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Xenophobia In The Covid-19 Era, Joanne Jeya

Honors Theses

COVID-19 has altered people's daily lives across the globe and heightened tensions in response to changing economic, social, and political conditions. In the United States, xenophobia has seemingly escalated in the COVID-19 era, particularly towards Asians and people of Asian descent. The assumed reasoning for this rise in anti-Asian sentiment is tied to the presumed origins of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome‐Coronavirus‐2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus, first detected in Wuhan, China, prompting some to initially call the disease the Wuhan or Chinese virus, among other racialized terms like the "Kung-flu." It remains to be seen if xenophobic acts have increased throughout the …

Expedient Gis And 3d Technology To Promote Public Awareness Of European Crypts As Digital Heritage, Ruth Grady

Department of Anthropology: Theses and Student Research

The thesis is investigation of GIS and 3D technology as ways to expediently document and disseminate information on European crypts as digital heritage. Digital technologies afford new opportunities to find, document, preserve, and share our past creating a wide and growing range of digital texts, databases, audio, video, illustrations, and software. While there are a wide range of digital technologies and digital data types employed in cultural heritage, 3D technologies such as lidar scanning are increasingly becoming a critical component to record cultural heritage. The case study focuses on two Sicilian crypts—Santa Maria Dell’Itria dei Cocchieri and Capuchin Church—located in …

Smuggling Life, Mahmoud Alkurd

Theses

I was mentally prepared to accept the inevitable reality shock before I moved to Rochester from my home country, Palestine. A place like the Gaza Strip, where I grew up, has its own unique reality that mixes the norms of a contemporary life with the abnormalities. As I thought that I overcame the reality shock after spending almost two years in Rochester, I became aware of the fact that I became able to look back at my Gazan identity from a new and fresh angle. Smuggling Life is a multimedia art project that highlights the phenomenon of sperm smuggling by …

Quantification Of The Mincer Et Al. 1993 Method Of Age Estimation For The Purpose Of Increasing The Reliability And Accuracy Of Scores Within The System, Bailey Oettel

Department of Anthropology: Theses and Student Research

There is currently a need to test new methods of increasing the accuracy and reliability of the stages scored by users of subjective methodologies within the forensic sciences. One way this can be done is through the quantification of these subjective stages through metric measurements and the application of sectioning points. This research assesses the quantification of the subjective stages within the Mincer et al. (1993) method of age estimation through odontometric measurements and the application of sectioning points. In this study, five odontometric measurements taken from radiographs of fifty-five third mandibular molars from thirty-nine individuals were used to establish …

Exploring The Correlational Relationship Of Interpersonal Discrimination And Leader-Member Exchange, Bryan Wesley T. Hamilton

Student Research Symposium

Stigmatized individuals use several compensatory strategies to offset the negative impact of interpersonal discrimination in the job application process, including increased positivity, providing individuating information, or identity disclosures. Using interviews and surveys, we aim to expand this literature by examining how these processes unfold after stigmatized individuals have gained employment and are interacting with coworkers. These compensatory strategies can have varying impacts on targets’ workplace relationships, job satisfaction, overall performance, and psychological and physical health outcomes. Leaders and other powerful organizational members can mitigate these negative outcomes and improve employee well being through leader member exchange and perceived supervisor support. …

Does Reading Violent Books Increase Aggression? Perceptions Of An Overlooked Medium, Cassandra H. Muniz

Student Research Symposium

In the ongoing media violence debate, video games, movies, and television are regular targets of scrutiny. Yet, largely absent from the discussion is a popular, age-old medium: the book. Do people think that reading violent subject matter can increase aggression? How do first- and third-person perceptions differ? Using an online survey, the author collected quantitative data on adults’ (N = 160) perceptions of how much violent books affect aggression in themselves, the average adult, and the average child. The author hypothesized that participants would perceive the medium to have stronger effects on other adults' aggression than on their own. …

Boredom And Risk-Taking In Mania, Rose M. Jardine, Nicholas A. Smith

Student Research Symposium

The purpose of this proposal is to examine perceived boredom and risk-taking exhibited during manic episodes in atypical bipolar 1 disorder. I propose to recruit at least 100 participants, ages 18-25, from Intensive Outpatient Programs, Community Programs, and Inpatient Programs who will be verified to be in a manic episode and asymptomatic for psychosis by the on-site providers. A pilot study of two videos will be performed. Participants will be randomly assigned to view one of two videos: “calm” or “exciting”. They will respond to the Boredom Proneness Scale questionnaire at both pre- and post-test as well as the revised …

The Influence Of Surrealist Art On Popular Ads, Sydney G. Thomas Ms.

Student Research Symposium

All ads draw influence from something, most of the time it is from an art movement that will mirror the mental state of the current population. The art influence used for today’s media is surrealist art, due to its chaotic representation of life that mirrors the tumultuous events gen Z and millennials have grown up with. In the surrealist art movement, the general population experienced great anxiety and grappled with the idea of the inner, subconscious self and the represented conscious self. Today, the issue of social media, what is presented compared to what is real, creates an atmosphere where …

News And Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Local historical societies, State Library and Historical Commission, Florida Arts Council

University Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes - April 22, 2021, University Curriculum Committee

University Curriculum Committee Meeting Materials

Minutes for the Governors State University Curriculum Committee Meeting held April 22, 2021.

University Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes - April 22, 2021, University Curriculum Committee

Faculty Senate Minutes

Minutes for the Governors State University Curriculum Committee Meeting held April 22, 2021

My Bonner Journey, Hannah Merges

Bonner Presentations

The mission of the Bonner Program is to transform the lives of students and members, their campuses, their local communities, and the world through service and leadership. The Bonner Program is designed to heighten the overall education students and members receive by asking them to engage in ongoing service work and helping them develop the experience, skills, knowledge, and values necessary to make that work meaningful and lasting. In this presentation, Hannah Merges describes the people and experiences which were most meaningful to her throughout her years in the Bonner Program at Ursinus College.

At The Top Of The Chart: A Composite Counterstory Of Black Students’ Mathematical Success, Joslyn N. Richardson

Dissertations

Mathematics as a discipline has ignored the experiences of African American students, making it difficult for them to develop strong mathematical identities and racial identities in relation to math. Black children and their academic achievements are often framed negatively, and underachievement and failure are often emphasized over their brilliance and resilience. This qualitative study adds to the limited body of knowledge by examining student perspectives and socialization factors that contribute to positive math identity and achievement in middle school students. Using a Critical Race Theory framework, data was collected through semi-structured interviews and math autobiographies that were structured around the …

Ursinus College Women's Investment Management Company, Taylor Beaumont, Shannon Blessing, Olivia Defusco, Julia Ewing, Angela Gervasi, Wendy Luo, Eve Peiffer, Becca Lewis, Ellie Templeton, Emily Benning, Rebecca Lam, Maddy Sorokanych, Theodora Zeibekis, Marcella Thanh-Guyet, Delanie Rogers

Business and Economics Presentations

The Ursinus College Investment Management Company (UCIMCO) consists of groups of student analysts who manage endowment-style and stock selection funds on behalf of the college endowment. In 2020, a group of women students began to manage their own fund. This presentation reviews activities of the previous year and analyzes the stock performance of various companies including: Anthem, Inc., American Well Corporation, SNAP, Inc., Yatsen Holdings Ltd. and Yum China Holdings.

2021-April-22-Womens Studies Th Anniversary, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (April 22, 2021) – More than 25 years ago, the Women’s Studies Program established its roots at East Tennessee State University. Since then, the program has sought to provide feminist education on the campus and throughout the region through scholarship, activism and community building.

To commemorate this noteworthy milestone, Women’s Studies held a virtual celebration on Monday, April 26, in which the program honored its past at ETSU and looked forward to an exciting future. The celebration featured foremothers of the program, as well as a timeline that allowed attendees to “walk through” the program’s history and learn …

2021-April-22-Women's Studies 25th Anniversary, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (April 22, 2021) – More than 25 years ago, the Women’s Studies Program established its roots at East Tennessee State University. Since then, the program has sought to provide feminist education on the campus and throughout the region through scholarship, activism and community building.

To commemorate this noteworthy milestone, the Women’s Studies Program will hold a celebration at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, April 26, via Zoom. The public is invited to attend this commemorative occasion as Women’s Studies honors its past at ETSU and looks forward to an exciting future. The meeting ID is 912 6374 5117, and …

Oregon's Racial Purity Regime: The Influence Of International Scientific Racism On Law Enforcement, Legislation, Public Health, And Incarceration In Portland, Oregon During The Victorian And Progressive Eras (1851-1917), Katherine N. Bush

Dissertations and Theses

In 1983, the Oregon State legislature repealed the eugenic sterilization law that had been in use for 60 years. Initially passed during the Progressive era, this law epitomized the State's legacy of surveilling, policing, caging, and inflicting brutality on marginalized and racialized communities who were deemed dangerous, threatening, or contagious. Public health leaders, political officials, law enforcement authorities, and private charities worked together as a multivalent system to maintain racial purity in the State. This racial purity regime drew upon a legacy of international pseudo-scientific racism to justify and bolster policies, legislation, and practices that targeted impoverished communities, people of …

Aboriginal Responses To The Threat Of Covid-19 In The Kimberley, Kathryn Thorburn, Kate Golson

Talking Heads Seminar Series

In August 2020, Nulungu Research Institute was granted funding from the Chief Scientist of WA to conduct a study into the impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on Aboriginal people in the Kimberley. Our research team, with guidance from our Aboriginal Steering Committee, is focusing on Aboriginal organisations and communities, and seeking to document how people were able to respond to the threat of COVID-19. To achieve this, we have been building a detailed picture of the restrictions and other government actions and how these affected people’s lives from the critical early days and weeks of the pandemic through to now. In …

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Reviews of General Leonidas Polk, C. S. A., The Fighting Bishop. By Joseph H. Parks. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1962. x, 408 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, critical essay on authorities, index. $7.50.); Josephus Daniels Says: An Editor’s Political Odyssey From Bryan to Wilson to FDR, 1894-1913. By Joseph L. Morrison. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1962. x, 281 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $7.50.); Boss Cermak of Chicago: A Study of Political Leadership. By Alex Gottfried. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1962. xiii, 459 pp. Index. $6.50.); The South and the Southerner. By Ralph McGill. (Boston: Atlantic-Little, …

Florida Books From University Presses, Herbert J. Doherty, Jr.

Florida Historical Quarterly

Three universities in the state of Florida now support presses devoted to the publication of scholarly and worthwhile books. The publication of volumes dealing with the history of Florida has been one of their important functions. The oldest of the presses is that founded in 1945 at the University of Florida. Its first publication was a brief history of the state, Rembert W. Patrick’s Florida Under Five Flags. Since its first appearance it has gone through three editions and has been a perennial bestseller. Since 1945, under the direction of Lewis F. Haines, the University of Florida Press has turned …

News And Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The editors commend to the careful attention of all of our readers the provocative lead article in this number written by Dr. Charles W. Arnade of the University of South Florida. Few will agree with everything that is said in it, but the editors believe that it is a fair representation of the cavalier disregard for the historical heritage of Florida which is shown by too many of our citizens who should know better.

Recent Problems Of Florida History, Charles W. Arnade

Florida Historical Quarterly

The time I come to you not with a research paper which has resurrected from oblivion with the help of original documents a certain phase or episode of Florida history. That kind of job is tedious but rewarding and requires expert training, enthusiasm, perseverance, and often linguistic and paleographic knowledge. This last might seem to be snobbish or an expression of professional conceit. It is not. Rather, it emphasizes the problem we face here in Florida in dealing with state and local history. This problem is nothing other than what is the difference and what should be the proper cooperation …

News And Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Local historical societies

News And Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Notice of the annual meeting, Junior Historical Writing Contest, local historical societies

Zora Neale Hurston, Theodore Pratt

Florida Historical Quarterly

For many years, when giving talks in Florida, I have pointed out that there is only one first-class native-born Florida author who has written any even small body of work about the state. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Philip Wylie, and all the others were born elsewhere and adopted the Florida scene. The exception was Zora Neale Hurston. Seldom, on inquiry, had any of the audiences ever heard of her or known any of her work. At that point I revealed to the white southern audiences that Zora was a Negro. As I announced this I looked around for the nearest exit. …

The Avero Story: An Early Saint Augustine Family With Many Daughters And Many Houses, Charles W. Arnade

Florida Historical Quarterly

By November 10, 1702, the English forces led by the ruthless James Moore, Governor of English Carolina, had occupied the town of St. Augustine. Over 1500 people took refuge in the Spanish fort which the English never were able to conquer. For two months Moore besieged the fort. The Spanish artillery was weak and ineffectual in driving away the enemy; the English artillery was inadequate against the massive walls of the fort. Moore tried to place his guns within closer range of the moat. The Spanish, afraid of this maneuver, dispatched a patrol with orders to burn all houses within …

News And Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Notice of the annual meeting, Notes from local historical societies

News And Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Notes from local historical societies

News And Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

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Nurse Practitioners And Community Health Workers Improve Community Health, Emmalee F. Voskuil

Theses and Graduate Projects

Addressing health disparities in primary care is essential for the advanced practice nurse practitioner(NP). Recent research demonstrates that the United States spends more money on health care than any other country of equal income but has worse outcomes, including lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality rates, and more stratified health inequities (Papanicolas, Woskie, & Jha, 2018). The NP has many opportunities to improve healthcare by partnering with diverse voices that seek to change the healthcare system. To better address health disparities among marginalized people in Minnesota, this scholarly project will determine best practices for the development and incorporation of community …