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International Occupational Therapy Faculty Perceptions Regarding Doctoral Level Education, Bernadette Mineo, Beth Hathaway, Monali Kadkade

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Over the past decade a debate has ensued in the US regarding the clinical doctorate in occupational therapy (OT) and whether to require a doctorate to become an occupational therapist. Little discussion has occurred regarding the potential implications on the global community of occupational therapists, and there have been no attempts to ascertain the views of international OT faculty and practitioners. This study surveyed international OT faculty regarding their perceived need for and value of graduate education, particularly at the doctoral level, for OT faculty and practitioners in their countries. Fifty-three OT faculty from WFOT approved programs in eight countries …

Arts & Sciences Enews: Fall 2018, College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

• A deep dive into freshwater science and sustainability
• Testing the interdunal waters
• Battling toxic blooms
• Managing water wisely
• Michigan's salty lakes
• World-renowned economist to receive distinguished scholar award
• Three high-profile graduates to receive WMU's top alumni honor
• 2018 Alumni Achievement Awards
• A Physics approach to stroke rehabilitation
• Alumnus, storyteller brings American legend to the screen
• WMU Giving Day

Ludwig Büchner: Nineteenth Century Atheist, Edward Jayne

English Faculty Publications

Mostly forgotten today, the German physician and philosopher, Ludwig Büchner (1824-99), made a significant contribution to the theory of materialism in the mid- nineteenth century from an atheistic perspective. Described by Engels and others as a “vulgar” materialist, he was nevertheless unsurpassed in having linked science and atheism unfettered by irrelevant considerations. The son of a doctor who served as president of the local medical college, Büchner studied at four universities culminating with the University of Vienna. In 1852 he became a lecturer in medicine at the University of Tübingen with every expectation of pursuing an academic career. However, he …

Emeriti News, Fall 2018, Emeriti Council

Emeriti News

No abstract provided.

The Socializer - Fall 2018, Department Of Sociology

The Socializer

Fall 2018 Sociology departmental newsletter.

Fall Convocation 2018 Program, Office Of Faculty Development

Fall Convocation

A program for the Fall 2018 convocation, giving information on programs to improve student learning, including Creating Effective Teaching Environments, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Experiences, Assessment as Ally. It also includes the Convocation Ceremony with 2018 Faculty and Staff Award winners and the State of the University Address by President Edward Montgomery.

Western News, August, 30, 2018, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Vol. 45 No. 1

WMU goes all in to promote student success

New administrators named, VP search launched

Around campus and beyond

Summer News

Fall News

On Campus

Emerging Issues On Research On Conflict, Terrorism And Development, Adesoji Adelaja

International Conference on African Development

No abstract provided.

Connections 08/2018, College Of Health And Human Services

College of Health and Human Services Newsletter

• Fall Begins with New Leadership at CHHS
• School of Social Work Honors Field Instructor of the Year
• CHHS Building Closure during Home Football Games
• WMU's Seita Foster Youth Effort Garners National Acclaim
• HHS on Social Media
• In Other News

Evaluating The Efficacy Of Convolution Neural Networks In Age At Deat Estimation Using 3d Scans Of The Pubic Symphyseal Face, Melissa A. Brown

Masters Theses

The research presented assesses the utility of machine learning approaches, specifically convolutional neural networks (CNNs), to the estimation of age at death in adult decedents by analysis of the pubic symphyseal face of the os coxa rendered as a 3D image. Age at death estimation is an important duty of forensic anthropologists working in medico-legal contexts, as well as bioarcheological researchers. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of a CNN relative to the performance of human observers using traditional methods of age estimation. To accomplish this, a CNN created for this project and expert anthropologists were …

What Provides For Me As I Provide For Others? A Study Of Homeless Shelters Employees Within Kalamazoo, Michigan, Melanie Jezior

Masters Theses

Homeless shelters run on one thing: workers. Without workers there is no supportive aid for the homeless. A daunting and emotional job that is taken on by thousands, but why? Is the goal in entering this line of work to make an impact on homeless populations, a lasting difference? Everyone has their own personal reasons, however what are the main reasons for people going into a job like shelter work? What is it that motivates these workers to continue this line of work or motivates them to leave? It is a job that offers low pay, and emotional settings. A …

Connections 07/2018, College Of Health And Human Services

College of Health and Human Services Newsletter

• Grand Reopening Creates Space for DPT and CHHS Programs
• College Celebrates Dean Earlie Washington
• Ishler Wellness Lab to Expand Interprofessional Clinical Education at CHHS
• Celebrating the 2018 Cohort of HCCP Students
• Raise the W Podcast Highlights Empower Success Program
• PA Students Fill Invisible Need Donation Center
• HHS on Social Media
• In Other News

Special Elements Of Excellence: Summer 2018, Department Of Chemistry

Chemistry News

• From the Chair's Desk
• 1st Collaborative Research Gathering
• Emerging Scholar Award
• Associate Prof Andre Venter reports on his sabbatical at the University of Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris, France
• 2017 Spring Award Recipients
• James Kiddle, Recipient of the Local Section Outreach Volunteer of the Year Award

July 2018, Global News, Haenicke Institute

Global News

• WMU local history expert to appear on popular PBS series
• Women's aviation team places first among collegiate competitors
• Fulbright specialist envisions more conflict as Arctic ice melts
• WMU appoints new VP for diversity and inclusion
• Take advantage of global engagement opportunities in August
• Global and Languages Community provides new student housing option
• WMU to launch intercultural and anthropological studies institute
• University partners with city to promote 'shared prosperity' for residents

Western News, June 21, 2018, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU part of student mental health effort; Valley Dining Center achieves LEED Gold status; Physical plant upgrades expected to cause few disruptions; On Campus with Monica Liggins-Abrams.

The Effects Of Peer Observation On Teacher Intervention Integrity, Garrett D. Warrilow

Dissertations

The observer effect is a term used to describe a process during which an observer's behavior changes as they measure the behavior of another individual. The observer effect has been widely studied in organizational behavior management but has limited research with teachers in schools. The current study sought to use the observer effect as part of a teacher training package by evaluating the effects of peer observations on an observing teacher's implementation integrity of components of a Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) system. Participants were four middle school teachers of students in general education classrooms. The primary dependent variables …

A Critical Inquiry Approach To Teaching Young Adult Literature, Steffany Comfort Maher

Dissertations

This dissertation presents a critical inquiry approach to teaching young adult literature in English language arts classrooms. Critical inquiry is derived from critical theory and critical pedagogy approaches, as well as pragmatic philosophies of inquiry. The author shows from convincing examples that a critical inquiry approach to teaching empowers students to ask meaningful questions about both what they are reading and the world they live in.

Chapter One: Methods of Teaching Young Adult Literature: Past, Present, and Future is an introduction to critical inquiry and the teaching of young adult literature. Chapter Two: Critical Inquiry in Teaching Young Adult Literature: …

May 2018, Global News, Haenicke Institute

Global News

• Montgomery to speak at upcoming community breakfast
• First WMU student interning with Parker Hannifin in Germany
• WMU search for diversity and inclusion VP is in full swing
• WMU geology efforts lead to national recognition, two publiciations
• Student awarded prestigious study abroad scholarship
• WMU's Seita foster youth effort garners national acclaim
• Canadian scholar wins WMU's 2018 Gründler Prize
• Early registration extended for livable communities conference
• Sales program again nationally recognized for excellence
• Take advantage of global engagement opportunities in June
• Center for Fostering Success announces new partner, transition plans

Woman Personified: A Theoretical Framework For The Female Gender Of Personifications In Medieval Literature, Dinah Wouters

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

This article wants to provide a comprehensive answer to the question of why the majority of personifications in medieval literature are women. Especially, it seeks to refute the notion that female personifications of positive concepts would somehow escape or reverse the dominant gender ideology of its time. It brings together the different theories that have been proposed by scholars and situates them within a common framework. The article distinguish three levels to which these theories refer: these are, first, the level of the literal or the personification as a woman; second, the level of the figurative, or the idea that …

Medicine Beyond Doctors: Aphrodisiac Recipes In Tenth-Century Medicine And Cuisine, Shireen Hamza

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Latin Culture On Medieval And Early Modern Scottish Writing, Alessandra F. Petrina, Ian M. Johnson

Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

In the late medieval and early modern periods, native tongues and traditions, including those of Scotland, cohabited and competed with latinitas in fascinating and inventive ways. Scottish latinity had its distinctive stamp, most intriguingly so in its effects upon the literary vernacular and on themes of national identity. The present book shows how, when viewed through the prism of its latinity, Scottish textuality was distinctive and fecund. The flowering of Scottish writing owed itself to a subtle combination of literary praxis, the ideal of eloquentia, and ideological deftness. This combination enabled writers to service a burgeoning national literary tradition, and …

American Muslim Women: Feminism, Equality, And Difference, Amber Coniglio

Honors Theses

American Muslim women face constant surveillance, stress, and pressure to change and adapt to mainstream society. In the United States, Muslim women find ways to negotiate their identities, express their concerns, and learn through their faith by means of Islamic scholarship, Islamic feminism, and reinterpretations of the Quran. They are reconciling their multifaceted identities with better understanding of sacred text as well as solidifying their desired gender roles within their communities. They are challenging norms and creating new spaces for themselves within the ummah as well as the United States. American Muslim women find courage, strength, and autonomy through Islamic …

Mental Illness As Portrayed Through Art, Brianna Brown

Honors Theses

I was thinking of what to do for my thesis while taking classes with Vin about Anthropological Research and I realized how flawed it all was. Anthropology was born from colonialism where scholars from the United States would go to some far-off places to study the people there in hopes that they have found an interesting enough culture to get common people like you and me to want to read a book they later publish. The only way it would sell though is if this story, emphasis on story, read like a book of fiction, so far from what we …

Forms Of Bilingualism And Play Across Linguistic Boundaries In Dual Language Classrooms, Kristina Wirtz

Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award (FRACAA)

This ethnographic study has followed a cohort of students from K through 3rd grade to examine the practices and attitudes of bilingual and “emergent” bilingual learners in a Michigan dual-language immersion elementary school. In our society, American-accented English predominates and has greater prestige over Spanish or Spanish-English bilingualism — a situation that sociolinguists describe as “diglossia.” The school’s mission is to develop balanced bilingualism (idealized as dual monolingualism) and to instill pride in Spanish language and Hispanic culture. And yet, bilingual speakers in the school often share a “code-switching” or “interlanguaging” norm rather than two monolingual norms. It is these …

Emeriti News, Spring 2018, Emeriti Council

Emeriti News

• Contents of Volume XXVII Number 2:
• Message from the Chair: Peter Krawutschke
• Emeriti Council Membership Changes
• March Wednesday II: Gail Griffin
• OLLI at WMU
• In Rememberance
• Medallion Scholarship Recipient Updates
• The Sandra Edwards Colloquiium
• Emeriti Council Book Scholarships
• Coming Wednesday II Events (Fall 2018)

Haworth College Of Business News (04/2018), Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

• Presidential Scholars
• Stryker: Putting Strengths First
• Succeeding as a Manager
• It's Tax Season
• Social Media Data
• Refer a Bronco

Confidential Publics: Digital Reconciliation And Queer Muslim Identities, Mariam Mustafa

Masters Theses

In this paper, I trouble constructions of community through exploring temporal spatial configurations of support for queer-identified Muslims living in America. I assert that when community is not something one can physically access, use of the internet to create temporary spaces of community is critical in assessing identity reconciliation between intersectional conflicting identity. As it relates to queer Muslims, where there is a distinct lack of public community, the level of crisis some individuals face is explored through their use of online vehicles to establish social support systems that would otherwise not be available. My paper provides a framework in …

Deviance Fluidity On The Urban Landscape: Graffiti And Street Art As Non-Normative Placemaking, Alyson M. Mabie

Masters Theses

Graffiti is recognized as an illegal deviant act. Sociologically, deviance is defined by the audience perceiving the act, rather than inherent in the act itself. In this context, deviance is subjective and fluid. This paper explores the spectrum of graffiti from criminal vandalism to celebrated art form in the context of its placement on the urban landscape. The fluidity of deviance is reflected in the concentration of different types of graffiti in different locations. The spatial distribution of graffiti writing, street art, and the equally illegal guerrilla marketing stickers, which mimic graffiti placement and street art styles, were collected in …

"What Is My Target?": Clarifying Student Learning Outcomes, Anthony Helms, David Paul

Assessment in Action Conference

This session will provide an overview of best practices in writing feasible and measurable learning and process outcomes, including hands-on time to work on your own outcomes.

Western News, March 15, 2018, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Business college receives new naming gift; WMU unit named No. 3 in nation for safety initiatives; Criminologist tapped for expertise on video games, violence; WMU, community groups developing plan for local waterways; On Campus with Debra Gambino.