Digital Commons Network^™

Social Media For Social Change: The Role Of Nonprofit Organizations On Mental Health, Samantha Patterson

Research Papers

The Hispanic/Latino population, the fastest-growing minority population in the United States faces barriers to access mental health care. This study explores how nonprofit organizations focusing on mental health are using mass and social media platforms to communicate with supporters of their patients including donors and the general public. Social media channels such as Facebook and LinkedIn have been used as a way to connect, educate and bring awareness to health-related topics. This research paper aims to study how non-profit organizations are supporting mental issues, which is a growing problem among the ethnic groups particularly the Hispanic/Latino population and plan an …

Simon Poll, Spring 2020 (Statewide), Paul Simon Public Policy Institute

Paul Simon Public Policy Institute Statewide Polls

No abstract provided.

Restoring American Statesmanship: A Citizen's Guide, John Shaw

Institute Publications

Restoring American Statesmanship: A Citizen's Guide offers a working definition of statesmanship, identifies its essential qualities, provides more than a dozen examples from American history, acknowledges current barriers to statesmanship, and suggests ways to re-establish statesmanship as an aspiration and goal in American political life.

"We endeavor to resurrect this critical concept from the dusty pages of history books and use it to illuminate and inspire public affairs in the United States," the guide says. "Our goal is to stimulate a vigorous discussion about statesmanship and reintroduce this concept into the political discourse."

Appointment Of Judges And The Threat To Judicial Independence: Case Studies From Botswana, Swaziland, South Africa, And Kenya, Oagile Bethuel Key Dingake, Najla Hasic, Tomei Peppard, Stephen Hayden

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

This Article, adapted from a speech given by Justice Dingake of the Supreme and National Court of Papua New Guinea, discusses and compares the judicial appointment process in Botswana, Swaziland, South Africa, and Kenya, and stresses the importance of fair, transparent, merit-based judicial processes which enjoy public confidence.

Following this review, Justice Dingake concludes that one of the best methods of appointing judges is through the mechanism of an independent Judicial Services Commission. Particularly, one that operates in a fair and transparent manner, follows publicized guidelines, and is transparent regarding the criterion upon which judges are to be appointed. In …

An Invasion Of Privacy: Genetic Testing In An Age Of Unlimited Access, Najla Hasic

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

This Note discusses how privacy rights are implicated when direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing companies disclose an individual’s genetic information to law enforcement officers—often without any warrant or legal procedures required—who then use that data to implicate an individual’s family members in crimes.

After a brief introduction, Part II of this Note discusses DNA, what it is, and how it is used and tested by both state and private actors. It also provides a brief history of the Fourth Amendment with a specific focus on its application in jurisprudence as technology advances and privacy rights diminish. Finally, an overview of current …

Recreational Breeders And The Companion Animal Overpopulation Crisis, Nicole Engelhardt

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

This note proposes an amendment to Illinois law which aims to discourage recreational breeding by imposing standards and requirements on people who choose to breed their pet. Part II of this note discusses the evolution of animal law in the United States.

Following national law, there is an examination of the difference in animal law between Kentucky, Nebraska, and the country’s top state for animal law: Illinois. Part III analyzes how law in Illinois fails to provide standards regarding recreational breeding and why this is a problem. Lastly, Part IV proposes a change to Sections 2 and 2.3 of the …

The Metal Box That Transformed Global Trade: The Innovative Vision Of Malcom Mclean Behind The Container Revolution, Lovedeep Singh

Legacy

No abstract provided.

Delineating Requirements, Responsibilities, And Expectations Of Current Business Education Teachers, Jeremy Jeffery

Online Journal for Workforce Education and Development

Background: A state-of-the-art literature review was conducted to gain current insights into teaching requirements for primary/kindergarten through twelfth grade business education teachers. Purpose: The purpose of this exploratory study was to describe the major teaching responsibilities for business education teachers as communicated through job postings with an emphasis on the increasing subjects within Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Method: Using a state-of-the-art literature review, data were analyzed using two websites that aggregate and post teaching jobs nationally. Categories were established to describe the teaching qualifications, responsibilities, and expectations of future business teachers which included broad versus specific job requirements, states …

Perspective Piece Fallacies, Fake Facts, Alternative Facts, And Feel Good Facts; What To Do About Them?, Donald I. Siegel

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Water In India And Kentucky: Developing An Online Curriculum With Field Experiences For High School Classes In Diverse Settings, Carol Hanley, Rebecca L. Freeman, Alan E. Fryar, Amanda R. Sherman, Esther Edwards

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

Maintaining access to sufficient amounts of clean water for human and environmental needs is a global challenge requiring education and community engagement. We developed a curriculum integrating field experiences with online modules focusing on the water cycle, water quality, and human impacts. This year-long curriculum connected nine public high schools in Kentucky with ten private, English-language schools in eastern India. Curriculum design was informed by the Next Generation Science Standards (the new U.S. education standards for science) and utilized freely available, open-access technology. Each instructional module included a narrated slideshow with general information and examples from Kentucky and India, exercises …

Simple Approaches To Examine Economic Impacts Of Water Reallocations From Agriculture, Ashley K. Bickel, Dari Duval, George B. Frisvold

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

Facing an anticipated shortage declaration on the Colorado River and reductions in surface water for agricultural use, rural stakeholder groups are concerned about how water cutbacks will affect their local economies. Local farm groups and county governments often lack the analytical tools to measure such impacts. While one can learn much from large-scale hydro-economic models, data, cost, and time limitations have been barriers to such model development. This article introduces three basic modeling approaches, using relatively low-cost and accessible data, to examine local economic impacts of water reallocations from agriculture. An empirical application estimates the effect of agricultural water reductions …

A Survey Of Perceptions And Attitudes About Water Issues In Oklahoma: A Comparative Study, Christopher J. Eck, Kevin L. Wagner, Binod Chapagain, Omkar Joshi

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

Understanding people's perceptions of the environment, drinking water issues, and protecting and preserving water resources is of great importance. This study aims to assess and compare the perceptions of the general public ( n = 414), post-secondary students ( n = 103), and water professionals ( n = 104) in Oklahoma on water issues in the state. To address these goals, a 53-item paper questionnaire was first administered to a randomly sampled mailing list of Oklahoma residents. As a follow up to the initial survey, post-secondary students at Oklahoma State University were sampled in addition to Oklahoma water professionals at …

Preserving The Past: Archiving Southern Illinois' Rich Musical Heritage, Matthew J. Gorzalski

Articles

No abstract provided.

White-Handed Gibbons Discriminate Context-Specific Song Compositions., Julie Andrieu, Samuel G Penny, Hélène Bouchet, Suchinda Malaivijitnond, Ulrich H. Reichard, Klaus Zuberbühler

Publications

White-handed gibbons produce loud and acoustically complex songs when interacting with their neighbours or when encountering predators. In both contexts, songs are assembled from a small number of units although their composition differs in context-specific ways. Here, we investigated whether wild gibbons could infer the 'meaning' when hearing exemplars recorded in both contexts (i.e. 'duet songs' vs. 'predator songs'). We carried out a playback experiment by which we simulated the presence of a neighbouring group producing either its duet or a predator song in order to compare subjects' vocal and locomotor responses. When hearing a recording of a duet song, …

#Criticalreading #Wickedproblem, Carolyn V. Williams

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

A majority of incoming law students lack adequate critical reading skills. In order to effectively address this problem, all stakeholders must recognize that this is a “wicked problem.” A wicked problem is one that cannot be definitively described or understood since it is seen differently by different stakeholders, has numerous causes, and is often the symptom of other problems. Addressing this wicked problem requires participation from a myriad of legal education stakeholders and cannot be solved by legal writing professors alone, even with help from academic support staff.

Part II of this Article describes what critical reading is, the proof …

The Flipped Classroom In Esl Teacher Education: An Example From Call, Yuyen Lee, Katherine I. Martin

Articles

The flipped classroom is one of many technology-enhanced teaching strategies. In this approach, students are responsible for initial learning at home (often via instructional videos) and class time is used for problem-solving and activities to deepen understanding. Although research on and use of the flipped classroom in language education is growing, little work has examined its use in teacher education, particularly for language teachers. To address this gap, this study examined the flipped classroom through the eyes of pre-service language teachers to reveal what hinders them from or encourages them to adopt this approach. Data were collected from students in …

The Best Bet: Why Missouri Should Take A Chance On Sports Gambling After Murphy V. Ncaa, Garrett Mcdowell

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

Signed into law in 1992, the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) effectively outlawed sports betting in the United States. With a few exceptions, the law prohibited most states from authorizing sports betting schemes.

Following its passage, opponents challenged the law, and it was eventually struck down as unconstitutional in 2018. The United States Supreme Court in Murphy v. NCAA determined that PASPA violated the Tenth Amendment and the anticommandeering doctrine. The Court found that the law indirectly regulated sports gambling by unconstitutionally restraining state legislation. With PASPA out of the way, and absent any new federal legislation restricting …

Making Sense Of Miracles: Institutionalizing The Unpresentable, Kenny Beeker

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Athletic Identity, Greg Camillone

Research Papers

Limited data exists in college athletics about mental health conditions, while physical health remains the higher priority. In order to contribute to the limited understanding of student-athletes’ cognitive behavior, a documentary on collegiate student-athletes is produced, utilizing athletic identity as its main theme. Furthermore, the documentary shares personal experiences of how athletes have handled the transition from athletic role to an alternate identity, and how that change effected them mentally.

The purpose of this study is to present evidence from a Division I athletic program to contribute towards answering the following questions:

1. Are collegiate student-athletes struggling mentally with life after …

Umami Solutions Business Plan, Alex Hansen

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Implementation Of Employee Wellness Programming In Siuc Athletic Department, James Morrison

Research Papers

With longer workdays and the ever-growing technological base of society, inactivity and poor diet have become a staple in western civilization (Sharma & Majumdar, 2009). Between meeting the demands of work, family, and other responsibilities that may intrude on a day-to-day basis, maintaining one’s health can be a challenge. This struggle not only affects an individual’s health, but their external and social life as well, as decreased productivity and missed days of work may also be outcomes of poor health maintenance. The development of employee wellness programs has been an effective way to cope with the resultant health effects brought …

Race And The Criminal Justice System, Karissa Murphy

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Athletic Identity Among University Students, Austin Boe

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Assessment Of Digital Badges And Microcredentials On Student Learning Outcomes In The Introductory Public Speaking Course, Otis James Duncan

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Black Action Heroines: From Coffy To Rebel, Morgan Nickles

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Education Informatization In China During The Ict (Information And Communication Technology) Era, Yuqi Zhong

Research Papers

Most countries, including China, consider education informatization as a way to meet with social demands of well-trained workers and technological innovations. The development of ICT (information and communication technology) provides advanced infrastructure for education informatization, especially in rural areas. The education informatization in China started in 1978. Since then, various significant projects and plans have been made and implemented, including Action Plan for Invigorating Education Towards the 21st Century, Campus Access to ICTs, Modern Long-Distance Education in Rural Primary and Secondary Schools, and Three Connections & Two Platforms. This thesis gathers and analyzes state policies, rules, reports, …

Objectification Of Women In Rap Music Videos, Jamie O. Broadnax

Research Papers

Misogyny in the hip-hop culture has played a major role in the representation of women in society, and their glorification as sex objects in music videos is becoming popular and inevitable. Women are often objectified in Hip Hop music and this research project presents how women are being used as targets for objectification in music videos and the violent treatment by men in these videos are analyzed. Author Murali (2010) mentions that black womanhood has become more closely connected to postmodern identity and resistance. The post hip-hop era, feminists and media critics brought up the idea of who controls the …

Using Components Of American Sign Language To Better The Quality Of Life And Communication Access Of Elderly Persons In Assisted Living, Josie Arnett

Honors Theses

One of the most common conditions that affects people as they get older is presbycusis, the gradual loss of hearing (“Age-Related Hearing Loss”). Because of this, components of American Sign Language (ASL) were taught to elderly persons at Stillwater Senior Living assisted living facility in Edwardsville, IL with the purpose of improving access to communication. Helpful words to know in assisted living such as “want, food, hurt, and better” were taught. In addition, students were taught to feel comfortable with gestures such as pointing or thumbs up as a way to communicate. After learning how to sign certain words, students …

Kellyanne Conway And Postfeminism: 'The Desert Of The Real', L. Shelley Rawlins

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

Postfeminism is a slippery, contested, ambivalent, and inherently contradictory term – deployed alternately as an “empowering” identity label and critical theoretical lens. Troubling notions about the past, present, and future of feminism, postfeminism challenges feminist theory. This essay scrutinizes cultural and theoretical themes informing postfeminist discourses. I identify four prevailing themes in extant literature: postfeminist oblivion, self-empowerment, criticality, and feminine pride. I then examine the public discourse and self-asserted postfeminist stance of Kellyanne Conway, former campaign manager and current counselor to President Trump. Conway advocates for an individualistic, depoliticized femininity. I argue that her complacent misogyny bolsters the bizarre imaginary …

Getting “Woke” On Intersectionality: Illuminating The Rhetorical Significance Of Disability Discourse In Feminist Activist Spaces, Danielle C. Biss

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

In the 28 years since the establishment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), individuals with disabilities still live on the margins in social, public, and mediated discourse. Women of color with disabilities, in particular, still struggle to challenge their positionality on the margins due to multifaceted layers of oppression, ranging from sexism, racism, classism, and ableism as further complexities of identity. Yet, in a society with such disregard for and contestation involving disability issues, there is hope with disability activist Vilissa Thompson. In this rhetorical analysis, I examine Thompson as a marginal rhetor whose disability activism serves as a …