Matthew R: 170 books
Effective Crisis Communication
Moving From Crisis to Opportunity
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
In this fully updated Fourth Edition of Effective Crisis Communication, three of today’s most respected crisis/risk communication scholars provide the latest theories and innovative approaches for handling crisis. Unlike other crisis communication texts, this acclaimed book answers the question,...
by R. Scott Kretchmar, Mark Dyreson, Matthew Liewellyn
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
Blending historical grounding and philosophical insights regarding sport and physical activity, History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Activity covers the historical and philosophical dimensions of the study of human movement. This cross-disciplinary text shows how theory in the humanities can...
Exploring and Understanding Careers in Criminal Justice
A Comprehensive Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
Criminal justice careers typically fall into one of two categories: law enforcement or legal. But contrary to what many may know about the career opportunities in criminal justice, it is more than just becoming a cop or a lawyer. In Exploring and Understanding Careers and Opportunities in Criminal...
On Being Reformed
Debates over a Theological Identity
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
This book provides a focus for future discussion in one of the most important debates within historical theology within the protestant tradition - the debate about the definition of a category of analysis that operates over five centuries of religious faith and practice and in a globalising religion....
by Matthew M. Carlson, Steven R. Reed
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Combining history with comparative politics, Matthew M. Carlson and Steven R. Reed take on political corruption and scandals, and the reforms designed to counter them, in post–World War II Japan.
Political Corruption and Scandals in Japan makes sense of the scandals that have plagued Japanese...
Bioarchaeological Studies of Life in the Age of Agriculture
A View from the Southeast
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2015
Investigations of skeletal remains from key archaeological sites reveal new data and offer insights on prehistoric life and health in the
Southeast.
The shift from foraging to farming had important health consequences for prehistoric peoples, but variations in health existed
within communities...
Empowering Men of Color on Campus
Building Student Community in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018
While recruitment efforts toward men of color have increased at many colleges and universities, their retention and graduation rates still lag behind those of their white peers. Men of color, particularly black and Latino men, face a number of unique challenges in their educational careers that often...
by Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, John R. Freeman, Matthew P. Hitt
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
Time series, or longitudinal, data are ubiquitous in the social sciences. Unfortunately, analysts often treat the time series properties of their data as a nuisance rather than a substantively meaningful dynamic process to be modeled and interpreted. Time Series Analysis for the Social Sciences provides...
Think in Public
A Public Books Reader
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
Since 2012, Public Books has championed a new kind of community for intellectual engagement, discussion, and action. An online magazine that unites the best of the university with the openness of the internet, Public Books is where new ideas are debuted, old facts revived, and dangerous illusions...
Reformation Theology
A Systematic Summary
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Five hundred years ago, the Reformers were defending doctrines such as justification by faith alone, the authority of Scripture, and God's grace in salvation—some to the point of death. Many of these same essential doctrines are still being challenged today, and there has never been a more crucial...
College Grad Seeks Future
Turning Your Talents, Strengths, and Passions into the Perfect Career
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
In the coming year, college graduates will have a more difficult time than ever entering the job market. Opportunities in traditional fields are shrinking as the competition increases exponentially. Despite this glaring truth, far too many post-collegians automatically consider the most visible, traditional...
by Lynn Meskell, Michael Rowlands, Fred R. Myers
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2005
Throughout history and across social and cultural contexts, most systems of belief—whether religious or secular—have ascribed wisdom to those who see reality as that which transcends the merely material. Yet, as the studies collected here show, the immaterial is not easily separated from the material....
Tailoring Health Messages
Customizing Communication With Computer Technology
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Through the use of new technologies, researchers, and practitioners in health education and health communication can now provide health information and behavior change strategies that are customized based on the unique needs, interests, and concerns of different individuals. These tailored health...
by Matthew Liebmann, Greg Borgstede, Craig N. Cipolla
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2008
In recent years, postcolonial theories have emerged as one of the significant paradigms of contemporary academia, affecting disciplines throughout the humanities and social sciences. These theories address the complex processes if colonialism on culture and society—with repect to both the colonizers...