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Community-Engaged Research And The Opioid Epidemic, F. Gerard Moeller

Community Engagement Institute

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From Informing To Empowering: Best Practices In Community Engagement, Chimere Miles, Alicia Aroche

Community Engagement Institute

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Spotlight - Rva Street Singers, Robin Rio, Colette Dailey, Cameron Carter, Meghan Mack

Community Engagement Institute

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Spotlight - Richmond Openair Project, Jeremy Hoffman, S S. Fong

Community Engagement Institute

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Spotlight - Health Hub At 25th, Natalie Pennywell

Community Engagement Institute

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Creating Mail Art & Other Transformative Works: Understanding Copyright & Author Rights, Sarah A. Norris

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

A brief presentation on copyright and author rights considerations when creating mail art and other transformative works that was given during a Mail Art event held at UCF Libraries.

Community Engagement Hackathon, Matthew James Vechinski, Katie Elliott, Lynn E. Pelco

Community Engagement Institute

No abstract provided.

Initiating And Sustaining Partnerships, Erin B. Brown

Community Engagement Institute

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Inclusive Collaboration - Group Work, Jennifer Early

Community Engagement Institute

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Inclusive Collaboration - Slideshow, Jennifer Early

Community Engagement Institute

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Introduction To Community-Engaged Research And Service Learning, Tracey Gendron, Meghan Z. Gough, Katie Elliott, Lynn E. Pelco

Community Engagement Institute

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21st Century Community Engagement, Lynn E. Pelco

Community Engagement Institute

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A Model For Quality Education To Support Stem Student Success, Sandy Avila, Buenaventura (Ven) Basco

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

In an evolving academic library environment, the duties of the subject liaison librarian are ever changing and being adapted as new responsibilities are added year after year. The Science Librarian and Engineering & Computer Science Librarian at the University of Central Florida are taking a model-based approach to handling these changes in STEM discipline support. During this session we will cover strategies for improving STEM student success based on a model for collaborative instruction, creative outreach, and cooperative service. This “STEM Team” based approach involves working closely on STEM based initiatives by facilitating and organizing related events and workshops which …

Photosynthetic Response Of Pentagramma Triangularis To Summer Desiccation, Brandon R. Grinovich, Stephen D. Davis

Featured Research

Ferns are thought to have been some of the first vascular plants to develop, perhaps on the order of 390 million years ago. Since then, ferns have speciated and developed innovative methods of survival especially in relation to water stress. Research conducted in 2016 by Helen Holmlund showed that eight California fern species fell into four primary classes of survival strategies, one of those being resurrection. Pentagramma triangularis is one of the resurrection-type ferns and is endemic to the western coast of the United States. As P. triangularis desiccates during the summer it enacts a physiological response by which it …

Effects Of Invasive Species On Post-Fire Ceanothus Spinosus Seedling Establishment, Nina Duchild, Frank W. Ewers, Stephen D. Davis

Featured Research

This study compared seedling establishment of the native chaparral species Ceanothus spinosus in two different burn sites at Pepperdine University following the Woolsey Fire of November 2018. One site was a low-density fuel site, and experienced a “cool burn,” and the other site was a high-density fuel site and experienced a “hot burn.” In the low-density fuel site, fire type-conversion had occurred, resulting in a dominance of exotic species. The high-density fuel site was populated by many native fire-following species and chaparral shrubs, exemplifying pristine post-fire conditions. Initially, I hypothesized that seedling success in the cool burn site would be …

Seedling And Resprout Survival Of Three Chaparral Species Following Woolsey Wildfire, Karagan L. Smith, Stephen D. Davis

Featured Research

Fire is a common natural disaster that effects Southern California. Combined with recent chronic drought, there has been an increase in the damage and frequency of these fires in recent years. Three chaparral species are common to the Pepperdine campus: Malosma laurina, Ceanothus spinosus, and Ceanothus megacarpus. The survival of these native species is essential because they are indicators for the changes that are occurring in our local ecosystem and provide further implications of how our ecosystem responds to natural disaster. Seedling recruitment and resprouting are mechanisms these chaparral species use to reestablish postfire. Postfire data have been recorded …

The Impact Of The Woolsey Fire On The Fungus Botryosphaeria Dothidea, Juan Arguijo

Featured Research

Southern California suffered a six-year drought in 2012 through 2018 during which the laurel sumac, Malosma laurina, experienced water stress and the fungus Botryosphaeria dothidea began to kill this plant, causing a massive dieback of this keystone chaparral species in the Santa Monica Mountains. Botryosphaeria is an opportunistic endophytic fungus that invades the xylem of woody type plants and waits till the plant starts to experience stress to proliferate. In November of 2018, the Woolsey fire burned up to 96,000 acres of vegetation. I ran tests at two sites on the Pepperdine University campus, the Baxter Ridge Site which …

Post-Fire Soil Microbiome Recovery And Respiration In A Chaparral Ecosystem, Mari R. Irving, Stephen D. Davis

Featured Research

This study characterizes post-fire recovery of microbial and fungal populations adjacent to three keystone chaparral plant species affected by varying burn intensities via systematic measurement of soil respiration. The CO₂ released from soil surrounding Ceanothus spinosus, Heteromeles arbutifolia and Malasma laurina affected by mild, severe or no heat during the Woolsey Fire of November 2018 were monitored and used as an indicator of microbial, fungal, and root activity. We hypothesized that soil which experienced less intense heat would exhibit higher rates of respiration based on preliminary data taken in March 2019. However, the opposite was observed from May through …

Entrepreneurship Programming: Building A Network Of Librarians, Students, And Entrepreneurs, Rebecca "Missy" Murphey, Min Tong, Sandy Avila, Buenaventura (Ven) Basco

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

We presented our program on July 12, 2019 at the inaugural Panhandle Academic Libraries Conference held at the Florida Virtual Campus in Tallahassee, FL. The event was live streamed and a video recording of our presentation can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImbB4bdJveI&feature=youtu.be

Conference Abstract:

Four librarians, all liaisons to very different departments, collaborated to plan an event series that serves their common audience: student entrepreneurs. Hear how they connected with other campus units and organizations–and each other–to cooperatively provide programs featuring local entrepreneurs, market research, intellectual property, and business coaches and mentoring.

The Relationship Between Physical Activity Knowledge, Exercise Behavior And Barriers In First Year College Students, Ella Fisher, Monet Kumazawa

Undergraduate Project Award

Ella Fisher and Monet Kumazawa studied the relationship between students’ awareness of exercise guidelines and their own efficacy in being physically active. Studying a topic of immediate relevance to college students, their project engaged all aspects of the research process from an intensive literature review, defining their research questions, designing a data collection instrument, and then statistically analyzing their results for significance and recommendations for further study. They reported out their project with a Powerpoint slideshow and a video of their SUURA presentation. They also presented at the Northwest Student Sport and Exercise Psychology Symposium at Western Washington University in …

Antibiotic Resistance And Microbial Diversity In The Puget Sound, Sienna Pallesen

Undergraduate Project Award

Sienna Pallesen’s independent research combined fieldwork and lab analysis to investigate microbial diversity and antibiotic resistance in the Puget Sound environment. Throughout the project, Sienna engaged all aspects of a comprehensive research project. She identified appropriate research methodologies, used a professional scientific network, and modified an established protocol to better fit her project needs. She demonstrated resiliency to challenges and a commitment to sustained, high-quality work. Her faculty member, Kristin Hultgren (Biology), observed that, “Sienna worked very independently in finding a publicly available protocol for studying antibiotic resistance, researching how to adapt it to marine sediments, troubleshooting her methods, finding …

Decision-Based Learning For Info Literacy One-Shots, David Pixton

Faculty Publications

An online instructional framework, called “decision-based learning,” helps students learn to think like an expert through making a series of simple decisions that the expert has trained into his or her thought patterns. This framework is currently being tested in one-hour information literacy workshops for engineering and technology students. This lightning talk briefly describes the decision-based learning method and results of this study so far.

Peer Deviance, Adolescent Substance Use And The Moderating Role Of Parental Monitoring, Shuyu Gao, Emily Rolan, Nayantara Nair, Kristine Marceau

Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference

Low parental monitoring (Barnes et al., 2006; Kiesner et al., 2010) and associating with deviant peers (Bahr et al., 2005; Barnes et al., 2006) has been linked to adolescents’ substance use. Studies examining parenting and peers together typically assess whether low monitoring has an effect on substance use through increasing youths’ ability to engage with deviant peers (Dishion et al., 2004; Pires & Jenkins, 2007). Fewer studies have investigated how these two factors interact to influence adolescent substance use, but suggest that the effect of peer deviance is stronger for youth experiencing less monitoring (Kiesner et al., 2010). The current …

Interchangeable All Fiber-Based Passive Voa/Voc System, Andrei Statchevschi

Publications and Research

A passive interchangeable variable optical coupler and attenuator system is demonstrated. A maximum coupling ratio of 99.94/0.06 and attenuation of up to 30 dB were achieved respectively.

Visual Sociology, Erin Siodmak

Open Educational Resources

No abstract provided.

Data Management Plans And Dmptool, Stacy L. Winchester

Faculty and Staff Publications

Many federal and private funders require a Data Management Plan, or DMP, as part of the grant application process. The University Libraries at the University of South Carolina provide a number of resources and services to faculty and students who need to write plans, including online guides, sample DMPs, and consultations. This presentation, from a workshop titled “Data Management Plans and DMPTool,” walks researchers through the history and components of Data Management Plans and exposes them to available resources, including DMPTool, an online tool that helps researchers write plans that meet specific funder requirements.

Scholarly Communication Brown Bag Lunch Session: Eu Copyright Directive, Kryslynn E. Collazo

Scholarly Communication Brown Bag Series

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Changes In Microglial Morphology Following An Acute Stressor In Male And Female Rats, Houston Meminger, Jadebrielle Bennesh, Mikayla Voglewede, Amy L. Brewster Phd, Susan Sangha Phd

Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference

Changes in microglial morphology following an acute stressor in male and female rats Houston Meminger1*, Jadebrielle Bennesh1*, Mikayla Voglewede 1Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University *Contributed equally Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by generalized fear responses to previously non-aversive stimuli following exposure to a traumatic event. Despite incidence rates for traumatic events being nearly equal between the sexes, women are twice as likely to develop PTSD. To explore these sex differences, we are examining how microglia in the prefrontal cortex respond to stress in both male and female Long Evans rats. Specifically, male and female rats were exposed to …

Online Faculty Profiles, Sarah A. Norris

Camp COMPASS

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Gender Competence And Quality Of Care, Mary E. Losacco

Grace Peterson Nursing Research Colloquium

Gender Competence and Quality of Care:

What is the Role of Healthcare Providers in Transgender Healthcare Disparities?

An Integrative Literature Review

Mary Losacco

Faculty Sponsor: Elizabeth P. Anderson RN, PhD

Background: Unlike cisgender individuals, whose gender identities match the sexes they were given at birth, transgender individuals exhibit gender incongruence, because their gender identities differ from the sexes they were assigned at birth. Transgender individuals are still underrepresented in research and reporting, leading to obstacles in understanding possible health disparities within the community due to lack of recognition and knowledge of these issues. Early recognition by health care providers …