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Arts & Humanities News, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities: News & Publications (2009-2023)

• We’ll be seeing double at the Fall 2020 graduation ceremony
• Georgia Southern listed on the Campus Pride Index

December 2, 2020, Faculty, Illinois Wesleyan University

2020-2021

No abstract provided.

Bibliometric Analysis Of The Literature In The Field Of Information Technology Relatedness, Ilham M, Anis Eliyana, Praptini Yulianti

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This bibliometric describe Information Technology Relateness is defined as the use of information technology infrastructure and information technology management processes betweeWas this submission previously published in a journal? Bepress will automatically create an OpenURL for published articles. Learn more about OpenURLsn business units together. There is not much research on Information Technology Relateness by providing a big picture that is visualized from year to year. This study aims to map research in the field of Information Technology Relateness with data from all international research publications. This study performs a bibliometric method and analyzes research data using the Services Analyze …

Online Gaming: An Inside Look At How Interpersonal Relationships Are Developed, Raquel Urquizo

Culture, Society, and Praxis

The study included six participants that often interacted with other gamers online. The participants shared their experience with other users. The online gaming community is often stigmatized, and past studies have overlooked the social interactions that go on within the online community. The study found that online gamers often built strong interpersonal relationships among other gamers. These relationships often transcended outside of the game and even resulted with individuals meeting in person.

Letter From The Editor: Fall 2020, Amanda Pullum

Culture, Society, and Praxis

No abstract provided.

المشكلات النفسية والاجتماعية للأطفال المحرومين من الوالدين, Iman Sasy

Al Jinan الجنان

هدفت الدراسة الحالية إلى محاولة التعرف على بعض المشكلات النفسية والاجتماعية لدى الأطفال المحرومين من الوالدين ( أطفال دار رعاية أبي هريدة بطرابلس) وممن يتراوح العمر الزمني لهم بين (-9) سنوات، واقتصرت الدراسة على مشكلتي العدوانية وقلة الانتباه والتركيز. وقد بلغ حجم عينة الدراسة (27) طفلا وطفلة. وتماستخدام مقياس معد مسبقا لقياس أشكال السلوك العدواني لدى الأطفال. وأشارت نتائج الدراسة إلى وجود فروق دالة إحصائيا عند مستوى (0.05) بين المتوسط الحسابي لعينة الدراسة في العدوان المادي والمتوسط النظري لعامل العدوان المادي، وجاءت الفروق في اتجاه المتوسط النظري مما يعني أن مستوى العدوان المادي لدى الأطفال المحرومين من الوالدين أقل من …

Addressing Power Dynamics In Community-Engaged Research Partnerships, Lauri Andress, Tristen Hall, Sheila Davis, Judith Levine, Kimberly Cripps, Dominique Guinn

Faculty Publications

Background: Successful community-engaged research depends on the quality of the collaborative partnerships between community -members and academic researchers and may take several forms depending on the purpose which dictates the degree to which power dynamics are handled within the collaborative arrangement. Methods: To understand the power dynamics and related concepts within community-engaged research arrangements, a secondary analysis of an existing qualitative data set was undertaken. Two models of community-engaged research, a review of literature, and the applied experiences of researchers familiar with community engagement practices confirmed the power dynamics concepts used to carry out the analysis of the qualitative data …

Conference Proceedings For The 2nd Global Virtual Conference Of The Youth Environmental Alliance In Higher Education, Youth Environmental Alliance In Higher Education

The Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education

No abstract provided.

December 2020 Newlsetter, Joanna Menendie '22, Muyiwa Arowolo '21

Black Student Union (BSU) Newsletter

As the first semester comes to an end, BSU not only wanted to thank you all for supporting us as an organization, but we also wanted to reflect on the events and projects that we have completed, are currently working on, and what we plan to accomplish next semester. Here is our semester newsletter to provide you with insight into all of our efforts.

The Link Between Social Media Usage And Natural Hair Discrimination, Alia Wells

XULAneXUS

Since slavery, African Americans have been negatively impacted by Eurocentric beauty standards in America which favors the White majority. This has caused for natural hair to be discriminated against for centuries. As time has passed, African Americans have learned to appreciate their culture, beauty, and hair. The Natural Hair Movement on social media has improved society’s view on natural hair, but Eurocentric beauty standards are still very much present on all media platforms. I hypothesize that a lot of time spent on social media negatively influences views on natural hair compared to non-natural hair on African American women. Participants are …

Wofford Today Winter 2020, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Wofford Today

No abstract provided.

Daily Announcements December 2020, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Communications Office Daily Announcements

No abstract provided.

Infrapolitical Passages: Global Turmoil, Narco-Accumulation, And The Post-Sovereign State [Toc], Gareth Williams

Literature

This book proposes to clear a way through some of the dominant political determinations and violent symptoms of contemporary globalization. It does this in in order to make a case for “infrapolitics” as an enactment of intellectual responsibility in the face of a tumultuous world of war and of technological value extraction on a planetary scale. In Infrapolitical Passages the politics of contemporary global capital is a race to the bottom of reason itself, extended in the wake of the subordination of all forms of living to the economized relation between means and ends. It is this relation which, thanks …

The Classic, Winter 2020-2021, Public Relations

The Classic, 2020-present

Zwemer View Responsible Raiders; Around the Green Perfect Pass Rate; High Rankings; Test-optional; Enrollment Sets Record...Again; The Newest Raiders Northwestern's Class of 2024; Campus Life Building Women Leaders; Servicing Campus; A Warm Welcome; Lives of Service: Three staff members contribute 74 years to NWC; Standout Scores; Innovative Leadership; Published Professor; Extreme Makeover: VPH Edition; Investing in Students; New Programs; Giving to Northwestern College in 2019-20; Award Winners: Northwestern recognizes outstanding work and service by faculty and staff; Red Zone Raiders Sport a New Logo; 1,000 Words Mask Fashion; Meeting a Need: 24 students enroll in Northwestern's first class of physician …

Dancing Through Covid: An Ethnographic Exploration Of Exotic Dancers' Experiences During A Pandemic, Danyelle Sturdivant

Anthropology Undergraduate Senior Theses

The novel coronavirus pandemic, quarantine, and social distancing measures affected working conditions for a variety of workers. Exotic dancers were distinctly impacted due to the stigma of their work which, prior to the pandemic, often involved the sale of close-proximity lap dances. This paper explores exotic dancers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide insight on the unique challenges they faced.

Data were gleaned using ethnographic methods with modifications informed by phenomenology. Existentially-engaged participant observation was performed in a small, Southern strip club, identified here as Flare. Two rounds of formal, recorded interviews were conducted with six exotic dancers, and …

Journal Of Big History (Volume 4, Number 3), David R. Blanks

Faculty Publications - History & Political Science

The Journal of Big History is a publication of the International Big History Association. The mission of the International Big History Association is to promote Big History. Big History Big History seeks to understand the integrated history of the Cosmos, Earth, Life, and Humanity, using the best available empirical evidence and scholarly methods.

The Torch (December 2020), Crtp

Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter

Civic and Community Engagement | Civil Rights and Discrimination | Education | Gender and Sexuality | Inequality and Stratification | Politics and Social Change | Public Policy | Race and Ethnicity

Developing A Systematic Approach For Teaching Beginning Improvisation Using The Concert Percussion Ensemble, Ian Mcclaflin

Dissertations

Typically, when studying percussion at a University, a student is required to be proficient at multiple aspects of percussion (snare drum, mallet keyboards, drum set, hand drumming, etc.) and work through multiple method books and solos on the different instruments. This often leaves little to no room for the study of improvisation on their instrument.

Examined in this study are the following points pertaining to the state of teaching improvisation:

• There is an apparent lack of improvisation in the classroom
• Teachers often feel unprepared in teaching improvisation
• Improvisation is most commonly associated with jazz
• Both teachers and students tend to …

Linking Police Attitude To Behavior In Interactions With Mentally Ill Consumers, Raymond Wooten

Dissertations

In this project, the author aimed to examine law enforcement officer attitude and behavior toward individuals with serious mental illness. There were two distinct sections of this project; one quantitative and one qualitative. For the quantitative portion, one hundred fifty four (N = 154) officers completed an online questionnaire providing information on their attitude toward individuals with serious mental illness in a variety of contexts. The questionnaire also generated information regarding officers’ general knowledge of mental illness, their level of contact with individuals with mental illness, and their desired social distance from individuals with mental illness. In the qualitative portion, …

Traits Of Character That Facilitate Formation Of Exemplary Nurses In Bachelor Of Science Nursing Programs, Jean Marks

Dissertations

Constructivist grounded theory methods were applied in this study to explore traits of character that facilitate the formation of exemplary nurses in Bachelor of Science Nursing (BSN) programs. Interest in this study was prompted by a desire to examine attributes beyond academics alone that contribute to the formation of excellent nurses. The intent was to promote clarity in describing these attributes for further scholarly discussion.

Framing this study was Aristotle’s doctrine of the golden mean (Aristotle, 350 B.C.E./1934). Operational definitions consistent with this doctrine were created for the concepts of character, character traits, and exemplary nursing practice. The concept …

The Haitian Diaspora As Human Capital And Agents Of Change: Perceptions And Attitudes Of The Haitian Diaspora As An International Development Actor, Alain Pompilus

Dissertations

For decades, Paul Romer’s endogenous growth theory has enriched the discussion regarding human capital in development. Romer posits that human capital is a vital resource and critical component of macroeconomic growth. With emigration identified as the leading cause of human capital loss for developing countries, Romer recommends growth policies focus on accessing knowledge in more developed parts of the world. As a way to achieve sustained development, institutions like the United Nations have proposed strategies similarly aligned with Romer’s theory. These institutions suggest the diaspora, as a source of human capital, can go beyond remittances and serve as integral actors …

'Gangstas' And Preachers: A Deeper Look Into The Code Of The Street And Hip-Hop And Rap Music, Alise Greco

Senior Honors Projects

Music’s depth is easy to overlook during casual listening. We often listen to a song without fully considering its meaning, implications, purpose, or the effect that it may have on its listeners. Hip-hop and rap have been and continue to be hotly contested for what critics proclaim to be a “promotion” or portrayal of a message and lifestyle that is harmful to a peaceful and orderly society. Elijah Anderson’s (1999) “Code of the Street” can be used to make sense of this deviant, oppositional subculture prevalent in hip-hop, characterized by toxic masculinity, a street form of justice, and violence. Much …

Habermas’S Deontological Models And Core Principles Of Conflict Management, Gavin John Bradshaw, Casper Lötter, Richard Haines

International Journal of Peace Studies

In this contribution, we attempt to make a case for the fruitful potential of a prospective coordination between the principles of conflict management (particularly Burton’s views) and Habermas’s two deontological models., the latter being the “ideal speech community” and communicative ethics. Firstly, we will enumerate the similarities between Habermas’s observations and those generated from the body of conflict management (CM) scholarship generally. We will secondly analyse the dissimilarities between those of Habermas and Burton in particular. Building on this foundation, we will thirdly assess a number of CM tools in light of Habermas’s two models, and will subsequently conclude that …

International Journal Of Peace Studies Volume 25, Number 2, Winter 2020

International Journal of Peace Studies

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Typologies Of Terrorism In The United States: Using Cluster Analysis To Group Terrorists Based On Their Individual Characteristics, Michael Alaimo

International Journal of Peace Studies

In this study two-step cluster analysis was used in an exploratory effort to try and determine what the primary typologies of terrorism are in the United States based on the profiles of individual terrorist who operated in the United States from 1948 – 2016. From this, it was discovered that terrorists in the United States can be classified into two overarching typologies. The first one can most appropriately be called political extremism and the second typology may be titled religious extremism. These findings suggest that terrorists have varying characteristics in accordance with which typology they are classified by. Moreover, this …

The Post Human: Pacific Humanities Scholars Newsletter (Fall 2020), Pacific Humanities Scholars

Pacific Humanities Scholars - The Post Human

Nestled in these pages, you will find insightful reflections and creative contributions from our scholars, offering a glimpse of life and learning during one of the more extraordinary moments that higher education has faced in recent history. I hope you enjoy this publication and find a sense of community and meaningful connection through our 2020–21 theme of "Into the Wild".

Pacific Review 2020, Alumni Association Of The University Of The Pacific

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

Narrowing The Wealth And Income Gap In Poland, China, And The United States, Cyndy Carboo, Zhiling Song, Jiawei Feng, Xudong Zhu

School of Professional Studies

With the widespread of globalization, the wealth gap continues to widen globally. Due to the enormous differences in national conditions and political systems of various countries, this article selects China, the United States, and Poland as the research objects, and uses a specific time unit as the benchmark, and mainly focuses on the four directions of medical care, education, job opportunities, and pensions. A reader could understand the correlation between the wealth gap and multiple factors deeply in this article. This article analyzes the impact of income disparity on these three countries and proposes solutions to help narrow the gap …

Worst Time Being Poor? The Hunger Problem In U.S. During Covid-19 Pandemic, Yuanhang Hu

School of Professional Studies

Food insecurity is deeply rooted in American society during and before the COVID-19 pandemic. Food Insecurity usually associates with economic indicators, such as unemployment rate, income level, etc. Currently, there are two main tools to fight the war of hunger. The first one is the government food assistance programs. And the second one is food pantries from the private sectors of the community. Both tools are facing numerous challenges due to COVID-19. The purpose of this article is to provide rational reasons to persuade the government to enhance the benefits of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and use administrative …

The Practical Applications Of Video Games Beyond Entertainment, Jack Martin

School of Professional Studies

Much of the attention directed toward video games is focused on their role as entertainment. However, researchers have found that video games can have other, more practical uses for society. This thesis is designed to examine three specific examples of the practical applications of video games: video games in education, video games as accessible technology, and the social uses of video games. This project is based on pre-existing research conducted by professionals studying the aforementioned subtopics. Anecdotal stories from educators, people with disabilities, and developers are also discussed. The thesis explores specific examples of video games being used practically, and …