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Driving Reform Through Communities Of Practice In Scientific Fields, Amanda L. Glaze

Middle Grades & Secondary Education: Faculty Publications

Humans learn through social interactions therefore it is not surprising that we create around ourselves social structures that guide and support our learning as well as our practice. Communities of practice are one such social structure that exists within fields of science. Understanding the secondary cultures that are represented in the epistemology, practices, and perceptions of each field can help us better approach reform in fields using communities of practice as a starting point. The intersections of communities, culture, and change represent challenges to reform in education that should be explored and leveraged.

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern student research shows Georgia doing well in stopping spread of COVID-19 but is still home to 4 of the nation’s 10 highest counties for mortality rate

• Graduate earns diploma, regional award for innovation as media specialist

• Communication Arts faculty coauthors new text for broadcast students

Where Are They Now? Bethany Storms, Softball, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Where Are They Now? Bethany Storms, Softball

Roger Lee "Boo" Donaldson

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral program for Roger Donaldson. Service was held on June 6, 2020 in Savannah, Georgia

Health & Kinesiology News, Georgia Southern University

Health Sciences & Kinesiology: News & Publications (2015-2023)

• Master of Health Administration Reaccredited

The George-Anne Summer Report, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

No abstract provided.

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• A tale of two cities: How one respiratory therapist combated COVID-19 — and his own fears — in Savannah and Boston

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• WCHP faculty receives grant from United States Center for Coaching Excellence

Caution Needed When Interpreting Muscle Activity Patterns During Extremely Low Pedaling Cadence, Yuliang Sun, Li Li

Health Sciences & Kinesiology: Faculty Publications

Work published in Journal of Sport and Health Science.

Formative Research To Design A Culturally-Appropriate Cancer Clinical Trial Education Program To Increase Participation Of African American And Latino Communities, Jennifer Cunningham-Erves, Claudia Barajas, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Caree R. Mcafee, Pamela Hull, Maureen Sanderson, Juan Canedo, Katina Beard, Consuelo H. Wilkins

Health Policy & Community Health: Faculty Publications

Background: Addressing knowledge deficiencies about cancer clinical trials and biospecimen donation can potentially improve participation among racial and ethnic minorities. This paper describes the formative research process used to design a culturally-appropriate cancer clinical trials education program for African American and Latino communities. We characterized community member feedback and its integration into the program.

Methods: We incorporated three engagement approaches into the formative research process to iteratively develop the program: including community-based organization (CBO) leaders as research team members, conducting focus groups and cognitive interviews with community members as reviewers/consultants, and interacting with two community advisory groups. An …

Human Ecology News, Georgia Southern University

Human Ecology: News & Publications (2012-2023)

• Dr. Jennifer Zorotovich and Dr. Nikki DiGregorio were awarded a College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research seed grant

The Hr Connection, Georgia Southern University

Human Resources (2010-2023)

• Initial Return to Campus Plan (June 1 - August 1)
• Wellness Corner
• Fall 2020 TAP Deadline Soon
• Concerned about returning to work?
• Continuing education offering FREE online courses

Message From The President, Georgia Southern University

Messages from the President

• Budget Planning
• Initial return to Campus
• Fall Semester 2020

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern’s Q1 2020 Economic Monitor: Pandemic slams regional economy, outlook remains murky

• Georgia Southern student wins Next Generation of Campus Rec writing contest

Georgia Southern Magazine, Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern Magazine

• Through the Storm
• The Eagle has Landed
• Making History
• The Call to Public Service

Establishing Best Practices In Institutional Repository Organization, Scott Bacon

Digital Commons Southeastern User Group Meeting (2020) (Archived)

On the one-year anniversary of the CCU Digital Commons repository the organization of the Collections / Communities.html page was reviewed to gauge the need for revisions. Over 100 Digital Commons sites were examined to see how other repository managers organized their Collections pages. Top-level communities were coded into Community Types and were analyzed to surface trends in current practice. This presentation reviews trends in practice that emerged during research, as well as some of the best practices that were identified, including planning, iteration, labeling, limiting jargon, and finding a balance with top-level and nested content. Suggestions for improvement are given …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern doctor of physical therapy students awarded scholarships

• Master of Health Administration program receives reaccreditation

College Of Public Health News, Georgia Southern University

College of Public Health: News & Publications

• May 2020 Publications

Health & Kinesiology News, Georgia Southern University

Health Sciences & Kinesiology: News & Publications (2015-2023)

• Estep Named Next Generation of Campus Recreation Winner

Engagement Of Community Stakeholders To Develop A Framework To Guide Research Dissemination To Communities, Jennifer Cunningham-Erves, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Yolanda Vaughn, Jim Hawk, Mike Helms, Claudia Barajas, Yvonne Joosten

Health Policy & Community Health: Faculty Publications

Background: Dissemination of research findings to past study participants and the community-at-large is important. Yet, a standardized process for research dissemination is needed to report results to the community. Objective: We developed a framework and strategies to guide community-academic partnerships in community-targeted, dissemination efforts.

Methods: From 2017 to 2019, a community-academic partnership was formed in Nashville, Tennessee, and iteratively developed a framework and strategies for research dissemination using cognitive interviews. A deductive, constant comparative analysis was conducted on interview responses to examine framework and strategy content. Feedback was used to finalize the framework and strategies for the evaluation. …

A Call For Consistency In The Official Naming Of The Disease Caused By Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 In Non-English Languages, Lu Dong, Zhe Li, Isaac Fung

Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

We investigated the adoption of World Health Organization (WHO) naming of COVID-19 into the respective languages among the Group of Twenty (G20) countries, and the variation of COVID-19 naming in the Chinese language across different health authorities. On May 7, 2020, we identified the websites of the national health authorities of the G20 countries to identify naming of COVID-19 in their respective languages, and the websites of the health authorities in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Singapore and identify their Chinese name for COVID-19. Among the G20 nations, Argentina, China, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Turkey do …

Message From The President, Georgia Southern University

Messages from the President

• Message from the President

My News, Georgia Southern University

My News (2014-2020)

• Georgia Southern’s new vice president for student affairs has firsthand experience with Eagle Nation
• Georgia Southern launches ‘Finish Strong’ campaign to ensure Eagle success
• Sales students in Parker College of Business compete virtually in global competition
• Georgia Southern business student finds team, career during time in Statesboro
• Georgia Southern combines two departments for enhanced student wellness
• Georgia Southern Division of Continuing Education, Department of Public and Nonprofit Studies to offer new certificate program
• BFA senior exhibition showcases online

Designing Peptides To Bind Kappa B Dna And Mimic Nf-Kappa B Protein Complexes, Nicholas A. Markowich

Honors College Theses

Transcription factors are important proteins that regulate gene expression and protein synthesis. Transcription factors can either boost the gene’s transcription rate by helping RNA polymerase activate transcription or restrict it by interfering with RNA polymerase, thereby repressing transcription. Nuclear factor-kappa-B (NF-κB) transcription factors are a family of proteins that control the synthesis of proteins involved in many cellular processes such as inflammatory and immune responses, cell growth, and apoptosis. However, the overexpression and activation of these transcription factors is linked to deadly conditions such as cancer and neurodegenerative diseases which currently have few safe cures. The goal of this research …

Attachment Style: Connecting The Personality Traits Of Our Parents To How We See God, Kaitlyn C. Holcombe

Honors College Theses

This study was conducted to explore the connections between parental personality traits, adult attachment styles, and attachments to God. The personality traits of parents influence the level of care they are able to provide for their children; this impacts the child’s attachment style. Later in life, attachment styles influence friendships, romantic relationships, and even relationships with the divine through the correspondence pathway. How we view God is thus indirectly impacted by the personality traits of our parents. One-hundred forty-two undergraduate students participated in the study, answering various measures for perceived parent personality, attachment, and religiosity. All measurements were replicated from …

Lowering Antibiotic Resistance Utilizing Breastmilk, Moriah J. Harris

Honors College Theses

Antibiotic resistance is considered an emerging crisis in the healthcare world. This crisis has the potential to cause many bacterial diseases that cannot be cured using antibiotic drugs, which can lead to serious infections and death. There have been numerous studies that have found that sugars, proteins and protein-lipid complexes in breastmilk have antimicrobial properties. It has been proposed that these properties in breastmilk can help solve the antibacterial resistance crisis. This research project involved studying antibiotic resistance and how breastmilk can help solve this increasingly prevalent problem.

The implementation step of this research project involved a PowerPoint presentation detailing …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern combines two departments for enhanced student wellness

• Georgia Southern launches ‘Finish Strong’ campaign to ensure Eagle success

The Effect Of Empathy On Compassion Fatigue And Quality Of Life On Bachelor Of Science Nursing Students, Parker E. Intonato

Honors College Theses

Empathy is a skill that nurses and nursing students must use with their patients to provide high quality care and build rapport with patients. Although, the prolonged use of empathy has been shown to increase compassion fatigue in nurses and decrease quality of life. Empathy has been described as the ability to feel and understand what another is experiencing. Compassion fatigue can be described as the natural response of emotions and behaviors that occur after experiencing and suffering the traumatic experiences of others. The effects of compassion fatigue call into question quality of life (QOL) issues. Quality of life includes …

Messages From The Provost, Georgia Southern University

Messages from the Provost

May 15, 2020: Summer and Fall

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern business student finds team, career during time in Statesboro

• Georgia Southern’s new vice president for student affairs has firsthand experience with Eagle Nation