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Sport as a Catalyst for Social Justice and Inclusion: A Case Study of the Gaelic Athletic Association’s Role in Community and Youth Development Open

Mark A. Brennan, Pat Dolan, Colin Regan, Theodore R. Alter · 2025

Sport can serve as a powerful tool for community building, fostering inclusion, challenging intolerance, and advancing social justice. It also supports positive youth development and active citizenship. When embedded in local life and acce…

Transforming wildlife health professionals into effective participants in socio-ecological problem-solving. Open

Andrew Peters, Lisa V. Adams, Theodore R. Alter · 2024

Expertise, Identity, and Relationships in Private Forestry Practice Open

Abigail L. Jamison, Theodore R. Alter, Allyson B. Muth · 2023

Building urban community resilience through university extension: community engagement and the politics of knowledge Open

Justine Lindemann, Theodore R. Alter, Forrest Stagner, Effie Palacios, Ledeebari Banuna , et al. · 2022

Application of a Modified Brainstorming Technique Open

Suzanna Windon, Mariah Stollar, Theodore R. Alter · 2020

Our modified brainstorming technique is an assessment tool Extension professionals can use to generate new ideas. The modified brainstorming technique capitalizes on creativity at the individual level and helps maximize the contribution of…

Political economics, collective action and wicked socio-ecological problems: A practice story from the field Open

Lisa B. Adams, Theodore R. Alter, Margot W. Parkes, Michael Reid, Andrew P. Woolnough · 2019

Empowering integrative, sustainable and equitable approaches to wicked socio-ecological problems requires multiple disciplines and ways of knowing. Following calls for greater attention to political economics in this transdisciplinary work…

CREATION OF UNISCOPE: A MODEL FOR REWARDING ALL FORMS OF SCHOLARSHIP Open

Elise A. Gurgevich, Drew Hyman, Theodore R. Alter · 2019

On March 24, 1998, a small group of faculty and administrators at the Pennsylvania State University (PSU) formed a learning community to engage in a deliberative dialogue about recognizing and documenting outreach scholarship in the Univer…

The Nature of Roles on Health and Well-Being of Older Adults in Congregant Living Open

Theodore R. Alter · 2017

This study examined the functional and psychological abilities of newly admitted female residents to several continuing care retirement communities (CCRC’s) in central New Jersey in an attempt to understand why some residents rapidly suffe…

Food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices among food handlers in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand Open

Chayanee Jenpanich, Fred Unger, Theodore R. Alter, Warangkhana Chaisowwong · 2016

Foodborne illness have a great impact on public health worldwide. In Thailand, most \nfoodborne illnesses are attributed to cross contamination in food especially from \nanimal origin and drinking water. There is a high production and dome…

The Impact of Price Volatility of Agricultural Commodities in Polandon Alternative Incomes of Conventional, Ecological and AgritourismFarms Open

Piotr Bórawski, Wojciech Gotkiewicz, James W. Dunn, Theodore R. Alter · 2015

The objective of this paper is to recognize price volatility of main commodities and to measure the impact of price level on agricultural incomes of farms and the number of farms having alternative income sources. First we focused on price…

Assessment of hygienic practices among pig slaughterhouses and markets in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand Open

Chayanee Jenpanich, Fred Unger, Theodore R. Alter, Warangkhana Chaisowwong · 2015

Insufficient hygienic practices of food handlers such as poor personal \nhygiene associated with foodborne illness can lead to crosscontamination \nalong food chains. This study aimed to assess knowledge, \nattitudes and practices (KAP) of…

Community implementation dynamics: Nutrient management in the New York City and Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Open

Glenn Sterner, Ray B. Bryant, Peter J. A. Kleinman, Jack Watson, Theodore R. Alter · 2015

The creation of natural resource management and conservation strategies can be affected by engagement with local citizens and competing interests between agencies and stakeholders at the varying levels of governance. This paper examines th…

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