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The Design Of Constructed Salt Marshes Under Deep Uncertainty, John Kucharski, Jennifer Olszewski, Marriah Abellera, Todd Steissberg Jul 2022

The Design Of Constructed Salt Marshes Under Deep Uncertainty, John Kucharski, Jennifer Olszewski, Marriah Abellera, Todd Steissberg

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Using nature in engineering design is a long-standing goal of water resource managers. Landscape features like salt marshes serve critical ecological functions in coastal environments delivering important water quality, erosion control and flood inundation benefits. Despite their benefits, natural coastal features like salt marsh have been decimated by development and pollution, leaving much of our coastline unprotected. The diverse benefits of these nature-based features (NBF) make them attractive components of traditional water resource project designs. However, the reality of including these features in engineered designs is complicated by physical and biological uncertainties that limit their use. In this presentation, the …

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Model-Data Marriage Counselling: Resolving The Age-Old Conflict Between Models And Data (And Between Those Who Model And Those Who Measure), Felix Egger, Maria P. Vilas, Matthew P. Adams, Hayley Langsdorf Jul 2022

Model-Data Marriage Counselling: Resolving The Age-Old Conflict Between Models And Data (And Between Those Who Model And Those Who Measure), Felix Egger, Maria P. Vilas, Matthew P. Adams, Hayley Langsdorf

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Models and data (and those who generate them) have an important but sometimes uneasy relationship. Effective integration of information from models and data is the “holy grail” for decision-makers and those seeking to understand environmental systems. Data provide snapshots of what is happening in the system, which is essential for thorough model calibration, validation, and testing. In contrast, models can explore the underlying processes driving the observed behaviour. Thus, models and data provide complementary information about a system. In cases where model predictions do not agree with observations, resolving any discrepancies is essential for model-data integration and can be a …

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A Web-Based Grid Generation And Conversion Method For Open Geographic Model Integration Applications, Yuanqing He, Min Chen, Yongning Wen, Songshan Yue Jul 2022

A Web-Based Grid Generation And Conversion Method For Open Geographic Model Integration Applications, Yuanqing He, Min Chen, Yongning Wen, Songshan Yue

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Integrated application of geo-analysis models is critical for geo-process research. Due to the continuity of the real world, the geo-analysis model cannot be applied immediately over the entire space. To date, the method of regrading space as a sequence of computing units (i.e., a grid) has been widely used in geographic study. However, the model's variances in division algorithms result in distinct grid data structures. First, researchers must install and setup the various software to generate the structure-specific grid data required by the models. This method of localized processing is inconvenient and inefficient. Second, in order to integrate the models …

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Resources Recovery From Wastewater Treatment Plants: Full-Scale Optimization By Using A Mathematical Model Including Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazal Gulhan, Alida Cosenza, Giorgio Mannina Jul 2022

Resources Recovery From Wastewater Treatment Plants: Full-Scale Optimization By Using A Mathematical Model Including Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazal Gulhan, Alida Cosenza, Giorgio Mannina

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have the advantage of reducing pollutants discharged into the environment. However, WWTPs impose a burden on the environment with direct, indirect, and external indirect greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing this burden caused by WWTPs is an important step for sustainable development especially when technologies aimed to recover resources are applied. Indeed, considering the resources such as water, organic matter, nitrogen, phosphorus, and biopolymers in the wastewater content, WWTP can be viewed as resource recovery, not a burden. Within the scope of the European Union Horizon 2020 “Achieving wider uptake of water-smart solutions — WIDER UPTAKE” project, which …

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Spatiotemporal And Machine Learning-Based Time Series Assessment Of Water Quality Complaints In New York City, Giovanni Francesco Santonastaso, Jarai Sanneh, Anna Di Mauro, Salvatore Venticinque Jul 2022

Spatiotemporal And Machine Learning-Based Time Series Assessment Of Water Quality Complaints In New York City, Giovanni Francesco Santonastaso, Jarai Sanneh, Anna Di Mauro, Salvatore Venticinque

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

New York City (NYC) residents can report their drinking water quality complaints using NYC 311, a local government-sponsored call line and online portal that New Yorkers can use to report issues and request services. There were over 12,305 taste and odor (TO) drinking water quality complaints in NYC between 2010-2019. With the baseline data availability, along with annual increases, spatiotemporal analytics and machine learning can play a crucial part in understanding this water quality complaints trend. The objectives of this research are therefore to: (1) perform spatiotemporal analysis of observed water quality complaints and identify continuous hotspots; (2) develop deep …

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A New Academic Impact Metric For Evaluating Geographic Simulation Models, Kai Xu, Min Chen, Albert J. Kettner, Michael C. Barton Jul 2022

A New Academic Impact Metric For Evaluating Geographic Simulation Models, Kai Xu, Min Chen, Albert J. Kettner, Michael C. Barton

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Geographic simulation models can be used to explore and better understand terrestrial natural landscapes altered by humans. Recent advances in geographic and environmental research, as well as in computational technology, have resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of geographic simulation models. Some geographic simulation model repositories provide opportunities for users to explore and apply these models, but do not provide a general evaluation method for assessing their applicability and usefulness. Providing an evaluation method would allow potential model users to determine which model is appropriate for their project, and could function as an incentive for model developers to …

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Key Laboratory Of The Virtual Geographic Environment, Ministry Of Education Of Pr China, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; Nanjing Normal University, Qian Wang, Joseph H.A. Guillaume, John D. Jakeman, Barry Croke Jul 2022

Key Laboratory Of The Virtual Geographic Environment, Ministry Of Education Of Pr China, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; Nanjing Normal University, Qian Wang, Joseph H.A. Guillaume, John D. Jakeman, Barry Croke

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Key Laboratory of the Virtual Geographic Environment, Ministry of Education of PR China, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; Nanjing Normal University

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Remote Sensing For Monitoring Of Water Hyacinth Infestation At The Source Lakes Of The Nile, Seleshi Yalew, Marloes L. Mul, Ann Van Griensven Jul 2022

Remote Sensing For Monitoring Of Water Hyacinth Infestation At The Source Lakes Of The Nile, Seleshi Yalew, Marloes L. Mul, Ann Van Griensven

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The two major tributaries of the Nile, Blue Nile originating in Lake Tana (Ethiopia) and the White Nile originating in Lake Victoria (Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya). Besides serving as sources for the Nile water, these lakes play fundamental roles in contributing to socio-economic as well as water and aquatic biota resources. Both of these lakes have been severely affected by water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), an invasive plant species that modifies ecosystem functioning in aquatic environments. In this study, we take a closer look at the rate of expansion and seasonal dynamics of water hyacinth in the Lake Tana, a UNESCO biosphere …

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A Dynamic Ensemble Selection Algorithm Based On Three Machine Learning Models For Retrieving Surface Soil Freeze/Thaw From Satellite Across China, Ke Zhang, Xi Li Jul 2022

A Dynamic Ensemble Selection Algorithm Based On Three Machine Learning Models For Retrieving Surface Soil Freeze/Thaw From Satellite Across China, Ke Zhang, Xi Li

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

As surface soil freeze/thaw (FT) cycle serves as a "switch" of land surface processes, accurate retrieval of surface FT dynamics based on satellite passive microwave remote sensing is critical for studies on climate change and dynamics of cryosphere. In this study, we aim to improve the FT retrieval accuracy by developing a new FT retrieval algorithm based on the k-Nearest Oracle Union (KNORA-UNION) dynamic ensemble selection algorithm (DESA) that can optimally integrate three machine learning models, random forests, extra trees, and extreme gradient boosting, on a grid cell scale. We applied our developed DESA retrieval algorithm to retrieve daily surface …

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Exploring A Spatial Dynamic Approach And Landmark Detection For Leakage/Burst Event Characterisation In Water Distribution Networks, Sotudeh Hoseini-Ghafari, Jorge Francés-Chust, Olivier Piller, David Ayala-Cabrera Jul 2022

Exploring A Spatial Dynamic Approach And Landmark Detection For Leakage/Burst Event Characterisation In Water Distribution Networks, Sotudeh Hoseini-Ghafari, Jorge Francés-Chust, Olivier Piller, David Ayala-Cabrera

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Extracting useful information from sensors, which record water distribution network (WDN) data, is essential to improve network performance, increasing the system preparedness and resilience, advancing towards network digitalisation. Due to the large volume of data generated, analysis of pressure head requires advanced techniques to reduce dimensionality. While previous works were typically based on comparing hydraulic simulations and observed data, there is a lack of study on pattern recognition, a helpful method for event detection, localisation, and prevention. Since the number of metering devices and their operativity has a crucial role in recognition of key patterns, a spatial evaluation of system …

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River Water Quality Modeling At Catchment-Scale Using Deep Feed-Forward Neural Network, Maria Grazia Zanoni, Bruno Majone, Alberto Bellin Jul 2022

River Water Quality Modeling At Catchment-Scale Using Deep Feed-Forward Neural Network, Maria Grazia Zanoni, Bruno Majone, Alberto Bellin

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Machine Learning (ML) is receiving growing attention in hydrology and environmental sciences as well for the flexibility these techniques offer and the capability of learning the model structure directly from the data. However, in hydrology ML has not been fully exploited yet for the inherent complexity of the investigated natural processes and limited data availability that still characterizes some areas of the hydrological sciences, such as subsurface hydrology for example. In river water quality the capability of ML in identifying relevant drivers of change has been only partially explored. In particular, studies dealing with water quality variables not showing linear …

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Developing Agile Approaches To Scientific Modelling In Policy-Relevant Contexts, Gary Polhill, Rebekka Artz, Nikki Baggaley, Marie Castellazzi Jul 2022

Developing Agile Approaches To Scientific Modelling In Policy-Relevant Contexts, Gary Polhill, Rebekka Artz, Nikki Baggaley, Marie Castellazzi

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Over twenty years have passed since the advent of ‘agile’ project management thinking in the software engineering domain (Beck et al. 2001). With exceptions such as Moyo et al. (2015) and Zare et al. (2020), ‘agile’ is not commonly-used in transdisciplinary modelling literature, nor routinely expected in transdisciplinary research calls. Partly, this is because there are well-established methodologies such as Companion Modelling (Étienne 2014) that adopt similar principles with different nomenclature. It is also true that, unlike more routine software development processes, the particularities and complexities of specific research questions combined with the relatively small volume of practitioners means it …

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The Need For Nonprofit Tools, Angie Holzer Ceo/Founder Jul 2022

The Need For Nonprofit Tools, Angie Holzer Ceo/Founder

Journal of Nonprofit Innovation

The majority of US based nonprofit make under $1 million a year, with the most of these nonprofits being small, making under $50,000 a year. As these nonprofits work to solve community and global issues, they struggle with limited resources and funding. There is a great need to provide these nonprofits tools and resources to help in their efforts.

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Rf-Over-Fiber Receiver Design And Link Performance Verification For Alpaca Signal Transport, Nathaniel Ray Ashcraft Jun 2022

Rf-Over-Fiber Receiver Design And Link Performance Verification For Alpaca Signal Transport, Nathaniel Ray Ashcraft

Theses and Dissertations

The Advanced L-band Phased Array Camera (ALPACA) is a wide-field astronomical receiver that will be housed on the Green Bank Telescope (GBT). This instrument features a fully cryogenic 69-element phased array feed (PAF) front end and digital beamformer back end. It will provide a wide and continuous field of view at L-band and high sensitivity with a system noise temperature below 27 K. Transport of the received astronomical signals on 138 individual channels from prime focus of the GBT to the digital back end -- over a distance of 3 km -- will be provided by a custom RF-over-fiber (RFoF) …

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The Telsam Protein Polymer Significantly Improves The Speed And Propensity Of Crystallization Of Target Proteins, Seyedeh Sara Soleimani Jun 2022

The Telsam Protein Polymer Significantly Improves The Speed And Propensity Of Crystallization Of Target Proteins, Seyedeh Sara Soleimani

Theses and Dissertations

While conducting pilot studies into the usefulness of fusion to TELSAM polymers as a potential protein crystallization strategy, we observed novel properties in crystals of two TELSAM–target protein fusions, as follows. (i) A TELSAM–target protein fusion can crystallize more rapidly and with greater propensity than the same target protein alone. (ii) TELSAM–target protein fusions can be crystallized at low protein concentrations. This unprecedented observation suggests a route to crystallize proteins that can only be produced in microgram amounts. (iii) The TELSAM polymers themselves need not directly contact one another in the crystal lattice in order to form well-diffracting crystals. This …

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Ataruz Archaeological Field School Preparation Class, Jacob Fuge Jun 2022

Ataruz Archaeological Field School Preparation Class, Jacob Fuge

Instructional Psychology and Technology Graduate Student Projects

The purpose of this project was to prepare students who will participate in an archeological excavation in Ataruz, Jordan. Typically, the directors invite anywhere from five to eight BYU students to go on the excavation, which takes place in July during the summer term of Brigham Young University. The client for the project is a professor in the Ancient Scripture Department at Brigham Young University and a co-director of the dig. Normally, the students who participate have had no experience or formal training in archeological fieldwork. The time to work on the excavation is usually limited to two to four …

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Automated Pre-Play Analysis Of American Football Formations Using Deep Learning, Jacob Deloy Newman Jun 2022

Automated Pre-Play Analysis Of American Football Formations Using Deep Learning, Jacob Deloy Newman

Theses and Dissertations

Annotation and analysis of sports videos is a time consuming task that, once automated, will provide benefits to coaches, players, and spectators. American football, as the most watched sport in the United States, could especially benefit from this automation. Manual annotation and analysis of recorded video of American football games is an inefficient and tedious process. Currently, most college football programs focus on annotating offensive formation. As a first step to further research for this unique application, we use computer vision and deep learning to analyze an overhead image of a football play immediately before the play begins. This analysis …

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War, Love, And Journeys: A Comparative Analysis Of Conceptual Metaphors In Political Speeches, Kelly N. Woods Jun 2022

War, Love, And Journeys: A Comparative Analysis Of Conceptual Metaphors In Political Speeches, Kelly N. Woods

Theses and Dissertations

In convention speeches and inaugural addresses, presidential candidates and newly-elected presidents attempt to persuade listeners to vote for and support them. One persuasive tool that they use in these speeches is metaphor, considered a fundamental form of reasoning (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980). The present study focuses on three conceptual metaphors (POLITICS IS WAR, POLITICS IS A JOURNEY, and POLITICS IS LOVE) used in 40 speeches given by American presidents from 1944 to 2021 in order to see if there are differences in metaphor usage across political party (i.e., Democrat and Republican) and across speech type (i.e., nomination acceptance and inaugural …

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Using Student Researchers To Assess The Digital Collections User Experience, Rebecca A. Wiederhold, Lindsey Memory, Jonathan Jarvis, Greg Seppi, Madeleine Meldrum, Hannah Bozue Jun 2022

Using Student Researchers To Assess The Digital Collections User Experience, Rebecca A. Wiederhold, Lindsey Memory, Jonathan Jarvis, Greg Seppi, Madeleine Meldrum, Hannah Bozue

Faculty Publications

Following the closure of the Harold B. Lee Library’s special collections during the pandemic, the presenters designed a study to assess the usability of our CONTENTdm system. The library collaborated with a sociology professor to have students from his qualitative research methods class administer the study, observing other undergraduates using the system to perform tasks, and interviewing them about their experiences. In this presentation, the librarians, the sociology professor, and two students will share lessons learned from this experience, including small disappointments and unexpected benefits. We’ll also share the study methodology and suggestions for optimizing this type of professional collaboration …

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Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus Clarkii Henshawi) And Paiute Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus Clarkii Seleniris) Detection From Environmental Dna Samples: A Dual-Purpose Assay, Thomas W. Franklin, Joseph C. Dysthe, Helen Neville, Michael K. Young, Kevin M. Mckelvey, Michael K. Schwartz Jun 2022

Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus Clarkii Henshawi) And Paiute Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus Clarkii Seleniris) Detection From Environmental Dna Samples: A Dual-Purpose Assay, Thomas W. Franklin, Joseph C. Dysthe, Helen Neville, Michael K. Young, Kevin M. Mckelvey, Michael K. Schwartz

Western North American Naturalist

Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi) and Paiute cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii seleniris) are rare taxa of conservation concern. Their generally low population densities and remote distribution make traditional sampling difficult, but they primarily exist in small streams, a habitat type where environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling has proven extremely effective. We developed a single eDNA assay that allows sensitive detection of both taxa, which occur separate from each other in different regions of the Lahontan Basin. Performance of the assay was evaluated using most lineages of Lahontan cutthroat trout and Paiute cutthroat trout as well as …

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Lowering The Technological Barrier In Developing, Sharing And Installing Web Gis Applications, Rohit Kumar Khattar Jun 2022

Lowering The Technological Barrier In Developing, Sharing And Installing Web Gis Applications, Rohit Kumar Khattar

Theses and Dissertations

Portability of web applications between web servers of different organizations can be challenging and can complicate sharing and collaborative use of such tools. Given the distributed nature of the web, this lack of portability is usually not a concern because a user in one organization can link to and use a web application hosted by another organization. However, access control or differentiation may be needed by an organization in terms of area of interest, input data, analytical techniques, access control, presentation, branding, and language. This is true for many government organizations, and their associated web sites, and servers. In such …

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No Formation During Co-Combustion Of Coal With Two Thermally Treated Biomasses, Thomas Allgurén, Klas Andersson, Andrew R. Fry, Eric G. Eddings Jun 2022

No Formation During Co-Combustion Of Coal With Two Thermally Treated Biomasses, Thomas Allgurén, Klas Andersson, Andrew R. Fry, Eric G. Eddings

Faculty Publications

The combustion behavior of biomass as a fuel varies dependent on source of the raw material, but also on the type of pre-treatment. In this work steam exploded and torrefied woody biomass were studied with respect to NOx formation in co-firing experiments. Most of the reported data is based on small scale experiments and simulations. In this work, however, have three different cases been investigated experimentally in a 1.5MWth combustor supported by reaction simulations. One case corresponds to firing 100% Utah bituminous coal and two cases where 15% of the coal (on a mass basis) has been replaced with either …

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An Analysis Of Groundwater Storage Loss In The Central Valley Using A Novel In Situ Method Compared To Grace-Derived Results, Michael David Stevens Jun 2022

An Analysis Of Groundwater Storage Loss In The Central Valley Using A Novel In Situ Method Compared To Grace-Derived Results, Michael David Stevens

Theses and Dissertations

Robust groundwater management is necessary to maintain long-term aquifer sustainability. Temporally and spatially inconsistent in situ data prevents robust groundwater resource evaluation. Data from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite mission has been used to evaluate long-term, large-scale groundwater trends. However, the spatial resolution of GRACE data presents challenges for groundwater management in medium-sized aquifers like the Central Valley of California (CV). Other researchers have utilized GRACEderived data to evaluate groundwater storage in the CV, but they often make corrections due to what is referred to as the "leakage effect." We demonstrate a method for imputing gaps in …

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Investigation Of Material, Process, And Environmental Factors In Bubble Defect Formation For Labels Of Bottled Essential Oils, Joseph Lloyd Andrus Jun 2022

Investigation Of Material, Process, And Environmental Factors In Bubble Defect Formation For Labels Of Bottled Essential Oils, Joseph Lloyd Andrus

Theses and Dissertations

Labeling of consumer products is not only required by regulatory bodies for product identification, but it also serves as a symbol of product quality and prestige. Bubbles under the label are unsightly and impact customer satisfaction. Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (PSA) labels currently make up more than eighty percent of all labels in the market today, yet little research could be found addressing causes of bubbling in an industrial setting. A root cause analysis for bubble development included four aspects: label application, environmental conditions of shipping and storage, defects in glass bottle geometry, and oil contamination. The most significant findings from …

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Optofluidic Manipulation With Nanomembrane Platforms Used For Solid-State Nanopore Integration, Zachary J. Walker Jun 2022

Optofluidic Manipulation With Nanomembrane Platforms Used For Solid-State Nanopore Integration, Zachary J. Walker

Theses and Dissertations

Nanopore technology has introduced new techniques for single particle detection and analysis. A nanopore consists of a small opening in a membrane on the nanometer scale. Nanopores are found in nature and are utilized for transporting molecules through biological membranes. Researchers have been able to mimic naturally forming biological nanopores and utilize them for a variety of sensing applications. Nanopores, fabricated either organically or inorganically, can be used for detecting biomarkers such as proteins, nucleic acids, and metabolites that translocate the membrane by way of the nanopore. Constant ionic current flow is measured through the nanopore by way of a …

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Reformulated Vortex Particle Method And Meshless Large Eddy Simulation Of Multirotor Aircraft, Eduardo J. Alvarez Jun 2022

Reformulated Vortex Particle Method And Meshless Large Eddy Simulation Of Multirotor Aircraft, Eduardo J. Alvarez

Theses and Dissertations

The vortex particle method (VPM) is a mesh-free approach to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solving the Navier-Stokes equations in their velocity-vorticity form. The VPM uses a Lagrangian scheme, which not only avoids the hurdles of mesh generation, but it also conserves vortical structures over long distances with minimal numerical dissipation while being orders of magnitude faster than conventional mesh-based CFD. However, VPM is known to be numerically unstable when vortical structures break down close to the turbulent regime. In this study, we reformulate the VPM as a large eddy simulation (LES) in a scheme that is numerically stable, without increasing …

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A Formal Consideration Of User Tactics During Product Evaluation In Early-Stage Product Development, Trenton Brady Owens Jun 2022

A Formal Consideration Of User Tactics During Product Evaluation In Early-Stage Product Development, Trenton Brady Owens

Theses and Dissertations

Frequent and effective design evaluation is foundational to the success of any product development effort. Products used, installed, or otherwise handled by humans would benefit from an evaluation of the product while formally considering both the physical embodiment of the technology, termed technology, and the steps a user should take to use that technology, termed tactics. Formal and simultaneous evaluations of both technology and tactics are not widespread in the product design literature. Although informal evaluation methods have advantages, formal methods are also known to be effective. In this paper we propose a formal method for evaluating tactics and technology …

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Classification And Creation Of Design Tools And Methods For Social Impact Considerations In Engineering For Global Development, Andrew Gary Armstrong Jun 2022

Classification And Creation Of Design Tools And Methods For Social Impact Considerations In Engineering For Global Development, Andrew Gary Armstrong

Theses and Dissertations

Every product has economic, environmental, and social impacts whether or not those impacts are explicitly considered. These impacts affect society and are an important part of engineering design. "Triple Bottom Line Sustainability" focuses on economic, environmental, and social sustainability and has become an important goal for those designing products. Economic considerations are an established part of the engineering design process. Environmental considerations are increasingly being considered in design including the development of design standards and widely used methodologies. Social impact considerations, however, lack the standardization and wide inclusion of economic and environmental considerations. This results in reduced and unbalanced consideration …

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Practices And Innovative Technologies For Enhancing Microlearning, Jiahui Zhang Jun 2022

Practices And Innovative Technologies For Enhancing Microlearning, Jiahui Zhang

Theses and Dissertations

Competency-based education (CBE) has become well-accepted as a powerful way to personalize learning. Today's advanced technologies have enhanced CBE even further. Practitioners in the field are seeking means to take advantage of technology to increase CBE's effectiveness and efficiency, especially for adult learners. Microlearning and digital open badges are two examples. This dissertation, which consists of three articles, aimed to provide more in-depth insights into the two innovative approaches. The first article is a literature review of the current understanding of microlearning. While microlearning is commonly defined as breaking down learning into manageable bite-size chunks, the review of the existing …

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The Racial Reckoning Of A Chinese American Teacher During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Alicia Luong Jun 2022

The Racial Reckoning Of A Chinese American Teacher During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Alicia Luong

Theses and Dissertations

Teacher diversity continues to receive increased attention in educational research, highlighting experiences of teachers of Color. Despite this attention, teachers of Color are rarely seen as contributors to educational research. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a distinct increase of anti-Asian hate crimes due to many people blaming the deadly virus and aftermath on all Asians. The purpose of this study was to examine the lived experiences of a Chinese American teacher in graduate school during times of heightened racial reckoning and unrest within the Asian American community. Using an autoethnographic approach, a timeline was constructed with events, later turning …

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