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Best Served Cold: Operation Coldstore 1963 And The Reasons For The Singapore Government’S Decision, Jiansheng Zhang

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

Operation Coldstore, launched in 1963 by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and resulting in the arrest of 113 Singaporean left-wing figures, cemented the People’s Action Party’s dominance in Singaporean politics—a position it holds to this day. Given its political and symbolic significance, Operation Coldstore remains one of the most hotly contested episodes in Singaporean historiography. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, including declassified British documents, newspapers, and political memoirs, this essay evaluates competing interpretations and argues that the Singapore government’s principal motivation was to satisfy Tunku Abdul Rahman of Malaya and secure Singapore’s merger with Malaya. By emphasizing …

Dark Times In West Belfast: The Life And Times Of Brendan Hughes (1948–2008), Aaron Brinker

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

This paper covers the life and career of notable IRA operative Brendan “the Dark” Hughes and how his thoughts on the “Armed Struggle” or “Cause” changed over time. Brendan Hughes was forced to frequently deal with violent and heavy handed discrimination from Protestants, which led to him joining the Paramilitary movements as a result of frustration and misplaced youthful vigor. Brendan played a major role in the Troubles through his planning of prolific violent attacks such as the Four Square Laundry attack, Bloody Friday, and the H Block blanket protest and subsequent hunger strike in the Maze Prison. Brendan’s disconnect …

Imagined Nations: Ireland, Palestine, And The Politics Of Anti-Colonial Memory, Grace P. Wingerter

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

This paper covers the life and career of notable IRA operative Brendan “the Dark” Hughes and how his thoughts on the “Armed Struggle” or “Cause” changed over time. Brendan Hughes was forced to frequently deal with violent and heavy handed discrimination from Protestants, which led to him joining the Paramilitary movements as a result of frustration and misplaced youthful vigor. Brendan played a major role in the Troubles through his planning of prolific violent attacks such as the Four Square Laundry attack, Bloody Friday, and the H Block blanket protest and subsequent hunger strike in the Maze Prison. Brendan’s disconnect …

A Place Called Yellow Stone: A Reflection On American Identity And Conservation, Shatavya Phakornkham

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

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Review Of Jungle Of Stone: The Extraordinary Journey Of John L. Stephens And Frederick Catherwood, And The Discovery Of The Lost Civilization Of The Maya, Alanis Fields

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

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Review Of China’S New Youth: How The Young Generation Is Shaping China’S Future, Douglas Iwama

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

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A Feminine Flame In The Midst Of Repression: The Concealed Role Of Women In The Isolated Siberian Tundra, Jenny N. Liang

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

The modern Russian state is distinctive in her history of utilizing the isolated Siberian tundra for eliminating political dissent, with millions of dissidents disappearing into penal colonies, labor camps, and gulags, some never to reappear. Of the incomprehensible mass of numbers are the stories of steadfast wives refusing to abandon their husbands, women surviving the brutal political prison camps, and girls manipulated as political pawns into Siberia. In a historically patriarchal Slavic society, the stories of women have been conveniently pushed aside. The distinctive Russian practice of exiling political dissidents to the remote Siberian tundra has led to stories of …

Nude: A Transition To Subjectivity In Japanese Art And Beauty, Bomi Park

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

This essay examines the tumultuous shift the Meiji Era of Japan encountered towards conventions of arts and the notion of ‘beauty,’ visually analyzed through the collisions in the depiction of nudes. Nudity identifies westernization and a new input in the Japanese arts system, becoming a hybrid of tradition and modern. Accompanied by the early influence pioneered through Kuroda Seiki and the creation of a lineage and teaching of yoga art—the appropriation of Western art practices. This essay highlights that this convention of beauty, wherever it comes from and taught by precursors, capturing and expressing an ambiguous concept of ‘beauty,’ can …

One Step Forward, Three Steps Back: Picturing Working Men And Women In New Deal Government-Sponsored Art, Gabrielle Wills

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

The Depression era introduced both unprecedented and reoccurring anxieties that deeply affected average Americans. The question of how to respond aesthetically to major issues of economy, social instability, and an unsure future led artists to follow a canon of popular art that pointed to the idealized solidarity of an American people bonded by an imagined national community. Government-sponsored artists distilled ideals of national identity and unity in their depictions of working men and women, ignoring regional tensions and differences that had once divided the nation into disparate entities.

Roland James "Stumpy" Mcclaind, Jr.

African American Funeral Programs

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Walter Eugene "Jingles" White

African American Funeral Programs

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Sarah Joe Burton

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral program for Sarah Burton. Service was held on January 31, 2026 in Statesboro, Georgia.

Leroy Lipsey, Sr.

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral program for Leroy Lispey. Service was held on January 31, 2026 in Statesboro, Georgia.

Leaving The Lectern: Building Collaborative, Inclusive, And Reflective Undergraduate Learners With The Five Cs Model, Gwen Scott Ruttencutter, Kate Warner

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

This session presents the authors’ model – the Five Cs – for building collaboration, inclusion, and reflection with undergraduate learners. The Five Cs model of Climate, Course Design, Co-Facilitation, Collaborative Assessment, and Critical Self-Reflection repositions the instructor from behind the lectern to within a circle of learning with others as a facilitator.

Drawing on principles of adult learning, learners are repositioned from passive receivers of information (Peters & Armstrong, 1998) to active co-constructors with the facilitator in shaping the learning environment course’s climate, as well as the course’s design, facilitation, assessment, and reflection.

In this …

Developing Metacognitive Awareness In Teacher Candidates: A Study Of Curriculum And Planning In An Mat Program, Annemarie Bazzo Kaczmarczyk, Karyn Allee

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

This study examines the development of metacognitive awareness among teacher candidates enrolled in an accelerated Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program. Drawing on Scales, Wolsey, and Parsons’ Becoming a Metacognitive Teacher and the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory for Teachers (MAIT), the study investigates how teacher candidates engage with metacognitive practices while completing a course on curriculum and planning. Participants (n ≈ 20) completed the MAIT survey at the beginning and end of the eight-week course, and engaged in structured reflection activities designed to support awareness of their own decision-making in lesson planning and instructional design. Data collection includes paired pre- …

Balancing Play And Policy: Navigating Joyful Learning In A High-Stakes Third Grade Classroom, Ashley P. Osier, Andrew N. Sutton, Marcus T. Wilson, Johna A. Wright, Karyn A. Allee

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

This qualitative case study explores how a third-grade teacher in a Southeastern US state integrates active, playful learning in a high-stakes accountability environment. Despite increasing political and curricular restrictions—including mandatory retention policies, banned books, and high-stakes standardized testing—this teacher designs and implements learning experiences that center student engagement, voice, and joy. Drawing on classroom observations, semi-structured interviews, and instructional artifacts, the study investigates how she navigates formal and informal policies while maintaining developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive instruction.

Early findings suggest that playful pedagogies can not only coexist with accountability mandates but may also serve as a stabilizing force for …

From Transition To Transformation: Helping Learners Shape Their Educational Legacy, Kate Warner, Gwen Ruttencutter

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

For many students, beginning college is more than an academic transition—it can be a deeply personal transformation. At Valdosta State University, the STRIDES (Students Together Reaching Individual Developmental and Educational Success) course supports this transition by blending active learning with guided self-reflection. A central element of the course, the legacy statement exercise, invites students to identify their core values, clarify their goals, and articulate the deeper “why” that sustains them through challenges.

Using an extensive set of value cards, students narrow 100 possible values into a “top five” and craft a single-sentence legacy statement that captures the impact they hope …

Modeling What We Expect: Co-Teaching As Practice-Based Preparation For Stem Education, Luminita C. Hartle, Sumitra Himangshu-Pennybacker

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

This presentation highlights the collaborative teaching partnership between two teacher education faculty members, one teaching a mathematics education course and the other teaching a science education course, in an undergraduate elementary program. Situated within a teacher preparation program at a regional university, this interdisciplinary model seeks to bridge the often-siloed approaches to math and science instruction by modeling inquiry, problem solving, and cross-disciplinary connections. Through a co-teaching framework, the faculty members intentionally designed learning experiences that emphasized real-world applications, learner-centered pedagogy, and the integration of literacy and technology to support diverse learners.

Drawing from teacher candidates' reflections and surveys, focus …

Student Liaisons For Autism: Using College Students In Bridging The Communication Gap, Michael Ota, Gabrielle Carter, Anna Mittal

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

This three-year action research study, currently in its first year of implementation, pairs Kennesaw State autistic undergraduate and graduate students with trained student researchers who serve as liaisons and support resources. These researchers address behavioral and social challenges in college settings, including miscommunication with peers or professors, executive functioning difficulties, and maintaining a balanced lifestyle. Through mentorship and advocacy, the project seeks to reduce risks of mental health issues, academic withdrawal, and future under- or unemployment. The mixed methods include single-case research design and quantitative analysis, incorporating pre- and post-intervention normed assessments to evaluate impact. Preliminary results show a positive …

Motivation Is A Myth: Supporting Doctoral Students During The Dissertation Writing Process, Njeri M. Pringle, Jamie Workman

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

This session brings together the results of two larger bodies of ongoing research, one on dissertation writing groups, and one on dissertation coaching. The purposes of both studies were to determine if participating in either or both initiatives had a positive affect on doctoral students’ dissertation writing process. Data were collected via surveys and interviews over the course of multiple semesters. The session will highlight key findings from both studies. The researchers will also share practical implications they have learned from facilitating writing groups and coaching services, debunking the myth that motivation alone leads to successful dissertation completion.

Spirituality Informed Teaching Practices For Cultivating Belonging, Meaning-Making, And Relational Being And Becoming, Shannon Perry, Jieun You, Matthew J. Smith, Jamie L. Workman

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

Spirituality impacts learners’ growth and development, including in value formation, problem-solving, critical reflection, interpersonal collaboration, self-efficacy, belongingness, and the search for purposeful and meaningful life and work. Despite increasing scholarly interest, spirituality remains underexplored in higher education, often due to concerns about proselytizing and the fluidity of the concept across multiple framings.

Recent research positions spirituality as a cross-cultural concept encompassing holistic human growth and development. This perspective underscores the need for further investigation into how spirituality, beyond formal religious practices and affiliations, can be integrated into educational practices. Starting from an integrative participatory framing of spirituality as experiences of …

Supporting Mothering Students In Doctoral Programs, Keisha M. Brown, Janie Copple, Caroline Chubb

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

Women with children are significantly less likely to complete doctoral programs than their male or non-mothering peers (National Science Foundation [NSF], 2023). This gap underscores the urgency of addressing higher attrition rates for doctoral mothers and the unique challenges that contribute to their departure from the academy. In 2022-2023, women earned approximately 58% of all doctoral degrees (National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2024). In 2021, the NSF (2021a) estimated the median age of women in research doctoral programs at 31.7, with a median time to completion of 5.8 years (NSF, 2021b). A 2023 National Health Statistics Report further noted …

The Mosaic, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

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Research Misconduct Policy

Research & Economic Development Policies

This policy defines research misconduct and provides a process in conformity with federal regulations to provide for the reporting of allegations of research misconduct and the evaluation of those allegations to determine if a finding of research misconduct is appropriate.

2026 Program, Georgia Southern University

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

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Research Security Policy

Research & Economic Development Policies

Federal and state governments and granting agencies have recognized the risks of foreign influence within the higher education research community and that some foreign governments, institutions, and researchers have used their participation in the research community to compromise U.S. national and economic security. While Georgia Southern University (University), recognizes the value and necessity of international collaborations in fulfilling the goals of education and research, the University is committed to these goals and to mitigating the risks to research security and foreign interference by following the highest standards of compliance in the pursuit of international collaborations with researchers and institutions similarly …

The George-Anne Inkwell Edition, Georgia Southern University

The Inkwell

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The George-Anne Daily, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

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Faculty Senate Minutes, Georgia Southern University, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

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Midweek Memo, Georgia Southern University

Midweek Memo

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