Dr. Raymond Frontain, professor of English, recently presented a paper at an international conference commemorating the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible. The conference was held at The Ohio State University, May 5 -7. Dr. Frontain’s paper was entitled “Passing the love of women’: Anglo-American Sexual Codes and the King James Translation.”
Dr. Clayton Crockett’s book Radical Political Theology (Columbia University Press, 2011) has been shortlisted for the American Academy of Religion’s Award for Excellence in the Constructive-Reflective Study of Religion. Crockett is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion.
Dr. Brent Ruswick, Visiting Assistant Professor of History, is the author of an article, “Just Poor Enough: Gilded Age Charity Applicants Respond to Charity Investigators,” in the July 2011 edition of The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.
David Welky鈥檚 op-ed piece entitled 鈥淲hen the Levee Doesn鈥檛 Break鈥� was recently published in The New York Times. Welky, an associate professor of history, is also the author of the forthcoming book 鈥淭he Thousand-Year Flood: The Ohio-Mississippi Disaster of 1937.鈥�
The Natural State of America Selected for the Fifth Annual Little Rock Film Festival
The Natural State of America was selected for the Made in 淫性视频 program at the fifth Annual Little Rock Film Festival. The documentary was written and produced by Dr. Brian Campbell, UCA Assistant Professor of Anthropology, and co-directed by three UCA Digital Film Program alums, Terrell Case, Corey Gattin, and Timothy Wistrand. The film previously won the Society for Applied Anthropology鈥檚 2011 Annual Film competition.
鈥淭he Natural State of America鈥� highlights a four decade effort to prevent herbicide use in the 淫性视频 Ozark National Forest. The U.S. Forest Service has sprayed herbicides in the Ozark National Forest for years for their vegetative management. Recently, a rural electric cooperative that covers much of the Ozarks has started spraying to maintain their power line right-of-ways.
The film follows concerned residents, environmental activists, and organic farmers as they battle their rural electric cooperative in order to protect the region鈥檚 organic farms, wells, springs, and the Buffalo River, the first National River in the United States, from being contaminated by herbicides.
The film trailer and information about the film cast, crew, and subject can be viewed at and you can receive updates on local screenings if you 鈥渓ike鈥� the film at .__
Sociology Students Present Research at Sociology and Anthropology Undergraduate Symposium
Eight University of Central 淫性视频 sociology students presented research at the 32nd Annual 淫性视频 Sociology and Anthropology Undergraduate Symposium. The event, hosted by the Department of Sociology/Anthropology of Hendrix College was held April 22 in the Mills Center on the Hendrix campus. Students presenting research:
Tanya Petrovic, 鈥淎dvertising in the Media: Targeting Gender and Race鈥�
Alyx VanNess, 鈥淛une Cleaver as the Twenty-First Century Woman: The Perceived Female in Modern Home and Lifestyle Magazines鈥�
Brittany Zielstra, 鈥淩ap Music and Videos: How Women are Portrayed in the Popularized Genre of Rap鈥�
Kyle Moix, 鈥淪till Pullin鈥� on those Bootstraps: American Attitudes Toward Poverty鈥�
Hillary Williams, 鈥淲oman in a Fighter鈥檚 Body: Gender Identity and Negotiation in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu鈥�
Kristen Sobba, 鈥淎ge in relation to Abortion views: A Comparative Analysis on GSS and UCA Data鈥�
Cathrine Schwader, 鈥淪teaking a Claim: the Symbolic Meaning of Meat and the Importance of Vegetarianism鈥�
Kathy Hill, 鈥淯CA Sociology Club: Horticulture Project at the Women鈥檚 Shelter of Central 淫性视频鈥�