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Negotiating Infrastructural Citizenship Beyond The State: Philanthropy, Non-Profit Organizations, And The Flint Water Crisis, Melissa Heil Jan 2023

Negotiating Infrastructural Citizenship Beyond The State: Philanthropy, Non-Profit Organizations, And The Flint Water Crisis, Melissa Heil

Faculty Publications - Geography, Geology, and the Environment

The urban infrastructure literature has explored how infrastructure is tied to the politics of citizenship: states’ use of infrastructure to include/exclude populations and marginalized populations’ use of infrastructure to claim fuller citizenship. Often, this literature focuses on the relationship between governments and city dwellers, neglecting the role of other actors, like NGOs and philanthropic organizations, that influence infrastructural citizenship. A hallmark of neoliberalism in the Global North has been the transfer of responsibilities from the state to the non-profit sector, increasing these organizations’ power to shape urban citizenship. This paper examines how non-profit organizations participate in the politics of infrastructural …

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Teaching Information Literacy In An Undergraduate Class On The Geography Of The Middle East, Reecia Orzeck Jan 2023

Teaching Information Literacy In An Undergraduate Class On The Geography Of The Middle East, Reecia Orzeck

Faculty Publications - Geography, Geology, and the Environment

Geography instructors have a role to play in helping their students to become more information literate. This is especially important today, given the complex and dynamic nature of our informational landscape, and given the evidence that young people lack much of the knowledge that is needed to engage with information critically. This paper reports on the effectiveness of an information literacy module that was included as part of a course on the Geography of the Middle East. It describes the design and rollout of the module, and the results of a study designed to assess the effectiveness of the module …

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New Green Revolution In Ghana: Perceived Benefits, Challenges, And Implications For The Environment, Daniel Kpienbaareh, Abubakari Ahmed Jan 2023

New Green Revolution In Ghana: Perceived Benefits, Challenges, And Implications For The Environment, Daniel Kpienbaareh, Abubakari Ahmed

Faculty Publications - Geography, Geology, and the Environment

This paper reflects on Africa's new green revolution (NGR) movement by drawing data from Ghana as an illustrative case to assess the benefits and challenges of NGR and discuss the long-term environmental implications of NGR interventions. We draw insights from agrarian change theory to understand the complexity of local, national, and international factors that interact to produce changes in agricultural systems that affect smallholder farmers in poor settings. Data were collected using qualitative methods based on the lived experiences of farmers and analyzed to understand farmers’ perspectives. We identified increased yield and income levels as crucial benefits of the NGR. …

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A Geospatial Approach To Assessing The Impact Of Agroecological Knowledge And Practice On Crop Health In A Smallholder Agricultural Context, Daniel Kpienbaareh, Jinfei Wang, Isaac Luginaah, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Esther Lupafya, Laifolo Dakishoni Jan 2023

A Geospatial Approach To Assessing The Impact Of Agroecological Knowledge And Practice On Crop Health In A Smallholder Agricultural Context, Daniel Kpienbaareh, Jinfei Wang, Isaac Luginaah, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Esther Lupafya, Laifolo Dakishoni

Faculty Publications - Geography, Geology, and the Environment

In the context of food insecurity in resource-poor settings, agroecology (AE) has emerged as an important approach promoted for improving crop productivity, yet few studies have demonstrated how a combination of agroecological methods can improve crop health and thereby crop productivity. Using a geospatial approach, this study investigated whether agroecological practices can improve crop health in smallholder contexts. We compared leaf area indexes (LAIs) of crops on AE and non-AE farms and prospectively predicted the impact of AE using vegetation indexes (VIs). We found that crops on AE farms produced higher average growing season LAIs for maize and pigeon peas …

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Research And Graduate Studies Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2023, Office Of Research And Graduate Studies, Illinois State University Jan 2023

Research And Graduate Studies Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2023, Office Of Research And Graduate Studies, Illinois State University

Research and Graduate Studies Annual Report

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Scaling And Scalar Analysis As A Framework For Research On Teacher Learning, Lara J. Handsfield Jan 2023

Scaling And Scalar Analysis As A Framework For Research On Teacher Learning, Lara J. Handsfield

Faculty Publications - College of Education

This paper argues for scalar analysis as a framework for understanding negotiations of competing ideological demands and power relationships in teacher learning. Two illustrative examples are presented, including video data of a student teacher (Camille) attempting to integrate multimodal and digital literacy practices into their instruction, and a research interview between Lara and Camille. Drawing on research in both literacy studies and applied linguistics, the illustrative scalar analyses move beyond linguistic understandings of discourse to also include embodied discourse and materiality as central to understanding complexities of teaching and teacher learning. Implications are presented for research and practice.

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Idle Hands Are The Devil's Workshop? Exploring The Connections Between Prison-Work Release Programming, Post-Release Employment And Recidivism, Ryan Maranville Jan 2023

Idle Hands Are The Devil's Workshop? Exploring The Connections Between Prison-Work Release Programming, Post-Release Employment And Recidivism, Ryan Maranville

Student Research – Stevenson Center

This paper focuses on evaluations of employment-based reentry programs. It begins with an overview of recidivism, touching on the both theory and empirical research framing employment as a pivotal factor in the reentry process. Next, it reviews the limited assessments of work-release programming and their findings. The final sections examine the structural factors which complicate reentry, specifically low wages and community disorganization. And identifies the benefits of incorporating qualitative methods in criminological research as it relates to evaluating programs, their impact, and tying findings to program adaptations and future implementation.

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Admissions Viewbook, 2023-2024, Illinois State University, Office Of Admissions Jan 2023

Admissions Viewbook, 2023-2024, Illinois State University, Office Of Admissions

Admissions Viewbook

Recruitment booklet created by Illinois State University's Office of Admissions

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Like A Pig In Mud: Rejecting The Manicured Boundaries Of The Patriarchy, S. Gavin Weiser, Lindsay Demartino, Alyssa Stasicky Jan 2023

Like A Pig In Mud: Rejecting The Manicured Boundaries Of The Patriarchy, S. Gavin Weiser, Lindsay Demartino, Alyssa Stasicky

Faculty Publications - College of Education

How do school leaders make sense of the mess of the regimes of the normal (Warner, 1993) when they themselves are beyond the norm? While we may be beyond the normal, we are also “awash in the flow of the everyday” (Manalansan, 2018, p. 2). Though we may resist and see ourselves as beyond the norm (Weiser et al., 2019), we are never “in a position of exteriority in relation” (Foucault, 1978, p. 95) to the norms of power. Using data from several different projects collected over the past several years, we conceptualize a new way to consider not only …

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Exploring Faculty Perspectives On Open Access At A Medium-Sized, American Doctoral University, Rachel E. Scott, Julie Murphy, Cassie Thayer-Styes, Chad E. Buckley, Anne Shelley Jan 2023

Exploring Faculty Perspectives On Open Access At A Medium-Sized, American Doctoral University, Rachel E. Scott, Julie Murphy, Cassie Thayer-Styes, Chad E. Buckley, Anne Shelley

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

Faculty hold widely varying perspectives on the benefits and challenges afforded by open access (OA) publishing. In the United States, conversations on OA models and strategy have been dominated by scholars affiliated with Carnegie R1 institutions. This article reports findings from interviews conducted with faculty at a Carnegie R2 institution, highlighting disciplinary and individual perspectives on the high costs and rich rewards afforded by OA. The results reiterate the persistence of a high degree of skepticism regarding the quality of peer review and business models associated with OA publishing. By exploring scholars’ perceptions of and experiences with OA publishing and …

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Senate Meeting, December 7, 2022, Academic Senate Dec 2022

Senate Meeting, December 7, 2022, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

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Presenting The Afriarch Isotopic Database, Steven Goldstein, Sean Hixon, Erin Scott, Jesse Wolfhagen, Victor Iminjili, Anneke Janzen, Kendra Chritz, Elizabeth Sawchuk, Emmanuel Ndiema, Judith C. Sealy, Abigail Stone, Gretchen Zoeller, Leanne N. Phelps, Ricardo Fernandes Dec 2022

Presenting The Afriarch Isotopic Database, Steven Goldstein, Sean Hixon, Erin Scott, Jesse Wolfhagen, Victor Iminjili, Anneke Janzen, Kendra Chritz, Elizabeth Sawchuk, Emmanuel Ndiema, Judith C. Sealy, Abigail Stone, Gretchen Zoeller, Leanne N. Phelps, Ricardo Fernandes

Faculty Publications – Sociology and Anthropology

AfriArch is an archaeological and paleoenvironmental data community designed to integrate datasets related to human-environmental interactions in Holocene Africa. Here we present a dataset of bioarchaeological stable isotope (C/N/O) and radiocarbon measurements from African archaeological sites spanning the Holocene. Modern measurements, when reported together with archaeological data in original publications, are also included. The dataset consists of 5568 entries and covers the entirety of Africa, though most isotopic research has been concentrated in southern Africa. The AfriArch isotopic dataset can be used in paleodietary, paleodemography, paleoclimatic, and paleoenvironmental studies. It can also be employed to highlight data gaps across space …

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Illinois State University, One Hundred And Sixty-Third Annual Commencement, December 2022, Illinois State University Dec 2022

Illinois State University, One Hundred And Sixty-Third Annual Commencement, December 2022, Illinois State University

Commencement Programs

Illinois State University
One Hundred and Sixty-Third Annual Commencement
December 2022

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Trends In Nutrients Load And Driving Factors In Illinois River Basins, Olaoluwa David Oladuji Oct 2022

Trends In Nutrients Load And Driving Factors In Illinois River Basins, Olaoluwa David Oladuji

Theses and Dissertations

The demand for clean and potable water increases as the population number grows, and surface water serves as a significant source of water supply to many municipalities. However, the quality of surface waters is altered due to excess load of nutrients in the water bodies. For example, excess nitrate and dissolved phosphorus in water may lead to eutrophication. The 2019 bi-annual Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategies reported about 13% and 35% increases in nitrate and total phosphorus, respectively, across the statewide basins compared to the previous baseline data of 1980-1996. The biannual report stated that Illinois River basin was a …

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The Cranial Nerve Exam: Effectiveness Of Peer-To-Peer Teaching And Experiential Learning In Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Students, Angela Burda, Sydney Brotherton, Addieana Duitscher, Emily Hart, Morgan Kellogg, Kacie Schreck, Courtney Sutton, Paige Van Dyk Oct 2022

The Cranial Nerve Exam: Effectiveness Of Peer-To-Peer Teaching And Experiential Learning In Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Students, Angela Burda, Sydney Brotherton, Addieana Duitscher, Emily Hart, Morgan Kellogg, Kacie Schreck, Courtney Sutton, Paige Van Dyk

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

This study sought to determine if speech-language pathology graduate students found peer-to-peer teaching and experiential learning beneficial in learning how to assess the cranial nerves. Graduate students in a motor speech disorders course completed an in-class cranial nerve examination in which they either portrayed clinicians or patients. Student groups utilized a reflective practice approach by teaching their peers how to assess the cranial nerves. Intensive practice sessions were offered almost daily for two weeks prior to the exam. Thirty-seven students completed an online survey about their knowledge and confidence in assessing cranial nerves and identifying diagnoses before starting the training …

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Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion Annual Report, 2021-2022, Illinois State University Oct 2022

Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion Annual Report, 2021-2022, Illinois State University

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Annual Report

Illinois State University's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Annual Report, 2021-2022.

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Redbird Impact, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Fall 2022), Center For Civic Engagement Oct 2022

Redbird Impact, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Fall 2022), Center For Civic Engagement

Redbird Impact

No abstract provided.

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Redbird Scholar, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Fall 2022), Illinois State University, Office Of The Vice President For Research And Graduate Studies Oct 2022

Redbird Scholar, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Fall 2022), Illinois State University, Office Of The Vice President For Research And Graduate Studies

Redbird Scholar

No abstract provided.

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An Exploration Of Communities Of Practice In The Stem Teacher Context: What Predicts Ties Of Retention?, Brandon Ofem, Michael Beeth, Jessica Doering, Kathleen Fink, Rebecca Konz, Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder, Samuel J. Polizzi, Gillian Roehrig, Gregory T. Rushton, Keith Sheppard Sep 2022

An Exploration Of Communities Of Practice In The Stem Teacher Context: What Predicts Ties Of Retention?, Brandon Ofem, Michael Beeth, Jessica Doering, Kathleen Fink, Rebecca Konz, Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder, Samuel J. Polizzi, Gillian Roehrig, Gregory T. Rushton, Keith Sheppard

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

The STEM teacher workforce in the United States has faced a host of pressing challenges, including teacher shortages, pervasive job dissatisfaction, and high turnover, problems largely attributable to working conditions within schools and districts. These problems have been exacerbated in high-needs districts with fewer resources and more students from low-income communities. Since social network research has shown that workplace relationships are vital for retention, this study investigates the demographic and relational antecedents to what we dub ties of retention. We explore how demographic and relational properties affect the likelihood that teachers have “retention-friendly” networks, characterized by connections important for …

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Digital Archival Literacy In The Classroom, Rebecca Fitzsimmons, Elliott Kuecker Aug 2022

Digital Archival Literacy In The Classroom, Rebecca Fitzsimmons, Elliott Kuecker

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

Archival literacy has become a popular mode of literacy in the last ten years, given that archival research is not the exclusive purview of historians. Given the amount of open collections and exhibits, the possibility of teaching archival literacy skills is more accessible than ever. Importantly, archival literacy asks us to critically read against the common narrative that archival objects are pure evidence and archivists are neutral agents. Our presentation describes the importance of digital archival literacy and provides examples of implementation in classes, ad hoc workshops, and community engagement. We emphasize that all knowledge is a synthesis of various …

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Watercolor Of Surface Water Reservoirs In West Java, Indonesia Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data, Cavien Izack Marcelyno Satia Jul 2022

Watercolor Of Surface Water Reservoirs In West Java, Indonesia Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data, Cavien Izack Marcelyno Satia

Theses and Dissertations

Freshwater sources such as lakes, rivers, and reservoirs are essential part of water supply for irrigation, recreation, and most importantly, public and domestic water usage globally. Compared to groundwater that require costly facilities and infrastructure, freshwater source from reservoir can be treated efficiently and effectively to quickly meet public demand. In Indonesia, particularly, in the island of Java, there is a scarcity of freshwater source. There is less than 5% of available freshwater, which creates multiple water management issues such as water depletion during extensive pumping and dry period, and pollution of water due to high nutrient and wastewater input …

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We Might Be Salvaged, Hannah Kroonblawd Jun 2022

We Might Be Salvaged, Hannah Kroonblawd

Theses and Dissertations

We Might Be Salvaged is a dissertation that hinges upon poetic loci of disaster, survival, despair, and hope. The dissertation includes a critical preface, “Beyond Repair,” which contextualizes the central creative work alongside the concerns of the Anthropocene, as well as the collective necessity of environmental justice and disability activism. The creative work, “We Might Be Salvaged,” explores contemporary catastrophes and the lingering hope of an unknown future. The final chapter, “Teaching in the Anthropocene,” provides a pedagogical link through the design of online undergraduate creative writing workshop courses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Illinois State University Graduate Course Catalog, 2022-2023, Illinois State University May 2022

Illinois State University Graduate Course Catalog, 2022-2023, Illinois State University

Course Catalogs

Illinois State University Graduate Course Catalog, 2022-2023. Effective May 16, 2022.

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Illinois State University Undergraduate Course Catalog, 2023-2024, Illinois State University May 2022

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

Course Catalogs

Illinois State University Undergraduate Course Catalog, 2023-2024. Effective May 16, 2022.

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Risk-Based Deposit Insurance, Deposit Rates And Bank Failures: Evidence From Russia, Lucy Chernykh, Vladimir Kotomin May 2022

Risk-Based Deposit Insurance, Deposit Rates And Bank Failures: Evidence From Russia, Lucy Chernykh, Vladimir Kotomin

Faculty Publications – Finance, Insurance, and Law

Using the Russian banking system as a laboratory, we study the effect of a switch from fixed-rate deposit insurance to a risk-based system with premia tied to insured deposit rates offered by a bank. After the switch, increases in bank risk lead to reduced reliance on insured deposits, private banks without excessive capital stop raising insured deposit rates to fund loan growth, and the cost of insured deposits becomes a predictor of bank failures (beyond the CAMEL variables). Offering insured deposit rates notably above the market becomes a last resort to banks. The results suggest that risk-based deposit insurance schemes …

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Illinois State University, One Hundred And Sixty-Third Annual Commencement, May 2022, Illinois State University May 2022

Illinois State University, One Hundred And Sixty-Third Annual Commencement, May 2022, Illinois State University

Commencement Programs

Illinois State University
One Hundred and Sixty-Third Annual Commencement
May 2022

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Using A Tracer Test To Assess The Fate And Transport Of Nitrate In A Saturated Buffer Zone, Alhassan Sahad Sahad Apr 2022

Using A Tracer Test To Assess The Fate And Transport Of Nitrate In A Saturated Buffer Zone, Alhassan Sahad Sahad

Theses and Dissertations

The Upper Mississippi Basin (UMB), which includes Illinois, has highly fertile soils and therefore, experiences intensive agricultural practices. While fertile, the soils do not drain well, resulting in the installation of tile-drainage systems. Agricultural practices within the UMB involves the application of nitrogen (N)-rich fertilizers. The tile systems coupled with the application of N fertilizers have led to the excessive export of nitrates as nitrogen (NO3-N) from the agricultural fields into surface and subsurface waters through subsurface tile drainage systems. Excess NO3-N contributes to eutrophication and to development of hypoxic zones in aquatic environments. One method that has exhibited success …

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Thermal Controls On Hyporheic Flux And Streambed Flow Dynamics, Jake William Riedel Apr 2022

Thermal Controls On Hyporheic Flux And Streambed Flow Dynamics, Jake William Riedel

Theses and Dissertations

Heat is a naturally occurring and cost-effective tracer to study groundwater flow to, from, and throughout the subsurface. Often used for the quantification of groundwater discharge, heat has been used to identify gaining and losing portions of streams and in determining flow parameters such as hydraulic conductivity (K) or velocity. Connecting ground and surface reservoirs is an area known as the hyporheic zone (HZ) where waters from both reservoirs interact. The flux of water throughout the HZ is controlled by stream bedforms, sinuosity, surface water velocity, local water table, seasonality, and sediment K. K is dependent on both the viscosity …

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Using A Tracer Test To Assess The Transport And Fate Of Nitrate Within A Saturated Buffer Zone, Alhassan Sahad Apr 2022

Using A Tracer Test To Assess The Transport And Fate Of Nitrate Within A Saturated Buffer Zone, Alhassan Sahad

University Research Symposium Posters and Abstracts

The Upper Mississippi Basin (UMB), which includes Illinois, has highly fertile soils and therefore, experiences intensive agricultural practices. While fertile, the soils do not drain well, resulting in the installation of tile-drainage systems. Agricultural practices within the UMB include the application of nitrogen (N)-rich fertilizers. The tile systems coupled with the application of N have led to the excessive export of nitrates (NO3-) from the agricultural fields into surface and subsurface waters through subsurface tile drainage systems. Excess NO3- contributes to eutrophication and to development of hypoxic zones in aquatic environments. One method that has exhibited success in lowering nitrate …

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Transport Of Suspended Sediment And Phosphorous In An Agricultural Watershed: A Case Study Of The Money Creek Watershed, Central Illinois, Oghenevwede Efobo Apr 2022

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

University Research Symposium Posters and Abstracts

Suspended sediment and phosphorus are a threat to surface waterbodies. Excessive supply of suspended sediment to streams can alter water quality, reduce reservoir storage capacity, and degrade ecological functions including the displacement of aquatic habitats. Phosphorus is a limiting nutrient in freshwater. Excessive phosphorus in streams has led to eutrophication, the development of harmful algal blooms and hypoxic conditions that restrict the water for fisheries, recreation, industry, and drinking. For the City of Bloomington, central Illinois, high nutrient loads and sediment concentrations are a major problem in water reservoirs. The primary sources of suspended sediment and phosphorus in the area …

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