Institute for Social Research

pioneer of social history. Her book Ante-bellum North Carolina provides a comprehensive study of how people maintained and sometimes traversed social divisions in this state. In this interview, she discusses the work she did for Dr. Howard Odum of the University of North Carolina sociology department from 1923 until 1934. She lists the community activities she participated in during and after this period. While her husband, Guy Johnson, taught for the Institute for Research in Social Science,…

Laura: What is Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)? The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) is the premier private accreditation body for social work programs. The CSWE works with community, educational and governmental agencies to set standards and advocate for social workers. http://www.cswe.org/ CSWE Accreditation The CSWE’s Commission on Accreditation (COA) develops and maintains academic standards that higher educational institutions must adhere to in order to meet state…

RESEARCH PROBLEM: Don Bosco Technological Institute (DBTI) Going Paperless RESEARCH TOPIC: The implication of the use of paperless system on the academic performances of the students’ learning at Don Bosco Technological Institute in Papua New Guinea. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY: The intention of this study is to explore the impact of paperless system on the academic performances of the students at Don Bosco Technological Institute in Papua New Guinea. This study attempts to answer the question…

Research is conducted for a wide variety of reasons, Kraska and Neuman defines crime and justice research as a collection of social science methods applied systematically to generate knowledge about crime and justice phenomena (Kraska & Neuman, 2012). Although their definition pertains to crime and justice, it can also be applied to research in general at its most basic level in that research is conducted to generate new knowledge, or offer a solution to an existing problem (Kraska & Neuman,…

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world” (The Institute for Intercultural Studies). This inspiring quote from Margaret Mead explains how important human beings' lives were to her. She had immense respect and a great amount of faith in the lives of others. Mead was an anthropologist who believed in woman’s rights, along with the belief that gender roles differed from society to society. According to Dictionary.com, an anthropologist is the “ one…

also require multiple disciplines. My research confirms this and, for the scope of this project, I have drawn from the strengths of the following disciplines: information technology, psychology, sociology, and economics. Each of…

University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and the University of California, Irvine (UCI). At UCSB and UCI, I research the power and politics of marginalized people. In particular, I focus my research on social mobilization, economic and political development, and the state. My sociological training forged my theoretical and methodological approaches to understand how economic and social globalization affects the precarious relationship between marginalized groups and governments in…

events revolve around a specific purpose for the company or client, such as introduction of a new product or celebration of reaching a company goal. They might be held to thank, recognize, and sell to the company’s clients or customers” (Institute for Career Research, 2005, p. 11). Many different techniques can be used to plan and host special events, and managers must be flexible in the methods they use in order to successfully host a special event based on the size of the special event. For…

of General Studies at ANU and understudies wind up being a touch of ANU life interestingly. In 1960 ANU still had its four focal examination schools, the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR), the Research School of Physical Sciences (RSPhysS), the Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) and the Research School of Pacific Studies (RSPaS), while the School of General Studies had Faculties of Arts, Economics, Law and…

Funding priorities for the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) are deeply rooted from the organization’s mission and strategic plan which call for health promotion and quality of life for all people. The NINR office of Extramural Science Programs (DESP) oversees policy and management of grants for research funding. Backed by the National Institute of Health (NIH), federal government, and other public and private organizations, the NINR affords many areas of funding including Health…