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December 9, 2022 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

SWOSU Faculty Senate Official Minutes from the December 9, 2022 meeting.

Reyna, Plymale, And Pruett Publish Research Paper On Ar-Cure Program, Kaitlyn Stoddard, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ouachita Baptist University professors Dr. Nathan Reyna, Dr. Ruth Plymale, and Dr. Christin Pruett collaborated with colleagues at other universities on a research paper that has been published in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, vol. 50, issue 5. Their paper, titled, “From genetics to biotechnology: Synthetic biology as a flexible course-embedded research experience,” details the implementation and assessment of the Arkansas Course Embedded Undergraduate Research Experience (AR-CURE) teaching model developed at Ouachita by Reyna and Plymale.

Reyna is professor of biology, Plymale is associate professor of biology and J.D. Patterson Chair of Biology, and Pruett is associate professor of biology. …

Pacific Magazine 2022, University Of The Pacific

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

Prepreg Age Monitoring And Qualitative Prediction Of Mechanical Performance Of Composite Using Dielectric State Variables, Monjur Morshed Rabby, Partha Pratim Das, Minhazur Rahman, Vamsi Vadlamudi, Rassel Raihan

SAGE Open Access Agreement Publications

The aviation and automobile industries have recently depended on thermoset epoxy-based prepreg as a raw material for manufacturing composites. Since prepregs have a limited out-life (i.e., the maximum storing time allowed at room temperature), they must be stored in refrigerators at low temperatures. If not maintained, they can often adversely affect the desired quality of the final product. Prepregs are often discarded once the prepreg out-life ends, leading to a loss of millions of dollars and a detrimental impact on the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a simple method to monitor prepreg aging/degradation in order to ensure its …

College Of Graduate Programs And Honors Studies Newsletter - December 2022, College Of Graduate Programs And Honor Studies, Wright State University

College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies Newsletter

A six page newsletter created by the College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies at Wright State University. This newsletter includes a upcoming events, message from the dean, and more.

Attitudes Of University Students, Faculty, And Staff Towards Stuttering, Allison Shattuck

Honors Projects

People who stutter (PWS) can experience negative reactions and judgment from people who do not stutter. They are stigmatized and threatened with social exclusion, placing them at risk for compromised quality of life (Przepiorka et al., 2013). Furthermore, it is imperative to evaluate attitudes of university faculty and students relative to stuttering because it will identify negative attitudes that could be harmful to people who stutter.

This poster analyzed the following research questions: (RQ1) Are there differing beliefs regarding stuttering or people who stutter between faculty and students? (RQ2) Are there differences between beliefs across different colleges? (RQ3) Are attitudes …

Unh Gears Up For Its Annual Maker’S Expo, Amanda Pirani

Digital Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire.

The Sources Of The Authority Of Academic Leaders In Jordanian Universities From The Viewpoint Of The Faculty Members Working With Them مصادر سلطة القادة الأكاديميين في الجامعات الأردنية من وجهة نظر أعضاء هيئة التدريس العاملين فيها, Meqbel M. Alkhazaleh, Saleh Naser Oleimat, Eid M. Kanan

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract:

The study aimed to identify the sources of the authority of academic leaders in Jordanian universities from the viewpoint of the faculty members working with them. A random stratified sample was chosen, consisting of (384) faculty members. The survey descriptive methodology was used, and a questionnaire consisting of (27) items, distributed in (6) fields, was used. Its validity and reliability were confirmed. The study reached the following results: the degree of appreciation of the exercise of the sources of the authority of academic leaders in Jordanian universities from the viewpoint of faculty members working with them was medium. The …

Law School News: 'More Than I Ever Could Have Asked For...', Michael M. Bowden

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.

Speechqoe: A Novel Personalized Qoe Assessment Model For Voice Services Via Speech Sensing, Chaowei Wang, Huadi Zhu, Ming Li

Association of Computing Machinery Open Access Agreement Publications

Quality of Experience (QoE) assessment is a long-lasting but yet-tobe-resolved task. Existing approaches, especially for conversational voice services, are restricted to leveraging network-centric parameters. However, their performances are hardly satisfactory due to the failure to consider comprehensive QoE-related factors. Moreover, they develop a one-for-all model that is uniform for all individuals and thus incapable of handling user diversity in QoE perception. This paper proposes a personalized QoE assessment model, namely SpeechQoE. It exploits speaker’s speech signals to infer individual’s perceived quality in voice services. SpeechQoE fundamentally addresses the drawback of conventional models. Instead of enumerating and incorporating unlimited QoE-related factors, …

Serving His Community One Donation At A Time, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

Finding ways to serve local communities is a common trait among faculty and staff members at Cedarville University. Steve Gollmer, assistant chair of the department of science and math, is no exception.

Dr. Casey Motl Takes On New Mission As Sutton School Dean, Felley Lawson, Office Of Communications & Marketing

Press Releases

When classes at Ouachita resume in August, Dr. Kevin C. "Casey" Motl will have a cool story to share about what he did during his summer vacation: He flew the Millennium Falcon. The pinnacle of a family trip to Disney World came when Motl slipped into the Falcon's cockpit for a turn as pilot on the motion simulator ride Smuggler's Run. For the next 4 1/2 precious minutes, Motl no doubt was the happiest guest at the Happiest Place on Earth.

Completing the fantasy mission and sending the Falcon into hyperspace—twice—was a giant thrill for Motl, a lifelong Star Wars …

Steve Guymon (Head Coach, Men's And Women's Cross Country, Men's And Women's Track & Field And Women's Indoor Track & Field), Jon Merryman, Office Of Communications & Marketing

Press Releases

Some might think starting a track program would require a track. Not Steve Guymon. Sure, it would come in handy. But while plans are in the works to build one on campus, Guymon went ahead and grew Ouachita's cross country and track & field teams from seven athletes in 2019 to 90 this fall.

Guymon's road to Ouachita started with his son Austin's decision to play football here. Beginning as a consultant, he found himself in Summer 2019 on Ouachita's coaching staff, bringing 38 years of coaching experience and a string of honors including multiple Gulf South and Great American …

Holly (Burris) Kyzer ('00) (Director Of Dietetic Internship Program And Assistant Professor Of Dietetics), Jon Merryman, Office Of Communications & Marketing

Press Releases

Growing up around Ouachita's campus, Holly Kyzer knew Ouachita was going to be an integral part of her life, but she never guessed she would be a faculty member, much less an instrumental part of re-launching graduate programs at the university.

She earned her bachelor's degree from Ouachita in biology, with the goal of serving the community as a doctor. When she discovered the sight of blood was a problem for her, she recalibrated her career plans to become a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN).

Professor David A. Logan's Retirement, Roger Williams University School Of Law

School of Law Conferences, Lectures & Events

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Ouachita's Ian Cosh Receives Honorary Doctorate From Liverpool Hope University, Kaitlyn Stoddard, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ian Cosh, vice president emeritus for community and international engagement at Ouachita Baptist University, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Education degree from Liverpool (England) Hope University in July 2022 at the university’s graduation ceremony in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Gerald Pillay, vice chancellor and rector of Hope, notified Cosh at the end of the Spring 2021 semester that he was to receive the degree in recognition of his contributions to international education and support of Hope over many years. Cosh said he was “blown away by the honor because it was totally unexpected and one of the greatest honors …

Promoting Open Access Journals And Open Data To Your Scholarly Community For Maximum Impact, Barbara M. Pope

Faculty Submissions

Open access journals and open data provide researchers with information that would otherwise be behind a paywall. Both are growing exponentially and are widely used and cited by scholars. However, not all open access journals are respected, peer reviewed publications and should be evaluated prior to submitting research. Open data repositories allow researchers to deposit their data to promote it and make it available for others to access and use. Getting the word out about scholarly research is fundamental to other researchers to access it, and augments the possibility of citations and altmetrics scores. Come to this presentation to hear …

Development And Use Of A Survey Tool To Prioritize And Catalyze Change Surrounding Faculty Wellness In A Department Of Pediatrics, Sarah Rhoads, Alison Riese, Mohammed Faizan, Lloyd Feit, Shuba Kamath, Albert Ross, Katherine Mason

Journal of Wellness

Introduction: Physician wellness is an important factor in the delivery of safe, effective and humanistic patient care. There is compelling data describing the widespread prevalence of physician burnout and its subsequent adverse impact on patient care, healthcare costs, and relationships. Initiatives to improve wellness are necessary to maintain the healthcare work force as well as to ensure high-quality care. This project investigated faculty physicians’ attitudes and priorities regarding physician wellness within the department of Pediatrics at a single-center academic institution.

Methods: A survey was created and distributed via e-mail to all faculty physicians employed within the Department of Pediatrics in …

Inequity By Inequity: Community Driven Investigation Of Wheelchair User Discomfort By Infrastructure Failures, Steven Mccullough, Jessica Eisma, June Young Park, Mikila Salazar, Sarah F. Rose

Association of Computing Machinery Open Access Agreement Publications

Wheelchair users face a variety of disability-related inequities in the built environment. The primary challenge is that current legislation for relieving disability inequities focuses on design guidelines and less so in monitoring their discomfort. While there is literature about monitoring wheelchair users, there is little available data regarding wheelchair user discomfort across the built environment. Therefore, we create a transformative approach to measure a wheelchair user’s personal comfort (WheelCom) using open-source solutions, allowing more citizens to engage in the inequity challenge. To demonstrate, we lectured our approach to local high school students to develop WheelCom. Subsequently, actual wheelchair users measured …

Poster Abstract: Constory: Automatic Story Investigator Of Public Perception On The Mega Urban Infrastructure Project, Alireza Shamshiri, Rok Ryu Kyeong, Steven Mccullough, June Young Park

Association of Computing Machinery Open Access Agreement Publications

We evaluate the North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP) in Texas by analyzing social media data (Twitter) to determine the public perception on a series of issues in the project. We analyze the pertinent tweets since the project announcement (2008 to 2021). Our initial analysis is based on three distinct periods in which the volume of tweets has changed according to notable events: 1) release of the alternative design by the agency and 2) project pause, using topic modeling. Our results show a long-term public opinion shift from project itself to community and demolition. Although ’Neighborhood and Homes’-related tweets were …

Gendered Impact Of Caregiving Responsibilities On Tenure Track Faculty Parents’ Professional Lives, Amy C. Moors, Abigail J. Stewart, Janet E. Malley

Psychology Faculty Articles and Research

Navigating a career while raising a family can be challenging, especially for women in academia. In this study, we examine the ways in which professional life interruptions due to child caregiving (e.g., opportunities not offered, professional travel curtailed) affect pre- and post-tenure faculty members’ career satisfaction and retention. We also examine whether sharing caregiving responsibilities with a partner affected faculty members’ (particularly women’s) career outcomes. In a sample of 753 tenure track faculty parents employed at a large research-intensive university, results showed that as the number of professional life interruptions due to caregiving increased, faculty members experienced less career satisfaction …

Impact Of Covid Social Distancing Measures On Eating And Exercise Behaviors Among A Sample Of Hispanic Parents Of Young Children In The United States, Christian E. Vazquez, Katherine E. Hess, Megan J. Mcbride, Catherine Cubbin, Sarah Kate Bearman, Esther J. Calzada

SAGE Open Access Agreement Publications

Background: In the United States, healthy behaviors, such as eating fruits/vegetables and exercise, are well below recommended levels, particularly for Hispanics. The COVID pandemic may have exacerbated existing health behavior disparities. The current study examines the impact of COVID social distancing measures on Hispanic parents' eating and exercise behaviors, and how the impact may differ by socioeconomic status (SES) and distress levels. Design and methods: This cross-sectional logistic regression study utilized data from a sample of Hispanic parents in Texas (n = 237). COVID-related questions were collected in Summer 2020. Dependent variables included self-reported changes in exercise and eating behaviors …

Covid-19 Pandemic Impact Report At The University Of New Mexico, Lisa A. Marchiondo, Shannon Sanchez-Youngman, Teagan Mullins, Naila V. Decruz-Dixon, Melanie E. Moses, Julia Fulghum

ADVANCE Reports

This report outlines four overarching issues that the COVID-19 pandemic raised or amplified for faculty, based on a survey of full-time faculty on the main campus of the University of New Mexico in Spring 2022. Some of the issues identified existed before the pandemic, which further exacerbated challenges and inequities. Results based on faculty gender, race/ethnicity, and job title are provided.

The report contains multiple recommendations for each of the four core issues that will assist individual faculty and improve campus climate and culture. Recommendations are often applicable to multiple issues, so we provide an appendix that cross-lists recommendations between …

Hamilton, Hubbard Use Inbre Grant To Bring New Instruments To Ouachita Chemistry Program, Kaitlyn Stoddard, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ouachita Baptist University chemistry instructors Dr. Sharon Hamilton and Dr. Sara Hubbard were awarded a $14,135 small instrument grant by the Arkansas IdeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE), which they used to purchase a spectrophotometer and a fluorometer for use by students in Ouachita’s Department of Chemistry. The grant was made possible by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences in the National Institutes of Health.

Hubbard, associate professor and Nell I. Mondy Chair of Chemistry, and Hamilton, associate professor of chemistry, were notified of their award in January. They collaborated with Dr. Christen Pruett and Dr. Ruth Plymale, …

Slnet: A Redistributable Corpus Of 3rd-Party Simulink Models, Sohil Lal Shrestha, Shafiul Azam Chowdhury, Christoph Csallner

Association of Computing Machinery Open Access Agreement Publications

MATLAB/Simulink is widely used for model-based design. Engineers create Simulink models and compile them to embedded code, often to control safety-critical cyber-physical systems in automotive, aerospace, and healthcare applications. Despite Simulink's importance, there are few large-scale empirical Simulink studies, perhaps because there is no large readily available corpus of third-party open-source Simulink models. To enable empirical Simulink studies, this paper introduces SLNET, the largest corpus of freely available third-party Simulink models. SLNET has several advantages over earlier collections. Specifically, SLNET is 8 times larger than the largest previous corpus of Simulink models, includes finegrained metadata, is constructed automatically, is self-contained, …

Psdoodle: Fast App Screen Search Via Partial Screen Doodle, Soumik Mohian, Christoph Csallner

Association of Computing Machinery Open Access Agreement Publications

Searching through existing repositories for a specific mobile app screen design is currently either slow or tedious. Such searches are either limited to basic keyword searches (Google Image Search) or require as input a complete query screen image (SWIRE). A promising alternative is interactive partial sketching, which is more structured than keyword search and faster than complete-screen queries. PSDoodle is the first system to allow interactive search of screens via interactive sketching. PSDoodle is built on top of a combination of the Rico repository of some 58k Android app screens, the Google QuickDraw dataset of icon-level doodles, and DoodleUINet, a …

Psdoodle: Searching For App Screens Via Interactive Sketching, Soumik Mohian, Christoph Csallner

Association of Computing Machinery Open Access Agreement Publications

Keyword-based mobile screen search does not account for screen content and fails to operate as a universal tool for all levels of users. Visual searching (e.g., image, sketch) is structured and easy to adopt. Current visual search approaches count on a complete screen and are therefore slow and tedious. PSDoodle employs a deep neural network to recognize partial screen element drawings instantly on a digital drawing interface and shows results in real-time. PSDoodle is the first tool that utilizes partial sketches and searches for screens in an interactive iterative way. PSDoodle supports different drawing styles and retrieves search results that …

From The "Ouachitonian": Drs. Amy And Doug Sonheim, Emma Dennis, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

The infectious laughter of Dr. Amy Sonheim and the careful clicking of a keyboard from Dr. Doug Sonheim would help fill the language and literature department for years before their combined retirement from Ouachita in Spring 2022. In the years that they have worked at Ouachita, the couple has made some amazing changes to the university.

From The "Ouachitonian": Dr. Tim And Coach Todd Knight, Rose Robinson, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ouachita’s favorite set of faculty football brothers – Head Football Coach Todd Knight and Dr. Tim Knight, dean of the J.D. Patterson School of Natural Sciences – continue to make a lasting impact on campus. As Coach Knight led his team to wins on the football field year after year, Dr. Knight experienced his victories in the classroom. This purple-and-gold bleeding set of brothers truly make Ouachita a better place. Coach Knight keeps Ouachita’s successful football program on the map as his brother is the face behind the entire Jones Science Center operation. These two brothers are special assets to …

Faculty Internationalization Perceptions: Comparing Disciplines, John P. Girard, Laura Thomason, Chris Tsavatewa

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

This project examined faculty internationalization perceptions at a medium-sized public university. In this phase of the project, the researchers focused on the potential differences between distinct faculty groups. The groups under review were based on the university's academic schools of Arts & Letters, Aviation, Business, Computing, Education & Behavioral Sciences, and Health & Natural Sciences. Two sets of data were collected and analyzed. The first collection was exploratory in nature and was collected in the first quarter of 2020. The second dataset was meant to confirmatory and was collected in the fourth quarter of 2020. In hindsight, we now know …