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The American Tradition Of Self-Made Arms, Joseph G.S. Greenlee

St. Mary's Law Journal

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How “Open” Are Australian Museums? A Review Through The Lens Of Copyright Governance, Paul L. Arthur, Lydia Hearn, Isabel Smith, Nikos Koutras

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Museums are increasingly employing innovative digital techniques to curate, link, and market collections, enabling new kinds of public engagement to better connect with popular culture. By embracing contemporary modes of delivery to open access to their collections, museums are signalling a drive toward greater democratisation of knowledge and information through increased interaction and accessibility. Yet with this has come a series of copyright and legal complexities. This paper reviews current copyright barriers for museums in Australia and examines how international examples offer potential models and ways forward. The authors conclude that recent copyright modernisation reviews offer the museum sector an …

Policing Queer Sexuality, Ari Ezra Waldman

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Vice Patrol: Cops, Courts, and the Struggle over Urban Gay Life Before Stonewall. By Anna Lvovsky.

Nepantla/Coatlicue/Conocimiento, Gerald Torres

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. By Gloria Anzaldúa.

Central Americans At A Crossroads: Asylum Seekers’ Testimonios Of Mental Health After Detention And Family Separation, Corie E. Schwabenland Garcia

Master's Theses

Though Central American asylum seekers are presently hypervisible in the U.S. consciousness, this population continues to be inadequately understood or cared for. Discussion of this population often presents them as a helpless and damaged population, in need of saving, fixing, or shelter -- beyond their trauma, they cease to exist. This qualitative study utilizes first-person testimonio methodology to understand the psychological experiences of Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States, the stressors they face, and the mental health support that can and should be provided to them. Their stories speak to a space of sociopolitical precarity in the …

The Made And The Made-Up, Steven L. Winter Walter S. Gibbs Distinguished Professor Of Constitutional Law

Law Faculty Research Publications

Truth is an ethical relation. Facts, whether descriptions of the physical world or of historical events, are necessarily mediated by our frames of reference. This contingency opens a space for disagreement that cannot be adjudicated by an absolute standard of truth. For those seeking power or profit, the temptation to exploit this state of undecidability is strong. When many question the institutions that broker meaning – science, the professions, the media – rumors, misinformation, deliberate distortions and falsehoods all proliferate. In the digital age, the ‘made’ is swiftly supplanted by the made-up. The remedy for this predicament is not technological …

The Williams Way: Why Roger Williams’ Philosophy Of Religious Liberty Remains Imperative Today, Michael Zigarelli

Eleutheria: John W. Rawlings School of Divinity Academic Journal

To travel the road of religious freedom, a society requires firm guardrails. To the left of the road looms the cliff of “state suppression of religion.” To the right looms the cliff of “state establishment of religion.” During the life of Roger Williams (1603?-1683), the problem in the American colonies was the latter, the inextricable entanglement of religion and civil authority. Known as “The New England Way” in Williams’ colony of Massachusetts Bay, its main tenet of governance was that social stability required religious uniformity. Williams could not disagree more, embarking on a life’s mission to proclaim that government possesses …

A Guide For Our Times: Herbert Hoover's Critique Of Supreme Court Expansion, Matthew Chopp

Compass: An Undergraduate Journal of American Political Ideas

Former President Herbert Hoover’s critiques of FDR’s plan to expand the Supreme Court are useful for defending against contemporary calls to enlarge the composition of the Court, such as the Judiciary Act of 2021.

Liberating The Truth In Augustine’S Confessions And Douglass’ Narrative, Vincent Hanrahan

Compass: An Undergraduate Journal of American Political Ideas

In this paper, I explore how Frederick Douglass’ and St. Augustine's understanding of the corruption of God's word produced their respective achievement of freedom. In examining Augustine’s Confessions and Douglass’ Narrative, we come to understand the moral imperative of public service both thinkers promoted; the idea that individuals have a distinct social obligation to share their knowledge in a promotion of the greater good.

Doctoral Studies As Learning To Rename The World, Hyleen Mariaye

Journal of Multicultural Affairs

The reflective experience documented in this paper engages with doctoral learning from Freire’s (1968/2000) conceptual lens of naming the world. Written from the narrative lens of the supervisor, it considers how doctoral level studies in education can position both the supervisor and the candidates as agents actively reconstructing their understanding of the world and their place in it. The doctoral journey is viewed as praxis compelling researchers to expand their frames for reading the world, accommodating the other, including multiple voices and thus demonstrating commitment to a global and yet constantly contested notion of citizenship.

Poetry And Praxis: Lessons From An Activist Educator, Dr. Emmanuel Tabi

Journal of Multicultural Affairs

Drawing on data from a narrative multi-case study based in Toronto, Canada, this article discusses the lived experiences of one Black activist. Utilizing critical race theory, new literacy studies and the rhetoric of cultural production as theoretical frameworks, the article foregrounds the work of Ebele, a Toronto activist whose work supported the educational trajectories and emotional well-being of Black students, many of whom reported being marginalized in school. Through his creative labor, Ebele directly addressed the sociology of anti-Black racism that deeply influences the lives of Afrodiasporic people in Canada. This article continues the conversation about what it means to …

Find Out Jude Lavois Model Effect In Acquisition Of The Islamic Concepts At The Fifth Science Students And To Develop Their Inductive Thinking, Qutaiba Hamid Mohammed

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

The research aims are to find out Jude lavois model effect in acquisition of the Islamic concepts at the Fifth science students and to develop their inductive thinking. And to achieve this goal, The researcher starts to follow the procedures of the experimental Method. he made a teaching plan depending on Jude lavois model. When he makes sure from its validity by showing it to group of experts. The researcher prepared attest to acquire the Islamic concepts and tented the inductive thinking. After he make sure from its truth and stability, he uses the following statistic means (T- Test) for …

Double Thinking And Its Relationship To Some Variables Among University Students, Bushra Khattab Omar

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

The current research aims at identifying double thinking among university students, differences in double thinking according to the gender variable (male, female), and the specialization variable (scientific, human). To achieve the aims of this research the researcher has built the scale of double thinking that consists of (20) items. The used choices items include: extremely agree, agree, do not know, disagree and extremely disagree. Virtual validity of scale, discrimination coefficient extraction and correlation coefficient of scale's items with the whole degree of scale are checked. The stability of scale is accounted by T-test and Alpha Cronbach which amounted sequently (0,82), …

The Most Violent Manifestations In The Novel Athraa Sinjar By Warid Badir Al-Salem, Mai Abdul Khaliq, Nada Hassan Mohamed

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

Literature is an artistic treatment of reality. Reproduced from Special linguistic and analytical media are the same that distinguish it from his reality. And give him his identity as a creative phenomenon. Since novel. The most important literary genre in our time. He visualizes truth and social life through technical mechanisms that enable him to confuse the real and the imaginary in one body. In the objective context, the novel took violence as a living substance until it was said that the integrated novel is the one whose components interact within the conscience under the influence of whom. Tragic stems …

The Effect Of The Reciprocal Teaching Strategy On The Achievement Of Mathematics Department Students For The Subject Of Measurement And Evaluation And The Development Of Their Future Thinking, Okaima Ah K. Ibrahim

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

The researcher adopted the experimental design with partial control for the two experimental groups, to suit the nature of the research. The problem of the study was determined. Do reciprocal teaching strategies have an effect on the academic achievement of the students of the Mathematics Department, College of Education for Pure Sciences, Tikrit University? Where the study aimed to measure the impact of the use of reciprocal teaching strategies on the academic achievement of the fourth students in the measurement subject among the female students of the Department of Mathematics and the development of their future thinking at the University …

The Effect Of Learning Strategy For Understanding In The Collection Of Fifth Grade Students In Philosophy, Psychology And The Development Of Their Logical Intelligence, Ahmed B. Ahmed

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

The current study aims to identify the impact of the learning strategy for understanding on the achievement of fifth grade literary students in the subject of philosophy and psychology and the development of their logical intelligence. As there is no statistically significant difference at the level of significance between the average scores of the students of the experimental group that studied according to the learning for understanding strategy, and the average scores of the control group that studied in the usual way in the achievement test in philosophy and psychology. There is no difference. It is statistically significant between the …

The Effect Of Dunn And Dunn's Strategy In Acquiring Philosophical Concepts For Fifth-Grade Literary Students And Developing Their National Values, Hussein Ali Ghadban

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

The current research aims to identify (the effect of Dunn and Dunn’s strategy in acquiring philosophical concepts for fifth-grade literary students and developing their national values). The researcher adopted the experimental design with two equal groups, to suit it with the nature of the research. For girls, this sample was randomly divided into two groups, one of them was an experimental group, which included (32) students who studied philosophy and psychology using the Dunn and Dunn strategy, and the other was a control group consisting of (33) students, who studied the same subject in the traditional way. As for the …

The Effect Of The Julai Model On Developing Convergent Thinking Among Fifth-Grade Literary Students In The Subject Of Philosophy And Psychology, Mahmoud Khalil Hamad

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

The research aims to identify the effect of the Julai model in developing convergent thinking among fifth-grade literary students in the subject of philosophy and psychology. In order to achieve the goal of the research, the researcher formulated the following hypotheses:

1-There is no statistically significant difference at the significance level (0.05) between the average scores of the experimental group students who study philosophy and psychology according to the Julai model and the average scores of the control group students who study the same subject in the usual way in the post test of convergent thinking.

2-There is no statistically …

The Emotional Motives Of The Spectrum In Andalusian Poetry In The Age Of Sects, Jumaa Hussein Youssef, Muntaha Musharraf Aliwi

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

The spectrum formed a distinctive phenomenon in Andalusian poetry in the era of sects. Its motives multiplied according to its use in poetry. It represents the world of visions and dreams in its poetic form after being produced by the poet in such an artistic frame that gives it its special beauty and creativity. This contributes to the explosion of creativity among the poets of the sects era in Andalusia. The poets were affected by the stability of the political, social and even cultural life in that era, which generated excited and interactive souls who sang the spectrum of the …

Restriction Of The Epithet In Sahih Al-Bukhari, Jamila Hamad Khalaf, Yassin Abdullah Nassif

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

Restriction means there is an absolute in which the restricted comes to limit this absoluteness. The restricted is an absolute with the addition of one or more restrictions that reduces its commonness, and shows that what is intended is one of its types, including the restriction of the adjective. Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon Him) says: “The patience is at the first shock”. The restriction of the adjective (the first) comes to increase and strengthen the benefit. The adjective clarifies the rule of the prescribed (shock), because the more restrictive the rule, the clearer and more specific it becomes. This …

Obstacles (Distance Education) Facing Middle School Teachers In Light Of The (Covid-19) Pandemic, Hassan Ali Abed Jawad, Mahmoud Hamid Mahmoud

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

The study aimed to identify the most important "obstacles (distance education) facing teachers in the middle school in light of the (Covid-19) pandemic."(Gender, years of service) by answering study questions, the study population consisted of all male and female middle school teachers in the city of Salah al-Din. The validity of the study tool was verified by conducting the appropriate statistical treatment for it, and the researchers concluded that there are a number of obstacles facing male and female teachers in the middle school in the city of Salah al-Din in light of the (Covid-19) pandemic, and there are no …

Psychological Well-Being Of Displaced Iraqis (A Comparative Study), Nazanin Othman Mohammed Raza, Mansour Beyrami, Khalil Ismail Pur, Touraj Hashemi Nosratabadi

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

The current study aims to compare the level of psychological well-being and its six sub-components (self-acceptance, independence, social relations with others, purposeful life, personal growth, and environmental empowerment) between the displaced Iraqis residing in the Kurdistan Region and the Kurdish citizens in the region and to know the statistically significant differences in psychological well-being For the displaced Iraqis according to the variables (age, gender, educational level, and socio-economic status). The study was conducted on a sample consisting of (240) displaced Iraqis, and (240) Kurdish citizens. The descriptive-analytical approach was used based on the scale of Psychological wellbeing by Ryff (1989), …

Fighting For The Right To Dance In Nyc’S Public Parks, Caithlin Peña

Capstones

Kanami Kusajima is an ink dancer and street performer who dances and creates art at Washington Square Park. She’s also been clashing with the Park Enforcement Patrol officers, who patrol the area. Her attempts to create a safer space for her fellow performers brings to light the complicated rules and regulations as well as the obstacles street performers face on the daily. Link to capstone project: https://medium.com/@caithlin.pena53/fighting-for-the-right-to-dance-in-nycs-public-parks-2cab922d1a1c

Recommendations For Sustainable Tourism In Patagonia: An Exploratory Analysis Of Sustainable Tourism In Costa Rica, The Nordic Region, And Thailand’S Communities, Julia K. Lowery

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This thesis explores different levels of governance and its role towards actualizing sustainable tourism in Patagonia. With the growing threat of climate change, international destinations such as Patagonia are looking to continue building their tourism industries in a sustainable way. Through analyzing case studies of national governance in Costa Rica, multi-national governance in the Nordic region, and community-based tourism in Thailand, we can better understand how each form of governance has the potential to create a sustainable tourism industry. With this understanding of successful governance in my case studies, as well as understanding the historical and political forces that have …

Understanding The Impact Of Social Media During The Tunisian Revolution For The Lgbtqia+ Tunisian Community, Jared L. Bisbikis

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The Tunisian Revolution of 2011 was significantly influenced by the widespread use of social media platforms which aided in the advancement and eventual overthrow of the regime of President Ben Ali. With the newfound power of social media, the once invisible LGBTQIA+ community within Tunisia began to utilize social media to advance Tunisia's social and political culture regarding LGBTQIA+ advocacy. LGBTQIA+ Tunisian and Middle Eastern history reveals that French colonization was the most significant factor in creating anti-LGBTQIA+ laws and culture within the region. In Tunisia, this resulted in the Penal Code of 1913: Article 230, which criminalizes sodomy between …

Potential Risks Inherent In Robotic Process Automation, Colin L. Robinson, David Y. Chan

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

Robotic process automation (RPA) uses automation technologies to perform tasks typically performed by humans. Although such technology has been instrumental in expediting business operations and lowering costs, it has also created several risks that warrant scrutiny. When discussing the drawbacks of automation, many will point to the number of jobs lost to the influx of automation. However, there are technology risks that organizations must consider such as fraud and cybersecurity. Fraudsters may utilize RPA to commit more novel and subtle technological and cyber security fraud. Organizations may implement internal control measures to prevent or mitigate such schemes, segregation of duties, …

Consumer Boycotts In The Time Of War Crisis: An Efficient Citizenship Strategy Or A Temporary Spurt Of Solidarity, Jolanta Zralek

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

By drawing from the theory of consumer citizenship, collective activism, and consumer boycotts, this article strives to understand the nature of the current calls for consumer resistance and the following consumers’ actions that resulted from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In particular, by utilizing Friedman’s (1991) taxonomy of boycotts, we aimed to identify the character, motives, and tools of ongoing boycotts and thus estimated their actual and probable effectiveness. The main research questions in this paper concern what type of consumer boycotts we currently observe, what the aims and motives are of current boycotting, and whether the noticed boycotting attempts …

Leveraging Next-Gen Technology For Supply Chain Security, Thomas Drape, Reginald P. Parker

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

Global supply chain disruptions continue as part of both a national and global discussion. There is a need for a greater focus on supply chain security as part of this discussion as there is an increasing amount of counterfeit parts and goods within global supply chains. While counterfeit activity is an economic burden to companies and the global market, there are also legitimate concerns on consumer safety, consumer trust and company brand management.

The aim for this paper is to identify the concern and extent of the counterfeit problem and identify the use of next-gen technologies to provide brand protection …

Sustainability Across The Supply Chain: A Case Study In The Automotive Industry, Jane Siegler, Angelyn Bidlack, Sarah Harrison

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals have been widely adopted and implemented by organizations worldwide. However, with 17 goals and 169 targets, the decision on what to focus on and invest in are not trivial tasks. This research focuses on a major Tier-1 automotive supplier, here identified as CMF. With annual sales of 16 billion euros (2021), one in every three vehicles in the world is equipped with some form of CMF technology. The objective of this research was to evaluate CMF’s value chain and understand the challenges and opportunities related to the United Nations 17 Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs). …

Covid-19 And Culture: Individualism Versus Collectivism, Short-Term Versus Long-Term Orientation, And Indulgence Versus Restraint, Charles Lanier, Navpreet Pooni

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

To some degree, all social behaviors may be affected by cultural influences. So which national cultures could be positive influences or negative influences on the prevention of a contagion? (Roser et al., 2020). This paper explores regression models for predicting initial Covid-19 cases per capita by country utilizing only Hofstede’s six Cultural Dimensions (Hofstede et al., 2010).

Regression techniques were applied to develop predictive models for initial Covid-19 rates. Two proposed models were found that explained 54% and 60% of the variability in numbers of initial Covid-19 cases by country: The first model included only Individualism, and the second included …