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Pubh 7132 – Scientific Basis Of Public Health, Haresh Rochani

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course explores the scientific basis of 21st century disease processes including a survey of the origins, natural history, factors influencing individual and community risk. Clinical symptoms of diseases impacting humans, both acute and chronic, as well as epidemiologic trends will be also be discussed. Students will obtain an understanding of scientific mechanisms associated with the disease processes with particular focus on using this information in health-related professions and public health decision-making. As such, emphasis will be placed on the understanding and application of proposing community-based solutions designed to break the cycle of disease.

Pubh 6532-F – Environmental Health Fall, Asli Aslan

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course is designed for graduate students and provides students with an introduction and overview of the key areas of environmental health. Students will gain an understanding of the interaction of individuals and communities with the environment. Impact of environmental agents on human and ecosystem health will be analyzed. This course will also introduce current topics in environmental health and challenges faced under the changing climate and socio-economic needs and examine recent case studies and their outcomes related to environmental policy and management.

Pubh 6532-A – Environmental Health, Asli Aslan

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course is designed for graduate students and provides students with an introduction and overview of the key areas of environmental health. Students will gain an understanding of the interaction of individuals and communities with the environment. Impact of environmental agents on human and ecosystem health will be analyzed. This course will also introduce current topics in global environmental health and challenges faced under the changing climate and socio-economic needs and examine recent case studies and their outcomes related to environmental policy and management.

3-Hydroxy-2-(4- Methylphenyl)-4h-Chromen-4-One, Clifford W. Padgett, Will E. Lynch, Kirkland Sheriff, Raven Dean, Sarah Zingales

Chemistry: Faculty Publications (1990-2023)

Our work in the area of carbon-monoxide-releasing mol­ecules led to the synthesis and crystallization of new flavone derivatives as inter­mediates. Herein we report the first crystal structure of the title compound, C16H12O3, a hy­droxy-substituted flavone where the 2-phenyl group has been replaced by a p-tolyl group. The introduction of the 3-hy­droxy group allows the formation of inter­molecular O—H...O=C hydrogen bonds, used to build centrosymmetric R22(10) ring motifs in the crystal.

Hall Ways Magazine, Georgia Southern University

Auxiliary Services (2013-2021)

• Housing Guide 101
• Ramen Recipes
• Bathroom Cleaning Tips
• Armstrong Halls
• Statesboro Halls
• Resources Around You
• Eagles Football Schedule

Pubh 4231- Health Aspects Of Aging, James Thomas

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course examines the aging process from a health education perspective. Students will become acquainted with the process of and problems associated with aging in order to effectively manage this important public health issue. Knowledge and understanding of biological, psychological, and sociological aspects of aging as related to health and wellness will also be addressed. (2018-2019, Georgia Southern University Undergraduate and Graduate Course Catalog) Access to course materials are available for up to one year after graduation.

Odell Long

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Envh 7233– Environmental Exposure And Impact Assessment, Atin Adhikari

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

Introduces students to appropriate design, implementation, and analysis of primary environmental exposures and how they are influenced by public health ethics, equity and disparities. Specific topics covered include designing risk profiles; evaluating dose-response relationships; assessing the contribution of public health ethics, equity and disparities to environmental exposures; and analyzing field exposures of toxins.

Envh 7235– Field Methods In Environmental Health, Marina E. Eremeeva

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course introduces students to an overview of current and accepted field methods for environmental sampling and occupational exposure monitoring.

Epid 7135-A – Epidemiology Of Infectious Disease, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the principles and practices of infectious diseases epidemiology with focus on how the presence and control of communicable diseases affects public health locally, nationally and internationally. Topics to be covered include: 1) general principles of infectious diseases epidemiology, including outbreak investigation, surveillance, analysis of infectious diseases data, and laboratory testing of specimens; 2) major modes of infectious disease transmission, including airborne, food and water, zoonotic, insect vector, blood, and sexual transmission; 3) different control strategies for infectious diseases, including infection control, antimicrobial management, immunization, risk factor modification, and screening; …

Envh 7234 – Environmental Toxicology, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course introduces students to concepts associated with the lethal and sub-lethal effects of environmental and occupational stressors on humans and other living organisms.

Phld 9231 – Health Informatics & Decision Making, Gulzar H. Shah

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course focuses on the fundamental concepts of managing information as an asset in public health and healthcare delivery contexts. Emphasis will be placed on converting data into information and converting information into decision support models.

Pubh 3130- Substance Use And Abuse (Net), Jamie S. Cromley

College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)

This course will explore legal and illegal drug use in modern society. Issues related to the social, cultural, political, economic impact of drug use will be addressed. The recurrent theme throughout the course will be on prevention. This will include discussions on the best ways to postpone the initiation of substance use and abuse among school aged persons as well as the cessation of use and treatment for abuse among adult populations. Substance use and its abuse effects ALL of us and does NOT discriminate on the basis of age, gender, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity or income.

My News, Georgia Southern University

My News (2014-2020)

• Three Georgia Southern information technology students awarded Women in Technology scholarships
• Unique farm-to-table program rolls out on Georgia Southern's Armstrong Campus
• Georgia Southern professor focused on shark, stingray research
• Two Georgia Southern communication arts alumni win at the Southeast Emmy Awards
• Four Georgia Southern Phi Eta Sigma members win scholarships

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commander praises Georgia Southern staff for work during September hurricane
• Georgia Southern faculty mentor students from around the Southeast
• Georgia Southern responds to growing workforce demands with new business programs on the Armstrong Campus

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern provides students with new opportunities to 'Start Now'
• Unique farm-to-table program rolls out on Georgia Southern's Armstrong Campus Fall 2018
• Georgia Southern professor focused on shark, stingray research

Keynote: The Small World Of Material Handling Rearch, Parag J. Siddique, Kevin Gue, Md Salahuddin Ayuby

International Material Handling Research Colloquium

Keynote Address

Successional Processes In The Benthic Invertebrate Communities At Gray’S Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Alexis A. Bivens

Honors College Theses

While the process of community development has been studied in terrestrial habitats since the turn of the 20th century, similar information is not as readily available in marine systems. Understanding patterns of community development is essential to predicting recovery potential and to designing effective marine protected areas. In the South Atlantic Bight, invertebrate communities on hard substrata can differ significantly from one rocky outcrop to another, but the factors driving these differences are not well understood. I documented the initial development of the benthic invertebrate community at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS) to address the prediction that this system …

Research Express News, Georgia Southern University

Research & Economic Development

• GS Members Receive Research Funding

Three Eagles Honored For Academics, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Three Eagles Honored For Academics
• Kramer, Odlin, Middlebrook earn plaudits for work in classroom

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Carl L. Reiber, Ph.D., begins role as Georgia Southern's new provost and vice president for Academic Affairs

Student Resistance To Collaborative Learning, Sheri Stover, Cindra Holland

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

The advancing complexity of today’s corporate environment requires that employees are able to collaborate in the workplace. This mixed methods research study follows a nursing faculty’s efforts to incorporate collaborative learning (CL) into an introductory nursing class. The mixed-methods research study found that while students’ final grades improved in the initial CL flipped classroom design (p < .0005), their levels of student resistance deepened which resulted in significantly lower levels of community of inquiry (p = .004), lower levels of satisfaction, and many negative open-ended comments (83%). Using Tolman and Kreming’s (2017) integrated model of student resistance (IMSR) as a guideline, the instructor was successful in redesigning the CL class to overcome students’ resistance as measured by …

Facilitating Undergraduate Learning Through Community-Engaged Problem-Based Learning, Ronica N. Rooks, Brooke Dorsey Holliman

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

We used problem-based or experiential learning in our undergraduate Health Policy course to examine food deserts via a health impact assessment (HIA) assignment. A HIA evaluates potential effects on population health before a policy/program is implemented, to improve health and reduce adverse outcomes. We investigated if the HIA assignment facilitated student learning using mixed-methods to descriptively analyze students’ pre-/post-test and peer group assessment surveys, guest lecture reflections, mid-semester evaluations, and HIA research paper reflections. Quantitatively, students’ pre-/post-test ratings of their learning decreased from positive to neutral Likert scale scores, but they rated their group work positively over time. Qualitatively, students …

Editor's Letter

Wraparound South (Archived)

No abstract provided.

Toxic Machismo, Identity, And Heritage In The Southwest – An Interview With Jose Skinner, Laura Valeri

Wraparound South (Archived)

No abstract provided.

Students As Partners In The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning, Kevin M. Bonney

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This essay reflects upon lessons learning from engaging students as partners in

the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). The project described here aimed to engage undergraduate students in SoTL research-based learning using the case study teaching method. Student partners were actively involved in synthesis of original case studies for teaching undergraduate biology, publishing and presenting this work to the public, and designing a research study to assess the effectiveness of case study teaching. Although largely successful, a number of challenges involving communication issues, time constraints, and project management were encountered. Based on the lessons learned from working through these …

Letter From The Editor, Delena Bell Gatch, Delores Liston, Joe Pellegrino

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Vol. 12, no. 2 of The International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning presents 15 research articles and one essay on SoTL. Ranging in discipline from Biology and Healthcare to Education, as well as more generalized undergraduate teaching and research interests; this collection of research articles provides insight into peer feedback, students as partners and collaborators in research and teaching, flipped classrooms, community engagement, and much more. The essay explores the controversial topic of the relationship between research and teaching, asking if the tenure and promotion process fuels negative attitudes toward teaching in faculty at the university level. …

How Novice Researchers See Themselves Grow, Prajukti Bhattacharyya, Catherine W.M. Chan, Meg Waraczynski

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Engaging in undergraduate research is identified as a High Impact Practice (HIP), an experience that improves student learning outcomes. In this paper, we report the differences in the relative rates of increase in skill and knowledge gains associated with early engagement in undergraduate research from students who have little to no prior research experience. We studied the relative rates of changes in novice researchers’ perceptions of the progressive development of different research-related skills and conceptual understandings of their own projects, as well as how their attitudes, such as confidence in their own abilities as researchers, develop with continuous participation in …

Three Approaches To Focusing Peer Feedback, Daniel L. Reinholz

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Peer assessment has great potential to improve student learning. However, assessment is not an everyday activity for students, and thus providing appropriate guidance to students is a key component of creating a successful peer assessment experience. This paper explores how to structure peer feedback in the guided process Peer-Assisted Reflection (PAR), by comparing the artifacts and practices associated with three different iterations of PAR in undergraduate calculus. The iterations are referred to as the Questions, Critique, and Balanced approaches. Through a detailed analysis of this design-based research project, new insights are generated about how particular artifacts shape the feedback provided …

Exploring Differences In Decisions About Exams Among Instructors Of The Same Introductory Biology Course, Christian D. Wright, Austin L. Huang, Katelyn M. Cooper, Sara E. Brownell

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

College instructors in the United States usually make their own decisions about how to design course exams. Even though summative course exams are well known to be important to student success, we know little about the decision making of instructors when designing course exams. To probe how instructors design exams for introductory biology, we conducted an exploratory interview study with seven instructors teaching the same introductory biology course at a large university. We found that despite designing exams for the same course, instructor exam decisions differed with regard to what content was assessed, the exam format, the cognitive difficulty of …