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Faculty Senate Agenda, March 1, 2021, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Monthly Report – February 4, 2021
• HR Policy 311: Setting Expectations and Managing Performance
• HR Policy 321: Respectful Workplace
• Research Data Management Librarian
• Parking Committee Annual Report
• Sustainability Council Annual Report
• Faculty Concerns Regarding New Faculty Startup Funding Rules

Utah State Magazine, Spring 2021, Utah State University

Utah State Magazine

The quarterly magazine for friends and alumni of Utah State University.

The Utah Statesman, March 1, 2021, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Online Divorce Education: Learning From Participants Who Want More, Joshua J. Turner, Kay Bradford, David G. Schramm, Brian J. Higginbotham, Olena Kopystynska, Melissa M. Ferguson

Human Development and Family Studies Faculty Publications

Divorce education is designed for divorcing parents with minor children, and in a growing number of states, participation has become court-mandated to finalize a divorce. To increase accessibility, some states have adopted brief, online formats for divorce education programming. Evaluations are encouraging; however, less is known about how opinions on course length relate to participants' views on the benefits of their participation. This study analyzed qualitative data from parents (n = 41) who thought their mandated divorce education course was too short. Results indicate that participants thought the course increased their knowledge of divorce-related matters. They also suggested improvements related …

Faculty Senate Minutes, March 1, 2021, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Monthly Report – February 4, 2021
• HR Policy 311: Setting Expectations and Managing Performance
• HR Policy 321: Respectful Workplace
• Research Data Management Librarian
• Parking Committee Annual Report
• Sustainability Council Annual Report
• Faculty Concerns Regarding New Faculty Startup Funding Rules

Improved Boreal Forest Wildfire Fuel Type Mapping In Interior Alaska Using Aviris-Ng Hyperspectral Data, Christopher William Smith, Santosh K. Panda, Uma Suren Bhatt, Franz J. Meyer

Aspen Bibliography

In Alaska the current wildfire fuel map products were generated from low spatial (30 m) and spectral resolution (11 bands) Landsat 8 satellite imagery which resulted in map products that not only lack the granularity but also have insufficient accuracy to be effective in fire and fuel management at a local scale. In this study we used higher spatial and spectral resolution AVIRIS-NG hyperspectral data (acquired as part of the NASA ABoVE project campaign) to generate boreal forest vegetation and fire fuel maps. Based on our field plot data, random forest classified images derived from 304 AVIRIS-NG bands at Viereck …

Protecting And Defending Our People: Nakni Tushka Anowa (The Warrior's Path) Final Report. Apa Division 45 Warrior’S Path Presidential Task Force (2020), Michelle Aiello, Danna Bismar, Saskias Casanova, Jesus Manuel Casas, Doris Chang, Jean L. Chin, Lillian Comas-Diaz, Leilani Salvo Crane, Zeynep Demir, Melinda A. Garcia, Liza Hita, Patrice Leverett, Kristina Mendez, Gayle Skawen:Nio Morse, Shola Shodiya-Zeumault, Maeve O’Leary Sloan, Marie C. Weil, Art W. Blume

Journal of Indigenous Research

Contact Dr. Gayle Morse.

Utah State University Extension Farm And Ranch Succession Program, Joshua Dallin, Jacob Hadfield, Matthew D. Garcia, Ryan Larsen

Outcomes and Impact Quarterly

The transition process of farms and ranches presents many unique challenges to producers. In response, Utah State University (USU) Extension has leveraged resources developed by other states to form a farm succession team to provide a unique Extension-driven program that offers educational training, tools, and strategies for Utah farm and ranch producers.

Evaluating The Relationship Between Meander-Bend Curvature, Sediment Supply, And Migration Rates, Mitchell Donovan, Patrick Belmont, Zoltán Sylvester

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

River meander migration plays a key role in the unsteady “conveyor belt” of sediment redistribution from source to sink areas. The ubiquity of river meandering is evident from remotely sensed imagery, which has allowed for long-term, high-resolution studies of river channel change and form-process relationships. Empirical, experimental, and theoretical research approaches have described two distinct relationships between channel curvature and river channel migration rates. In this study, we employ a novel application of time-series algorithms to calculate migration rates and channel curvature at sub-meander bend length scales using 6 decades of aerial imagery spanning 205 km of the Minnesota River …

On An Imperative To Educate People On The History Of Race In America., Rachel Robinson-Greene

Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

2020 was a historic year for more than one reason. As a pandemic raged, in many areas unchecked in the United States, police brutality that caused the death of George Floyd brought to a boil racial strife that has been simmering in this country for many years. Black Lives Matter demonstrations across the globe motivated many to educate themselves, to improve their historical and cultural understanding of race in the United States. Others, most notably former President Trump, reacted quite differently. He exercised his power to implement a handful of policies on the topic of race, diversity, and inclusion. First, …

The Rural Online Initiative: Remote Work And Covid-19, Amanda D. Ali, Paul Hill

Outcomes and Impact Quarterly

Rural Utahns experience high levels of unemployment. Under the Rural Online Initiative, USU Extension created the Master Remote Work Professional certificate course, a specialized training that equips rural residents with skills needed for remote employment. Although legislatively funded pre-pandemic, remote work employment opportunities further benefit rural communities impacted by COVID-19.

Healthy Relationships Utah During Covid-19, Brian Higginbotham, Joshua Turner, Kay Bradford

Outcomes and Impact Quarterly

This article highlights the Healthy Relationships Utah initiative’s transition from in-person to virtual classes due to COVID-19. Outcomes were largely positive, with few differences found between in-person and virtual formats. Results point to the potential for increased accessibility for relationship education through dual-delivery formats.

Transforming A Mental Health Camp From Hands-On To Virtual, Zurishaddai Garcia

Outcomes and Impact Quarterly

A virtual version of the Davis County annual youth Camp Thrive was developed and implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Youth interns were hired to guide the transition process. Evaluation results show that the camp was successful in the online format for teaching mental health awareness concepts to youth.

Free Farmers’ Markets At Salt Lake County Senior Centers, Katherine Wagner

Outcomes and Impact Quarterly

Approximately 5.3 million seniors, or 7.3% of the national senior population, were food insecure in 2018 (Feeding America, 2020). Seniors comprise approximately 10% of Salt Lake County's population. In response, Salt Lake County Master Gardeners grew and disseminated garden produce to seniors at risk of food insecurity during free farmers’ markets at senior centers.

Best Practices For Inclusive Mentoring, Jamal-Jared Alexander, Marisela Martinez-Cola, Melanie M. Domenech Rodriguez, Jennifer Sinor, Christy M. Glass

Intersections on Inclusion: Critical Conversations about the Academy

This panel discussion will highlight perspectives from faculty mentors and student mentees about how to create and sustain a diverse and inclusive graduate student community at USU. Join us as we talk about structures and practices that meaningfully support graduate student scholars, including strategies for recruitment, retention, and the transition into post-graduate life.

Watch the video to see the discussion. Click on the download button for a list of readings and resources.

Aphid Natural Enemies And Biological Control, Ron Patterson, Ricardo Ramirez

All Current Publications

This fact sheet lists common arthropods of Utah that eat aphids. It will help identify those arthropods and will describe management practices that aid in their success. Many of these predators will eat other plant damaging insects in addition to aphids.

A Crisis Of Her Own: Fatal Opioid Overdose, Opioid Use Disorder, And Intimate Partner Violence Among Rural Utah Women, Timothy Light, Erin Fanning Madden, Debasree Das Gupta, Hilary Disch, Katie Zaman, Suzanne Prevedel, Sandra H. Sulzer

All Current Publications

The Centers for Disease Control report that the rate of overdose deaths among women is rapidly increasing, with women experiencing a 532% increase in fatal opioid overdose deaths between 1999 and 2017, compared to a 355% increase for men. Among women, those in rural areas have disproportionately higher drug overdose death rates than women in urban areas (Mazure & Fiellin, 2018), indicating an opportunity for targeted rural public health interventions to slow overdose fatality increases among women. This fact sheet reviews Utah trends, potential factors increasing fatal opioid overdose, intimate partner violence and substance use disorders, and provides resources for …

The Utah Statesman, February 22, 2021, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Redefining The Age Of The Lower Colorado River, Southwestern United States, R. S. Crow, J. Schwing, K. E. Karlstrom, M. Heizler, P. A. Pearthree, P. K. House, S. Dulin, Susanne U. Jänecke, M. Stelten, L. J. Crossey

Geosciences Faculty Publications

Sanidine dating and magnetostratigraphy constrain the timing of integration of the lower Colorado River (southwestern United States and northern Mexico) with the evolving Gulf of California. The Colorado River arrived at Cottonwood valley (Nevada and Arizona) after 5.24 Ma (during or after the Thvera subchron). The river reached the proto–Gulf of California once between 4.80 and 4.63 Ma (during the C3n.2r subchron), not at 5.3 Ma and 5.0 Ma as previously proposed. Duplication of section across newly identified strands of the Earthquake Valley fault zone (California) probably explains the discrepancy. The data also imply the start of focused plate motion …

A First Look Into Users’ Perceptions Of Facial Recognition In The Physical World, Sovantharith Seng, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Matthew Wright

Computer Science Faculty and Staff Publications

Facial recognition (FR) technology is being adopted in both private and public spheres for a wide range of reasons, from ensuring physical safety to providing personalized shopping experiences. It is not clear yet, though, how users perceive this emerging technology in terms of usefulness, risks, and comfort. We begin to address these questions in this paper. In particular, we conducted a vignette-based study with 314 participants on Amazon Mechanical Turk to investigate their perceptions of facial recognition in the physical world, based on thirty-five scenarios across eight different contexts of FR use. We found that users do not have a …

E Noelo I Ka ‘Ike - To Search For Knowledge, Rae-Anne Montague, Keikilani Meyer, Kuuleilani Reyes

Journal of Indigenous Research

E Noelo I Ka ‘Ike (To Search for Knowledge) is an educational project developed to increase understanding, research skills, and use of Hawaiian culture and language materials. In recent years, several databases and digital collections featuring indigenous content have been launched, but there is a disconnect with Native Hawaiian students and community members not being aware of these resources, and, as a result, not accessing them. E Noelo I Ka ‘Ike was implemented to begin to address this gap and create new connections by fostering critical conversations, providing culturally-grounded information literacy workshops, and offering complementary field trips to local libraries …

A History Of Māori Literacy Success, Melissa Derby

Journal of Indigenous Research

This article explores literacy in 19^th century Māori society, and in particular, this work considers the initial interactions Māori tribal groups had with literacy following contact with British settlers. The overarching purpose of this article is to respond to the increasingly prevalent suggestion that literacy is a Western competency, and that to be concerned with ensuring Māori children are achieving well in reading and writing is an act of colonisation. This work illustrates that these narratives run counter to the history, behaviour, and values of many tribal groups in New Zealand. More specifically, the historical interactions Māori had with …

Career: Time-Resolved Studies Of Charge Transfer And Chemical Reactivity At Photoelectrode-Electrolyte Interfaces, Yi Rao

Funded Research Records

No abstract provided.

Tips To Safely Ferment Food At Home, Kelsie Maw, Brian Nummer, Callahan K. Ward, Melanie Jewkes

All Current Publications

Fermenting foods is perhaps the oldest food preservation method and has grown in popularity in recent years due to their touted “gut,” probiotic, and other additional health benefits. Fermenting at home is an inexpensive way to control what goes inside your food. Fermentation is the process of “good” microorganisms fermenting sugars and nutrients in food to produce byproducts (acids) that usually preserve the food in some manner. For example, milk is fermented to produce acids that create cheese, yogurt, and other products. In most cases, fermentation alone cannot produce a shelf-stable (room temperature) food product. Nearly all fermented foods require …

Collaborative Research: 3d Ambient Noise Tomography (3d Ant) For Natural Hazards Engineering, Brady Cox

Funded Research Records

No abstract provided.

Missing The Marc: Utilization Of Marc Fields In The Search Process, Liz Woolcott, Andrea Payant, Becky Skeen, Paul Daybell

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

Utah State University Cataloging and Metadata Services (CMS) unit analyzed MARC record discoverability within the libraries’ discovery layer, Encore, using web analytics, a web-scrapping tool, and a relational database to examine MARC records listed in users’ search results. MARC records were identified, isolated, and coded to pinpoint where search terms appeared, determine whether they were present in full or in part, and ascertain prominent fields not present in records. Analysis of results showed that notes and summaries were important for record retrieval and that users interacted with authorized name fields more frequently than authorized subject fields.

The Utah Statesman, February 16, 2021, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

General Education Subcommittee Agenda, February 16, 2021, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Course Approvals/Removals/Syllabi Approvals
• ENVS 4550 (QI)
• CI Rubric Proposal

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes, February 16, 2021, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Monthly Report
• HR Policy 311
• HR Policy 321
• Parking Committee Annual Report
• Sustainability Council Annual Report
• Faculty Promotion and Tenure Survey
• Faculty Concerns Regarding New Faculty Startup Funding Rules

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, February 16, 2021, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Monthly Report
• HR Policy 311
• HR Policy 321
• Parking Committee Annual Report
• Sustainability Council Annual Report
• Faculty Promotion and Tenure Survey
• Faculty Concerns Regarding New Faculty Startup Funding Rules