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“Back To The Jungle”: Investigating Rats, Grass, Scrub Typhus, And Plantations In Malaya, 1924–1974, Jack Greatrex

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

In this article, I examine epidemiological research into scrub typhus in British Malaya between 1924 and 1974. Interwar research, I show, explained the incidence of the disease through conjunctions of rats, mites, plantations, lalang grass, and “jungle.” In the process, interwar researchers bridged a novel scientific vocabulary centering on disease “reservoirs” with older suspicions of plantations enabling “pests,” as well as with a later, explicitly ecological understanding of infectious disease. In exploring this history I thereby help to re-historicize the emergence of ecological notions of disease reservoirs, whilst also pushing at the limit-points of influential notions of “tropicality.”

“I Chose To Look Like This”: Body Modification And Regretting Visibility, Stephen Ross

All Theses

I began collecting tattoos and piercings just after I turned eighteen. As my collection grows and it becomes harder for me to conceal my modifications, I must contend each and every day with the ways in which my body is Othered by my choice to look different. Body modification is self-actualizing for so many, but it can position someone to be stared at, to be physically violated, to be tokenized, or to be vilified. This current project dissects a few key literature areas, from body modification history to the contemporary politics of modification to aesthetic and spectacular philosophy, with the …

Perspective And Perception: How Reddit Trip Reports Convey And Offer Different Knowledges About Psychedelic Drugs, Kevin Lawson Nutt

All Theses

Psychedelics drugs are slowly gaining recognition for their potential medicinal value in therapeutic settings in Western science. However, there remains a great deal of hostility and hesitancy toward psychedelics, largely due to the psychedelics’ collective classification as Schedule I drugs in America, which resulted from a history of the drug class’ demonization. Nonetheless, several US states and cities having decriminalized psychedelic drugs in certain contexts, but the general population is relatively naïve to the potentialities psychedelics can offer. This thesis studies trip reports, which are firsthand accounts of individual psychedelic experiences, on Reddit to shed light on the different knowledges …

Qualitative Research With Former International Students: Reflections On Conceptualization, Planning And Relational Engagement, Jon Woodend, Nancy Arthur

The Qualitative Report

The number of international students seeking a foreign education, particularly in Westernized countries, has grown dramatically over the past decade, and is predicted to continue to increase, despite a period of disruption due to COVID-19. Given this growth, there is a significant body of research on key insights into the initial transition experiences, both academic and personal, of international students to the host country, with a developing body of research exploring their post-study transition. Understanding these post-study transitions is important in creating policy and services that appropriately support international students. Due to the diverse and sometimes complex post-study pathways of …

Meeting, Moving, Mastering - A Text Analysis Of The Aesthetic Attractions Of 'Wild Swimming', Dagmar Dahl, Åsa I. Bäckström

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

Why are people fascinated by swimming in nature? This article addresses the aesthetic experiences of wild swimming as expressed by five wild swimming authors in their books. Drawing from aesthetic philosophy, we analyze the ways in which the appeal of wild swimming is described on three levels: the allure of water in the environment, the sensory encounter between water and the body, and the experience of moving in water. Furthermore, with reference to Seel’s concept of nature aesthetics (1996), the experience of wild swimming is analyzed in terms of contemplation, correspondence, and imagination. We can conclude that the special intensity …

Totemisme Pada Objek Irezumi Dalam Seri Gim Yakuza: Tato Sebagai Beban Psikologis, Aqiilah Bilqiis Salsabiil Harahap, Dwi Susanto, Mibtadin Mibtadin, Deny Tri Ardianto

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

Totemism is a belief in an animal or plant’s guiding spirit that is linked to a person’s character and destiny. Totemism manifests itself in tattoos as body decoration and symbols of hope, such as Yakuza tattoos (irezumi). This research aims to reveal the representation and meaning of totemistic irezumi worn by three Yakuza characters (Kazuma Kiryuu, Akira Nishikiyama, and Goro Majima) in two Yakuza-themed game series: Yakuza 0 (2015) and Yakuza Kiwami 1 (2016). These games provided the primary data in the form of images and conversations. Ricoeur’s hermeneutic theory was applied to examine the data, along with …

Catherine Grant & Kate Random Love. Fandom As Methodology, Widya Citra Nastiti

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

No abstract provided.

Preliminaries And Editor's Introduction, Dinah Roma

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

No abstract provided.

Contributors, Contributing Authors

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

No abstract provided.

Miscellaneous, Grayson Carter

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Internet Links, submission guidelines, Style guide, copyright notice, and order form.

The Effect Of Using Concept Maps And Brainstorming Strategies To Develop Creative Thinking Skills Among Students Of Islamic Culture At Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, A. A. Al-Khattab, B. S. Al-Mawajdeh, M. H. Talhouni, A. S. Al-Marayeah

Information Sciences Letters

This study aims at determining the effect of using concept maps and brainstorming strategies to develop creative thinking skills among students of Islamic culture at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University. To achieve this, the research adopted the quasi-experimental method to reach the final results. The study population consisted of (477) male and female students who studied the Islamic Culture at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University for the academic year 2021/2022. An intentional sample of (130) male and female students who study the subject in the second semester was selected. The researchers prepared two scientific tools for the educational topic, the first was …

Ceos’ Managerial Ability And Stock Market Crash Risk: Empirical Evidences From The Business Environment In Saudi Arabia, M. M. Aldoseri, M. M. Albaz

Information Sciences Letters

The main objective of the study is to examine the impact of CEOs’ managerial ability on stock market crash risk faced by non-financial firms listed in Saudi stock exchange. The study is based on an analytic approach that is an analysis of annual reports from Saudi companies. A sample of 112 non-financial companies listed in Saudi stock exchange from 2018 to 2020 with total 336 views is examined. This sample is examined for the purpose of evaluating the impact of the managerial ability on crash risk of the stock market. In addition, multiple regression method is applied to test the …

Cultural Dimensions’ Effects On Perceptions Of Learning Using Social Media: A Comparative Study Between The University Of Sharjah And The University Of Arkansas Students, T. Snoussi, A. Alrubaye, A. Radwan, E. Khalil

Information Sciences Letters

This research examines the impact of cultural dimensions on perceptions of social media as an educational tool in two different contexts. The study included 815 students volunteered to answer the survey questions from the University of Sharjah (UoS) in the United Arab Emirates and the University of Arkansas (UoA) in the United States of America. The results were analyzed via SPSS, and then counteracted with a Push-pull-mooring model to check for differences in terms of cultural contexts that would be reflected in perceptions of the value of social media in learning. The results reveal a number of differences. Students from …

Miscellaneous, Bruce R. Johnson

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Announcements, Submission guidelines, Style guide, copyright notice, and order form.

The Minutes Of The Marshall University Faculty Senate Meeting, March 2023, Marshall University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Letting The Narrative Unfold: Black Female Storytellers Of The 21st Century, Jalila Waller

Honors Program Theses and Projects

The important aspects of film and television are the stories that are portrayed. Everyone has a story to tell. However, who tells the story is equally important as who portrays the story. This thesis analyzes three Black female auteurs and the work they have created with Black women at the center of those narratives. Shonda Rhimes, Ava DuVernay, and Issa Rae are Black female auteurs because they are Black female storytellers each with their own story to tell. They each have created and produced content that portrays Black women in a three-dimensional light.

E-Module Behavior Counseling Practicum Based On Case Study, Henny Indreswari, Lutfi Fauzan, Devy Probowati, Rizka Apriani

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

One of the mandatory courses for students majoring in guidance and counseling is a behavior counseling practicum. The purpose of this research is to develop the behavior counseling e-module based on case studies that can be applied to students of guidance and counseling. The research and development design used in this study is the ADDIE model. The instrument used is a module assessment scale. The assessors are experts in guidance and counseling, media, language, and prospective users. Index agreement result of the product by the guidance and counseling expert validator is 1 (very high), the media expert is 0.93 (very …

A Precision Environmental Health Approach To Prevention Of Human Disease

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Human health is determined by the interaction of our environment with the genome, epigenome, and microbiome, which shape the transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic landscape of cells and tissues. Precision environmental health is an emerging field leveraging environmental and system-level ('omic) data to understand underlying environmental causes of disease, identify biomarkers of exposure and response, and develop new prevention and intervention strategies. In this article we provide real-life illustrations of the utility of precision environmental health approaches, identify current challenges in the field, and outline new opportunities to promote health through a precision environmental health framework.

The Concept Of Alterity: Its Usage And Its Relevance For Critical Qualitative Researchers In The Era Of Trump, E. Anthony Muhammad

Curriculum, Foundations & Reading: Faculty Publications

Alterity is a concept with an extensive yet elusive history. Popularly conceived of as radical difference and Otherness, I identify alterity as the source of much of the virulent forms of racism, sexism, islamophobia, and other dichotomies in society that pit one group against another. Coming out of the tradition of critical qualitative inquiry, I offer a genealogy of the concept of alterity through various contexts and disciplines with a focus on its use in traditional Western philosophy. Within this tradition, the alteric relationship between the Self and the Other was typified by a preeminence bestowed upon the Self and …

Beautiful, Sexy, And Happy Celebrities: Perfect Mothers Or Instamoms, Ebru Güzel

Journal of International Women's Studies

The development of information technologies and the Internet has created an enormous economy. In line with this digital transformation, cultural change has come about. Global companies create new trends focused on vanity and pleasure in social media that follow the patriarchal capitalist ideology. Motherhood has also been included in this process, and “perfect motherhood,” as an extension to new generation motherhood, has been popularized on social media. Perfect motherhood requires mothers who are responsible for looking after children and the home to also be successful in their professional and personal lives while looking beautiful, young, chic, sexy, and fit. Recently …

Global Women’S Precarity, Borderlands, Decoloniality, And Transformative Change, Vivienne Tailor, Nupur Ray, Goodness Thandi Ntuli, Lihini Ratwatte

Journal of International Women's Studies

No abstract provided.

Miscellaneous, Bruce R. Johnson

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

A Call for Papers, Submission Guidelines, Style Guide, Copyright notice, and Subscription Form

Promethia 2022-2023

Promethia

No abstract provided.

Back Matter (Volume 5/6, Issue 1), Grayson Carter

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Contains an index to Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal Volumes 1–5/6 (2007–12). Also submission guidelines, Style guide, copyright notice, and order form.

Mixed Speak: Towards A Re-Poetics Of Race And Self, Celina Mizuki Ohga Samuelson

Media and Cultural Studies Honors Projects

This paper tells the stories of mixed-race Japanese people. I engage in a re-poetics, positing storytelling as an essential tool into complicating our understandings of race and self. I examine the relationship between language and race, exploring how subjects existing within a space of mixedness navigate identity-formation and racial belonging. Operating under a socio-constructivist lens, I begin with a brief re-telling of the history of race in Japan, re-framing mythologies of race throughout literature, legislation, and into national and colonial projects. While popular discourse alleges Japan was and is a country of racial homogeneity, I argue that this falsifies colonial …

Declining Nudes: Canadian Teachers’ Responses To Including Sexting In The Sexual Health And Human Development Curriculum, Vanessa Oliver, Sarah Flicker

Youth and Children’s Studies Faculty Publications

Addressing sexting in sexual health education classrooms is one way of supporting young people to become good sexual citizens and to emphasise respect and consent in their sexual practices and in their lives. While a fair amount of research has worked with youth to understand their motivations for sexting, less research has been conducted with in-service teachers to understand their perspectives, pedagogical approaches, and beliefs regarding young people and sexting. Set in this context, this paper discusses findings from interviews with Canadian teachers who were teaching a new Ontario Health and Physical Education curriculum that included discussions of sexting. Our …

From Pedagogical To The Practical: A Study Linked By Japanese Themes, Kennedy Lomont

Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects

This portfolio consists of three essays linked by Japanese themes and also includes a practical project. These papers delve into the subjects of Japenese incarceration, magical girl anime, and Noh theater. My practical portion contains the materials that I have created and refined for job search purposes.

Back To The Earth: Exploring Environmentally Sustainable Midwifery As A Means For Supplementing Traditional Maternal Care, Liv Delgado

Academic Festival

Can the solutions to the maternal health crisis come from the very systems it originated from, or must we look elsewhere for answers? Are there feasible pathways to supplement unsustainable Western maternal care practices with the individualized affirmation, support, and attention that only non-clinical birthworkers can provide? To validate these questions, the examination of existing data and literature will support the conceptualization and operationalization of the birthing experience. Using this premise as a foundation, the most profound connections between the U.S. healthcare system’s treatment of people who can become pregnant and how the presence of ecologically sustainable midwifery practices may …

The History Of Vampire Folklore: Fear And Introspection 2000 Bce.-2000 Ce., Poppy N. Baxter Game

Young Historians Conference

The History of Vampire Folklore: Fear and Introspection, 2000 BCE.-2000 CE., is an exploration of the history of vampire folklore and how legends of vampires have influenced the behaviors of different cultures for centuries. Chapter one “Ancient and Classical Vampire Legends” begins with examples of pre-Christian vampire mythology including the vampire king Abhartach from Celtic Ireland, Classical Greecian vampires, Lilith as she is depicted in Sumer, as well the Old Testament during the Talmudic period of Hebrew mythology, and finally the Rakasha from Ancient Indian legends. “Slavic Vampire Folklore” concerns European vampires, more specifically the three types of vampires in …

The Influence Of Motivation To Control Prejudice On Facial Processing Flexibility In Individuals Who Identify As Biracial, Chloë Steckart

Honors Theses

Facial processing is one of the most important and immediate aspects of cognition (Jaeger, 2019; Kovács, 2020). Race is an extremely salient facial processing cue that has immediate and long-term impacts on how we interact with others (Oosterhof & Todorov, 2008; Senholzi & Ito, 2013; Blascovich et al., 2017; Kawakami et al., 2022). Race is a powerful in-group in American contexts, and race cues in facial processing play a part in determining in- and out-group members (Tropp & Wright, 2001; Castano et al., 2002).

We investigated how race impacts the facial processing of individuals who identify as Biracial and whether, …