample, there were positive, medium correlations between IPV and various types of informal economic activity. Illegal informal economic activity, institutionalized informal economic activity, incarceration and physical abuse negatively impacted women\u27s economic well-being
Dr. Joseph B. Johnson, Interviewed by Loretta Parham, September 17, 2012
No full textVideo interviews with a complementing monograph providing reflections of former presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities discussing leadership, mission, challenges, successes, and issues of race and education. Interviewer: Loretta Parham, CEO & Library Director, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. Interviewee: Dr. Joseph B. Johnson, President, Grambling State University 1997-1991; President, Talladega College 1991-1998
Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, Interviewed by Loretta Parham, June 14, 2012
No full textVideo interviews with a complementing monograph providing reflections of former presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities discussing leadership, mission, challenges, successes, and issues of race and education. Interviewer: Loretta Parham, CEO & Library Director, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. Interviewee: Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, President, Spelman College 1987-1997; President, Bennett College 2002-2007
Dr. Barbara R. Hatton, Interviewed by Loretta Parham, September 24, 2012
No full textVideo interviews with a complementing monograph providing reflections of former presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities discussing leadership, mission, challenges, successes, and issues of race and education. Interviewer: Loretta Parham, CEO & Library Director, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. Interviewee: Dr. Barbara R. Hatton, President, South Carolina State University 1992-1995; President, Knoxville College 1997-2005
La scena trasformata. Adattamenti neoclassici di Shakespeare
No full textThe first Italian study thoroughly analyzing the phenomenon of transforming Shakespeare’s plays, which took place from the Restoration to the end of the eighteenth century. The aim of the adaptors was that of making the drama of the past “fit” for a new audience and a new theatre as well as of “amending” what was considered faulty in Shakespeare, according to the neoclassical aesthetics recently imported from France. The book considers both the different kinds of transformation the texts underwent, and the reasons for the revival of the original plays on the eighteenth-century English stage; a revival which was linked to the growing consecration of their author as the national poet
Dr. Robert M. Franklin Jr., Interviewed by Loretta Parham, August 18, 2012
No full textVideo interviews with a complementing monograph providing reflections of former presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities discussing leadership, mission, challenges, successes, and issues of race and education. Interviewer: Loretta Parham, CEO & Library Director, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. Interviewee: Dr. Robert M. Franklin Jr., President, Interdenominational Theological Center 1997-2002; President, Morehouse College 2007-2012
Dr. Thomas W. Cole Jr., Interviewed by Loretta Parham, August 19, 2012
No full textVideo interviews with a complementing monograph providing reflections of former presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities discussing leadership, mission, challenges, successes, and issues of race and education. Interviewer: Loretta Parham, CEO & Library Director, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. Interviewee: Dr. Thomas W.Cole Jr. President, West Virginia State College 1982-1986; President, Clark Atlanta University 1989-2002; Interim President, Interdenominational Theological Center 2009-2010
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