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Prompted By Me. Generated By Chatgpt, David J. Gunkel

Human-Machine Communication

This essay—which is not only about human-machine collaboration but is a performance in human-machine collaboration—interrogates the shifting terrain of authorship and creativity in the age of generative artificial intelligence (GAI). Challenging both the instrumentalist view of technology and the romantic myth of the singular genius, it argues for a reconceptualization of creative production as distributed, dialogical, and co-constituted. Drawing on both theoretical innovations in poststructuralism and the practices of pre- and post-modern content creators, the essay repositions the algorithm not as a mere tool but as an active participant in the generation of meaning. In doing so, it exposes and …

Being And Becoming In Human-Machine Communication: Core Commitments And Conceptual Foundations Of A Trans-Ontological Field, Autumn P. Edwards, Katrin Etzrodt

Human-Machine Communication

This introduction traces the emergence of Human-Machine Communication (HMC) as a distinct field centered on communication across ontological boundaries. Arguing that HMC is not merely about interacting with machines but about how communicative presence and legitimacy are constituted, the authors introduce the Act–Mean–Relate (AMR) paradigm to conceptualize how machines’ capacity for action, signification, and relation enable communication. HMC challenges human exceptionalism by shifting focus from internal states and categorical differences to symbolic and relational dynamics. It addresses the interpretive labor involved in making machine others intelligible and emphasizes communication as the co-construction of social reality. The article highlights tensions between …

Cnn's Portrayal Of The Build Back Better Act, Alexander J. Toj-Moody

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation post-2024

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of CNNs representation of the Build Back Better Act and its failure to pass senate reconciliation during the fall of 2021. The Build Back Better Act was a piece of legislation that intended to fix America’s social infrastructure, such as investing in education, the environment, expanded healthcare, etc. The bill ultimately failed and its replacement, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, cut numerous benefits that were proposed within the Build Back Better Act. Examination of broadcast transcripts during this period of time find an operationally liberal framing, though the focus …

Limitations Support Learning: A Design Based Study Of Ethically Scaffolded Generative Ai Tools For Long Form Argumentation And Metacognition, Lindsay Konradt

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation post-2024

This design‑based research study implemented and refined an instructional model that used generative AI (GAI) tools within a nine‑week AP Capstone Seminar argumentation unit. The model combined teacher feedback and modeling, structured reflection tasks (including AI‑assisted reflection), AI assisted editing, AI-assisted literature searches, and counterargument support using restricted chatbots. During the nine week period, responsibility for feedback moved from teacher and AI supported scaffolding to student driven writing practice and revision. Data collection focus on four advanced high school students at a Florida public high school, including multiple drafts, GAI input and output logs, reflections, and pre‑ and post‑unit semi‑structured …

Student-Athlete Vs Athlete-Student: Differences In Athletic Retirement Expectations, Terrie L. Bradshaw

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation post-2024

The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological Dissertation in Practice was to define the terms student-athletes and athlete-student by discovering any differences in non-cognitive variables between the two groups. Additionally, this study attempted to identify any differences in career transition expectations between student-athletes and athlete-students. Thirteen NCAA athletes from various universities across the United States were included. With the use of one-on-one semi structured interviews, five themes emerged. The themes that emerged were 1) Both types of athletes attend college for different reasons. 2) Differences in level of commitment. 3) Both types of athletes strive for academic success. 4) Different expectations …

A Case Study Of Grades 3-4 English Language Arts Teachers' Interpretations Of Educational Policy And Their Pedagogical Choices In Literacy Instruction, Priscilla Develder

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation post-2024

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how elementary school teachers in a Florida public school district made sense of Florida’s House Bill 1467: K-12 Education (HB 1467) and how their interpretations shaped their reading and writing pedagogy. Guided by Karl Weick’s (1995) Sensemaking Theory as a theoretical lens for understanding these interpretations, the study examined how teachers navigated the complexities of policy implementation within the context of their daily classroom experiences. Participants included six third- and fourth-grade English Language Arts (ELA) teachers from four elementary schools within a Florida public school district. Data was collected …

Emojis As Text Technology: Between Visual Paradigm And Cultural Revolution, Hanan Hafiz

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation post-2024

Emojis, as a broader communication phenomenon, have gained widespread usage, significant adaptation, and considerable academic attention due to their role in providing semiotic cues and online gestures within computer-mediated communication. This study aims to trace their development and evolution using the text technologies framework. This approach examines the systematic use of emojis, with particular emphasis on their extensive evolution by historically contextualizing their usage, trends, and cultural interactions. Anchored in this conceptual approach, the study draws on the taxonomy of text technology developed by Treharne and Willan, analyzing the evolution of emojis through four key dimensions: intentionality, materiality, functionality, and …

Bridging Data Gaps And Forecasting Challenges In Water Quality Monitoring Using Deep Learning, Rohan Gudla

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation post-2024

Reliable water quality monitoring is critical for protecting public health and enabling sustainable environmental management. However, high rates of missing data often exceed 40% due to sensor failures and operational disruptions severely undermine the utility of environmental monitoring systems. To address this challenge, this thesis presents a three-stage deep learning framework designed to enhance the accuracy and resilience of water quality forecasting. First, a Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory model with Attention and Autoencoder Modules (BiLSTM-AAM) is introduced to impute long, irregular gaps in multivariate time series. Applied to real-world data from the St. Lucie River Basin, the model achieved a …

Enhancing Intelligent Transportation Systems: Scalability, Emulation, And Applications Of V2x Communication For Connected And Autonomous Vehicles, Ghayoor Shah

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation post-2024

The integration of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication is a key advancement for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs), enhancing the safety, efficiency, and intelligence of modern Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). While Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) rely heavily on onboard sensor data for situational awareness, they remain limited in non-line-of-sight scenarios, which can lead to critical driver errors and accidents. V2X communication extends this awareness by enabling real-time exchange of information beyond sensor range, improving decision-making and reducing collisions.

Two primary V2X technologies are Dedicated Short-Range Communication (DSRC) and Cellular-V2X (C-V2X). While DSRC, based on IEEE 802.11p, was initially prominent in research, C-V2X, standardized …

American Muslim Women’S Experiences With Pregnancy And Childbirth In The United States Healthcare System, Salema Mohamed

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation post-2024

Muslim women adhere to specific religious beliefs and practices, which can inform their healthcare decisions and requirements during pregnancy and childbirth. Despite an increase in the Muslim population in the U.S., there is currently limited research on Muslim women's maternity care and experiences. To address the gaps in knowledge, this study explored Muslim women’s experiences with pregnancy and childbirth in the U.S. Data consists of interviews from 20 Muslim women who had pregnancy and childbirth in the U.S. A thematic analysis was used to analyze and report the findings. The findings revealed that modesty was a significant concern during pregnancy …

“Rights Not Rescue”: How Stigma Influences Harmful Legislation Toward Sex Workers In The Deep South, Abigail Mckenzie Conover

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation post-2024

In the United States, while prostitution or sex work is not explicitly illegal at a federal level, certain characteristics have been criminalized, mainly in indirect ways. This is significant when considering the different ways that sex work is regarded (both positively and negatively) at an institutional level. The current study examines the potential correlation between structural/institutional stigma regarding sex work/sex workers and legislation meant to directly or indirectly harm sex workers. The overall goal of this research was to answer the following question: How does structural/institutional stigma against sex workers present itself in legislation? To accomplish this, I conducted a …

Chromatographic Developments For The Analysis Of Toxic Organic Chemicals In The Environment And Food Samples, Stephanie Devi Nauth

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation post-2024

As awareness grows about compounds harmful to human health, the need for sensitive detection methods at low concentration levels becomes increasingly critical. Chromatography is a powerful analytical technique that enables the separation of complex mixtures, allowing for the simultaneous analysis of multiple analytes—even at trace levels. This dissertation applies chromatography in two distinct contexts: (1) Investigating the sorption of polycyclic aromatic sulfur heterocycles (PASHs) onto nylon microplastics; and (2) Detecting illegal dyes in various food matrices.

Microplastics have emerged as significant vectors for transporting pollutants into aquatic ecosystems. Due to their hydrophobic nature, many organic pollutants readily sorb onto microplastics …

Pride Or Prejudice: An Examination Of Queer Content In Florida High Schools, Niamh L. Harrop

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation post-2024

This thesis explores how queer individuals reflect on the presence—or more often, the absence—of queer content in their high school education. Despite increasing visibility of LGBTQ+ people in popular culture and legal reform, formal educational spaces remain largely heteronormative and cisnormative structured from a heterosexual and cisgender standpoint. Through a critical qualitative approach, this study draws on semi-structured interviews with 13 queer participants who attended high school in Florida in the years between the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015 and the passage of Florida’s H.B. 1557 (“Don’t Say Gay” law) in 2022. Using thematic analysis, four key themes were …

Ucf Pegasus Plan - 2nd Grade - Symbol Explorers: Discovering Us And Florida Symbols, Jessica L. Elliott, Hailey Smith, Therissa Leo, Julia Cecelia, Fredrieka Clemons

Pegasus Plans: Social Studies Unit Plans for Florida Teachers

During this unit, students will identify essential American and Florida symbols and the symbolic meaning behind what they represent through hands on experiences, visual lectures, and exploratory projects. The students will participate in whole group and small group discussions along with actively engage in several comprehensive opportunities.

Teachers' Feedback And Students' Emotional Wellbeing In Writing Courses, Amar Bahadur Sherma

Journal of English Learner Education

While feedback is a corrective business in every sphere of human life, most students do not have a positive perception of teachers’ feedback. Previous studies have emphasized the relationship between students’ writing achievements and the effectiveness of teachers’ feedback. However, no substantial research on how teachers’ feedback affects students’ emotional well-being has been undertaken. This article examines the relationship between students’ understanding of their teachers’ feedback on their writing assignments and emotional wellbeing. Data was collected from (N = 63) Nepali undergraduate students through Google Forms. The Forms consisted of structured and unstructured questions. According to the data, a mismatch …

Irish Populism, Maxwell Woods

James Joyce Literary Supplement

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Irish Environmental Humanities, Emily Reiff

James Joyce Literary Supplement

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Joyce’S Genealogy, Ryan Kerr

James Joyce Literary Supplement

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Criticism By Other Means, Ericson Charlie

James Joyce Literary Supplement

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Applying Universal Design For Learning Strategies To Increase Student Engagement With Your Course Syllabus, Amy Sugar, Amanda Groff

Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository

Apply Universal Design for Learning to syllabi design.

Feeling Imposter Syndrome And Burnout? Time To Burn It Down And Get Back To Basics, Jordan Ruud, Jason D. Phillips

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Many librarians’ self-doubt is arguably at a high point, leading to a distorted self-image and low morale. Beginning with the foundational problems of impostor syndrome and burnout, this chapter proposes a return to basics as a strategy for overcoming these problems. Librarians and other information professionals besieged by uncertainty around their abilities and status can find a way back to professional fulfillment through “burning it down and starting over” – in essence, demolishing one’s received understanding of one’s role by taking conscious stock of one’s duties, setting reasonable personal goals, recalibrating expectations of oneself, and reconstituting one’s professional identity on …

Facilitation Of Historic Preservation In Parramore, Aiyana Gross

High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2025

The Parramore Speaks project is an initiative hosted by the UCF Public History Department designed to give agency back to the resident’s of Parramore by putting the preservation of their history back into their hands. Through a collaborated with the City of Orlando, RICHES and the PHC Internship, I had the unique opportunity to be a part of a team dedicated to preserving and sharing the endangered local histories of communities located here in Central Florida. I worked personally with the oral interviews and transcriptions for individuals such as Reggie McGill, Alzo J. Reddick, Walter Hawkins and Paul Perkins, tirelessly …

Market Signals And Price Setting: Unveiling Barometric Price Leader In The Hotel Sector, Sung W. Lee, Donna Quadri-Felitti, Ami Sharma, Seoki Lee

Journal of Hospitality Financial Management

This paper introduces the concept of barometric price leadership to the hotel sector, where a leading hotel sets prices that reflect demand and supply trends, guiding other hotels in the market to set their prices. While the significance of competitor-based pricing has been rec- ognized, the strategic influence of such price leaders on rivals' pricing has not been thor- oughly examined. This conceptual study delves into the existing literature to discuss the underpinnings and implications of such leadership, illustrating how prices portray vital mar- ket information. The study argues for the recognition and strategic importance of barometric price leaders in …

An Application Of The Abc Classification To A Comparative Analysis Of Financial Performance: A Case Of Listed Hotels In Thailand, Slisa Bhamornsathit

Journal of Hospitality Financial Management

The hotel industry in Thailand has benefited from an increase in tourism and a growth op- portunity from the free flow of trade and investment in the ASEAN region. This study inves- tigates the financial performance of hotel companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Thai- land during the 2011–2022 period. The ABC classification was applied to categorize a sam- ple of hotels based on revenue. The financial performance of the classified hotels was then examined using comparative ratio analysis. The results indicated that high-revenue hotels performed well in terms of profitability; medium-revenue hotels presented high efficiency in asset management, …

Assessing Multi-Hazard Risks And Impacts Of Compound Climate And Weather Extreme Events For Socio-Economic Risk Management, Javed Ali

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation post-2024

In recent decades, compound climate and weather extremes, events driven by multiple drivers such as precipitation, storm surge, river discharge, and waves, have increasingly affected coastal regions, causing severe impacts on human life, infrastructure, ecosystems, and economies. Traditional risk assessments often underestimate these compound events by focusing on individual drivers independently. This dissertation provides a systematic assessment of multi-hazard risks and socio-economic consequences associated with compound events in the coastal counties along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts. It introduces and applies a novel bottom-up impact-based methodology to assess the role of compound events in causing socio-economic losses in the …

Dynamic Ground Response Of Sandy Soils Under Vibratory Roller Compaction, Jorge Eliecer Ballesteros Ortega

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation post-2024

Vibratory roller compaction is a common technique for densifying granular materials in road construction, utilizing a combination of static and dynamic loads for greater efficiency. However, the vibrations generated during compaction activities can cause structural damage and human discomfort. This thesis investigates the dynamic ground response of sandy soils under vibratory roller compaction, aiming to predict the induced ground vibrations and deformations. Field tests were performed at different road construction sites in Central Florida by using geophones and settlement transducers to provide empirical support for the analysis. Finite element and finite difference models, implementing Hypoplasticity Sand and PM4Sand as constitutive …

A Deep Learning Framework For Last-Mile Delivery Enhancement Using Social Media, Valeria Laynes Fiascunari

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation post-2024

Over the past decade, people have been spending more time online. Almost anything can be done from a laptop or cellphone. This is one of the reasons why e-commerce has been in a constant boom, as it is easier to buy something online and have it delivered to the front door than to go to the store. As more people engage in this activity, e-commerce platforms' challenges are more complicated and need to be addressed faster. However, these challenges escape the company's scope when external factors influence the objective of optimized deliveries, for example, traffic issues or bad weather during …

Printability And Phase Transformation Of Selected Alloys Additively Manufactured By Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Thinh Huynh

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation post-2024

The integration of laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) to produce critical engineering components, aimed at achieving reduced weight and enhanced efficiency, has sparked significant interest in the field of additive manufacturing (AM). LPBF is highly desirable due to its rapid production capabilities, minimized material waste, and its ability to facilitate intricate engineering designs. The ongoing challenges associated with processing metals free of cracks while attaining high relative density remain central to advancing AM technology. This has led to a continued interest in alloy development for LPBF given the limited selection of alloys currently available. This study seeks to evaluate the …

The Elliptical Instability In Turbulent Flows: A Mechanistic Framework, David M. Smerina

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation post-2024

The conveyance of energy through the formation, interaction, and destruction of eddies over a wide range of spatial scales, from the largest scale where energy is injected to the smallest scales where the energy is dissipated through viscosity remains one of the most fundamental unsolved problems in fluid mechanics. This dissertation provides a comprehensive investigation spanning multiple flow regimes consisting of high-speed reacting flows and transitional boundary layer turbulence to establish the necessary conditions for turbulent flows to sustain cascades of energy to arbitrarily small scales while demonstrating how the nonlinear development of the elliptical instability leads to the emergence …

Pbwt-Based Methods For Biobank-Scale Haplotype Data Analysis, Pramesh Shakya

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation post-2024

Haplotype matching is the task of finding identical matching segments given a group of aligned genetic sequences. Haplotype matches play an important role as they represent biological phenomena. Long haplotype matching segments could indicate identity-by-descent segments showing some degree of genealogical relatedness between the individuals that the haplotypes belong to. Similarly, long segment matches that are adjacent to each other may indicate recombination events. Advanced genotyping technology has made it feasible for large numbers of individuals to be genotyped resulting in many biobanks across the world. This requires efficient algorithms that can analyze large amounts of genetic data.

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