Browsing Hightower Symposium Posters by Issue Date

The Ties that Bind: An Inquiry in the Perseverance of Farming, Fiber Arts and Rural Ways of Life in the Face of Suburbanization

Webster, Blythe (2002)

As we progress into the next millennia it is worthwhile to note the direction our society is moving in; looking to trends in the past century can help illuminate the decades to come, but can also influence decisions about ...

Expanding Freedoms: Applying Amartya Sen’s theory of “Development as Freedom” to poor urban women in Oaxaca, Mexico

Kinziger, Claire E. (2002)

In recent years, much attention has been given to the situation of the world’s women, especially to those who live in underdeveloped countries. Issues of inequality, whether they are in the areas of health, education, ...

The Hmong, the Environment, and the Question of the ‘Other’: A Study of the Conflict in Nan Province, Thailand

Thompson, Kim (2002)

The current economic paradigm of development and globalization has irreversibly effected the natural environment. The environment in developing nations is being disproportionately compromised as a result of population ...

Still Breaking Bread: A Study of Traditional Catholicism in Beverly and Evergreen Park, IL

Bowman, Marietta (2002)

Within Evergreen Park and Beverly, there are six Catholic Churches, nine Catholic schools, and one Catholic hospital, which provide the basic physical and spiritual needs for its residents, most of whom (not surprisingly) ...

The Midwest Water Division: An Ethnographic Study of Organizational Behavior and Its Effects on Employee Retention

Siegel, Emily (2002)

Businesses that fail to nurture their employees not only as workers, but also as people will lose their employees to organizations who do fulfill their personal and professional needs. The shift in organizational culture ...

Preschool Children’s Play: The Reflection of Racial Attitudes and Preferences

Joseph, Leslie C. (2002)

Cultural diversity is an integral part of our society, and therefore it is important that we understand how racial attitudes develop. By the age of three, young children can recognize racial cues, which signifies that ...

Opus One: An Analysis of the Work Environment

Basta, Jeffrey (2002)

In the late 1980’s, Jim Kokas and his father set out to provide the people of the Metropolitan Detroit area with a blend of French-cosmopolitan cuisine, the ensuing result, Opus One. Named after a popular wine, Opus One ...

Indians in Cyberspace: How Authorship Affects Both Similarities and Differences Among Websites Dealing with Human Rights Issues of the Indigenous People of Latin America.

Swinsick, Justin (2002)

1. Indigenous NGO’s: Those sites and groups that are run specifically by those people who would be considered descendents of the original inhabitants of Latin America. Examples include the Defensoria Maya and the ...

Quakerism and the Social Construction of Reality: Variations on Universe Maintenance

Cox, Rachel (2002)

In contemporary America, the established military government system inherently involves violence and capitalist exploitation of other human beings. In this system, American Quaker lives are in a practically constant state ...

Psychological Contracts: Understanding Ideological Exchange and Currencies Using Semi-Structured Interviews with Cincinnati Zoo Employees

Bolla, Cori (2002)

Contracts exist everywhere in the world. They are by no means exclusive to organizations. For example, when you borrow $5 from a friend and make a promise to pay her back in a week, there is a verbal contract between the ...

Bridging The Gap: Using Survey Research to Develop the Archaeological Site of Monte Alban

Jones, Patrick R. (2002)

Public archaeology and museums helps bridge the gap between cultures and plays an important role in the development of communities. It is this attempt to bridge the gap that justifies the importance of developing museums ...

Health Care Inflation in the United States and the Solutions Adopted to Combat Increased Costs by the Employer Market

Phenicie, Nathan C. (2002)

Through the 1990’s health care costs remained at a stagnant level in the United States. The introduction of health maintenance organizations during this time kept costs at a constant level. Beginning in the late 1990’s ...

The Situation of Christianity in Japan ~ Why has Christianity failed to catch on in Japan?

Yasui, Takashi (2002)

As one of the developed countries in the world, Japan shares similar cultural aspects with the U.S. For instance, the contemporary Japanese cities are filled with fast food restaurants, and it is very common to see ...

A Model of Successful Chicano Scholarship Recipients on a Predominately White College Campus

Klomp, Rachel Estelle (2002)

Cultural Aspects of Chicano Community 1. Importance of Family • Support Networks For: Emotional Support (Uttal, 1999) For: Socioeconomic Marginality (Padilla, 1993) • Tend to have larger families than other groups, ...

The Social Deconstruction of a Paradox: Using Social Theory to Succeed within a Niche Market.

Letzmann, Andrea (2002)

When a new business tries to introduce a combination of ideas that seem conflicting, deconstructing the social meaning of those concepts is necessary to the ultimate goal of creating a more full public understanding. ...

Living The Experience: Exploring the Drug Subculture Using Social Constructionist Theory

Czarnecki, Amanda (2002)

SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM is a theory that was composed by sociologists Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann in 1966. Essentially, the theory sought to explain how people construct the idea of what reality is in order to ...

Assertive Community Treatment and the Shift Towards Dialectical Behavior Therapy: As Valuable for Practitioners as for Clients?

Boerman, Krista (2002)

Not until recently have individuals with severe mental illnesses sought treatment outside the traditional means of inpatient wards and psychiatric hospitals. Fortunately, the expanse of resources now available encompasses ...