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Biopolitics And Belief: The Impacts Of Religious Attitudes On Reproductive Rights In The U.S., Katlyn Barbaccia

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade (1973)—a groundbreaking case that legalized the right to have an abortion—which signified a deep rift in the nation between the opinions of its lawmakers and citizens in the wake of a widening partisan gap. Biopower, according to Foucault, can be defined as the governing of bodies wherein citizens are stripped of bodily autonomy and are closely regulated by the nation-state. Manifested in political consequences, this can be defined as biopolitics, or when the nation-state’s ideas are made into a reality in the political realm. …

Hawthorne’S Human Nature And Sin: Criticisms Of Puritanism And Progressivism, Oscar Martinez

Theses and Dissertations

One of America’s greatest authors, Nathaniel Hawthorne lived in a time of rapid scientific, material, and intellectual advancement. However, unlike many of his peers who went all-in on utopian reform movements, Hawthorne took a cautious and reserved approach to progress even though he supported the idea abstractly. Using six tales written acrossHawthorne’s career, this work will examine what each has to say about Hawthorne’s belief in human nature and why he takes such a skeptical position against movements aiming to fundamentally reshape people and society. The tales from the 1830s, “The Gentle Boy,” “Young Goodman Brown,” and “The Minister’s Black …

Reshaping Aesthetics And Aesthetic Sensibility In A Hybrid Environment, Aleksandra Łukaszewicz, Jakub Petri

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

The contemporary environment in developed countries is highly urbanized and technologized. It is not only physical but also virtual, created with the use of cyber-techniques and the internet. The two layers of the environment are: the physical places, persons, objects, etc., and the virtual – electronically-emerged places, persons, and objects, etc. Therefore, it is correct to overcome the enforced conceptual dualism between what is virtual and what is physical, as proposed by Michal Ostrowicki (aka Sidey Myoo) in calling for the recognition of the hybrid status of reality, by pointing to symbiosis within the context of lived experience. This raises …

Lo, Q, Rheros Iliad Kagoni

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Q Lo is a 45 year old transgender man, the son of two Chinese immigrants who grew up in New York. Q discusses growing up as a queer person of color, how his gender and sexual identity was impacted by the lack of representation he saw around him, how his upbringing in Chinatown influenced his view of the world, and how his immigrant parents influenced his relationship with school, work and creativity. Q talks about attending college, dropping out of college, and his experiences going to MECA in Portland Maine while grappling with the classism and privilege he was experiencing …

The Effect Of Using Roundhouse Diagram Strategy In Achievement Of English Language For Tenth Grade Female Students' And Their Attitudes Toward It In Jordan, Siham Al-Mashaqbeh

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

This study aimed to identify The Effect of Using Roundhouse Diagram Strategy in Teaching the English language for Tenth Grade Female Students' and their Attitudes Toward it in Jordan. The participants Students were (40) from tenth grade. Female Students' from Umm Al-ma'am Secondary School, and they were distributed in to tow division.

The study was conducted in the second semester of the academic year 2018/2019, with (4) classes per week for each division. The study continued for (4) weeks, The semi-experimental method was used. The sample of the study was divided into two groups, one experimental and the other controlling …

Reviving Knowledges Through Play And Resistance: The Case Of Navajo Conceptions Of Space, Daniel Ness, Richard D. Sawyer

Northwest Journal of Teacher Education

The authors explore a possible cause of epistemicidal predispositions of the dominant Eurocentric curricula. They posit that one way to determine a plausible contributing factor of this increasing devastation is to consider epistemicide through the lens of intellectual development. To do this, the authors examine parallel patterns of behavior in the domains of developmental and cognitive psychology. The authors then discuss an alternative framework to the Western conception of space within formal K-12 education by presenting the Navajo conception of space and play. Throughout the paper, the authors argue that all students—and especially those living in poverty in commercially constructed, …

Predictors Of College Student Support Toward Colin Kaepernick’S National Anthem Protests, Brooke Coursen, Nicole Peiffer, Sakira Coleman, Philip Lucius

VA Engage Journal

Racial discrimination and inequality have perpetuated within the U.S. since its inception. In 2016, Colin Kaepernick initiated the national anthem protests to oppose the oppression of people of color in America. This study was developed in 2018 to identify social determinants of health underlying discriminatory beliefs and behaviors. The objective was to investigate the impacts of college students’ race, gender, political ideology, socio-economic status [SES], NFL interest, patriotism, and general protest support on support for the national anthem protests. We administered paper-and-pencil surveys across locations on the James Madison University campus using a convenience sample. There were 408 participants included, …

Chann, Marpheen, Kendall Garland, Meghan Horner

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Marpheen Chann is a Cambodian, Asian-American, gay man living in Portland, Maine. He was born in California to an immigrant mother and later moved to Maine, then adopted by a white, Evangelical family. He spent his childhood in the church and would later attend Valley Forge Christian College. Then later transferring to USM to earn a Bachelor’s in Political Science and later attended Maine Law. Chann participates in advocacy work with organizations, such as the Equality Community Center and is the president of Khmer Maine. He currently works for the Good Shepard Food Bank as their Community Impact Manager.

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Saint Jude's, November 20, 2022

Saint Jude's

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Waltham, MA

Saint Jude's Finding Aid

Faith Integration In Stem Courses For Undergraduates: Exemplars Of Pedagogical Practices, David Klanderman, Clayton Carlson, Tina Decker, Fred Haan, Victor T. Norman, Abbie Schrotenboer, Derek Schuurman, James Turner

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

In his book On Christian Teaching, David Smith offers multiple ways in which one’s Christian faith commitments influence pedagogical practices. Specific examples are drawn from the humanities, particularly from languages and literature. Some may conclude that such discussions are less appropriate in areas such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). We disagree and offer exemplars aligned with a set of six curricular criteria identified by Wayne Au. We argue that these exemplars emerge naturally from our Christian beliefs and are “faith-influenced” even if not every strategy embodies a narrower integration of faith and pedagogy.

An Interactionist Approach To Btlg Pride, Lain A.B. Mathers, Jason E. Sumerau

The Qualitative Report

Within and beyond Symbolic Interactionism, sociological studies of bisexual, transgender, lesbian, and gay (BTLG) populations have expanded dramatically in the past two decades. Although such studies have invigorated our understanding of many aspects of BTLG life and experience, they have thus far left BTLG Pride relatively unexplored. How do BTLG populations experience Pride, and what insights might such efforts have for sociologically understanding such populations and events? We examine these questions through an interview study of bi+ people (i.e., sexually fluid people who identify as bisexual, pansexual, or otherwise outside of gay/straight binaries; Eisner, 2013). Specifically, we analyze how bi+ …

Place History: The Easement, Yasel Rosado-Bravo

Runkle Woods Symposia

English Literature student Yasel Rosado-Bravo discusses the history of the 15 acres of Wright State University Woods set aside as a conservation easement.

Woods Symposium 2022 Program, Wright State University

Runkle Woods Symposia

The program for the 5th annual Wright State University Runkle Woods Symposium that took place on November 18, 2022

Parameters Winter Issue 2022-23, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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The Prayer Life Of The African American Christian Men At New Life Gospel Center Cleveland, Ohio, Sherilyn Ann Howard

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The researcher will address the problem of African American Men at New Life Gospel Center failing to lead their family’s spiritual journey at home. Fourteen men covering three generations came together through Zoom classes, a series of interviews, eight weekly classes, focus groups, and surveys. The men were encouraged, educated, and trained to lead prayer in their homes with their families. The men challenged each other and made themselves accountable to study the Bible and prayer. The thesis was for the average Christian man who is simply a churchgoer but wants to transform into a Kingdom Man. A Kingdom Man …

The Grizzly, November 17, 2022, Layla Halterman, Marie Sykes, Tatiana Kent, Sean Mcginley, Amelia Kunko, Isabel Wesman, Ava Compagnoni, Izzy Dalesandro

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Budgeting for Ursinus' Future • Democrats Win Big in Pennsylvania Amidst Midterm Elections • Letter From the News Editor • A Year's Worth of Plays in Two Days • Concerts This Weekend • Meet Dora Zeibekis '24 • Opinions: Senior Beer at the Senior Bar • Field Hockey Season Recap • From the Bench to Breaking Records

The Old Man, Madeleine Polcyn

The John Carroll Review

No abstract provided.

Contributor Biographies

The John Carroll Review

No abstract provided.

Christ In The Covenant Curses? Deuteronomy 28 And The Gospel, A. Rahel Wells

Faculty Publications

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Vaccinate: Posters From The Covid-19 Pandemic, Aaron Sutherlen, Judy Diamond, Meghan Leadabrand, Julia Mcquillan, St Patrick Reid

Zea E-Books Collection

In 2022 we are living through a global pandemic, and vaccines are one of the most effective strategies for slowing the spread of infectious disease, minimizing symptoms, and lowering healthcare demands. In short, vaccines save lives and can reduce the risk of contagion from social interaction.

In the United States in late 2021, after the vaccines had been broadly available for almost a year, one in five adults still chose not to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Art can disrupt what is embedded in our minds and open us up to new perspectives and insights. We hope to offer access to …

Sexism And Racism In"The Bluest Eyes " By Toni Morrison, Dr. Nibras Ahmed Abdullah Al-Khazraji Al-Iraqia

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

Toni Morrison is a famous Afro-American woman novelist who wins a Nobel prize of Literature for the novel beloved. This study explores issues related to sexism and racism which are manifested in her life and work. The novel examined by this study are Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, The texts recreate an ideology of African-American womanhood which privileges self-definition. Morrison creates remarkable black women characters in the novel. The characters attempt to establish their own identity amidst the multilayered and interconnected oppressions of sexism and racism. Thereafter, these women managed to retain their identities throughout the novels. The research adopts to …

يعد التنوع الاحيائي واستدامته وتحقيق السلامة الاحيائية من المواضيع التي تخضع الى ضغوط بيئية متزايدة وتدهور مستمر رغم انها بموقع الصدارة في الاهتمام البيئي, ويشكل هور الدلمج بيئة طبيعية جغرافية بما تحتويه من موارد نباتية وحيوانية مختلفة, اذ يقع بين محافظة واسط والقادسية ويتغذى من مياه المصب العام عن طريق قناة التغذية, وتتفاوت معدلات التصريف ونوعية المياه تبعا لاختلاف الايرادات المائية, ويعد فقدان التنوع الاحيائي واحدة من المشاكل التي لها تأثير كبير على قدرة الانظمة البيئية في تحقيق التوازن البيئي, بسبب الجفاف والانخفاض المستمر في الايرادات المائية مع ارتفاع درجات الحرارة ومعدلات التبخر وهذا انعكس سلبا على مساحتها وخصائصها, لذا استهدف البحث, بيان اثر العوامل الطبيعية على التنوع الاحيائي في هور الدلمج, وخلص البحث الى مجموعة من التوصيات منها اتخاذ التدابير اللا زمة للتكيف مع تغير المناخ والجفاف والحد من اثاره السلبية., أ.م.د . عباس عبد الحسين خضير, م.م ميادة فهد محمد

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

يعد التنوع الاحيائي واستدامته وتحقيق السلامة الاحيائية من المواضيع التي تخضع الى ضغوط بيئية متزايدة وتدهور مستمر رغم انها بموقع الصدارة في الاهتمام البيئي, ويشكل هور الدلمج بيئة طبيعية جغرافية بما تحتويه من موارد نباتية وحيوانية مختلفة, اذ يقع بين محافظة واسط والقادسية ويتغذى من مياه المصب العام عن طريق قناة التغذية, وتتفاوت معدلات التصريف ونوعية المياه تبعا لاختلاف الايرادات المائية, ويعد فقدان التنوع الاحيائي واحدة من المشاكل التي لها تأثير كبير على قدرة الانظمة البيئية في تحقيق التوازن البيئي, بسبب الجفاف والانخفاض المستمر في الايرادات المائية مع ارتفاع درجات الحرارة ومعدلات التبخر وهذا انعكس سلبا على مساحتها وخصائصها, لذا …

Gis&Rs النمذجة الكارتوغرافية للمظاهر الجيولوجية لمحافظات العراق اعتمادا على التحاليل الكيميائية باستخدام, ا.م.د. نبراس عباس ياس, د. رغد سلمان محمد, نصير عبد الجبار الساعدي

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

Soil is a world in itself and can be understood and deepened and its various characteristics only through the breadth of the horizon of human knowledge and soil is the product of multiple geographically and interrelated elements such as (air, water, rocks, biology, climate, terrain and time) The importance of this study to use an applied analytical methodology in Detecting, monitoring, analyzing and producing maps of the spatial variation of the geological manifestations represented by the physical and chemical properties of many mineral elements within the soil and their impact on the nature of the soil within the study area …

(( اقتراح معيار لتحديد التأثير الصحي للتلوث الضوئي( ( دارسة تجريبية: مدينة النجف نموذجا, أ.م.د. شكري ابراهيم الحسن, م.د. زينب عبدالرزاق التغلبي

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

This study aims to propose a standard for determining the health effects of light pollution as a growing type of other environmental pollution. In view of the potential risks posed by continuous exposure to various sources of light pollution, the proposed standard is necessary. A laboratory experiment was conducted on a sample of volunteers in Najaf City. Volunteers of both sexes and different ages were subjected to varying optical stresses. Volunteers demonstrated different health responses to each light intensity, and on this basis a standard was established to diagnose the health impact of light pollution for each case. The standard …

كشف التدهور البيئي حسب المؤشرات الطيفية لبيانات القمر الصناعي لاندسات ٨ للساحل العراقي, ا.م.د.هالة محمد سعيد مجيد, م.م.علاء مهدي صالح الزهيري

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

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The Role Of Environmental Awareness In Preserving Domestic Water From Waste In Kufa District, Lamia Abdel Taha, Sara Abdel Taha, Sinai Abdel Taha

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The trends around the concept of water rationalization have evolved significantly and are no longer limited to the economic aspect and the physical, chemical and biological characterization of water properties, but include the social aspect that examines the human behavior of water use and the role of gender in providing water and reducing consumption and water waste.

The Dance Of Domesticity: How Gender Constructs Obscure Lived Experience At Museums, Marcy J. Botwick

Museum Studies Theses

My thesis focuses on Mary Shepard Greene Blumenschein and Ernest L. Blumenschein, married artists born in the late 1860s. Ernest Blumenschein was an important regional artist and member of the Taos Society of Artists (TSA). Paintings by Blumenschein and other TSA members promoted tourism in the Southwestern United States through annual exhibitions and their use in advertising the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF). Mary Greene Blumenschein was an award-winning painter and illustrator whose work focused on images of women at the beginning of the twentieth century, however, she is now a secondary and obscure figure in art history. …

Las Ciudades Del Deseo: Las Políticas De Género, Sexualidad Y Espacio Urbano En El Caribe Hispano, Elena Valdez

Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures

Las ciudades del deseo explores the representations of gender, sexuality, and urban space in contemporary narratives from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. By examining a corpus of novels published since 2000, this book shows how the changes in urban landscape create a new image of the city that destroys traditional gender roles and produces different discourses on sexuality. At moments of crisis in political agendas that took place between 1990 and 2000, queer subjects became spokespeople outlining new national projects on each island, while claiming space in the national imaginary. The nation is no longer built on blood …

The Conquest Of Milk: The Rise Of Lactase Persistence And The Fall Of Scandinavian Hunter-Gatherers, Nicholas Mays

James Madison Undergraduate Research Journal (JMURJ)

Over half of the global human population suffers from lactase nonpersistence, a condition marked by losing the ability to digest lactose after infancy. However, a minority of the global population, primarily located in Central and Northern Europe, has a genetic mutation that results in lactase persistence, which is the continued ability to process lactose after infancy. This interdisciplinary analysis blends archaeology, cultural anthropology, evolutionary biology, and archaeogenetics to explore the origin and rise of lactase persistence in Europe and its contribution to the end of hunter-gatherer societies in Scandinavia. Furthermore, the paper uses gene-culture coevolutionary theory to argue that lactase …

“…And I Thought That Was A Queer Thing To Do”: Transmasculine Identity In The Lokasenna, Tevye J. Schmidt

The Confluence

This paper seeks to explain the viewing of Loki through a lens of transmasculine identity, focusing on the ways in which gender expression and identity were viewed in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages. The current scholarship on Loki and gender expression, specifically in his interactions with the other gods in the Lokasenna, suggests a reading that is misogynistic on Loki’s part. This reading and translation also suggest homophobia and transphobia from Odin. This paper argues that these translations lack the nuance that a reading of Loki as transmasculine brings, and that this reading is important in breaking down modern …