The Erickson Murder

Jeff Erickson

Participatory Genre, by Thomas Erickson

The phrase "virtual community" is often used to describe long term, computer-mediated conversations amongst large groups. This paper suggests that such conversations may be better viewed as instances of a participatory genre, rather than as community. A genre-oriented analysis is useful because it encourages a focus on the medium within which the discourse is embodied. As an example we analyze ...

Problems in Erickson et al. 2009

In the course of pursuing research on dinosaur growth rates (Myhrvold, 2013), I attempted to repli-cate the findings of Erickson et al. for Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis (Erickson et al., 2009a). In their study, they use femoral length measurements and age estimates for 80 specimens of P. lujiatunensis to estimate body mass and age, fit a growth curve, and construct a life table. These results w...

Mallory Erickson Auburn University Brian

To meet the needs of all couples, marriage educators and practitioners must understand diversity in regard to family development and composition. This includes the recognition and consideration of developmental and couple dynamic differences between couples in first marriages and those who marry and have children from a previous relationship (Halford et al. 2003). An understanding of the unique...

Murder and the ICU.

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a place of technology, unusual drug formularies and rapid decisionmaking, all designed to help critically ill patients get better. However, these same factors can create an environment where a healthcare worker might systematically harm a patient without fear of detection or punishment. Such allegations are difficult to substantiate because evidence is so diffic...