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“A Real Man . . .”: Deconstructing Machismo Heteronormative Standards With K–12 Latino Male Educators Through Dialogic Spaces, Mario Echeverria

Dissertations

In a K–12 educational landscape where 75% of educators are white women, recruitment of Latino male educators is crucial for diversification, yet these educators represent just 2% of the teaching workforce in the United States (NCES, 2020). These educators grapple with a layered sense of identity as they navigate expectations of hegemonic masculinity and machismo norms that dictate their roles as disciplinarians and saviors, especially for young boys of color (Brockenbrough, 2018; Lara & Fránquiz, 2015; Martino & Kehler, 2006; Mills et al., 2004; Singh, 2021). Unfortunately, Latino male educators leave the profession at twice the rate of their Latina …

The Post-Racial Deception Of The Roberts Court, Cedric M. Powell

SMU Law Review

Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard/UNC (SFFA) is a post-racial deception unmoored from precedent and societal reality. SFFA deceives the polity and signals an all out assault on anti-discrimination law. To preserve its institutional legitimacy, the Roberts Court promotes doctrinal and conceptual distortions—post-racial deceptions of cognizable injuries advanced through reverse discrimination claims of white plaintiffs; racial proxy claims of discrimination proffered by Asian-Americans; and the fairness rationale of the Court’s circular post-racial edict that “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” Chief Justice Roberts’s majority opinion discards the …

Tribute To Professor Lackland H. Bloom, Jr., Jason Bloom

SMU Law Review

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Growing Tensions: Consumer Privacy And Corporate Disclosures, Megan Wischmeier Shaner

SMU Law Review

Data privacy and data security have become key issues for legislators, regulators, and individual citizens. Roughly two-thirds of Americans believe their data is being regularly tracked, monitored, and collected by companies and the government. A majority of U.S. adults also believe their data is less secure today than five years ago, expressing concerns that they have little control over how their personal information is being used and that the entities who control their data are not responsible stewards. In the absence of comprehensive federal regulation, a continuous stream of privacy statutes have been proposed at the state level. Beginning with …

75 Years Of Clinical Legal Education: Celebrating The Past While Looking To The Future, Mary Spector

SMU Law Review

In October 2023, the Clinical Program at SMU Dedman School of Law celebrated its 75th anniversary. The occasion provided an opportunity to celebrate seventy-five years of free legal services to thousands of clients over the years: real people with real problems without the means to hire a lawyer. Among the legal services provided were ones that ensured families had safe and affordable places to live, protected the rights of those in the criminal justice system, safeguarded seniors’ financial stability, assisted taxpayers in navigating disputes with the IRS, and ensured that employees obtain the benefits to which they are entitled.

During …

Choosing Your Judge, Alexander Gouzoules

SMU Law Review

Accounts of American litigation pose a contradiction: forum shopping is acceptable, but judge shopping is not. Formal disfavor toward judge shopping is pervasive, and attempts by parties to manipulate the assignment of their case are deemed abusive and even sanctionable. Nevertheless, sophisticated judge-shopping tactics have proliferated in specific areas of the law—particularly in challenges to executive-branch policies and in the reorganization of large companies under Chapter 11. In these disparate areas of law, judge-shopping strategies have been deployed in high-profile cases, ranging from a challenge to the FDA’s authorization of an abortion drug to the opioid-driven bankruptcy of Purdue Pharma. …

Social Media And Social Reform: Why States Should Consider Protecting The Rising Kidfluencers, Rina Wong

SMU Law Review

The rise of social media in the twenty-first century has led to multi-million-dollar careers for influencers, adults, and children alike. Similarly, the rise of child influencers, often colloquially coined as “kidfluencers,” have raised legal issues because kidfluencers are currently unprotected by child labor laws. The Coogan Law, enacted in 1939 to protect child performers in California and similar laws across the United States do not currently apply to kidfluencers. This places kidfluencers at a severe risk of having their financial earnings squandered by their parents or guardians managing their funds.

Fortunately for kidfluencers, legislators both domestically and internationally have started …

A Critique Of The Current Epidemic In Our Criminal Justice System: “Guilty Until Proven Innocent”, Jaclyn Marsh

SMU Law Review

It has been a long-held notion of American jurisprudence that a citizen of this country shall not be deprived of their fundamental rights until required so by law. It is an offshoot of this notion that an American should not be deprived of these fundamental rights through being confined to jail or prison until twelve of their own fellow peers have laid down a finding of guilty. However, this phenomenon is exactly what is happening today, and the issue has been steadily increasing in occurrence since the passing of a federal statute in 1984.

Because of judicial interpretation and government …

Sarah Mildred Collier Cagle Genealogical Collection - Accession 665, Sarah Mildred Collier Cagle, Wilkie Family, Wilkey Family

Manuscript Collection

The Sarah Mildred Collier Cagle Genealogical Collection consists of photocopied genealogical documents of the following families John Collier; Fancher; Wilkie/Wilkey collected by Sarah Mildred Collier Cagle (b. 1915). Most of the collection consists of photocopies of genealogical books. Also included are photocopies of miscellaneous genealogical material related to the Wilkie family and allied families including muster rolls, letters, notes, short histories, and pension applications. Some of the prominent family surnames included are: Barefield/Barfield; Barham; Blankenship; Bowen; Brooke; Brown; Bryan; Carter; Chandler; Christiansen; Clark; Collier; Davidson; Davis; Denton; Franklin; Frith; Funston; Giannini; Greene; Harris; Henderson; Holeman; Jackson; Jenkins; Jones; Johnson; Lewis; …

Julie Lumpkin Papers - Accession 978, Julie Lumpkin

Manuscript Collection

The Julie Lumpkin Papers consists of Julie’s work during the first part of the 1980’s. Her freelance writing appeared in newspapers, magazines, and special projects such as brochures for beach condos or children’s homes. This collection contains correspondence between Julie and different publishers, along with drafts from her editing process. The collection also contains minutes and financial information from her time on the board at Killingsworth Home for Women and the National Organization for Women (NOW). Killingworth Home for Women is a Columbia, SC based nonprofit “committed to helping women lead sober and clean lives.” The National Organization for Women …

The Literary Landscape For Twentieth-Century Spanish-Speaking Lds Poets, Gabriel González Núñez

Writing and Language Studies Faculty Publications

Spanish is the second-most spoken language among Latter-day Saints, but relatively little is known about Mormon literature in this language, either its current status or its history. This absence is evident in the key surveys on Mormon literature that have been carried out. For example, when Eugene England considered the prospects of Mormon literature in his landmark essay on its history and future, he looked ahead at a mostly US-centric and fully English-language literary horizon.¹ This makes sense in the context in which he was writing. In the English language, and in the United States in particular, Mormon literature …

Barriers And Bridges To Well-Being For Latinx Immigrant Youth In A New Latinx Destination: A Digital Narrative Inquiry, Jenn M. Lilly

Social Service Faculty Publications

An increasing number of Latinx young people in the United States are facing unique challenges to attaining and maintaining well-being as residents of new Latinx destinations. This study analyzes the testimonios of 12 Latinx immigrant youth (aged 18–21) who participated in a digital narrative research project in New Orleans – a new Latinx destination in the US South. Findings are interpreted and discussed through the lens of the Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory (PVEST), revealing Latinx young people’s perspectives on the barriers to experiencing well-being, the “bridges” that helped them to experience well-being despite those barriers, and the ways …

“I Learned To Bottle Up My Feelings From A Young Age”: A Narrative Analysis Of Latina Young People’S Family Mental Health Socialization, Jenn M. Lilly

Social Service Faculty Publications

Latina young people report high levels of mental health problems and low levels of help-seeking compared with their white peers, but little research has examined factors influencing their mental health views. Inductive analysis of 25 participants’ narratives revealed that Latina young people described three stages in the development of their mental health-related beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors: undergoing a process of family mental health socialization, suffering in silence, and attaining a new perspective. Within each of these phases, participants shared stories that attest to their agency and resilience. This research uncovers a novel theoretical construct, “family mental health socialization,” which elucidates …

Considering A Unified Model Of Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Social Work: A Systematic Review, Michael Garkish, Lauri Goldkind

Social Service Faculty Publications

Social work, as a human rights–based profession, is globally recognized as a profession committed to enhancing human well-being and helping meet the basic needs of all people, with a particular focus on those who are marginalized vulner- able, oppressed, or living in poverty. Artificial intelligence (AI), a sub-discipline of computer science, focuses on develop- ing computers with decision-making capacity. The impacts of these two disciplines on each other and the ecosystems that social work is most concerned with have considerable unrealized potential. This systematic review aims to map the research landscape of social work AI scholarship. The authors analyzed the …

Introducing Generative Artificial Intelligence Into The Msw Curriculum: A Proposal For The 2029 Educational Policy And Accreditation Standards, Maria Rodriguez, Lauri Goldkind, Bryan Victor, Barb Hilz, Brian Perron

Social Service Faculty Publications

The most recent Council on Social Work Education’s Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) demands that social workers develop competence in the ethical and professional deployment of technology. Arguably, artificial intelligence has become a critical element in the technological landscape, most recently with the advent of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI). Beginning in late 2022, there has been an explosion of interest in GenAI, along with a massive and ongoing rollout of GenAI tools for personal and professional use, such as ChatGPT. While GenAI will undoubtedly affect social work practice, scholars and ethicists have raised crucial concerns about GenAI, its potential …

Engaging With Culturally Relevant Curriculum Development Practice In First-Year Writing Courses Through A Community Of Practice, Mitchell Dallas Herring

Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative action research study provides a case study of a community of practice (CoP) comprised of six faculty who teach first-year writing at Southern Technical College (pseudonym) as they engaged with culturally relevant teaching to review their curriculum development practices. The guiding question of this study was: How does engagement with culturally relevant pedagogy within a community of practice impact faculty who teach first-year writing's curriculum development practice, especially given their perceptions of students' needs and literacies? The study used a case study research design to document the faculty's experiences discussing and reflecting on their practice and perceptions of …

Systems Check: A Qualitative Case Study Of Educators And Parent-Educators Supporting Adolescent Readers From An Ecological Systems Perspective, Kristi Nicole Grooms

Theses and Dissertations

In spite of decades of research and an abundance of well-intentioned intervention efforts, supporting adolescent readers, particularly at the middle level, remains a significant area of concern for educators in the United States. The struggles are present for educators working to help underperforming readers reach grade-level and keep advanced readers motivated and engaged. At home, parents and guardians experience similar challenges. Data on adolescent comprehension performance continues to be frustrating in terms of producing consistent positive results. This qualitative action research study investigated the ongoing challenge of supporting adolescent readers, specifically within the context of 7th grade, through a systems …

The Inclusion Of Metacognition In Source Evaluation Instruction, Anthony Tardiff

Foley Library Scholarship

Though the ACRL Framework holds metacognition as crucial to exercising information literacy, its emphasis was reduced from prominence in early drafts to a single mention in the final document. At the same time, few of the frequently-taught sets of source evaluation criteria include a step for self-awareness. This raises the question: do librarians explicitly teach metacognitive concepts when they teach source evaluation? Online library guides about source evaluation from various colleges and universities in Washington state were analyzed, and librarians who taught source evaluation were surveyed to determine whether and to what extent metacognitive concepts were included as part of …

Rose Nourish To Flourish Obesity Prevention Program Targeting Children At Risk For Food Insecurity In Jacksonville, Florida, Jamie Marchio

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Nourish to Flourish study aimed to decrease the prevalence of obesity among food insecure children in Jacksonville, FL. Specifically, the program focused on nutrition education and access to healthy foods. The study consisted of a 4-week nutrition education series emphasizing the major determinants of healthy weight known as 5-2-1-0! This includes expanding knowledge of fruit and vegetable intake to achieve a target intake of five servings a day, screen time reduction to no more than two hours a day, achieving a physical activity goal of one hour a day outside of school hours, and limiting sugar sweetened beverage consumption …

Turtlegrass (Thalassia Testudinum) Undergoes A Coordinated Hypersensitive Response When Challenged With Pathogenic Labyrinthula Sp., Ava Vasile Larson

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Infection of the subtropical seagrass Thalassia testudinum Banks ex König by pathogenic Labyrinthula sp. was found to induce lesion progression, alterations to the host’s oxidative metabolism, and production of defense metabolites over the early stages of infection (monitored over a 72-hr time course). By 48-hrs post-infection, host oxygen consumption, internal reactive oxygen concentrations, and caspase-3 proteolytic activity reached their highest levels. The formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) were detected in T. testudinum lesions by use of redox-sensitive probes/substrates and fluorescent imaging. To our knowledge, this work represents the first time NO has been detected in …

Talking Scents: Copyrightability Of Fragrance & Intellectual Property Protection In The Perfume Industry, Margaret M. Donnelly

University of Richmond Law Review

Designer fashion brands are well-known for their aggressive brand protection techniques and unwavering commitment to protecting the exclusivity of their products. After all, it is this exclusivity that drives demand for luxury products in the first place. Additionally, a new trend of duplicate or “dupe” products that are more accessible, noncounterfeited replicas of high-end goods presents a new problem for these luxury brands. Despite high-end brands’ best efforts, the luxury goods industry is still plagued by counterfeiting and piracy issues, as well as the emerging threat of replicated dupe products that drive luxury sales down. From notorious counterfeit marketplaces like …

Feelin' Like A Criminal: Fiona Apple And The Lolita Effect, Astrid Burns

Dean James E. McLeod Freshman Writing Prize

From music to novels, the sexualization of young girls and women permeates our media. Many magazine models and actresses are posed in ways that transform them into sexual objects, even without their knowledge or consent. Miley Cyrus was fifteen when she posed seminude for Vanity Fair. Fiona Apple was only nineteen when pressured to strip on camera for her first music video. This phenomena of perpetuated sexualization of women in media is referred to as the Lolita effect, coined by media studies scholar M. Gigi Durham. With a focus on Fiona Apple’s “Criminal” music video, this research paper explores the …

A (Review) Bomb Representation Of A Post-Apocalyptic Queer Romance, Lydia Pita

Dean James E. McLeod Freshman Writing Prize

The zombie apocalypse genre has historically reinforced white, hypermasculine survivalist narratives, often marginalizing or erasing queer identities. However, HBO’s The Last of Us (2023) disrupts these conventions through its critically acclaimed third episode, Long, Long Time. This paper examines how the episode subverts traditional apocalyptic tropes by portraying a queer romance that challenges stereotypical masculinity. Through Bill’s transformation from a self-sufficient survivalist to an emotionally vulnerable partner, the narrative deconstructs the “transcendent white hypermasculine body” trope and offers a narrative in which queer love thrives despite the dystopian setting. This analysis explores the episode’s unique casting choices, portrayal of queer …

Gender Representation In Modern Children’S Media: The Disguised Damsel In Distress, Alex Bonham Walsh

Dean James E. McLeod Freshman Writing Prize

This paper examines the influence that children’s media has on the formation of gender identity in young children. Through an analysis of the psychology behind children’s formation of gender, coupled with Judith Butler’s theory of gender performativity and history acts, this paper delves into the media’s perpetuation of gender roles and highlights the its critical role in providing children with examples about how to consider and embody one’s gender. Children’s media still possesses gender stereotypes and traditional associations, despite modern movies’ attempts to shift away from harmful narratives. Research demonstrates that children absorb these cues, adopting gendered behaviors and societal …

Increasing Pediatric Vaccination Rates Through Parental Education At A Federally Qualified Community Health Center: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project, Dayna Dicola

Master's Theses and Capstones

Background: Childhood immunization rates for children aged 2 years and under at a community health center were assessed and determined to be below optimal levels. Immunizations protect against preventable diseases (Hill, 2023). The project assessed the microsystem to understand low immunization rates and to guide strategies for improvement.

Methods: The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model was used. In the planning phase, key stakeholders were consulted to assess current rates and barriers contributing to immunization rates. The chosen intervention was placed simplified immunization schedules in pediatric exam rooms to educate parents and promote adherence.

Intervention: A visual guide detailing the recommended vaccination schedule …

Carceral Care In Kentucky: The Case Of A School Safety Plan, Kaitlyn Selman, Hannah Carson Baggett, Lakendrick Richardson

Faculty Publications - College of Education

In this case study, we analyze commentary made in school board meetings by both board members and community members over a period of five years in Jefferson County Public Schools, Kentucky, as a school safety reform around school policing took shape. We review meeting minutes, public commentary, and policy documents to illustrate how carceral ideas shaped stakeholders’ views about safety, security, and what should happen in schools regarding police and students. We conclude with abolitionist perspectives about repair and investment in communities.

Children's Nature Play: Access To The Outdoors And Interactions With Biodiversity, Allison Antink-Meyer, Anthony W. Lorsbach, Ryan A. Brown

Faculty Publications - College of Education

In the U.S. and elsewhere, the nature play and outdoor time that is important to childhood development is not accessible to many. Children’s interactions with elements of nature, including biodiversity, are important. This study explored community-based affordances, using a nature play continuum, to examine the wildness in specific space types. To investigate children’s access and uncover how they interacted with nature in specific types of outdoor spaces, two iterations of household surveys for 489 families were used in the study. Underlying associations between types of outdoor space and children’s access were found. Direct and intentional interactions with biodiversity were related …

Loosely Defined: Neoliberalism, Democracy, And Discursive Contestation In Post-Brown Education Reform, Laura E. Kalmes

Faculty Publications - College of Education

This critical policy analysis examines how U.S. education reform in the post-Brown v.Board of Education era co-opted civil rights language to advance neoliberal and White supremacist agendas. By tracing the evolution of key terms like equality, freedom, and choice in influential policy texts from 1954 to 1965, the paper illuminates discursive strategies used to naturalize market-based reforms and deflect attention from structural racism. While focused on the U.S. context, the analysis has broad international relevance, as similar processes of rearticulating civil rights language to serve neoliberal ends can be observed in education reforms globally. The analytical framework developed here can …

The Benefits Of Prenatal Education Via Virtual And Mobile Applications Before, During, And After Pregnancy: A Quality Improvement Project, Lindsay Farland

Master's Theses and Capstones

Background: The advancements of technology has led to a substantial increase in the use of pregnancy applications among expecting parents. Studies indicate that a majority of pregnant individuals utilize virtual education platforms for various purposes, including accessing information on nutrition, exercise, baby development, and pregnancy symptoms. Despite the potential benefits, participation in these platforms remains low, emphasizing a need for enhanced resources and engagement strategies. Research shows that engagement with antenatal education through mobile applications can lead to improved maternal and fetal outcomes, such as reduced rates of caesarean births and fewer complications related to hypertension or preeclampsia.

Methods: …

Incorporating Educational Interventions To Improve Nursing Adoption Of Electronic Medical Record Technology: A Quality Improvement Project, Andrew Oratovsky

Master's Theses and Capstones

Background: Use of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) has become the standard for medical information management and exchange amongst acute care hospitals in the United States. The Epic® electronic medical record has been identified as a popular EMR software for adoption by many healthcare organizations. Associated with the adoption of this technology is a large investment in training medical professionals on its specific processes.

Local Problem: In the outpatient, primary care setting of a hospital in New England, the adoption of Epic® has come with much fear and resistance regarding the ability of nursing staff to efficiently learn and …