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Pervasively Offside: A Gendered Analysis Of Sportscasting, Michael Mudrick

Doctoral Dissertations

Despite a growth in sports media, female sportscasters are often perceived with low credibility. Furthermore, though women have been included in sport-related broadcasts, they are seldom given the opportunity to exhibit credibility, a key ingredient toward establishing reputability. This conundrum is rooted in sexism and endorsements of sport as a male-congruent entity. The present study examines the influence of gender-norm endorsement and sexism on perceived sportscaster credibility with a sample of 544 individuals who watched a basketball debate between a male and a female sportscaster. . Results suggest that gendered behavior beliefs and sexist attitudes had a negative effect on …

Illinois State University, One Hundred And Fifty-Sixth Annual Commencement, May 8, 2015, Illinois State University

Commencement Programs

Illinois State University
One Hundred and Fifty-Sixth Annual Commencement
May 8 and 9, 2015

05-07-2015 Swosu Commencement Will Follow Rain Plan On Saturday, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2015

Approximately 1,050 Southwestern Oklahoma State University students are eligible to walk through the university's Commencement this Saturday, May 9, in Weatherford.

Otter Realm, May 7, 2015, California State University, Monterey Bay

The Otter Realm

Graduation Inflation -- A Look Back -- What You Otter Be Doing Spring 2015 Capstone Festival -- Know Your Options CSSA: Student Involvement and Representation Fee optional in CSU System -- A Look At Lilyana Gross: President's Award Winner: CSUMB math major receives 2015 President's Award -- West Joins The Conversation: Meditations on morality and social justice from Cornel West's talk at CSUMB -- A Voice for Change: Radio Bilingue co-founder is keynote speaker at this year's commencement -- Hustle: Poet David Martinez visited CSUMB to talk about is new book -- Capstone 2015 Experiences from students and professors -- …

Ua42/3/2 Commencement Program, Wku Glasgow

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program for WKU Glasgow Graduand Ceremony.

Functional Recovery: A Mixed Methods Study Of The Specific Variables Within A Post-Hospital Inter-Disciplinary Brain Injury Rehabilitation - Residential Program, Victoria Harding

Dissertations, 2014-2019

The mixed methods explanatory design study examined specific constructs of Post Hospital Interdisciplinary Brain Injury Rehabilitation – Residential (PHIDBIR-R) programs that positively influenced gains in function. The investigation involved exploring the phenomenon of individuals’ experiences while participating in a PHIDBIR-R program as part of recovery from brain injury. The study’ primary purpose was to understand individuals who make the greatest gains in function while participating in these programs, as measured by the Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory-4 (MPAI-4) change scores from admission to discharge and what are the components of these programs that may contribute to individuals’ gains in function.

Data were …

May 7, 2015, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2010-2019

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

A Mixed-Methods Study Of Head Start Family Service Worker Qualifications And Family Services Utilization: Implications For Policy And Leadership, Laura H. Trull

Dissertations, 2014-2019

This mixed-methods research study utilized Shared Leadership and Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) design and looked at the relationship between qualities of Family Service Workers (FSWs) in Head Start and family outcomes. Head Start is a federally funded comprehensive early child development program serving families of low income children ages birth to five. Fifty Head Start FSW participants from a convenience sample in Virginia provided complete responses to a survey instrument distributed at the Virginia Head Start Association Health and Family Conference in November 2014. FSWs from Culpeper Head Start served as CBPR participants and contributed to the selection of variables, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 53, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Rogers, Shelby. Administrators Start Filling $7.7 Million Gap – Budget
• Rogers, Shelby. New Building for College of Business on Horizon
• Ponder, Abby. Students Unwind at Valleypalooza – Housing & Residence Life
• Ponder, Abby. WKU Owensboro Campus Becomes Small-Scale Main Campus
• Pettway, Shantel. Building Maintenance Headline Summer Construction Projects – Facilities Management
• Marsupial Awards
• Profumo, Morgan. Finals Are Finally Here But Stay Calm
• Wagner, Nick. Tobacco Worker Struggles to Support Family – Santiago Garcia, Migrant Workers
• Henderson, Andrew & Trey Crumbie. Paper Cranes to Wish Good Luck on Finals – …

Ang Buhay Sa Nayon-Life In The Valley: An Oral History Project With The Shenandoah Living Archive, Hannah Moses

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

Ang Buhay sa Nayon/Life in the Valley, is an oral history project consisting of twenty-three interviews with seventeen Filipino Americans from the Shenandoah Valley. These video oral histories, including transcripts and donated photographs, are now part of the Shenandoah Living Archive at James Madison University. This oral history collection is also showcased in a digital exhibit: http://sites.jmu.edu/lifeinthevalley/. The website touches on a myriad of aspects of Filipino American life, but strives overall to put the interviewees’ experiences in historical context and to understand how Filipinos have formed a community in rural Virginia.

More Than 1,170 To Participate In Commencement Exercises, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Risk Factors For Social Isolation In Older Korean Americans, Yuri Jang, Nan Sook Park, David A. Chiriboga, Hyungwoo Yoon, Jisook Ko, Juyoung Lee, Miyong T. Kim

Social Work Faculty Publications

Objective: Given the importance of social ties and connectedness in the lives of older ethnic immigrants, the present study examined the prevalence of social isolation and its risk factors in older Korean Americans.

Method: Using survey data from 1,301 participants (M_age = 70.5, SD = 7.24), risk groups for marginal social ties with family and friends were identified and predictors of each type of social isolation explored.

Results: Male gender and poorer rating of health were identified as common risk factors for marginal ties to both family and friends. Findings also present specific risk factors for each type …

Differences In Substance Use, Sexual Behavior, And Demographic Factors By Level Of "Outness" To Friends And Family About Being A Male-For-Male Escort, Christian Grov, Raymond L. Moody, Hawk Kinkaid

Publications and Research

Male sex work (i.e., escorting) is a stigmatized profession and men in the sex industry may hide their involvement to avoid negative social consequences. There is limited research comparing men who are out about being an escort to their friends and/or family with those out to neither friends nor family. Data were taken from a 2013 online study of male escorts who were categorized into three groups based on outness patterns—friends only (48.9%, n = 193), friends and family (26.6%, n = 105), or neither friends nor family (23.5%, n = 93)—and compared on demographic and behavioral variables. We hypothesized …

Satisfaction Of Students With Visual Impairment Within Different School Settings, Jeremiah Jordan

Educational Specialist, 2009-2019

This is an investigation of the satisfaction of students with visual impairment attending school in different educational settings, including students attending school in a specialized educational setting, as well as students with visual impairment attending school in a mainstreamed educational setting. This paper explores research on the effectiveness and perceptions of inclusion for children with disabilities, particularly children with visual impairment. Specific research on this topic is sparse and the researcher proposed a new research study, in which the satisfaction of students with visual impairment was targeted and explored in both a specialized educational setting and mainstreamed educational setting. High …

Multicultural To Intercultural Art Education, Kathryn A. Gong

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

The purpose of this study is to examine multicultural and intercultural art education in the commonwealth of Virginia. Multicultural and intercultural education are similar terms that share many characteristics but result in different outcomes. Multiculturalism promotes the understanding of diverse cultures, and interculturalism promotes positive communication between diverse cultures. The literature review analyzed similarities and differences between the two pedagogies, and inspired the development of questions for an electronic survey. The survey was disseminated to 926 members of the Virginia Art Education Association to examine the perceptions and uses of multiculturalism in Virginia art classrooms. The survey was also used …

Minutes From The May 7, 2015 Meeting Of The University Of Montana Faculty, University Of Montana--Missoula. Faculty

University of Montana Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes from the May 7, 2015 meeting of the University of Montana faculty.

Correlates Of Recovery From Substance Use Disorders, William Charles Gilbert

Doctoral Dissertations

This retrospective study examined the factors affecting recovery from alcohol dependence and drug dependence. A convenience sample of 263 respondents with varying lengths of recovery from a national recovery community organization and a Connecticut-based recovery community organization completed an anonymous on-line survey. The survey, which used both closed-ended and open-ended questions, was designed to collect information on drug and alcohol use and factors that contributed to the respondents’ recovery from substance dependence during the respondents’ first year of recovery. Recovery capital, which has its theoretical foundations in social capital theory and ecological theory, was the primary construct investigated. For this …

Experiences Of Slow Violence In Poor Kenyan Communities: Micro Disasters, Formalized Aid Responses, And Community Support Through Social Networks, Jennifer L. Willett

Doctoral Dissertations

Experiences of Slow Violence in Poor Kenyan Communities: Micro Disasters, Formalized Aid Responses, and Community Support through Social Networks

Jennifer Willett, Ph.D.

University of Connecticut, 2015

Despite increasing focus on the physical environment within social work, the profession at-large is failing to integrate concerns about environmental degradation into research, education, and practice. Using a slow violence frame, this study applied a qualitative phenomenological design to collect data through interviews and field notes about environmental degradation and responses in 19 poor communities in Kenya. Rather than describe mega disasters as the source of their environmental problems, participants detailed “micro disasters.” Micro …

Local Realities Of Philanthrocapitalism, Anissa Pemberton

Celebration of Learning

In this analysis of interviews with nine not-­for-­profit employees, I argue that fear and tradition in the funding priorities of private foundations has the long-­term result of limiting the local social service sector substantially. Particularly, the effect of philanthrocapitalism is felt within those topics that are deemed by the foundations to be too unstable or new to provide monetary assistance. Exasperating these realities is the missing stability of government funding for new organizations. In the Quad Cities, the main segments currently feeling the most significant financial strain are immigrants and refugees. In this ethnographic interview study of nonprofit employees, I …

Minutes Of The Faculty Senate Meeting, May 6, 2015, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Helping To Health Through Yoga: Exploring Yoga As An Adjunctive Therapy Tool For Adult Survivors Of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Sara Richeson

Counselor Education Capstones

The purpose of this paper is to explore using yoga as an adjunctive therapy tool for adult childhood sexual abuse survivors suffering from the effects of trauma. This paper will present information related to complex trauma, childhood sexual abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder, traditional talk therapy, and Hatha yoga as a complementary intervention. There is a discussion on conventional talk therapy that examines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, including theoretical components as well as implications for treating complex trauma survivors. The section on Hatha yoga will introduce the reader to the practice and clarify key elements and goals of yoga. Additionally, this paper …

Volume 52, Number 38: May 06, 2015, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Overactive Bladder Syndrome On Health-Related Quality Of Life In An Assisted-Living Community, Allison M. Berken

Master's Theses

This study investigated the effect of overactive bladder syndrome on the health-related quality of life of 32 residents (mean age 85.4) living in an assisted-living community, using widely-used and well-validated questionnaires (the OABSS and the SF-20, to assess overactive bladder and health-related quality of life, respectively). Approximately 31% of the study population satisfied the criteria for the diagnosis of overactive bladder syndrome. No significant correlation was found between the subjects’ scores on the overactive bladder and health related quality of life inventories. Nor was any association found between overactive bladder symptoms and the six component measures of the SF-20 (physical …

Identifying Predictors Of Treatment Outcomes In Substance-Abusing Parents In A Recovery Case Management Program In Connecticut, Staceyann Smith

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Hartford Open Choice Students' School Engagement: The Role Of Individual Characteristics And School Attributes, Loida Reyes

Doctoral Dissertations

Hartford Open Choice Students’ School Engagement: The Role of Individual Characteristics and School Attributes

Loida Reyes, Ph.D.

University of Connecticut, 2015

Abstract

The Supreme Court declared unconstitutional state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students in the case of Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954. Despite this major achievement, more than 60 years ago, residents in Hartford, Connecticut continue their fight to eliminate educational inequalities. In Sheff vs. O’Neill (1989) plaintiffs challenged the economic and racial segregation of public schools in Hartford and the lack of adequate resources in the city schools, which denied its students …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 52, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Crumbie, Trey. WKU 2016 Fiscal Budget to Be Reallocated
• Voorhees, Jessica. Full Stocked: Food Pantry Helps Advance Food Security
• Wright, Samantha. New Director Coming to Gender & Women’s Studies – Kristi Branham
• Harney, Lashana. President-Elect Hopes to Continue Successes in Student Government Association – Jay Richey
• Editorial Cartoon The Paw Print Makes the Master
• Together for a Better Future: Semester Accomplishments Positively Reflect on University – Parking, Insurance, Confucius Center, Racism
• French, Jackson. Avengers: Age of Ultron Is Boundless & Relentlessly Fun – Movie Review
• Pace Setter Photo Spread …

Critical Synthesis Package: The Kalamazoo Consensus Statement Assessment Tools, Michelle Yoon, Veronica Michaelsen

E-Learning Modules

This Critical Synthesis Package resource contains 1) a Critical Analysis of the psychometric properties and the application to health science education of the Kalamazoo Consensus Statement Assessment Tools and 2) a copy of each of the three instruments comprising the Kalamazoo Consensus Statement Assessment Tools developed by Elizabeth A. Rider, MSW, MD.

The Kalamazoo Consensus Statement (KCS) Tools are three content-valid, paper-based instruments that assess physician-patient communication skills. The Kalamazoo Essential Elements Communication Checklist (KEECC) is the original instrument. The Kalamazoo Essential Elements Communication Checklist-Adapted (KEECC-A) is a newer, adapted, construct-valid version, which was then further adapted into another multi-rater …

The Prospector, May 5, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Graduation Issue

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" -- Eleanor Roosevelt

A Gendered Analysis Of A Movement For Microloans: Problematizing The Micro-Craze In The Developing World, Rebecca Lynne Waghorne

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

Microcredit lending is a practice that has become increasingly common, as people and economic institutions hail its ability to offer economic opportunities to people in the developing world. The practice of lending small amounts to individuals or groups began with the creation of the Grameen Bank, and has since become considered one of the best tools for the economic empowerment of women in the so-called Global South. To best understand the potential, or lack thereof, of microlending practices to enable the further empowerment of women in terms of their economic and social status, I hope to break down the terminology …

Diaspora Times Two, Benjamin Cleeton

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

Diaspora Times Two is a photographic journalistic study of Africans living in Guangzhou, China and Chinese in Accra, Ghana. The study focuses on two young men from the Gambia who are looking for low-wage work in Guangzhou and a house of five Chinese telecommunications workers employing Ghanaians in Accra. A micro approach was taken, seeking similarities and differences between the immigrants, making images that record details not found in a general photographic survey of the areas. The project brings together stories collected from both Africans and Asians, providing insights into the process of international relocation driven by economic challenges and …