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2014 - 2015 Faculty Senate Annual Report, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

The primary file includes the 2014 - 2015 Faculty Senate Bookstore Committee Annual Report. Additional annual reports are attached.

Discovering The Chinese Mining Child: The Archaeology Of Children And Childhood In Multicultural American Mining Communities, Nicole A. Lane

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Children made up roughly one-quarter of the population of industrial boomtowns in the

North American West, underscoring the connections of family to places commonly

thought to be bachelor communities. By comparing artifacts and historical contexts from

three mining communities (Butte, Montana; Deadwood, South Dakota; and Sandpoint,

Idaho) established in the late 19th century, this thesis will contribute to archaeologies of

children, childhood, and socialization, examining material remains as a line of evidence

to study the ways in which relationships, gender, race, and class pervaded the lives of

children in these industrial settings. The methods employed here integrate information

from historical …

Socialization And Volunteers: A Training Program For Volunteer Managers, Allison M. Sullivan

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

The purpose of this project was to construct a training program for volunteer managers in nonprofit organizations that will aim to increase the retention of volunteers through better socialization practices. The training was developed using Beebe, Mottet, and Roach’s (2013) Needs-Centered Training Model, and volunteer manager and volunteer focus groups served as the needs assessment. The main topics that arose from the needs assessment included fostering a positive and supportive volunteer relational environment, helping volunteers see that they are needed, useful, and making an impact, and clearly communicating volunteer expectations. The need for better volunteer socialization can be seen from …

Victims' Perspectives Of Their Roles In Unwanted Sexual Experiences When Alcohol Is Consumed, Lindsey C. Grove

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Sexual violence among college students is recognized as a serious public health concern in the United States. Among college students, sexual violence is associated with high levels of PTSD symptoms and psychological consequences (Frazier et al., 2009). For ages 18 to 25 sexual violence is the only crime that is found to occur more frequently among college students than the same age group not attending college and is at its highest rate during the first year of attendance(Baum & Klaus, 2005) Research has already uncovered increased risk of victimization for young college students including heavy alcohol consumption (Messman-Moore, Coates, Gaffey, …

The Case Of The Disappearing E-Book: Academic Libraries And Subscription Packages, Helen Georgas

Publications and Research

One of the standard models for e-book licensing in academic libraries is the subscription package. This study is a one-year analysis of "disappeared" titles from ebrary's Academic Complete™ collection. During 2013, 3462 titles were deleted. Deleted titles were mainly recent publications (published within the last ten years), with a high number of deletions within the broad subject areas of the social sciences (H), language and literature (P), and history (C, D, E, F). Deleted titles were evenly divided between monographs published by popular presses, and monographs published by scholarly or university presses. It is recommended that deleted titles be closely …

But What Can We Do? How Juvenile Defenders Can Disrupt The Schoolto-Prison Pipeline, Jonathon Arellano-Jackson

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Heavy Episodic Drinking And Alcohol-Related Consequences: Sex-Specific Differences In Parental Influences Among Ninth-Grade Students, Diana M. Doumas, Robin Hausheer, Susan Esp

Counselor Education Faculty Publications and Presentations

Parents impact adolescent substance abuse, but sex-specific influences are not well-understood. This study examined parental influences on adolescent drinking behavior in a sample of ninth-grade students (N = 473). Hierarchical regression analyses indicated parental monitoring, disapproval of teen alcohol use, and quality of parent-teen general communication were significant predictors of drinking behaviors. Sex, however, moderated these relationships. Specifically, parental monitoring was protective of heavy episodic drinking and alcohol-related consequences for females, whereas parental disapproval of teen alcohol was protective of heavy episodic drinking for males. Implications for sex-specific parent-based intervention programs are discussed.

Previous Preterm Birth And Current Maternal Complications As A Risk Factor Of Subsequent Stillbirth, Boubakari Ibrahimou, Cynthia Anozie, Cara De La Cruz, Hamisu Salihu

Epidemiology and Biostatistics Faculty Publications

Purpose. To examine the association between previous preterm birth and the risk of stillbirth. Methods. This population-based retrospective cohort study analyzed live births and stillbirth records in Missouri (1989–1997). The main outcome of interest was stillbirth occurrence while the exposures were prior preterm birth. Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were computed using logistic regression. Results. Women who had a previous preterm birth have 63% increased odds of stillbirth in singleton pregnancies and 75% increased odds in twins as compared to those who did not have a preterm birth in a prior pregnancy (AOR = 1.63, 95% CI = …

The Time For Design-Based Research Is Right And Right Now, Jennifer K. Shah, David C. Ensminger, Kimberly Their

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

The science-to-service problem continues to taunt the field of education (Fixsen, Blasé, Naoom, & Wallace, 2009). As an academic discipline, the field requires knowledge generation that adds to or deepens theoretical understandings. As a profession, knowledge generation that solves local problems and supports continuous improvement is necessary. Using design-based research (DBR) provides a means of serving theoretical and practical needs in education, addressing the complexity of education by informing immediate practice while simultaneously contributing to theoretical understandings in the field of education. Using Stokes’ (1977) model of scientific research and knowledge generation, we situate DBR within Pasteur’s quadrant, describe how …

Health Care Reform Implementation In Minnesota: Mission Advanced But Not Accomplished, Thaddeus Mason Pope

Faculty Scholarship

Minnesota has long been, and remains, a leader both in the quality of its population's health and in the quality of its health care. Still, the Affordable Care Act has required and prompted massive changes. Roughly five years after enactment of the ACA, it seemed prudent to assess the impact of those changes. Accordingly, the Hamline University Health LawInstitute' and the Hamline Law Review2 hosted an interdisciplinary Symposium entitled "Health Care Reform Implementation in Minnesota: Mission Advanced but not Accomplished."

Regional and national experts explored the real, outstanding, and upcoming law and policy issues relating to the implementation of …

What To Expect At The Intersection Of Law And Social Work, Jada Fehn

Faculty Scholarship

Hamline University School of Law recently launched a medical-legal partnership (MLP) with United Family Medicine (UFM), a community clinic on West Seventh Street. UFM is a nonprofit provider of primary health care that strives to meet the needs of the medically uninsured, underinsured, and underserved residents of Saint Paul. One of the main components of the partnership is a law school clinic that will provide legal assistance and educate student attorneys as part of a holistic approach to medical care.

The Growing Crisis In Maine: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Olivia Avidan

Honors Theses

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) is a Maine epidemic. In addition to having medical repercussions, NAS is intrinsically linked to social, political and economic factors. NAS is a conglomeration of symptoms, short-term and long-term, that affect a child that has been exposed to opioids in utero. These factors that impact NAS are interdependent. The past decade is characterized by a dramatic rise in NAS cases in Maine. This paper explores the social, political and economic landscape surrounding NAS in an effort to describe fully the syndrome’s effect on both individuals and the community as a whole.

Moral Reasoning Of Student And Academic Misconduct Habits: A Qualitative Evaluation, Charles Rooney

Masters Theses

Utilizing qualitative methodology, participants' awareness of the academic standard and their development morally based of Kohlberg's theory of moral development. Through conduction one-on-one interview with third year student at a four year public institution, it was found participants have limited knowledge of academic misconduct. Participants were morally developed below what one would expect according to the theory of moral development. Participants stated that academic misconduct is not something most professors go over in class but is something either they have performed or witnessed their peers performing. Participants recommended professors explicitly spending time during syllabus review to go over what academic …

Helping Students Graduate: An Examination Of The Services Provided By A Dropout Prevention Program, Caren Putzu

Theses and Dissertations

The Alliance for Excellent Education (2011) estimates every 26 seconds in America, a student drops out of school. Numerous intervention and prevention approaches have been implemented to reduce the incidents of school dropout. One program, Communities In Schools (CIS), has shown promise in impacting the issue of school dropout by attending to both academic and non-academic factors at play in influencing a student’s risk for dropping out. The primary aim of this secondary data analysis was to develop an increased understanding of CIS services, to explore whether service provision varies systematically in relation to student outcomes and student characteristics, and …

The Subject Librarian Newsletter, Public Administration, Spring 2015, Linda Colding

Libraries' Newsletters

No abstract provided.

La Voz January 2015, El Instituto: Institute Of Latina/O, Caribbean, And Latin American Studies

La Voz

In this issue:

• Mead Lecture: Jossiana Arroyo-Martinez
• Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer
• El Instituto Internship Placement
• Blood Rising: Art and Social Justice

An Integral Perspective Of Peace Leadership, Whitney Mcintyre Miller, Zachary Gabriel Green

Education Faculty Articles and Research

"Peace leadership is the mobilization of action for just change. When people are motivated to act individually and function collectively for the benefit of humanity and the planet, peace leadership is present. Central to peace leadership is a desire for inclusion and cohesion whereby individuals are enabled to live in liberty to their fullest potential, free from the oppression of powers who seek to wield dominance. Peace leadership therefore is focused on creating a positive peace, while including essential elements working against forces for violence and aggression, or negative peace (Galtung, 3). It is an integral process to understand individual …

"Put Your Ear Close To The Whispering Branch..." Deep Listening In The English Classroom, Jessica Jones

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Taking her cue from Guy Murchie’s Song of the Sky, the author discovers a method for reaching at-risk children, whose ventures into poetry engage them deeply in the natural world and make them part of it.

The Honors Beacon, Issue 09, Winter 2015, Honors Program At Minnesota State University, Mankato

Honors Beacon

Winter 2015 newsletter of the Honors Program at Minnesota State University, Mankato

Maarifa, Spring/Summer 2015, African And African American Studies

African and African American Studies Newsletter

This nineteen page newsletter created by the Wright State University African and African American Studies Program documents faculty and student highlights, course offerings, upcoming events, scholarship opportunities, and more.

This is the inaugural issue of the new African and African American Studies Program newsletter, now called Maarifa, a Kiswahili term for "knowledge."

Lake Campus Academic Program Review, 2014, Wright State University, Lake Campus

Academic Program Review Reports - All

This 56 page report reviews several programs offered at Wright State University's Lake Campus, specifically looking at the time from Fall 2009 to Fall 2014. Programs Reviewed: Biological Sciences Business and Administration Chemistry Communication Studies Earth and Environmental Sciences Graphic Design and Visual Media History Integrated Science Studies Liberal Studies Nursing Office Information Systems Organizational Leadership Psychology Social Work Sociology Technical and Applied Studies Tehcnical Studies (Agriculture, Food Science, Law Enforcement/Academy, SkillsTrac)

Development, Implementation, And Evaluation Of An End Of Life Care Online Module For Pre-Clinical Students, Chung Sang Tse

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Basic palliative and end-of-life care skills are necessary for all physicians regardless of their field of specialty. Education should begin during the early stages of medical training, as early as medical school, to ensure that all physicians acquire a basic understanding of these aspects of medical care. At the Yale School of Medicine, the End-of-Life and Palliative Care Curriculum was formalized in 2008 to address this need and was expanded in 2012 to include an original educational online module. This new module was designed specifically for second-year medical students, who had the opportunity to visit hospice patients but do not …

The Relationship Of Hispanic Ethnicity, Drug Use, And Bullying With Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescent Females In The 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey, Erin Camp

Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)

BACKGROUND: There is little research on the relationship of Hispanic ethnicity, drug use, and bully victimization with suicidal ideation among adolescent females. This study investigates all components and their association with suicidal ideation using the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (YRBSS).

METHODS: Participants were 6,621 adolescent females who completed a self-administered questionnaire (YRBSS). Students answered a series of questions regarding unintentional injuries and violence and alcohol and other drug use.

RESULTS: Results indicated that there was an association between drug use, bully victimization, and suicidal ideation. Bivariate analyses using chi-square tests showed the relationships between these risk factors and …

Implementation Of School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports In The Neoliberal Context In An Urban Elementary School, Deanna Adams

Dissertations - ALL

This research is a two-year ethnographic case study of a School-wide positive behavior supports (SWPBS) school leadership team, at an urban elementary school in central New York, during their first two years implementing SWPBS. SWPBS is a framework for implementing a school-wide behavior management system that focuses on proactive rather than reactive behavior interventions. SWPBS was recommended in No Child Left Behind and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as a positive alternative to punitive discipline policies and strategies and as a tool for reducing office discipline referrals and suspensions, as well as improving academic achievement.

Using in-depth interviews, participant observation, …

2015-2016 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Undergraduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIU Bulletins and Course Catalogs Archives

No abstract provided.

2015-2016 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Graduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIU Bulletins and Course Catalogs Archives

No abstract provided.

Lsu General Catalog 2015-2016, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College

LSU General Catalog

The LSU General Catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate departments and programs with degree requirements and courses offered for each one. The LSU General Catalog includes information on registration and financial aid as well as academic services offered to all students.

Go Wish- Pediatrics : Pilot Study Of A Conversation Tool In Pediatric Palliative Care, Meghan Ryan Potthoff

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Problem: Difficult conversations and decisions are an unfortunate reality for parents caring for children facing life threatening conditions. Confusing, inadequate, and inconsistent communication by health care providers makes advance care planning difficult in pediatrics.
Design: A mixed methods design was utilized to evaluate the effectiveness of an advance care planning conversation tool, Go Wish- Pediatrics, on the emotional resources and distress experienced by parents caring for children in palliative care.
Methods: For this pilot study, a mailed invitation to participate was sent to 134 parents of children currently enrolled in palliative care which yielded a total of ten participants. …

Kate Martin: Individual And Couples Therapist And Workshop Leader, Erin Olson, Diana S. Richmond Garland

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

Whether she is working as therapist with a couple in crisis in her office or leading a workshop in a church fellowship hall, Kate sees this as her way, as she says, of "answering God's call to bring redemption."

Winter 2015, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

Winter 2015 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 67 pages

Volume 98, Number 4