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Penetrating The Academic Echo Chamber Through Podcasting, David A. Wilson Phd

Intersections: Critical Issues in Education

The scope and breadth of the content of college courses is often limited to the students who attend them. This is particularly true regarding theoretical courses, such as those involving theories and practices related to bilingual education. A new podcast created by an instructor of such a course aims to expand the reach of the course content to other students, educators, and the general public, who may not have taken such courses. This opinion piece addresses how the podcast came into being, as well as its current and future goals.

Beyond Visual Limits: Systems Thinking For The Visually Impaired Using Generative Ai, Allie Zombron, Raafat Zaini, Arwa Alnajashi

International Journal on Responsibility

This paper investigates the responsible application of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance accessibility in STEM education. It presents a proof of concept to generate descriptions of visual representations of Systems Thinking (Meadows, 2009), a discipline that is challenging for individuals with visual impairments. By adhering to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (The Americans with Disabilities Act, 2024) guidelines and leveraging AI, this initiative aims to facilitate comprehension of complex systems. It underscores the ethical imperative of inclusivity in educational technology. Developing AI-driven tools to describe System Dynamics showcases a commitment to ethical AI deployment, promoting equitable access …

Education Within Prisons: The Good And The Bad, Tristan T. Morris

Quest

Independent Study

Research in progress for CRIJ 1301: Introduction to Criminal Justice

Faculty Mentor: Stefanie LeMaire

This manuscript began from a response to a discussion prompt in my Introduction to Criminal Justice course where students were asked to discuss some of the issues facing inmates upon release from incarceration. Tristan completed outside research on the relationship between education and recidivism among incarcerated individuals. More specifically, she wanted to discuss the barriers to successful reintegration and programs that have been introduced to address these concerns. Most offenders will be released from incarceration, and they will reenter our society. There is a …

Improv Comedy And The Impact On College Student Social Skills, Colin Stewart

MAGIS: Student Development Journal

In the educational climate today, transitioning to college life can be a turbulent time for students. It is essential that student affairs practitioners develop and create innovative services and programs that prepare students to be successful during their time at a university. This exploratory qualitative study investigates the degree to which the participation in college improv comedy impacts social skills and the implications participation may have for students transitioning to university life.

Lgbq Student Development In Community Service, Julia Leavitt

MAGIS: Student Development Journal

Research has addressed how lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or queer (LGBQ) student identity development is largely shaped by external factors such as perceptions of campus support and inclusivity (Schmidt, Miles, & Welsh, 2011; Swank & Fahs, 2012; Tomlinson & Fassinger, 2003). In addition, literature has illustrated a positive correlation among student leaders involved in identity-based organizations and activities that entice self-authorship, meaning making, and leadership development (Renn, 2007; Renn & Bilodeau, 2005). However, there is a finite amount of research focused on leadership and identity development among queer- identified students’ involvement in non-queer specific activities. Among best practices in student affairs, …

The Chief Diversity Officer, Amanda Marie C. Gadian, Lauren E. Van Fossen, Ariana Chini

MAGIS: Student Development Journal

A heightened consciousness of racial injustice across higher education and an increasingly diverse student population have pushed institutions to consider how they are responding to these changes. An emerging solution has been to establish a Chief Diversity Officer to address issues of racial climate on college campuses. This article analyzes the current literature on Chief Diversity Officers in higher education in order to describe the key roles and challenges of the position. Recommendations for institutions and executive leadership are provided to design and implement a position with the organizational structure and power to serve the needs of diverse student populations …

Leveraging Transitions To Enhance The Student Development Administration Program, Erica K. Yamamura

MAGIS: Student Development Journal

The article uses Schlossberg's Transition Theory as a framework for enhancing the Student Development Administration (SDA) program at Seattle University.

Transitions, Syd Emmanuel Arrojo

MAGIS: Student Development Journal

A reflection of an SDA students' transition to graduate school.

Editoral Board, Editors Of Magis

MAGIS: Student Development Journal

No abstract provided.

Magis Volume 11 Entire Volume, Editors Of Magis

MAGIS: Student Development Journal

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A Rank-Order Alternative For Non-Parametric Analysis With The General Linear Model, Jeffry White

Journal of Educational Research and Practice

Violations of normality and homogeneity are common in educational data. When this occurs, the use of parametric statistics may be inappropriate. A generalized form of nonparametric analyses based on the Puri and Sen L statistic provides an alternative approach. Using a chi-square distribution, this technique is easy to apply and has significant power. Another advantage of the L statistic is its utility to link nonparametric tests with their parametric counterparts. After rank-ordering and analyzing the data, an adjustment is made by calculating L instead of relying on the parametric test statistic. This permits the researcher to choose between parallel strategies …

Exploring Dalit Representation In The Federal Government Of Nepal: A Sociological Perspective On Decision-Making Dynamics, Makar Bahadur Sarki

Transformations

Dalit Representation in the Federal Government of Nepal is the main problem now. The Dalit members of parliament of each party are struggling to participate in the Government’s Cabinet. All Governments of Nepal are ignoring to ensure the Dalit representation in the cabinet. Although the constitution of Nepal adopted the inclusive principle, it does not implement in the cabinet of the Federal Government of Nepal. Dalit members of parliament face opportunities loss in each cabinet of Nepal Government. But it is gaps in research till now. What is the reason behind it not implementing the legal provision? Is it human …

Efficient Flush/Re-Initalize Signaling For Rans States, Simon Schmidt

Defensive Publications Series

Asymmetric Numeral Systems (ANS) have the distinct disadvantage, that they have to be encoded in reverse order. In rANS, adaptive rANS specifically, this is often alleviated by buffering the coding decisions and flushing it in the end, resitting the rANS state every time. The decoder has to know, when to flush/re-initialize the state of the rANS decoder. This disclosure describes a method for selectively flushing (or retaining) the state of the rANS decoder on a symbol-by-symbol base. After renormalization, the decoder checks, if the value of the state of the rANS decoder is equal to the constant, whith which the …

For He Is Necessary Locus, B.B.P. Hosmillo

Kritika Kultura

No abstract provided.

Loom Of Dreams, Genevieve Jorolan-Quintero

Kritika Kultura

No abstract provided.

Deposition Of The Cross And Other Poems, Allan Popa

Kritika Kultura

No abstract provided.

Landlessness, War, And Displacement In Literatures Of Mindanao And Sulu, Sherwin Mendoza

Kritika Kultura

This monograph attempts to clarify the relationships of Filipino Americans to the diaspora of Christian settler colonists in Mindanao with the hope of facilitating solidarity between Filipino Americans and the peoples of Mindanao and Sulu. It begins with a consideration of Carlos Bulosan, perhaps the most prominent figure within the discipline of Filipino American Studies, in terms of the brief appearance of Mindanao in America is in the Heart. The bulk of the monograph, however, is centered on literatures of the Southern Philippines, a region that is often overlooked within the discipline of Filipino American Studies, and in particular it …

The Alien, The Citizen, And The Triumphant Capitalist, Gloria G. Gonzales

Kritika Kultura

This paper examines notions of the “alien” and the “citizen” or the outsider and insider based on the Chinese Filipino experience as portrayed in Charlson Ong’s novel Banyaga: The Song of War (2006). Although the Chinese have lived in the Philippine archipelago since the twelfth century, they have always been considered banyaga (alien or foreigner) by Filipino “natives.” I argue that the marginalization of the Chinese has led them to specialization in trade and commerce, which in turn has steered them, paradoxically, towards exceptionalism. As such, I correlate Ong’s banyaga with Georg Simmel’s concept of the stranger and argue that …

Between Countries And Dreams, Patrick D. Flores

Kritika Kultura

No abstract provided.

Devotion Ii, Wilfredo Pascual

Kritika Kultura

In 2004, the author flew to New York to spend a few days with fans of Nora Aunor during the Philippine Superstar’s U.S. concert tour. This personal essay is a ruminative account of a wayfaring trip that began the year before, when the author flew to Manila and met the star for the first time. It’s a pilgrimage of sorts, tracking the wandering icon in Manhattan, from her hotel bedroom to Times Square all the way to the airport. It crosses time and space from aquatic Bicol and Atlantic City to the mystical Byzantine age and the tumultuous years of …

Dulsita, Ang Kabuuan Ng Kontradiksyon Ng Imahen Ni Sharon Cuneta Sa Pelikulang Pilipino, Jerrick Josue David

Kritika Kultura

Rolando B. Tolentino described Sharon Cuneta as the “perpetual virgin” of Philippine movies. In his essay titled “Si Sharon Cuneta at ang Perpetwal na Birhen” [Sharon Cuneta and the Perpetual Virgin], Tolentino described the perpetual virgin as eternally “meek, subservient, patient, the proverbial model of kindness and/or goodness.” Such characteristic is exemplified via the typical role Cuneta plays onscreen: the good-hearted woman who chooses to forgive her oppressor(s) despite the hardships she endured in their hands. Offscreen, she seems to epitomize such an image: loving and dutiful daughter to her parents, martyr wife to her philandering first husband, devoted wife …

Si Judy Ann Santos At Ang Wika Ng Teleserye, Louie Jon A. Sánchez

Kritika Kultura

The actress Judy Ann Santos boasts of an illustrious and sterling career in Philippine show business, and is widely considered the “queen” of the teleserye, the Filipino soap opera. In the manner of Barthes, this paper explores this queenship, so-called, by way of traversing through Santos’ acting history, which may be read as having founded the language, the grammar of the said televisual dramatic genre. The paper will focus, primarily, on her oeuvre of soap operas, and would consequently delve into her other interventions in film, illustrating not only how her career was shaped by the dramatic genre, pre- and …

Fall Of Grace: Nora Aunor As Cinema, Patrick D. Flores

Kritika Kultura

Nora Aunor is enlisted in this speculation as a medium in the register of both the cinema and the transmission of spirit. The key trajectory is the oft-cited film Himala, which opens up a conceptual space for mediumship, the technology of the actress, her biography and corpus of art, and the devotion to her person. The essay constellates a set of texts including the sculpture in honor of Elsa, the main character of Himala, the film Silip, and the life of a fan. Nora, the performative vessel of Elsa, becomes fundamentally cinematic. It is through her that Elsa is fleshed …

Firmament Occupation: The Philippine Star System, Joel David

Kritika Kultura

No abstract provided.

Christianity As A Culture Of Mobility: A Case Study Of Asian Transient Migrants In Singapore, Catherine Gomes, Jonathan Y. Tan

Kritika Kultura

More than ever before, the global and transnational movements of young people for work and study have become part of everyday life. Yet there is very little research on this phenomenon in relation to how actors in transience create strategies to cope with being away from home nation (place of birth and/or citizenship) and from family. As part of the findings of a larger international study on the identities, social networks and media/ communication use of transient migrants, researchers found that Christianity featured prominently during life in transience for Asian respondents. This paper thus puts forward the notion that Christianity …

Guest Editor's Introduction, Joel David

Kritika Kultura

Although vital to the existence of the Philippine movie industry, stardom has rarely garnered scholarly attention apart from the auteurist (film-artist) or biographical modes. Part of the reason is external, in the sense that media-studies approaches to star-text discourses emerged relatively recently, and may still be in the process of further refinement. However, a crucial internal reason is that the primary Philippine example, Nora Aunor, inadvertently affirms the earlier, now-conventional approach by virtue of her singular dominance as both top star and top multimedia performer. This study will track relevant trends in star studies vis-à-vis Philippine scholarly output, and will …

The Capacity To Be Content: Aspirations And Young Adult Catholics In Singapore, Jayeel Serrano Cornelio

Kritika Kultura

Drawing from interviews with young adult Catholics in Singapore, this article discusses aspirations in terms of the capacity to be content. For my informants, the capacity to be content has three aspects: the pursuit of happiness, the questioning of Singapore’s incessant drive for economic growth, and the neglect of those left-behind. Taken collectively, these nuances show that the aspirations of young adult Catholics are effectively a moral critique of the social and economic state of affairs in the city-state. The capacity to be content also informs these young adults’ decision to be involved in welfare activities or even be employed …

Multiple Faultlines And Identity Of Indigenous Christians/Catholics In Malaysia, Jojo M. Fung Sj

Kritika Kultura

This paper explores the complexities of the contested political terrain in Malaysia that abounds in multiple faultlines within Peninsular Malaysia and between East and Peninsu- lar Malaysia. The resultant rupture occasioned by the Allah controversy shored up the in- tricate interplay and asymmetrical relations between the dominant ‘fictitious self’ and sub- jugated ‘fragmented self’ of the minority ethnic and religious communities. Such rupture calls for a reconciliatory praxis by which the ‘subjugated and dominant self’ concertedly work towards restorative and structure justice instead of the pretentious simulationof a fictitious unity under 1Malaysia. Amidst the political upheavals, the Christians of the …

The Black Nazarene, Quiapo, And The Weak Philippine State, Mark Joseph Calano

Kritika Kultura

The dialectical relationship between the religious performances to the Black Nazarene and the informality of space in Quiapo has an implication in the “construction” of space and the formation of a weak Philippine state. The dynamics between poón, panata, and pananampalataya (elements in the discussion of the devotion to the Black Nazarene) and the barongbarong, looban, at hanapbuhay (elements in the discussion of the informality of Quiapo) helps in the construction of the spatiality of Quiapo. Quiapo is constructed as the place of the play between pananampalataya and hanapbuhay; the implication of this mutual dependency to the state is a …

“Not Here To Steal Sheep”: A Reading Of The History And Politics Of Catholicism In Thailand, Coeli Barry

Kritika Kultura

This article investigates how Catholicism has had to evolve and adapt in order to sustain itself in Thailand. As Siam/Thailand developed through economic, political and cultural interactions with Western powers, Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular served as a site on which Thai national identity was forged in response to these interactions. Christianity was an ‘other’ against which Thai Buddhist identity coalesced yet the appeal of first Catholic and later Protestant missionary education was very strong. This article combines interpretive historical method and analysis of contemporary shifts that reflect a more assertive Thai Catholic Church. In so doing, the …