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Florida Frontiers Radio Program #438, Dr. Ben Brotemarkle, Florida Historical Society

Florida Frontiers Radio Transcripts

SEGMENTS | Florida's Historic African American Homes | Black and White Progressive Women | The First Female Astronaut Trainees

How Music And Art Affect Compassion And Perspective Taking: A Collaboration Between Ucf Restores And Opera Orlando, Kathryn Sunderman

The Pegasus Review: UCF Undergraduate Research Journal

The ability of music and art to impact emotions and behavior is well understood based on studies conducted in a laboratory. However, research in a laboratory setting does not always generalize well to a natural environment. In this pilot study, we investigated how attending an opera that portrayed a wartime Christmas truce affected the audience’s levels of empathic concern and perspective-taking. Paired samples t-tests were conducted on data from 63 adult participants (M = 52.17 years). The results indicated that attendance at this operatic performance positively changed both empathic concern and perspective-taking, suggesting that even in a naturalistic setting, music …

The Lesson I Didn’T Expect To Learn During The Pandemic, Ashley Turner

UCF Forum

I have always been someone that takes pride in how I look. Each morning before work, I make time to carefully do my hair, apply a little bit of makeup, and select an outfit that makes me feel amazing.

The Scoop, Vol. 8 Issue 6, September 2021, Health Sciences Library

Volume 8

Latest news and updates from the Health Sciences Library in our monthly newsletter for September 2021.

An Analysis Of Domestic Violence Service Data From The Florida Department Of Children And Families, Julio Montanez, Amy Donley, Amy Reckdenwald

Institute for Social and Behavioral Science (ISBS)

The present report briefly describes and visualizes state-wide domestic violence service data from the Florida Department of Children and Families. Specifically, it describes six indicators across a ten-year period: shelter nights, unmet shelter requests, hotline calls, information and referrals, and residential and non-residential safety plans.

Episode 6: Kate Mansfield: Turtle Research And Marine Biology, University Of Central Florida

Knights Do That Podcast Transcripts

In this week’s Knights Do That episode, we speak with Davis-Schein Endowed Professor in Conservation Biology Kate Mansfield. She is a marine scientist who is the lab director for the UCF Marine Turtle Research Group and graduate coordinator for UCF's Department of Biology in the College of Sciences.

In this episode, we learn how Mansfield got into this field, some of the coolest things that she’s discovered over the years and what hands-on experiences for her students look like.

Produced by UCF, the podcast highlights students, faculty, staff, administrators and alumni who do incredible things on campus, in the community …

The Olympics Look Back Part Ii, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

As the 2008 Games approached, there was fear that air pollution in Beijing would cast a pall over the games. Essentially what happened was the rulers of the People’s Republic ordered the pollution to go away.

The Olympics - A Look Back Part One, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

August 7, 2021 This is a look back at how in these Sport and Society essays I have characterized the Summer Olympic Games beginning in 1992. It is not meant to be a history of each Olympics but simply a look at how I reacted to them. It is in two parts with this being Part One

Show Me The Data: Student Usage And Perceptions Of Oer, Aimee Denoyelles, John Raible

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Conference Proceedings from the 2021 Distance Teaching and Learning Conference.

The Impact Of Innovation In The New Era Of Space Exploration, Seetha Raghavan

UCF Forum

Every once in a while, a confluence of discoveries, events and initiatives results in a breakthrough so significant that it propels the entire world to a higher level, redefining what is possible in so many different fields. This breakthrough is taking centerstage now, as the new era of space exploration — catalyzed by increasing launch access — dawns upon us. The surge of innovation that comes with this will create new opportunities and inspire the next generation of doers. When this happens, boundaries between scientific and social impact are blurred. Innovation leading to scientific discovery can benefit society in the …

The Scoop, Vol. 8 Issue 5, August 2021, Health Sciences Library

Volume 8

Latest news and updates from the Health Sciences Library in our monthly newsletter for August 2021.

Covid-19: A 'Perfect Storm' For The Hospitality Sector, Arthur Huang

Rosen Research Review

Fear of infection, strict stay-at-home-orders (SAHOs), and mandated business closures have all combined to severely disrupt supply and demand for many businesses. As a result, COVID-19 devastated the hospitality industry in a way unlike any other. Dr. Arthur Huang of the Rosen College of Hospitality Management and his colleagues assessed the effects of state and local intervention policies on the hospitality industry through the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Bloom To Bust: Harmful Algae Blooms And Their Impacts On The Waterfront Economy, Sergio Alvarez

Rosen Research Review

The true costs of harmful algae blooms (HABs) and the mechanics that determine their socio-economic impacts are for the most part unknown. Florida’s 2017–2019 red tide (Karenia brevis) bloom is a historical case study of the ever-growing threats to coastal welfare posed by HABs. A new research project at Rosen College of Hospitality Management has this at its heart. The central objective of the project is the identification of direct, indirect, and induced socioeconomic impacts caused by the 2017–2019 K. brevis bloom in Florida.

Valuing The Negative Impacts Of Harmful Algae Blooms, Sergio Alvarez

Rosen Research Review

Ecological disturbances can impact several ecosystem services, including cultural services such as outdoor recreation opportunities. In Florida, one ecological disturbance that is negatively impacting recreation is the occurrence of harmful algae blooms. In recent work, Dr. Sergio Alvarez at UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management has assessed the impact that harmful algae blooms have on human wellbeing by using random utility models to estimate changes in the value of recreation in coastal ecosystems resulting from these blooms. The results indicate that harmful algae blooms, which reduced boating access between June and September 2018, may have resulted in losses of up …

Tourism Competitiveness And Human Development, Robertico Croes, Jorge Ridderstaat, Valeriya Shapoval

Rosen Research Review

What motivates tourists to choose one destination over another and how does tourism impact those who live in tourist areas? As more parts of the world begin to reopen after the devastating health, social, and economic impacts they have suffered due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the time is right to consider the link between tourism competitiveness and human development. New research led by Rosen College's Associate Dean Dr. Robertico Croes, Dr. Jorge Ridderstaat and Dr. Valeriya Shapoval presents a new theory and typology.

Sustainability And Hospitality: People, Planet And Prosperity, Alan Fyall

Rosen Research Review

An interview with Jared Meyers, Chairman, Legacy Vacation Resorts, a Certified B Corporation, by Alan Fyall

Assessing Telemedicine Outcomes With Hospitality Principles, Wei Wei, Yunying (Susan) Zhong

Rosen Research Review

Hospitality as a concept has relevance across many industries of service provision, including the health care sector. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the way in which patients access health care from their service providers. In this study, Dr. Wei Wei and Dr. Yun Ying (Susan) Zhong build a predictive model outlining the most important factors in enabling patients to experience positive emotional outcomes during telemedicine encounters.

Responding In A Crisis: Pivoting To A Tele-Reference Service Model During Improbable Times, Sandy Avila, Richard Harrison, Sarah Norris, Min Tong

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This presentation was given at the virtual SEFLIN 2021 Conference, titled, "Whose Library is it Anyway: Improvisation in Improbable Times." The presentation was part of a concurrent breakout session that was held on July 29, 2021.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries’ Research & Information Services Department (RIS) implemented a virtual reference service called Tele-Reference providing a safe alternative to in-person reference desk service. This session will explore how the UCF Libraries RIS Department pivoted during the public health crisis and examined reference services to meet the needs of the community. It will highlight the …

Small Things, Alexandra Byron

Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities

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Supporting Equity, Diversity And Inclusion In The Library, Sai Deng

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This session discusses Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in the library context. EDI are fundamental values of the library profession and community. The session addresses EDI cases and resources covering various library activities, including library retention, strategies and statements, access services, collection development and metadata creation. It especially focuses on metadata and resource description, as well as introduce the Inclusive Metadata & Conscious Editing Resources List of the Sunshine State Digital Network (SSDN). The purpose is to generate more awareness, interest, and discussion in the library, and create a more inclusive and diversified environment for the library and its served …

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Reviews of Redford, Billion-Dollar Sandbar: A Biography of Miami Beach, by Kathryn Hall Proby; Dean, The Tampa of My Childhood, 1897-1907, and On St. Andrews Bay, 1911-1917: A Sequel, by John D. Ware; Ford, A Comparison of Formative Cultures in the Americas: Diffusion or the Psychic Unity of Man, by William R. Bullard, Jr.; Huck and Moseley (eds.), Militarists, Merchants, and Missionaries, by Donald E. Worcester; McDermott, Frenchmen and French Ways in the Mississippi Valley, by William S. Coker; Brown, The Good Americans: The Loyalists in the American Revolution, by Robert M. Calhoon; Owsley (ed.), The South: Old and New …

Sidney J. Catts: The Road To Power, Wayne Flynt

Florida Historical Quarterly

The South produced a bumper crop of political demagogues between 1890 and 1920. This unparalleled but dubious array of luminaries included James E. Ferguson of Texas, Huey Long of Louisiana, James K. Vardaman and Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi, Tom Heflin of Alabama, Tom Watson of Georgia, Cole Blease, “Cotton” Ed Smith, and Ben Tillman of South Carolina, as well as many others. These politicos broke the back of conservative Bourbonism with their emotional appeals to the religious and racial intolerance of the newly powerful masses of voters. Once in office they frequently championed social and economic reform such as the …

Florida History In Periodicals, 1969, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

This selected bibliography includes scholarly articles in the field of Florida history, archaeology, geography, and anthropology published in state, regional, and national periodicals in 1969. Articles, notes, and documents which have appeared in the Florida Historical Quarterly are not included in this listing since they appear in the annual index of each volume. A few articles with a peripheral interest to Florida have also been included. Since some journals were not published on schedule in 1968, articles from them were not included in the list published in the July 1969 issue of the Quarterly. The present listing includes these journals …

Educating The Seminole Indians Of Florida, 1879-1970, Harry A. Kersey, Jr.

Florida Historical Quarterly

It was not until the 1920s that Seminole Indian children in Florida began to attend federal and public schools on a regular basis. The Seminoles were among the last tribes to accept the benefits of public school education. Much of the basis for this long resistance is found in the cultural and geographic isolation of the Seminoles. Following a series of devastating confrontations with the government between 1817 and 1858, collectively known as the Seminole Wars, most of the Seminoles who had not been killed were sent to the Indian Territory in Oklahoma. Those few Indians who remained in Florida …

Sanibel Island And Its Vicinity, 1833, A Document, E. A. Hammond

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Gulf Coast lying south of Charlotte Harbor was slow to yield to the advances of the white man’s culture. Its contours are irregular, broken by hundreds of indentations and held together by congeries of islands and keys almost too numerous to be charted and labeled. Only in recent years have surveyors and cartographers been able to map the area with reliable accuracy and correct some of the errors resulting from the incomplete observations of the early explorers. A confusion of geographical designation continues to plague the modern historian. Rivers noted by earlier writers appear now to have been mere …

Plant's Lieutenants, Dudley S. Johnson

Florida Historical Quarterly

Henry Bradley Plant, native of Connecticut and owner of the Southern Express Company, successfully developed a rail network from the Georgia line to Charlotte Harbor. One of his lines was the first to reach the small, backwater village of Tampa where he built the lavish Tampa Bay Hotel in 1891. He also bought or constructed hotels in Port Tampa, Beleair, Punta Gorda, Ocala, Kissimmee, and Winter Park. He established a steamship line to Havana, Cuba, with stops at various ports along the West coast of Florida and at Key West, and his riverboats operated on the St. Johns, the Apalachicola, …

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Reviews of Brooks, From Saddlebags to Satellites: A History of Florida Methodism, by Walter B. Posey; Brown, Amphibious Campaign for West Florida and Louisiana, 1814-1815: Critical Review of Strategy and Tactics at New Orleans, by Frank L. Owsley, Jr.; Gold, Borderland Empires in Transition: Triple-Nation Transfer of Florida, by John J. TePaske; Will, Swamp to Sugar Bowl: Pioneer Days in Belle Glade, by Jeanne Bellamy; Richards, Florida’s Hibiscus City: Vero Beach, by Ernest F. Lyons; Woodward, Pocahontas, by Robert R. Rea; Rogers, Jr., Charleston in the Age of the Pinckneys, by Ernest M. Lander, Jr.; Royall (ed. by Griffith), Letters …

"A Tale To Tell From Paradise Itself", George Bancroft's Letters From Florida, March 1855, Patricia Clark

Florida Historical Quarterly

Although the development of Florida as a resort for wealthy northern vacationers saw a product of the post-Civil War era, the decade preceding the war was the beginning of a modest influx of travelers, particularly to the northeast region which bordered on the St. Johns River and its tributaries. The subtropical climate, which proved to have a beneficial effect on those suffering mainly with chronic respiratory and bronchial ailments, lured the invalid, while the variety of bird and animal life attracted the hunters. In addition, there were the inveterate travelers-those disposed to adventure or goaded by curiosity as to customs …

Lizzie Brown's Tallahassee, Bertram H. Groene

Florida Historical Quarterly

Francis Elizabeth Brown, born in 1818, was the oldest daughter of Thomas Brown, governor of Florida from 1849 to 1853. In the winter of 1827-1828 her father, a dispirited Virginia planter, organized a caravan to move his family from his Rappahannock River farm to Leon County, Florida, some 800 miles away. Brown packed ten year old Lizzie, as Francis Elizabeth was affectionately known, her mother, her brother Jackson, and her three sisters, Mary, Mag, and Ginnie, into the family carriage. Followed by twenty planter friends and his 140 slaves, Brown led the party for two months through North and South …

Aspects Of The Development And Exploration Of The Forbes Purchase, John C. Upchurch

Florida Historical Quarterly

Attempts at land speculation have been common in the United States. In Florida an early attempt involved an immense tract of land known as the “Forbes Purchase.” This territory, situated in the north-central part of the state bordering the Gulf of Mexico, was the object of exploitation as a unit for approximately fifty-seven years, 1804-1861. First under the trading firm of Panton, Leslie and Company and its successor John Forbes and Company, and later under the Apalachicola Land Company, this practically virgin wilderness was explored, surveyed, and to a degree developed.