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257-Effects Of Industrialization On Causes Of Death In 19th And Early 20th Century Rochester, Morgan Dunn

GREAT Day Posters

Rochester has been referred to as America’s first boomtown, thanks to contributions from the Erie Canal in the early parts of the 19th century. This new development sparked the catalyst for extreme industrialization in Rochester, with large factories being introduced in the city (i.e. Kodak). With rapid industrialization came coinciding health developments, much of the time with detrimental effects. Industrialization created a cycle that shaped the public health sphere. For example, industrialization caused the spread of more diseases, then industrialization helped to combat these diseases; industrialization led to more deaths by accidents, then industrialization helped to prevent these accident-based deaths.At …

Workshop: Auditing Diversity In The Stacks, Melissa Gonzalez

Digital Initiatives Symposium

Our university populations are more dynamic and increasingly diverse than ever before – students should see themselves reflected in their academic institution’s collections and should have resources available to help them navigate the complexities of the world today. The impetus is on librarians to find and provide materials to help our students in both their academic pursuits and personal enrichment. In this workshop, participants will gain an overall understanding of diversity audits for academic library collections and come away with concrete examples and strategies for implementation or adaptation at their own institutions. The primary focus will be on monographs, but …

Workshop: Designing Your Digital Exhibit And Plan, Mēgan A. Oliver

Digital Initiatives Symposium

In this workshop for digital humanists, librarians, and archivists, you will have the opportunity to build out a digital exhibit design plan. To create our design plans, we’ll need to discuss what makes an exhibit different from other digital projects, as well as digital lifecycle concerns, DEIA pillars, rights and reproduction, and staffing recommendations. The workshop is highly interactive, so please bring questions, brainstorming, real-life scenarios, and any process concerns you may have.

“Somebody’S Gotta Try And Go Forward”: Musical Identity And The (Re)Construction Of Authenticity In Hawai‘I And Mongolia, Heather E. Cook

Anthropology Honors Projects

Based on thirty-seven interviews with musicians and performers in Mongolia and Hawaiʻi, this ethnography explores the complex relationships between nationalism, cultural imperialism, hybridity, and conceptions of authenticity in the colonial context through the lens of folk music. Engaging with theories of practice and postcolonialism, I argue that within contemporary contexts of globalization and cultural imperialism, musicians and performers have formed a sense of musical and cultural identity dependent on nationalist conceptions of tradition, yet the notion of cultural authenticity no longer depends on the absence of Western influence, but on the cultural sovereignty of the artist and the agency of …

Mary In Zeitoun: Silent Presence, Emma Donnelly

Marian Library Blog Archive

Mary's silent appearances in Egypt remind us that a connection with God is what matters most.

“So, Like… Tú Sabes”: An Approach To Bilingual Discourse Markers In Puerto Rican Spanish Oral Interaction (Piero Visconte, Pp. 21-45), Piero Visconte

Intersecciones Hispánicas: Revista de Cultura, Literatura y Lingüística

This paper examines discourse markers (DMs) (i.e., pues, entonces, you know, so, I mean, etc.) and their linguistic variations in contexts of English-Spanish interaction in Puerto Rico. This linguistic category represents an aspect of discourse analysis that has captivated great interest in recent years, since its “main function is to connect utterances to each other and to the larger context” (Crible and Blackwell 2020: 24). As shown in several sociolinguistic research articles conducted in the Puerto Rican diaspora of New York City in the last twenty years (Torres 1997, 2002; Lipski 2005), the profound and protracted contact between Spanish and …

Racing The Tides: Three Virginia Islands Threatened By Climate Change And The Challenge Of Preserving Their Stories, Sean M. Restivo

History Honors Projects

Among the tidal marshes of Virginia’s York River, there are three relatively obscure groups of uninhabited islands, all with fascinating stories, and all rapidly disappearing: the Goodwin Islands, the Catlett Islands, and Poropotank Island. These islands have been almost entirely overlooked by existing historical and archaeological research, and they are all imminently threatened by climate change-induced sea level rise and erosion. In the summer of 2023, I embarked on an interdisciplinary research project to study cultural heritage sites scattered across the islands. Drawing on my experience of studying these islands, as well as other related case studies, I demonstrate that …

The Influence Of Culture On Graphic Design: Rebranding Glossier For The Japanese Market, Hannah Kuvshinov

Senior Honors Theses

Due to globalization, many companies are expanding their reach into foreign markets that have different cultural contexts. As a result, having versatile branding that can be easily adapted to different cultures becomes extremely important when communicating with consumers from other countries. To develop this branding it is crucial for companies to employ cross-cultural design, which involves much more than simply translating text into the consumers language. In order to successfully expand its products to the Japanese market Glossier will have to apply cross-cultural research to redesign their current branding materials and communication channels. This project focuses on preserving brand cohesiveness …

Increases In Regional Brain Volume Across Two Native South American Male Populations, Nikhil N. Chaudhari, Phoebe E. Imms, Nathan F. Chowdhury, Margaret Gatz, Benjamin Trumble, Wendy J. Mack, E. Meng Law, M. Linda Sutherland, James D. Sutherland, Christopher J. Rowan, L. Samuel Wann, Adel H. Allam, Randall C. Thompson, David E. Michalik, Michael I. Miyamoto, Guido Lombardi, Daniel Cummings, Edmond Seabright, Sarah Alami, Angela R. Garcia, Daniel E. Rodriguez, Raul Quispe Gutierrez, Adrian J. Copajira, Paul L. Hooper, Kenneth Buetow, Jonathan Stieglitz, Michael D. Gurven, Gregory S. Thomas, Hillard Kaplan, Caleb E. Finch, Andrei Irimia

ESI Publications

Industrialized environments, despite benefits such as higher levels of formal education and lower rates of infections, can also have pernicious impacts upon brain atrophy. Partly for this reason, comparing age-related brain volume trajectories between industrialized and non-industrialized populations can help to suggest lifestyle correlates of brain health. The Tsimane, indigenous to the Bolivian Amazon, derive their subsistence from foraging and horticulture and are physically active. The Moseten, a mixed-ethnicity farming population, are physically active but less than the Tsimane. Within both populations (N = 1024; age range = 46–83), we calculated regional brain volumes from computed tomography and compared …

"I'Ll Stay Where You Want Me To Stay": How Latter-Day Saints Navigate Conflicting Social Values While Remaining Committed To Their Faith, Venice Jardine

Theses and Dissertations

While recent efforts in religious studies have focused on why many Americans seem to be leaving religion entirely, much less is understood about why many others choose to remain committed to their faith--especially when they hold many of the same social values, doubts, or divergent opinions that others cite for leaving. Within a Latter-day Saint context especially, very little research has been done to explore the experiences of those navigating the complexities of competing ethical affordances while remaining committed to their faith. Through ethnographic research in both Salt Lake County and New York City, I document the patterns and processes …

Theft And Entertainment, Francesco Maiolo, Bryce Mccaskill, Libbie Brown

ENGL 1102 Showcase

An anthology that looks at the interaction between theft and entertainment. Why and how entertainment is stolen, the prevention of theft by entertainment companies, and the depiction of theft in media.

Well-Being In The Context Of Indigenous Heritage Management: A Hach Winik Perspective From Metzabok, Chiapas, Mexico, Christopher Hernandez, Armando Valenzuela Gomez

Anthropology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

In this article, we examine what local well-being means in the contexts of collaborative heritage management and national development in Mexico. Driven by the request of Lacandon Mayas (including the second author) who live in Puerto Bello Metzabok, Chiapas, Mexico, in 2018, we engaged in archeological consolidation and heritage management to promote local tourism and sustainable economic development. This collaboration raised a series of ethical and practical questions of how to engage with the Eurocentric project of development. Addressing these issues has become critical, as the Mexican president's signature infrastructure project, Tren Maya (Maya Train), is designed to promote nationwide …

An Approach To Catholic Marriage For The K'Ho People Of The Diocese Of Da Lat, Vietnam, Duc Van Nguyen

School of Theology and Seminary Graduate Papers/Theses

One of the challenges for the priests providing pastoral care to the K'Ho people in the Diocese of Da Lat, Vietnam, is to help them preserve their culture and customs while remaining faithful to the teachings of the Church. Sometimes conflicts arise; for example, they often hold a wedding before celebrating the Sacrament of Marriage. This paper proposes an approach to the Sacrament of Matrimony while respecting the traditional marriage customs of the K'Ho people in the Diocese of Da Lat, Vietnam. The paper includes three parts: (1) The traditional marriage customs of the K’Ho people; (2) The challenges of …

Georgia Ghosts: History, Folklore, And The Roots Of The Southern Gothic, Katherine M. Mcdowell

Master's Projects

There is something quintessentially human about ghost stories, yet particular regions tend to be more powerfully associated with haunted folktales than others. One of the regions is the southeastern United States. In fact, these oral traditions appear to have influenced the area's best-known literary subgenre: the Southern Gothic.

Why is the South considered haunted? Are there particular qualities in historical events that make them more likely to engender ghost stories? What makes the South's folkloric spirits so powerful that they appear even in modern literature? Most of all, what connects the region's history and folklore with the Southern Gothic? By …

Unveiling The Silent Struggle: Postpartum Depression In Black Women, Alexa Scaglione

Academic Festival

No abstract provided.

Coping During Covid-19: Comparative Analysis Between Refugee And Non-Refugee Older Adults, Mia Purcell, Kathleen Longobardo, Julien St. Clair, Mateo Villarreal, Jonix Owino

Academic Festival

Coping During COVID-19 - Comparative Analysis Between Refugee and Non-refugee Older Adults

As the ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic are still being discussed, the implications of COVID-19 among aging populations must be documented, especially underrepresented aging adults such as refugees. The overall well-being of older adults may have been impacted due to the novelty of challenges posed by the pandemic. As such, the present study examines the implications of COVID-19 among older refugee and non-refugee populations in the U.S. Interviews were conducted among older adults aged 55-69 (m=66.3), living in the Northeast of the U.S. A total of 81 interviews …

The Bacon, April 26, 2024, Beacon Staff

The Beacon, 2023-2024

Campus gossip: Sonsma spotted; Doctors hate him! How BV retains his youth; Kllen does WHAT?!? The secret life of campus toddler; Top placers to get engaged on campus?!!; Colenbrander Ghost on chaos streak; 10 things big caf is hiding;

The Student Movement Volume 108 Issue 21: 150: Andrews University Celebrates 150 Years, Reagan Westerman, Lauren Kim, Nate Miller, Lexie Dunham, Nailea Soto, Melissa Moore, Andrew Francis, Abby Shim, Reagan Mccain

The Student Movement v. 108 (2023-2024)

HUMANS

Andrews Adoration, Interviewed by Reagan Westerman

Looking Back, Interviewed by Lauren Kim

Senator Projects with Morgan Williams, Interviewed by Lauren Kim

Events Celebrating Our 150th Anniversary, Andrews University Student Movement Staff

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Cautionary Tales of Summers Unused, Nate Miller

The Last Repair Shop: A Review, Lexie Dunham

A Trip to the Past!, Nailea Soto

NEWS

Cosmic Phenomenon Comes to Andrews: 2024 Eclipse, Melissa Moore

AU Founder's Day Celebrates 150th with Students, Andrew Francis

President Taylor and Pastor Anderson Completing Their First Year, Nate Miller

The Student Movement: Representing Students Since 1915, Melissa Moore

IDEAS

Is Nuclear Power …

The Santa Clara, 2024-04-26, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.

2024-04-26 Minutes Of The Academic Senate, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

Compositional Practices In The Accompaniment Of Celtic Trad Music, Mason Taylor

Composition/Recording Projects

n this research paper, I look at how traditional Irish folk musicians—“Trad” as it is commonly referred to by musicians in the style––approach, think of, and perform accompaniment, specifically the contrapuntal style that is common amongst mandolin and bouzouki players. Trad has evolved greatly over the years. Originally, Trad was performed without any form of accompaniment—no guitar, no piano, no cello. Many solo instruments, such as the flute and the fiddle, would play the same melody with the only harmony occurring at moments where performers would momentarily diverge from the melody with an improvised ornament. Somewhere along its varied history, …

Doc 2024-01 Revision To The Social Sciences Cap Requirement, University Of Dayton

Senate Documents

Action: Legislative Authority

The Academic Policies Committee recently completed their consultation process and shared with the proposers their findings regarding the proposal to revise the Social Sciences CAP (SS-CAP) requirement. In this document we summarize the original rationale for proposing a revision to the SS-CAP requirement, present the original proposal, summarize the APC’s findings from consultation, and present a revised proposal that addresses the concerns raised through the consultation process.

Charge The Cockpit Or Die: An Anatomy Of Fear-Driven Political Rhetoric In American Conservatism, Daniel Hostetter

Senior Honors Theses

Subthreshold negative emotions have superseded conscious reason as the initial and strongest motivators of political behavior. Political neuroscience uses the concepts of negativity bias and terror management theory to explore why fear-driven rhetoric plays such an outsized role in determining human political actions. These mechanisms of human anthropology are explored by competing explanations from biblical and evolutionary scholars who attempt to understand their contribution to human vulnerabilities to fear. When these mechanisms are observed in fear-driven political rhetoric, three common characteristics emerge: exaggerated threat, tribal combat, and religious apocalypse, which provide a new framework for explaining how modern populist leaders …

Trait Morbid Inquisitiveness: Horror Attraction, Religion, And The Final Girl, Charley Elles Brown

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

People are attracted to horror entertainment, such as movies, video games, dark tourism, and human-made haunted attractions, to experience fear and scary play. It is also utilized in research on emotional responses. Three types of attractors have been identified: dark copers, white knucklers, and adrenaline junkies. In horror movies, the evolution of threat management is exemplified by the resourcefulness and adaptability of the final girl. Furthermore, the attraction to horror-based entertainment is linked to morbid curiosity. A new research perspective known as trait morbid curiosity has identified this fascination as the development of psychological traits to handle morbid, threatening, and …

A Narrative Study: Professional Development Of A Piano Teacher Through Various Music Education Philosophies And Psychologies In Different Sociocultural Contexts, Shuenda Wong

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Philosophers have analyzed music education philosophies since Ancient times. For example, Plato and Aristotle in Greece mused over such matters, as did Confucius and Mozi in China. Today, music educators must examine both philosophies and psychologies of music education to understand the value of teaching music. They need music education philosophies to critique their actions and delve into their pedagogical methods to gain meaning from their teaching efforts. Previous research focused on music education philosophies in one or two countries without a thorough comparative analysis between countries or continents. This narrative study on music education philosophies traced the unique journey …

Claiming The Crown — The Agency And Fandom Of “The Woman King”, Cibonay R. Dames

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This content analysis study aimed to understand the culture-sharing pattern of The Woman King fans on X and the film’s impact on Black popular culture. The specific problem that was addressed is the need to explore Black popular culture artifacts, such as The Woman King, to understand how Black culture is produced and reproduced by Blacks and the social commentary it creates. This qualitative dissertation was guided by cultural studies and fandom theories and employed a Critical Technocultural Discourse Analysis (CTDA) to analyze 1,469 public posts on X during the film's opening weekend and a content analysis of the film. …

Student Enrollment And The Experiences Of Liberal Arts Faculty At A Historically Black College And University: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study, Sanford Derrick Dennis

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to understand how liberal arts faculty members at a small private historically black college are affected by unstable student enrollment. The institution is being affected by various states of unstable student enrollment, which naturally creates many challenges. The study utilized the hermeneutic phenomenological approach, and the cognitive appraisal theory as the theoretical framework. The cognitive appraisal theory is based on how individuals mentally process an event or a condition. In application to this study, liberal arts faculty members are in a challenging environment, and how do they mentally process it as an …

Welfare-Based Human Rights Diffusion In Global Social Policy: Examining An Extended Spiral Model To Survey Welfare Norms, Kendra L. Duran

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This study addresses a gap in research concerning welfare-based human rights diffusion, rights that are also referred to as Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ESCR). This project finds that when states ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), global social policies are created, grow worldwide, and receive greater attention from advocacy organizations. Even so, it is not understood how global social policies affect a state’s compliance with its ICESCR commitment, nor how global social policies affect welfare-based human rights diffusion. Seeking to address this gap in theory and praxis, this research utilizes an extended case study …

A Study Of Leadership's Role In Building Relationships Among Virtual Team Members, Danna V. Smith

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This research study focused on leadership's role in building relationships among virtual team members. A qualitative case study, the research focused on organizations in the medical device industry within the Charlotte Metropolitan region of North Carolina. The research was formed using 15 open ended questions in an interview of 20 leaders of virtual teams. Each leader was interviewed individually and allowed to elaborate on their answers to help the researcher to thoroughly understand the approach used to help the relationships form among their virtual team members. During the interview, the discussion between the researcher and the leader being interviewed covered …

The Relationship Between Participation In Chorus And The Acquisition Of Higher-Order Reasoning Skills Among Middle School Students, Jason M. Streun

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This predictive correlational study examined the relationship between participation in chorus and the acquisition of higher-order reasoning skills among middle school students. Although the education profession focuses on ways to engender higher-order reasoning skills in their students, today’s high-stakes climate so rigorously addresses STEM subjects that it tends to ostracize music from the discussion. Thus, the significance of this study lies partly in its endeavor to better understand the connection between linguistic development and reasoning, the positive influence that participation in choral music can potentially wield in the acquisition and improvement of linguistic skill, and, correspondingly, the attainment of higher-order …