Encompass Copyright (c) 2013 Eastern Kentucky University All rights reserved. http://encompass.eku.edu Recent documents in Encompass en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 01:35:34 PDT 3600 Interview with Dr. Dustin Wygant [video] http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/25 http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/25 Thu, 09 May 2013 05:45:26 PDT Dr. Dustin Wygant, Assistant Professor in EKU's Department of Psychology, received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from Kent State University. He is director of the Personality Assessment & Psychopathology Lab, which has several projects underway, including "Examination of the Proposed DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder: Links to Psychopathy and Neurocognitive Deficits" at Northpoint Training Center near Danville, KY and "Elaborating on the Personality Psychopathology Five (PSY-5) Model of Psychopathy" at Madison County jail and Rockcastle County jail.

]]> Dustin B. Wygant et al. Interview with Isaac Powell [video] http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/24 http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/24 Thu, 09 May 2013 05:45:25 PDT Isaac Powell is an Assistant Professor in EKU's Department of Art & Design. Powell uses his art to confront his fears associated with being born without a hand. See more of Powell's work at his website.

]]> Isaac Powell et al. Interview with Dr. Tanea Reed [video] http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/23 http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/23 Thu, 09 May 2013 05:45:24 PDT Dr. Tanea Reed, Assistant Professor in EKU's Chemistry Department, is a National Institute of Health award recipient and 2010 Esterbauer award winner. Her research is in traumatic brain injury.

]]> Tanea Reed et al. Interview with Dr. Linda Frost, part 2 of 2 [video] http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/22 http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/22 Thu, 09 May 2013 05:45:24 PDT Dr. Linda Frost is an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Theatre and director of the Honors Program. A scholar of nineteenth-century American literature and culture, she is the author of two books, "Never One Nation: Freaks, Savages, and Whiteness in U.S. Popular Culture" (2005) and "Conjoined Twins in Black and White: The Lives of Millie-Christine McKoy and Daisy and Violet Hilton (2009).

The founding editor of the award-winning all-women's literary magazine, PMS poemmemoirstory, Frost has published both poetry and creative nonfiction in various journals and magazines over the years.

]]> Linda Frost et al. Interview with Dr. Linda Frost, part 1 of 2 [video] http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/21 http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/21 Thu, 09 May 2013 05:45:23 PDT Dr. Linda Frost is an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Theatre and director of the Honors Program. A scholar of nineteenth-century American literature and culture, she is the author of two books, "Never One Nation: Freaks, Savages, and Whiteness in U.S. Popular Culture" (2005) and "Conjoined Twins in Black and White: The Lives of Millie-Christine McKoy and Daisy and Violet Hilton (2009).

The founding editor of the award-winning all-women's literary magazine, PMS poemmemoirstory, Frost has published both poetry and creative nonfiction in various journals and magazines over the years.

]]> Linda Frost et al. Interview with Dr. Vic Kappeler, part 2 of 2 [video] http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/20 http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/20 Thu, 09 May 2013 05:45:22 PDT Dr. Vic Kappeler, an EKU Foundation Professor of Criminal Justice and Police Studies, has earned three degrees from EKU. His nine textbooks are commonly used by leading universities worldwide, and he is recognized as a leading scholar in media and the social construction of crime, police deviance and police civil liability, among other related fields. Kappeler also serves on the editorial board for Criminal Justice Review, and reviews articles for sixteen other academic journals.

]]> Victor E. Kappeler et al. Interview with Dr. Vic Kappeler, part 1 of 2 [video] http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/19 http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/19 Thu, 09 May 2013 05:45:21 PDT Dr. Vic Kappeler, an EKU Foundation Professor of Criminal Justice and Police Studies, has earned three degrees from EKU. His nine textbooks are commonly used by leading universities worldwide, and he is recognized as a leading scholar in media and the social construction of crime, police deviance and police civil liability, among other related fields. Kappeler also serves on the editorial board for Criminal Justice Review, and reviews articles for sixteen other academic journals.

]]> Victor E. Kappeler et al. Interview with Dr. Tammy Horn, part 2 of 2 [video] http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/18 http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/18 Thu, 09 May 2013 05:45:20 PDT The buzz continues to grow over research apiculturist Tammy Horn's ongoing efforts to promote beekeeping on mine reclamation sites in Appalachian Kentucky. Horn's work with the Eastern Kentucky Environmental Research Institute was profiled in the article "In Appalachia, A Research Makes Honey from Coal" from the Nov. 15 2009 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Horn is the author of "Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation," published in 2005.

]]> Tamara Horn et al. Interview with Derek Nikitas, part 2 of 2 [video] http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/16 http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/16 Thu, 09 May 2013 05:45:19 PDT Derek Nikitas is a faculty member in the Creative Writing MFA Program and author of two recent mystery novels, "The Long Division" (2009) and "Pyres" (2007). Nikitas' first novel was nominated for the prestigious Edgar award, and has been optioned for film adaptation by Vox3 Films. His second novel, "The Long Division," is receiving rave reviews.

]]> Derek Nikitas et al. Interview with Dr. Tammy Horn, part 1 of 2 [video] http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/17 http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/17 Thu, 09 May 2013 05:45:19 PDT The buzz continues to grow over research apiculturist Tammy Horn's ongoing efforts to promote beekeeping on mine reclamation sites in Appalachian Kentucky. Horn's work with the Eastern Kentucky Environmental Research Institute was profiled in the article "In Appalachia, A Research Makes Honey from Coal" from the Nov. 15 2009 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Horn is the author of "Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation," published in 2005.

]]> Tamara Horn et al. Interview with Derek Nikitas, part 1 of 2 [video] http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/15 http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/15 Thu, 09 May 2013 05:45:18 PDT Derek Nikitas is a faculty member in the Creative Writing MFA Program and author of two recent mystery novels, "The Long Division" (2009) and "Pyres" (2007). Nikitas' first novel was nominated for the prestigious Edgar award, and has been optioned for film adaptation by Vox3 Films. His second novel, "The Long Division," is receiving rave reviews.

]]> Derek Nikitas et al. Interview with Dr. Mike Austin [video] http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/14 http://encompass.eku.edu/fos/14 Thu, 09 May 2013 05:45:17 PDT Dr. Mike Austin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, and author of two recent books, "Wise Stewards: Philosophical Foundations for Christian Parenting" and "Football and Philosophy: Going Deep". He enjoys approaching practical topics like parenting and sports through a philosopher's lens.

]]> Mike W. Austin et al. Witch Hunts of the Military--Joy Parrish http://encompass.eku.edu/jme/vol2/iss2/79 http://encompass.eku.edu/jme/vol2/iss2/79 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:52:06 PST When I was seventeen, I joined the Marines, naïve to the world outside Rockford, Illinois. One day I had seen a Marine recruiter walk past the open door of my high school classroom, and while I didn’t know exactly what he represented (my mother was a hippie and banned military talk in our home), I knew it was my ticket to a better life.

]]> What the News Didn't Tell You--Traci L. Earls http://encompass.eku.edu/jme/vol2/iss2/78 http://encompass.eku.edu/jme/vol2/iss2/78 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:52:06 PST I spent most of my time in Iraq behind a desk as the Chief Logistics Planner for the Kansas National Guard, 287th Sustainment Brigade, moving people and supplies across southern Iraq. Our work space would remind you of the NASA control center, with work stations in rows, each a little higher than the one in front, big screens on the wall displaying mission-essential information, maps, and the news

]]> What is War?--Megan Pratt http://encompass.eku.edu/jme/vol2/iss2/77 http://encompass.eku.edu/jme/vol2/iss2/77 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:52:05 PST Where are the men who live down the street

Those men we used to meet and greet

They have gone to fight with their troops

]]> War--Tif Holmes http://encompass.eku.edu/jme/vol2/iss2/76 http://encompass.eku.edu/jme/vol2/iss2/76 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:52:04 PST From a larger work entitled 135 Words Layered digital photograph

]]> Wandering Nomad--James Owen III http://encompass.eku.edu/jme/vol2/iss2/75 http://encompass.eku.edu/jme/vol2/iss2/75 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:52:02 PST Wandering Nomad

Traversing the desert sands I

s he lost or found?

]]> Visions of Clara--Suzanne S. Rancourt http://encompass.eku.edu/jme/vol2/iss2/74 http://encompass.eku.edu/jme/vol2/iss2/74 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:52:01 PST In the shadows of the guardrails he sat on a box

in the dirt shoulder—his cami parka unzipped, flapped

like crow’s wings hopping toward road kill,

victims of landmines and ambush.

]]> Vietnam--Lee Ballinger http://encompass.eku.edu/jme/vol2/iss2/73 http://encompass.eku.edu/jme/vol2/iss2/73 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:52:00 PST Twenty years ago when I moved to California

I went to Wells Fargo to open a bank account

The teller was young, beautiful, Vietnamese

]]> Tsunami Conflict--Suzanne S. Rancourt http://encompass.eku.edu/jme/vol2/iss2/72 http://encompass.eku.edu/jme/vol2/iss2/72 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:51:59 PST from a beach in Vietnam a young soldier plucked a shell—

the remains of a white shell—

a spiraled—nautilus—breast-shaped—round—shell

that he carried back to the jungle

of night’s death, surreality of rotting flesh—

a camaraderie of confusion.

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