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English-Lueck, Jan A., San Jose State University

Emeritus and Retired Faculty Biographies

University of California, Santa Barbara, California, Anthropology, Ph.D. 1985

University of California, Santa Barbara, California, Anthropology, M.A. 1978

California State University, Fresno, California, Summa cum Laude in Anthropology, B.A. 1976

Case Study On A Shift To Open Educational Resources In An Academic Department, Karina May Jackson

Theses and Dissertations

Open educational resources (OER) have the potential to significantly impact the landscape of higher education. However, many users of OER find it difficult to adopt programmatically due to the barriers of awareness, quality assurance, institutional culture, and sustainability. This case study of the successful OER adoption in an education department serves as a look into the conditions and practices that allowed for the promotion, continued use, and production of open educational resources. The results indicate that the climate, technology, and opportunity costs surrounding tenure and promotion were key factors in the faculty's experience with acting on their inclinations toward openness.

Misinformed Depositors, Raj Ashar

University of Miami Business Law Review

Social media enables information to travel faster and wider than ever before, creating endless new possibilities. However, it also has opened the door to misinformation or disinformation, which has already wreaked havoc in many industries, including the financial sector. Given the importance of accurate information in banking stability, false information poses a real risk of causing bank runs that lead to bank failures.

This Article documents the risks that false information poses to the banking industry. It then turns its attention to the regulation of false information in securities markets, which has grappled with the issue for many years. Drawing …

Conquer And Prevail Issue 177 December 5 2024, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Conquer and Prevail Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda December 05, 2024, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of Minutes
• Program Proposals
• Semester Course Approval Reviews
• Other Business
• Adjourn: 3:00pm

Parasocial Relationships In Children And Teens, Bradley J. Bond, Karen E. Dill-Shackleford, Jayson L. Dibble, Tracy R. Gleason, Nancy Jennings, Sara Rosaen, Rebecca Tukachinsky Forster

Communication Faculty Books and Book Chapters

"Young people have easy access to an array of fictional characters and celebrities, many of whom exist across platforms (e.g., protagonists from the graphic novel Heartstopper now appear in live-action on Netflix) and are manifested in toys and other merchandise. Children and adolescents often create powerful, socioemotional connections with fictional characters and celebrities called parasocial relationships (PSRs). Preschoolers clutching Elmo dolls, tweens fantasizing about interactions with TikTok influencers, and queer teens finding affirmation in a gay couple on Schitt’s Creek all hint at possible PSRs. These one-sided, imagined social ties might raise concerns for parents and other stakeholders; however, PSRs …

Zenith Insurance Company V. Martin Newell, Jr.

2024 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Westminster American Insurance Co V. Security National Insurance Co

2024 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Tibbs V. Electrocore,Inc

2024 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

December 5, 2024, Caa

Minutes

No abstract provided.

2024 December, 5; Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes, 2024 December, 5

SUNY Cortland Syllabus Statements for Generative AI and Student Writing

2024 December, 5; Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes; 2024 December, 5

SUNY Cortland Recommendations for Faculty  Regarding Generative AI (GAI), Large Language Models (LLMs), and Student  Writing

Screen Media, Obesity, And Nutrition, Amanda E. Staiano, Alyssa M. Button, Gary S. Goldfield, Thomas N. Robinson, Jorge Mota, Susan J. Woolford, Peter T. Katzmarzyk

Population and Public Health Science Faculty Publications

This chapter provides an update on and the synthesis of the most current evidence on screen use, nutritional intake, and obesity in youth. The strongest evidence of a mechanism linking screen media use to obesity is through repeated exposures to unhealthy food marketing and excess eating while viewing screens. Evidence of the neurocognitive effects on dietary consumption via the effects of executive function, satiety, and memory is emerging. Interventions to reduce children's screen time or to incorporate screen media into improving nutrition and obesity outcomes have had mixed results. The evidence base is also limited by imprecise measurements of screen …

Whose Information Is Whose? Adult Adoptees And The Silent Struggle To Access Records, Alyssa Traina

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The United States has fifty-one different laws pertaining to adult adoptee access to their original birth certificates and adoption court records, with only fifteen states being unrestricted. These states give adult adoptees access to their documents upon request. Fifteen states are restricted, meaning they require a court order to obtain documents, which involves proving “good cause” to a judge. This requirement of “good cause” has no standard definition. The remaining twenty-one states are compromised, meaning they have complex requirements to obtain documentation. My research uses case studies of the restricted laws of California, the unrestricted laws of Louisiana, and the …

Role Of Multimedia And Conative Words In Online Socio-Political Mobilization, Mainuddin Shaik

Theses and Dissertations

In the digital age, social media platforms have become vital for political mobilization, enabling rapid information dissemination, real-time engagement, and virtual community formation. This dissertation presents a novel multi-method framework to analyze mobilization dynamics on multimedia-centric platforms, focusing on Instagram, X (formally Twitter), and TikTok. The study examines Brazilian political protests (November 2022–February 2023) and disinformation and anti-disinformation campaigns during Taiwan's 2024 presidential elections. The research applies a multi-method framework to analyze mobilization characteristics in Brazilian and Taiwanese social movements, grounded in the Diffusion of Innovations (DOI) theory. This approach assesses how multimedia formats—images, sidecars, and videos—influence cognitive mobilization at …

Faculty Senate Chronicle December 5, 2024, Heather Loughney

The University of Akron Faculty Senate Chronicle

Minutes for the regular meeting of The University of Akron Faculty Senate on December 5, 2024

Health Services Monthly Educational Newsletter To Parents/Guardians, Dena L. Hinkle, Jennifer L. Fisher, Emily Garnett, Chelsea K. Mckee

Nursing Department Graduate Presentations/Conferences

This health services newsletter was created as an educational and information tool for parents/guardians of Will County School District 92. The intention of this project was to increase student compliance with health requirements, improve parental/guardian education regarding student health, and provide necessary student health education topics. The project began by completing a literature review which allowed for a thorough survey of existing information. The theoretical framework Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) serves as the foundation for this proposal, along with Pender’s Health Promotion Model and the School Nursing Practice Framework. The three graduate nursing students determined important educational …

Generative Ai-Based Optimized Recommender System For Debt Collection Using Large Language Models, Keerthana S

Theses and Dissertations

Reducing the percentage of defaulters who often skip payments throughout the debt collection process might help minimize losses in the banking industry. The debt collection process should be optimized to reduce the rate of defaulters and improve collection rates. Traditional Machine Learning algorithms focused on credit risk analysis, defaulter prediction, and forecasting the recovery rate of debt collection. Researchers are not currently prioritizing the analysis of debt collectors’ performance. The debt collector’s primary responsibility is to retrieve outstanding debts from consumers on behalf of the debt collection firm.

Examining debt collectors’ performance is essential to enhance collection efficiency in the …

Cellular Trafficking And Fate Mapping Of Cells Within The Nervous System After In Utero Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Matthew T Grant, Hemanth Ramesh Nelvagal, Maria Tecos, Amal Hamed, Kerry Swanson, Jonathan D Cooper, Jesse D Vrecenak

2020-Current year OA Pubs

In utero hematopoietic cell transplantation (IUHCT) utilizes fetal immune tolerance to achieve durable chimerism without conditioning or immunosuppression during a unique window in fetal development. Though donor cells have been observed within the nervous system following in utero injection, the timeline and distribution of cellular trafficking across the blood-brain barrier following IUHCT is not well understood. We injected 20 × 10

2024-12-05 Generative Ai Syllabi Statements And Use Guidelines Proposal, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

A proposal, titled "Generative AI Syllabi Statements and Use Guidelines," submitted to the Faculty Senate on December 5, 2024.

2024-12-05 Number Of Faculty By Department, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

The number of faculty by department at Morehead State University as calculated on December 5, 2023.

2024-12-05 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate meeting minutes from December 5, 2024.

2024-12-05 Faculty Senate Newsletter, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate newsletter from December 5, 2024.

Polarization And The Algorithmic Undertow: Integral And Critical Realist Perspectives, Bruce Alderman

Journal of Conscious Evolution

The recent election in the United States has underscored, in dramatic fashion, the depth and intensity of polarization that has taken hold, not only in America but across the globe. While political division is not new, the character and scope of today’s polarization suggest deeper, complex dynamics that resist simple explanation. At the Institute of Applied Metatheory—and in the Blue Sky Leaders program, a new trans-disciplinary leadership certificate program at CIIS—we explore how these dynamics may become clearer through multiple metatheoretical lenses. This paper brings together insights from Integral Theory (IT) and Critical Realism (CR) to examine the underlying generative …

Ranking Places Ole Miss Among Top 15 Universities For Veterans, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Military Times has again ranked the University of Mississippi among the best universities in the nation for veterans.

How Misogyny In Gaming Affects Black Women/Poc, Niccarri Allen

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

This research query explores the gaming industry and how its misogynistic issues affect the Black community in its forums. Research has shown that there has been a suppressed issue of prejudice against women of color in many gaming spaces in the last 20 years. Video games, created for healing and interactive spaces for communities seemingly have normalized its harming nature to minority groups. My research will look into aspects of how gender bias and racism mix into the gaming industry and cause distress among its players. I will research how misrepresentation in the character personas in video games lead to …

Faculty Senate Roster 2024-2025, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Documents

A list distributed by Faculty Senate of members of the governance body and affiliated committees.

Finish Strong, Rebels! End Of Semester Message From Chancellor Boyce, Glenn Boyce

University of Mississippi News

Finals week is approaching as we wrap up a wonderful semester together. This fall, you’ve grown personally and academically, made great friends, and created memories that will last a lifetime. Now it’s time to put everything you’ve learned into practice as you take your finals. Here are three tips for success:

Canadians With Disabilities: Income Security And Tax Policy, Hengameh Saberi, Jinyan Li

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Various barriers such as reduced work-related capabilities, scarce employment opportunities, and a resulting low level of motivation or incentives have historically led to a compounded level of financial insecurity among the disabled population. In response, the current symposium presents a scholarly examination of a significant federal legislative movement toward financial security and poverty reduction among the disabled population of working age—the enactment of the Canada Disability Benefit Act (CDBA). Here we contextualize the CDBA and briefly introduce the proceeding symposium contributions.

Front Matter

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Volume 61, Number 2