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U.S. Prisons And System Reform, Darian Reimels

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

Prison systems, specifically in the U.S., are a wicked problem. For years prisoners have been treated inhumanely inside and outside of prison, with everyone looking at them with a judgmental eye. This essay aims to point out and bring light to these issues within the prison system. Specifically, it focuses on how inmates are treated during and after serving their sentence, and solitary confinement. To better understand and explain the problems to you, extensive research was done. Articles were read, organizations were researched, and a documentary was watched to gather the information needed to write this essay. The results showed …

Erasing Student Debt: Slowly But Surely, Roberta Harris

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

Furthering your education intends to be the golden ticket when forming the basis of a successful life. Investing in college can have both positive and negative effects regarding where it leads a student in life. Positive aspects include increased job opportunities, higher salaries and wages, as well as a better quality of living. However, rising college costs bring debatable questions as to how students can become better equipped to face this path in life. In order to resolve the student debt crisis, there is need for educators to develop a better system in communicating financial literacy and life skills their …

Legacy Spring 2021, Southern Adventist University

Legacy

The Legacy Spring 2021 edition features both poetry and short stories written by Southern Adventist University students. Short stories are written by Jamie Henderson, Allison Carbaugh, and Kelli Miller. Poetry is written by Christina Cannon, Aimee Hunt, Jamie Jansen, Missy Syvertson, Christina Coston, Blake Tousignant, and Luz Daniela Trejos.

An Interdisciplinary Approach: Schizophrenia Derails Heteronormative Expectations In Psychological Narratives 2021, Bobbie Jo Weaver

Master's Theses

Required introductory psychology courses teach students a general and oversimplified version of the immense number of subfields within Psychology studies, much like introductory literature classes compress different genera throughout history into a miniscule number of “representative” texts. Nevertheless, these footholds generate an entryway into a whole new world of (specialized) exploration. Reading a text such as The Quiet Room: A Journey out of the Torment of Madness by Lori Schiller and Amanda Bennett provides a window for many students to crawl into one of Psychology’s darkest shadows, the field of abnormal psychology. Schiller’s non-fictional memoir, The Quiet Room, tells readers …

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2021, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

From the Dean (Robin Wagner)

Library News

• DEI Read & Learn
• Library and Gallery Collaborate on Grant
• Research 101 Connects with First-year Students
• Exhibit: Change Happens Here
• Exhibit: From Mud Hole to Musselman
• Exhibit: Stargazing
• Library Cookies

History of Library Locations

First Library

Flashback: Quarantine

Witness Books (Beth Carmichael)

Flashback: Censorship

Schmucker Library Memories (Michael J. Birkner)

Library Leadership

• John H. Knickerbocker (1929-1959) (Amy Lucadamo)
• Lillian Smoke (1959-1974) (Sallie Harris Kahler '72)
• James Richards (1974-1983) (David T. Hedrick)
• Willis Hubbard (1983-1994) (Robin Wagner)

Hugh Newell Jacobsen: Traditionalist and Innovator (Devin McKinney)

Move In Memories

• Meaningful Community Building Event (Ron Couchman) …

Is The End Just The Beginning? The Study Of The Effect Of Reverse Culture Shock On American Students When They Return Home From A Semester Long Study Abroad Experience, Madeline Mastrianni

Honors Projects in English and Cultural Studies

This qualitative study explores symptoms of reverse culture shock experienced by U.S college students upon returning home from a study abroad program. This qualitative study explores the relationship between the timing of when American students returned home from their study abroad program and reverse culture shock. Participants in this study include American students who participated in a semester-long study abroad program outside of the country. These students share their study abroad experience through a semi-structured survey or an interview process. This study specifically examines the time element of when these students returned home from their study abroad experience. Did the …

Eng 331: Studies In The Folk Tale And Classic Fairy Tale, Cuny School Of Professional Studies

Open Educational Resources

Examines the development of folk tale from the oral form to what is known as the literary fairy tale (a tale never intended for children). Explores the global, historical and cultural origins of folk and fairy tales. Analyzes the universality of folk tales by examining the role that they play in the ethnography of diverse cultures. Traces the rise of the literary fairy tale from its origins in the oral folk tales to contemporary rewritings. Introduces diverse folk tales, literary fairy tales, critical essays, and films in order to come to a greater understanding of the complex cultural significance of …

Modern-Day Fantasy: The Progressive Role Of The Active Female, Elizabeth Turello

Sacred Heart University Scholar

Compared to other genres of literature, modern-day fantasy is often disregarded as Eurocentric and homogeneous. In this article, I argue such critiques fail to take stock of the influential and progressive role women have played within modern-day fantasy since its creation by J.R.R. Tolkien. This article primarily focuses on modern-day fantasy works from three decades that coincide with a wave of feminism, beginning with Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings in the 1950s and continuing with J.K. Rowling’s early nineties and aughts Harry Potter series as well as Leigh Bardugo’s mid-2010’s duology, Six of Crows. This article discusses the direct …

Adventure Book Club - The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, Courtney Helseth, Jillian Jacoba

Honors Program: Expanded Learning Clubs

This after school club serves to improve reading comprehension, teach ideas such as storyline and character development, and to add creativity to reading to encourage love of reading. The club utilizes the text, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis and includes various crafts, worksheets, and games to improve comprehension and make reading fun.

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2021 - Special Supplement, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

What Does the Library Mean to You? (Robin Wagner)

The Library: A Keystone Place (Daniel DeNicola)

Teaching with Rare Books (Joanne Myers)

Libraries Are "Sacred Spaces" for Writers (Jen Bryant)

Students Learn Editorial Skills (Ryan Nadeau)

Science Research Begins and Ends in the Library (Shelli Frey)

Planning Assignments That Promote Information Literacy (Kevin Moore)

Librarians and Social Justice: Co-creating a Better World (Sarah Appedu)

What's on Your Reading List? (Kerri Odess-Harnish)

Public Libraries Serve the Community (Jessica Laganosky)

Student Partners Enhance Service (Clinton Baugess)

My Internship at the Library (Melanie Fernandes McKenzie)

Interns and Mentors Reflect

• Abigail Major '19
• Amy …

Ivy Leaves, Volume 96, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 2021 edition of the Anderson University journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Larisa Crowder, Samantha Windham, Lily McNamara, Samantha Brooks, Kristopher Sutherland, Salvatore Fontana, Gabrielle Morgan, Emma McKay, Carson Long, David Stancil, Hannah Brown, Sara Pepper, Brookelyn Taylor Harrison, Alexis Bussey, Abigail Timms, Dakota Riemer, Taylor Smith, Shelby Parker, Samantha Windham, Morgan Broom, Teresa Jones, and Tim Speaker.

Speed Dating Peer Review Activity, Gloria Gianoulis, Susan Rocco

Open Educational Resources

Peer Review of student writing in a fully online, synchronous learning environment can be challenging. By drawing on the principles of speed dating, this activity meets 3 goals for fostering student success: fosters student-student engagement, encourages student investment in peer review, and improves students' accountability for participation.

Virginia Woolf And Her World, Václav Paris

Open Educational Resources

No abstract provided.

Food Deserts And Their Contributions To Health Inequities, Ieuan Phillips

Spring Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

My goal for this Research Paper is to learn more about the connection between food deserts and health inequities, meaning why are there such inequities and what are the barriers to food companies for not building stores in certain neighborhoods.

Northern Paiute, Ruth Hoodie Lewis, Timothy Thornes

English Literature Faculty Publications and Presentations

Northern Paiute (ISO 639-3, pao) is a Numic language of the Western branch and represents the northwestern-most extent of the Uto-Aztecan family. The language is described as consisting of two major dialects and numerous subdialects. Nichols (1974) refers to the southern Northern Paiute dialect as Nevada Northern Paiute (NNP, historically also called Paviotso) and the northern variety represented here as Oregon Northern Paiute (ONP, which includes Bannock). Speaker estimates are somewhat anecdotal but generally fall within the 400–700 range. Speakers are unevenly distributed across various reservation communities of the northern Great Basin region of the western United States. Speakers of …

Rites, Sanjana Aiyar

Bryant Literary Review

Present turns to past,

When tenses change with

Winter, Claudia Rosado

Bryant Literary Review

i was born on an island

and hand crafted for the sun.

American Societies Impact On American Deaf Culture, Kellie Lofquist

Spring Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

A brief summary of where Deaf Culture is affected by the hearing American culture.

Are School Lunches Actually Healthy?, Jenna Cedor

Spring Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

For my research project I chose to examine whether school lunches are actually as healthy as they come out to be, and I will briefly look at why some frown upon them. While some individuals frown upon school lunches, if they are able to be served, they have to meet the requirements and standards that are in place. I want to be able to confidently tell those who are concerned that they can let their children eat the lunches that their schools provide them and not have a choice but to only eat a packed lunch. I also think some …

An Evolution Of Effectiveness Of Drug Courts, Sean Pinney

Spring Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

The objective of this research is to examine the effectiveness of Drug Courts and what makes the courts more effective than the traditional probation process. A systematic review of studies conducted to assess the impact of drug courts on stated outcomes indicates that the policy is an effectives means of reducing negative outcomes between drug courts and drug offenders. In addition, this policy reduces the incarceration number of inmates due to the rehabilitation style treatment that the offenders receive.

Disney Princesses And Gender Expectations, Miranda Carter

Spring Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

My research aims to show the older generation of Disney princesses' problems and how they are changing the narrative to give girls more agency. In some research, I have learned that 'Disney Princesses represent salient, powerful, attractive characters who tend to be portrayed as conforming to gender stereotypes and are rewarded for their gendered behavior' (Coyner, para9). Most girls identify with older princesses like Snow White or Cinderella than newer ones who give women more agency. I believe this is a topic that needs to be discussed more because it significantly affects girls and their identities. It is something that …

Heavy Metal, Moral Panic, And Residing Stigma, Frank Knott Iv

Spring Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

Since its origins of the 1970s up to the present, the musical themes of Heavy Metal along with the associated subcultures have been the prey of various moral ideologies, particularly of a conservative matter. Moral panics have ensued in the past over various qualities of the genre, and there is still residual stigma to be found today, much of which is based upon misperceptions of cause and effect.

The Car Ride Home, Jonathan Rivera

English Honors Theses

The Car Ride Home explores the coming of age of a young boy into a queer man, searching and sifting through the trauma of home life, and realizing his mother’s addiction affects more than just herself, but an entire family. This realization coincides with views of masculinity, as he carefully watches the men around him. He internalizes these depictions of masculinity when exploring his own confusion and investigation of his own sexual identity and queerness. The poetry collection is broken up into two connected parts. Part one explores the illusion of childhood and nostalgia while introducing subtle glimpses and secrets …

Eng 101: College Writing I, Cuny School Of Professional Studies

Open Educational Resources

Practice in expository and analytical writing through reading and research-based assignments in varied academic formats such as reports, formal essays and research papers, making use of appropriate technology for composing, editing and sharing documents. Practice in conventions of academic reading and writing including clear and coherent use of standard English, use of digital libraries, and methods of ethical attribution and citation.

Eng 102: College Writing Ii, Cuny School Of Professional Studies

Open Educational Resources

A continuation of College Writing I with increased emphasis on expository and analytical writing through research-based assignments in varied academic formats such as reports, formal essays, and research papers across the disciplines, making use of appropriate technology for composing, editing and sharing documents. Research project requires students to use scholarly databases, provide proper attribution and documentation of primary and secondary sources, and argue an opinion based on well-chosen and compelling evidence.

Negotiating Multilingual Writer Identity In The Dissertation: International Perspectives On Language And Writing Practices, A. Brooke Boulton

Education Doctorate Dissertations

Globalization and internationalization of higher education have perpetuated the dominance of English as the language of production and reproduction in doctoral education. English dominance considers the status of English as a lingua franca in academia. Multilingual students for whom English is not the first language must engage in complex language and writing practices to meet university and publication standards, globally. As writing is identity work, students must negotiate thought and writing in two or more languages to achieve meaningful self-expression and to represent authentic, authoritative voices in English. Data representing students from 17 different countries and speaking 14 different languages …

Syntax, Newsletter Of The Suffolk University English Department, Issue 7, 2021, English Department

Syntax Newsletter of the Suffolk University English Department

No abstract provided.

“Nothing Much Happens”: The Process Of Constructing Coherent Selves In A Tree Grows In Brooklyn And I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Maya Laytham

English Senior Capstone

In A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, respectively, Betty Smith and Maya Angelou vividly paint the places, people, and customs that contextualize Francie and Marguerite’s growth. In fact, the societies to which both the protagonists and the authors talk back contribute greatly to how they express themselves. The interplays between past and present and between personal and public all inform how Smith and Angelou describe and develop the stories of their younger selves. While it might sound strange to find such dynamism in something as apparently inert as written word, the works …

“You Never Get It Out Of Your Bones”: The Christ-Haunted Security Of Jean Louise “Scout” Finch In Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird And Go Set A Watchman, Corley E. Humphrey

Masters Theses

Harper Lee’s novels To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman emphasize the struggle of mid-twentieth century Southern identity as Southerners searched for security, and she does so particularly in her main character, Jean Louise “Scout” Finch. Throughout the novels, Jean Louise fights to find a balance within herself as she learns to decide what to accept or reject from her Southern culture. Using New Historicism and Southern Female Gender Studies, this thesis analyzes the character development of Jean Louise “Scout” in the novels and the traits she consistently accepts—discrimination and respect, honor of family, grace—and the ones she …

'Wait, Twilight Is A Thing Again?': Examining The Ways In Which Different Social Groups Navigate The Complex Cultural Issues In Twilight, Veronica Buchanan

Undergraduate Research Symposium Podium Presentations

The four books and five movies in the extremely popular Twilight series give readers and viewers a lot to unpack, in both good ways and bad, and have led to fierce debates over the place the series should have in our culture, especially in regard to gender politics. However, most of the discussions of these texts and their cultural impact have tended to lack a robust, intersectional feminist perspective, one that attends to issues not only of gender, but also race, class, and sexuality. This research draws on both fan studies and feminist media studies to examine the various ways …