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Historical Trauma Informed Approach To Treatment: A Proposed Suicide Prevention Program For Native American Youth, Christine E. Faris Jan 2024

Historical Trauma Informed Approach To Treatment: A Proposed Suicide Prevention Program For Native American Youth, Christine E. Faris

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Suicide is a significant public health concern across the world. It is the second leading cause of death for children and young adults ages 10-34 (CDC, 2016). In 2021, suicide rates were highest among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons, and AI/AN youths had the highest rates of suicide compared to their same-aged peers from other racial and ethnic groups (Stone, Mack, & Qualters, 2021). Historical trauma, or unresolved trauma caused by colonization that gets passed down from generation to generation, has been used as a framework for understanding the high rates of social problems and suicide that plague AI/AN communities. …


กองทัพอากาศและการส่งเสริมอุตสาหกรรมป้องกันประเทศของไทย, ธนรัตน์ ไพจิตร Jan 2024

กองทัพอากาศและการส่งเสริมอุตสาหกรรมป้องกันประเทศของไทย, ธนรัตน์ ไพจิตร

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การศึกษานี้ มีวัตถุประสงค์ศึกษาภาพรวมความร่วมมือระหว่างกองทัพอากาศและอุตสาหกรรมป้องกันประเทศในภาพรวม รวมถึงการศึกษาเชิงเปรียบเทียบกับ 4 ประเทศ ที่มีรายได้ปานกลางตามคำนิยามของธนาคารโลก ได้แก่ สาธารณรัฐตุรกี สาธารณรัฐบราซิล สาธารณรัฐอินโดนีเซีย และสาธารณรัฐแอฟริกาใต้ เนื่องจากเป็นประเทศที่มีผลงานในการผลิตอากาศยานที่ใช้ในทางทหาร โดยอาศัยเนื้อหาจากการค้นคว้าวิจัยทางเอกสารที่สามารถสืบค้นได้ทางอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ และการวิจัยภาคสนามผ่านบทสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึกจากข้าราชการทหารอากาศและหน่วยงานเอกชนที่เกี่ยวข้องกับอุตสาหกรรมป้องกันประเทศ จากการวิจัย พบว่ากองทัพอากาศมีแนวทางและโครงการที่สอดคล้องกับการส่งเสริมและสนับสนุนอุตสาหกรรมป้องกันประเทศในหลายประเด็น ทั้งโครงการในอดีตที่ผ่านมาแล้ว และแนวทางการดำเนินโครงการต่อไปในอนาคต ล้วนเป็นความตั้งใจให้เกิดการพึ่งพาตนเองมากยิ่งขึ้น แต่ในอดีตอาจพบปัญหาอยู่บ้าง เช่น การพัฒนาโครงการที่ไม่ต่อเนื่อง ทำให้หลายโครงการไม่ประสบผลสำเร็จเท่าที่ควร แต่ในเมื่อมีสมุดปกขาวฉบับใหม่ที่ระบุรายละเอียดโครงการต่าง ๆ อย่างชัดเจนขึ้นแล้ว จึงต้องรอดูในอนาคตว่าสามารถปฏิบัติได้ตามแผนหรือไม่ และจะมีการปรับเปลี่ยนตามผู้บริหารหน่วยงานหรื่อไม่เช่นกัน


การศึกษาประสิทธิภาพของสถาบันเทคโนโลยีป้องกันประเทศในการนำนโยบายด้านการพัฒนาอุตสาหกรรมป้องกันประเทศสู่การปฏิบัติ, จตุพร วิไลศิริ Jan 2024

การศึกษาประสิทธิภาพของสถาบันเทคโนโลยีป้องกันประเทศในการนำนโยบายด้านการพัฒนาอุตสาหกรรมป้องกันประเทศสู่การปฏิบัติ, จตุพร วิไลศิริ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) ศึกษาประสิทธิภาพการดำเนินงานตามนโยบายด้านการพัฒนาอุตสาหกรรมป้องกันประเทศ ของสถาบันเทคโนโลยีป้องกันประเทศ 2) เพื่อศึกษาปัญหาอุปสรรคในการดำเนินงานตามนโยบายและนำผลการศึกษาไปจัดทำเป็นข้อเสนอแนะแนวทางในการเพิ่มประสิทธิภาพการดำเนินงานของสถาบันเทคโนโลยีป้องกันประเทศ สำหรับงานวิจัยฉบับนี้เป็นการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ ดำเนินการวิจัยด้วยวิธีการศึกษาข้อมูลทางเอกสารและเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลด้วยการสัมภาษณ์ผู้ให้ข้อมูลสำคัญจากกลุ่มตัวอย่างจำนวน 10 คน ประกอบด้วย ผู้บังคับบัญชาระดับสูงจากกระทรวงกลาโหม ผู้บริหารและเจ้าหน้าที่จากสถาบันเทคโนโลยีป้องกันประเทศ ผู้แทนจากสำนักงานคณะกรรมการพัฒนาระบบราชการ (ก.พ.ร.) และผู้แทนจากบริษัทร่วมทุน โดยผู้วิจัยได้นำแนวคิดทฤษฎีการวัดผลการดำเนินงานแบบดุลยภาพ (Balanced Scorecard หรือ BSC) มาใช้เป็นกรอบแนวความคิดเพื่อวิเคราะห์ประสิทธิภาพการดำเนินงานของสถาบันเทคโนโลยีป้องกันประเทศ ผลจากการศึกษาพบว่าประสิทธิภาพการดำเนินงานตามนโยบายด้านการพัฒนาอุตสาหกรรมป้องกันประเทศ ของสถาบันเทคโนโลยีป้องกันประเทศจากมุมมองการวัดผลประสิทธิภาพทั้ง 4 มิติ ตามแนวคิด BSC พบว่าในมิติด้านการบรรลุเป้าหมายองค์กรมีประสิทธิภาพดีเป็นไปตามตัวชี้วัดของ ก.พ.ร. และค่าเป้าหมายขององค์กร ส่วนมิติด้านคุณภาพการให้บริการประสิทธิภาพด้านผลสำเร็จของงานดี แต่ต้องปรับปรุงประสิทธิภาพในการให้บริการเนื่องจากมีกระบวนการขั้นตอนให้บริการที่มีความล่าช้าและยึดติดรูปแบบระบบการทำงานแบบราชการซึ่งขัดกับรูปแบบการดำเนินงานขององค์การมหาชน โดยต้องลดกระบวนงานขั้นตอน ปรับกฏหมายให้เอื้อประโยชน์ให้การดำเนินงานมีความรวดเร็วเพื่อไม่ให้เกิดการเสียประโยชน์ทางด้านธุรกิจจากกระบวนการจัดตั้งบริษัทร่วมทุน ที่ต้องใช้เวลานาน ส่วนมิติด้านกระบวนการภายในองค์กรและมิติด้านการพัฒนาองค์กรสู่ความเป็นเลิศพบว่าประสิทธิภาพด้านการพัฒนาองค์กรดี แต่ควรปรับปรุงด้านกระบวนการทำงานและพัฒนาทักษะของบุคลากรรวมถึงต้องปรับสภาพแวดล้อมของการทำงานการสร้างความตระหนักรับรู้และสร้างความเข้าใจของเจ้าหน้าที่ของสถาบันเทคโนโลยีป้องกันประเทศให้มีความเข้าใจในวิสัยทัศน์ขององค์กร และมีการเปิดกว้างในการทำงานร่วมกันเป็นทีมทั้งภายในและภายนอกองค์กร เพื่อเป็นรากฐานสำคัญในการดำเนินงานตามนโยบายพัฒนาเทคโนโลยีป้องกันประเทศอย่างเป็นระบบ ปัญหาและอุปสรรคในการดำเนินงานตามนโยบายด้านการพัฒนาอุตสาหกรรมป้องกันประเทศของสถาบันเทคโนโลยีป้องกันประเทศพบว่า กฏหมาย ระเบียบ คำสั่ง ข้อบังคับ ไม่รองรับกับการพัฒนาด้านอุตสาหกรรมป้องกันประเทศ ระเบียบของหน่วยงานมีความซ้ำซ้อนไม่มีการทำงานประสานกันทั้งระบบ รวมถึงความไม่ชัดเจนในมาตรการการดำเนินงานตามนโยบายของรัฐบาล ตลอดจนกองทัพไม่ให้การสนับสนุนการจัดซื้ออาวุธยุทโธปกรณ์ที่ผลิตภายในประเทศ และการถูกจำกัดงบประมาณด้านการวิจัยและพัฒนาเทคโนโลยีป้องกันประเทศ ซึ่งส่งผลให้ไม่สามารถพัฒนาบุคลากรที่มีความรู้ความสามารถด้านการพัฒนาเทคโนโลยีป้องกันประเทศได้อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพ


Breathing Hard In Beautiful Places, Lars Chinburg Jan 2024

Breathing Hard In Beautiful Places, Lars Chinburg

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Chinburg, Lars, M.S., Spring 2024

Breathing Hard in Beautiful Places, Abstract

In Breathing Hard in Beautiful Places, Lars Chinburg explores his connections to the people and places that have made him who he is in a collection of personal essays. The collection is inspired by the talents of many writers–Bill Bryson’s wry travel observations, Norman Maclean’s lyricism on the interplay of nature and family, Sigurd Olson’s gorgeous descriptions of place, and David Sedaris’ knack for drawing hilarity out of the prosaic, among many others.

Many of the essays touch on the power of play as a force for good and …


Using Ethnobotanicals For Language Preservation And Cultural Connections, Riza James Mcclurkin Jan 2024

Using Ethnobotanicals For Language Preservation And Cultural Connections, Riza James Mcclurkin

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

The creation and implementation of interpretive ethnobotanical trails can be used to help preserve and teach about the use of native, and in some instances, non-native plants that were brought into use, both historically and in present day by Indigenous peoples. As examples, I will use my work assisting on the Reserve Street Trail in Missoula, Montana and the Pioneer Park Campground Interpretive Trail on the Colville National Forest in Washington. The Reserve Street Trail is still in its beginning phases but has the goal to cultivate plants identified as being culturally significant to Indigenous peoples and to create trail …


The Shifting Suns: A New Understanding Of The Five Suns Story Of The Mexica Empire And 16th Century Colonial Mexico, Heungtae Yang Jan 2024

The Shifting Suns: A New Understanding Of The Five Suns Story Of The Mexica Empire And 16th Century Colonial Mexico, Heungtae Yang

Electronic Theses & Dissertations (2024 - present)

In this dissertation, I study the Mexica creation story commonly known as the Five Suns Story (Abbreviation: FSS) to explain the coexistence of multiple texts of FSS, the evolution of FSS from 1400 to 1600, and its multiple functions in multiple cultural spheres of the Mexica society. In contrast to previous studies up to the 1990s, whose main goals were to cite the Five Suns Story as part of a larger research topics, reconstruct a pure pre-Columbian version of the story, and analyze specific aspects of its symbolism, I conduct an intensive study of the FSS that brings together multiple …


Introduction To The Symposium On Digital Evidence, Melissa (M.J.) Durkee, Tamar Megiddo Jan 2024

Introduction To The Symposium On Digital Evidence, Melissa (M.J.) Durkee, Tamar Megiddo

Scholarship@WashULaw

The past few decades have seen radical advances in the availability and use of digital evidence in multiple areas of international law. Witnesses snap cellphone photos of unfolding atrocities and post them online, while others share updates in real time through messaging apps. Immigration officers search cell phones. Private citizens launch open-source online investigations. Investigators scrape social media posts. Digital experts verify authenticity with satellite geolocation. These new types of evidence and digitally facilitated methods and patterns of evidence gathering and analysis are revolutionizing the everyday practice of international law, drawing in an ever-wider circle of actors who can contribute …


Collection-Based Research On A Kampilan Sword In Jambi People’S Struggle Museum, Irsyad Leihitu, Ujang Hariadi Dec 2023

Collection-Based Research On A Kampilan Sword In Jambi People’S Struggle Museum, Irsyad Leihitu, Ujang Hariadi

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

This article discusses the kampilan sword in Jambi People’s Struggle Museum. Kampilan is a traditional weapon originating from the Philippines but has spread to several regions in Indonesia, including Jambi. The kampilan sword collection is often overlooked, and there is not much information regarding these objects, despite the museum’s primary function is research and communication. Therefore, we conducted a study of a collection of kampilan swords to explore information related to these objects, allowing the museum to utilize and develop them in the future. The research model was based on the material culture study, using the social life of things …


Review Of Steve Taylor’S Disconnected, Zeke Floro Dec 2023

Review Of Steve Taylor’S Disconnected, Zeke Floro

Journal of Conscious Evolution

This article presents a review of Steve Taylor’s (2023) book, DisConnected: The Roots of Human Cruelty and How Connection Can Heal the World. Taylor makes a significant contribution to the study of psychological development, spiritual growth, and the overall evolution of consciousness by thoughtfully examining the disconnection that underlies violent crime, terrorism, dishonest business practices, authoritarianism, religious extremism, surrender of autonomy, culture wars, and polarized politics. He convincingly argues that disconnection is not the default state of humanity, but rather an aberration, and that dark aspects of human nature emerge from an environmentally conditioned sense of separation and inability to …


Building Social Media Literacy In The Russian Language Classroom, Kelly Knickmeier Cummings Dec 2023

Building Social Media Literacy In The Russian Language Classroom, Kelly Knickmeier Cummings

Russian Language Journal

This article presents ways to teach media literacy (ML) skills in Russian language classrooms with particular focus on developing proficiencies to navigate social media (SM) where information disorder is a critical concern. Because of its numerous configurations and applications, SM is understood broadly as “the creation and exchange of user-generated content.” After outlining critical concerns surrounding SM use, the discussion focuses on three conditions that affect the development of ML skills when trying to engage meaningfully online: cognitive vulnerabilities, unreliable narrators, and populist rhetoric. Developing an awareness of how these three conditions on SM impact decision-making and behavior online equips …


Buddhist Music As A Contested Site: The Transmission Of Teochew Buddhist Music Between China And Singapore, Jie Zhang Dec 2023

Buddhist Music As A Contested Site: The Transmission Of Teochew Buddhist Music Between China And Singapore, Jie Zhang

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

In the Chaozhou City Gazetteer of Buddhism & Chaozhou Kaiyuan Monastery Gazetteer published in 1992, the then Abbot of the Kaiyuan Monastery, Shi Huiyuan 释慧原 heavily condemned the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) monk Shi Kesheng 释可声 (date unknown) for "starting the sins among laities in the Chaozhou region who dared transgressing (the Buddhist doctrines) and became chant leaders in a flaming mouth ceremony.” Why was the Abbot so upset with a fellow monk back in history? What did Kesheng do, and what were the implications of him starting this "transgression"? This article investigates the history of the international traffic of Buddhist …


France In The Middle East: A Democratic Justification For Military Interventions In Iraq And Beyond., Nicolas Demeure, Brice Tseen Fu Lee Dec 2023

France In The Middle East: A Democratic Justification For Military Interventions In Iraq And Beyond., Nicolas Demeure, Brice Tseen Fu Lee

Journal Of Middle East and Islamic Studies

How did France’s refusal to take part in the war on Iraq in 2003 has created the conditions that legitimizes its future military interventions abroad? In this paper, a discourse analysis of the official French Foreign Policy Discourse is done to show why saying no to war in 2003 paradoxically allows France to carry out military interventions in 2015. This paper argues that France, while perpetrating an existing discourse of democracy opposing the civilized against the uncivilized that legitimates Foreign policy as a security tool, by its refusal, transformed military intervention a latent policy andlegitimized the French Self as …


Climate Change And Its Effects On Conflicts, Ann Lalicker Dec 2023

Climate Change And Its Effects On Conflicts, Ann Lalicker

Journal of Global Awareness

Over the last 50 years, scientists studied the Earth’s warming temperatures and the resulting effects. Although climate change is not a new concept in current events, the consequences it has on exacerbating growing tensions and sustaining violent and nonviolent situations are less widely discussed. Of course, conflicts, internal or international, and their causes are multifaceted and cannot just be explained by one factor alone. However, climate change has a definite role in creating tensions that lead to violent or nonviolent conflict, including famine and displacement, as well as war. Although this rapid climate change is relatively recent in human history, …


Book Review: Number One Realist: Bernard Fall And Vietnamese Revolutionary Warfare, John A. Nagl Dec 2023

Book Review: Number One Realist: Bernard Fall And Vietnamese Revolutionary Warfare, John A. Nagl

Parameters Bookshelf – Online Book Reviews

Author: Nathaniel L. Moir

Reviewed by John A. Nagl, professor of warfighting studies, US Army War College

Counterinsurgency expert John A. Nagl reviews the “long-overdue” biography of the American political scientist Bernard Fall who, as Nagl writes, was “always a couple years ahead of informed US public opinion” about the Vietnam War. Author Nathaniel L. Moir’s experience as an Afghanistan War veteran informs this examination of one of the most “contentious” topics in American history, and the intersection here of Dr. Nagl’s, Moir’s, and Fall’s expertise provides powerful insights about the persistent question of how best to approach counterinsurgency.


Sisters In Harm: A Phenomenological Study Examining Active-Duty Military Women’S Lived Experiences Of Military Sexual Assault And Trauma, Brandy R. Preston Dec 2023

Sisters In Harm: A Phenomenological Study Examining Active-Duty Military Women’S Lived Experiences Of Military Sexual Assault And Trauma, Brandy R. Preston

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

There has been a plethora of research studies conducted on the staggering statistics surrounding military sexual trauma (MST) and how the armed forces have systematically failed to provide appropriate protections for women who experience military sexual assault (MSA). However, firsthand experiences from active-duty women who experienced MSA and the possible secondary trauma they experienced have very little documentation besides that from a quantitative research point of view. Studies surrounding survivors’ personal experiences are even more limited. Within this body of research, a phenomenological approach is used to describe the contextual and perceptual experiences surrounding active-duty women who are survivors of …


Conflict And Choice Of Study At University Level: Evidence From Pakistan, Abbas Ali Gillani, Xiaocheng Hu Dec 2023

Conflict And Choice Of Study At University Level: Evidence From Pakistan, Abbas Ali Gillani, Xiaocheng Hu

Peace and Conflict Studies

Conflict, and violence related events have been found to have significant effects on the cognitive thinking and mental well-being of individuals. Although there is ample evidence suggesting negative association of conflict with schooling outcomes, there is non-existent research on how violence can impact degree choices made by students at the university level. By using university level admissions data between 2014 and 2016 from Pakistan, this paper examines the differential in preference for degree choices of students who live in conflict-affected areas compared to students who live in conflict-free areas. The results show that students exposed to violence were less likely …


War Or Peace Discourse? Analysis Of News Headlines On Pulwama Attack, Showkat Ahmad Jan Mr, Francis Philip Barclay Dr Dec 2023

War Or Peace Discourse? Analysis Of News Headlines On Pulwama Attack, Showkat Ahmad Jan Mr, Francis Philip Barclay Dr

Peace and Conflict Studies

Discourse analysis and the theories of war and peace journalism are used to investigate the newspaper coverage of the Pulwama attack of 2019, a recent development in the Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan that brought the nuclear-armed Asian neighbours on the brink of a war. To identify the journalistic discourses of the Pulwama attack, 686 headlines of news articles published in six popular newspapers on the attack and its aftermath during February 15-25, 2019, are analysed. Three levels of discourse analysis are employed: Lexical, social and ideological stratifications. Under lexical stratification, the news headlines are analysed to identify their …


The Role Of Local Agency In Peacebuilding: The Case Of The Bawku Inter-Ethnic Peace Committee, Gamel M. A. Aganah Phd Dec 2023

The Role Of Local Agency In Peacebuilding: The Case Of The Bawku Inter-Ethnic Peace Committee, Gamel M. A. Aganah Phd

Peace and Conflict Studies

This article explores the failure of top-level interventions in the resolution of local conflicts and the role of local agency in peacebuilding. The article relied primarily on qualitative techniques and instruments to collect data to examine why top-level interventions by successive governments have failed to resolve the Bawku chieftaincy conflict. The article finds that top-level interventions have failed to resolve the conflict because they are introduced with little to no participation by local communities. These interventions are, therefore, unable to garner grassroot support and commitment. In contrast, the BIEPC led peace process has been more successful in the management of …


Volume 59, Issue 1, 2023 Speaker & Gavel Dec 2023

Volume 59, Issue 1, 2023 Speaker & Gavel

Speaker & Gavel

Complete digital issue (Volume 59, issue 1, 2023) of Speaker & Gavel.


Volume 59, Issue 1, 2023 Speaker & Gavel Front Matter Dec 2023

Volume 59, Issue 1, 2023 Speaker & Gavel Front Matter

Speaker & Gavel

Front matter and table of contents for Volume 59, 2023 of Speaker & Gavel.


Clausewitzian Theory Of War In The Age Of Cognitive Warfare, Amber Brittain-Hale, Amber Brittain-Hale Dec 2023

Clausewitzian Theory Of War In The Age Of Cognitive Warfare, Amber Brittain-Hale, Amber Brittain-Hale

Education Division Scholarship

We can reconceptualise warfare by contrasting Clausewitz with the modern practice of cognitive warfare, as evidenced by Ukraine’s defence methodologies. The strategic orchestration of ‘infopolitik’ and the sophisticated use of social media can shape narratives and public perception. This article revisits Clausewitz’s tenet of war as a political instrument and juxtaposes it with contemporary conflict’s multidimensional tactics. By scrutinising Ukraine’s digital and psychological warfare tactics, one may question the applicability of Clausewitz’s framework, seeking to understand if these novel dimensions of warfare compel a redefinition or an expansion of his thesis to navigate the complexities of contemporary geopolitical confrontations.


Beyond The Bell: Rebuilding Care, Civic Learning And Creativity Within Youth Spaces, Michelle R. Haapala Dec 2023

Beyond The Bell: Rebuilding Care, Civic Learning And Creativity Within Youth Spaces, Michelle R. Haapala

Masters Projects

The purpose of this research is to investigate high school age students’ opportunities within formal classroom settings to engage in care, civic learning, and creativity within a suburban, publicly-funded charter school. This study used thematic analysis and coding methods to organize and find patterns in the qualitative data from surveys distributed to education professionals at Canton Preparatory High School in Canton, Michigan. The goal is to establish a foundation of the perception of care, civic learning, and creativity within school environments and classroom settings. Overall, education professionals rated these categories positively, but with a closer investigation, a disconnect is found. …


Human-Robot Interactions: Insights From Experimental And Evolutionary Social Sciences, Eric Schniter Dec 2023

Human-Robot Interactions: Insights From Experimental And Evolutionary Social Sciences, Eric Schniter

ESI Working Papers

"Experimental research in the realm of human-robot interactions has focused on the behavioral and psychological influences affecting human interaction and cooperation with robots. A robot is loosely defined as a device designed to perform agentic tasks autonomously or under remote control, often replicating or assisting human actions. Robots can vary widely in form, ranging from simple assembly line machines performing repetitive actions to advanced systems with no moving parts but with artificial intelligence (AI) capable of learning, problem-solving, communicating, and adapting to diverse environments and human interactions. Applications of experimental human-robot interaction research include the design, development, and implementation of …


Evaluating Militant Decision-Making With Information Science: The Irish Republican Movement During The "Troubles", Joshua C. Eastin, Emily Kalah Gade, Michael Gabbay Dec 2023

Evaluating Militant Decision-Making With Information Science: The Irish Republican Movement During The "Troubles", Joshua C. Eastin, Emily Kalah Gade, Michael Gabbay

Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Why do militant groups decide to escalate or deescalate their use of violence in conflict? Examining the case of the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland, we analyze groups that adopt violence as a political strategy and evaluate factors that influence its application. To do so, we adopt a novel empirical approach to the study of militant groups. Drawn from information science, this approach enables estimation of variable influence and uncertainty within structured case studies, and is thus ideal for topics such as militant decision-making where systematic data collection is difficult.


Inoculant To Influence: Cultivating Critical Citizenship By Foregrounding Ontology Through Kenneth Burke And Walter Fisher’S Rhetorical Frameworks, Mark Griffin Dec 2023

Inoculant To Influence: Cultivating Critical Citizenship By Foregrounding Ontology Through Kenneth Burke And Walter Fisher’S Rhetorical Frameworks, Mark Griffin

English Department Theses

Scholars interested in exploring the potency of the writing modality of critical pedagogy for molding students into proactive citizens will find the integration of Kenneth Burke’s Dramatism and Walter Fisher’s Narrative Paradigm instrumental, offering tools essential for cultivating a rhetorical awareness adept at navigating narratives in the 21st century. Synthesizing Burke’s rhetorical dialectic between the nature of reality and our understanding of it with Fisher’s concept that the human condition is a narrative condition yields insights into the critical writing process. This integration fosters a rhetorical awareness, serving as an inoculant to influence, countering the prevailing persuasive elements within today’s …


Boundless Community: A Virtual Platform Designed For Collaborative Development Of Emotional Well-Being, Sai On Ng Dec 2023

Boundless Community: A Virtual Platform Designed For Collaborative Development Of Emotional Well-Being, Sai On Ng

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This research aims to apply the US Army concept of spiritual readiness to help Christians manage emotional stress in a civilian context through an online community. This project invites disconnected Christians to join an online community where they can address negative emotions by developing self-awareness of their maladaptive thinking and embody the theological virtues of faith, hope, and love. This approach assists individuals in building emotional resilience, a concept emphasized in the military. This project addresses five negative emotions (anger, shame, sadness, fear, and loneliness) by replacing them with positive emotions taught in the Bible. The project consists of eight …


Exploring The Biblical And Theological Foundations Of Security Decisions By Church Leaders, John M. Tuohy Dec 2023

Exploring The Biblical And Theological Foundations Of Security Decisions By Church Leaders, John M. Tuohy

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This qualitative phenomenological multi-case study explored the practical, ethical, theological, and biblical foundations of decisions regarding an active security strategy at church gatherings by a cross-section of mainline and nondenominational churches. For the purposes of this study, an active security strategy was defined as a formal plan for site security based on the use of security personnel. This definition included any combination of volunteer personnel, contracted private security personnel, or sworn police officers acting in an official or off-duty capacity while providing security for the gathered congregation. The theory of shepherd leadership, as defined by Laniak (2006), and which related …


Economic Governance And Violence: A Cross-National Analysis, Steven Mccain Dec 2023

Economic Governance And Violence: A Cross-National Analysis, Steven Mccain

Theses and Dissertations

Understanding how economic governance influences routine activities is crucial within the field of criminology to better understand how grounds for violence emerge. Literature of cross-national studies concerning the effects of economic governance has recently developed to study its relationship with violence, specifically homicide. However, there is a deficit of frameworks related to criminological theory in this literature. Using a routine activity framework, the current dissertation seeks understand how different degrees of economic governance in general and, more specifically, the five areas of economic governance – size of government, legal system and property rights, sound money, freedom to international trade, and …


The Experience Of Faculty Strikers: Factors That Could Impact Higher Education Strikes, Giovanna Follo, Diane Huelskamp Dec 2023

The Experience Of Faculty Strikers: Factors That Could Impact Higher Education Strikes, Giovanna Follo, Diane Huelskamp

The Qualitative Report

Higher education is being challenged as is the unionization of faculty. This combination could create a climate where faculty may need to strike. The purpose of this research is to describe the lived experiences of striking faculty to bring a greater understanding of what faculty may incur. This research utilized a phenomenological approach with a combination of composite narratives and in vivo coding to describe the lived experiences of striking. With the number of layoffs, strikes and threats of striking, this research is timely in understanding what striking entails and how it can best be navigated for the benefit of …


I Pledge Allegiance: Language, Information, And How The American Far-Right Forms Its Identity, Joshua Marvine Dec 2023

I Pledge Allegiance: Language, Information, And How The American Far-Right Forms Its Identity, Joshua Marvine

Political Science Undergraduate Honors Theses

This study examines how the modern “alt-right” converged with mainstream Conservative politics following the election of Donald Trump. It explores how in the 21st Century, as in the past, right-wing social movements use language to prompt violence from their adherents. While far-right information networks have existed for decades, this study explores the ways in which modern networks allow for a greater convergence between disparate movements on the right, creating a more unified information web and understanding of reality. This convergence contributes to extremist ideas gaining larger and more mainstream platforms, granting them a global reach and significant influence in domestic …