Global Awareness Society International

Proceedings of the Global Awareness Society International -2009

18th Annual Conference

Washington, DC, USA

May 2009

Table of Contents

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Culture and Society


The Construction of Cultural Identities in the Context of Global Communication: The Simpsons Go to Brazil

Edvan Brito
Howard University


Safeguarding Legal rights of Citizens: The Case of Ethiopia

Tassew S. Gizaw
Old Dominion University


The Failed History of Confucius Cultural DNA in Asia: Why Confucius Universal Humanitarianism had been rejected by the Ru-[traditional pre-]Confucianism? Confucius Second Coming

Thomas Kang
Dao-Confucian Science Center


Pruning the Culture Tree of Ghana: Why Should the Traditional System of Authority Use the Consultative Process? The Case of the Mamprusi Community

Daphne Lariba Nabila
Legal Resouces Centre
Legon, Ghana


Cultural Dimensions on Equity Sensitivity: American vs. Chinese

Jiaxi Wang
Shawnee State University


Impact of the Israeli Occupation on Palestinian Education

Mai Abdul Rahman
Howard University

An Innovative Response to the Challenges of Dramatic Increases in Immigration from Africa to the Twin Cites of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Gary B. Reierson
President Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches

Recommendation for a United States Policy on Poverty

Christopher J. Rumbough
Bloomsburg University

Materialism vs. Moral Values: Essential Issues in Tertiary Teaching

Faith Pereira
School of Business
Dowling College


Issues in Global Education


Teaching Latino Literature in a World Literature Class at an African American University

Angela B. Chamblee
Languages & Literature
Virginia Union University


Teaching Entrepreneurialism: Globalization and the Contradictions of Community Based Development Models in Kingston, Jamaica

Ann Galvin

Anthropology
St. John's University


Teaching Entrepreneurialism: Globalization and the Contradictions of Community Based Development Models in Kingston, Jamaica

Ann Galvin
Anthropology
St. John's University


The Impact of Holistic Method on Teacher Candidates' Self-efficacy

Kejing Liu
Shawnee State University


Globalization Challenges in Central Asia

Jay Nathan
Tobin College of Business
St. John's University


A Review of China’s Special Education Law and its Impact on the Living Status of Individuals with Disabilities in China

Yanhui Pang
Exceptionality Programs
Bloomsburg University


Economics and Business Education: Challenges and Opportunities

Madhav Sharma
Student Services Center
Bloomsburg University


Global Business and Development


Globalization and Development Problems in Sub-Saharan Africa

Hailu Abatena
School of Social Work
Norfolk State University


The Impact of the Lending Crisis on Student Loans

Ibraham M Badawi
College of Business Administration
St. John's University


Globalization's Challenges for Developing Countries

Shreekant Joag
Tobin College of Business
St. John's University


International Financial Institutions in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis

Raeesa Khan
Department of Political Science
Bloomsburg University


Gender Diversity in the Hospitality Industry: An Empirical Study in Turkey

Musa Pinar
College of Business Administration
Valparaiso University

Michael K. McCuddy
Valparaiso University

Ibrahim Birkan
Atilim University

Metin Kozak
Mugla University


Leadership, Inequality, and Economic Crisis

Asim Sen
Department of Management
St. John Fisher College


A Framework of Management Science in ESL Background

Qisi Zhang
TESOL Program
Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Guishan Wang
Indiana University of Pennsylvania


Global Economic Tsunami: Causes, Effects and Lessons

Wold Zemedkun
Finance & Entrepreneurship
Norfolk State University


Global Health


The Epidemic of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa and Selected Consequences: The Impact of Globalization

Ivor Lensworth Livingston
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Howard University

Marcia Johnson

Nyla Lyons Sabrina Smiley
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Howard University

Stefan L. Livingston, MPH
School of Public Health
University of Maryland


Global Economic Tsunami: Causes, Effects and Lessons

Joan Miller
Department of Nursing
Bloomsburg University

Linda Roussel
Department of Nursing and Public Administration
Marywood University

Diane Haleem
Department of Nursing
Bloomsburg University


Gender and HIV/AIDS in East Africa

Leticia Nkonya
My Sister's Place


Mental Health in Ukrainian Orphanage Children

Ladawn Park
380 N 1020 E #315
Brigham Young University