2,191 research outputs found
Stacy Smith at Skyline
No full textBlack and white photograph of Stacy Smith at Skyline Ski Area (as Pebble Creek was known until 1979). Smith died in 1967
Gender Stratified Monopoly: Why Do I Earn Less and Pay More?
No full textCitation: Smith, Stacy L. 2017. “Gender Stratified Monopoly: Why Do I Earn Less and Pay More?”
Teaching Sociology 45(2):168-76.A modified version of Monopoly has long been used as a simulation exercise to teach inequality. Versions of Modified Monopoly (MM) have touched on minority status relative to inequality but without an exploration of the complex interaction between minority status and class. This article introduces Gender Stratified Monopoly (GSM), an adaptation that can be added to existing versions of MM as a step toward such a conversation. I draw on written student reflections and observations from five test courses over two years to demonstrate the effectiveness of GSM. Data indicate student recognition of the female status as more economically challenging and less “fair” relative to the male status, with real-world consequences
Stacy Lewis' Graduate Recital
No full textOriginal Format: CassetteComposers in the first graduate recital: William L. Cahn; J. S. Bach; Yvar Mikhashoff; W. A. MozartComposers in the second graduate recital: Johann Nepomuk Hummel; Philip Gaubert; Friedrich Kuhlau; Paul HindemithFirst Recital: FluteSecond Recital: Flut
Beta-Stacy survival regression models
No full textThis paper introduces a class of survival models for discrete time-to-event data with random right censoring. Flexible distributions for the
survival times are constructed by modelling the random survival functions as discrete-time beta-Stacy processes (DBS) and by introducing
the regression effects via their prior means. Identifiability is attained
by defining the DBS precision parameters as appropriate functions of
the regression coefficients. By the conjugacy of the beta-Stacy process
with respect to random right censoring, marginal posterior inferences
for all model parameters can be efficiently approximated using the
standard Gibbs sampler. The latter also yields a Monte Carlo approximation for the predictive distributions of the survival probabilities for
future covariate profiles. We provide three clinical applications of the
DBS survival regression framework comparing its estimates with those
of parametric, semiparametric and non-parametric survival models
Native Narratives and Settler-Colonia Contention with Stacy Wells
No full textIn the eighth episode of In the MIDst, Jennifer Slagus and Josh Palange interview Choctaw author Stacy Wells about her experiences. Together, they discuss critical issues, including the growing trend of book banning in schools and libraries, particularly targeting works by and about marginalized communities. They stress the importance of promoting diversity and inclusivity in children\u27s literature, challenging historical narratives, and questioning authority to combat censorship and foster a more inclusive environment. Stacy Wells emphasizes the value of accurate representation and authentic storytelling of Indigenous cultures in media, highlighting the need for diverse, joyful narratives in children\u27s literature and the significance of preserving traditional elements in modern fashion design
Ep. #039 - Stacy Alaimo
No full textThis recording and transcript form part of a collection of podcasts conducted by the Cultures of Energy at Rice University. Cultures of Energy brings writers, artists and scholars together to talk, think and feel their way into the Anthropocene. We cover serious issues like climate change, species extinction and energy transition. But we also try to confront seemingly huge and insurmountable problems with insight, creativity and laughter.Cymene and Dominic say hello from Copenhagen and muse about the humanities’ expanding color spectrum. We then welcome (12:12) to the podcast the fabulous Stacy Alaimo, Professor of English at the University of Texas-Arlington and author of the celebrated Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self (Indiana U, 2010). We discuss her new book, Exposed: Environmental Politics and Pleasures in Posthuman Times (U Minnesota 2016), in light of her thinking about trans-corporeality and ethics in the Anthropocene. Stacy shares her concerns that an abstract sense of species identity and pride is too often smuggled into the Anthropocene concept and explains why she thinks material feminism and feminist science studies have become such important resources for understanding our present condition. We discuss why the turn toward materiality and material agency demands that we engage science in new ways. We talk about the unruly agency of xenobiotic chemicals, deep sea creatures, epigenetics, and how to remake human sprawl to take other creaturely interests into account. Stacy explains that she is not in the hope business but that she does support ecodelics—the mind altering exercise of trying to imagine and feel the Anthropocene from nonhuman perspectives. Stacy’s German Shepherd, Felix, kindly helps us grasp this last point and he shares his thoughts on squirrel metonymy and his unease when the postman cometh. The lesson of the Anthropocene? There is no someplace else. So be present for all the species in your ecology, dear friends
Plaque taken from the Old Stacy Bridge, Coleman & McCulloch County
No full textPlaque taken from the Old Stacy Bridge, Coleman County. "Built by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. Hess and Skinner Agts. Leavenworth Kansas. McCulloch County Judge Harvey Walker, McCulloch County Commissioners Joe Williams, J. J. Armor, J.L. Smith, H. E. McBride, W. S. Dickenson, J. R. Gault, J. P. Sheridan. Coleman County Judge T. J. White, Coleman County Commissioners Jno. R. Havens, S.H. Brown, J. M. Parker, D. T. Chllis. Taken from Old Stacy Bridge 1962.
Portland author and activist Stacy Mitchell focuses on big-box chain retailers i
No full textPortland author and activist Stacy Mitchell focuses on big-box chain retailers in her second book, Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America\u27s Independent Businesses, published by Beacon Press. Mitchell examines the influence of the big-box retailers on domestic and global economies, as well as the grassroots efforts to fight them. With an excerpt from Big-Box Swindle, and a map showing chain stores in Maine. Stacy Mitchell reads from Big-Box Swindle at the Market House in Portland, on November 18
Understanding metaphors, irony and sarcasm in high functioning children with autism spectrum disorders : its relationship to theory of mind
No full textChildren with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have differential problems with pragmatic aspects of language. Past research has reported that children with ASD tend to interpret metaphors, ironic statements, and other figurative language literally and so systematically misinterpret those forms when asked what they mean. The studies suggest that impairments in the children\u27s reading of communicative intentions as part of their general problems with mind-reading (theory of mind (ToM)) underlie these difficulties. However, few studies have tested theory of mind understanding and non-literal language interpretation in the same children, and those studies have typically used very few types or examples of metaphors and ironic language, and tested understanding by a narrow range of behaviors (typically asking the children for explanations of the meanings). The present study looked at 45 participants aged between 9 and 18, grouped on the basis of diagnostic category: Group 1 HFA or PDD-NOS (N= 18), Group 2 Asperger Syndrome (N= 13), Group 3 Typically Developing (N=14). They were tested on their understanding of metaphor and irony in relation to their ToM reasoning. The participants were given non-literal language tasks and a ToM task. It was hypothesized that the TD groups would perform better than the ASD groups in the tasks. Data revealed no statistical differences between the group with AS and the TD group on any of the measures: ToM, metaphor understanding, or irony judgments and explanations. Both groups were essentially at ceiling on those tasks. In contrast, the children with HFA and PDD-NOS were significantly impaired relative to each of the other groups on ToM, metaphor picture choice and explanation, and irony judgment and interpretation. The performance of the participants with HFA/PDD-NOS on the metaphor and irony understanding tasks were strongly predicted by their ToM scores, even when age and non-verbal IQ were partialled out. The failure to find differences between the AS group and the TD control group was explained in terms of the high verbal skills and verbal IQ of the AS participants. Previous work has shown that individuals with AS use their language understanding to solve belief reasoning tasks, even when they continue to show deficits in more spontaneous social cognition. The study confirms the importance of ToM understanding for development of the pragmatic communication skills in individuals with autism
Mythical creatures: the gothic/romantic evolution of the pained female rape victim
No full textRape myths have almost always had a place in literature. Yet, Gothic/Romantic works depicted new and shocking images of the female rape victim, with a particular emphasis on pain. Works like Matthew Lewis’ The Monk and Percy Shelley’s The Cenci break the stereotypical myths written about rape victims in works like Henry Fielding’s Rape upon Rape and Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa. The transition from 18th century literature into Gothic/Romantic literature marked an evolution in sensibility, which led the reader to feel a stronger sense of sympathy for women and the rape victim by focusing on pain. Works that represented rape as humorous or harmless may have been provoked by socioeconomic changes, while works that showed the myths about rape to be fallacious advanced those same socioeconomic changes.M.A.Includes bibliographical referencesby Stacy Afflec
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