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Commencement Program, 2017, Cuny John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

Reports and Publications from John Jay College

Commencement Programs are handed out at each graduation. They include information on honorary degrees, awards and prizes and candidates for degree. However, they cannot be considered an official record of conferring of degrees.

Human Rights: From Legal Transplants To Fair Translation, James M. Donovan

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

The current regime of international human rights suffers from three shortcomings: First, it has failed to adequately address the reality of cultural diversity. Second, the formalized human rights treaties have been ineffective in their ability to compel states to reform their behaviors, and third, the uncontrolled growth in the number of human rights weakens the impact of appeals to that standard.

Although treated as independent problems, this paper finds that these three limitations are sufficiently linked such that a remedy to the first will simultaneously resolve the others. Parts I and II of the paper describe how the imposition of …

Stimulated Hyposalivary Flow Rates In Healthcare Students In An Interprofessional Awareness Educational Program Curriculum, R Constance Wiener

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Purpose. Hyposalivation influences quality of life and medication compliance. However, oral health knowledge (in general) and knowledge about hyposalivation (in particular) are often lacking in nondental healthcare professional’s curricula. Additionally, hyposalivation has not been adequately studied in young adults. The purpose for this study is twofold: to use an interprofessional educational curriculum to increase nondental healthcare students’ knowledge about oral health and salivary testing and determine whether hyposalivation is different between sexes in young adults. Method. First-year medical and pharmacy students () learned the process of saliva collection and provided samples in an interprofessional program. Results. There were 14.4% of …

The Divide "Public Airwaves Through Prison Walls" Proof Document, Sally Brown

Promotion

Proof document for promotional ad for the Nov. 15, 2017 presentation of "Public Airwaves Through Prison Walls" in conjunction with the exhibit "The Divide" in the WVU Downtown Campus Library.

Rabbit Exploitation In The Middle Paleolithic At Gruta Nova Da Columbeira, Portugal, Milena M. Carvalho

Anthropology Graduate Student Publications

Differences in subsistence between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans may suggest key behavioral changes during the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition. In this paper, I present archeozoological and stable isotopic analyses of Oryctolagus cuniculus (European wild rabbit) remains from levels 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Gruta Nova da Columbeira, a Mousterian cave site located in central Portugal. I use these data to explore two alternative hypotheses: 1. Anatomically modern humans gained a competitive advantage over Neanderthals by exploiting a broader-spectrum diet including small prey items such as the rabbit and 2. Neanderthals already on occasion practiced a broad-spectrum diet …

Awakening Imagination: Glimpses Of Ignatian Spirituality In Seventeenth-Century French Hagiographic Theatre, Ana Fonseca Conboy

Languages and Cultures Faculty Publications

The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556) propose an active method of exercising spirituality through meditation, prayer, and imaginative contemplation. Beyond mere spectators, Ignatian disciples are invited to become actors in the scene unfolding in their sensory imaginations, in what Barthes calls the “récit christique” (Barthes 1971, 10). In that sense, the Exercises possess a performative force. The implicit freedom inspired in the exercitant, the person who performs the Exercises, echoes the call to the imagination of the spectator of seventeenth-century French hagiographic drama. Exercises promulgated throughout the four weeks of the spiritual retreat are reflected in …

Three Damn Letters, Katherine Ammon

Honors Program Theses

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a terminal disease that destroys a patient's motor neurons. In the play Three Damn Letters, a sarcastic woman must accept her own ALS diagnosis while also balancing her relationships with her father, husband, and son. This seriocomedic play explores themes of family roles, disability, love, and death.

The Translated Identities Of Chinese Minority Writers : Sinophone Naxi Authors, Duncan Poupard

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

This paper will show the interplay between language and identity in the writing of Sinophone Chinese minority writers, who write what can be envisioned as a form of postcolonial literature. It is postcolonial in the sense that they are transposing their native, subaltern culture into Chinese for a Han Chinese audience. The focus of the discussion is on Naxi minority writers such as Sha Li and Niu Gengqin who are writing their own racial identity in Chinese. They are essentially “translating” the cultural metatext of their home (Naxi) culture for a dominant-culture (Han) audience. It is argued that the use …

Dean Conant Worcester (1866–1924): Colonizing And Collecting The Philippines, Mark Rice

American Studies Faculty/Staff Publications

In lieu of an abstract, here is the chapter's first paragraph:

Although his fame has faded over the years, there was a time when Dean Conant Worcester (1866-1924) was a very influential—and equally controversial—individual (fig. 57). A physically imposing man with an abundance of energy and self-confidence, Worcester’s career path went from scientist to colonial administrator to successful businessman. He was one of the many players who helped usher the United States into its position of global dominance in the twentieth century. His representations of the Philippines in writing and images were instrumental in the debates within the United States …

Networking Alumni Panels For Humanities Social Sciences Natural Sciences, Feb 2, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

The Book Of Mormon Witnesses And Their Challenge To Secularism, Daniel C. Peterson

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

T here has been much comment recently on the growth in numbers of the religious “nones.” Not all of them are actually non-theists, but secularism or naturalism is undoubtedly on the rise — and Latter-day Saints have not escaped damage from the trend. Several recent books and articles have sought to help their readers live with doubt, cope with uncertainty, or find value or joy in the Mormon community even when some, most, or perhaps even all of its founding narrative has come to seem untenable. I believe, however, that naturalism should be directly challenged and that the Book of …

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Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

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When Is A Randomised Controlled Trial Health Equity Relevant? Development And Validation Of A Conceptual Framework, J. Jull, M. Whitehead, M. Petticrew, E. Kristjansson, D. Gough, Sarah Baird, +Several Additional Authors

Global Health Faculty Publications

Background Randomised controlled trials can provide evidence relevant to assessing the equity impact of an intervention, but such information is often poorly reported. We describe a conceptual framework to identify health equity-relevant randomised trials with the aim of improving the design and reporting of such trials.

Methods An interdisciplinary and international research team engaged in an iterative consensus building process to develop and refine the conceptual framework via face-to-face meetings, teleconferences and email correspondence, including findings from a validation exercise whereby two independent reviewers used the emerging framework to classify a sample of randomised trials.

Results A randomised trial can …

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Membership Roster 2017-2018, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

List of past membership for Faculty Senate including members, substitutes, and presidentially appointed members; names, emails, the year for end of term, college, UMC, and phone number are recorded.

"The Saddest Affair I Have Witnessed In The War": A Battlefield Study Of The Battle Of The Crater, 30 July 1864, Adrian Mandzy, Daniel Sivilich, Michelle Sivilich

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

Between the 15th and the 201h of March 2015, a metal detecting survey of the Battle of the Crater was conducted to access the status of the cultural resources connected with the engagement and to examine how far did Union troops advance from the mouth of the Crater. The survey was conducted by a join team of scholars, volunteers, and students. Dr. Mandzy, who holds a PhD in History and an MA in Anthropology, served as the project's PI. Dr. Fitzpatrick, a historian from Morehead State University and Dr. Michelle Sivilich, an anthropologist at Gulf Archaeology Research, also took part …

Using Mediawiki, The Semantic Mediawiki Extension And Relfinder For Heritage Data Management: A Rock Art Case Study, Robert A. Haubt

Staff Scholarship - Australia & Dubai

This paper looks at the usefulness of the MediaWiki and relevant wiki extensions for rock art data management and research. The paper follows a framework provided by the Global Rock Art Database www.rockartdatabase.com and examines a new database model for a semantic data management approach. Through practical examples it explores the usefulness of wikis in the data management life cycle from data planning to collection, storage and dissemination and examines interconnections within each phase of the cycle. The paper proposes a combined use of the Semantic MediaWiki extension and the RelFinder for visualization of semantic relationships, which could assist researchers …

In Defense Of Sundance: Examining The Film Festival’S Place In American Independent Cinema In The Age Of Netflix And Amazon, Adam Soll

CMC Senior Theses

For more than 30 years, the Sundance Film Festival has served as the preeminent venue for exhibiting and selling American independent films. Since the festival’s inception, however, the distinction between Hollywood and indie films has become increasingly unclear, and Sundance has been accused of selling out to the mainstream. On one hand, the Sundance Institute continues to support and incubate truly independent artists who otherwise may never get their films made; on the other hand, the festival that the institute puts on every year is full of A-list stars, corporate sponsors, and countless other examples of Hollywood elitism. The American …

Housing An Unspeakable Memory: Abstracted Manifestations Of The Void Of Jewish Life Within The Jewish Museum Of Berlin, Allya Yourish

Theses & ETDs

While researchers such as James Young, David Ellison, and Bryoni Trezise have written extensively on the unique structure of the Jewish Museum Berlin, no researcher has applied an art historical lens to their work on the building. The pattern emerging from literature on the museum displays a focus on memory theory and the function of memory, instead of visual analysis of the strange and angular building designed by Daniel Libeskind. This thesis finds that Libeskind’s design overcomes the challenge of representing the Holocaust by using abstraction instead of symbolism. Analysis of the design reveals that the structure causes a visceral …

Rehabilitative Readings: Narratives Of Incarceration And Collective Healing, Scott Smedley

Theses & ETDs

In an age of mass incarceration crisis when imprisonment rates have skyrocketed, especially along lines of race and class, those with low vulnerability for incarceration might not be inclined to think of themselves as having much connection to the crisis. However, considering ways that these populations reinforce and drive mass incarceration through their participation in a punitive culture opens new ground for reflexivity and action. In this project, I explore the role of reading and readers in the United States criminal punishment system. Drawing from thinkers like Michel Foucault and Michelle Brown, I argue that material realities of imprisonment shape …

“Nobody Gives Us A Voice, We Take It!”: Political Theatre Organized By Refugees In Berlin, Germany, Maia Owen

Theses & ETDs

This is an ethnography of Club Al-Hakawati نادﺩيﻱ اﺍلحكواﺍتي , a political theater group for young refugees and asylum seekers based in Berlin, Germany. In June 2016, they wrote the play Caravan Al-Hakawati (The Caravan of Storytellers) to premier at a performance festival they co-organized. In the play, the Hakawati travel during the outbreak of a war through a world of borders they cross, telling stories based on Arab oral traditions and their own lived experiences. Club Al-Hakawati is a space where people can have their voices heard through their creative actions. Having a community where they can direct their …

Ethnophycology: Towards An Understanding Of Algae’S Influence On The Story Of Humanity, Orion Morton

Theses & ETDs

Humans have been shaped by a vast assortment of nonhuman organisms throughout evolutionary history; this thesis explores algae's influence, termed ethnophycology here, in particular. Utilizing extensive archival research, and supplemented with interviews of individuals involved in local food production systems, this thesis aims to looks at the past, present, and future of human-algal relations, with an additional goal of developing a model to incorporate algae into local food systems. Drawing on the framework of multispecies ethnography, it begins by reviewing various cultures’ relationships with algae, looking at uses for food, animal feed, fertilizers, and as agents in human migration. The …

She’S Sick Of All The Drama: The Portrayal Of Female Sickness In Chinese Literature And Television Drama, Natalie True

Theses & ETDs

This thesis explores the concept of female sickness in both Chinese literature— including pre-modern, modern, and postmodern stories ranging from seventeenth-century China to the 1990’s—and contemporary television drama. I analyze how female sickness catalyzes the character’s life choices and pushes them, typically, in paths towards traditionally accepted roles. The first section addresses literature including “Miss Sophia’s Diary” and “Sunshine Between the Lips.” Depending on when they were written, the stories use female sickness to reflect significant turning points in history. In the modern stories, for instance, the sickness showed confliction about being a New Woman, while the postmodern stories leaned …

Olas: An Ethnographic Account Of A Cuban Family In Little Havana, Maximillian Mermell

Theses & ETDs

Cuban immigrants who reside in Miami have radically transformed the city, but the intertwined relationship of the United States and Cuba complicates their identities. The goal of my thesis is to capture narratives of immigration taking place during different eras of political relations between Cuba and the United States. Using the format of documentary-style ethnographic film, one family tells their story. Oral history interviews are supplemented with footage of Little Havana, where the population is mostly Cuban immigrants, many of whom were exiles and refugees of the revolution. History, methodology, and ethnographic experiences are explored further in this writing.

City Of Asylum: An Arts Nonprofit In A Diverse But Divided Neighborhood, Oriana Reilly

Theses & ETDs

Pittsburgh is facing demographic shifts from an influx of refugees and highly paid workers from larger cities, ethnic and economic segregation due to historical factors, and revitalization efforts across the city. Place-making, community building and activist art have been seen as viable options for people to learn about each other's differences and mitigate tensions that occur within diverse neighborhoods. Through ethnographic participant observation and a focus on space and place I analyzed a literary and arts non-profit's practices and their effects on attendees and the neighborhood. The organization's efforts are emergent, but it seems that place-making initiatives and intellectual presentations …

She’S Sick Of All The Drama: The Portrayal Of Female Sickness In Chinese Literature And Television Drama, Natalie True

Theses & ETDs

This thesis explores the concept of female sickness in both Chinese literature— including pre-modern, modern, and postmodern stories ranging from seventeenth-century China to the 1990’s—and contemporary television drama. I analyze how female sickness catalyzes the character’s life choices and pushes them, typically, in paths towards traditionally accepted roles. The first section addresses literature including “Miss Sophia’s Diary” and “Sunshine Between the Lips.” Depending on when they were written, the stories use female sickness to reflect significant turning points in history. In the modern stories, for instance, the sickness showed confliction about being a New Woman, while the postmodern stories leaned …

Both Home & Not: An Exploration Of Belonging A Play, And Analysis Of Theater As Research, Jacob Alexander "Quake" Cooley

Theses & ETDs

In June of 2016, I traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina in order to conduct research about what it means to be at Home, to Belong, and to be an Outsider. In total, I interviewed 18 people on the subject, all of whom were born and raised outside of Buenos Aires, and nearly all of whom were immigrants to Argentina. At large, their responses to my research questions provided compelling stories and unique opinions, unforgettable personalities and wholesome insights. I then represented these people and their stories on stage, in what became the soaringly ambitious Both Home & Not, New College's …

Reconnecting People And Place: A Case Study Of The Finger Lakes’ Local Food Movement, Shoshana Davidson

Theses & ETDs

By examining how the broader trends of our current globalized industrial food system take shape in the city of Ithaca, New York and its surrounding agricultural hinterland, this thesis explores the transformative potential for local agricultural movements to reconnect people to place. Through interviews and participatory observation, this project examines the role of the community in local agriculture, the policies and organizations critical to fostering and sustaining this local food network, and the way in which consumer and producer values can work in conjunction for mutual benefits or conflict for divergent needs. Driving my research is an investigation into how …

“What We Are Doing Here Is Small But I Think This Is The Future”: Two Case Studies For Establishing Agricultural Intentional Communities As A New Social Movement, Mariana Bonilla

Theses & ETDs

This undergraduate thesis poses the question: in the face of global issues regarding food security, environmental degradation, and social inequality, are there any grassroots communitarian solutions to making sustainable and equitable food production systems that challenge the progressivist industrial growth model, and if so how do they manifest? My field research examines two case studies of agricultural intentional communities and I posit that these non-cohesive and sporadic communities cropping up worldwide, although not actively engaged in any legal or political struggles, are enacting real social change at the level of the lifeworld and thus, constitute a New Social Movement. I …

The Manipulation Of Nature And Human Nature In Aldous Huxley’S Brave New World And Frank Herbert’S Dune, Taylor Allyn

Theses & ETDs

This thesis is an ecological reading of two works of fiction—Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Frank Herbert’s Dune. The thesis focuses on the ecological aspects of the two novels and the impacts and consequences of human manipulation as seen in the texts. The first chapter will delve into the manipulation of the natural world and the second will center on the manipulation of human nature. I will take into account ideas of power, awareness, control, and perception.

More Than Just Looking: An Analysis Of Institutional Critique In The Works Of Kara Walker, Francesca Tignor

Theses & ETDs

For this thesis, I argue that installations made by artist Kara Walker engage the museum space they inhabit to offer a dialogue of institutional critique. Walker is known for her silhouette works, which deal with themes regarding race, gender, and class in a hyperviolent manner. To accomplish this analysis, I look at two major works by Kara Walker which are both installations composed of silhouette figures. I present these works in the context of institutional critique to see the extent to which Walker’s works can be classified in this manner. I close with a recent work by Kara Walker to …