To Raise Up a Nation: John Brown, Fredrick Douglass, and the Making of a Free Country

The Important Relationship Between John Brown and Frederick Douglass William S. King’s book, To Raise Up a Nation: John Brown, Frederick Douglass and the Making of a Free Country, seeks to track the critical relationship between John Brown, Frederick Douglass and their impact...

The Winter Family

Bringing to Life War’s Brutality Clifford Jackman’s new novel The Winter Family is a chilling mixture of tension, irony, beauty, terror, and brutality. His work calls to mind the historical fiction of John Williams, Tom Franklin, and Peter Matthiessen. Jackman’s mostly spar...

Learning from Exemplary Service Providers

Twelve exemplary service providers from the most highly-acclaimed resorts discussed and demonstrated how they deliver award-winning service. Three emergent themes offer insights to improve service quality: emotional generosity, exemplary communication, and effective interactions of culture, tradition and control. These themes support current literature on human resource development and service quality

A Historical Perspective of Employee Engagement: An Emerging Definition

This paper explores the development of employee engagement through a historical perspective lens. Using a structured literature review, seminal works are identified and reviewed. A working definition is proposed

Are Maine Voters Ready for Drug Policy Reform? Findings from a Statewide Survey

Maine is in the midst of an unprecedented overdose crisis, which has sparked debate about the appropriate policy response to increasing prevalence of substance use disorder in our communities. This article draws upon a statewide survey to better understand the policy attitudes of Maine voters toward drug policy reform, specifically restructured drug laws, strengthened pathways to recovery, and improved strategies for harm reduction and preventing overdose deaths. Our results suggest that political rhetoric and policy positions rooted in stigmatization and criminalization of those with substance use disorder are increasingly at odds with the perspectives of Maine citizens. Maine’s unique ideological landscape, voters’ rebuke of criminally focused policy approaches in 2022, and the severity with which Mainers have been affected by substance use can be the basis for a bold set of policy reforms

Investigating Race and Ethnicity on Data Collection and Analysis

This paper details the research methods an introductory qualitative research class used to both study an issue related to race and identity, and to familiarize themselves with data collection strategies. Throughout the paper the authors attempt to capture the challenges, disagreements, and consensus building that marked this unusual research endeavor

Report for the NGFA-5 project.

The objective of this project is to provide DHS a comprehensive evaluation of the current genomic technologies including genotyping, TaqMan PCR, multiple locus variable tandem repeat analysis (MLVA), microarray and high-throughput DNA sequencing in the analysis of biothreat agents from complex environmental samples. To effectively compare the sensitivity and specificity of the different genomic technologies, we used SNP TaqMan PCR, MLVA, microarray and high-throughput illumine and 454 sequencing to test various strains from B. anthracis, B. thuringiensis, BioWatch aerosol filter extracts or soil samples that were spiked with B. anthracis, and samples that were previously collected during DHS and EPA environmental release exercises that were known to contain B. thuringiensis spores. The results of all the samples against the various assays are discussed in this report