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The Economic And Social Decline Of Women's Colleges Across The United States, Alexandra Rivasplata

2022 Claremont Colleges Library Undergraduate Research Award

Despite women attending college at a greater rate than men for several decades, women’s colleges have been shutting down—or transitioning to coeducation—at incredibly high rates. Literature demonstrates the importance of women’s colleges due to their benefits on students’ future career success and psychological wellbeing. However, there is less research concerning the decline of women's colleges, and none regarding the economic and quantitative factors influencing their closures. The research I conducted led to the creation of a completely original data set, which I utilized to perform a logistic regression and analyze variables related to the survival of women’s colleges. I find …

Louis Choris And Scientific Illustration: Visualizing Colonialism In New California, Bella R. Pettengill

2022 Claremont Colleges Library Undergraduate Research Award

This paper investigates artist Louis Choris and his book of scientific illustrations, Voyage Pittoresque autor de monde (1815), as a case study for the larger dilemma of visualizing factual modes of documentation. With a specific focus on Choris’s anthropological drawings of the indigenous people from the San Francisco Bay area and mission, it is argued how the decisions that must be made when representing something contain inherent biases. This contrasts with the functional usage of these drawings as documents meant to depict objective realities, especially in a time marked by heightened interest in taxonomy and the natural sciences. Above all, …

Sulfondiimidamides Unlocked As New S(Vi) Hubs For Synthesis And Drug Discovery, Nicholas Ball

Pomona Faculty Publications and Research

Despite their promise as drug targets, access to nitrogen-rich S(VI) compounds has been a significant synthetic challenge. In this issue of Chem, Zhang and Willis explore a new class of S(VI) compounds-sulfondiimidamides-providing robust strategies toward their synthesis, derivation, and promise as new sulfonamide bioisosteres.

Becoming An Open Author! : A Reference For Writing And Self-Publishing An Open Textbook, Jennifer E. Beamer

Library Staff Publications and Research

This Becoming an Open Author Guide is a support resource is designed to help you become an open author.

Open Textbooks and Open educational resources (OER) are defined as teaching, learning, and research resources that, through permissions granted by the copyright holder, allow others to use, distribute, keep, or make changes to them. We consider this publication as a type of OER that trains faculty, staff, and students how to build, customize, and use open textbooks.

This guide is adapted from the BCcampus Open Education Self- Publishing Guide by Lauri M. Aesoph is used under a CC BY 4.0 licence. …

Infinitely Many Radial Solutions For A P-Laplacian Problem With Indefinite Weight, Alfonso Castro, Jorge Cossio, Sigifredo Herrón, Carlos Vélez

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

We prove the existence of infinitely many sign changing radial solutions for a p-Laplacian Dirichlet problem in a ball. Our problem involves a weight function that is positive at the center of the unit ball and negative in its boundary. Standard initial value problems-phase plane analysis arguments do not apply here because solutions to the corresponding initial value problem may blow up near the boundary due to the fact that our weight function is negative at the boundary. We overcome this difficulty by connecting the solutions to a singular initial value problem with those of a regular initial value problem …

Educational Evaluation, Assessment, & Effectiveness Glossary: A Claremont Graduate University Educ 445 Fall 2021 Course Publication, Gwen Garrison, Nancy Lepage, Aishah Shubily, Amir Zargar, Ana Guillen, Ani Ani Apyan, C. Monroy, Guillermo Lopez, Jasmine Zavala, Kimberly A. Megyesi-Brem, Kolby Rousseve, Lavanya Jawaharlal, Levon Ghanimian, Lindsey T. Kunisaki, M. Harrington Clifford, Maureen Ruiz-Sundstrom, Melissa Soto, Michelle G. Cardenas, Ruby Ramirez-Murillo

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

This glossary is intended to support professionals who are seeking to understand evaluation, assessment, and effectiveness in the context of K-12 and higher education. The definitions in this e-book represent the shared meanings that were co-created by education professionals in EDUC 445 at the Claremont Graduate University during Fall 2021 under the guidance of Dr. Gwen Garrison, PhD.

The Emerging Applications Of Sulfur (Vi) Fluorides In Catalysis, Nicholas Ball, Cayo Lee, Jonathan E. Elisabeth, Nathan C. Friede, Glenn M. Sammis

Pomona Faculty Publications and Research

The past decade has witnessed remarkable growth of catalytic transformations in organic sulfur(VI) fluoride chemistry. This Perspective concentrates exclusively on foundational examples that utilize catalytic strategies to synthesize and react S(VI) fluorides. Key mechanistic studies that aim to provide insight toward future catalytic systems are emphasized.

Politics Of Plague: Ancient Epidemics And Their Impact On Society, Natasha Stange

2021 Claremont Colleges Library Undergraduate Research Award

My paper, “Politics of Plague: Ancient Epidemics and Their Impact on Society,” examines the four major plagues that wrought immense destruction across the ancient Mediterranean world: the Plague of Athens (430 BCE), the Antonine Plague (165 CE), the Plague of Cyprian (250 CE), and the Justinianic Plague (541 CE). These epidemics impelled governments to fracture and rebuild, induced the rise and fall of different religions and religious practices, altered military strategies and outcomes, and forced ancient societies to re-examine their structures, values, and inequalities. Such extreme mortalities profoundly impacted each affected society, triggering severe social, political, economic, religious, and military …

The Tip-Of-The-Mandarin Tongue: The Effects Of Phonology And Orthography On Tot Incidence And Resolution, Kristine Chang

2021 Claremont Colleges Library Undergraduate Research Award

The tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) phenomenon occurs when one knows a word but temporarily cannot recall it. TOT studies in English have demonstrated that providing the first syllable of a word plays an important role in resolving TOTs, and TOTs for English words with higher-frequency first syllables are less likely to be resolved than lower-frequency first syllables. The present study explored TOTs in Mandarin, where words consist of one syllable characters whose visual representation (orthography) is largely independent of their sound (phonology). Participants saw descriptions corresponding to target cheng-yus, four-character Chinese idioms. If they experienced a TOT, they saw a list of …

Language Oppression In The Tibetan Autonomous Region And Tibetan Prefectures, Sonam Rikha

2021 Claremont Colleges Library Undergraduate Research Award

Sonam's research paper discusses the Chinese government's language policies in the Tibetan Autonomous Region(TAR) and Tibetan Prefectures as well as their relationship to the oppression of the Tibetan language. Throughout this paper, Sonam investigates how the Chinese Communist Party’s(CCP) state policy on language in the TAR and Tibetan Prefectures contribute to the erasure of the Tibetan language. She argues that the CCP should emphasize and make Tibetan the language of instruction in schools, higher education, and the public sphere in the TAR and Tibetan prefectures instead of treating Tibetan as subordinate in these regions.

Measles Eradication: Let's Root Out Measles, Ring-Vaccinate Hotspots, And Eradicate This Deadly Scourge Forever, Benjamin Sievers

2021 Claremont Colleges Library Undergraduate Research Award

Amidst an unremitting pandemic, we have become amatuer virologists. Let's now summon our collective spirit and wipe measles from our planet. Why measles? Well, it is a dreadful and deeply impactful infection. First, it kills over 200,000 children every year. Those who survive infection often subsequently experience profound “immune amnesia” that puts them at increased risk from other infections. All of this can be prevented through safe and effective measles vaccination. It is unconscionable that more children worldwide are now dying from measles than in nearly a quarter-century. Second, thanks to our current pandemic, shared interest in virology and vaccine …

Ready Or Not: Two Libraries’ Approaches To Making Collections Budget Reductions During A Pandemic & What We Can Learn From It, Maria Savova, Jaclyn L. Parrott

Library Staff Publications and Research

When faced with an urgent need for dramatic budget cuts due to the Pandemic, two libraries applied their own unique strategies and criteria to identifying, collaborating on, implementing, and communicating resource cancellations under strict timelines. Library values helped inform these decisions with lessons to be learned in the process.

Quantifying Controllability In Temporal Networks With Uncertainty, James C. Boerkoel Jr., Lindsay Popowski, Michael Gao, Hemeng Li, Savana Ammons, Shyan Akmal

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

Controllability for Simple Temporal Networks with Uncertainty (STNUs) has thus far been limited to three levels: strong, dynamic, and weak. Because of this, there is currently no systematic way for an agent to assess just how far from being controllable an uncontrollable STNU is. We provide new insights inspired by a geometric interpretation of STNUs to introduce the degrees of strong and dynamic controllability - continuous metrics that measure how far a network is from being controllable. We utilize these metrics to approximate the probabilities that an STNU can be dispatched successfully offline and online respectively. We introduce new methods …

The Role Of Cost, Scale, And Property Attributes In Landowner Choice Of Stormwater Management Option., W. Bowman Cutter, Alexander Pusch

Pomona Economics

Cities throughout the world are experimenting with Low Impact Development (LID) strategies to replace ecosystem services degraded by urbanization. Stormwater management may need both centralized/publicly-managed infrastructure and decentralized provision by landowners. For landowners to participate in these programs they will need some latitude in the choice of techniques and siting. However, these landowner choices will affect the bundle of ecosystem services provided (such as infiltration, aesthetics, pollution filtering, and others) as well as their spatial distribution. We studied the Santa Monica (CA) stormwater regulations that require stormwater management on a large portion of development and redevelopment but allow a significant …

The Shadow Cost Of Parking Minimums: Evidence From Los Angeles County, Sofia Franco, W. Bowman Cutter, Skyler Lewis

Pomona Economics

Minimum Parking Requirements (MPRs) are almost universal in U.S. cities and common in the rest of the world. In the U.S., parking requirements for commercial buildings commonly require 700 ft² of parking for each 1000 ft² of floor space. To the extent this is a binding requirement, MPRs could result in distortion in commercial development. MPRs require either the allocation of land for parking, or very costly substitution of structured parking for land. Therefore, MPR distortions are likely to increase with the value of land. A steep gradient in the cost of the MPRs leads to the possibility …

The International Spread Of Covid-19 Stock Market Collapses, Silvio Contessi, Pierangelo De Pace

Pomona Economics

We identify periods of mildly explosive dynamics and collapses in the stock markets of 18 major countries during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. We find statistical evidence of instability transmission from the Chinese stock market to all other markets. The recovery is heterogeneous and generally non-explosive.

Hidden Architectures Of Information Literacy Programs: Introduction, Rebecca Halpern, Carolyn Caffrey Gardner, Elizabeth Galoozis

Library Staff Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

The Claremont Colleges Library: Instruction In A Consortium, Rebecca Halpern

Library Staff Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Sufex Activation With Ca(Ntf2)2: A Unified Strategy To Access Sulfamides, Sulfamates, And Sulfonamides From S(Vi) Fluorides, Nicholas Ball, Subham Mahapatra, Cristian P. Woroch, Todd W. Butler, Sabrina N. Carneiro, Sabrina C. Kwan, Samuel R. Khasnavis, Junha Gu, Jason K. Dutra, Beth C. Vetelino, Justin Bellenger, Christopher W. Am Ende

Pomona Faculty Publications and Research

A method to activate sulfamoyl fluorides, fluorosulfates, and sulfonyl fluorides with calcium triflimide and DABCO for SuFEx with amines is described. The reaction was applied to a diverse set of sulfamides, sulfamates, and sulfonamides at room temperature under mild conditions. Additionally, we highlight this transformation to parallel medicinal chemistry to generate a broad array of nitrogen-based S(VI) compounds.

Education As An Instrument Of Power: Japanese Textbooks In Colonial Korea, 1910-1945, Hyun Wook (Jacob) Noh

2020 Claremont Colleges Library Undergraduate Research Award

In this research project, I analyze the themes, morals, and stories in three elementary school textbooks issued by the governor general of colonial Korea from 1915 to 1935. I specifically aim to understand how and why the Japanese government used education to exercise power over its Korean subjects. In order to do so, I use Michel Foucault’s theory of “How to Exercise Power” as a framework. This theory explains how states direct the behavior of people through lines of communication, the shaping of capacity, and the exercise of power relations. Thus, a Foucauldian reading of these sources reveals how the …

Peace, Love And (Soul)Cialism: Functions Of Teacher-Student Love In Collectivist Societal Education And Its Relationship To The Elimination Of African American Educational Underachievement, Nirel Jonesmitchell

2020 Claremont Colleges Library Undergraduate Research Award

Top researchers in the field of intimacy education signify that definitions of intimate connection— referring to a deep relationship with oneself, immediate circle, or humankind, more broadly—are identity dependent. Different countries and racial demographics, thus, conceptualize notions of solidarity, interdependence, and self-awareness distinctly. Without investigation, these discrepancies provoke division; attention, alternatively, has the power to induce the mitigation of educational achievement gaps in Latin America and domestically. Cuban notions of ‘legitimate’ relationships are contextualized by the political philosopher Jose Martí who delineated an ideological framework encouraging collectivism. This idea undergirds his contribution to the revolutionary Cuban literacy campaign: dialogical education. …

Comovement And Instability In Cryptocurrency Markets, Pierangelo De Pace, Jayant Rao

Pomona Economics

We analyze the extent of comovement between daily price returns of nine major cryptocurrencies during the first three main phases of their development, from April 2013 to November 2018. We assess its evolution using bivariate and multivariate modelling approaches, and detect pronounced time variation. Generally, comovement is initially low and positive, but increases between early 2017 and late 2018. We then adopt a right-tail version of the Augmented Dickey-Fuller unit root test to identify periods of mildly explosive behavior (statistical instability) in the Network Value to Transactions (NVT) ratio (a measure of the dollar value of cryptocurrency transaction activity relative …

Dynamic Control Of Probabilistic Simple Temporal Networks, James C. Boerkoel Jr., Michael Gao, Lindsay Popowski

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

The controllability of a temporal network is defined as an agent’s ability to navigate around the uncertainty in its schedule and is well-studied for certain networks of temporal constraints. However, many interesting real-world problems can be better represented as Probabilistic Simple Temporal Networks (PSTNs) in which the uncertain durations are represented using potentially-unbounded probability density functions. This can make it inherently impossible to control for all eventualities. In this paper, we propose two new dynamic controllability algorithms that attempt to maximize the likelihood of successfully executing a schedule within a PSTN. The first approach, which we call MIN-LOSS DC, finds …

Mildly Explosive Dynamics In U.S. Fixed Income Markets, Silvio Contessi, Pierangelo De Pace, Massimo Guidolin

Pomona Economics

We use a recently developed right-tail variation of the Augmented Dickey-Fuller unit root test to identify and date-stamp periods of mildly explosive behavior in the weekly time series of eight U.S. fixed income yield spreads between September 2002 and April 2018. We find statistically significant evidence of mildly explosive dynamics in six of these spreads, two of which are short/medium-term mortgage- related spreads. We show that the time intervals characterized by instability that we estimate from these yield spreads capture known episodes of financial and economic distress in the U.S. economy. Mild explosiveness migrates from short-term funding markets to medium- …

Bias In Selection Processes, Tiffany Charvet

2020 Claremont Colleges Library Undergraduate Research Award

This research study examines underlying biases that occur in the selection process by college admissions evaluators in evaluating applicants applying for college admissions. Participants are recruited from Pitzer College and Claremont McKenna College - institutions who are apart of the Claremont Colleges consortium. The study uses a 2 x 2 factorial design. I predict that this research project will uncover underlying psychological ingroup bias in the college admissions process.

Alison Saar: Of Aether And Earthe, Rebecca Mcgrew, Irene Tsatsos

Pomona Faculty Publications and Research

Drawing inspiration from the imagery of African, Caribbean and Latin American folk art as well as found objects and her own upbringing in a multiracial artist family, Los Angeles artist Alison Saar (born 1956) creates works that reflect on the duality of body and spirit within the context of a larger cultural setting, focusing in particular on black womanhood. In life-size wooden sculptures and mixed-media portraits, Saar crafts complex narratives about diasporic identity. This publication accompanies an exhibition co-organized by the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College in Claremont, California and the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, …

Negotiating Political Identity In Community-Based Film Festivals: Reflexive Perspectives From Curator-Scholar-Activists, Eve Oishi, Marisa Hicks-Alcaraz

Faculty Papers and Conference Presentations with CGU Graduate Co-authors

This article is a cross-generational exchange of ideas and experiences that explores the intersections of film curating and activism. Its authors set forth accounts of their own experiences as scholars who have worked as film festival curators “on the side” from the 1990s to the present within the context of the new yet rapidly growing field of film festival studies, which provides a useful set of perspectives and methods for understanding how film festivals function and what significance and impact they can have on the multiple stakeholders involved, including but not limited to the filmmakers, festival organizers and staff, and …

Being Seen: Gender Identity And Performance As A Professional Resource In Library Work, Tatiana Bryant, Hilary Bussell, Rebecca Halpern

Library Staff Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Beyond The Sandbox: Student Scholarship, Digital Citizenship, And The Production Of Knowledge By Char Miller, Allegra Swift, Anna Kramer, And Benjamin Hackenberger, Char Miller, Allegra Swift, Anna Kramer, Ben Hackenberger

Pomona Faculty Publications and Research

Scholarly communication is undergoing an ever accelerating evolution in how research and scholarship are being conducted, how scholarship is being disseminated, and who is included in the creation and communication of new knowledge. At the forefront of this evolution are libraries and academics who recognize that students are not only creating new knowledge that is valuable beyond the walls of the classroom but that there is a dire need to support and educate students and institutions about the impact of information sharing on a global scale. Students share and receive information on the internet with very little context and support …

Evangelism, Social Media, And The Mum Effect, David R. Dunaetz

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

The Mum effect is the natural human reluctance to share bad news with others, due to a desire to avoid a range of negative consequences, consequences affecting both self and the recipient of the bad news. Although the gospel is good news to those who believe, it may be viewed negatively by those who do not believe. Thus, Christians may be hesitant to share the gospel because of the negative consequences associated with the Mum effect. Because of the anonymity of the internet, social media is often filled with unre­strained criticism of Christianity. This may amplify the perceived negative consequences …