Professor Abrams chronicles the nineteenth century struggle for a special court to rehabilitate delinquent and dependent children and their families. The leaders were dedicated reformers- the "child savers" who sought ...

The EnVoz Alta project involved teaching journalism to approximately 230 fifth and sixth grade students in Siguatepeque, Honduras. The students learned reporting and writing techniques through a mixture of lecture, interactive ...

The eighth annual Cambio de Colores (Change of Colors) "Latinos in the Hearland" conference convened at the University of Missouri-St. Louis May 18-20 2009. This campus also hosted a Cambio de Colores conference five years ...

"Indian Library Scene as seen at the Dawn of Independence" is a study of libraries and librarianship in India. The study had many goals, including: to make an historical study of the origin, growth and development of ...

The following is a collection of papers written during a long period of more than four decades in the fields of Sanskrit literature, library science and Indo-American cultural cooperation. No attempt has been made to revise ...

To understand the state of Native American representation at both a regional and national level in print journalism this research applied a thematic analysis to the news and feature articles of the Oregonian and the New ...

Looking into the Black Zones: A Study of Life and Hope in Burma, examines the historical and personal effects of decades of civil war in Burma. Since the end of World War II, the assassination of Aung San, and the collapse ...

Media portrayals influence people's perception of reality, including cultural definitions of concepts like motherhood. Visual messages play a role in the construction of reality. In multimedia, the visual memory code serves ...

Women publish nearly four million blogs that fall under the genre known as Mommy Blogs: written by women, for women, primarily on the subjects of family life and parenting. Many Mommy Bloggers count readers in the thousands. ...

Critical editions prepared by Murari Lal Nagar and Sarla Devi Nagar of works by Raghunāth Varmā Udāsīna comprised of Sanskrit maxims.

Whether unconscious or not, a photographer's framing bias appears in every aspect of his or her work, from the conceptualization of a project to the documentation process. Does an acceptance and acknowledgement of photographers ...

Two contemporary documentary photographers based in the US were interviewed and asked about their approach to doing photo stories in foreign countries. They were questioned on various things that affect a story such as ...

In order to examine the Chinese government's strategies and stances reflected on its social media account during a social crisis, this research uses a content analysis of 391 Weibo posts from four official government ...

"Searching for Utopia" is a multimedia project about the Chautauqua gated community in western New York, which is perceived by people outside the gates as a utopian place. Through the use of multimedia I try to convey why ...

This proceedings is a compilation of the three Cambio de Colores conferences held between 2006 and 2008. In 2006, the theme "Latinos in Missouri: Beyond Borders" explored the extent to which the flow of people, goods and ...

OM, the sacred monosyllabic symbol of Parabrahma Param¡tman, is the pious and holy name of the Supreme Lord. It is cryptic, majestic, mighty, mystic, mysterious, sacred, sacrosanct, secret and transcendental by nature. It ...

Maharaja Sayajirao III, Gaikwad of Baroda (1863-1939) was inspired by the progress of American public libraries during his visits to this country. He invited William Alanson Borden (1853-1931) to provide similar library ...