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From Past To Present: Heritage As An Avenue To Contemporary Social Concerns, Uzi Baram
From Past To Present: Heritage As An Avenue To Contemporary Social Concerns, Uzi Baram
Florida Statewide Symposium: Best Practices in Undergraduate Research
The New College Public Archaeology Lab program in regional heritage has expanded undergraduate experiential learning from excavations and laboratory analysis to community service learning with engagement with the public and diverse communities. Archaeology focuses research on the past but the public aspect situates the studies in the context of the present, with excavations and preservation requiring a critical perspective on contemporary social concerns. Recognizing the past can be empowering for subordinated communities, heritage interpretation, built on the archaeological research, offers undergraduates opportunities to grapple with community identities, contemporary politics, and commemoration.
Playing With Fire: An Ethnographic Look At How Polyamory Functions In The Central Florida Burner Community, Maleia Mikesell
Playing With Fire: An Ethnographic Look At How Polyamory Functions In The Central Florida Burner Community, Maleia Mikesell
HIM 1990-2015
This thesis asks the question as to whether polyamory functions as a community glue or solvent for the Central Florida Burner Community. It explores the definition of polyamory and how it relates to the Burner counter-culture. This thesis explores what polyamory's effects are on the individual and community levels for those who participate in it. The findings concluded that overall the participants reported a perceived positive impact on both the individual level and on community cohesion in this case. The participants also revealed that the environment Burning Man provides is generally open and welcoming of polyamory.
The Performance Of Health? Motivations Behind University Students' Decisions To Wear Athletic Attire, Shannon Payne
The Performance Of Health? Motivations Behind University Students' Decisions To Wear Athletic Attire, Shannon Payne
HIM 1990-2015
"Athleisure" is a relatively new term to the American lexicon, a portmanteau used to describe athletic clothing used for leisure purposes. Recent studies show a disconnect between consumers' desire to purchase athletic attire and the percentage of Americans considered "active to a healthy level and beyond." While athletic wear sales skyrocket, reported levels of inactivity have slowly increased in recent years. These trends indicate a phenomenon in which consumers prioritize ownership of athletic wear over athletics. In this research, I set out to answer the following research questions: How do university students interpret and understand the purchase and wearing of …
Transcultural Curriculum Content In Practical Nursing Programs, Janice R. Sandiford Ph.D., Kathleen Blais Ed.D.
Transcultural Curriculum Content In Practical Nursing Programs, Janice R. Sandiford Ph.D., Kathleen Blais Ed.D.
Journal of Health Occupations Education
The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which practical nursing programs incorporate the concepts of transcultural nursing in their program philosophy statements and conceptual frameworks. Practical nursing programs located in California, Florida, New Jersey, New York, and Texas were selected for study due to the diversity of the states’ populations as border or immigrant entry states. An equal number of National League for Nursing (_NLN) accredited and non-accredited programs were studied in each of the selected states, with a total sample of 38 programs included in the study. Nineteen programs (50%) responded to the survey. The …
Educational Needs And Interests: Perceptions Of Secondary Health Occupations Education Teachers In Alabama, Judy Carol Southern Ed.D., R.T. ®, Norma Jean Walters R.N., Ph.D., James Noel Wilmoth Ph.D.
Educational Needs And Interests: Perceptions Of Secondary Health Occupations Education Teachers In Alabama, Judy Carol Southern Ed.D., R.T. ®, Norma Jean Walters R.N., Ph.D., James Noel Wilmoth Ph.D.
Journal of Health Occupations Education
The perceived educational needs and interests of all 78 secondary health occupations teachers in Alabama were measured on the basis of 22 supplemented teacher competency topics from an earlier study at The Ohio State University. The data were statistically analyzed utilizing reliability, polychoric correlations, factor analyses yielding four factors, and general linear model procedures, and MANOVA models based on seven demographic independent variables. The results indicated multivariate significance for tenure, Master’s Degree in a field other than health occupations education, interest in health occupations education, and educational status. The teachers were concluded to have indicated an interest in several degree …
Temporary Lack Of Amenities Taught Me To Appreciate What I Have, Vu Tran
Temporary Lack Of Amenities Taught Me To Appreciate What I Have, Vu Tran
UCF Forum
In my daily routine I often forget about how fortunate I am to have certain luxuries such as running water, electricity and a fast Internet connection. To us, these amenities may seem expected because we live in a developed country. However, during my recent 45-day adventure to Peru, I had an enlightening experience.
Take Time To Edit Your Own Writing – You Just Might Improve It, Vu Tran
Take Time To Edit Your Own Writing – You Just Might Improve It, Vu Tran
UCF Forum
Consider all the times you received poorly written emails from colleagues or acquaintances. Did your impression of them change because of their lack of proper grammar and language? How about their misspellings or even missing words?
The Death Penalty Debate: A Critical Examination Of The Moral Justifications For Capital Punishment, Whitley Mann
The Death Penalty Debate: A Critical Examination Of The Moral Justifications For Capital Punishment, Whitley Mann
HIM 1990-2015
Capital punishment is a forceful moral issue that is frequently overlooked. This is possibly due to the reverence many have toward the rule of law or a passive acceptance of the status quo. In this thesis I will begin with a discussion of context to the topic of the death penalty in order to address potential biases. Then I examine not only the ethical merit of the death penalty but the foundational justifications for a system of criminal justice to show that the special relationship between the state and its citizens does not lend itself to or allow for the …
Understanding Gender Identity Among Women Cosplayers Of The Gotham City Sirens, Amber Morrison
Understanding Gender Identity Among Women Cosplayers Of The Gotham City Sirens, Amber Morrison
HIM 1990-2015
As popular culture has an increasing presence in America, so do its various sub-cultures. One of such sub-cultures is the world of comic book fans known as cosplayers. Cosplayers dress-up and emulate characters at comic book conventions throughout the United States and the world—a practice known as cosplay, also described as costume-play. Despite the growing popularity of cosplay, little is known about this population. In this research, I set out to answer the following research question: why are women choosing to dress-up and embody these characters (the Gotham City Sirens) when they are often viewed as oversexualized. In order to …
Stable Isotope Evidence For The Geographic Origins And Military Movement Of Napoleonic Soldiers During The March From Moscow In 1812, Serenela Pelier
Stable Isotope Evidence For The Geographic Origins And Military Movement Of Napoleonic Soldiers During The March From Moscow In 1812, Serenela Pelier
HIM 1990-2015
In 2001, 3269 unidentified individuals were found in a mass grave on the Northern part of Vilnius, Lithuania. Artifactual context indicates that these individuals were likely soldiers that were a part of Napoleon’s Grand Army. Stable oxygen isotope analysis was performed on bone apatite from 9 femoral bone samples to determine whether or not these individuals were Lithuanian locals and to test ratio variation. If individuals were foreigners, then geographical origins were approximated utilizing percentages of C4 plants from Holder (2013) and δ18O values that were extracted from bone apatite. The carbonate oxygen isotope compositions (δ18Ocarbonate) of bone apatite from …
University Of Central Florida Graduate Catalog, 2015 - 2016, University Of Central Florida
University Of Central Florida Graduate Catalog, 2015 - 2016, University Of Central Florida
UCF Catalogs
No abstract provided.
University Of Central Florida Undergraduate Catalog, 2015 - 2016, University Of Central Florida
University Of Central Florida Undergraduate Catalog, 2015 - 2016, University Of Central Florida
UCF Catalogs
No abstract provided.
The Great Escape: Making The Choice For Upward Social Mobility, Trina Gilliam
The Great Escape: Making The Choice For Upward Social Mobility, Trina Gilliam
HIM 1990-2015
The goal of my research is to examine motivations for upper mobility vs stagnation of people in poverty. Bandura (1971) states people’s motivations do not come from their willpower and people are not trapped in their situation. However, 43% of Americans born poor, remain poor as adults and 27% of people remain near poor to poor (Pew 2013). I will examine individuals with higher upper mobility aspirations (HUMA) and those individuals with lower upper mobility aspirations (LUMA) in order to provide the salient factors contributing to the desire for upward mobility. Five hypothesis will be analyzed; (1) Individuals with aspirations …
Collection Development Policy, Women's Studies, Corinne Bishop
Collection Development Policy, Women's Studies, Corinne Bishop
Libraries' Documents
No abstract provided.
Collection Development Policy, Anthropology, Rachel Mulvihill
Collection Development Policy, Anthropology, Rachel Mulvihill
Libraries' Documents
No abstract provided.
Collection Development Policy, Sociology, Rachel Mulvihill
Collection Development Policy, Sociology, Rachel Mulvihill
Libraries' Documents
No abstract provided.
Collection Development Policy, Music, Richard H. Harrison
Collection Development Policy, Music, Richard H. Harrison
Libraries' Documents
No abstract provided.
Collection Development Policy, Judaic Studies, Richard H. Harrison
Collection Development Policy, Judaic Studies, Richard H. Harrison
Libraries' Documents
No abstract provided.
My Mistake As An Immigrant Student Was Viewing My Difference As A Drawback, Vu Tran
My Mistake As An Immigrant Student Was Viewing My Difference As A Drawback, Vu Tran
UCF Forum
As an immigrant and first-generation college student, I have overcome many challenges throughout my life that I have had trouble sharing with others. For most of my childhood, I was ashamed of my background because I did not feel that I could connect with my peers.
Take The Opportunities Of Travel To Always Learn Something New, Vu Tran
Take The Opportunities Of Travel To Always Learn Something New, Vu Tran
UCF Forum
I love to travel because it is always a wonderful, life-changing experience — whether embarking on a road trip or flying overseas to a foreign country. No matter where you go, you will likely meet new people and learn something new, which is always my goal.
Homophobia And Hiv Transmission: A Six-Country Comparative Analysis, Tiernan Middleton
Homophobia And Hiv Transmission: A Six-Country Comparative Analysis, Tiernan Middleton
HIM 1990-2015
This interdisciplinary study combines epidemiological data with anthropological theory to investigate the relationship between HIV transmission rates and systemic homophobia. Previous research has illustrated the link between high levels of structural violence and structural stigma to increased risk of diseases such as the link between African-Americans and heart disease. This study investigates the relationship between systemic homophobia and HIV transmission rates. Through operationalizing homophobia into seven distinct factors, I evaluated systemic homophobia in six countries, assigning a score 1-10 to each factor using secondary source aggregation. I compared composite scores, as well as scores in each operationalized factor to HIV …
Disciplinary Mythologies: A Rhetorical-Cultural Analysis Of Performance Enhancement Technologies In Sports, John Lamothe
Disciplinary Mythologies: A Rhetorical-Cultural Analysis Of Performance Enhancement Technologies In Sports, John Lamothe
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
In sports discourse, the relationship between athletics and technology is often paradoxical. On the one hand, modern sports rely on technology at every level, from training and tracking of players to the equipment and apparel used by athletes to the game strategies and playing fields themselves. Nearly all of these technologies are intended to increase athletic performance on some level. And yet, certain performance enhancement technologies can be criticized for being antithetical to the spirit of sports, which is framed as being a strictly natural and pure human endeavor. Using a rhetorical-cultural methodological approach, popular sports discourse is analyzed to …
The Experience Of Physical And Social Presence In A Virtual Learning Environment As Impacted By The Affordance Of Movement Enabled By Motion Tracking, Aleshia Hayes
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This research synthesizes existing research findings that social presence (sense of connection with others) and physical presence (sense of being there) increase learning outcomes in Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) with findings that traditional motion tracking of participants wearing head mounted displays in virtual reality increases both physical and social presence. This information suggests that motion tracking in mixed reality VLEs has a positive impact on social presence and on physical presence. For this study, the affordance of free movement among virtual objects is enabled by Microsoft Kinect tracking of the user's position that is translated to movement of the virtual …
Regional Affiliation: An Examination Of Rio Viejo Middens As Evidence For Scaled-Up Practice At Surrounding Sites., Carlo Lucido
Regional Affiliation: An Examination Of Rio Viejo Middens As Evidence For Scaled-Up Practice At Surrounding Sites., Carlo Lucido
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This research project analyzes 5 middens from the Lower Rio Verde valley sites of Río Viejo and Yugüe, Oaxaca, Mexico, during the Terminal Formative period (150 BC to AD 250). The middens are analyzed to further our understanding of socio-political events in public spaces at both sites during this time. The study suggests a greater distinction in use of public spaces between the two sites than within Río Viejo. Frameworks established by Dietler and Hayden for the analysis of feasts do not seem to apply well to the middens analyzed here. Although I argue that evidence from Rio Viejo's middens …
Digital Studio, Ucf Libraries
Digital Studio, Ucf Libraries
Technology Fee Funded Projects
In recent years, academic libraries have begun providing areas where students and faculty can load data, manipulate it, and display results in a rich, interactive setting. Institutions like Georgia State University http://library.gsu.edu/home/services-and-support/services/curve/ and NC State University https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/data/data-visualization have carved out these spaces and provided the necessary resources to support them. UCF Libraries has followed their progress and been interested in implementing similar services here. Faculty and students have kept us informed about their interest in and desire for having similar spaces at UCF.
Women & Social Movements, Ucf Libraries
Women & Social Movements, Ucf Libraries
Technology Fee Funded Projects
The UCF Libraries, in collaboration with Women’s and Gender Studies, is requesting $32,000 ($32,500 less a $500 cost share from UCF Libraries) for the one-time purchase of Women and Social Movements in the United States – Scholar’s Edition, from Alexander Street Press. This collection will benefit UCF students and faculty, especially in programs including Women’s & Gender Studies, History, Anthropology, Political Science and Sociology.
Executive Branch Documents +, Ucf Libraries
Executive Branch Documents +, Ucf Libraries
Technology Fee Funded Projects
UCF Libraries, in collaboration with the Department of History and Department of Political Science, is requesting $194,381 for the one-time combined purchase of ProQuest Executive Branch Documents, ProQuest U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection, and ProQuest Congressional.
Exploring Social Identity Through Stable Isotope Analysis In The Kellis 2 Cemetery, Kaitlin East
Exploring Social Identity Through Stable Isotope Analysis In The Kellis 2 Cemetery, Kaitlin East
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The material remains of ancient Egypt provide extensive and wide ranging data about the empire throughout its history. However, little evidence is available from ancient Egypt, or any past culture, with which to rebuild an image of social identity or individual experiences. This is especially problematic when the dominant narrative ignores experiences of minorities and minimizes the variation existing throughout the empire. Stable isotope analysis has the potential to reveal variability in lived experience of past peoples by acting as a proxy for behavior that can be analyzed from bone. Such an approach has been applied on individuals from the …
The Effects Of Western Medicine On The Livelihood Of Zulu Traditional Herbal Healers In South Africa, Holly K. Bahamonde
The Effects Of Western Medicine On The Livelihood Of Zulu Traditional Herbal Healers In South Africa, Holly K. Bahamonde
HIM 1990-2015
The majority of South African citizens experience inadequate healthcare due to underfunding, mismanagement, staff shortages, and infrastructure problems. Before a healthcare system was created, the sick turned to traditional herbal healers for care. South Africa’s Zulu healers possess specialized knowledge of local plants and medicine thought to have physical and spiritual healing properties. The country’s increasing reliance on Western biomedicine has created a current concern from indigenous medicine conservationists regarding the future of this kind of knowledge. In order to assess the effects of Western medicine on traditional healing practices, I collected data on the various uses of traditional medicine, …
Urban Agriculture Within The Valley Of Oaxaca: Investigations And Implications Of Agricultural Terracing At Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Anthony Tricarico
Urban Agriculture Within The Valley Of Oaxaca: Investigations And Implications Of Agricultural Terracing At Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Anthony Tricarico
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The implementation of geographic information systems for the analysis of Late Classic (500-800 C.E.) terraces at Monte Albán, reveals a spatial pattern not visible through prior pedestrian site surveys. The Valley of Oaxaca Settlement Pattern Project concluded that nearly all of the 1,464 Late Classic terraces at Monte Albán were used for residential purposes. Spatial analysis tools reveal a greater human-ecological complexity. The goal of this study was to use ArcGIS to map the 1,273 terraces near Monte Albán's ceremonial center and combine them with individually identifiable data sets. Analysis of each terrace, particularly based upon water availability, ceramic distribution, …