College of Liberal and Fine Arts Faculty Research: Recent submissions
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Why programmatic parties reduce criminal violence: Theory and evidence from Brazil
(2023-02-04)Extensive research suggests that electoral competition and power alternations increase violence in weakly institutionalized democracies. Yet, little is known about how political parties affect violence and security. We ... -
The electoral implications of uncivil and intolerant rhetoric in American politics
(2021-11-14)Can political incivility bolster support for American candidates? Conventional wisdom holds that it does and Donald Trump’s 2016 electoral victories demonstrate the power of uncivil rhetoric—particularly, when it is paired ... -
Perceived Barriers and Use of Evidence-Based Practices for Adolescent HPV Vaccination among East Texas Providers
(2023-03-25)Adolescents living in rural areas are less likely to be up to date on the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which can prevent cervical cancer. We administered a telephone survey to 27 clinics in rural East Texas to assess ... -
Application of Statistics Training to Real-World Contexts: Issues Related to Working as Data Analysts Outside Academe
(Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability;Volume 16, Issue 2, 2021-07-09)Through I-Corps™ customer discovery interviews (NSF Award 1925391), the authors determined that early and mid-career data analysts would be positively benefitted by the development and commercialization of an interactive ... -
The Political Public Relations Battleground: Tactics and Images in the 2000 U.S. Presidential Campaign
(Business Research Yearbook;Volume 9, 2002)This study examines the public relations tools that Governor George W. Bush and Vice-president Al Gore used during the 2000 U.S. Presidential Campaign. It also draws some lessons from mistakes that both candidates committed. -
Improving the media mix: how promotional products enhance advertising impact
(Journal of Marketing Communications;, 2022-03-23)Many traditional forms of advertising are losing ground to alternative media. Such a trend represents opportunities for the promotional products medium. However, the effectiveness of promotional products in comparison to ... -
COVID-19 Effects on Communication Course and Faculty Evaluations
(Journalism & Mass Communication Educator;Volume 76, Issue 4, 2021-08-25)Student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are utilized by universities as one component in assessing course effectiveness, despite evidence in the research regarding their validity. With the global COVID-19 pandemic, many ... -
On the use of course evaluations for purposes of faculty personnel decisions
(Business Research Yearbook;Volume 19, Issue 2, 2012)Many universities utilize student teaching evaluations even though their validity is hotly contested in the research. This study examines publicly available data of all sections of courses evaluated in a program at a ... -
Teaching approaches and self-efficacy outcomes in an undergraduate research methods course
(Business Research Yearbook;Volume 13, 2006)This study investigated the outcomes of teaching objectives and techniques in an undergraduate research methods course. In particular, the study examined student perceptions of their relative comfort level with performing ... -
Relating college course grades to attendance
(Business Research Yearbook;Volume 12, Issue 1, 2005)This study compared the attendance records of students against their test score averages for students at four institutions across multiple sections of several difference courses over a fourteen year period (N = 1617). ... -
Spanish-Speaking Physicians: Satisfaction in the Transactional Relationship with Patients
(Business Research Yearbook;Volume 15, 2008)This study examined self-reports of engagement, confirmation, and satisfaction by Spanish-speaking physicians within the context of the relationship with Spanish-speaking patients. Previous research suggests the interaction ... -
The influence of nurses' engagement and openness on patients' reports of health communication satisfaction
(Business Research Yearbook;Volume 11, 2004)This study analyzed patients’ perceptions of their nurses’ willingness to engage in interaction and patients’ satisfaction in communication about health with their nurses (N = 270). Results indicated that a strong and ... -
Physician-Patient Communication: The Relationship Between Engagement, Confirmation and Satisfaction
(Business Research Yearbook;Volume 11, 2004)This study analyzed physicians' self-reported measures of engagement, confirmation and relational satisfaction in their communication with their patients (N= 218). Results indicated that communication engagement and ... -
The Influence of Physicians' Engagement and Openness on Patients' Reports of Health Communication Satisfaction
(Business Research yearbook;Volume 10, 2003)This study analyzed patients' perceptions of their physicians' willingness to engage in interaction and be open, and patients' satisfaction in communication about health with their physicians (N=322). Results indicated ... -
The Influence of Professional Self-Interests on the Management of a Nonprofit Organization: A Case Study
(Business Research Yearbook;Volume 9, 2002)This case study examines how the structural characteristics of management in a state chapter of a national physician's association influence the decision-making processes and efficacy of the administrative procedures ... -
Attitudes Regarding the Components of Ethical Communication
(Business Research Yearbook;Volume 14, 2007)This study investigated the relationship between components of ethical communication. Based on survey data (N = 319), Principal Components Analysis revealed four positively loaded factors (honesty, integrity, modesty and ... -
A Dramaturgical Analysis of Latina Influencers Use of Props and Settings to Signal Identity
(2022-06-27)Dramaturgical analysis has been applied by scholars to social media influencers, but how props and settings are used to signal identity is understudied. This study uses a series of in-depth interviews with Latina influencers ... -
FOCAL NODES AND RITUAL ECONOMY IN ANCIENT MAYA HINTERLAND COMMUNITIES: A CASE STUDY FROM SAN LORENZO, BELIZE
(Ancient Mesoamerica;Volume 33, Issue 1, 2022-05-27)Public structures in the Maya region materialize ideologies and define centers of power as they create politically charged sacred landscapes. These locations are focal nodes for community and polity making processes, ... -
Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence Regarding the Intrusiveness of Recording Devices in Naturalistic Research
(Journal of Social Sciences ResearchVolume 1, 2016)Critics of naturalistic social science research charge that participant awareness of the existence of a recording device alters the behavior of the research participants, known as the “Hawthorne effect.” This study compares ... -
Evil is not evidence
(Religious Studies;, 2022-03-24)The article aims to show that, if S5 is the logic of metaphysical necessity, then no state of affairs in any possible world constitutes any non-trivial evidence for or against the existence of the traditional God. There ...