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Some Reflections On Meditation Research And Consciousness Studies, Jonathan Shear

Philosophy Publications

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Medical Literary Messenger (Vol. 2, No. 1, Fall 2014)

Medical Literary Messenger

Quiet Please Sickness / Cathleen Calbert -- Helping a seven year old with inoperable brain cancer write a poem for her sister / Kate Peterson -- Asking My Liver for Forgiveness / Rob Cook -- Synesthesia 2 / Catherine Harnett -- Tic / Molly Lazer -- The Bridge / Alexander Schloe -- Mother’s Milk and Cystic Fibrosis / Lizabeth Berkeley -- Fanny Brawne / William Miller -- artwork / Venus -- Cure / Anne Spollen -- Gene / Kate Peterson -- The Love Song of Elliot Blue / Jacqueline Kirkpatrick -- “Next” / Michael P. Stevens -- Structures / C.I.L. …

A Racial Impact Analysis Of Sb 30: Medicaid Expansion, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Cindy Davis, Robert Irving, Kimberly Pope, Monica Reid

L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Publications

Virginia is the second worst state in providing Medicaid to its citizens. The focus of this report is to provide a racial equity impact analysis of Senate Bill (SB) 30, the Senate legislative vehicle for the appropriations of the budget submitted by the Governor of Virginia for fiscal years 2015 and 2016. SB 30 included a provision called “Marketplace Virginia” as an alternative to traditional Medicaid expansion in Virginia. This compromise bill would have covered an estimated 430,000 Virginians who fall in the Medicaid coverage gap by assisting them in purchasing private insurance. This report provides a racial equity impact …

A Racial Impact Analysis Of Hb 994: Human Trafficking, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Staci Boone, Traci Deshazor, Selonia Miles, Katina Williams

L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Publications

Human Trafficking has become an international crisis that has caused a devastating impact on the Commonwealth of Virginia. The purpose of this report is to examine the racial equity impact of Virginia House Bill 944. HB 994 was introduced to the House by Delegate Barbara Comstock, along with 13 other members of the House and was passed by the House of Delegates and was Passed Indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter in 2014. This Bill, as initially introduced, would have made it a felony to participate in Human Trafficking by expanding the definition of abduction/kidnapping. It also would have …

Menorah Review (No. 81, Summer/Fall, 2014)

Menorah Review

Books in Brief: New and Notable -- candelabra gold -- Education: Yeshivah style -- Moreshet: From the Sources -- Mysteries of the Books of Job: From Elihu to Elie Wiesel -- Two Nations Are In Your Womb (Gen 25:23) -- When Rhetoric Dominates The Message -- Zachor

Bridging Opportunities In Human Health Services, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Tim Gibbs, Jessica S. Hill, David Holland, Valerie Holton, Antoinette Light, Stephanie Tignor

L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Publications

The Campus to Community project aims to develop facilitated, in-depth site visits for VCU faculty and staff interested in exploring human health services opportunities in the Richmond community. The site visit experience will provide exposure to various community organizations specializing in human health, essentially creating a “bridge” between VCU’s campus and these facilities. This initiative is intended to motivate employees to action within the Richmond community by enabling them to observe first-hand the services that these organizations provide, learn more about the organizations’ missions, and engage in meaningful interactions with representatives on site. Likewise, it will allow Richmond community organizations …

William Maginn And The Denial Of Authorship: The Text Of The Colby Lecture At The Annual Meeting Of The Research Society For Victorian Periodicals, University Of Delaware, 2014, David E. Latane

English Publications

This the text of a plenary lecture given in 2014 after being named co-winner of the Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize from the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals. It traces the transformation of a theoretically inclined book project centered on William Maginn to the first full-length biography of Maginn.

Collaboration And Resistance On The Southwest Frontier: Early Eighteenth-Century Qing Expansion On Two Fronts, John Herman

History Publications

In 1715 two unrelated international events, the emergence of the Zunghar Mongols in Central Eurasia and Japan’s decision to restrict copper exports to China triggered a burst in Qing expansion into two different regions over the next fifteen years (1715-30), the Kham territory of Eastern Tibet and tusi-controlled territories in neighboring Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. As this article will show, Qing officials posted to Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou during this fifteen-year period were in a very peculiar position. On the one hand, they were authorized to negotiate alliances and grant tusi offices to the local Kham elite in order to …

Menorah Review (No. 80, Winter.Spring, 2014)

Menorah Review

Author's Reflections on Politics in the Bible -- Books in Brief: New and Notable -- Masada -- Nazism and Politics -- night trains -- Salvation Through Transgression -- Shoah: The "First" Day -- The "Jewish" World of Herbert Hoover

Make Art Real, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Dolores Carrington-Hill, M. Teresa Doherty, Alison Jones, Michelle Mcgregor, Mike Porter, W. Scott Street, Patricia White

L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Publications

The Make Art Real project aims to introduce new audiences to the arts. It supports Theme II of VCU’s Quest for Distinction by promoting and fostering creative expression through innovative collaborations. The project involves displaying existing connections between art and non-art disciplines, as well as making new connections. These unusual pairings are then placed on exhibition through a lunch-time lecture series named “Unexpected_Connections,” which allow faculty, staff, and students to lead and participate in discussions about the reality of art. The lecture series is the first sustainable and reoccurring program to be held in the Depot building, a multidisciplinary facility …

If You Can, You Can, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Amy Chesky, Rima Franklin, Sandra Fritton, Alena Hampton, Demetrius Shambley, Gokhan Yucel

L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Publications

VCU distinguishes itself as being one of Virginia’s most diverse institutions of higher education. This project seeks to support and extend this wonderful attribute by encouraging a climate of equity and inclusiveness. If You Can, You Can creates a common platform and language in support of the university’s mission to address disparities concerning equality and inclusiveness, and provides a model that is useful in promoting all dimensions of diversity. In addition to developing this overarching model, Team Real Connections worked with the VCU Athletics department to implement a prototype program called “If you can play, you can play,” which promotes …

Math In Motion, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Jose Alcaine, Diana Barden, Lori Floyd-Miller, Blake Maciver, Lea Marshall, Angela Nelson, Thomas Vahdani, Tarynn Witten

L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Publications

Everything we know about the universe rests on the foundation of mathematics. Somehow, though, the magic of mathematics – the true power of numbers and their beautiful wildness – gets lost in math class. Children, our most magical thinkers, get turned off math in grade school and miss out on a language through which they could learn to read and change the world. VCU Math In Motion will generate a creative, dynamic STEM education initiative within the Richmond community using an innovative curriculum and a customized mobile unit to bring the beauty of math to Richmond region school children in …

A Racial Impact Analysis Of Hb 936: Accessibility Of Electronic Textbooks, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Melanie Avery, Theresa Cry, Linda Haskins, Branden Riley

L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Publications

The economic and social consequences of the lack of access to technology for students in the Commonwealth of Virginia are real and significant. This report provides a legislative racial impact analysis of House Bill (HB) 936, a proposed bill in the Virginia General Assembly, prohibiting school boards from making electronic textbooks available for students, unless the school board adopts a plan to ensure that e-textbooks are available on or before July 1, 2017. The bill focuses solely on developing a plan for installing prior to implementing electronic textbooks in K-12 classrooms. Electronic textbooks are important as they offer updated content, …

A Racial Impact Analysis Of Hb 32: Minimum Wage Increase, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Gena Burr, Danise Harmon, Uzziah Harris, Tammy Martin

L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Publications

The racial equity impact of HB 32 is important because minorities in Virginia disproportionately work in minimum wage positions. The purpose of this report is to provide a racial impact analysis of House Bill (HB) 32, legislation proposed in the 2014 Virginia General Assembly to increase the minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 an hour. According to 2013 data, 1.8 million workers in Virginia are paid hourly rates and 6.8 percent of these workers earn the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. Examining fiscal years 2015 to 2020 for the Commonwealth, such an increase would cost $2,712,696. This impact …

The Artist In The Library: Research Services For Creators, Kristina Keogh, John Glover

VCU Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

At Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries we serve a variety of disciplines. This poster session focuses on outreach initiatives by the Visual Arts Research Librarian and the Humanities Research Librarian to provide research services to a unique group: students and faculty who create new and unique objects and texts. The needs of artistic researchers in such diverse areas as interior design, painting, and creative writing overlap in many ways, both expected and unexpected.

Our efforts to reach out to creators and offer support for their distinctive research needs have included such activities as taking classes within particular programs and embedding ourselves …

A Foray Into Library Digital Publishing: The British Virginia Project At Virginia Commonwealth University, Kevin Farley

VCU Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

The British Virginia project involves a collaboration between Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Libraries and faculty members in the departments of English and History at VCU, with the project led by Dr. Joshua Eckhardt (English). As of April 25, 2013, the project has published its first title: an online edition of a sermon preached to the Virginia Company by William Symonds. To ensure the success of this project, a number of details required careful planning, including library outreach, IT involvement, and digital publishing protocols. Our example has deepened a move toward a dynamic and creative digital environment for researchers across campus. …

Medical Literary Messenger (Vol. 1, No. 2, Spring 2014)

Medical Literary Messenger

Ether / Anne Leitch -- Pharmacy and Fotography / Lulú De Panbehchi -- Had Mariam Been Watching Through a Crack in the Door / Natalie Sterrett -- Teachings from a 15-year-old “drug seeker” / Larry Istrail -- Annie O’Malley / Mary Ellen Olbrisch -- cartoon / David James Bromley -- YCCOM: You Can Count on Me / Colleen Gallagher -- Clock Clock Clock / Rita Ciresi -- On the Advantages of Not Being Totally Present / Charles F. Opalak -- illustration / Adrienne Robin Enriquez -- The E-mail / Olivia M. McGuire -- Lamentation: Phillip Seymour Hoffman / Mary Ellen …

Forgiveness Of In-Group Offenders In Christian Congregations, Chelsea L. Greer, Everett L. Worthington, Daryl R. Van Tongeren, Aubrey L. Gartner, David J. Jennings, Yin Lin, Caroline R. Lavelock, Todd W. Greer, Man Yee Ho

Psychology Publications

Religious communities, like other communities, are ripe for interpersonal offenses. We examined the degree to which group identification predicted forgiveness of an in-group offender. We examined the effects of a victim’s perception of his or her religious group identification as a state-specific personal variable on forgiveness by integrating Social Identity Theory into a model of Relational Spirituality (Davis, Hook, & Worthington, 2008) to help explain victim’s responses to transgressions within a religious context. Data were collected from members of Christian congregations from the mid-west region of the United States (Study 1, N = 63), and college students belonging to Christian …