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Gardner-Webb Alumna Explored Several Majors To Determine Career Path, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

As a young girl, Megan Carscaddon, of Shelby, N.C., spent many hours on the campus of Gardner-Webb University with her father, Dr. David Carscaddon, a professor in the School of Psychology. “I vividly remember being the ball girl for the women’s basketball team in the ’90s,” Carscaddon recalled. “On summer breaks, my sisters and I would play in the empty classrooms while Daddy prepared syllabi for the next semester. We learned to swim in the pool on campus, went to football games and spent time in the library. Gardner-Webb has been a part of my life, for most of my …

Independent - Jun. 21, 2016, Brett Starkopf

The Independent (1988-present)

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Temporal Effects Of Distressed Housing On Early Childhood Risk Factors And Kindergarten Readiness, Claudia J. Coulton, Francisca García Cobián Richter, Robert L. Fischer, Youngmin Cho

Faculty Scholarship

Poor housing quality and housing crises have been linked to adverse outcomes for children. However, few studies have focused on the early childhood period or been able to pinpoint how the timing and duration of housing problems contributes to early educational success. This longitudinal study draws on linked administrative records from housing, education, social service and health agencies to examine the influence of exposure to housing neighborhood conditions since birth on school readiness of all children entering kindergarten over a four-year period in a big city school system. Using marginal structural models that properly account for dynamic housing and neighborhood …

Confessions Of A Media Literacy Scholar-Practitioner: Job Market Advantages, Research Agenda Challenges, And Theory-Driven Production, Christopher Boulton

Journal of Media Literacy Education

This essay explores how higher education’s move away from the liberal arts tradition of learning by thinking and towards more vocational “experiential” approaches has implications for media literacy educators’ career options, scholarly identities, and teaching strategies. Specifically, I consider my own negotiation of increasing administrative and student demands for “hands-on” production courses by confessing both my advantages on the job market and my post-hire challenges in articulating a clear research agenda. I then conclude with a case study of how I repurposed my scholar-practitioner identity and used critical theory to drive production by bringing film students into a cultural studies …

Faculty In The News: June 20, 2016, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Read highlights of recent media coverage of College of Arts and Sciences faculty research, scholarship and commentary.

Perceptions Of Being A Woman And Strategies For Women’S Body Image Resilience, Lauren L. Mclean, Amanda C. Laguardia

The Qualitative Report

Although the negative effects of female body objectification are well established, there is a lack of qualitative research examining how women can develop resiliency against body image issues and low self-esteem. Through the current phenomenological qualitative study, we sought to explore how participants defined being a woman, particularly a woman with healthy self-esteem. In addition, we explored several resiliency strategies, based on Choate’s (2005) theoretical model of body image resilience, that women could potentially use to combat some of the effects of objectification. Results indicated that female participants experience normative beliefs and gender expectations that a woman with a healthy …

Ageing And Long-Term Care Planning Perceptions Of Hispanics In The Usa: Evidence From A Case Study In New London, Connecticut, María Amparo Cruz-Saco, Mónika López-Anuarbe

Economics Faculty Publications

This paper explores the ageing attitudes and long-term care planning behavior of adult Hispanics in New London, Connecticut, a town with 30 thousand inhabitants that is rapidly ageing. We conducted six focus groups and had 37 participants share their ageing perceptions and long-term care needs. Our main findings suggest that informal care arrangements are vulnerable and unsustainable especially since women have historically and disproportionately provided most family eldercare even at their own personal and financial expense. Though male participants expected their female relatives to care for them when they age and need personal assistance, female participants did not necessarily expect …

Appreciative Co-Design: From Problem Solving To Strength-Based Re-Authoring In Social Design, Tasman Munro

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper outlines an approach to Social Design that departs the practice of design as ‘problem solving’ and advocates for Appreciative Co-design, an approach that seeks to nurture strengths and co-construct empowering stories that give life to living systems. As Social Designers we’re working with increasingly vulnerable people in immensely difficult circumstances, and sometimes their lives become constructed around a ‘problem story’. These participants can be difficult to engage in the co- design process, they can be resistant to change or find it difficult to envision positive future alternatives. And as Social Designers it’s now our role to shift their …

United We Stand: A Critique Of The Design Thinking Approach In Interdisciplinary Innovation, Fiona Maciver, Julian Malins, Julia Kantorovich, Aggelos Liapis

DRS Biennial Conference Series

There has been a recent upsurge in the promotion of ‘creative thinking’. The input of several disciplines is necessary to innovate new products and services. However, there remain many challenges to collaboration amongst creative and science-based disciplines. This paper examines disparities between designers and technologists when innovating and tackling problems. It is suggested that dominance of one party is likely to result in inadequate results. This paper seeks to explore how collaboration can be mediated by design thinking. A case study of designers and technologists working on a software development project is presented. The case study highlights challenges resulting from …

Designing The Unknown: Supervising Design Students Who Manage Mental Health Issues, Welby Ings

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Seneca in his Moral Essays said, ‘No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness’ (1928, p. 284). When working with highly gifted designers, it is not uncommon to encounter such a connection. However, as supervisors we can often find ourselves navigating unstable territories with little pedagogical guidance. This article discusses some implications of working creatively with Design students who manage mental health conditions in a postgraduate environment in a New Zealand University. In doing so, it considers it reflects upon the research journeys of two candidates and the construction of responsive, creativity supportive environments developed to support …

Serious Play Strategies In The Design Of Kinetic And Wearable Devices, Lois Frankel, Ellen Hrinivich

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Encouraging spontaneous creativity is an on-going quest in design. Play embodies this. This paper builds on the concept of “serious play” as a design strategy for creating new and innovative ideas. It discusses a qualitative study involving six teams of designers, each generating initial concepts for wearable and interactive kinetic devices. It describes the playful interactions that emerged as a common strategy for their collaborative and creative ideation practices. It contributes features that further clarify the nature of serious play in relation to humour, role-playing scenarios, gestures, and multi-sensory involvement.

Total Marginality: Cumulative Marginality Among African American Students At A Predominantly White Institution, Marlon C. James, Kristin Kistner Hall, Vanessa Liles, Terra L. Williams, Sonia M. Marrero

Journal of Multicultural Affairs

This study examines the cumulative nature of marginality felt by African American undergraduates attending a Predominantly White institution (PWI). In-depth semi-structured interviews with ten African American college upperclassmen revealed the need for conceptualization of student marginality at PWIs. The participants detailed their exposure to varying levels of marginality in campus spaces, classrooms, course curriculum, residence halls, the community surrounding the institution, elements of their home environment, and interracial and intraracial interactions with students. This study moves beyond descriptive analyses (Feagin, Vera, & Imani 1996; Davis, Dias-Bowie, Greenberg, Klukken, Pollio, Thomas, & Thompson, 2004; Lewis, Ginsberg, Davis, & Smith, 2004) and …

1941 The Beaver Log

University Yearbooks

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1943 The Log Of Beaver College

University Yearbooks

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1949 The Log Of Beaver College

University Yearbooks

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We Are...Marshall, June 15, 2016, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

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University Honors Program News, Georgia Southern University

Honors College: News & Publications (2008-2020)

• Alumni Update: The Mindful Research of Alicia Carter

Exploring Residing In A Homeless Hostel In The Uk The Use Of ‘Food As A Life-Style Motivator’ Amongst Homeless People: A Multi-Disciplinary Participatory Action Research Project, Mj Cunningham, C Pettinger, J Parsons, C Sutton, A Whiteford, R Ayres, G D'Aprano, L Withers, G Letherby

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Title Iv-E Child Welfare Education Program Evaluation, Jeffrey David Waid, Lea Ann Holder, Marty Lowrey, Katharine Cahn

Child Welfare

The Child Welfare Education Program (CWEP) is a partnership between Portland State University’s School of Social Work and Oregon’s Department of Human Services (DHS), Child Welfare Agency. The mission of the program is to improve outcomes to children and families who come in contact with State or Tribal Child Welfare by strengthening the child welfare workforce.The program assists state and tribal child welfare employees and recruits in pursuing a Bachelor or Master of Social Work degree with a focus of study in child welfare, providing tuition assistance, specialized course work and educational support.The current CWEP evaluation focuses on providing formative …

Oxytocin: Biomarker Of Affiliation And Neurodevelopment In Premature Infants, Ashley Marie Weber

Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to 1) describe oxytocin levels in plasma, urine, and saliva in premature infants through 34 weeks gestation and 2) determine if oxytocin levels vary with maternal-infant interaction, neurobehavioral organization, and infant stress exposure. Thirty-seven premature infants, born gestational ages 25-28 6/7 weeks, were longitudinally followed until 36 weeks gestation. Plasma and urine samples were collected at 14 days of life, then weekly until 34 weeks. Data on infant and environmental variables were abstracted from the electronic medical record. Infant social engagement behaviors was measured by the Parent-Child Early Relational Assessment, during a videotaped feeding …

The Journal Of Counselor Preparation And Supervision Spring 2016 Full Issue, The Journal Of Counselor Preparation And Supervision

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

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Using Song Lyrics To Enhance Counselor Trainee Perceptions Of Their Reflective Listening Skills, Eric Davis, Jennifer Pereira

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

This qualitative study explored counseling student perceptions of the use of song lyrics to practice reflective listening skills. Student perceptions included reactions to a creative technique, increased confidence in reflective skills, applicability of skills, and potential issues with this activity. Results, implications for counselor education, and future research are explored.

Punishment From The Viewpoint Of Psychiatry, Robert P. Odenwald

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Eastern Washington University Commencement Program, 2016, Eastern Washington University

Commencement Programs

Program for Eastern Washington University's spring commencement in 2016

The Risky Business Of Faculty Votes Of "No-Confidence" In These Turbulent Times, Robert W. Hill Ed.D., William Austin

Faculty Presentations

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Courtney Gray Is First To Complete Unh's Jd/Msw Dual Degree, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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Longitudinal Trajectory Of Adolescent Exposure To Community Violence And Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents And Young Adults: Understanding The Effect Of Mental Health Service Usage, Wan-Yi Chen, Kenneth Corvo, Yookyong Lee, Hyeouk "Chris" Hahm

Social Work (Graduate) Faculty Publications

Research on the impact of exposure to community violence tends to define victimization as a single construct. This study differentiates between direct and indirect violence victimization in their association with mental health problems and mental health service use. This study includes 8947 individuals from four waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and examines (1) whether sub-types of adolescent victimization are linked to depressive symptoms; (2) whether adolescent victimization is linked with mental health service use; and (3) the role of mental health service use in attenuating symptoms arising from victimizations. Adolescents witnessing community violence were …

Criminal And Adult Protection Financial Exploitation Laws In The United States: How Do The Statutes Measure Up To Existing Research?, Kevin E. Hansen, Jonathan Hampel, Sandra L. Reynolds, Iris C. Freeman

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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State-Level Anti-Bullying Policy: Toward A System-Level Implementation Framework, Andrew Martinez

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Bullying is a public health concern, with negative mental health and academic consequences. In response to the prevalence of bullying in our nation’s schools, all 50 states have now enacted anti-bullying legislation. Overall, these mandates include a series of requirements geared toward addressing bullying in school settings and improving overall school climate.

Following this trend of states enacting anti-bullying legislation, the State of Connecticut, the focus of this study, passed PA 11-232, An Act Concerning the Strengthening of School Bullying Laws (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-232). This legislation was passed in 2011 and brought forth a series of mandates geared …

2016-06-10, Board Of Regents, Murray State University

Board of Regents Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.