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2023 Latinx Heritage Month, Illinois State University, Latin American And Latino/A Studies Program Sep 2023

2023 Latinx Heritage Month, Illinois State University, Latin American And Latino/A Studies Program

Latinx Heritage Month Posters

Schedule of events for Illinois State University's Latinx Heritage Month celebration

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From La Cosa Nostra To La Cultura Del Narcisismo: Psychoanalysis As Public Philosophy In The Sopranos, Thomas Patrick Brown Aug 2023

From La Cosa Nostra To La Cultura Del Narcisismo: Psychoanalysis As Public Philosophy In The Sopranos, Thomas Patrick Brown

Theses and Dissertations

The aims for this thesis are to further investigate the show’s use of Tony’s psychotherapy as a narrative device in building the relationship between the work of art and the spectator. This device, I argue, possesses a Brechtian character: it not only breaks up the narrative action, but it also comments upon it. Most importantly, this device grounds spectators in a psychoanalytic outlook which enables the spectator to analyze the show’s central anti-hero, interpret the series of events around him, as well as the criticize the American climate he is a symbol for. I advance the thesis that The Sopranos, …

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Comments On Teqsa Discussion Paper: "Making And Accessing Claims Of Scholarship And Scholarly Activity", No Author Aug 2023

Comments On Teqsa Discussion Paper: "Making And Accessing Claims Of Scholarship And Scholarly Activity", No Author

International Journal for Business Education

The Background and initial discussion are extracts from the TEQSA paper dated 12 October 2020, as are the subsequent statements of Principles and associated Questions. The layout here is to make it easier for interested staff to comment and contribute to our response to TEQSA if it is eventually deemed appropriate and useful to make such a submission. In any case, it is useful to have a discussion among colleagues on this important topic and what the regulator expects from providers and their staff.

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Not All Cities Are The Same: Variation In Animal Phenotypes Across Cities Within Urban Ecology Studies, Javier Delbarco-Trillo, Breanna J. Putman Aug 2023

Not All Cities Are The Same: Variation In Animal Phenotypes Across Cities Within Urban Ecology Studies, Javier Delbarco-Trillo, Breanna J. Putman

Faculty Publications – Biological Sciences

The sustained expansion of urban environments has been paralleled by an increase in the number of studies investigating the phenotypic changes of animals driven by urbanization. Most of these studies have been confined to only one urban center. However, as the types and strength of anthropogenic stressors differ across cities, a generalizable understanding of the effects of urbanization on urban-dwelling species can only be reached by comparing the responses of urban populations from the same species across more than one city. We conducted phylogenetic meta-analyses on data for animal species (including both invertebrates and vertebrates) for which measures about any …

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Transport Of Suspended Sediments And Phosphorus In An Agricultural Watershed: A Case Study Of The Money Creek Watershed, Central Illinois., Oghenevwede Efobo Jun 2023

Transport Of Suspended Sediments And Phosphorus In An Agricultural Watershed: A Case Study Of The Money Creek Watershed, Central Illinois., Oghenevwede Efobo

Theses and Dissertations

Suspended sediment and phosphorus are among the major pollutants of stream ecosystems. Suspended sediment has been documented as vector for nutrient transport, specifically phosphorus, in streams. Sources of suspended sediments include agricultural fields, channel sediments, and streambanks. Suspended sediments within the stream channel could fill up reservoirs over time thus, reducing reservoir storage capacity. Suspended sediments can cover breeding and nesting areas of aquatic habitats, leading to their displacements. Sources of phosphorus include point sources such as wastewater treatment plants and industrial effluent, and nonpoint sources such as agricultural fields and urban runoff. Phosphorus is a limiting nutrient in freshwater …

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Shifting From A System Of Grades To A Culture Of Learning: Moving Toward A More Equitable Culture Of Assessment, Jennifer Pamela Mccoy Jun 2023

Shifting From A System Of Grades To A Culture Of Learning: Moving Toward A More Equitable Culture Of Assessment, Jennifer Pamela Mccoy

Theses and Dissertations

Upon identifying a problem of practice centering on students and staff alike focusing on points and grades instead of learning, a small team of teachers were assembled to participate in a cycle of inquiry. The purpose of this cycle of inquiry was to research and test the effectiveness of an intervention related to assessment. The team selected a student self-assessment in the form of an exit slip. Qualitative methods were used to code teacher responses while they implemented the exit slip with students. The team ultimately found that they were able to use the exit slip feedback from the students …

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A Team Science Training Approach To Enhance Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration In Communication Science And Disorders Programs, Carla Wood, Victor A. Lugo, Miguel Garcia-Salas, Wayne T. Mccormack Jun 2023

A Team Science Training Approach To Enhance Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration In Communication Science And Disorders Programs, Carla Wood, Victor A. Lugo, Miguel Garcia-Salas, Wayne T. Mccormack

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

This paper aims to describe the core components of a cross-disciplinary team science training offered in a Communication Science and Disorders (CSD) program delivered to 17 doctoral scholars in CSD, education, special education, psychology, and social work. The team science training model is offered as one approach to consider in preparing pre-service leaders and faculty in CSD to engage in scientific collaboration with other researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds. In addition to an overview of training, the paper includes preliminary data on participants' perceptions of team science training and recommendations for future offerings.

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Contextualizing Performers In Circus Route Books: Linked Data Entities And The Open Data Environment, Angela Yon Jun 2023

Contextualizing Performers In Circus Route Books: Linked Data Entities And The Open Data Environment, Angela Yon

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

Focuses on the final phase of the 4-year Council on Library and Information Resources grant project Step Right Up: Digitizing Over 100 Years of Circus Route Books. The digital humanities exhibit, Agency through Otherness: Portraits of Performers in Circus Route Books 1875-1925, features essays, images, interactive timelines, and map data visualizations of circus routes with Native Lands, historical railroads, and population data. The study examines the project’s planning and data methodologies alongside the integration of technology tools and digital storytelling with complex histories to elevate underrepresented voices and exemplify the diverse historical record.

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Illinois State University Graduate Course Catalog, 2023-2024, Illinois State University May 2023

Illinois State University Graduate Course Catalog, 2023-2024, Illinois State University

Course Catalogs

Illinois State University Graduate Course Catalog, 2023-2024. Effective May 22, 2023.

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Structural Relationships Across The Sevier Gravity Slide Of Southwest Utah And Implications For Catastrophic Translation And Emplacement Processes Of Long Runout Landslides, Michael J. Braunagel, William Ashley Griffith, Robert F. Biek, David B. Hacker, Peter D. Rowley, David H. Malone, Danika Mayback, Tiffany A. Rivera, Zachary Loffer, Zachary D. Smith May 2023

Structural Relationships Across The Sevier Gravity Slide Of Southwest Utah And Implications For Catastrophic Translation And Emplacement Processes Of Long Runout Landslides, Michael J. Braunagel, William Ashley Griffith, Robert F. Biek, David B. Hacker, Peter D. Rowley, David H. Malone, Danika Mayback, Tiffany A. Rivera, Zachary Loffer, Zachary D. Smith

Faculty Publications - Geography, Geology, and the Environment

The physical processes that facilitate long-distance translation of large-volume gravity slides remain poorly understood. To better understand these processes and the controls on runout distance, we conducted an outcrop and microstructural characterization of the Sevier gravity slide across the former land surface and summarize findings of four key sites. The Sevier gravity slide is the oldest of three mega-scale (>1,000 km2) collapse events of the Marysvale volcanic field (Utah, USA). Field observations of intense deformation, clastic dikes, pseudotachylyte, and consistency of kinematic indicators support the interpretation of rapid emplacement during a single event. Furthermore, clastic dikes and characteristics of …

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Human Impacts On Erosion In Starved Rock State Park, Illinois, Usa, Savannah Leigh Thielbar May 2023

Human Impacts On Erosion In Starved Rock State Park, Illinois, Usa, Savannah Leigh Thielbar

Theses and Dissertations

State and National parks are some of the most visited wildlife areas within the United States, making local geologic features more susceptible to human-induced change. As more people visit these parks throughout the year, we see major impacts on the interactions between biological and geological processes. This study determines if human activity, through rock carvings, influence erosion within Starved Rock State Park and provides a new perspective on our compounding anthropogenic influence on Earth. Through natural stream and artificial human erosion, the base of the bedrock slope potentially changes at a much faster rate than the upper portion of the …

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Illinois State University, One Hundred And Sixty-Fourth Annual Commencement, May 2023, Illinois State University May 2023

Illinois State University, One Hundred And Sixty-Fourth Annual Commencement, May 2023, Illinois State University

Commencement Programs

Illinois State University
One Hundred and Sixty-Fourth Annual Commencement
May 2023

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Understanding Groundwater Flow In A Saturated Buffer Zone ( Sbz ) Using Numerical Models: Case Study Of T 3 Site, Mclean County, Central Illinois, Nnaemeka Henry Nsude Apr 2023

Understanding Groundwater Flow In A Saturated Buffer Zone ( Sbz ) Using Numerical Models: Case Study Of T 3 Site, Mclean County, Central Illinois, Nnaemeka Henry Nsude

Theses and Dissertations

Loss of nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorous, from agricultural lands in the Midwest affects farm productivity and environmental quality. Nutrient runoff from lands discharged into streams degrades the aquatic ecosystem through eutrophication and subsequent hypoxic conditions. The presence of nitrogen also threatens the potability of numerous aquifer bodies globally due to their high solubility in water. To tackle this problem, best management practices such as Saturated Buffer Zone (SBZ) are implemented to reduce nitrogen from nitrate-laden tile water from agricultural lands before being discharged into streams. Groundwater flow and interactions at SBZ are not well understood. To aid the …

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Assessment Of Spatial And Temporal Variations In Chloride Concentration In An Agricultural Tile-Drained Area In Central Illinois, Okiemute Commander Apr 2023

Assessment Of Spatial And Temporal Variations In Chloride Concentration In An Agricultural Tile-Drained Area In Central Illinois, Okiemute Commander

Theses and Dissertations

Long-term increase in chloride (Cl-) concentration in surface water and groundwater from anthropogenic sources, including deicing salts, agriculture, septic effluents, and wastewater treatment plants is a growing cause for concern all over the world. In rural midwestern US with predominant agricultural land usage and less impervious surface cover, agriculture may serve as a potential source for Cl- in surface and groundwater systems. A saturated riparian buffer (SRB) installed adjacent to a central Illinois stream to reduce nutrient losses was used to identify populations of Cl-, substantiate agricultural influence, and identify spatial and temporal Cl- variations within the SRB. 2297 water …

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Designing For Multigenerational Households In The United States, Dongniya Xiu Apr 2023

Designing For Multigenerational Households In The United States, Dongniya Xiu

Theses and Dissertations

Aging has become a challenging issue worldwide as well as in the United States where the high cost of nursing homes and unfriendly insurance plans have exacerbated the situation. To address this issue, multigenerational living arrangements have gained attention to bring financial, social, and environmental benefits, and reduce social isolation and loneliness among older adults. Researchers employed qualitative research methods by gathering data from open-ended interviews and observations to explore interior design needs and concerns and to identify necessary adjustments to promote aging-friendly living environments for multigenerational households. A total of 8 participants from four multigenerational households were conducted in …

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Redbird Buzz Episode 21: George Pruitt '68, M.S. '70, L.H.D. '94,, April 11, 2023, Rachel Kobus, George Pruitt Apr 2023

Redbird Buzz Episode 21: George Pruitt '68, M.S. '70, L.H.D. '94,, April 11, 2023, Rachel Kobus, George Pruitt

Redbird Buzz (2022-2025)

Dr. George Pruitt ’68, M.S. ’70, L.H.D. ’94, one of the longest serving collegiate presidents in the United States, joins Redbird Buzz to discuss how Illinois State launched his journey into higher education, historical moments he experienced on campus during the Civil Rights Movement, challenges he faced and accomplishments he achieved leading a university for 35 years, and how having resources, support, and close friends can help individuals find their true talents.

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More Than A Framework: Adopting An Equity Mindset Action Steps For School Leaders To Enact Change, Michelle Y. Hassan Apr 2023

More Than A Framework: Adopting An Equity Mindset Action Steps For School Leaders To Enact Change, Michelle Y. Hassan

Theses and Dissertations

To secure the economic well-being of our country in the current global society, we must be concerned with all students, and all means all. This qualitative research study asserts the need to stop focusing on the achievement gap and work to close opportunity gaps through equitable school practices. This narrative inquiry study critically analyzed equity frameworks and sought to understand how equity directors translate theory into praxis. Their counternarratives shared their approach to praxis during their journey. This study used Critical Race Theory (CRT) and CRT in Education theoretical frameworks to examine the equity directors' experiences. Their stories provided wisdom …

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2023 University Research Symposium Program Book, The Graduate School Apr 2023

2023 University Research Symposium Program Book, The Graduate School

University Research Symposium Programs

Program book for the 2023 University Research Symposium.

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Redbird Scholar, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Spring 2023), Illinois State University, Office Of The Vice President For Research And Graduate Studies Apr 2023

Redbird Scholar, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Spring 2023), Illinois State University, Office Of The Vice President For Research And Graduate Studies

Redbird Scholar

No abstract provided.

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State: The Magazine Of Illinois State University, Spring 2023, Illinois State University, University Marketing And Communications Apr 2023

State: The Magazine Of Illinois State University, Spring 2023, Illinois State University, University Marketing And Communications

State: The Magazine of Illinois State University (1999-present)

Illinois State University alumni magazine

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Multi-Year Analysis Of Groundwater Temperature Fluctuations In A Shallow Aquifer Sysytem Influenced By A Tile-Drain, Jack Thomas Wassik Mar 2023

Multi-Year Analysis Of Groundwater Temperature Fluctuations In A Shallow Aquifer Sysytem Influenced By A Tile-Drain, Jack Thomas Wassik

Theses and Dissertations

Groundwater temperature plays a significant role in regulating geochemical, biological and physical processes with the subsurface with wide ranging environmental and societal impacts. Air temperature, weather conditions and lithology exhibit control on magnitude and timing of thermal responses that ultimately control groundwater temperature. Historical groundwater, tile water, stream and air temperature data from the T3 site were analyzed, including groundwater temperature data from multiple depths was analyzed. Additionally, statistical analyses between the temperature datasets were performed in order to interpret potential relationships. Air temperature was found to be the primary control of groundwater temperatures, though its affect being muted as …

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Shared Reflection On The Perceived Effect Of Culturally Responsive School Leadership On Student Suspension Data In K-8th Grade Chicago Public Schools, Christopher Alan Donald Graves Feb 2023

Shared Reflection On The Perceived Effect Of Culturally Responsive School Leadership On Student Suspension Data In K-8th Grade Chicago Public Schools, Christopher Alan Donald Graves

Theses and Dissertations

Racial discrimination in schools in the U.S. has resulted in a disproportionate number of Black students receiving exclusionary and punitive consequences, in which they are more likely to end up part of the School to Prison Pipeline and less likely to graduate. The researcher completed interviews with eight elementary school principals in Chicago Public Schools whom were identified using publicly available data. All participants were selected for their prior success in reducing the number of Black student suspensions by at least 20% during the years of 2016-2019. The focus of this study was to determine (1) What school leadership practices …

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Illinois State University Founding Celebration Program, February 16, 2023, Illinois State University Feb 2023

Illinois State University Founding Celebration Program, February 16, 2023, Illinois State University

Founding Celebration Programs

Program for annual event celebrating the founding of Illinois State Normal University on February 18, 1857.

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Illinois State University Salaries Fy2023, Illinois State University Jan 2023

Illinois State University Salaries Fy2023, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Salaries

Includes two sections: non-tenure track, tenure track, and faculty associate salaries, and administrative professional and civil service salaries.

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The Texas Coast: Ship Channel Network Of The Petroleum Age, Alan Lessoff Jan 2023

The Texas Coast: Ship Channel Network Of The Petroleum Age, Alan Lessoff

Faculty Publications – History

This article provides an overview of the Texas Gulf Coast as a port city region dedicated above all to oil and gas. By the late 1800s, the same trends in transportation and industry that encouraged ship channel construction around the world drew attention to schemes to transform the Gulf Coast’s shallow bays and estuaries into inland deep-water harbors. An added factor in Texas was the vulnerability of Galveston and other coastal locations to hurricanes. Between 1902, when construction began on the 52-mile Houston Ship Channel, and the 1950s–60s, when a deep-water channel opened at Matagorda Bay along the mid-Texas coast, …

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‘I’M Not A Virus’: Asian Hate In Donald Trump’S Rhetoric, Jennifer Zheng, Joseph Zompetti Jan 2023

‘I’M Not A Virus’: Asian Hate In Donald Trump’S Rhetoric, Jennifer Zheng, Joseph Zompetti

Faculty Publications - Communications

Since the start of Covid-19, anti-Asian sentiment spiked. From March 2020 to June 2021, there were a total of 9,081 self-reported incidents of hate across the United States (Stop AAPI Hate. (2021). As Covid-19 spread into the U.S., President Trump immediately blamed China by referring to the virus as the ‘Chinese Virus’ and used the hashtag #ChineseVirus on Twitter (Weise, E. 2021). Anti-Asian hashtags soared after Donald Trump first tied COVID-19 to China on Twitter. (USA Today. https://www. usatoday.com). Anti-Asian rhetoric expressed on Twitter grew after Trump’s tweet about the ‘Chinese virus,’ and the number of Chinese and other Asian …

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Every Tree Fixed With A Purpose: Contesting Value In Olmsted’S Parks, Eric S. Godoy Jan 2023

Every Tree Fixed With A Purpose: Contesting Value In Olmsted’S Parks, Eric S. Godoy

Faculty Publications - Philosophy

Olmsted was an influential landscape architect whose works include many parks, recreation grounds and more. Inspired by Romantic and transcendentalist thinkers, he developed ‘pastoral transcendentalism’, a style of designing parks that mimicked natural spaces to reproduce their values within cities. Although environmental justice scholars have pointed out how these designs limit access to parks, I argue that environmental philosophers have not adequately discussed Olmsted, particularly his axiology of nature. Reflecting on it reveals how environmental injustice consists not only of restricting access to nature to protect its essential value – for Olmsted, scenery that could induce a contemplative mindset – …

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Art Evading Confinement: Abolition As Universal Design, Albert Stabler Jan 2023

Art Evading Confinement: Abolition As Universal Design, Albert Stabler

Faculty Publications – Art

Universal Design, initially an approach to designing barrier-free architectural spaces for disabled people, has primarily been adapted to schooling through the Universal Design for Learning framework. Contemporary abolitionism is a visionary grassroots movement to make prisons and jails obsolete, which has been brought into education discourse primarily through considering urban public schools as institutions of policing and punishment. By considering these strategies for reforming and ending confinement, respectively, this essay argues for a more expansive understanding of access in education. The argument for their compatibility in arts education is articulated first through reviewing shared aspects of these two approaches, then …

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Annual Security Report For Calendar Year 2022, Illinois State University Police Department Jan 2023

Annual Security Report For Calendar Year 2022, Illinois State University Police Department

Clery Act Annual Security Report

Illinois State University Police Department Annual Security Report

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Asynchronous Student Engagement In Analysis Of Climate Data Achieves Learning Objectives Related To Climate Change Understanding, Statistical Competence, And Climate Anxiety, Thomas Meixner, B. Ciancarelli, E. P. Farrell, D. Silva Garcia, T. Josek, M. M. Kelly, Paul Antone Meister, D. Soule, Rebekka Darner Jan 2023

Asynchronous Student Engagement In Analysis Of Climate Data Achieves Learning Objectives Related To Climate Change Understanding, Statistical Competence, And Climate Anxiety, Thomas Meixner, B. Ciancarelli, E. P. Farrell, D. Silva Garcia, T. Josek, M. M. Kelly, Paul Antone Meister, D. Soule, Rebekka Darner

Faculty Publications – Biological Sciences

Learning in asynchronous online environments has gained importance over the last several decades, and educational environment shifts from the COVID-19 pandemic appear to have increased this need. Science educators and students need information about which approaches work in the asynchronous environment where informal feedback tends to be reduced, compared to other teaching modalities. In this study, we asynchronously implemented a learning module across 5 institutions that guided students (N = 199) from prescriptive data analysis through guided inquiry and eventually to open inquiry. The module focuses on the science behind climate change. Students work with the same authentic data sets …

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