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“Where Are You From?”: Using Critical Race Theory To Analyze Graphic Novel Counter-Stories Of The Racial Microaggressions Experienced By Two Angry Asian Girls, Talitha Angelica Acaylar Trazo, Woohee Kim

Intersections: Critical Issues in Education

This article uses critical race theory (CRT) to analyze two stories about racial microaggressions from Where Are You From?: Short stories about being Asian in America, the graphic novel written and illustrated by Talitha Angelica Acaylar Trazo in fulfillment of her undergraduate honors thesis. Where Are You From? visually historicizes the counter-stories of 48 Asian and Asian American students at a predominantly-white undergraduate institution. In this article, we examine these microaggressions in relation to institutional and structural racism and the intersections of race, gender, and power dynamics between white faculty and Asian female students. Furthermore, we propose …

Utilizing A Critical Literacy Framework To Discuss Issues Of Power And Privilege With Elementary Students, Barbara A. Pollard

Intersections: Critical Issues in Education

This action research study utilizes a critical literacy framework to bring issues of privilege and power into critical dialogue with elementary students. The study is based on the idea that disadvantaged groups can eventually agitate for societal change if they are prompted to begin to critically question systemic inequalities from a young age. Thus, instead of allowing dominant culture to dictate unfair norms and practices by simply abiding to the status quo, this study suggests that elementary teachers should aim to be the vehicle for transformational change by implementing pedagogy that encourages students to think deeply and critically. Over time, …

Disrupting Dis/Abilization: A Critical Exploration Of Research Methods To Combat White Supremacy And Ableism In Education, Sara H. Petit-Mcclure, Chelsea Stinson

Intersections: Critical Issues in Education

The following paper explores the way scientific research, as it is commonly defined, has been used to continue the marginalization and subsequent dis/abilization of students based on racial, cultural, and linguistic identities. Starting with a historical perspective, we trace the role of scientific research in the support of white supremacist, ableist societal mechanisms, as well as the emphasis on scientifically-based research in educational policy and practice. We call for an expansion of the definition of scientific research to emphasize mixed and multiple methods guided by the principles of participatory, emancipatory, and decolonizing methodologies.

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Intersections: Critical Issues in Education

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Editor's Introduction: A Memorial Tribute To Ruth Trinidad Galván, Tryphenia Peele-Eady

Intersections: Critical Issues in Education

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Intersections: Critical Issues in Education

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The Impact Of Story Emotion And Personal History On Empathy, Megan N. Hurley

EKU Libraries Research Award for Undergraduates

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The Appalachian Dilemma: An Ethical Debate On Genetic Therapy And Genetic Enhancement, Haley M. Sizemore

EKU Libraries Research Award for Undergraduates

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Undergraduate Research Contest: Fictional Reactions To Disaster, Darian Bianco

EKU Libraries Research Award for Undergraduates

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Advertising In A World Full Of Human Trafficking: How Advertising And Human Trafficking Coincide, April M. Cherry

EKU Libraries Research Award for Undergraduates

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The Effects Of The Relationship Between Racism And The Environment On Personal Health, Hannah M. Batsche

EKU Libraries Research Award for Undergraduates

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Ripple Effect: An Examination Of Surfing As A Force For Positive, Lasting Personal And Societal Change, Sam A. Hayworth

EKU Libraries Research Award for Undergraduates

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"The Lost Cause: The State Of Franklin And The Constitution", H. Michael Shultz

EKU Libraries Research Award for Undergraduates

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Parole Interview Transcript/Decision - Fusl000020 (2017-09-06)

Parole Interview Transcripts and Decisions

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Parole Interview Transcript/Decision - Fusl000007 (2012-07-31)

Parole Interview Transcripts and Decisions

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Exposure Prediction In Video Capturing, Jinglun Gao, Szepo Robert Hung, Ruben Velarde, Gang Sun

Defensive Publications Series

This publication describes methods, techniques, and apparatuses that enable a handheld electronic device, such as a smartphone, to capture high-quality static images (photographs) and accurately determine an exposure configuration when capturing videos (multiple frames per second (FPS)). To do so, the smartphone utilizes an auto-exposure (AE) algorithm. The AE algorithm combines data from motion sensors (e.g., gyroscopes and accelerometers) and optical flow data from image sensors (e.g., complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor). The AE algorithm increases video quality without using additional computational power, more battery life, nor more volatile and non-volatile memory.

Quick And Convenient Establishment Of Wireless Communication, Feng-Jui Kuo

Defensive Publications Series

Communication between paired Bluetooth devices is not always immediate. This is because there are often several devices in the vicinity that are paired with a user’s device, and the user may need to go through a process of selecting one of the paired devices to route communications. This device selection procedure can be further complicated by the sometimes cryptic names assigned to the devices. Per the techniques of this disclosure, images of a Bluetooth accessory are captured at the time of pairing with a Bluetooth device. The user points a camera to the Bluetooth accessory to establish a communication path.

Browser That Provides Website Navigational Assistance, Benjamin Azose, Kathy Brennan Phd

Defensive Publications Series

It is often not clear to a user of a web browser as to where to go next when viewing a website. This disclosure describes techniques to ease web navigation by providing the expected next link in a clear and useful way. The techniques include display of a prominent browser next button that allows the user to select and navigate to the next page from a webpage. The described techniques can be implemented in a web browser application or other applications that display webpages.

Recessions Or Partisanship: What Explains Climate Skepticism In The U.S.?, Abhishek S. Sambatur

Undergraduate Economic Review

This paper investigates the variations in public mood pertaining to climate skepticism and attempts to empirically assess whether economic recessions or partisanship help explain aggregate-level trends and movements across a 16-year time horizon. Public survey data from the iPoll and Gallup Organization were used to construct the Climate Change Skeptic Index (CCSI) that served as a proxy to capture public opinion trends in skepticism across the U.S. A two-part vector autoregressive model suggests that while economic recessions might be causally linked to climate skepticism, partisanship plays a more influential role in explaining it over time. The key result is that …

Learning Consequences Of School Improvement In Mexico: Evidence From A Large Government Program, Carlos Alejandro Noyola Contreras

Undergraduate Economic Review

I study the impact of investment in infrastructure of already existing poor schools and increased school based management on learning outcomes, as measured by student achievement in standardized tests. To that end, I implement a difference-in-differences design to compare schools that received money from a large government program to improve their physical conditions with those that do not, before and after program implementation. Unlike previous studies, I focus on the effect of improving schools that already exist, to see whether the impact is different from that of building schools. I find no evidence of positive impacts on test scores at …

State V. Mitchell Appellant's Brief Dckt. 46969

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University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents Minutes For December 10, 2019, University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Meeting Minutes

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The Ecophysiology Of Photosynthetic Heat Tolerances In Tropical Plants, Timothy More Perez

Open Access Dissertations

Temperature governs several biological processes from molecular to macroecological scales. Underlying many ecological processes is the assumption that fitness is constrained by the physiological limits of species’ metabolic function. The thermal limits of metabolic function, termed thermal tolerances, are often assumed to directly translate into the environmental conditions that define species’ abiotic thermal niches. When species exceed their physiological thermal tolerances, it is expected to negatively impact fitness, and may therefore provide a basis for understanding the environmental constraints on species distributions. Given the rising temperatures caused by climate change, heat tolerances are of particular interest for understanding these constraints. …

Induction Of Beta-Cell Regeneration By Activin-Like Kinase 3 Stimulation, Mirza Muhammad Fahd Qadir

Open Access Dissertations

Glucose homeostasis is maintained and tightly regulated via production of key hormones that control the uptake and metabolism of glucose. β-cells, which secrete insulin, are the subject of autoimmune destruction in type 1 diabetes. From a developmental standpoint, Bone Morphogenetic Protein receptors (BMPRs) have a key role in multiple cell processes, including proliferation and differentiation. Targeting these receptors to identify and induce the proliferation of progenitor cells could have therapeutic applications. Previous studies have shown the conversion of the exocrine compartment of the pancreas to form insulin-producing cells. In this context, we have identified a cell residing in the pancreatic …

The Effect Of A High Intensity Interval Exercise Bout On Addictive Behaviors In Overweight/Obese Adults, Sarah Zaldivar

Open Access Dissertations

Addictive snacking can contribute to excessive caloric intake having an adverse effect on body weight and the obesity pandemic. Studies have reported that moderate intensity exercise decreases chocolate consumption. However, the effect of high intensity interval exercise (HIIE) on addictive snacking is unknown. This study aimed to investigate the effects of a brief HIIE bout on cravings, affect (affective valence and affective activation), and attentional bias to chocolate. Twelve regular chocolate eaters (10 premenopausal females; 2 males; mean age: 30.5 ± 7.37 years, mean BMI: 28.67 ± 4.5 kg/m2) abstained from chocolate consumption for 24 h prior to evaluation. Participants …

Contemporary Central American Imaginaries Under (Re)Construction: Landings In A Postwar Cultural Landscape, Rosario Catalina Ramírez

Open Access Dissertations

My dissertation maps contemporary Central American cultural production in literature, music and grassroots networks for culture. It is focused on the postwar period in the region, from the signing of the Peace Accords in the 1990s onwards. I focus on emergent cultural narratives in order to analyze the reconstruction of isthmian imaginaries through a constructive lens. Cultural texts and discursive imaginaries are analyzed from a perspective grounded in local histories versus the grand homogenizing narratives that have historically defined the Central America isthmus, such as mestizaje and the revolutionary as paradigm. Through the analytical constructs of aterrizaje and descendencia, …

Genomic Analyses Reveal The Evolutionary Dynamics Of Speciation In Two Tropical Avian Systems, Sarah Alison Cowles

Open Access Dissertations

The process of speciation is long and complex, and takes place in multiple stages, with a variety of potential outcomes. Studying lineages at different stages in the speciation process can lend insight into the evolutionary factors that generate and maintain biodiversity. For my dissertation, I used two genomic datasets generated from field-collected DNA samples in two tropical avian systems to examine the early and late stages of the speciation process. I studied the initial stages of speciation in the Amazilia Hummingbird (Amazilia amazilia) subspecies complex. Found across Ecuador and Peru, this species is split into six phenotypically differentiated …

The Effects Of Environmental Variables And Anthropogenic Pollutants On The Physiology And Behavior Of Marine Fishes, Lela S. Schlenker

Open Access Dissertations

In the face of rapidly changing environmental conditions due to human mediated climate change and large-scale pollution events such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, it is critical to understand the relationship between environmental stimuli and the behavior of marine fishes. Sustainable management of commercially important and highly migratory fish species, such as mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), as well as unfished reef species, like the bicolor damselfish (Stegastes partitus), depend upon our understanding of their physiology and behavior in response to changing habitat conditions. Olfaction is critical for fish to detect environmental cues and triggers behaviors that …

Student Voter Turnout Earns Gold Seal For Winthrop, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2019

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• Winthrop students’ turnout was at 40.1 percent, thus qualifying the university as a Gold Seal winner with a turnout of between 40 and 49 percent.

• Winthrop more than doubled the number of students voting from 2014, going from 19.8 percent to 40.1 percent.

Staff Senate, December 10, 2019, Coastal Carolina University

Staff Senate

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