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The 'Nayirah' Effect: The Role Of Target States’ Human Rights Violations And Victims’ Emotive Images In War Support, Joseph Braun, Kiyoung Chang

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

When a target state violates human rights, how does the identity of the victims and the presence of emotive imagery affect the level of public support for interventionist war? How does the perceived race and gender of victims affect this relationship? We employ a survey experiment to study whether and when information about a target state’s human rights violations affects public attitudes toward the use of force. Specifically, we manipulate a fictional victim’s race (light-skinned vs. dark-skinned) and gender (male vs. female), and explore how these variations affect support for interventionist war. In our experiment, we find that war support …

Transformations Of Free Movement: Syrian Refugee Rights Within Neoliberal Signal Territories, Jordan Hayes

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

Alongside representations of the fractious civil conflict in Syria, our media frequently depict victims of forced displacement using their smartphones. In October 2015, Time published images of refugees taking selfies after making the journey from the Turkish coast to Lesbos, Greece. These images show refugees using mobile devices to enjoy human rights like the freedoms of expression and movement. Absent is the state sanction implied by UN compacts such as the 1951 Refugee Convention.

This paper situates these representations, recent scholarship, and my own fieldwork with Syrian refugees sheltering in the Kurdish Region of Iraq within an analysis of human …

Creating Lasting Change, University Of Dayton

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University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina will serve on the inaugural CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ Presidents' Circle, which will work to create lasting change on college campuses around the country.

Out Of The Prison And Onto The Streets: The Trafficking Of Incarcerated Women (A Trans-Disciplinary Media Research Project), Mei-Ling Mcnamara

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

Women are being actively targeted for the sex trafficking trade within US prisons and are recruited by a network of fellow inmates who are given "finders fees" for supplying victims. In prisons from Florida to North Carolina, Ohio to Massachusetts, women are promised housing and food in exchange for work upon release but instead are deceived and prostituted for the human trafficking trade. Some traffickers stalk their victims through public-access profiles from statewide prison websites, then groom them over months through correspondence and phone calls.

Inside the largest women’s prison in the United States, the Florida Lowell Correctional Institution, officers …

Scholars And Athletes, University Of Dayton

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The University of Dayton leads all Ohio Division I universities and ranks 36th nationally for graduating student-athletes, according to the latest NCAA Graduation Success Rate figures released Nov. 8

A Gift That Keeps Giving, University Of Dayton

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Future teachers, pastoral ministers and musicians in need of help to fund their University of Dayton educations will receive a boost thanks to a generous gift that will fund scholarships in those areas.

The anonymous donor's contribution establishes an endowed scholarship fund in honor of the Sisters of the Precious Blood, who are based in Dayton and many of whom received University of Dayton degrees in teacher education, pastoral ministry and music.

Construction Of The Victims Of Human Rights Violation: The Case Of The Erased Residents Of Slovenia, Barbara Gornik

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

In 1992, during the process of gaining national independence, the Slovenian government unlawfully erased 25,671 individuals, mainly citizens of other republics of former Yugoslavia,from the Slovenian Register of Permanent Residents. These individuals, who later become known as the erased, became irregular foreigners; nevertheless, many of them continued to live in Slovenia for more than a decade without enjoying basic human rights.

In 2012 the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Kurić and others vs. Republic of Slovenia held unanimously that there had been a violation of the 8th, 13th and 14th Articles of the European Convention on …

Cross-National Coverage Of Cross-Border Transit Migration: A Community Structure Approach, John C. Pollock, Kevin O'Brien, Madison Ouellette, Maria Gottfried, Petra Kovacs, Lauren Longo, Taylor Hart-Mcgonigle

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

A community structure analysis (exploring variations in community/national demographics linked to differences in reporting on critical issues) compared cross-national coverage of cross-border transit migration through Mediterranean and Central European countries in leading newspapers, one per country, in 16 countries, analyzing all articles of 250 words or more from 10/01/14 to 11/01/15. The resulting 238 total articles were coded for “prominence” and “direction” (“government responsibility,” “society responsibility” — including foreign aid, or “balanced/neutral” coverage) and combined into composite “media vector” scores for each newspaper (range 0.1132 to -0.2785, a total range of .3917). A majority of 12 of 16 (75%) of …

Building Academic/Practitioner Teams For Human Rights Projects: Examples, Lessons Learned, And Pitfalls To Avoid, Theresa Harris

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

Academics are increasingly interested in getting out of their classrooms and labs to contribute their knowledge, expertise, and resources to help communities develop evidence-based policies. In addition to post-election initiatives such as the March for Science and 314 Action, many academics are joining “without borders”-type programs and organizations that connect academics with opportunities to volunteer their time and talents for “social good.”

One of the longest-running of these is On-call Scientists, an initiative of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) that connects human rights organizations with pro bono scientists across all fields — life, physical, behavioral, and …

Sustainability Graduate Certificate, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The University of Dayton will launch a graduate certificate in sustainability studies in January, expanding the College of Arts and Science's recently created sustainability studies program beyond the sustainability, energy and the environment minor established in 2010.

Rotc Students Engage Globally, Clare Gallagher

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Nine University of Dayton U.S. Army ROTC student cadets spent three weeks abroad this summer to learn how to effectively communicate and see how the military is engaged across the globe.

"Grease" Is The Word At Ud, Aaron Alford

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The University of Dayton will present the musical Grease Nov. 10-12 in the Kennedy Union Boll Theatre on campus. Set in 1958, the musical enjoyed a successful 1970s Broadway run and several revivals. It was adapted into a 1978 feature film.

Laser Focused Research, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The National Science Foundation has awarded University of Dayton researcher Andy Chong $302,700 to create the next generation of pulsed lasers for hospitals and clinics.

International Research, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

There's not an obvious connection between water and information technology - unless you ask Simanti Dasgupta.

A Leg Up On The Competition, University Of Dayton

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Big Four accounting firm EY is partnering with the University of Dayton to prepare students for the corporate world and provide them internship opportunities.

Flyer Pitch In Asia, University Of Dayton

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Two business ideas focused on technology won the opening rounds in China and Vietnam of the University of Dayton Flyer Pitch competition, one of the largest international business plan contests at the collegiate level.

A Passion For Human Rights Research, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

University of Dayton alumna Kata Lucas '12 credits the University's human rights studies program for sparking her interest in the Bosnian war and also encouraging her to question some of her family's views on the 3-year conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was settled in November 1995 by the Dayton Peace Accords.

International Research, University Of Dayton

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There’s not an obvious connection between water and information technology — unless you ask Simanti Dasgupta.

Social Impact Of Economic Development Initiatives On Women’S Empowerment A Case Study In Northern Malawi, Alexandra Altomare

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This study evaluates the effectiveness of these two programs during the summer of 2016 by wealth surveys and individual quantitative interview of participants. In the interviews, women were asked about their experience in the program, revealing indications of empowerment. The levels of women's empowerment proved to be the more positive results. The women showed high levels of self-confidence, autonomy in decision making, positive partner relationship, challenging gender norms, and perceived empowerment. Perceived empowerment and confidence was a stronger indicator of the effectiveness of these programs.

2017 Conference Program, University Of Dayton Human Rights Center

Human Rights Program Documents

We come together at a challenging time. Sixty-five million forcibly displaced persons. More than forty million slaves. Democracy under attack. Nuclear weapons, ethnic cleansing, ecological disasters and racial injustice headlining the news. The resurgence of a hardline, nativist intolerance around the world. While there are many threats to the realization of universal human rights, there are many powerful tools we can use to confront these dangers. Chief among these is our growing ability to come together, to communicate, to collaborate.

The University of Dayton — a Catholic, Marianist research university — long has been a center of programming, dialogue and …

Christmas On Campus, University Of Dayton

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University of Dayton students will transform the campus into a holiday playland for local children during the 54th annual Christmas on Campus Friday, Dec. 8.

More than 1,000 Dayton Public Schools students are expected to attend. Each child will be paired with a UD undergraduate for crafts, a carnival, performances and more.

An Overflowing Glass, Bonnie Jean Feldkamp

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

If the glass is half full, then my house is half clean. I'm an optimist who chases a toddler around all day. I follow him into the kitchen and while he pulls the potatoes out of the pantry, I wash a dish. I don't wash every dish because I then follow him into the bedroom where he puts a potato in his dad's pants drawer and I pick up the laundry. The laundry is the easy part.

New Life For Old River Park, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Dayton's Old River Park served for more than a half-century as a recreational area for NCR employees and their families, leaving generations of local residents with warm memories of picnics, band concerts and canoe trips on its scenic lagoon.

Indigenous Women: Npac 2017, Will Van Winkle

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The University of Dayton's Native Peoples of the Americas Colloquium is an annual two-day forum focused on Native American culture and history. For more than 15 years the University has hosted speakers, performances and workshops to highlight Native American traditions and customs and to give voice to indigenous issues, perspectives and experiences.

Laser Focused Research, University Of Dayton

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The National Science Foundation has awarded University of Dayton researcher Andy Chong $302,700 to create the next generation of pulsed lasers for hospitals and clinics.

Deep Thoughts, University Of Dayton

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University of Dayton researcher Tarek Taha hopes his third National Science Foundation award is a charm in his quest to develop a brain-inspired computer chip that can learn by itself and be more secure, efficient and compact than current chips.

College Faculty In The News: October 25, 2017, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Jada Woods, political science and communication/journalism double major ('18) hosted a podcast series of recorded stories from citizens of Ferguson, Missouri based on interviews conducted by a cohort of University of Dayton students. Follow this and other recent media coverage of the service, research, scholarship and commentary of College of Arts and Sciences programs and their faculty.

Empowering Children, University Of Dayton

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A kindergartener was missing school. That’s all Michelle Sherman knew when she contacted the family. “It was a cold call,” she said. “I just said: I’m here to help.”

Sherman reached out as a family advocate with the University of Dayton’s Empowering Children with Hope and Opportunity (ECHO) program. Created 15 years ago, the program now serves 14 Catholic schools with more than 3,600 local children through counseling, crisis intervention, mentoring and curriculum that teaches empathy, emotional management and problem solving

Inclusive Excellence, University Of Dayton

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The University of Dayton Office of Diversity and Inclusion has launched a new website to communicate its ongoing efforts, initiatives and programming to promote diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the University.

Flyer Pitch, University Of Dayton

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Two University of Dayton seniors tied for first place in the Flyer Pitch competition first round with business ideas to improve the design of public sinks and offer drivers with electric cars easier access to solar-powered charging stations.

Entrepreneurship students Ben Pfeifer and Dallas DeBruin are among the 11 U.S.-based teams that will advance in the business plan contest. The international competition — among the largest at the collegiate level — awards $100,000 in cash prizes and $150,000 of in-kind support during six rounds in three cities.