Mary Biggs
Biographic Data
| ID | 5452085 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Biggs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | Biggs |
| SIGNATURE | BIGGS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Lessons Learned from an Intergenerational Volunteer Program: A Case Study of a Shared-Site Model
This case study examines an intergenerational volunteer program that bridges the shared space and service-learning models to provide continuity of social contact for the participants over time. The program involves residents of an assisted living facility and a local Girl Scout troop that has been meeting at the facility for more than six years. Findings from focus groups and a content analysis of essays that the Girl Scouts wrote are presented. …
Quality of Life of Latina Breast Cancer Survivors: From Silence to Empowerment
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among Latinas living in the United States. This article reports the findings of a qualitative study aimed at understanding the experiences of 25 Latinas between the ages of 28 and 83 who are long-term (at least five years post diagnosis) breast cancer survivors. The findings show three key issues and concerns: (a) fear of being stigmatized and being treated differently if they talked about their bre…
Intimate Technology: A Tool for Teaching Anti-Racism in Social Work Education
In this article, the authors introduce a new conceptual tool, intimate technology, to mobilize social work students' commitment to anti-racism. Intimate technology is marked by its emotional intensity and accessibility, and its effect of de-centering knowledge and authority. This teaching strategy integrates the modality of intimate technology via selected YouTube videos and the content of anti-racism and racism, illustrated through a lesson plan…
Ocho criterios para la investigación académica en áreas de práctica de proyecto
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). [Article in Portuguese]
Si tu savais ”: The Gay/Transgendered Sensibility of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening
Robert Lebrun, a young and handsome but girlfriendless courtier of (usually) married women, who spends every summer vacation with his mother, and Mademoiselle Reisz, a celibate, misanthropic pianis
A Gift that Cannot Be Refused: The Writing and Publishing of Contemporary American Poetry
Introduction: 203 Poets, 1950-1980: How their Publishing Histories Were Studied The Publishing of Poetry Before 1950 Who Was Published, and When Where the Poets Published Poetry and the Academy The Small Press and Poetry How the Poets Published Why the Poets Published From the End of the Eighties Appendix Bibliography Index
Foreign Students in American Library Education: Impact on Home Countries
Conditions' Traditions
Origins of American Academic Librarianship
Origins of American Academic Librarianship: Origins of American Academic Librarianship
(1983). Origins of American Academic Librarianship: Origins of American Academic Librarianship. The Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 207-209
Sources of Tension and Conflict Between Librarians and Faculty
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMary BiggsMary Biggs is a doctoral candidate, University of Chicago Graduate Library School, and editorial assistant, The Library Quarterly
Lessons Learned from an Intergenerational Volunteer Program: A Case Study of a Shared-Site Model
This case study examines an intergenerational volunteer program that bridges the shared space and service-learning models to provide continuity of social contact for the participants over time. The program involves residents of an assisted living facility and a local Girl Scout troop that has been meeting at the facility for more than six years. Findings from focus groups and a content analysis of essays that the Girl Scouts wrote are presented. …
Intimate Technology: A Tool for Teaching Anti-Racism in Social Work Education
In this article, the authors introduce a new conceptual tool, intimate technology, to mobilize social work students' commitment to anti-racism. Intimate technology is marked by its emotional intensity and accessibility, and its effect of de-centering knowledge and authority. This teaching strategy integrates the modality of intimate technology via selected YouTube videos and the content of anti-racism and racism, illustrated through a lesson plan…
Quality of Life of Latina Breast Cancer Survivors: From Silence to Empowerment
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among Latinas living in the United States. This article reports the findings of a qualitative study aimed at understanding the experiences of 25 Latinas between the ages of 28 and 83 who are long-term (at least five years post diagnosis) breast cancer survivors. The findings show three key issues and concerns: (a) fear of being stigmatized and being treated differently if they talked about their bre…
Sources of Tension and Conflict Between Librarians and Faculty
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMary BiggsMary Biggs is a doctoral candidate, University of Chicago Graduate Library School, and editorial assistant, The Library Quarterly
Origins of American Academic Librarianship
Origins of American Academic Librarianship: Origins of American Academic Librarianship
(1983). Origins of American Academic Librarianship: Origins of American Academic Librarianship. The Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 207-209
Conditions' Traditions
Foreign Students in American Library Education: Impact on Home Countries
A Gift that Cannot Be Refused: The Writing and Publishing of Contemporary American Poetry
Introduction: 203 Poets, 1950-1980: How their Publishing Histories Were Studied The Publishing of Poetry Before 1950 Who Was Published, and When Where the Poets Published Poetry and the Academy The Small Press and Poetry How the Poets Published Why the Poets Published From the End of the Eighties Appendix Bibliography Index
Si tu savais ”: The Gay/Transgendered Sensibility of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening
Robert Lebrun, a young and handsome but girlfriendless courtier of (usually) married women, who spends every summer vacation with his mother, and Mademoiselle Reisz, a celibate, misanthropic pianis
Ocho criterios para la investigación académica en áreas de práctica de proyecto
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). [Article in Portuguese]
Intimate Technology: A Tool for Teaching Anti-Racism in Social Work Education
In this article, the authors introduce a new conceptual tool, intimate technology, to mobilize social work students' commitment to anti-racism. Intimate technology is marked by its emotional intensity and accessibility, and its effect of de-centering knowledge and authority. This teaching strategy integrates the modality of intimate technology via selected YouTube videos and the content of anti-racism and racism, illustrated through a lesson plan…
Quality of Life of Latina Breast Cancer Survivors: From Silence to Empowerment
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among Latinas living in the United States. This article reports the findings of a qualitative study aimed at understanding the experiences of 25 Latinas between the ages of 28 and 83 who are long-term (at least five years post diagnosis) breast cancer survivors. The findings show three key issues and concerns: (a) fear of being stigmatized and being treated differently if they talked about their bre…
Lessons Learned from an Intergenerational Volunteer Program: A Case Study of a Shared-Site Model
This case study examines an intergenerational volunteer program that bridges the shared space and service-learning models to provide continuity of social contact for the participants over time. The program involves residents of an assisted living facility and a local Girl Scout troop that has been meeting at the facility for more than six years. Findings from focus groups and a content analysis of essays that the Girl Scouts wrote are presented. …
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