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Insight On Female Genital Mutilation, Kara Shunnarah

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

This assignment was our third and final essay for this course; however, this essay is a continuation from my second essay in this class. Dr. Vorachek allowed us to pick any topic we felt we wanted to write about as long as it directly or indirectly related to gender. I had difficulty choosing at first, but then I began thinking about issues in our world and FGM stuck out to me. I first learned about FGM in high school, but never had the time for extensive research. I saw this assignment as an opportunity. Thus, I researched FGM, gathering information …

The Marian Library Newsletter: Issue No. 69, University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Marian Library Newsletter

Features:

• Ezio Anichini’s Litanie della Madonna (circa 1930-31)
• Director's report: A woodblock from the early 1700s, recently acquired in the Marian Library, became the subject of a student's undergraduate project, a summary of which also appears in this issue.
• Marian Library faculty and staff are supporting undergraduate courses with innovative instruction sessions, a recent one being for the course "Miracles, Mysticism, Madness, and Modernity" — a religion course taught by instructor and doctoral student Josh Wopata.

169th Commencement, Spring

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

April 27: National Babe Ruth Day, Will Sautter

University Libraries Blog Archive

Student staff member shares a short history on the baseball legend.

College Faculty In The News: April 10, 2019, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Dr. Shuang-ye Wu, Department of Geology, discussed the impact of climate change on the Midwest in a recent article in International Business Times. Follow this and other recent media coverage of the service, research, scholarship and commentary of College of Arts and Sciences programs and their faculty.

Mary In The News: April 11, 2019, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also, see International Marian Research Institute as well as Marian Library news and updates.

The Honeymoon Is Over, Debra Arbit

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

I wore a diaper on the airplane ride home from my honeymoon. Yup. You read that right. An adult diaper on the 8-hour, trans-Atlantic flight from Rome to Minneapolis with a Christmas day stop in Chicago. I was in seat 5B snuggled in between my newly minted husband and my dad. This, my friends, is what romantic dreams are made of.

When Imagination And Metaphor Soar: Poets As Writing Center Directors, Julie Moore, Shanna Powlus Wheeler

East Central Writing Centers Association 2019 Conference

We, Julie Moore and Shanna Powlus Wheeler, as published poets and writing center directors, propose a presentation in which we explore how we became “mindful of the relationship between creative work and academic work” (Bouquet and Eodice 4). Using the relationship between Dayton neighbors Paul Laurence Dunbar and the Wright brothers as inspiration, we will draw upon Wendell Berry’s argument that science and art are not “inherently at odds with one another . . . [for] ‘science’ means knowing and ‘art’ means doing . . . Out of school, the two are commonly inter-involved and naturally cooperative [even] in the …

Listening Across Experience: A Cultural Rhetorics Approach To Understanding Power Dynamics And Relationality Within A University Writing Center, Varshini Balaji, Marilee Brooks-Gillies, Kelin Hull, Kc Chan-Brose, James White

East Central Writing Centers Association 2019 Conference

Our project looks to the lived experiences of consultants, the assistant director, and director of our own University Writing Center (UWC) to conduct an institutional ethnography of our internal power structures and their impact on the everyday practices within the UWC. The stories of individuals within our community will provide us with a clearer understanding of the dynamics of our writing center, which can be valuable for other writing center communities to consider. A few central questions that panelists will discuss include: 1) How can we make visible the productive nature of power?, 2)How do we work with and against …

Orpheus, Spring 2019: Bound, University Of Dayton

Orpheus: UD's Literary and Artistic Magazine

No abstract provided.

Mortality In The 21st Century: A Cycle Of Short Stories On Death And The Afterlife, Rose A. Rucoba

Honors Theses

Every culture and religion around the world has different beliefs and theories about why humans die and whether or not there is something more beyond death. Authors such as Elizabeth Evans, Flannery O’Connor, and Stephanie Vaughn are three modern-day, impactful writers who have explored the themes of death and the afterlife in their own works. In response to these writers, I have completed a collection of four short stories and one novella that focuses on the themes of death and the afterlife. The stories are separate from each other and are told from different points of view, following a variety …

Music Therapists’ Knowledge Of And Attitudes Towards Sustainability: Instruments, Sarah Whitehouse

Honors Theses

Sustainability has become a common point of conversation and concern in today’s society. The purpose of this project was to explore salient issues, attitudes and practices in music therapy sustainability. Information was gathered through an in-depth review of the materials used in the make and manufacturing of commonly used instruments in music therapy practice. In addition, a survey was sent to music therapy professionals with the MT-BC (Music Therapist – Board Certified) credentials to ascertain current knowledge of and attitudes toward sustainability within the profession.

The Commodification Of Education And The Threat To Public Schools, Macey Berkley

Honors Theses

With the recent push to reform the United States Education system, public schools have become under siege. Education has shifted away from educating for moral democratic citizenship, a liberal arts curriculum, to education for meeting economic demands. The aims of education have changed, and it is clear that reforms made in the late nineteenth century still resonate in the public school system today. Therefore, public schools are at risk of extinction from privatizing movements and undercuts to public education funding. Examining the implications of progressive education in the late nineteenth century and studying many key figures such as John Dewey, …

Voices Raised, Issue 54, University Of Dayton. Women's Center

Women’s Center Newsletter

Newsletter editor: Anna Rose Redgate '20

In this issue:

• Community Forums Address Climate for Women Employees
• Confidential Advocates
• Women's Center Events
• Miryam Award
• Policy Interns
• Gender Equity Research Fellows
• Column by V. Denise James: Voices from Women's and Gender Studies
• Caring for Three Generations
• Other than Motherhood: A Conversation between a Mom and a Non-Mom
• From the Director's Desk: Lisa Borello

Lessons Learned From Observing Teaching Practices: The Case Of Ghana, Corinne Brion, Paula A. Cordeiro

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for providing a quality education for all by 2030. In order to achieve the SDGs and improve educational outcomes globally, it is essential to understand what teaching strategies teachers use and to comprehend if students are learning. The purpose of this study is 1) to understand what teaching pedagogies Ghanaian teachers use in their Low-Fee Private Schools (LFPSs); and 2) to determine whether students stay on task. Using the Stallings Snapshot Observation instrument, the researchers observed 19 class periods in numerous grades in four schools. Findings reveal that the teachers used a combination of …

Intentionally So: Morality In Children’S Literature, Anna Edwards

Honors Theses

There are tales that follow us from childhood and into adult life: they take the shape of children’s stories. Within these books there are moral lessons to be learned; often times these lessons are communicated through enchanting characters and strange settings. However, in addition to the morality that can be found in the pages of these texts, I believe there is also a morality surrounding their creation. More specifically, the way their authors approach their writing. By looking at the two works The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, a …

Intelligence And Interpersonal Functioning In Youth And Young Adults With Varying Levels Of Psychopathic And Callous-Unemotional Traits, Marie Feyche

Honors Theses

The current study examined 30 youth and young adults ages 12-21 who were receiving therapy services at South Community, Inc. The intelligence and interpersonal functioning of individuals with varying levels of psychopathic and callous-unemotional (CU) traits was studied. Although there are a variety of conceptualizations of psychopathy, this study used the Triarchic Model of Psychopathy (TriPM), which defines the three factors of psychopathy as boldness, meanness, and disinhibition. CU traits are a downward extension of psychopathy, overlapping with the meanness factor, and are embodied by an absence of guilt, remorse, and the expression of superficial emotion. “Successful” psychopathy is a …

Poverty Redemption: Why Those Affected Stay Affected, Claudia M. Hampel

Honors Theses

This paper looks at why those in poverty have not taken advantage of self-sufficiency programs that are offered through Miami Valley Works along with other self-sufficiency programs offered. This paper looks at the general reasons why those in poverty do not go through self-sufficiency programs, whether they chose not to participate or leave a program prior to completion. This paper delves into multiple factors that could contribute to why an individual would forgo to participate in the program or would choose to leave the program before completing it. The study examines how governmental policies, the culture of poverty, race, housing, …

Misreading The Hybrid Face: The Alienation Of Performed And Authentic Self In Danzy Senna’S Caucasia And Chang-Rae Lee’S Native Speaker, William E. Landers

Honors Theses

Race is epistemological. It shapes worldviews, conceptions of self, and interactions with society. It defines who belongs in the national community and who counts as fully human. The myth of whiteness as a homogenizing and nativist identity creates false personas around and within racialized others. These personas define non-white populations according to exclusionary stereotypes. These stereotypes, in turn, separate populations based on appearance and cultural practice. This thesis applies Critical Race Theory and comparative racialization tools to examine the historical implications of race on the conception of an authentic, or internally true, identity. These implications are illustrated by the dynamics …

The Vascular Flora Of Bill Yeck Park: Supporting The Conservation Of Local Biodiversity, Taylor Sparbanie

Honors Theses

Maintaining and fostering biodiversity is a critical component of natural areas management and conservation because of its known links to ecosystem function and stability. Identifying and documenting species through a floristic inventory is an important strategy for detecting the presence of rare or unique species, as well as invasive species that pose a threat to biodiversity. Bill Yeck Park is a 194-acre nature park maintained by Centerville-Washington Park District and is largely surrounded by residential areas. The goal of this project was to generate list of vascular plant species for Bill Yeck Park, a large park within the Centerville-Washington Township …

Ro Nita Hawes-Saunders To Receive Honorary Doctorate, University Of Dayton

News Releases

With approval of its board of trustees, the University of Dayton will bestow an honorary doctorate degree on Ro Nita Hawes-Saunders, CEO of the world-renowned Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, at spring commencement exercises Sunday, May 12, in the University of Dayton Arena.

Acing It, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

Listening to chemical engineering major Josh Romo talk about his efforts to create a renewable energy-powered refrigeration technology for use in developing countries, I flashed back to my own days in college and early in graduate school. Was I that poised? That self-assured? That aware that engineering could be used to change lives?

Play Ball!, Maureen Schlangen

University Libraries Blog Archive

Open baseball season with these treasures from the Miriam Jacobs collection.

College Faculty In The News: March 25, 2019, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Professor Messay Kedebe's recent article in Ethiopian News and Views discusses political divisions in Ethiopia. Follow this and other recent media coverage of the service, research, scholarship and commentary of College of Arts and Sciences programs and their faculty.

2019 Program: Honors Student Symposium, University Of Dayton. University Honors Program

Honors Student Symposium

No abstract provided.

Un Environmental Assembly, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Rebecca Potter, director of the University of Dayton sustainability studies program and associate professor of English, was a panelist discussing sustainable education last week at the United Nations Environmental Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya.

Researcher Speaks At United Nations Environmental Assembly About Sustainability Education, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Rebecca Potter, director of the University of Dayton sustainability studies program and associate professor of English, was a panelist discussing sustainable education last week at the United Nations Environmental Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya.

Ud In The News March 8-15, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Four faculty published three pieces in The Conversation highlighting research and expertise on pregnancy discrimination, St. Patrick's Day and fake charities. Athletic Business published a piece by sports management expert Peter Titlebaum about Dayton's role in March Madness. Rob Durkle, dean of admission and financial aid, explained how to figure out college costs to CollegeXpress.

Words Renewed, Worlds Reimagined, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The University of Dayton Department of English’s 17th annual LitFest will celebrate professor emeritus Herbert W. Martin, a nationally known poet, performer and scholarly expert on the late Dayton native Paul Laurence Dunbar — one of the first African-American poets to gain national recognition.

Mary In The News: March 11, 2019, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also, see International Marian Research Institute as well as Marian Library news and updates.