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Call for Chapters: American Indians At Risk
| Publication Date: | 2010-11-02 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2010-07-29 |
| Announcement ID: |
177827 |
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Searching for experts/scholars to write chapters on selected challenges in Indian country for handbook provisionally titled NATIVE AMERICANS AT RISK.
The book, contracted with ABC-CLIO, will consist of approximately 60 chapters written by experts in their field.
Although several respected individuals have agreed to participate, I am still in need of writers for pieces on
> > Affirmative Action
> > Standardized testing
> > Parental engagement
> > Tribal control of educational resources
> > Assessment or culturally appropriate assessment
> > Integrating Native culture in the core curriculum and
> > implications for improving student achievement.
> > Best practices for improving schools for Native
> > students
> > Higher education supports that recruit and retain Native
> > students
> > Pregnancy
> > Diabetes
> > Cancer
> >Life expectancy/suicide
> > Obesity
> > Alternative Healing
> > Extended Family
> > Work
> > Leisure
> > Gender Roles
> > Finances
> > Separation/Divorce/Remarriage
> > Housing
> > Health
> > Children: Health and Nutrition
> > Children: Schooling
> > Children: Play (opportunities etc.)
> > Day Care
> > Teens: Sexual Activity
> > Health and Nutrition
> > Family Dynamics
> > Teens: Homelessness and Runaways
> > Jobs
> > Social Pressures
If you are interested in any of these topics, can recommend others (keeping in mind that I may already have an author who has volunteered to tackle this topic), and other experts like yourself, this would be appreciated.
thanks,
Jeff
firstpeoples@hotmail.com
www.jeffreyianross.com
http://www.ubalt.edu/cla_template.cfm?page=714
http://www.amazon.com/Jeffrey-Ian-Ross/e/B000AQ10W6/ref=sr_tc_2_0
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Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D.
Division of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Forensic Studies
1420 N. Charles Street
University of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD, 21201
Email: firstpeoples@hotmail.com
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