Becoming A Butterfly From Prison To Ph D

Author : Dr Nkrumah Lewis
Publisher : Nkrumah Lewis
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0615575994

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Becoming a Butterfly: From Prison to PH.D. by Dr Nkrumah Lewis Pdf

In a gripping tale of abuse, perpetual violence, homelessness, incarceration, and suicidal ideation, NKrumah Lewis utilizes his new found academic voice to tell a tale of triumph and metamorphosis. It is too dismissive to say that every man of color should read this book. Every person that has ever endured any indignation or painful setback that was believed to be insurmountable should turn from page to page with pen in hand, and experience a wonderful testimony of redemption and forgiveness. The sum of these pages remove any excuse for not getting back up again. Suffering has met a worthy adversary in this man's voice. Please note that the text is written at a collegiate level and also contains depictions of graphic violence that may not appropriate for young readers.

Author : Scott W. Bowman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216063032

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Color behind Bars by Scott W. Bowman Pdf

A diverse, critical analysis of racial and ethnic disparities within the American criminal justice system that encourages critical thinking by providing various sides to the issues. Low-income African Americans, Latin Americans, and American Indians bear the statistical brunt of policing, death penalty verdicts, and sentencing disparities in the United States. Why does this long-standing inequity exist in a country where schoolchildren are taught to expect "justice for all"? The original essays in this two-volume set not only examine the deep-rooted issues and lay out theories as to why racism remains a problem in our prison system, but they also provide potential solutions to the problem. The work gives a broad, multicultural overview of the history of overrepresentation of ethnic minorities in our prison system, examining white/black disparities as well as racism and issues of ethnic-based discrimination concerning other ethnic minorities. This up-to-date resource is ideally suited for undergraduate students who are enrolled in criminal justice or racial/ethnic studies classes and general readers interested in the U.S. criminal justice system.

Author : David Roller
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781662445262

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Butterfly Wars by David Roller Pdf

Butterfly Wars is about the destructive nature of post-traumatic stress disorder over time. In a one-year reflective journal, the narrator tells the first-person account of the development and fragility of his character, which is then subjected to provocative challenges that shatter expectations, reducing one to chronic depression. The net result overtime is low self-esteem, with personal value only credited to experiences outside of himself. The challenges are glimpses at the destructive nature of fundamentalism, the skewed perception in accepting responsibility when one is too young, the crushing weight of trusting others, and progressing to the ultimate in humiliation. The account is about failed efforts to be responsible for taking care of oneself and chronic isolation. Failure is the inability to see true value, when self-worth is not deemed possible. He wears blinders when surrounded by high self-achievement. The first step in recovery is the late life experiencing of one significant other. The book is a storyline that concludes with the realization of a beginning.

Author : Wendy Martin Ph.D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1138 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216044628

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All Things Dickinson [2 volumes] by Wendy Martin Ph.D. Pdf

An exciting new reference work that illuminates the beliefs, customs, events, material culture, and institutions that made up Emily Dickinson's world, giving users a glance at both Dickinson's life and times and the social history of America in the 19th century. While Emily Dickinson is one of the most widely studied American poets, some dimensions of her life and work are largely under-appreciated. This book provides the wider context necessary for a more complete understanding of Dickinson, presenting Dickinson's life and times as well as discussion of her poetry and letters. Prolific author and Dickinson expert Wendy Martin and 59 contributors address the relationship between Emily Dickinson's life and work and the larger world in which she lived. Examination of topics such as the history of Amherst, MA, and the Dickinson family's place in it; and the cultural, financial, political, legal, and religious practices of the day illuminate important dimensions of Dickinson's experiences and world for students, scholars, and general readers of this iconic poet's work.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004688643

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STEM Education in US Prisons by Anonim Pdf

Renewal of higher-education programs in US prisons creates a need for science education. This is the first book to address STEM education in prisons in the United States. It calls on activist science teachers to develop innovative ways to teach in challenging carceral settings. Over the last fifty years, science education and prison education have moved in different directions, one expanding and the other contracting. This book brings these educational endeavors into cooperative engagement. Democratic citizenship opens opportunities for all people, irrespective of civil status, to study science. The book presents student narratives and case studies emphasizing the achievements of STEM education behind prison walls. STEM education equity can help address the deep social inequities that mass incarceration creates and magnifies. Contributors are: Cassandra Barrett, Andrew Bell, George Bogner, Adrian Borealis, Drew Bush, Kelli Bush, Sandy Chang, Kelle Dhein, Amalia Handler, Steven Hart, Steven Henderson, Tiffany Hensley-McBain, Paul Kazelis, Joe Lockard, Edward Mei, Tsafrir Mor, Rob Scott, Laura Taylor, Joslyn Rose Trivett and Emily Webb.

Author : Catherine M. Cole,Takyiwaa Manuh,Stephan Miescher
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253218773

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Africa After Gender? by Catherine M. Cole,Takyiwaa Manuh,Stephan Miescher Pdf

Gender is one of the most productive, dynamic, and vibrant areas of Africanist research today. This volume looks at Africa now that gender has come into play to consider how the continent, its people, and the term itself have changed.

Author : Jonathan T. Smalls Ph.D.
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781639853199

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Real Men Wear Pink by Jonathan T. Smalls Ph.D. Pdf

The genesis of Real Men Wear PINK evolved at the end of a five-year estrangement from my brother Pink McCaskell Jr. After serving time at Mason County Jail in Michigan, Pink returned home with hopes of leaving his past behind to embark on uncharted territory. Pink's journey would begin with unconventional access to college. Ironically, two brothers'--"the thug" and "the scholar"--paths crossed on a college campus. Though I was the scholar, he became my professor and unveiled the mysteries of machismo behavior in the context of racial, gender, and economic oppression. Machismo is the professor of Black men. He proliferates the luxuries of sex, aggression, power, deviance, and aloofness. Real Men Wear PINK uses the creativity of storytelling to unveil how machismo manifests in four Black male collegians from diverse backgrounds--Avery Johnson, Jaleen Gonzalez, Julius Simba-Simbi, and Pink McCaskell Jr. At the crossroads, each is challenged with accepting their past and forging a promising future. The book uniquely captures the struggles of being Black, male, and a collegian by using parables rooted in theory and practice to reimagine Black males' purpose, integrity, nurture, and knowledge--PINK.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015411684

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Index to American Doctoral Dissertations by Anonim Pdf

Author : Todd Boyd
Publisher : Crown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780767921879

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The Notorious Phd's Guide to the Super Fly '70s by Todd Boyd Pdf

THIS RICHLY INFORMATIVE JOURNEY INTO THE 1970S CAPTURES THE EXPLOSIVE POWER OF THE BLACK PERFORMERS, MUSICIANS, FILMMAKERS, AND ATHLETES WHO IGNITED A CULTURAL REVOLUTION. WHAT SINGER/SONGWRITER WAS THE FIRST WHITE PERFORMER TO APPEAR ON SOUL TRAIN? WHAT PHILADELPHIA 76ER MADE NBA HISTORY WHEN, AGAINST THE KANSAS CITY KINGS, HIS TWO-HANDED DUNK SHATTERED THE BACKBOARD? WHAT ROCK-AND-ROLL STAR WOULD BEGIN HIS CAREER PLAYING GUITAR FOR ARTISTS LITTLE RICHARD AND THE ISLEY BROTHERS? Whether you’re a ’70s culture aficionado or these questions have you stumped, Todd Boyd’s exciting look at one of the most influential periods in popular culture will be a fun and exciting roller-coaster ride that you won’t want to miss. Dr. Boyd (known as “The Notorious Ph.D.”) delves into the personalities, passions, and politics that swept America and the world in the ’70s and introduced a style and attitude that still reverberates today with the hip hop generation. From movies like Shaft, Super Fly, and Cleopatra Jones to Richard Pryor’s edgy routines on race to the rise of Dr. J and other sports superstars, The Notorious Ph.D.’s Guide to the Super Fly ’70s mixes social insight with an all-out celebration of the contributions of a wide variety of Black icons. Covering every aspect of Black culture from the period and including a quiz that you and your friends will love answering together, Dr. Boyd’s hip writing style will educate while it entertains.

Author : Dr. Gail Siler, PhD
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781452516059

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Decoding the Butterfly Promise by Dr. Gail Siler, PhD Pdf

Haunted by an urgent voice she hears each time she reads a book by Carlos Castaneda, Gail seeks out Castaneda's apprentice, and she finds herself catapulted into a strange world of shamans, metaphysics, and ancient beings. She is thrust forward onto a dangerous path that takes her from the safety of her everyday world into the radiant landscape where true power lives. Here, she is introduced to an ancient couple, who have lived and loved beyond time itself. She offers up her heart to become a co-conspirator with them in an unbelievable task. She must journey into the ancient records and retrieve the knowledge that broke this ancient couple and humanity itself apart. The death-bed promise this ancient couple made to each other eons ago is also the key to humanity's own resurrection. It is this-the Butterfly Promise-that will return us to our true powers and to our wholeness once again.

Author : Mary Ruth Marotte,Paige Reynolds,Ralph James Savarese
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813548784

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Papa, PhD by Mary Ruth Marotte,Paige Reynolds,Ralph James Savarese Pdf

A collection of personal essays from men who wrestle with what it means to be a father in academia today. Organized in three sections, the stories of the contributors depict not merely a balancing act of parenting, teaching, and writing, but also the revelatory collision and occasional fusion of competing identities. Essays in the first section, "Fathers in Theory, Fathers in Praxis, " focus on challenges related to merging work and parenting. The authors contemplate to what degree we engage our children in the academy, while also allowing them to grow independently, recognizing the challenge of keeping the roles of parent and teacher distinct. The second section, "Family Made, " explores fatherhood against the grain and includes narratives of single dads, fathers raising children with disabilities, biracial families, and other "non-traditional" parenting situations. "Forging New Fatherhoods, " the third section, articulates the strategies created by men to "balance diapers and a doctorate" or to reconcile fatherhood with professional ambition. The contributors' reflections reveal how fatherhood is instrumental to their successes and failures in the workplace, and demonstrate that the relationship between fatherhood and academia is a rich and legitimate subject for study.

Author : Tara Westover
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781443452502

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Educated by Tara Westover Pdf

For readers of The Glass Castle and Wild, a stunning new memoir about family, loss and the struggle for a better future #1 International Bestseller Tara Westover was seventeen when she first set foot in a classroom. Instead of traditional lessons, she grew up learning how to stew herbs into medicine, scavenging in the family scrap yard and helping her family prepare for the apocalypse. She had no birth certificate and no medical records and had never been enrolled in school. Westover’s mother proved a marvel at concocting folk remedies for many ailments. As Tara developed her own coping mechanisms, little by little, she started to realize that what her family was offering didn’t have to be her only education. Her first day of university was her first day in school—ever—and she would eventually win an esteemed fellowship from Cambridge and graduate with a PhD in intellectual history and political thought.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Africa
ISBN : IND:30000125148811

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Cahiers d'études africaines by Anonim Pdf

Author : Arlene Tognetti,Stephanie Jourdan, Ph.D.
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-02
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781101441176

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The Complete Idiot's Guide Astrology Dictionary by Arlene Tognetti,Stephanie Jourdan, Ph.D. Pdf

From Astrology to the Zodiac... The Complete Idiot's Guide® Astrology Dictionary gives readers over 1,500 entries on everything about astrology from A to Z, including everything they need to know to read their chart and make interpretations. ?Organized in two sections for quick and easy reference, providing readers with the meaning of the term or topic, then interpretations that can be applied for readers to learn more about themselves or others ?Tognetti is also the lead author of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Astrology, Fourth Edition, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Tarot, Second Edition, and The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Tarot Spreads.

Author : Aaron B. Bird PhD
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781543415650

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The Couples’ Castle by Aaron B. Bird PhD Pdf

When you journey through the castles rooms with the main charactersEmma and Titus, Isabella and Zeb, Olivia and Oliveryoull discover how you, too, can become one of the greatest love stories ever told. After all these years of humans walking around on earth, the statistics remains the same: 50 percent divorce and another 40 percent do not have the kind of marriage they wish for their kids. Only about 10 percent are living an authentic happily ever after. How the 10 percenters got there is what youll discover inside the couples castle. They know what drives relationships in todays world is rapidly changing. The old days of treating the wedding ceremony with pixie dust and the be-all and end-all and providing four walls and a roof with dinner served promptly at 5:00 p.m. arent enough anymore. They want more... because theres more to be had. This book offers the relationship blueprint to experience the ultimate relationship, find the love of your life, and make your marriage a masterpieceall within a fun and fast-paced narrative. Join the books couples in their race through the castles rooms to find a real happily ever after and discover all thats possible for you.