6,452 research outputs found
0489: Warren Walter Wooden Papers
No full textMarshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, English professor, scholar, author. Papers consist of correspondence and manuscripts of articles, papers read at conferences, and teaching papers
0044: George Wallace Letters to M. P. Shawkey, 1935
No full textHuntington, West Virginia, attorney and author. Letters to Morris Shawkey, president of Marshall College, concern the early history of the school
0333: Ann Cutler Papers, 1922-1978
No full textFree-lance writer, author of The Trachtenberg Method of Mathematics and Four Minutes of Live ; Marshall College Aluma, 1924. Papers consist of copies of articles from newspapers and magazines, galleries, correspondence, contracts, copies of books authored, diplomas, scrapbooks
0436: Dr. Sam Clagg Papers, 1958-1986
No full textMarshall University professor of Geography, faculty leader, former acting president, author, cartographer. Papers include material from Dr. Clagg\u27s service on Board of Regents advisory council of faculty, chairman of the faculty governance system and council of chairmen; drafts of several books and dissertation
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and the question of cumulative culture: an experimental approach
No full textThere is increasing evidence for cultural variations in behaviour among non-human species, but human societies additionally display elaborate cumulative cultural evolution, with successive generations building on earlier achievements. Evidence for cumulative culture in non-human species remains minimal and controversial. Relevant experiments are also lacking. Here we present a first experiment designed to examine chimpanzees' capacity for cumulative social learning. Eleven young chimpanzees were presented with a foraging device, which afforded both a relatively simple and a more complex tool-use technique for extracting honey. The more complex 'probing' technique incorporated the core actions of the simpler 'dipping' one and was also much more productive. In a baseline, exploration condition only two subjects discovered the dipping technique and a solitary instance of probing occurred. Demonstrations of dipping by a familiar human were followed by acquisition of this technique by the five subjects aged three years or above, whilst younger subjects showed a significant increase only in the elements of the dipping technique. By contrast, subsequent demonstrations of the probing task were not followed by acquisition of this more productive technique. Subjects stuck to their habitual dipping method despite an escalating series of demonstrations eventually exceeding 200. Supplementary tests showed this technique is within the capability of chimpanzees of this age. We therefore tentatively conclude that young chimpanzees exhibit a tendency to become 'stuck' on a technique they initially learn, inhibiting cumulative social learning and possibly constraining the species' capacity for cumulative cultural evolution
0530: Robert L. Archer Papers, 1871-1896
No full textThis collection is composed of copies of Robert L. Archer’s manuscript titled “Chronicles of Early Huntington, 1871-1896” as well as materials related to it. The manuscript covers the history of Huntington during the time through vignettes featuring the C&O Railroad, other industry and transportation, and more. Also included is a short manuscript titled “Making the Constitution Safe for Democracy (Marbury vs. Madison)” which begins with the midnight appointment of John Marshall to the Supreme Court. Also included in the collection are notations by Doris C. Miller, author of “A Centennial History of Huntington, West Virginia, 1871-1971” that were found in Archer’s “Chronicles…
[Author Visits Marshall Public Library]
No full textThis author visited Marshall Public Library to talk about his books. He followed with a signing. He is unidentified
Social looking in the domestic dog
No full textThe study of dog social cognition is relatively recent and is rapidly
developing, providing an interesting and multi-faceted picture of our ‘‘best
friend’s’’ sociocognitive abilities. In particular, since Miklósi et al.’s (2003)seminal work ‘‘A simple reason for a big difference: wolves do not look back at humans, but dogs do’’, there has been a surge of interest in the area of dog–human communication. In the current chapter we focus on dogs’ comprehension of the human gaze and their ability to use human-directed-gazing as a communicative tool. We first review studies on the social significance of human eye contact for dogs, their understanding of eyes as indicators of attention, and their ability to take another’s visual perspective into account. We also consider dogs’ understanding of human eye-gaze as a communicative act, in terms of its potentially referential
nature and as an ostensive cue signalling the communicative intent of the actor.
We then move on to review studies on dogs’ human-directed gazing behaviour,
discussing whether it may be considered part of an intentional and referential
communicative act, what the underlying motivations and contexts in which this
behaviour is exhibited may be, and what variables affect its occurrence. Where
open questions remains, we outline current debates and highlight potential
directions for future research
[Author Signs Books at Marshall Public Library]
No full textA visiting author, unidentified, autographs his books at Marshall Public Library after speaking to an interested group about his writing
Juvenile and Adult Criminal Justice System
No full textLt Col Kenneth L. Hale, Sr. (Retired) served as the Labor Relations and State Equal Employment Manager for the entire West Virginia National Guard, Charleston, West Virginia. Lt Col Hale has also worked at the West Virginia Governor\u27s Office of Community and Industrial Development/Employment and Training Division. After earning credits at Marshall University, he graduated from West Virginia State University in 1984. Lt Col Hale is the father of seven and the grandfather of fourteen.
C. Damien Arthur is an Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Policy at Marshall University, in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration. He completed a Ph.D. in Political Science at West Virginia University and an M.P.A. in Public Administration as well as an M.T.S. in Religion, Culture, and Personality at Boston University’s School of Theology. Damien’s research has focused upon leadership, primarily, presidential rhetorical leadership in relation to salient policies such as economics, institutions, and immigration. He is author of “Economic Actors, Economic Behaviors, and Presidential Leadership: The Constrained Effects of Rhetoric” and “Debating Immigration in the Age of Terrorism, Polarization, & Trump” with Joshua Woods. He has published refereed journal articles in Presidential Studies Quarterly, White House Studies, and Sociological Spectrum. He is currently writing the definitive biography of Senator Robert C. Byrd.
Mr. Denny Dodson, Deputy Director, West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services
Ms. Cheryl Henderson is an attorney and practices law with the firm Henderson, Henderson & Staples, L.C. In addition to her legal practice she has served as Huntington Municipal Court Judge since February, 2015. Ms. Henderson received her B.A. in English from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, and then her J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law in 1980. Ms. Henderson worked as a trademark attorney in the Trademark Office at the Department of Commerce in Washington D.C. for two (2) years before returning home to West Virginia. Henderson was appointed to the West Virginia Board of Medicine as one of three (3) lay members by Governor Joe Manchin, III, in November, 2010 and served until October, 2017. She has a son, Justin Lee Henderson.
Ms. Cindy Largent-Hill, Director, West Virginia Juvenile Justice Commission
Dr. Peggy Proudfoot Harman is an Associate Professor, Director of the Marshall University Master Social Work (MSW) program, and has been working in the field of Social Work since 1976 after earning an Associate\u27s Degree as a Social Service Aide from Davis and Elkins College. Dr. Harman’s first job was with the West Virginia Department of Welfare, now known as the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR). Dr. Harman went on to earn a BFA in Theatre from West Virginia University, an MSW from West Virginia University, and a Ph.D. in Social Work from the University of Louisville Kent School of Social Work. Dr. Harman has worked in child welfare, juvenile justice, developmental disabilities, mental health, substance abuse treatment, and as a forensic social worker, investigating and mitigating death sentences of death row inmates for the Federal Public Defender, 3rd Circuit, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
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