Vol 2011 no 3

Global Insecurity

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Toward a Contemporary Definition of Terrorism

Lanier Burns, Research Professor, Dallas Seminary  

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Higher Education

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Methodologies for Motivating Student Learning Through Personal Connections

Craig E. Abrahamson, Professor of Psychology, James Madison University

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Disillusionment with Higher Education In the Middle East and the United States

Judith A. Cochran, Professor, University of Missouri–St. Louis

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High School Graduation Rates of Potential First Generation College Students:  A Qualitative Case Study

Jacqueline O. Dansby and Gloria Dansby-Giles

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Critical Concerns for Oral Communication Education in the United States and the United Kingdom

Richard Emanuel, Professor of Communication, Alabama State University

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Exporting English Pronunciation from China: The Communication Needs of Young Chinese Scientists as Teachers in Higher Education Abroad

Greta Gorsuch, Professor, Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, Texas Tech University

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Building in a New Context in Danish University Teaching with some Remarkable Results

Mogens Noergaard Olesen, Associate Professor, Department Of Economics, University Of Copenhagen

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A Longitudinal Study of School Districts’ Sustained Improvement

Pauline M. Sampson, Associate Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University

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Are College Rankings An Indicator of Quality Education?

William Schmidt, Nathan Burroughs, Lee Cogan, and Richard Houang

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Religion, Ethics and Values

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The Dome in Christian and Islamic Sacred Architecture

Theresa Grupico, lecturer, Department of Art and Design, Monmouth University

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Peace Among Religions: Hans Küng’s Analysis of Christian and Muslim Paradigms  of Social Justice in Search of a Global Ethic

Richard H. Morgan, Professor, School of Social Welfare, Stony Brook University

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Muslim-Christian Cooperation and Conflict: Lessons from the Case Study of Lebanon

Barry Preisler, Adjunct Professor, Sonoma State University

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Religion, Politics, and American Foreign Policy in the Middle East

Robert A. Sedler, Distinguished Professor of Law, Wayne State University

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Beyond Ethical Codes: A Call For Critical Thinking In Religious Culture

Isidoro Talavera, Lead Faculty, Department of Humanities & Communication Arts, Franklin University

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Women’s Issues

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Concealments and Revelations in the Self-Portraits of Female Painters

Kim Cliett Long, Director of Distance Learning/Assistant Professor of Organizational Management, Wiley College

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The life experience of Middle Eastern immigrant women to the United States: The case of Iranian women in Minnesota

Farah Gilanshah, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota-Morris

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History of Women: Women’s Contribution to Aviation

Jacqueline R. Luedtke, Associate Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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The Grimké Sisters of Charleston, SC: Abolitionist and Feminist Leaders

Amy Thompson McCandless

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Simone de Beauvoir’s Philosophical Sexism: Implications for the Philosophy of Posterity

Jim I. Unah and Otto Dennis

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“Noblesse Oblige”: Pearl Buck’s Platonic Conception of Self

Jennie Wang, Professor, Dept. of English Language, Literature, and Linguistics, Providence University, Taiwan