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Measuring Perceptions Of Various Forms Of Rehabilitation And Re-Entry Programs On Various Types Of Offenders And Reducing The Likelihood Of Recidivism: A Qualitative Study Of Criminal Justice Professionals In Ohio, Jasmine H. Riechmann

Honors Theses

Research suggests that rehabilitation and reentry programs reduce rates of recidivism for various types of offenders. The study, based on the constructivist paradigm, will use a phenomenological strategy to explain criminal justice professionals’ perceptions of rehabilitation and reentry programs. Participants with experience working with at-risk populations in Ohio were selected for inclusion in the study. Participant experiences and feedback were analyzed to answer the research questions posed in the study. Data collected from each interview and the researcher’s field notes were compared to identify themes.

The Multi-Sensory Design Of A Synesthete's Everyday Experience, Madeline M. Spicer

Honors Theses

Perception, which can be defined as becoming aware of occurrences in the world through the senses, is different for every person (Merriam-Webster). My thesis deals with perception in the form of a condition called synesthesia and the communication of this condition using graphic design. Synesthesia is a condition that involves the involuntary crossing of the senses, resulting in multi-sensory experiences every time a synesthete absorbs the world and visible language. Utilizing the field of graphic design, I created several projects to communicate my three goals of conducting research on synesthesia, sharing what I experience every day, and educating others about …

Coming To Terms With Legacies Of The Vietnam War, Paul Morrow, Shelley Inglis, University Of Dayton. Human Rights Center

Reports and Promotional Materials

This report is the result of a symposium convened by the University of Dayton Human Rights Center in October 2020. For their contributions to that symposium we thank the following speakers: Allison Varzally, Selika Ducksworth-Lawton, Yen Le Espiritu, Tom Grace, David Cortright, Cynthia Enloe, David Kieran, Patrick Hagopian, Scott Laderman, Andrew Bacevich, Chuck Searcy, Dang Quang Toan, Colleen Murphy, Katherine Gallagher, John Goines III, Ben Schrader, Susan Hammond, Bich-Ngoc Turner, and Tim Rieser. Heather Bowser, Đạt Duthịnh, Garett Reppenhagen, and Mike Boehm enriched the symposium by discussing experiences of advocacy around war legacies; we are particularly thankful for the chance …

Impact Of A Dialogic Reading Intervention On The Effectiveness Of Adaptive Magnitude Comparison Ebooks For Improving Young Children’S Magnitude Comparison Skills, Patrick C. Ehrman

Honors Theses

Dialogic reading interventions have been used successfully to increase literacy and language skills, including math language. This study aims to investigate whether a dialogic reading intervention will assist children with spatial and numerical magnitude comparison skills learned through a novel adaptive eBook designed to be read together by parents and children. We propose that a dialogic reading intervention used with an adaptive magnitude comparison eBook will improve children’s spatial and numerical magnitude comparison skills and general math skills compared to control groups. Preschool-aged children and their parents (N=27) were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: adaptive magnitude comparison eBooks …

90s Kids Know, Tina Beis, Katy Kelly

University Libraries Blog Archive

A new streaming video platform at UD features some '90s kid favorites and hundreds of other films to enrich the teaching and research experience.

Using A Culturally Proficient Leadership Lens To Effectively Serve Refugee Students, Corinne Brion

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

This teaching case study takes place in an American middle school and tells the story of Dorah, a refugee student from the Republic of Congo who experienced severe trauma. At Lincoln Middle School, the principal and her teachers encounter difficulties serving their refugee students adequately because of their lack of cultural proficiency. This case aims to help leaders in diverse contexts understand how to embrace and advocate for different cultures, beliefs, and norms to increase the cultural wealth of their communities. To achieve this goal, I provide a cultural proficiency model and a trauma-invested framework.

Brain Health Research Collaborative, Susan C. Davies

Thomas C. Hunt Building a Research Community Day

This session involves discussion of a proposed Brain Health Collaboratory to provide research, education/outreach, and clinical opportunities for faculty and students at the University of Dayton and the Greater Dayton community. This collaboration aligns with core components of UD’s Vision, including developing partnerships that contribute to the greater good and enhancing interdisciplinary research. This initiative will also provide a strong opportunity for collaboration among SEHS education and health sciences programs and with other departments/ programs across campus.

Promoting Equity: Differences In Financial Resources Allocation Between Urban Early College High Schools And Traditional Public High Schools, Steven Hinshaw

Thomas C. Hunt Building a Research Community Day

This exploratory study was designed to analyze the distribution of financial resources to predict student achievement in early college high schools and traditional public high schools. The premise was to discover if there were differences in the predictor variables for allocation. If so, then the allocation could be changed in traditional public high schools to address the needs of those students unable to attend early college high schools thus creating more equity for those underserved students.

This study included 12 of Ohio’s first early college high schools and the 36 traditional public high schools in the public districts where the …

Minutes, April 2021, University Of Dayton. College Of Arts And Sciences

Documents of the College of Arts and Sciences Academic Affairs Committee

Minutes from College of Arts and Sciences Academic Affairs Committee

Action Research: A Narrative Inquiry Approach To Addressing Student Retention In Undergraduate Science Courses, Elizabeth A. Golba

Graduate Student Showcase

Research Question: How can the academic success of undergraduate students in science courses at a small, private, health care institution be improved?

Sub Question 1: Is there a difference in academic success in science courses between students who use support systems and students who do not use support systems?

Sub Question 2: Does a positive academic advising experience improve student retention in science courses?

The Effects Of Parental Educational Attainment On Student Loan Debt, Megan J.F. Will

Graduate Student Showcase

There is a direct relationship between increased levels of a parent's/guardian's (PG) education and increased PG involvement in the student loan process.

• First-generation college students and students whose PG have lower levels of education were more likely to be solely responsible for their student loan applications.
• Increased parental involvement could hinder a student's financial socialization, which can lead to increased debt and decreased savings.
• However, there is no relationship between PG level of education and student loan type and amount.

Future Research: Parent perspectives, institutional variety, policy impacts, etc.

Current Practice: Informational materials, orientation sessions, etc.

School-Based Support For Foster Families: Understanding The Experiences And Needs Of The Biological Children Of Foster Parents, Lauren Smith

Graduate Student Showcase

The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of the biological children of foster parents while investigating suggestions for school-based supports. Following the phenomenological, qualitative method of research, ten participants ages 10-24, whose families chose to foster one or more children in their homes, were interviewed using a semi-structured interview protocol. Through a thematic analysis, themes emerged under two broad categories: Positive Experiences and Negative Experiences. Three specific recommendations for supports emerged from the data. The findings from this study can be used to inform school-based supports for the biological children of foster parents.

Pervasive Communal Trauma In Higher Education: The Effects Of Covid-19 Trauma On U.S. Higher Education Professionals, Shane Borah

Graduate Student Showcase

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted campus life in a manner never before seen by higher education professionals causing them to adapt, reframe, and provide support to students in colleagues while navigating the unknown world of the pandemic themselves. To better understand the effect COVID-19 may have on higher education professionals, this study introduces a conceptual form of connective trauma experience in the form of communal pervasive trauma. This research study looked at: (1) How does COVID-19 affect higher education professionals’ relationship with their work? And (2) What effects does a pervasive communal traumatic experience, such as COVID-19, have on higher …

University Of Dayton Criminal Justice Studies Course Goes Live With Inmates Serving Sentences On Death Row, Allison Brace

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

University of Dayton students in this spring’s Introduction to Criminal Justice course are learning first-hand about life on death row by speaking directly with inmates featured in the book Crimson Letters: Voices from Death Row by author Tessie Castillo.

College Faculty In The News: April 9, 2021, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

News agencies across the region, the nation and throughout the world often reach out to our faculty experts for their perspectives on today's issues. This media coverage highlights the service, research and scholarship taking place in the College of Arts and Sciences. Find links to a number of recent stories below.

Ud In The News March 27- April 9, University Of Dayton

News Releases

President Eric F. Spina was a guest of WHIO-TV Reports to discuss the effect of the pandemic on the University. Faculty contributed three pieces to The Conversation. The National Law Journal and the Dayton Daily News highlighted the School of Law's leap in the U.S. News grad school rankings. The Dayton Daily News, along with Dayton TV station ABC22/Fox45, also featured students among the first Flyer Promise graduates.

First Class Of Flyer Promise Scholars To Graduate; Program Removes Financial Barriers, Offers Support For Underserved Students, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton's first Flyer Promise Scholars will graduate this spring — cementing the success of the program created to remove financial barriers and offer support for underrepresented and underserved students.

Sustainability Spotlight, University Of Dayton. Hanley Sustainability Institute

Hanley Sustainability Institute Newsletter

No abstract provided.

We Are People First, Mary I. Fisher

Physical Therapy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Orpheus, Spring 2021: Propagation, University Of Dayton

Orpheus: UD's Literary and Artistic Magazine

No abstract provided.

A Promise Fulfilled, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

"I got accepted to my first graduate school program, and I am feeling so blessed. Dreams really do come true," tweeted Brianna Gavin. My heart soared.

In Memoriam: Ron Katsuyama, Professor Of Psychology, Lee Dixon

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Ron Katsuyama, a human rights activist and professor emeritus in the Department of Psychology, died March 2. He was 76.

Student Voices, Maleah A. Wells, Amira Fitzpatrick, Kaitlin Hall, Joshua Chambers, Christopher Jones, Nyah Johnson

Proceedings: 2021 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

This session began with reflections from student research assistants who moderated the session. This session introduces the major issues addressed during the symposium.

These proceedings are available free for download but also available for purchase in print for $6 plus tax and shipping.

A Promise Fulfilled, Eric F. Spina

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

President Eric F. Spina shares good news from the first graduating class of Flyer Promise Scholars.

College Faculty In The News: March 10, 2021, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

News agencies across the region, the nation and throughout the world often reach out to our faculty experts for their perspectives on today's issues. This media coverage highlights the service, research and scholarship taking place in the College of Arts and Sciences. Find links to a number of recent stories below.

Mirrornet: Bio-Inspired Camouflaged Object Segmentation, Jinnan Yan, Trung-Nghia Le, Khanh-Duy Nguyen, Minh-Triet Tran, Thanh-Toan Do, Tam V. Nguyen

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Camouflaged objects are generally difficult to be detected in their natural environment even for human beings. In this paper, we propose a novel bio-inspired network, named the MirrorNet, that leverages both instance segmentation and bio-inspired attack stream for the camouflaged object segmentation. Differently from existing networks for segmentation, our proposed network possesses two segmentation streams: the main stream and the bio-inspired attack stream corresponding with the original image and its flipped image, respectively. The output from the bio-inspired attack stream is then fused into the main stream’s result for the final camouflage map to boost up the segmentation accuracy. Extensive …

Doc 2021-04 Converting Criminal Justice Studies Program To Department Of Criminal Justice And Security Studies, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate

Senate Documents

Legislative Authority

Ud In The News Feb. 27- March 5, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Ohio cable news outlet Spectrum News and several local media covered the grand opening of the The Hub Powered by PNC at the Dayton Arcade. Professor Janet Bednarek's research on people living in airports was picked up by Yahoo! News and drew more than a million overall readers.

A Story Of Synesthetic Discovery, Madeline Spicer

Faculty-Selected Student Works

The photography, design, and content of this book was done by Madeline Spicer under the tutelage of Professor Misty Thomas-Trout at the University of Dayton Department of Art & Design as a part of the Berry Summer Thesis Institute of the University Honors Department.

Typeset in Goudy Oldstyle and MetaPlus families. Goudy Oldstyle was designed by Frederic Goudy in 1915 and is classified as an Oldface. MetaPlus was designed by Erik Spiekermann in 1991 and is classified as a Humanistic Lineal.

This book was printed on Neenah Environment® Papers, PC 100 White, and Apollo Laser OHP Transparency Film.

Solution Or Setback: Legal And Practical Implications Of School Threat Assessments For Ohio Students With Disabilities, Margaret Miles

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.