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Preparing Part-Time Contingent Faculty To Teach Writing Online Examining Writing Program Administrator Approaches, Melvin E. Beavers

Theses and Dissertations

As part of the post-secondary educational landscape, online education in the form of online programs and courses help institutions reach and enroll more students. To meet the needs of increased enrollments in online education, part-time faculty are often hired to teach online courses. Part-time contingent faculty or adjuncts represent a growing majority across many fields of study in colleges and universities. As Rendahl & Breuch (2013) reported, first-year courses, specifically freshman composition, are increasingly taught online. This explanatory mixed-methods dissertation examines how, and in what ways, writing program administrators approach preparing and training part-time faculty to teach writing online. The …

Deconstructing The Syllabus: Re-Envisioning Digital Learning With The Shift To Canvas, Lashaunn Bold, Kimberly Breuer, Brian Brown, Cynthia Kilpatrick, Michelle Reed, Peggy Semingson

UTA Libraries Staff Publications - Archive

A group of four faculty members and a librarian present ideas for integrating innovative tools and ideas into Canvas for student in higher education (The University of Texas at Arlington), with an overarching focus on student communication and collaboration. Each presenter will share on ways we have reconsidered teaching with the LMS with the shift from Blackboard to Canvas. Different tools and approaches will be shared including: Integration of Microsoft Teams for communication and group work, Open Education Resources such as Pressbooks and Hypothes.is, use of the Canvas mobile apps, collaboration and discussion tools, and tools for providing instructor feedback …

Rethinking Services With Communities Of Color: Why Culturally Specific Organizations Are The Preferred Service Delivery Model, Ann Curry-Stevens, Gerald Deloney, Matt Morton

School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations

Racial disparities in social, education and health services continue unabated despite efforts to address them. At the margins of the service delivery system are lesser-known and minimally researched programs known as “culturally specific organizations” that have been developed by and with communities of color. These are organizations that have been developed by a specific community of color and continue to serve that same community of color. This article shares the insights of three leaders in racial equity, who have been immersed in Portland-based organizations for many years: two as organizational leaders and one as an academic research partner. The paper …

Citation Analysis Of Doctoral Theses Of Physics: A Bibliometrics Study, Mithu Anjali Gayan, Sanjay Kumar Singh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Citation analysis is one of the thrust areas of research in Library and Information Science. It provides very useful insights to librarians and policy makers in terms of which sources to be purchased and what to be replaced. The current study was carried out to understand different characteristics of Physics as a discipline by analysing the citations appended at the end of Doctoral theses of Physics, Tripura University. A total 5640 citations were analysed from 18 theses during the 10 years period of 2007 to 2016. Bradford’s law of scattering of periodical was tested as it did not fit in …

Discrimination, Coping, And Social Exclusion Among African Immigrants In The United States: A Moderation Analysis, Sherinah K. Saasa

Faculty Publications

This cross-sectional study examined coping strategies as moderators of the relationship between perceived discrimination and social exclusion among African immigrants in the United States (N = 409). Moderation models using path analyses were conducted to examine the moderating effects of three coping strategies (active coping, use of instrumental support, and religious coping) on the relationship between discrimination and four dimensions of social exclusion: (1) material deprivation, (2) limited access to basic social rights, (3) limited social participation, and (4) insufficient cultural integration. Increases in perceived discrimination were associated with increased social exclusion on all four dimensions. Increased use of active …

Voice Signal Translation On Wireless-Communication Devices For The Speech And/Or Hearing Impaired, Jian Yao

Defensive Publications Series

Hearing impaired and/or speech impaired individuals can experience difficulties in communicating with other people when utilizing voice transmission of wireless-communication devices, such as smartphones.

This publication describes techniques for aiding hearing impaired and/or speech impaired individuals in communicating during phone calls. The techniques include a translator application on a wireless-communication device that receives incoming voice signals, analyzes the voice signals, and generates a display (e.g., digital text, sign language) on the user interface (UI) of the wireless-communication device for the user’s visualization. Moreover, this publication describes techniques for aiding hearing impaired and/or speech impaired individuals, through use of …

Anne Malone And Mary Jo Riegel: Marian Library Oral Histories, Anne Malone, Mary Jo Riegel, Kayla Harris

Oral History Collections

Kayla Harris interviewed Anne Malone and Mary Jo Riegel on June 11, 2019 about their experiences as volunteers for the Marian Library. In this interview they discuss what brought them to the Marian Library, some of their favorite sets they have worked with, and their hopes for the Marian Library in the future.

Listen To Us: Dad-Endorsed Strategies For Ehdi Professionals, Holly F. Pedersen Dr., Jerusha Olthoff

Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

While fathers play an increasingly important role in today’s families, there is an imbalance of research regarding fathers of children with disabilities compared to mothers. Modest research with mothers of children who are deaf/hard of hearing exists; however, very limited research is available specific to fathers of that population. With the advent of newborn hearing screening, the number of children who have hearing loss being identified within the first six months of life has significantly increased. Thus, the number of fathers participating in EHDI services has also increased. Seeking to answer the question, What do fathers’ experiences in the early …

College Faculty In The News: June 10, 2019, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Comparing engagement with popular television drama and today's political arena, Associate Professor Josh Ambrosius, Department of Political Science, finds a connection between fiction and reality. Follow this and other recent media coverage of the service, research, scholarship and commentary of College of Arts and Sciences programs and their faculty.

Integrating Diverse Disciplines To Enhance Interprofessional Competency In Healthcare Delivery, Tiffany Champagne-Langabeer, Lee Revere, Mariya Tankimovich, Erica Yu, Robert Spears, Jennifer Lee Swails

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Interprofessional education (IPE) typically involves clinical simulation exercises with students from medical and nursing schools. Yet, healthcare requires patient-centered teams that include diverse disciplines. Students from public health and informatics are rarely incorporated into IPE, signaling a gap in current educational practices. In this study, we integrated students from administrative and non-clinical disciplines into traditional clinical simulations and measured the effect on communication and teamwork. From July 2017-July 2018, 408 students from five schools (medicine, nursing, dentistry, public health, and informatics) participated in one of eight three-hour IPE clinical simulations with Standardized Patients and electronic health record technologies. Data were …

A Qualitative Exploration Of Teachers’ Experiences With Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder Transitioning And Adjusting To Inclusion: Impacts Of The Home And School Collaboration, Chana S. Josilowski, Wendy Morris

The Qualitative Report

Although inclusive classrooms provide unique opportunities for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), these students face barriers during the initial transition from self-contained classrooms (Sanahuja-Gavaldà, Olmos-Rueda, & Morón-Velasco, 2016). The purpose of this qualitative, generic study was to identify how home and school collaboration impacted the transition and adjustment of students with ASD to an inclusive setting. Using a generic qualitative methodology, we collected data from 16 teachers who responded to a series of open-ended questions about their experiences with parental engagement during the transition to inclusion for students with ASD. Three themes emerged; teachers indicated that when parents and …

Faculty Senate Minutes - June 7, 2019, Usm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Feminism And Faith: How Women Find Empowerment In The Roman Catholic Church, Amanda Schar

Celebration of Learning

This project examines the relationship between feminism and Catholicism, focusing on whether or not women feel empowered by the Roman Catholic Church. Female members of the Augustana community were surveyed and asked to share their own experiences with their Catholic faith.

Themes discussed include the decision to stay in the Church versus the decision to leave, the importance of Catholicism as a cultural identity, and the multitude of ways women have found to empower themselves within the existing Church structure.

Uta Libraries Awards Five Oer Grants, Uta Libraries

OER Administration & Events

The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries is pleased to announce six new recipients of the UTA CARES Grant Program. Since 2017, the Libraries has offered these grants to the UTA community to encourage educators to replace commercial course materials with open educational resources (OER) or other content available at no cost to students. The Libraries' $18,000 investment in the grants will yield actual cost savings of just under $80,000 during the first year the OER are used, impacting almost 500 UTA students enrolled in engineering, social work, history, mathematics, and anthropology courses.

Reports And Victims Of Sex And Labor Trafficking In A Major Midwest Metropolitan Area, 2008-2017, Erica Koegler, Amanda Mohl, Kathleen Preble, Michelle Teti

Social Work Faculty Works

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the number, risk factors, and demographic characteristics of potential human trafficking victims from tips reported to a social services agency in a major Midwest metropolitan area from 2008 through 2017. Methods: The agency, comprising 90 employees serving more than 10 000 persons annually, received federal funding to raise awareness about trafficking and to identify and support persons who are at risk for trafficking through training, coalition building, direct outreach and service, and case management. We, the authors, counted the numbers of tips and potential victims reported to the agency by year, …

Uta Libraries Awards Five Oer Grants, Uta Libraries

UTA Libraries Staff Publications - Archive

The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries is pleased to announce six new recipients of the UTA CARES Grant Program. Since 2017, the Libraries has offered these grants to the UTA community to encourage educators to replace commercial course materials with open educational resources (OER) or other content available at no cost to students. The Libraries' $18,000 investment in the grants will yield actual cost savings of just under $80,000 during the first year the OER are used, impacting almost 500 UTA students enrolled in engineering, social work, history, mathematics, and anthropology courses.

2019-06-06 Agenda Book, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

Agenda booklet for the Board of Regents for June 6, 2019. Included in the booklet are the meeting minutes from March 29, 2019.

Deconstructing Purity Culture: A Review Of Pure, Erin Olson

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"So how can we teach kids to respect and protect and value their sexuality without leading to feelings of shame and guilt around their normal urges and impulses?"

Posting about the book Pure from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/deconstructing-purity-culture-a-review-of-pure/

Human Trafficking And Today's Youth, Rachel Whitfield

Presentations

This presentation is designed to help health care providers

• Dispel myths around US domestic trafficking
• Define the different types of human trafficking
• Understand the contributing factors for trafficking
• Understand the effect of pornography on the developing brain
• Recognize risk factors and signs and symptoms of trafficking
• Know how to report human trafficking and where to find local resources

Ready, Willing, And Able? Exploring Education Researcher Engagement In Dissemination, Taylor Koriakin

Doctoral Dissertations

The research-to-practice gap (RPG) is a continued concern in education, with limited knowledge and use of evidence-based practices by school practitioners frequently cited in the educational literature. Although studies exist evaluating practitioners’ perspectives on RPG, to date, no study has examined the education researchers’ approaches to dissemination. The purpose of this study was to understand education researchers’ engagement in dissemination activities targeting non-research audiences. School psychology and special education researchers (n = 226) working at research intensive institutions completed an online survey about their dissemination practices during the 2017-18 academic year. Overall, respondents reported engaging in low rates of …

Resilience And Post-Traumatic Growth In Parents Of Children With Special Needs, Elizabeth A. Sidener

OSRI Journal of Student Research and Innovation

From the day their child is diagnosed, parents of children with special needs are traveling on a journey of extremes. The stress parents experience can lead down many paths filled with stress, worries, and concerns as their constant companion. These conditions exert extreme pressure on parents and can lead to life-altering changes. Parents who are resilient and able to cope with continuous change will ultimately weave through the unknown to a place of positive growth known as post-traumatic growth. The research project was based on qualitative data obtained from interviews with eleven parents of children with special needs.

One of …

June 5, 2019 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Examining Religious Commitment, Personality, And Well-Being Among Latter-Day Saints, Kawika Allen, Ofa Hafoka, Lane Fischer

Faculty Publications

This study examined religious commitment, the big five personality traits, social interaction anxiety, and anger among 110 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Results suggest the majority of the participants are religious, score high on agreeableness and conscientiousness, and low on social interaction anxiety and anger. Agreeableness mediated the relationship between religious commitment and anger, and extraversion moderated the relationship between religious commitment and social interaction anxiety. Counseling strategies are discussed for social work providers. Implications and future directions are discussed.

Impactful Care: Addressing Social Determinants Of Health Across Health Systems, Nicole Lisa Friedman

Dissertations and Theses

There is emerging evidence that addressing health-related social needs through enhanced clinical-community linkages can improve health outcomes and reduce costs. Unmet health-related social needs, such as food insecurity, inadequate or unstable housing, and lack of access to transportation may increase the risk of developing chronic conditions, reduce an individual's ability to manage these conditions, increase health care costs, and lead to avoidable health care utilization. In response, work on social needs is happening across large health systems in the United States, but the pace of progress is slow and accountability is diffuse.

The goal of this applied research project is …

You Never Outgrow Dr. Suess!, Ann Green

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

"I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny." Immortal words from The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss, born Theodor Seuss (his mother's maiden name) Geisel. My kids are in their 20s and I have not actually read a Dr. Seuss book in quite some time, but my interest in his life and love of his work were happily renewed when I read Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination, by Brian Jay Jones.

2019-June-04-College Of Clinical And Rehabilitative Health Sciences Adding Programs, Students, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Management Practices On Occupational Health And Safety In The Tanzanian ' S Small Scale Mining Firms: Does Compliance Cost Matter?, Dominic Nkolimwa, Theresia Dominic, Dev Jani

Business Management Review

This article examines how management practices influence the implementation of occupational health and safety at workplace in Tanzanian ' s small scale mining firms. The paper focuses on the mediating effects of perceived compliance costs. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to analyze data from 297 small scale mining firms and verify all hypotheses on direct and indirect effect of management practices on the implementation of occupational health and safety at the workplace. Using the ERG theory, the results demonstrate that Safety Training (ST) and Employee Communication (EC) have positive influence on the implementation of organization Safety Support (OSS) and …

The Influence Of Living Situation On Help-Seeking Behaviors Of Undergraduate Students., Emma C. Pierce, Kallan Palmer

SUURJ: Seattle University Undergraduate Research Journal

Mental health issues, psychological distress, and suicidal ideation in college students have been on the rise in recent years. As a result, student intention and utilization of mental health services has dramatically increased, and many college and university campuses are unable to keep up with the growing demand. There are many variables that may influence the help-seeking intentions and behaviors of undergraduate college students, and pervious literature on the subject has primarily examined the role of attitude, stigma, mental health literacy, and perceived need. Very few studies have specifically examined the role of living situation, campus culture, and connectedness to …

Situating Giving Back For Native Americans Pursuing Careers In Stem: “You Don’T Just Take, You Give Something Back”, Janet Page-Reeves, Gabriel Leroy Cortez, Yoenesha Ortiz, Mark Moffett, Kathy Deerinwater, Douglas Medin

Intersections: Critical Issues in Education

This article explores how a desire to give back influences Native Americans pursuing education and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). We present analysis of data from 51 interviews with Native students and STEM professionals. Despite the compelling evidence of the core significance of a community orientation among Native Americans, insufficient attention has been given to thinking about the unique challenges faced by STEM professionals in devising ways to give back and how this relates to the continuing problem of under-representation of Native Americans in STEM. Here we propose strategies for universities and industry to honor Native ways …

Full Issue (Spring 2019)

Intersections: Critical Issues in Education

No abstract provided.