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Ulloth, Dana

Dr. Dana R. Ulloth is Professor of Mass Communications at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. in Radio, Film, and Television Studies from the University of Missouri.

Artistic Ideals of Graphic Design Artists in the Television Industry
2007 0-7734-5316-4
This work analyzes the aesthetics of television design in the broader context of art history and theory while examining the motivations, work practices, and creative ambitions of contemporary design practitioners. Based on interviews of the graphic artists who produce such works, this book offers, for the first time, first-hand information about how these individuals understand their own work. The underlying question studied was: do these individuals fulfill an artistic objective in how they approach their craft? The result is a highly detailed qualitative insight into how television graphic designers work and view their craft that can provide the basis for later research.

Changing the Regulation of Guns by Reinterpreting The Second Amendment: How the Supreme Court has Contradicted the Intent of the Founding Fathers
2020 1-4955-0802-1
Dr. Dana Ulloth looks in the history of gun regulation in the United States from the founding of America to our modern age. He argues that the interpretation of second has moved from its earliest pro-regulation interpretation to an anti-regulation interpretation over that time period.

Changing the Regulation of Guns by Reinterpreting The Second Amendment: How the Supreme Court has Contradicted the Intent of the Founding Fathers (Softcover)
2020 1-4955-0803-X
Dr. Dana Ulloth looks in the history of gun regulation in the United States from the founding of America to our modern age. He argues that the interpretation of second has moved from its earliest pro-regulation interpretation to an anti-regulation interpretation over that time period.

Constitutions of the American States Before the American Constitutional Convention (1789) : The Original Texts, with Notes
2020 1-4955-0820-X
Dr. Dana Ulloth reproduces the colonial constitutions of the original thirteen colonies, plus Vermont. The book includes the text of the constitutions, and notes on the details of the constitutions, the creation of them, and interesting quirks of them. It is intended to be a resource to watch the

Fifty Blacks Killed by the Police : An American Martyrology (Hard Cover)
2021 1-4955-0837-4
This book is about 50 women and men who were innocent of any crime that merited them dying, but they nevertheless paid the ultimate price. They were the wrong color, in the wrong place, at the wrong time, confronted by the wrong person with too much power.

Fifty Blacks Killed by the Police : An American Martyrology (Soft Cover)
2020 1-4955-0838-2
This book is about 50 women and men who were innocent of any crime that merited them dying, but they nevertheless paid the ultimate price. They were the wrong color, in the wrong place, at the wrong time, confronted by the wrong person with too much power.

How American Popular Television was Created (1946-1956): Recollections of Three-Programming Pioneers - Stanley Quinn, Edmund Rice, and Harry Herrmann
2018 1-4955-0648-7
The book presents the unique perspective of people who created entertainment that also served as an advertising vehicle while trying to reach national audiences. The record shows that Kraft Television Theatre was part of a continuum that spanned several media beginning with live theater and vaudeville, continuing through radio, evolving into live television, and eventually becoming part of a complex mix of broadcast television, cable television, and satellite broadcasting. The work particularly focuses on Stanley Quinn, Edmund Rice and Harry Herrmann.

How Elevators and Air Conditioning Changed American Polity: An Essay in Architectural Technology
2018 1-4955-0701-7
The book traces the evolution of two technologies - elevators and air-conditioning - until they became essential elements of the "skyscraper". It examines several turning points in detail, alongside the economic and social consequences of these two technologies.

How Freedom of Religion was Regulated in the Thirteen Original States: A Comparative Study of their Constitutions (hardcover)
2022 1-4955-0941-9
From the author's Introduction: "The relationship of civil government to religious enterprise was important to most of the people who participated in the formation of the United States of America and its original thirteen states (and later that of Vermont). How they approached the matter in their states and later at the national level when they created a new constitution is the topic of this book. Indeed, there was a significant difference in how state legislatures approached the matter and how the Constitutional Convention did in 1786."

More Whites Than Blacks are Killed by the Police : The Raw Numerical Data
2021 1-4955-0874-9
Dr. Ulloth examines the data concerning raw numbers of civilians that are killed by Police. He examines the perception of the numbers and the interesting realities found within the data. It considers the reasons for the disparities between public perception and the raw data.

Nikole Hannah-Jones and the 1619 Project: The Role of Charitable Organizations in Politicizing American Universities
2023 1-4955-1144-8
This is a softcover book. "For many years, an active exchange of journalists between newsroom and classroom have been fostered in the view that is essential to improving standards. This is the story of one reporter's complicated path to becoming a faculty member. In 2020, the Hussman School of Journalism at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill opened discussions with Nikole Hannah-Jones, a journalist and opinion writer at the New York Times, about joining its faculty. Hannah-Jones had been responsible for "The 1619 Project," and effort that tried to recast the American story around the role that slavery had played." -from the author's Introduction

Textualism and Originalism as Methods for Interpreting the Constitution: The Politicization of Justice (hardcover)
2022 1-4955-0938-9
From Chapter 1:
"The nomination of Barrett provided a need to again examine how judges go about their interpretation of the Constitution. Prospective justices, have usually said that they read the Constitution through one (or sometimes more) lens. Many have adopted multiple techniques as a means for seeking the most precise meaning of a provision in the Constitution. Any treatment of a Justice’s practices must consider all of the methods adopted in his or her opinions and dissents.
The following provides a brief explanation of each of the four of the eight dominant theories that have guided recent justices in their approach to reading the founding documents of the nation.

The Danger Wealth Disparity Creates for a Democratic Society: A Compendium of Basic Information
2021 1-4955-0898-6
The purpose of this book is to point out that capitalist system in place in the United States is not currently working as efficiently as it might to maximize opportunities for all citizens to both enjoy the benefits and contribute to the continued success of capitalism.

The Last Words of George Floyd : A Verbatim Transcript (Hardcover)
2021 1-4955-0839-0
In this book Dr. Ulloth has preserved the words of George Floyd and the officers and observers during the final few minutes of his life.

The Last Words of George Floyd : A Verbatim Transcript (Softcover)
2020 1-4955-0840-4
In this book Dr. Ulloth has preserved the words of George Floyd and the officers and observers during the final few minutes of his life.

The Politics of the Second Amendment: How Subsequent Generations have Dealt with its Substance
2020 1-4955-0767-X
This book reviews the broad sweep of English Common Law, colonial application of English principles, and continued evolution after the establishment of the United States with its Second Amendment. It found that states took two-pronged approach: one dealt with weapons in the hands of militias for the protection of their community ; the other imposed numerous restrictions on the ownership of guns by individuals for their own purposes.

Why Do the Catholic Justices Vote 6-3? Because Originalism is a Lying Pseudo-Theory
2022 1-4955-1038-7
[Hardcover Edition] "One of the reasons the founders created a multi-seat court was to ensure that a diversity of knowledge and opinion would help to bring balance to its opinions. With the emergence of the new originalist block, decisions have become increasingly uniform in content. ...As I read the opinions, a question arose that seemed to demand attention: To what were the originalists being faithful? Was it to the principles of the republican government defined in the Constitution, or was it to the religious content of the justice's ideology? To answer the question, it was necessary to identify two doctrines: one secular, one religious...." -from the Author's "Introduction"

Why Do the Catholic Justices Vote 6-3? Because Originalism is a Lying Pseudo-Theory
2022 1-4955-1044-1
[Softcover Edition] "One of the reasons the founders created a multi-seat court was to ensure that a diversity of knowledge and opinion would help to bring balance to its opinions. With the emergence of the new originalist block, decisions have become increasingly uniform in content. ...As I read the opinions, a question arose that seemed to demand attention: To what were the originalists being faithful? Was it to the principles of the republican government defined in the Constitution, or was it to the religious content of the justice's ideology? To answer the question, it was necessary to identify two doctrines: one secular, one religious...." -from the Author's "Introduction"