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Beyond The Classroom: Leveraging Community Engaged Learning To Teach Corporate Social Responsibility In Sport Management, Amanda Greene Dr., Charles Jones, Natalie Smith Jun 2026

Beyond The Classroom: Leveraging Community Engaged Learning To Teach Corporate Social Responsibility In Sport Management, Amanda Greene Dr., Charles Jones, Natalie Smith

The COSMA Journal

This manuscript presents a case study exploring the use of community engaged learning (CEL) to teach corporate social responsibility (CSR) in an upper-level sport management course. The purpose of this study is to examine how participation in a semester long community engaged learning experience influences student understanding of corporate social responsibility, civic identity, and theory-to-practice application. Students partnered with a local nonprofit affiliated with a professional sport organization to design and execute a donor engagement event addressing youth needs in the community. Guided by experiential learning theory, the course emphasized out-of-classroom learning, industry mentorship, and reflective practice. A longitudinal qualitative …

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Muddying The Waters: Feminist Pedagogy In Uncertain Times, Ivy Mingyase Fofie, Janine Armstrong, Natonya Listach Jun 2026

Muddying The Waters: Feminist Pedagogy In Uncertain Times, Ivy Mingyase Fofie, Janine Armstrong, Natonya Listach

Feminist Pedagogy

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Tilly Norwood And The Promise Of Frictionless Creation: Feminist Pedagogy In Ai-Saturated Classrooms, Jill N. Fredenburg Jun 2026

Tilly Norwood And The Promise Of Frictionless Creation: Feminist Pedagogy In Ai-Saturated Classrooms, Jill N. Fredenburg

Feminist Pedagogy

This article examines how feminist pedagogy can intervene in AI-saturated classrooms by foregrounding refusal, embodiment, and critical engagement with what I term the muddy algorithms of generative systems. As institutions increasingly normalize AI as an inevitable educational tool, this work challenges that assumption by situating AI within broader structures of power, labor, and extraction. Drawing on classroom experiences in media and communication courses, I use the case of Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated “actress,” to explore how automation reproduces gendered expectations of availability, consent, and creative labor. The concept of muddy algorithms names the opaque, uneven, and value-laden processes through which …

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Holding Space: The Labor Of Being The Safe Instructor, Alexis M. Balmer Jun 2026

Holding Space: The Labor Of Being The Safe Instructor, Alexis M. Balmer

Feminist Pedagogy

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Exploring Border Rhetoric, Resistance, And The American Dream: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' First House Address, Candice L. Ruh Phd, Cassandra Hightower Jun 2026

Exploring Border Rhetoric, Resistance, And The American Dream: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' First House Address, Candice L. Ruh Phd, Cassandra Hightower

Feminist Pedagogy

Border rhetoric can be a “muddy” topic for undergraduates, as borders are often taught as fixed, factual lines that divide places and people. However, from a communication perspective, borders are fluid, symbolic, and socially constructed. This difference between viewing borders as physical dividers versus rhetorical constructs creates a valuable opportunity for students to think critically about how meaning is shaped by borders of land, language, and identity.             This original teaching activity uses Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ (D-NY) first House speech—the most-watched C-SPAN video within 12 hours of release (Gajanan, 2019)—as a central case. It invites students to analyze a key moment …

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Chronicling Oral History In The Classroom: Preserving Campus Memories And Fostering Connectivity, Madison A. Krall, Kate Sierra Jun 2026

Chronicling Oral History In The Classroom: Preserving Campus Memories And Fostering Connectivity, Madison A. Krall, Kate Sierra

Feminist Pedagogy

In our ever-changing world, projects involving undergraduates, faculty, and staff serve a dual purpose. This oral history assignment aids students in developing the real-world skills of project management, interpersonal communication, interviewing, and digital literacy. We outline how student-created oral histories reflect the underpinnings of feminist pedagogy and contribute to campus connectivity as students learn how people from different intersectional backgrounds can collaborate to benefit their university communities. Using communication research methods and new-age technology, students capture memories of long-standing campus representatives and develop video products for their university archives that bridge past university life, today’s classroom skills, and tomorrow’s potential.

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The Pain Of Women And Femmes: A Multi-Session Class Activity On Generative Ai-Technology And Gender Norms, Bethany L. Johnson, Margaret M. Quinlan Jun 2026

The Pain Of Women And Femmes: A Multi-Session Class Activity On Generative Ai-Technology And Gender Norms, Bethany L. Johnson, Margaret M. Quinlan

Feminist Pedagogy

This unit helps students examine the societal implications of reproductive pain, focusing on healthcare settings and in post–Roe America. Through active listening, media analysis, and interactive research with ChatGPT, students examine how generative AI responds in a neutral tone; however, with additional data and correction, large language models (LLMs) produce more expansive and inclusive responses. Class activities include group discussions, research, and simulations. By using transcripts from the podcast “The Retrievals” and analyzing recent media, students evaluate how LLMs adjust their answers to identical questions, thereby calling into question their design, functionality, and benefits. The unit employs feminist pedagogy to …

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A.A. V. J.M.: The Virginia Court Of Appeals Excludes A Whole Class Of Prospective Adoptive Parents, Paul A. Dryer Jun 2026

A.A. V. J.M.: The Virginia Court Of Appeals Excludes A Whole Class Of Prospective Adoptive Parents, Paul A. Dryer

Liberty University Law Review

A set of “bad facts” ultimately led to undesirable legal precedent and unintended consequences with respect to the “power to render” adoptions in Virginia. In 2019, Baby Doe was left orphaned in Afghanistan after her parents were killed as a result of military operations in the country. After Baby Doe was taken to the U.S. Bagram Air Force Base for treatment, Joshua Mast (J.M.)—a member of the Marine Corps Judge Advocate—attempted to obtain custody of Baby Doe out of fear for the adequacy of medical care if she were to remain in Afghanistan. J.M. and his wife petitioned the Fluvanna …

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Effective Training For International Students, G W. Thomas Jun 2026

Effective Training For International Students, G W. Thomas

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

The observations made in this paper are based upon contacts with international students, both in the U.S. and in many other countries. Two of the most serious problems in increasing world food production in the developing world are (1) lack of trained people, and (2) technology transfer. A third constraint, inadequate research, is also critical but not of the magnitude of the other two, since there is a great amount of research information available that is not being adequately ut:ilized. Training needs fall into two general categories in which deficiencies are obvious: (1) graduate-level programs, particularly in the applied fields …

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The Dynamics Of Educational Change: A Complex Systems Perspective, Preethi Nanjundan, Lijo Thomas, Abith K. Sunil Jun 2026

The Dynamics Of Educational Change: A Complex Systems Perspective, Preethi Nanjundan, Lijo Thomas, Abith K. Sunil

Northeast Journal of Complex Systems (NEJCS)

The perception of university teachers toward educational reforms plays an important role in determining the success of changes introduced in the education sector. This study focuses on teachers’ attitudes toward change, their emotional responses, and their overall views on educational reforms. Across the world, many educational reforms have failed to achieve their expected outcomes in improving teaching practices and student learning. As education systems are highly complex, the approach toward implementing reforms has also changed over time. Some reforms are introduced gradually, while others involve major innovations within the system. Complexity theory provides useful insights and tools that help educators …

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Transfer Of Learning From Simulation To Clinical Practice: Slp Graduate Student Experiences In Medical Externships, Karen D. Villanueva, Kerry C. Mandulak, Amanda Stead, Patrick Walden Jun 2026

Transfer Of Learning From Simulation To Clinical Practice: Slp Graduate Student Experiences In Medical Externships, Karen D. Villanueva, Kerry C. Mandulak, Amanda Stead, Patrick Walden

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

The purpose of this project was to explore the impact of participation in simulation-based learning (SBL) with standardized patients on graduate speech-language pathology students’ clinical experiences in healthcare externships. This study aims to understand how students perceive the impact of prior SBL participation during clinical practice and how this perceived impact changes over time. Students chose to participate in SBL experiences centered on conducting a clinical swallow evaluation (CSE) with adult standardized patients prior to completing full-time medical externship placements. During their externships, students participated in two structured interviews and completed three anonymous critical incident technique (CIT) questionnaires over eleven …

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Using The Grand Challenges For Sotl To Guide, Connect, And Extend Scholarship In Communication Sciences And Disorders, Jennifer C. Friberg-Fort Jun 2026

Using The Grand Challenges For Sotl To Guide, Connect, And Extend Scholarship In Communication Sciences And Disorders, Jennifer C. Friberg-Fort

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

The International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) recently identified five Grand Challenges for SoTL, offering a shared framework for understanding and advancing inquiry into teaching and learning across higher education. This paper argues that these Grand Challenges provide a productive cross-disciplinary framework for communication sciences and disorders (CSD), where SoTL work is often locally grounded and dispersed across programs, institutions, and professional contexts. Drawing on existing CSD SoTL literature, the paper illustrates how each Grand Challenge can be used to frame, interpret, and extend disciplinary inquiry. These examples are intended to be illustrative rather than exhaustive, …

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Simulation Using Aspiration Screening Tool And Bolus Testing For Graduate Nutrition And Dietetics Students, Kendrea Garand, Tracy Maluchnik, Trisha A. Cousins, Jonathan Beall, James Coyle Jun 2026

Simulation Using Aspiration Screening Tool And Bolus Testing For Graduate Nutrition And Dietetics Students, Kendrea Garand, Tracy Maluchnik, Trisha A. Cousins, Jonathan Beall, James Coyle

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

Utilization of simulation is increasing during pre-professional training of allied health disciplines, including speech-language pathology and nutrition/dietetics programs. The impact on student learning using simulation in the areas of dysphagia assessment and management has begun to emerge. The purpose of this study was to explore learning outcomes of 21 students enrolled in a Nutrition and Dietetics graduate program prior to and after didactic and hands-on application learning experiences, including employment of an aspiration screening tool and modification of food/liquid textures. The didactic and practical portions were led by speech-language pathology faculty. A pre- and post-test was analyzed to determine change …

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An Intelligent Packaging Materials Management And Optimisation For The Production Process, A. Abdulkareem, C. O. Ijagbemi, B. Kareem Jun 2026

An Intelligent Packaging Materials Management And Optimisation For The Production Process, A. Abdulkareem, C. O. Ijagbemi, B. Kareem

The Journal of Engineering Research

An intelligent model was formulated to aid in the packaging materials management and optimisation for the production process. This was done after generating a 2D drawing using AutoCAD software for each of the popular packaging material shapes utilised in the production system. In modelling, uniform (regular) and non-uniform (irregular) packaging containers were considered in the determination of forces, areas, volumes, weights, densities, among other relevant parameters. Three packaging materials: ceramic glass, plastic and laminated cardboard containing processed water and other beverages in 75 cl, 50 cl, 33 cl and 1 litre respectively were considered during model testing. Results showed that …

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Papr Reduction For Ofdm-Over-Noma Using Hybrid Partial Selective Mapping And Artificial Neural Networks, Tamadhar Al-Hashmi, Naser Tarhuni, Mostefa Mesbah, Hafiz Asif Jun 2026

Papr Reduction For Ofdm-Over-Noma Using Hybrid Partial Selective Mapping And Artificial Neural Networks, Tamadhar Al-Hashmi, Naser Tarhuni, Mostefa Mesbah, Hafiz Asif

The Journal of Engineering Research

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) combined with Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) represents a promising hybrid approach for next-generation wireless communication systems. By leveraging the strengths of both OFDM and NOMA, this integration aims to improve system capacity and spectral efficiency while supporting Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications (URLLC) for a wide range of devices. Despite its potential, one major limitation of this technology is the high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), which can negatively impact system performance. Traditional methods for PAPR reduction, such as Selective Mapping (SLM), rely on searching for optimal phase rotations across all subcarriers, but these methods are computationally …

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Steady-State Performance Analysis Of Grid-Connected Windfarm Arrays With Mvdc Collection Networks, Esam A. Saafan, Ibrahim A. Metwally, Mohamed Eladawy Jun 2026

Steady-State Performance Analysis Of Grid-Connected Windfarm Arrays With Mvdc Collection Networks, Esam A. Saafan, Ibrahim A. Metwally, Mohamed Eladawy

The Journal of Engineering Research

Recently, there has been an increased impetus worldwide to harness wind power to generate electricity on a large scale and integrate such systems into the existing electrical networks. In this paper, a mathematical model of a wind turbine with a horizontal axis, considering the drive train, is investigated to describe the wind turbine aerodynamics and the processes of mechanical energy conversion. The wind turbine characteristics are studied in two states, namely, a standalone turbine and a generator-connected turbine. The modelling of both states is performed using PSCAD/EMTDC. Steady-state analysis for a grid-connected wind system is performed at fixed and variable …

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A Switch-Point-Aware Contrastive Approach To Sentiment Analysis Of Hinglish Code-Mixed Text, Prasant Kumar Sahoo Jun 2026

A Switch-Point-Aware Contrastive Approach To Sentiment Analysis Of Hinglish Code-Mixed Text, Prasant Kumar Sahoo

Master’s Dissertations

With the increasing use of social media in non-English-speaking regions, especially in India, people often use Romanized Hindi and English together in their online communication. In a single sentence, they frequently mix Romanized Hindi and English, creating code-mixed text. However, most multilingual transformer models are pre-trained primarily on monolingual data. As a result, NLP systems face challenges when processing code-mixed text, as a single word may be fragmented into meaningless subword pieces, making it difficult for the model to capture its semantic meaning accurately. In this dissertation, we propose a parameter efficient neural architecture consisting of three main components to …

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Perceptions Of Legitimacy In Three Forms Of Probation Supervision For People With Serious Mental Illness, Sophia Sarantakos, Emily Claypool Jun 2026

Perceptions Of Legitimacy In Three Forms Of Probation Supervision For People With Serious Mental Illness, Sophia Sarantakos, Emily Claypool

Qualitative Criminology (QC)

"In the context of criminal-legal community supervision, standard and specialized probation officers are often tasked with coordinating services for adults diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) on their caseloads. The coordination of services varies across different programs including traditional probation, specialty probation, and mental health court. Given the proliferation of programs focused on mental health in the criminal-legal system, the perspectives of front-line workers or street-level bureaucrats in criminal-legal agencies are a rich source of information about what is happening on the ground and could provide insights into the potential translational barriers of policy to practice. A deeper examination of …

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A Content Analysis Of The Sutherland Address, 2001-22: A Qualitative Exploration, Phillip Shon Jun 2026

A Content Analysis Of The Sutherland Address, 2001-22: A Qualitative Exploration, Phillip Shon

Qualitative Criminology (QC)

"Previous indicators of scholarly influence have been primarily quantitative, measuring a scholar’s influence through citation counts. This body of literature has overlooked the reflections of distinguished scholars, such as the recipients of the Sutherland Award, in the discipline as a form of scholarly influence. The current paper examines the Sutherland Address from 2001 to 2022. The key findings indicate that the majority of Sutherland Addresses reproduced existing sociological canons, while a minority of Sutherland Award winners explicitly rejected Sutherland’s sociological assumptions and their influence on criminology. Such findings suggest that Sutherland exerts a hidden influence on the recipients of the …

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A Plea For Open Access To Qualitative Criminology: With A Python Script For Anonymizing Data And Illustrative Analysis Of Error Rates, Scott Jaques, Andrew Wheeler Jun 2026

A Plea For Open Access To Qualitative Criminology: With A Python Script For Anonymizing Data And Illustrative Analysis Of Error Rates, Scott Jaques, Andrew Wheeler

Qualitative Criminology (QC)

"Qualitative researchers are expected, sometimes required, to publish their data open access (OA). This is for the sake of science, impact, and social justice. Yet, understandably, qualitative criminologists are worried about what this means for their workload and their ability to protect subjects’ confidentiality. To be solutions-oriented, we developed an open-source Python script for anonymizing qualitative data. It uses named-entity recognition and fuzzy-rule based merging to identify and replace personally identifiable information (PII) with unique pseudonyms. This tool doesn’t eliminate the need for manual work, but it reduces the cost and associated risk. In this article, we describe and explain …

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Gary Shaw Recognized As Lifetime Member Of Lindenwood Board Of Trustees, Lindenwood University Jun 2026

Gary Shaw Recognized As Lifetime Member Of Lindenwood Board Of Trustees, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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Bias Before Generation: Attention-Based Preemptive Fairness Signals In Large Language Models, Aniket Das Jun 2026

Bias Before Generation: Attention-Based Preemptive Fairness Signals In Large Language Models, Aniket Das

Master’s Dissertations

Warning: This paper includes examples of language that may be perceived as inappropriate or offensive. Large language models (LLMs) are known to propagate social biases embedded in their training corpora, producing outputs that disproportionately disadvantage individuals based on sensitive attributes such as gender, religion, race, sexual orientation and nationality. Existing mitigation strategies are either computationally prohibitive, require access to model parameters, or apply corrections only after biased content has already been generated. This work addresses a different question: can the model’s own internal attention dynamics, observed at inference time, serve as a reliable early-warning signal for bias, enabling intervention before …

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New Name And New Director For The Agcountry Challenge, Communications And Marketing Jun 2026

New Name And New Director For The Agcountry Challenge, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

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Introduction Jun 2026

Introduction

Al-Kīmiyā

Bien que non thématisées explicitement, les contributions de ce numéro traitent, une fois encore, des transformations technologiques, pédagogiques et sociopolitiques qui caractérisent notre époque et redessinent profondément les contours des pratiques et des professions langagières. Traduction, interprétation, et analyse du discours se trouvent aujourd’hui au cœur de mutations majeures qui interrogent à la fois les modalités de production du sens, les conditions de communication et de transmission des savoirs et les formes contemporaines du pouvoir discursif. Ce numéro réunit quatre contributions et un compte rendu qui explorent ces dynamiques et mettent en lumière les défis ainsi que les opportunités qu’elles …

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Rethinking Interpreter Training: The Role Of Microlearning In Boosting Knowledge Retention, Hicham Boughaba Jun 2026

Rethinking Interpreter Training: The Role Of Microlearning In Boosting Knowledge Retention, Hicham Boughaba

Al-Kīmiyā

This study examines the effectiveness of microlearning interventions in enhancing knowledge retention and interpreting performance among trainee interpreters. A quasi-experimental design was employed, with interpreting students divided into two groups: an experimental group receiving targeted microlearning modules on specialized terminology and a control group relying on general knowledge only. Their performance was evaluated according to four criteria: accuracy, clarity and fluency, terminology usage, and cultural and contextual understanding. Results indicate that participants who were exposed to microlearning modules achieved significantly higher scores across all evaluation criteria, with notable gains in accuracy and terminology usage. These findings suggest that microlearning constitutes …

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Penet, Jc., Moorkens, J. & Yamada, M. (Eds.). 2026. Teaching Translation In The Age Of Generative Ai: New Paradigm, New Learning? Language Science, May Hobeika Haddad Jun 2026

Penet, Jc., Moorkens, J. & Yamada, M. (Eds.). 2026. Teaching Translation In The Age Of Generative Ai: New Paradigm, New Learning? Language Science, May Hobeika Haddad

Al-Kīmiyā

Dès l’introduction, cet ouvrage collectif s’inscrit dans le prolongement de publications récentes consacrées à l’intelligence artificielle et à la traduction, que Penet mentionne explicitement, notamment celles de Kenny, Machine Translation for Everyone: Empowering Users in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2022), et de Pym et Hao, How to Augment Language Skills: Generative AI and Machine Translation in Language Learning and Translator Training (2025).
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Discursive Analysis Of Authoritarian Islamist Populism: The Case Of The Justice And Development Party (Morocco), Youssef Aboudi Jun 2026

Discursive Analysis Of Authoritarian Islamist Populism: The Case Of The Justice And Development Party (Morocco), Youssef Aboudi

Al-Kīmiyā

This article analyzes the linguistic modalities constitutive of political populism, with particular attention to its contemporary authoritarian-leaning manifestations. Conceived as a discursive construction or a style of communication (Taguieff, 1997), populist discourse is organized around a charismatic figure who claims a direct relationship with an idealized people, set in opposition to an elite deemed illegitimate and inherently malevolent (Breton, 2009). The study advances the hypothesis that the staging of charismatic power, grounded primarily in conspiratorial logics that generate an atmosphere of insecurity and fear (Wodak, 2015), contributes to reinforcing mechanisms of symbolic and political domination while inhibiting critical reflexivity (Weber, …

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Professions Langagières Et Intelligence Artificielle : Grand Remplacement Ou Complémentarité Éthique ?, Mary Yazbeck Jun 2026

Professions Langagières Et Intelligence Artificielle : Grand Remplacement Ou Complémentarité Éthique ?, Mary Yazbeck

Al-Kīmiyā

The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) in the fields of translation and interpreting has sparked renewed debate about the future of language professions. Does the increasing integration of AI signal the gradual displacement of human expertise, or does it instead point to a reconfiguration of professional roles through new forms of human–machine cooperation? This article addresses this question through a philosophical and technocritical perspective, drawing on the work of Luciano Floridi, Hans Jonas, and other thinkers concerned with responsibility, digital ethics, and the place of the human within technological systems. It argues that the development of AI does not entail …

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Queer, Hybrid Participatory Design: Relational Practices And Norms For Coalition Building With Rural, Lgbtq+ Communities, Luettamae Lawrence, Maureen Boyle, Chasity Mayo, Catherine A. Rushworth, Moira Anderson, Dorothy Wallis, Jayme Walters Jun 2026

Queer, Hybrid Participatory Design: Relational Practices And Norms For Coalition Building With Rural, Lgbtq+ Communities, Luettamae Lawrence, Maureen Boyle, Chasity Mayo, Catherine A. Rushworth, Moira Anderson, Dorothy Wallis, Jayme Walters

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

This paper examines the first year of collaboration between the Bear River Region LGBTQ+ Community Coalition and queer residents in rural northern Utah, United States, using a hybrid participatory design (PD) approach. Using Yep’s queer relationality theory, we examine how hybrid spaces were designed and iteratively adapted to support inclusion, care, and collective agency among LGBTQ+ community members. Drawing on Community Coalition Action Theory and queer PD, we analyze four cases from May 2024 to June 2025 including workshops and regular meetings to explore how relational practices evolved across different formats and phases of coalition development. In this paper, we …

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Women's Ratings Of Leadership Effectiveness Of Agentic Black Women Leaders, Patrice Y. Lattimore Jun 2026

Women's Ratings Of Leadership Effectiveness Of Agentic Black Women Leaders, Patrice Y. Lattimore

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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