Publications - 1990's

1990

“Looking at Iowa in the 90’s, The Eventful 90’s”
Cedar Rapids Gazette. January 7, 1990, p. 12A

“Low Salaries May Deter Young Future Academics: Reforming the PhD”
Chronicle of Higher Education. January 24, 1990

“Growth at Kirkwood Is Just Short of Incredible”
Cedar Rapids Gazette. February 18, 1990, p. 9A

“The Professionalization of the Paralegal”
Journal of Paralegal Education. October 1990 with Dean Antony Parimanath of Kirkwood Community College, Dr. Donald Green of Genesee College and Dr. Corgiat of Genesee College

“Among The Best”
Cedar Rapids Gazette. Wednesday, October 17, 1990, p. 5A

“Learning Styles in Assessment of Students”
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 70, 1990, 363-369 with Dr. Donald Green of Genesee College and Dean Antony Parimanath of Kirkwood Community College

“Media Analysis and Strain Theory: Popular Culture and Upward Mobility”
Psychology: A Journal of Human Behavior. Vol. 27, #3, 1990, p. 40-45.
Also republished in Communication Abstracts

1991

“What Do We Expect of Teachers and Students”
Wednesday Forum. April 17, 1991. Panel Member

“An Addendum to Weisz … Hidden Curriculum”
College Student Journal. Vol. 25, September 1991, p. 396 with Dr. Donald Green of Genesee College and Dean Antony Parimanath of Kirkwood Community College

“Rejoinder”
Endless Summer Quarterly. Summer, 1991

“How Do We Compare?”
Student-Faculty Forum. May 1, 1991

“Cognitive Learning Styles of Professors and Students in Introductory Accounting: A Research Note
College Student Journal. Vol. 25, September 1991, #3, p. 339

“Prospectus”
Endless Summer Quarterly. Spring 1991, p. 27-28

“Contest: Wide Range of Ideas From All Ages”
Cedar Rapids Gazette. February 3, 1991, p.19A

“International Student Symposium: A Foreign Perspective On American Education”
Moderator. September 15, 1991. Kirkwood’s 25th Anniversary

“A Social Science Screen: Language Assessment and Unsuccessful Performance”
College Student Journal. June 1991, Vol. 25, #2, p. 166-169 with Dean Antony Parimanath, Assistant Dean Saul Mekies, and Dr. Donald Green of Genesee College

“Human Behavior / Conformity and Deviance: Application of Merton’s Paradigm”
Paper in American Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. March 1991, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with Dr. Bill Wakefield of the University of Nebraska-Omaha

“High Percentage Are Kirkwood Finishers”
Cedar Rapids Gazette. Sunday, August 18, 1991, p. 6A

“Comparing Transfer and Career Community College Student Response on the Snell-Green Professor Index”
College Student Journal. Vol. 25, March 1991, #1, p. 451-456 with Dr. Donald Green of Genesee College, Assistant Dean Saul Mekies, and Dean Antony Parimanath of Kirkwood Community College

“Liberal Arts Students and Teacher Preference”
Education. Vol. 112, #1, Fall 1991, p. 64-67

1992

“Beyond Cards and Trivia, Tell Him That You Care”
Week End Focus, The Omaha World Herald. June 21, 1991, p. 17-A

“A Note on Merton’s Paradigm and Non-Legal Activity”
Psychology. Vol. 29, #1, 1992, p. 47-50

“Social Implications of International Security”
Options Grant, KTS TV, April 14, 1992

“Spirit: New Age Trilogy”
Fans of Carl, Alan and Bruce. Vol. 2, #1, March 1992

“Let Students See New Perspective, Yet Keep Values”
Guest Column, Cedar Rapids Gazette. Sunday, February 16, 1992, p. 9A

“The Impact of Changes Occurring in the Soviet Union”
Faculty Forum / Options. January 13, 1992. Kirkwood Community College Coordinator

“Justice and the Politics of Difference” by Iris Marion Young
A book review in The Annals of American Academy of Political and Social Sciences. Vol. 519, January 1992, p. 223-224

“Nick Nolte Was Hero”
Editorial Page, Omaha World Herald. March 10, 1992, p. 16

“The Final Word: The Beach Boys Souvenir booklet of 1967”
The Mike Love Newsletter. Vol. 3, #3, July 1992, p. 9

“Bubble Is Bursting For Many Boomers”
Editorial Page, The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Wednesday, August 5, 1992, p. 4A

“Regrets Over 60’s Will Shape the 21st Century Activism”
Editorial Page, Cedar Rapids Gazette. Thursday, August 6, 1992. P. 6A

“Iowa View, Beach Boys’ Careers, Up, Down, and Back On Top”
Editorial Page, Des Moines Register. August 12, 1992

“He remembers four who are forever 19”
The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Tuesday, December 8, 1992, p. 4A

“The Snell Educator Effectiveness Index: An Instrument for Faculty Evaluation by Students”
Journal of Instructional Psychology. Vol. 19, #4, December 1992, p. 286-290 with Dr. Donald Green of Genesee College, Assistant Dean Saul Mekies, and Dean Antony Parimanath of Kirkwood Community College

“Beach Boys Career: Up, Down, and Back On Top”
Endless Summer Quarterly. Fall 1992

“Application of Merton’s Paradigm to Deviance and Conformity”
American Society of Criminology. November 7, 1992, New Orleans, LA with Dr. Bill Wakefield of the University of Nebraska-Omaha

“Small Is Beautiful In A College Classroom”
Cedar Rapids Gazette. Tuesday, December 29, 1992, p. 4A

1993

“Another Generation just a phone call away”
Opinion, Cedar Rapids Gazette. January 4, 1993, p. 6A

“Personal Profiles”
The International Biographical Association. Newsletter, Spring 1993, p. 2

Sullivan and Thompson’s Introduction to Social Problems
Macmillan. 1993, p. xi (acknowledgements)

“Kirkwood, The Other Ranking Area School”
Opinion, The Iowa City Press-Citizen. Tuesday, September 7, 1993, p. 5A

“You Can Go Home Again; It Could Be Beneficial”
The Cedar rapids Gazette. September 12, 1993, p. 6A

“Study Attrition in a Community College: A Preliminary Study”
Journal of Instructional Psychology. Vol. 20, #5, p. 256-261 with Saul Mekies, Donald Green, and Dan Tesar

“Will You Be Left Out of the New Society?
Guest Column, The Cedar Rapids Gazette. June 30, 1993, p. 4A

“Private-Public Corporation in New Society”
The Cedar Rapids Gazette. June 31, 1993, p. 5A

“Brothers, Cousins, and Friends”
The Beach Boys Endless Summer Quarterly. Spring 1993, back page

“Snell Publishes”
The University of Nebraska at Omaha Alum News. Fall, 1993

“Vocational Students and Perception of College Professor Traits”
Psychology, A Journal of Human Behavior. Vol. 30, #1, p. 47-51 with Dr. Donald Green of Genesee College, and Dean Antony Parimanath of Kirkwood Community College

“Those Who Did Not Succeed In A PhD Program: How Many Are There? What Went Wrong? How Can They Resolve Their Dilemma?”
College Student Journal. Vol. 20, #2, June 1993, p. 223-233

The Road Toward 2012
Published by the Department of Transportation, 1993, by John Petersen, Arlington Institute.
Acknowledgements. (contributor)

“More Tracking Results on Transfer Students”
Community College Week. Vol. 5, #19, May 10, 1993, p. 2 with Saul Mekies

“His Time to Die and My Time to Come of Age”
Opinion, The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Monday, December 6, 1993, p. 4A

“Social Accounting Analysis: Can We Borrow and Improve? A Compendium of Social Indicators”
Psychology. Vol. 30, #3-4, 1993, p. 59-63 with Saul Mekies, R. Gary Dean and Lawrence Lewis

“Criminal Justice Education, A Review Essay of Richard Quinney, A Prominent Criminologist”
College Student Journal. Vol. 27, #4, December 1993, p. 441-443

“A Secondary Analysis of Major Educational Social-Economic Impact on Communities”
Psychology, A Journal of Human Behavior. Vol. 30, #3-4, 1993, p. 64-65 with R. Gary Dean and Lawrence Lewis

1994

“Paralegals’ Prestige on the Rise”
Karen Kendenzer (News and Trends) author’s study is quoted and reviewed.
Legal Assistant Today. January-February 1994. Vol. 2, #3

“Back to the Nest, Relationship is strained, when adult children move home”
The author is quoted and a sidebar describes the home of the future.
Life and Leisure, Cedar Rapids Gazette. Sunday, March 6, 1994, p. 2C

“He Was Omaha’s Voice”
Omaha World Herald. April 12, 1994, p. 50

“A Job’s a job – unless the public is rating it”
Guest Column, Cedar Rapids Gazette. Thursday March 31, 1994, p. 4A

“Writing and Publishing at the Community College: An Editorial Essay”
Education. Vol. 114, #3, Spring, 1994, p. 445-446 with Tesar and Mekies

“Reunion Reflection: Do generations follow rainbows?”
Cedar Rapids Gazette. Sunday, May 29, 1994, p. 7A

“Is ‘Prisonomics’ lurking in our future?”
Cedar Rapids Gazette. Sunday, June 26, 1994, p. 4A

“Wage Gap Blues-Strong Growth Brings Jobs to Cedar Rapids But Many Pay Poorly-Employers In the Iowa City Area, Cut Costs and Workers With Low Skills Suffer-Hard Work On the Phone”
Wall Street Journal. June 24, 1994, p. A7 and A12 (interviewed)

“Kudos to Robert Pedersen”
Community College Week. July 14, 1994, p. 4

“A Prosac Future? Maybe, But Human Touch figures Large”
Guest Column / Opinion, Cedar Rapids Gazette. Sunday, July 31, 1994, p. 8A

“Bookmarks: Total Quality Handbook for Scholars, Managers”
Quality Network News. Vol. 4, #5, September-October 1994, p. 4

“Mrs. Lebedz Credible”
Public Pulse, Omaha World Herald. August 24, 1994, p. 22

“Futurists are no longer optimistic”
Guest Column, The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Monday, September 5, 1994, p. 4A

“Your future is better in Cedar Rapids”
Guest Column, The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Tuesday, September 6, 1994, p.4A

The Road To 2015: Profiles To The Future
Carte Madera, California: The Waite Group Press. 1994, John L. Petersen, contributor and archivist

“Study Evaluates Occupational Prestige of Paralegal Profession”
Paralegal Update, Anderson’s Newsletter for Paralegal Educators. Fall, 1994, p. 7
with Hanna Weston and Wendy Geertz

“Perspective…” The Study Guide, Newsletter of the American Association for Collegiate Independent Study.
Vol. 2, #3, Fall, 1994, p. 7

“Mom Only Moved, But It Was Still Like A Death In The Family”
The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Sunday, October 23, 1994, p.7A

“Criminal Justice Education: Textbook Criminal Typologies and Merton’s Paradigm”
Journal of Instructional Psychology. Vol. 21, #3, p. 274-285
with Donald W. Green and Bill Wakefield

“Dad stumps son with point about Madonna”
Guest Column, The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Tuesday, December 20, 1994, p. 4A

1995

“A Deadbeat Dad and His Effect on Others”
Guest Column, The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Sunday, January 8, 1995, p. 7A

“States Can Be Friends”
Letter. Editorial page. The Omaha World Herald. Tuesday, February 7, 1995, p. 6

Bookmarks “The School for Quality Learning”
Quality Network News. Vol. 5, #2, March-April 1995, p. 4

“Sensitive Treatment”
Gazette Editorials, The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Saturday, January 21, 1995, p. 4A

“The Efficiency of Psychotropic Medication for the Treatment and Management of Incarcerated Offenders”
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Panel 198. Boston, Massachusetts. March 7-11, 1995
with Dr. Mitchell Marsh

“A Vas Deferens in the Handling of Absentee Dads”
Opinion / Letters, The Cedar Rapids Gazette. March 12, 1995, p. 6A

“Coming: lots of misspellings of ‘a lot’ … Joel Snell warns”
Write Right / Carl Kane. The Cedar Rapids Gazette. March 26, 1995, p. 8A

“Former student, now successful, comes knocking”
Guest Column, The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Sunday, March 26, 1995

Focus: The Kirkwood Social Science Journal Editor, 2nd Edition.
The Journal contained five articles along with an “annex” for abstracts of all the articles

Future Probe
A collection of articles custom published as an auxiliary to social problems textbook

“Instructional Management and Sex Roles: A Descriptive Study”
Journal of Instructional Psychology. Vol. #1, March 1995, p. 95-98 with Dan Tesar

UNO Alum: An Independent Publication Of The University Of Nebraska At Omaha Association
Summer 1995, p. 26

Letters (Community College Study) New Data Should Prompt Further Study
Community College Week. May 22, 1995, p. 4

“Assessment Testing and High School Sociology: A Research Note and Update
College Student Journal. Vol. 29, #2, June 1995, p. 256

“Central City: The Nearest Faraway Place”
Editorial, The Linn Newsletter, Official Paper for Linn County, Central City, Center Point, Coggon, Alburnett, Walker and Prarieburg. Vol. 107, #24, Tuesday, May 30, 1995, p. 5

“Officers Well Trained”
Letter in the Editorial Page, Omaha World Herald. Wednesday, June 28, 1995, p.24

“The Viability of Psychotropic Medications for Incarcerated Offender Populations”
Midwest Criminal Justice Association. Panel 3. Chicago, Illinois. October 4-6, 1995 with Marsh and Wakefield

“Student Attendance and Academic Achievement: A Research Note”
Journal of Instructional Psychology. Vol. XXII, #2, Summer of 1995, p. 126, with Mekies and Tesar

“Those Were The Days; they didn’t last long”
Guest Column, The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Monday, July 31, 1995, p. 6A

“Merton’s Paradigm: An Amendment to Formal Global Axis VI In A Future Revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual”
Midwest Criminal Justice Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. October 5, 1995
with Marsh and Wakefield

Lurie, Jonathan, Arming Military Justice: The Origin of Military Court of Appeals 1775-1950, Vol. 1
Book Review. Princeton University Press. Princeton, New Jersey, 1992. 274 pages in Southeaster Political Review. Vol. 23, #3, September 1995, p. 548

“Caffeine As An Addiction”
Midwest Criminal Justice Association, Chicago, Illinois. Panel 13. October 4-6, 1995
with Marsh and Wakefield

“The Beatles Movie Medley”
Good Day Sunshine. Issue # 77. November 1995, p. 26

“Iowa’s Community Colleges: Evaluations As A Tool For Faculty Promotion and Termination”
Education. Vol. 116, #1, Fall 1995, p. 121-123 with Tesar and Mekies

“The Political Economy of Social Democratic Revisionism:
Criminal Justice Policy and Richard Quinney”
Midwest Criminal Justice Association, Chicago, Illinois. October 5, 1995 with Wakefield and Marsh

At this time I had Cardiac Arrest in which I survived and had quadruple bypass surgery

1996

“The Bell Curve, IQ, and Assessment Testing”
Journal of Instructional Psychology. Vol. 23, #4, December 1996, p. 305-306

Attribution UNO Alum
Spring 1996, class notes 1996

“Liked Tuition Focus”
Editorial Page, Omaha World Herald. Wednesday, July 10, 1996, p. 12

Editor’s Notes
Journal of Criminal Justice Education. Vol. 7, #2, Fall 1996

Inclusion in International Biographical Association Directory. 1996, p. 210

“The Professionalization of the Legal Assistant: Identity, Maturation States and Goal Attainment”
The Journal of Paralegal Education and Practice with Green, Corgiat, and Parimanath. Reprinted in “Educational Standards, A Priority”, in the Legal Assistant Management Associations Manager.
May-June 1996, p. 10-11

Attribution K-FACS Flyer (KFA of ISEA and NEA “Labor’s Surprising Reemergence”
March 1996, p. 3

“Late Registrants: A Research Note”
College Student Journal. Vol. 30, December, 1996, #4, p. 555

“Perceived Differences In Role Expectations of Criminal Justice Professors: A Second Study”
College Student Journal. Vol. 30, March 1996 with Tesar, Wakefield, and Mekies

1997

“Am I having a Heart Attack?” HEALTHBEAT MAGAZINE, September/October, 1997, p.8-9.

“Impacts of Robotic Sex” THE FUTURIST, July-August, 1997, 32-33

“Prediction/Orgasmatron” HARPER’S / HARPER’S MAGAZINE, December, 1997, p.29

“After Near Fatal Attack, Heartbeats are Literally life-affirming experience” THE CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE, Monday, July 14, 1998, 4a.

“Futurologists Predicting ‘robot sex’ Technology” by Hanns- Jocken Kaffsack THE BANGOK POST, Saturday, September 13, 1997.

“Road Rage? Road Anxiety is bad enough” CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE, Monday, September 8, 1997, 4a.

The North Central Sociology Syllabus Review for the 1990’s (in house report.)

inclusion in Values and Lifestyles/ Outlook 98’ in THE FUTURIST, P.6

1998

“Hunting for Good Will” Point of View COMMUNITY COLLEGE WEEK, March 23, 1998, 4

“Merton’s Paradigm:An Amendment to Form Global Axis VI in a Future Revision of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual” PSYCHOLOGY, Vol. 35, No1, 1998, 44-50.

“Cherish Those Rites of Passage: They Soon Will Be Anchors in Your Lives” THE CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE, Saturday, May 23, 1998, 4a.

inclusion in THE FUTURIST, P. 66, P. 4, AND P. 64

“If I Can Learn to Surf the Internet, So Can You” / Computers, Internet: Joy or Pain? THE CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE, Sunday, Jan. 25, 1998, 9a.

“Horray for Hollywood” Point of View COMMUNITY COLLEGE WEEK, May 4, 1998, p. 5

“Charted Singles” CALIFORNIA SAGA, P. 54-56.

“Role Ambiguity and Paralegal Intern Students in Legal Practices: A Preliminary Study” Vol. 32,
June 1998, No.2, 302-304.

Dictionary of International Biography, 27h edition

2000 Outstanding Community Leaders of the 20th Century

FOCUS, the Kirkwood Social Science edition, 1998 edition, “Measuring Race, Sex and Social Class” Maryann Sinkler, p. 4-5

1999

Snell, Cangemi, Noble, Payne, and Kowalski “The New Science: Chaos theory, Catastrophic theory, and Topological Theory”
Psychology. 1999, Vol. 1 p. 24-29

Cangemi, Payne, Kowalski, Snell, “Chaos Theory, Catastrophic Theory and Topological Theory: Examples and Perspectives”
Psychology. 1999, Vol. 2, p.11-20

Snell, Mekies, “Online Education and Academic Rigor”
Instructional Psychology. Vol. 26, #3 September 1999, p. 194-195

Snell, Allen, Mekies, “Distance Learning, Web Sites and Accreditation”
College Student Journal. June 1999, #2, p. 318-320

Snell “Surveys Validate Rigor of Distance Learning”
Community College Week. June 28, 1999, p. 5

Snell, “One Size Does Not Fit All”
Community College Week. January 25, 1999, p. 5

Snell, “21st – century specter: No U.S. Farms / Thought of Barren Iowa is nightmarish: Let’s fight it”
The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Monday, April 26, 1999, p. 4A

Snell, “Flaw in Pregnancy Report”
Omaha World Herald. June 8, 1999, p. 7

Snell, “Idyllic setting in mid-city: Wonderful”
The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Saturday, July 17, 1999, p. 4A

Snell, “Big Red brings Iowa the Blues: Wait! Dust off those cliches / Visitors top scenario: Huskers Harvest Hawks”
The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Saturday, September 4, 1999

Snell, attribution in Kornblum Sociology In A Changing World”
5th edition, Fort Worth: Harcourt College Publisher, 1999

Snell, “Remember when white, heterosexual males sang love songs to hot cars?”
The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Saturday, January 23, 1999

Snell, “Central City: Nearest faraway Place”
The Linn County Newsletter. Vol. 111, #10, March 2, 1999

Snell, Allen, “Subjective Gender Role Assessment Index For Use In College Classroom”
College Student Journal. Vol. 33, #4, December, 1999, p. 513-514

   
   

 

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