Emancipating the Slaves to Neoclassical Economics

This short article responds in part to George DeMartino\u27s Enslaved to Fashion: Corporations, Consumers, and the Campaign for Worker Rights in the Global Economy (HRHW, Volume 1, Issue 2), which reviewed Schoenberger\u27s Levi\u27s Children: Coming to Terms with Human Rights in Global Marketplace. This article originally appeared in the SAIS Review 22:1 (2002): 81-85, © The Johns Hopkins University Press. Reproduced with permission of The Johns Hopkins University Press

Commercial Mycorrhizal Inoculation of Non-Sterile Field Soil Does Not Enhance Colonization or Reduce Nitrate Leaching

A short-term microcosm experiment was conducted to investigate whether inoculation of corn plants with commercial mycorrhizal fungus can reduce nitrate leaching from soil. Nitrate leaching presents issues for agricultural yields and crop nutrition as well as for nutrient cycling and ecological stability. Mycorrhizal fungi form a mutually beneficial symbiosis with most terrestrial plants wherein the fungus provides nutrients for the plant and receives organic compounds in return. This symbiosis can increase plant nutrient uptake from soil and may be useful for ecological remediation of nitrogen pollution

The role of mentoring in the advancement of women in coaching

In the 43 years since the implementation of Title IX, the number of women participating in sport at the college level has grown from 16,000 to 200,000 athletes (Acosta & Carpenter, 2014). Despite this increase in participation, the proportion of women’s teams coached by a female head coach has dropped from more than 90% in 1972 down to 43.4% in 2014 (Acosta & Carpenter, 2014). A number of reasons contribute to this decline. Sport historically served a social purpose for males and reinforced the notion of heteronormativity (Griffin, 1998). Additionally, unclear career paths, a lack of formal hiring practices in coaching, a lack of role models, unequal compensation (Drago, Henninghausen, Rogers, Vesciao, & Stauffer, 2005), and discriminatory practices (Hemphill & Symons, 2009; Knight & Giuliano, 2003; Muir & Saltz, 2004) all contribute to the barriers facing women who might enter the coaching profession. Mentoring has been shown to promote the advancement of women in other professions and is therefore a viable option for women in sport (Tharenou, 2005). This study examined the lived experiences of women in coaching. Specifically, eight head coaches, five assistant coaches, and two administrators from one institution were interviewed, describing their path into athletics and their experiences over time. Using the constant comparative method, four themes emerged: the developmental pathway, gender inequity, attaining balance, and the supporting cast. The results of this study identify the importance of mentoring to promote growth for women in sport and expand the literature by focusing not on what has driven women out, but on the tools used to make working and remaining in athletics a rewarding choice

Methodology for Quantifying Antibiotic Production of Streptomyces Bacteria in Soil around Oat Plant Roots

Soil bacteria of the genus Streptomyces living in the soil surrounding plant roots can produce antibiotics that inhibit growth of other soil bacteria and fungi. These antibiotics may provide an economical, pesticide-free method of plant disease control in agricultural soils, so understanding what conditions create microbial communities with high levels of antibiotic production is important for sustainable agriculture. In order to effectively test how plants affect Streptomyces antibiotic production, a pilot study is necessary to determine methods and timing for collecting Streptomyces from plant root zone soil. This work will inform methodology for a short-term greenhouse experiment in summer 2023 to measure effects of nitrogen fertilizer and pH on Streptomyces abundance and antibiotic production in the plant root zone. Oat (Avena sativa) seedlings will be grown in pots of local field soil. We will test different mixtures of field soil with perlite, vermiculite, and/or sand. We will collect soil clinging to plant roots and non-root zone soil at several time points between 5 and 10 weeks after oat planting. Streptomyces will be isolated from soil samples, and their abundance and antibiotic production will be measured. The stage of plant growth at which the difference in Streptomyces abundance and antibiotic production is highest between root zone and non-root zone soil will serve as the time of harvest for a summer 2023 experiment.https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/urs_2023/1001/thumbnail.jp

Cultivating the arts of peace: English Georgic poetry from Marvell to Thomson

Virgil's Georgics portray peace and war as disparate states derived from the same fundamental materials. Adopting a didactic tone, the poet uses the language of farming to confront questions about the making of lasting peace in the wake of the Roman civil wars. Rife with subjunctive constructions, the Georgics place no hope in the easily realized peace of a golden age; instead, they teach us that peace must be sowed, tended, reaped, and replanted, year after year. Despite this profound engagement with the consequences of civil war, however, the Georgics have not often been studied in relation to English writers working after the civil wars of the 1640s. I propose that we can better understand poems by Andrew Marvell, John Dryden, Anne Finch, and John Philips--all of whom grappled with the ramifications of war--by reading their work in relation to the georgic peace of Virgil's poem. In distinct ways, these poets question the dominant myth of a renewed golden age; instead, they model peace as a stable yet contingent condition constructed from chaotic materials, and therefore in need of perpetual maintenance. This project contributes to existing debates on genre, classical translation, the relationships between early modern poetry and politics, and most importantly, poetic representations of political and social peace. Recent work has argued for the georgic as a flexible mode rather than a formal genre, yet scholars remain primarily interested in its relation to questions of British national identity, agricultural reform movements, and the production of knowledge in the middle and later decades of the eighteenth century. I argue, however, for the relevance of the georgic to earlier poems written in response to the consequences of the English civil wars. The dissertation includes chapters devoted separately to Marvell, Finch, and Dryden, and concludes with a chapter on how their dynamic conceptions of georgic peace both inform and conflict with aspects of the popular eighteenth-century genre of imitative georgic poetry initiated by Philips and brought to its height by James Thomson.2017-05-01T00:00:00

Elite interviewing in professional organizations

Interviewing elites presents distinctive methodological challenges, which are exacerbated when interviewing elite professionals. These individuals (i.e. senior professionals and professionals in elite professional organizations) are typically relatively powerful, highly educated, and self-assured, and work in organizations which guard their external image very carefully. Over the past 25 years I have interviewed many hundreds of senior professionals in elite professional organizations. For this article, I have reflected on my experiences and have asked senior professionals to reflect on their own experience of research interviews. Bringing together insights of both interviewees and interviewers, this article provides an opportunity for researchers to reflect upon and improve their professional practice when conducting elite interviews