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Diminishing Dialogue: The Fallacy Of Florida Politics, Jennifer Wojton Nov 2024

Diminishing Dialogue: The Fallacy Of Florida Politics, Jennifer Wojton

Feminist Pedagogy

No abstract provided.


The Affective Labor Of Cross-Disciplinary Communication Education: Enacting A Feminist Praxis, Kailin Regutti, Zane Austin Willard Nov 2024

The Affective Labor Of Cross-Disciplinary Communication Education: Enacting A Feminist Praxis, Kailin Regutti, Zane Austin Willard

Feminist Pedagogy

This critical commentary addresses the pedagogical experiences of being instructional assistants of communication in an engineering classroom at a Florida public university. In weaving together our experiences, we reflexively explore the affective labor and challenges of teaching interpersonal and intercultural communication concepts in a STEM environment while navigating restrictive state legislation and varying disciplinary perspectives and metatheoretical assumptions. We manage these dynamic tensions by adopting a feminist pedagogical praxis that works toward reimagining futures for STEM education—a future that helps students foster a critical consciousness and apply communication as a means of developing more equitable and just solutions across industries. …


Pedagogies Of Discomfort: Critical Lessons From Florida Feminist Professors, Aisha Durham Dr., Mahuya Pal Dr., Sonia Ivancic Dr. Nov 2024

Pedagogies Of Discomfort: Critical Lessons From Florida Feminist Professors, Aisha Durham Dr., Mahuya Pal Dr., Sonia Ivancic Dr.

Feminist Pedagogy

In a collaborative letter, Florida feminist faculty instructors describe pedagogies of discomfort devised by the state to empower an assumed alienated student decentered by difference and to disquiet a culturally responsive teacher who treats education as transformation and liberation rather than career-relevant job training. They recall classroom resistance strategies and tactics not only to speak to the policies of erasure in this moment, but also to speak to the precarious student who needs to feel cared for, honored, and acknowledged in their pursuit to learn and unlearn to be in community today. The political intent of discomfort is to divide …


"Teaching The Past As Commentary On The Present: Challenging Suppression, Erasure, And Disinformation Via Literary Texts In Times Of Looming Fascism", Jennifer M. Nader Nov 2024

"Teaching The Past As Commentary On The Present: Challenging Suppression, Erasure, And Disinformation Via Literary Texts In Times Of Looming Fascism", Jennifer M. Nader

Feminist Pedagogy

Active resistance to controlled course content is an integral to teaching humanities classes; reading diverse literature provides students with exposure to the unfamiliar, somewhat familiar, or validation and even understanding of their own experiences; expanding knowledge through historical and contemporary readings can help students learn while expanding presence for under-represented or suppressed communities. Exposure can help students understand how and why we have arrived where we currently are politically and socially, which often leads students to question draconian measures and come to a new or better understanding of the plights many face. While outwardly enacting feminist pedagogies in Florida classrooms …


“My Pregnant Man Story”: “Bloodchild” As A Means Of Discussing Reproductive Rights, Ashley Lear Nov 2024

“My Pregnant Man Story”: “Bloodchild” As A Means Of Discussing Reproductive Rights, Ashley Lear

Feminist Pedagogy

Restrictions on reproductive health education in Florida have resulted in misinformation and taboos that could be addressed through parallels in science fiction. As Paweł Frelik, University of Warsaw Professor of American Studies, reminds us, science fiction is a “cultural discourse,” in which “fantastic figures such as aliens, clones, and cyborgs are allegories of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, able-bodiedness, and other dimensions of individual subjectivity.” Octavia Butler’s short story “Bloodchild” (1995) will be used in this activity to discuss reproductive rights with students in the wake of so many legal challenges to those same rights. Butler, inspired by her own fears …


"Open Letter To Faculty And Professionals Across The Disciplines", Jennifer M. Nader Nov 2024

"Open Letter To Faculty And Professionals Across The Disciplines", Jennifer M. Nader

Feminist Pedagogy

No abstract provided.


Introduction To Special Issue, "When Resistance Seems Futile: Teaching Under Ideological Threat", Sandy Branham Nov 2024

Introduction To Special Issue, "When Resistance Seems Futile: Teaching Under Ideological Threat", Sandy Branham

Feminist Pedagogy

No abstract provided.


Executive Committee - Minutes, 11/19/2024, Academic Senate Nov 2024

Executive Committee - Minutes, 11/19/2024, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.


As-984-25 Resolution On Establishing A Cal Poly Faculty Legislative Liaison Position, Executive Committee Nov 2024

As-984-25 Resolution On Establishing A Cal Poly Faculty Legislative Liaison Position, Executive Committee

Academic Senate Resolutions

Resolves that the Legislative Liaison will be a position appointed by the Executive Committee in the same way that they select committee membership, based on a statement of interest and experience and that the term be 2-years and that the term start October 15; and further resolves that the Academic Senate requests that President Armstrong fund travel for legislative advocacy efforts where appropriate and where advocacy aligns with the California State University and Cal Poly and approve at least 4 quarter or 3 semester WTUs of reassigned time to be provided to the Legislative Liaison and a Summer stipend should …


Executive Committee - Agenda, 11/19/2024, Academic Senate Nov 2024

Executive Committee - Agenda, 11/19/2024, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.


Academic Senate - Agenda, 11/12/2024, Academic Senate Nov 2024

Academic Senate - Agenda, 11/12/2024, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.


Academic Senate - Minutes, 11/12/2024, Academic Senate Nov 2024

Academic Senate - Minutes, 11/12/2024, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.


Food, Justice, And Animals: Feeding The World Respectfully, B.V.E. Hyde Nov 2024

Food, Justice, And Animals: Feeding The World Respectfully, B.V.E. Hyde

Between the Species

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Williams’ Account Of Positive Obligation And Speciesism: Extending Ashford’S Internal Argument Against Williams, Nathan Bray Nov 2024

Williams’ Account Of Positive Obligation And Speciesism: Extending Ashford’S Internal Argument Against Williams, Nathan Bray

Between the Species

In Ethics and The Limits of Philosophy and elsewhere, Bernard Williams presents a formidable objection to utilitarianism. Dubbed the integrity objection, the worry is that utilitarianism is too demanding in requiring agents to abandon their projects in favor of complying with moral injunctions. Elizabeth Ashford (2000) has replied, in part, by arguing that Williams’ account of positive obligation (WPO) is similarly susceptible to exacting burdensome demands on moral agents, such as care for those in emergency situations (pp. 428-431). If these charges of over-demandingness apply to each theory, and if utilitarianism is seen as obligating agents to care for nonhuman …


Executive Committee - Minutes, 11/5/2024, Academic Senate Nov 2024

Executive Committee - Minutes, 11/5/2024, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.


Executive Committee - Agenda, 11/5/2024, Academic Senate Nov 2024

Executive Committee - Agenda, 11/5/2024, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.


Jwst Lensed Quasar Dark Matter Survey – Ii. Strongest Gravitational Lensing Limit On The Dark Matter Free Streaming Length To Date, Ryan E. Keeley, A. M. Nierenberg, D. Gilman, C. Gannon, S. Birrer, T. Treu, A. J. Benson, X. Du, K. N. Abazajian, Vardha N. Bennert Nov 2024

Jwst Lensed Quasar Dark Matter Survey – Ii. Strongest Gravitational Lensing Limit On The Dark Matter Free Streaming Length To Date, Ryan E. Keeley, A. M. Nierenberg, D. Gilman, C. Gannon, S. Birrer, T. Treu, A. J. Benson, X. Du, K. N. Abazajian, Vardha N. Bennert

Physics

This is the second in a series of papers in which we use JWST Mid Infrared Instrument multiband imaging to measure the warm dust emission in a sample of 31 multiply imaged quasars, to be used as a probe of the particle nature of dark matter. We present measurements of the relative magnifications of the strongly lensed warm dust emission in a sample of nine systems. The warm dust region is compact and sensitive to perturbations by populations of haloes down to masses ~ 10⁶ M☉. Using these warm dust flux-ratio measurements in combination with five previous narrow-line flux-ratio measurements, …


Using Noninvasive Calibrated Cuff Plethysmography To Observe The Effects Of Diabetes On Arterial Compliance, Jadon Bradford Nov 2024

Using Noninvasive Calibrated Cuff Plethysmography To Observe The Effects Of Diabetes On Arterial Compliance, Jadon Bradford

Master's Theses

The prevalence of cardiovascular disease is on a continuous exponential growth across the globe. Thus, research into the underlying factors, effective methods of diagnoses, and preventive measures is necessary. Endothelial dysfunction is an early detector of cardiovascular diseases and can be used to inform people of preventative measures and early treatments before any extreme medical conditions occur. Something that is also on the rise and closely linked with cardiovascular disease is diabetes. There have been many past research studies that show the impact of diabetes on cardiovascular disease and more specifically endothelial dysfunction. A calibrated cuff plethysmography device is a …


Hypoxic Incubator: Improving Robustness/Reliability And Demonstrating Physiological Efficacy, Damon Dennis Tan Nov 2024

Hypoxic Incubator: Improving Robustness/Reliability And Demonstrating Physiological Efficacy, Damon Dennis Tan

Master's Theses

The Microphysiological Systems Laboratory aims to develop colorectal cancer tumor models under a hypoxic environment to assess model response to pharmaceutical compounds in vitro. To perform relevant studies, researchers have attempted to use different hypoxic inducing strategies such as a nitrogen pod and hypoxic incubator to recreate in vivo physiological responses to hypoxia. However, studies would be interrupted due to incubator functionality failure. To ensure successful and physiologically relevant studies, I improved and verified the robustness and reliability of a hypoxic incubator previously designed and manufactured in the lab. Through the testing and iterating design processes, I engineered and implemented …


3d Printed Microfluidic Fabrication Methodology, Characterization, Mechanical Design, And Applications In Electrostatic Artificial Muscles And Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells, Terak B. Hornik Nov 2024

3d Printed Microfluidic Fabrication Methodology, Characterization, Mechanical Design, And Applications In Electrostatic Artificial Muscles And Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells, Terak B. Hornik

Master's Theses

The fabrication of microfluidic devices often requires specialized methods. The development of these methods requires careful characterization and understanding of the processes involved. Using primarily PolyJet 3D printing technology, microfluidics offers a wide scope of applications such as microfluidic benthic microbial fuel cells (MBMFCs) and electrostatic artificial muscles. MBMFCs benefit from the confinement of the microbes resulting in close proximity between the electrode and the organisms. Using a modular design called the Sponge, assembly and upscaling is possible. Electrostatic artificial muscles benefit from a microfluidic approach due to the non-linearity of electrostatic attraction creating disproportionate benefits when miniaturized. When designed …


Academic Senate - Agenda, 10/29/2024, Academic Senate Oct 2024

Academic Senate - Agenda, 10/29/2024, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.


Academic Senate - Minutes, 10/29/2024, Academic Senate Oct 2024

Academic Senate - Minutes, 10/29/2024, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.


Executive Committee - Minutes, 10/15/2024, Academic Senate Oct 2024

Executive Committee - Minutes, 10/15/2024, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.


Executive Committee - Agenda, 10/15/2024, Academic Senate Oct 2024

Executive Committee - Agenda, 10/15/2024, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.


Academic Senate - Minutes, 10/8/2024, Academic Senate Oct 2024

Academic Senate - Minutes, 10/8/2024, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.


Academic Senate - Agenda, 10/8/2024, Academic Senate Oct 2024

Academic Senate - Agenda, 10/8/2024, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.


Loving Beyond The Human: Anthropocentric And Anthropomorphic Values In The Loving And Hating Of Nonhuman Animals, Stephanie M. Takata-Struble Oct 2024

Loving Beyond The Human: Anthropocentric And Anthropomorphic Values In The Loving And Hating Of Nonhuman Animals, Stephanie M. Takata-Struble

Between the Species

I offer an account of the centrality of values to moral experience and the ways in which value disorder characterizes our relationships with nonhuman animals. To do this, I first provide an account of Max Scheler’s phenomenology of values, including the hierarchy of values, and loving and hating as value orientations. Drawing on this account, I map out two value orientations specific to our relationships with animals—anthropocentrism and anthropomorphism. Within these two value orientations, I detail three specific forms of valuation—gustatory, cosmetic, and anthropomorphic substitution—which demonstrate the ways in which people’s naïve love for the nonhuman animal is often, phenomenologically, …


Quantifying Ethics And Trust In Human-Ai Collaboration, Oliver Lane, Kevin Klave Oct 2024

Quantifying Ethics And Trust In Human-Ai Collaboration, Oliver Lane, Kevin Klave

College of Engineering Summer Undergraduate Research Program

As AI Chatbots continue to evolve in both prevalence and capability, their role in education is becoming increasingly prominent. With chatbots like ChatGPT becoming commonplace in higher education, there is an evident need to understand the ethics and trust dynamics of human-AI collaboration. This research contributes to the ongoing discussion on AI in education, highlighting the importance of trust when utilizing AI in academic settings. By conducting an empirical analysis, this research seeks to quantify trust in human-AI collaboration in higher education with the aim of offering actionable items for higher education institutions to follow to promote ethical and responsible …


Right To Repair: Promoting Equity In Self-Repair Experience, Lilyane Stessman Oct 2024

Right To Repair: Promoting Equity In Self-Repair Experience, Lilyane Stessman

College of Engineering Summer Undergraduate Research Program

No abstract provided.


Engineering Student Learning And Identity: Development Using Sociotechnical Analysis, Alex Yannelli, Fredy Herrarte Oct 2024

Engineering Student Learning And Identity: Development Using Sociotechnical Analysis, Alex Yannelli, Fredy Herrarte

College of Engineering Summer Undergraduate Research Program

This project examines the effect of sociotechnical thinking in the context of engineering core classes. Sociotechnical analysis is a problem-solving method that integrates social economic factors into a technical problem to mimic a “real world problem”. Our team analyzed 51 responses to a sociotechnical module from two Statics classes at Cal Poly. Responses were coded and themes identified using qualitative research methods and an online qualitative research software. Our team identified a relationship between engagement with the module and discussions of self, personal engineering identity, and thinking skills. Future goals will be focused on continued data collection and analysis, application …