Scott Riding and Dr. J. Quin Monson, Political Science During the course of last year’s U.S. Presidential Election, many political analysts speculated that racial prejudice among American voters would hurt Democratic nominee Barack Obama in his bid for the White House. Candidates Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney faced similar questions about gender and religious biases […]
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An Examination of the Publication Procedure as it Relates to Students
Rebecca Sederberg and Professors Doris R. Dant and Don E. Norton, English Students at Brigham Young University have a wealth of possible publishing options. These include not only on-campus essay collections and student-run magazines but also the commercial and trade markets of the general public. Our goal was to analyze the publication procedure from the […]
Mountain West IT Economies: Similar but Disparate? A Multi-Faceted Comparison of Utah and Colorado Public IT Markets
Michael Murff and Dr. Jay Goodliffe, Political Science Escalating in the mid-1970s, two very similar Mountain West economies augmented a dramatic shift from mining and agriculture toward information technology (IT). Both Utah and Colorado took steps to attract computer and software firms in an effort to diversify and develop IT industries. At first glance, Colorado […]
A Look at the Changes in Public Awareness of AIDS in the United States from 1987-1994
Kimberly Barlow-Miller and Dr. Ray Merrill, Health Science In 1980-81, five homosexual men in California were found to have a strain of pneumonia normally found only in the suppressed immune systems of the elderly. They were later diagnosed with the first cases of a rare and new disease known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). […]
The Effect of Utah’s Ban on Smoking in Public Buildings on Restaurant Revenues
Brant Avondet and Dr. Arden C. Pope III, Economics Summary My analysis of available data was unable to determine the effect of Utah’s ban on smoking in public buildings on restaurant revenues. Overview In 1994, Utah became the second state to enact a complete ban on smoking in public buildings. According to Americans for Nonsmokers’ […]
An Observation of Public Behavior among Ecuadorian Orphans
Emily Miller and Dr. Charles Nuckolls, Anthropology Identity within a social structure is easily analyzed when found in a culturally traditional setting. However, when physical and mental handicaps, parental figure transience, and varying levels of familial contact become factors the social structure and the roles within that structure are not as easily defined. Research for […]
Ethnicity and Public Goods Provision in an Indian City
Michael Davidson and Dr. Joel Selway, Political Science The provision of public goods is, on average, significantly poorer in ethnically-diverse communities (Banerjee et al. 2005). Three potential mechanisms have been put forward to explain this phenomenon: preferences, technology and strategy selection (Habyarimana et al. 2007). While the landmark experiment on this topic concluded that strategy […]
Evaluating Current Educational Qualities and Potential Impact on the Public Good in a Democracy
Sarah Kunz and Dr. Randall Davies, Department of Educational Psychology and Technology Main Text Democracy is a political orientation that is struggling to survive in certain aspects of the current educational society. This project was developed to answer the question, “What are some current educational qualities that are either supporting or undermining the public good […]
Credibility and Accountability: The Effect of Publication on NGO Willingness to be Evaluated
Megan Spencer and Dr. Michael Findley, Department of Political Science Abstract In today’s NGO environment, evaluations are frequent, but NGOs rarely have outsider expectations on which to base their assessments. Thus, NGOs have strong incentives to make their evaluations strictly contextual. Consequently, NGO stakeholders—donors, beneficiaries, and local government officials—have little information as to the quality of a given organization […]
Hungary’s Undeniable Success in Music Education: An Analysis of Public and Private Teaching Principles and Practices in Hungarian Music Education
Bethany Richards and Professor Jerry Jaccard, Department of Elementary Music Education The purpose of my trip to Hungary was to observe and analyze the Hungarian music education system, realize its strengths, and adapt what I learned into my teaching here in America. My specific research assignment was to investigate the relationship between private and public music […]
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