In order to properly assess current ecological conditions, we need long-term ecological data. Historical ecology focuses on that long term, including the need to synthesize data from diverse sources. In the Long Island Sound, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmenta…
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The purpose of this study was to explore Connecticut professional Social Workers' (i.e., Clinical Social Workers and School Social Workers) and Counselors' (i.e., Mental Health Counselors and School Counselors) attitudes toward persons with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrom…
This dissertation is a study of value adaptation by the southern New England Indians who attended Moor's Charity School, in Lebanon, Connecticut, between 1743 and 1770. These Indians were part of New Light Minister Eleazar Wheelock's extended household, dubbed by one student, th…
This ethnographic case study is about what has happened in a small New England city since it underwent tremendous demographic changes beginning in the 1990s. For most of its history, Danbury, Connecticut was unusually receptive to immigrant populations, especially in contrast to…
The challenge of maintaining a consistent Islamic propagation effort in a highly transient New Haven, Connecticut, State Jail population is the core work of this project. This task was made even more complex by the fact that the faith community which is responsible for deliverin…
The overdose crisis has been an issue of public health and safety in the U.S. over the past 30 years, as a wave of increased addiction and overdoses beginning in 1990 brought it to public attention and political salience.1 The impact of the current overdose crisis is felt deeply…
Genealogy is essentially history through an anthropological lens. However, the online community is flooded with instances of inaccurate information. Often, this information comes from previously published family histories. These older publications frequently have frequently misi…