Publication Type: Poster
Abstract: In 1898, rival information laborers John Barrett
and Dean Worcester engaged in an indirect
competition to become the paramount U.S. authority on the
Philippines. Worcester's hastily assembled book
boasting photographs of scantily clad "real" Filipinos
propelled its author past his better-positioned
rival, who traded on government position and
journalism high (The North American Review) and low
(William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal and its
vast syndicate). Communication technologies
privileging simple binaries emerged during this
period to alter the balance of labor power within the
realm of popular knowledge, in part by allowing
complex relationships to be recast in familiar
terms through visual and textual codings. Barrett, the youngest U.S. consul of
his time, cast the endeavor in a commercial and political
register, gearing his print-oriented approach to
the exploitation of elite sources. Worcester parlayed photographs and letters
written during a collegiate zoology expedition into the
popular The Philippine Islands and Their People,
which brought him the status of reigning U.S.
Philippines expert, an audience with President
McKinley, and a leading position in colonial affairs
for a generation to come. Content mattered, in
this case, but the circumstance of a laborer's
location could also play a powerful (and paradoxical) role: Barrett's on-the-spot advantage in the
Philippines in 1898 was offset and even surpassed
by Worcester's conversion of old field
notes and photos into a higher-impact medium, a feat
that could only have taken place at the pace he
achieved through his location in the United States
in 1898.

Publication Type: Proceeding

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Analysis of political conversation on the Howard Dean candidate blog revealed it as an avenue for support/endorsement, campaigning, and discussion of candidate image versus for deliberative, diverse issue discussion. The blog was used less for dissent and more for candidate support, and most blog postings lacked reason-giving. Engagement with dissenting opinion depended on the source of the blog post: dissenting opinion from nonsupporters was more likely to be dismissed when compared to dissenting opinion from supporters. Supporter deliberation was determined by source credibility, and nonsupporters were not viewed as trusted sources. Nonsupporters were acutely aware of their minority status and tended to post dissenting opinion that lacked substantive content. Though the Dean headquarters tried to block dissent in the design of the blog, survival of disagreement was evident in the appearance of positive comments about other candidates and continued dissent from supporters. Most importantly, media content cited on the blog framed discourse periodically and provided the needed diversity of opinion that political conversation did not permit.

Publication Type: Individual Paper
Abstract: As four deans present case studies about their collaborative methods for developing strategic partnerships, they provide ideas for building constituencies. Guidelines are given that highlight common, collaborative leadership practices.

Publication Type: Abstract
Abstract: Purpose: Guideline 8.1 of the 2007 ACPE Standards states that the Dean of Pharmacy must have “publications in the pharmacy and biomedical literature in areas relevant to the mission and goals of the college or school.” The purpose of this project was to quantitate pharmacy Dean publications using the Medline database.

Methods: Deans were identified using the 2005/2006 Roster of Faculty from AACP. Dean names were then searched using the online provider PubMed. Searches were done with no restrictions placed on language, year of publication, or type of article. Most searches were straight-forward although some publication lists had multiple authors with the same name, particularly if the Dean had a common name on PubMed. In these cases, decisions on inclusion were made by viewing the subject matter of the paper, co-authors, address of the authors, and viewing the original article or abstract. When judgments were made with incomplete data, we erred on the side of article inclusion rather than exclusion.

Results: A total of 2677 lifetime publications were published by 86 Deans. Mean of the data was 31 [95% CI 21-41] with a high of 338 and a low of 0. Deans from public schools published significantly more papers than Deans from private schools (p< 0.01) Seventeen Deans (20%) accounted for 78% (n=1622) of the total publications. Almost one-quarter of all Deans had 5 or less lifetime publications on PubMed.

Conclusion: It is doubtful that all pharmacy Deans are meeting ACPE Guideline 8.1 as it might relate to journal publications.