From Tomato Fields to Tourists: Hilton Head Island and Beaufort County, South Carolina, 1950-1983

Between 1950 and 1983, Hilton Head Island was transformed from a sleepy rural barrier island to a humming urban tourist destination. In the process, Hilton Head\u27s native black population which had originally dominated the island was ultimately both politically and economically marginalized. This study seeks to answer two questions: first, what are the ways in which blacks sought to retain political power in the face of massive demographic and economic change? and second, how successful were they? I examined three issues through which blacks at Hilton Head sought political empowerment. They are the question of land acquisition and use, the controversy over the location of a potentially polluting industry just upstream of Hilton Head, and the final incorporation of the town of Hilton Head Island itself. I concluded that although blacks were informed and active participants in the island\u27s political and economic life, the dramatic influx of whites with different economic profiles ultimately overwhelmed blacks through sheer numerical superiority

Modality effects and the relational dimension in the abstraction of memory schema : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University

This study investigated the nature of memory representations constructed from explicit and implied information about two different types of relationships between the objects or actors described in a set of ordered propositions. The propositions described a situation which referred to either an action sequence or to a set of spatial relationships and were presented to subjects in two forms, verbal and pictorial. Ten year old children were given a recognition memory task based on the paradigm used by Bransford, Barclay and Franks (1972). The results showed that subjects had difficulty in distinguishing old recognition items from new situation preserving propositions based on inferences derived from the acquisition sequence, but readily rejected those new propositions that were not consistent with the relationships described in the original premises. This was the case when the original premises were presented in either verbal or pictorial form, and when the relational term used referred to either action sequences or to spatial relationships. An analysis of the results for specific combinations of modality and relational term showed some variation in the general pattern of responses. The construction and integration of inferences into memory representation was facilitated when action sequences were presented in the verbal modality, and when spatial relationships were portrayed in the pictorial modality. Action verbs were found to be particularly sensitive to modality effects. The concept of 'abstraction' is discussed in the light of the results. It is suggested that this concept is not a unitary one, and that research concerned with the abstraction of memory schema refers to two different types of abstractive process. The distinction between paradigmatic and syntagmatic relationships, originally outlined in Sassure's (1916) study of linguistics, is proposed as a useful way to characterise these processes

Local and National Interests in Using Public Forests: Lessons from the Pacific Northwest[, Part] II

12 pages. Contains references

Assessing the Health of the Body Politic: Are the Cures Worse than the Disease?

7 pages. Contains footnotes

An Exploration of Emotional Intelligence and the Professional Competency of Academic Support Student Affairs Professionals

The present study investigated the relationship between the Emotional Intelligence of student affairs practitioners and their professional competency. 248 academic support professionals completed the Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQi 2.0) to measure their emotional intelligence. Using the competencies identified by the 2015 joint publication on student affairs competencies by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), participants provided a self-rating of their attainment of the ten professional competencies. Demographic data, years of experience in the field, educational background, and professional development opportunities were also measured. A hierarchical multiple regression was run for each of the professional competencies to create a predictive model. Emotional intelligence was found to be a significant predictor for eight of the ten professional competencies. While years of experience was significant for nearly all competencies, educational background was only a significant predictor for four competencies and professional development was not a significant predictor in any model. Notably, the Social Justice and Inclusion competency was the only predictor where years of experience was not significant nor were the other covariates. The only significant predictor of Social Justice and Inclusion competency attainment was the interpersonal emotional intelligence realm including empathy and social responsibility. This study provides implications for graduate preparation programs, professional development opportunities, professional associations, supervisors and university leaders, and human resources

Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers Using the Current Population Surveys

In this paper, we link industry-level data on offshoring activities of U.S. multinational firms, import penetration, and export shares with individual level worker data from the Current Population Surveys. We examine whether increasing globalization through offshoring or trade has led to reallocation of labor, both within and out of manufacturing, and measure its impact on the wages of domestic workers. We also control for the "routineness" of individual occupations. Our results suggest that (1) offshoring to high wage countries is positively correlated with U.S. manufacturing employment (2) offshoring to low wage countries is associated with U.S. employment declines (3) wages for workers who remain in manufacturing are generally positively affected by offshoring; in particular, we find that wages are positively associated with an increase in U.S. multinational employment in high income locations (4) much of the negative effects of globalization operate through downward pressure on wages of workers who leave manufacturing to take jobs in agriculture or services and (5) the downward pressure on aggregate U.S. wages operating through import competition has been quite important for some occupations. This effect has been overlooked because it operates across, not within, industries.

Estimating the impact of trade and offshoring on American workers using the current population surveys

The authors link industry-level data on trade and offshoring with individual-level worker data from the Current Population Surveys. They find that occupational exposure to globalization is associated with larger wage effects than industry exposure. This effect has been overlooked because it operates between rather than within sectors of the economy. The authors also find that globalization is associated with a reallocation of workers across sectors and occupations. They estimate wage losses of 2 to 4 percent among workers leaving manufacturing and 4 to 11 percent among workers who also switch occupations. These effects are most pronounced for workers who perform routine tasks.Labor Markets,Labor Policies,Economic Theory&Research,Emerging Markets,E-Business

Less ‘prestigious’ journals can contain more diverse research, by citing them we can shape a more just politics of citation.

Drawing on their recent analysis of journals in the field of Higher Education Studies, which shows that journals with lower impact rankings are more likely to feature research from diverse geographic and linguistic contexts, Shannon Mason and Margaret K. Merga argue that researchers should adopt more careful citation practices, as a means to broaden and contextualise what counts as ‘prestigious’ research and create a more equitable publishing environment for research outside of core anglophone countries