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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"South Mississippi"”.
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East of the Tracks: Grassroots Environmentalism in South Mississippi
… for environmental issues, particularly in the south. Nevertheless, the topic has largely been ignored in Mississippi among academia, many advocacy groups, and at the state level despite the emergence of several community based grassroots environmental groups throughout Mississippi in recent …
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Burned Out but Barely Begun: A Qualitative Study on Newer Clergy and Communication Surrounding Emotional Labor and Personal Well-Being in South Mississippi
<p>This study provides an overview of the concepts surrounding clergy burnout,</p> <p>organizational culture, and emotional labor theory. Furthermore, it explains the need</p> <p>for clearer understanding of clergy perceptions of their own personal</p> <p>experiences with burnout and their …
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Conservation Genetics of Threatened Gopher Tortoises, <i>Gopherus polyphemus</i>: An Assessment of Genetic Variation and Parentage in Two Populations in South Mississippi
… of the De Soto National Forest (DNF) in southern Mississippi experience low recruitment and lower hatching success than populations in the eastern portion of the range, and the causes of this are unknown. Previous work has shown that Mississippi populations of the DNF have lower levels of …
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Whose Woods These Are: Human-Environment Relationships Among Stakeholders of South Mississippi's Longleaf Pine Ecosystem
… 1870 and 1920, the longleaf pine belt of the southeastern United States experienced an extensive and unsustainable period of logging. In the years after the logging boom the landscape of the Southeast was reforested, but fire suppression and a preference among landowners for loblolly pine …
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Application of Check In-Check Out as a Targeted Intervention to Increase Appropriate Behavior in At-Risk High School Students
… disruptive behavior of three students in south Mississippi who were referred for behavioral problems, a multiple baseline across students design was employed. Target students' levels of appropriate behavior and frequency of disruptive behavior over time were compared through evaluation of …
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German POWs, Biopolitics, & the Piney Woods: Using Foucault to Analyze Resistance at Camp Shelby's POW Camp During World War II
… realize that during World War II, Camp Shelby in south Mississippi was a detention site for German prisoners of war (POWs) where the United States government engaged in reeducation efforts to de-Nazify soldiers in order to create a democratic Germany after the war. The U.S. War Department hoped …
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William Colmer and the Politics of the New Deal Labor Legislation 1933-1940
… beginning, by 1935 many congressmen, especially southerners, began to distance themselves from the administration's attempts at social reform. Although many of his colleagues refused to endorse the increasingly liberal agenda of the New Deal, Congressman Colmer remained loyal throughout the …
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Creating Renewable Energy through the Pairing of Wastewater Remediation and Biofuel Production with Two Species of Microalgae
… wastewater remediation and biofuel production in south Mississippi.</p>
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Identifying New Potential Breeding Pond Sites for the Dusky Gopher Frog in Southern Mississippi
… was to identify potential new pond sites across southern Mississippi for the critically endangered dusky gopher frog (DGF). Ephemeral ponds are the preferred breeding habitat for the species, but they are quite rare in the region due to the diminishment of the longleaf pine ecosystem. This …
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Impacts of the Poultry Industry In Mississippi
… in seven counties in the Piney Woods region of South Mississippi: Wayne, Jones, Forrest, Lamar, Jefferson Davis, Marion, and Pike. Current research indicates that the poultry industry has a significant impact on the cultures and economies of rural towns throughout the United States. There is no …
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Investigating Mechanisms of Co-Occurrence Between Two Similar Specis of Predaceous Diving Beetles (<i>Coleoptera: Dytiscidae</i>) in Temporary Aquatic Habitats
… proximus, co-occur in numerous habitats in South Mississippi, but are hypothesized to have strong interspecific interactions. I investigated several possible mechanisms that may promote such coexistence, including segregation in habitat domain, differences in behavior, and differences in …
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An Environmental History of the New Deal in Mississippi and Florida
… New Deal, Environmental History, United States South, Mississippi, Florida, Gulf Coast, TVA, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, landscape, lumber industry, CCC, WPA, state parks. The 1930s represented a time of distinct and encompassing change in the United States South. In assessing the impact of New …
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Art education shaping historical narratives in the Mississippi Delta: A polyptych study of CARE
… (CARE) located in the rural town of Charleston, Mississippi positioned along the Mississippi Delta in Tallahatchie County is the subject of this dissertation’s inquiry. By placing a microhistorical focus on the cultural-historical geography contexts of CARE, this study answers the central …