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In Memoriam: Lawrence Ulrich, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Lawrence Ulrich, a philosophy professor at UD for nearly 40 years and a central faculty member in a 1960s heresy trial on campus, died May 3.

Chicken Wings With A Side Of Challenges, Sarina Tacovic

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

University of Dayton’s Urban Teacher Academy helps feed teachers’ minds and appetites, with an extra serving of camaraderie.

173rd Commencement, Spring

Commencement Programs

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Educating The Whole Person: Materials From Our Mini Course, Michelle Hayford, Megan Donelson

Pilot Course: Educating the Whole Person

In this document, the instructors provide their own reflections on the course as well as teaching activities and student reflections.

Built Lives: Khwajasaras, Jouno-Karmis, And The Politics Of Non-Normative Kinship And Citizenship In South Asia, Salman Hussain, Simanti Dasgupta

Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Faculty Publications

This paper examines how relationships are ‘built’ among khwajasaras [non-normative non-binary persons] and female jouno karmis [sex workers] in two sites in Pakistan and India respectively. We focus on the non-normative nature of these relationships, first, to disassemble gender normativity itself; second, to argue that the colonial legacy of bureaucratic norming of kinship in South Asia, anchored in legal consanguinity and affinity on one hand, and territory and patriarchy on the other, erases these found relationships. Finally, in formulating what we term, ‘relative kinship’ –authenticating one's identity and belonging as a citizen typically through a male kin –we trace the …

College Appoints New Endowed Chairs In Humanities, Arts And Languages, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The UD College of Arts and Sciences appointed two endowed chairs who will provide leadership in bringing greater visibility to the arts, languages and humanities.

Charles I, The Controller Of Catholicism, Emma Donnelly

Marian Library Blog Archive

One 17th-century Bible can illuminate how King Charles I of Great Britain used Catholicism as a means to achieve territorial unity and dominance during a time of religious turmoil and violence.

Breaking A Bad Stigma: Breaking Bad And The Need For Dynamic Fatherhood Roles To Overrule Historical Stereotypes, Ella Bellflower

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

Editor's note: This paper is the recipient of the Best-Researched Argument award.

The overarching theme of my English 114 course focused on the depiction of family in popular culture. Thus, the final research project required me to research some aspect of family in American or popular culture, which led to my decision to analyze the 2008 television series Breaking Bad. My initial research question sought to answer how fatherhood was depicted in the show. However, I was unable to find much research on the show in general, leading me to choose a more physical and psychological route. I came …

Six Ud Students Receive 2023 Mcgrath Award For Research In Catholic Intellectual Traditions, Bridgett Dillenburger

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Six UD students received Fr. Jack McGrath, S.M., Awards for Research in Catholic Intellectual Traditions at the annual Catholic Intellectual Tradition symposium.

Doc 2023-05 Use And Administration Of The Student Feedback Tool, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate. Executive Committee

Senate Documents

Legislative Authority

The 2014 SET Policy was to be reviewed after a period of five years. The Academic Senate in collaboration with the Learning Teaching Center and with robust consultation with faculty and students (including the Student Government Association) reviewed the policies related to the student evaluation of teaching from 2018 through 2023. This new policy is designed to replace existing policies, establishing one comprehensive policy related to student evaluation of teaching.

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Senate Documents

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RATIONALE: The 2014 SET policy was to be reviewed after a period of five years. The Academic Senate in collaboration with the Learning Teaching Center and with robust consultation with faculty and students (including the Student Government Association) reviewed the policies related to the student evaluation of teaching from 2018 through 2023. This new policy is designed to replace existing policies, establishing one comprehensive policy related to student evaluation of teaching.

Minutes, April 2023, University Of Dayton. College Of Arts And Sciences

Documents of the College of Arts and Sciences Academic Affairs Committee

Minutes from organizational meeting for Academic Affairs Committee

Capital Embodiment: White Beauty And Bodies In Sally Rooney’S Conversations With Friends, Josie K. Forsthoff

Honors Theses

Beauty standards that have long been understood by feminist theorists as sexist also have a history of being rooted in racism. By reproducing the white, slender representations of beauty uncritically, authors potentially perpetuate the racist, classist, and sexist hierarchies in which our cultural norms are rooted. Popular, contemporary author Sally Rooney consciously writes about the privileges of wealth but fails to write in the same way about the capital of beauty and slender bodies. My literary analysis focuses on the political power and implications of the white beauty and embodiment of Frances in her debut novel from 2017. Rooney’s representation …

Faces Of Faith: Monastic Identity And Protestant Theology In The Swiss Reformation, Kevin O'Gorman

Honors Theses

Religious orders were ever-present in medieval life. Their influence was not limited just to the pulpit and the physical area around monasteries but extended into the daily life of entire kingdoms. Each religious community was unique in the interpretation and expression of its Rule of life, both between and within orders. During the Reformation, religious communities faced pressure from newly converted Protestant authorities alongside theological conversations within their own walls. New Protestant theologies carried with them anti-monastic ideas that challenged religious communities to fundamentally reexamine their lives. Nowhere were these choices as complicated as in Switzerland, where monks and nuns …

Anxious Attachment As A Mediator Between Adverse Childhood Experiences And Relationship Satisfaction, Rachel Banks

Honors Theses

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that occur in childhood. Items considered to be ACEs can include physical abuse, neglect, or negative issues occurring in a household. These traumatic occurrences have been shown to cause physical health and behavioral issues among individuals later in life, more so when an individual has experienced multiple ACE events. Additionally, behavioral issues caused by ACEs could lead to complications in developing healthy attachment styles in their relationships with family and peers. An attachment style is molded throughout childhood, usually by one’s relationship with their guardians and how they were raised. Attachment style determines …

Othering The Brother: Toward A Sibling-Oriented Ethics Of Care, William Bryant

Honors Theses

This project is an examination of issues of childcare, gendered responsibilities, and family identity informed by feminist and queer theory. As the second oldest in a family of eight, I have always understood myself primarily as a big brother. Rooted in this experience, this project is an exploration of feminist care ethics as they pertain to existing family structures. I review and build upon feminist conversations surrounding the family, especially concerning motherhood. Then, working with more recent queer and trans discourse, I explore how different familial care practices have been limited, reconfigured, or erased under dominant cis-heteronormative notions of care. …

Cross-Cultural Educational Exchanges For Peace Through Common Humanity, Katelyn G. Jutras

Honors Theses

How do human connections from cross-cultural educational exchanges promote peace and understanding? Authentic personal connections can lead to deeper cultural understanding and awareness. This type of human connection can lead to peace. Many cross-cultural educational exchanges, such as Fulbright, were created to promote peace and understanding. Cross-cultural educational exchanges now take on more forms due to increases in the ability to share knowledge which supplies more opportunities for conflict and misunderstanding or peace and understanding. Due to this, it is important to have students participate in cross-cultural educational experiences to create personal connections to understand cultural differences better. This experience …

The Impacts Of Covid-19 On Kindergarten Readiness Skills In Preschoolers, Jacquelyn S. Lavigne

Honors Theses

Preschool in the US is an important, but costly affair for many children. Roberts and Bryant (2011) found that preschoolers who live in homes with a low socioeconomic status (SES) are less likely to perform highly on measures of kindergarten readiness than their peers who come from homes with a higher SES. Previous research has demonstrated that there is a significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related school closures on children’s academic performance in school. However, there is little that is known about the impact of the pandemic on school readiness skills among children who live in homes with …

The Generic Flamboyance Of Muriel Spark, Tess Poe-Slade

Honors Theses

In her 1970 speech, “The Desegregation of Art” Scottish author Muriel Spark suggests that art has become overly sentimental and ultimately ineffective in its aims of social change. While scholars have used this speech to understand the importance of humor in Spark’s work, unexplored has been the use of genre as a means of social critique. In analyzing Spark’s novellas The Public Image and The Driver’s Seat, I argue that Spark uses archetypes to demonstrate the limited agency of women and the disturbing implications of all too familiar conventions.

Program: Dido & Aeneas, University Of Dayton

Dance and Theater Programs

Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas dramatizes a tiny portion of Virgil’s epic poem, The Aeneid.

Healing Communities Through Art, Angelic Edwards-Rojas

Marian Library Blog Archive

In a conversation with art professor Darden Bradshaw, award-winning artist, author, activist and storyteller Brother Mickey McGrath shares the messages of healing and redemption behind some of his paintings.

2023 Library Awards, University Of Dayton

University Libraries Blog Archive

The Libraries honor junior Iyana Higgins, senior Tori Miller and graduate student Sabin Satheesh with the 2023 Library Awards.

Ethics And Leadership Internship Leads To Part-Time Job At Thinktv For Ud Student, Lucy Waskiewicz

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Colleen Duffy's Ethics and Leadership Internship at Dayton PBS station ThinkTV was so successful it turned into a part-time job.

Who's Publishing What: The Frugal Editor, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

The third edition of Carolyn Howard-Johnson's The Frugal Editor: Do-It-Yourself Editing Secrets, includes new information on topics that change quickly in the English language and publishing worlds.

Creche Herald Vol. 27, No. 1, Rita B. Bocher

Creche Herald

The Spring 2023 publication features nativity sets and personal reflections from members in the organization; information about nativities and nativity exhibits; and information about the Friends of the Creche annual meeting.

University Of Dayton Magazine, Spring 2023, University Of Dayton

University of Dayton Alumni Publications

The University of Dayton Magazine is published quarterly by the Office of University Marketing and Communications for alumni, parents, students, faculty/staff, trustees and other friends of UD.

The Marianists’ History Of The Evolution Of Ud’S Center For Christian Renewal, The Institute For Pastoral Initiatives And Contribution To The Mission Of The Catholic Church (1972-2023), Angela Ann Zukowski

Documents and Publications of the Institute for Pastoral Initiatives

In 1972, the Marianists established the Marianist Institute for Christian Renewal, later called the Center for Christian Renewal (CCR), under the auspices of the University of Dayton. The goal of the Center was to be a bridge between the University and the Catholic Church in dialogue and pastoral service. During the next fifty years to the present, the centers and institutes established under the initial CCR connected the University with the Catholic Church in the spirit and charism of the Marianist tradition. The areas of connection include support for social justice issues in Africa and West Dayton; Catholic elementary …

Program: Memoirs, University Of Dayton

Dance and Theater Programs

Five performances featuring the UD Dance Ensemble, DCDC2 and other members of the University of Dayton Theatre, Dance and Performance Technology program.

Doctoral Student Receives Cross Award For Commitment To Equity, Community Engagement, Bridgett Dillenburger

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

UD doctoral student Ashley Wright was honored for her commitment to academic innovation in the areas of equity, community engagement and teaching.

The Impact Of A Canine-Assisted Reading Program On Readers Needing Extra Practice, Amanda N. Coffman, Elana Bernstein, Susan C. Davies, Ann F. Justice

Counselor Education and Human Services Faculty Publications

Canines can provide emotional support, create a nonjudgmental environment, facilitate positive social interactions, and shape student behavior. This study investigated the impact of a canine-assisted reading program on four second-grade students' reading fluency and attitudes toward reading. Oral reading fluency (ORF) was measured using ORF probes, and students' attitudes toward reading were measured with the Elementary Reading Attitude Survey. Although ORF skills did not improve significantly following the program, students' attitudes toward reading did. Implications regarding innovative strategies for reading fluency programs, including canine-assisted methods, are discussed, with emphasis on the importance of maintaining reading enjoyment among readers needing extra …