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Clinical Communication In Spanish In A Hispanic Serving Medical School, Veronica Plaza, Marlene Ballejos, Evelyn Lozano, Linda Hodes Villamar Feb 2025

Clinical Communication In Spanish In A Hispanic Serving Medical School, Veronica Plaza, Marlene Ballejos, Evelyn Lozano, Linda Hodes Villamar

HSC Education Days

No abstract provided.


Phonological Insights For Synthetic Speech: A Transformer-Driven Phoneme Evaluation Approach, Sarah Reynolds Feb 2025

Phonological Insights For Synthetic Speech: A Transformer-Driven Phoneme Evaluation Approach, Sarah Reynolds

Student Research Symposium (SRS)

This poster presents a novel form of analysis of synthetic voices. This initial study uses an analysis method that has been created through a transformer-enabled phonological framework. The study emphasizes the use of phoneme-level analysis to evaluate and improve synthetic voices, an interdisciplinary study of artificial intelligence and linguistics. Using transformer models such as wav2vec for speech-to-text (STT) and DeepPhonemizer for grapheme-to-phoneme conversion, this work analyzes audio samples from synthetic voices generated by OpenAI's text-to-speech (TTS) system. By applying an adapted Wagner-Fischer algorithm to calculate phoneme distances, the study identifies key differences in phoneme accuracy and variability between human and …


Evolution Of Lyrics Of Egyptian Songs In The 20th Century, Omar Abdelrafe Feb 2025

Evolution Of Lyrics Of Egyptian Songs In The 20th Century, Omar Abdelrafe

The Undergraduate Research Journal

Despite the extensive research by western countries on the song lyrics, almost nothing is known about the evolution of Egyptian song lyrics. The previous studies in the U.S. and U.K. revealed that lyrics were more pessimistic as time passed. In this study, 1891 Egyptian songs from 1920 to 2022 were analyzed using a sentiment analysis tool while searching for offensive words and retrieving their popularity scores from Spotify. The results aligned with those of the other regions in which the negativity of songs and the percentage of songs containing offensive words increased. However, there is a substantial increase in neutral …


Reflections On Using A Strength-Based Culturally Sensitive Community Psychology Approach To Promoting Sexual Health Of Egyptian Women And Girls, Salma Elhabashi, Farida Elrefaie, Zeina M. Shahine Feb 2025

Reflections On Using A Strength-Based Culturally Sensitive Community Psychology Approach To Promoting Sexual Health Of Egyptian Women And Girls, Salma Elhabashi, Farida Elrefaie, Zeina M. Shahine

The Undergraduate Research Journal

Navigating the intricate landscape of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) poses considerable challenges, especially within societies where the discourse is shaped by deeply rooted traditions and cultural norms. This paper examines a research project aimed at addressing the critical gap in dialogue surrounding women's SRH in Egypt. Adopting a community psychology framework, this project has two components: a mother-daughter communication guidebook and a comprehensive needs assessment survey. The guidebook was designed to facilitate discussions during the critical transitional phase of puberty, and the needs assessment survey aimed to understand the distinct needs of Egyptian women using a strengths-based approach. By …


Geriatrics In A Multicultural Society, Nova Southeastern University Feb 2025

Geriatrics In A Multicultural Society, Nova Southeastern University

GWEP Modules

No abstract provided.


Doing More, Doing Better? A Critique Of The Criminalization Of Coercive Control, Janet Mosher, Shushanna Harris, Jennifer Koshan, Wanda Wiegers Feb 2025

Doing More, Doing Better? A Critique Of The Criminalization Of Coercive Control, Janet Mosher, Shushanna Harris, Jennifer Koshan, Wanda Wiegers

Journal of Law and Social Policy

Canada stands on the verge of ushering in a new criminal offence related to coercive control in the context of intimate relationships. In this paper we critically evaluate this development, drawing out lessons from past criminalization efforts and in particular, their impact on Black women and their communities. Our analysis raises significant questions about the potential of the proposed offence to deliver on the promises held out by its proponents. We argue that not only will these promises go largely unrealized, but the ongoing harms of criminalization–harms that manifest not only in the criminal law sphere but in child welfare …


Saudi University-Based Language Instructors’ Professional Identity: A Narrative Study, Husam Alharbi Feb 2025

Saudi University-Based Language Instructors’ Professional Identity: A Narrative Study, Husam Alharbi

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

Language instructors’ professional identity involves a multitude of factors and characteristics that explain practices, meanings, and values, particularly pedagogical ones, that contribute to the identification of identity(s) (Block, 2007; Beauchamp & Thomas, 2009; Beijaard et al., 2004; Miller, 2009; Varghese et al., 2005). Guided by narrative approach (Clandinin, 2015; Clandinin & Connelly, 2000; Connelly & Clandinin, 1988, 1990; Oliver, 1998; Riessman, 2008) and communities of practice (CoP) principles (Wenger, 1998), this study employed eight narrative prompts to answer two research questions: (1) how do Saudi university-based EFL language instructors construct their professional identity without their entitled academic privileges and/or accommodations?; …


Models Of Judicial Interpretation: From Marshall To Kavanaugh And How The Umpire Model Changed The Game, Beau Sullivan Feb 2025

Models Of Judicial Interpretation: From Marshall To Kavanaugh And How The Umpire Model Changed The Game, Beau Sullivan

Ohio Northern University Law Review

The three predominant modes of judicial interpretation are living constitutionalism, originalism, and the umpire model. The living constitutionalist believes the Constitution is a living document that must change and adapt over time. The living constitutionalist considers the history, text, precedent, and policy when deciding a case. This is in contrast to the originalist, who considers the history and text of the document when deciding a case. The originalist favors judicial restraint and seeks to limit the role of the judge. The devotee of the umpire model champions the independent judge whose function is to the law and does not consider …


British Latino: Investigating Discourse-Stylistic Variables And The Construction Of Persona Within Podcasting, Jonathan A. Pye Feb 2025

British Latino: Investigating Discourse-Stylistic Variables And The Construction Of Persona Within Podcasting, Jonathan A. Pye

International Journal of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest

This study expands upon previous work (McIlwaine et al., 2011; McIlwaine & Bunge, 2016) by analyzing how the Latin American community in the UK constructs identity through podcasting. The sociolinguistic construct of the persona (Campbell-Kibler, 2008; Coupland, 2007; D’Onofrio, 2020; Eckert, 2019; Podesva, 2007) is operationalized to understand how the persona of the British Latino is discursively constructed in the podcast of the British Latino Network. Using qualitative discourse analysis and values coding (Saldaña, 2013), this analysis finds that the British Latino persona is indexed in the podcast as a bricolage of four principal attributes: (1) aspirational, (2) educated, …


Displaced: An Ethnography Of Language And Identity Loss, Ariel Caroline Wilsey-Gopp Feb 2025

Displaced: An Ethnography Of Language And Identity Loss, Ariel Caroline Wilsey-Gopp

Dissertations and Theses

Through ethnography and personal narrative, I explore the language and identity loss of one person, my father, in order to understand the complex issues surrounding the effects of symbolic and structural violence on language and identity development. Through personal narrative, fieldwork, and interviews, I tell the story of one person, born in wartime during Nazi occupied Serbia, and follow the guiding questions: how does language get lost and what are the effects? Drawing on methodology set forth by empirical ethnographical work as well as more recent theory around epigenetics and trauma, my research synthesizes into focus three pillars of understanding …


Culture And Attachment Preference Among Young Adults In Egypt And The United States, Musheera Anis Abdellatif Feb 2025

Culture And Attachment Preference Among Young Adults In Egypt And The United States, Musheera Anis Abdellatif

School of Education Faculty Publications

We explored the relationship between cultural values, recollected early caregiving experiences and young adult attachment preference. Young adults in Egypt (N = 209) and the United States (N = 554) ranked their current attachment preference, rated their collectivist and individualist beliefs, and recalled the relative contributions of their early caregivers. Egyptian students scored higher than US students on collectivism and recalled more involvement from non-parental caregivers. Most participants reported a preference hierarchy (82% Egypt & 84% US). Surprisingly, individualism was negatively associated with maternal attachment ratings and with having a clear principal attachment relationship, whereas higher collectivism predicted …


The Military Order Of The Serpent And Philippine War Memory, 1904-1974, Eric Jason Kriner Feb 2025

The Military Order Of The Serpent And Philippine War Memory, 1904-1974, Eric Jason Kriner

Student Theses and Dissertations

The Military Order of the Serpent (M.O.S.) was an American anti-Filipino minstrel fraternity and veterans' organization comprised of members of the United Spanish War Veterans. To commemorate the Philippine-American War, the group dressed in Filipino blackface and paraded around the United States from 1904 to 1974. Publicly, the group’s narrative arc posited that Filipinos, by virtue of their contact with the United States Military, underwent a rapid, three-phased evolution from savage to civil. Privately, they celebrated one of the war’s atrocities, and expressed their racist hostilities and amalgamationist anxieties. During the 1920s, when Filipino emigration to the United States began …


Algebra 1 Teacher Experiences Implementing Illustrative Mathematics With Linguistically And Culturally Diverse Learners, Paula R. Potter Feb 2025

Algebra 1 Teacher Experiences Implementing Illustrative Mathematics With Linguistically And Culturally Diverse Learners, Paula R. Potter

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Without a curriculum that directly addresses the needs of all learners, students from linguistically and culturally diverse (LCD) backgrounds will continue to have inequitable educational experiences in high school mathematics. It is unknown if adopting the Illustrative Mathematics (IM) curriculum engages students from LCD backgrounds or will assist in narrowing the achievement gap between students of color and their White counterparts in a high school Algebra 1 course. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore teachers’ experiences implementing the IM Algebra 1 curriculum with LCD learners using situated cognition, problem-based learning, and a culturally relevant pedagogy framework. …


The Misalignment Of Incentives In Academic Publishing And Implications For Journal Reform, Jennifer S Trueblood, David B Allison, Sarahanne M Field, Ayelet Fishbach, Stefan D M Gaillard, Gerd Gigerenzer, William R Holmes, Stephan Lewandowsky, Dora Matzke, Mary C Murphy, Sebastian Musslick, Vencislav Popov, Adina L Roskies, Judith Ter Schure, Andrei R Teodorescu Feb 2025

The Misalignment Of Incentives In Academic Publishing And Implications For Journal Reform, Jennifer S Trueblood, David B Allison, Sarahanne M Field, Ayelet Fishbach, Stefan D M Gaillard, Gerd Gigerenzer, William R Holmes, Stephan Lewandowsky, Dora Matzke, Mary C Murphy, Sebastian Musslick, Vencislav Popov, Adina L Roskies, Judith Ter Schure, Andrei R Teodorescu

Children’s Nutrition Research Center Staff Publications

For most researchers, academic publishing serves two goals that are often misaligned-knowledge dissemination and establishing scientific credentials. While both goals can encourage research with significant depth and scope, the latter can also pressure scholars to maximize publication metrics. Commercial publishing companies have capitalized on the centrality of publishing to the scientific enterprises of knowledge dissemination and academic recognition to extract large profits from academia by leveraging unpaid services from reviewers, creating financial barriers to research dissemination, and imposing substantial fees for open access. We present a set of perspectives exploring alternative models for communicating and disseminating scientific research. Acknowledging that …


Identifying Research-Based Practices For Increasing Peer Interaction In Children With Hearing Impairment: A Review Of The Literature, Amal Aldawoud Feb 2025

Identifying Research-Based Practices For Increasing Peer Interaction In Children With Hearing Impairment: A Review Of The Literature, Amal Aldawoud

International Journal for Research in Education

Establishing peer interaction is critical for all childhood development, especially for children with hearing impairment (HI), who tend to experience a lot of difficulties in interaction. Practices aiming to promote peer interaction in children with HI need to be informed by evidence from quality research. This paper aims to review and evaluate research studies that focus on interaction between children with HI and their peers (with or without HI) in self-contained and inclusive classrooms. Seven empirical studies published in peer-reviewed journals from 1990 to 2023 were examined and evaluated, using the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC, 2014) quality indicators. Several …


"Restoration Under The Davidic Shepherd-King": An Exposition Of Ezekiel 37:15–28, Angela Gloria Erum Feb 2025

"Restoration Under The Davidic Shepherd-King": An Exposition Of Ezekiel 37:15–28, Angela Gloria Erum

Liberty Theological Review

Considering what is happening to Israel in the Middle East these days, this exposition of Ezekiel 37:15–28 provides hope for the people of Israel as well as the Gentile believers in Christ. Ezekiel 37:15–28 exhibits Yahweh’s covenantal promise to gather His people (the people of Israel) from other nations, restore them to their land, and reunify them (both northern and southern kingdoms) as one nation under one king, the Davidic shepherd-king; thus, other nations would realize that Yahweh is God. By examining Ezekiel 37:15–28, this paper will attempt to demonstrate the exegesis and the theological implications of the passage through …


Voices From Roger's Park: How Entrepreneurs Navigate Cultural And Language Challenges With Community-Focused Advising, Fatimah Amaturraheem Feb 2025

Voices From Roger's Park: How Entrepreneurs Navigate Cultural And Language Challenges With Community-Focused Advising, Fatimah Amaturraheem

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

This study explores the cultural and linguistic challenges of entrepreneurs and business-serving organizations (BSOs) in Rogers Park, Chicago, highlighting how community-focused advising supports resilience and growth. Drawing on qualitative interview data, we analyze how entrepreneurs navigate language barriers, adapt to cultural expectations, and leverage community networks. Findings reveal that cultural and language differences create unique operational challenges, addressed through tailored, community-based advising that fosters social capital and business acumen. This research underscores the value of culturally sensitive advising in supporting diverse, immigrant-rich communities.


A Review Examining The Factors Contributory To The Socialization Of A Culture Of Environmental Stewardship, Colby Nixon Feb 2025

A Review Examining The Factors Contributory To The Socialization Of A Culture Of Environmental Stewardship, Colby Nixon

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

Environmental stewardship is an ambiguous but significant term meaning that responsibility for the environment — and its quality — is shared between all individuals who interact with it. As a culture-wide phenomena, it is correlated with a mutualistic relationship with nature and the Earth. My study responds to a question as to which and how variables contribute to a societal mindset of environmental stewardship. This review synthesizes numerous studies across diverse cultures and contexts to examine trends therein. In doing so, I discovered that religion, policy, human development, linguistics, and economic roles play a part in socializing environmental stewardship into …


Unlocking The Potential Of Refugee Students, Aisling Heaphy Feb 2025

Unlocking The Potential Of Refugee Students, Aisling Heaphy

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

Forging Opportunities for Refugees in America (FORA) is a Chicago-based non-profit that provides tutoring services to refugee students including Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE). As a Restorative Justice Educational Intern at FORA, I worked individually with students to provide High Impact Tutoring that focused on developing literacy skills. Over the course of my internship, I researched the most effective methods for comprehensively accommodating the educational and emotional needs of SLIFE who are experiencing a formal classroom setting for the first time. My research showed that FORA fills important gaps when it comes to effectively educating SLIFE.


Using Mind Maps To Make Student Knowledge Visible In An Aac Course, Allison Sauerwein, Natalie Quinlan, Coral Viernow Feb 2025

Using Mind Maps To Make Student Knowledge Visible In An Aac Course, Allison Sauerwein, Natalie Quinlan, Coral Viernow

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

Concept maps make students’ knowledge visible. Creating a mind map gives students an opportunity to organize their knowledge and allows instructors to visualize and assess it. When students create mind maps at multiple time points, instructors can compare the maps and use the themes, patterns, and gaps that emerge to reflect on their teaching and take action. The purpose of this study was to use concept maps in an AAC course to uncover students’ knowledge. A total of 61 graduate students created a mind map with AAC as the central concept at the beginning and end of the term in …


Phonological Awareness Abilities Of Undergraduate College Students: A Comparison Of Students In Related And Unrelated Majors, Jennifer Binkley, Jessica Mchugh Conlin, Terry W. Baggs, Whitney Lucas Molitor, William Schweinle Feb 2025

Phonological Awareness Abilities Of Undergraduate College Students: A Comparison Of Students In Related And Unrelated Majors, Jennifer Binkley, Jessica Mchugh Conlin, Terry W. Baggs, Whitney Lucas Molitor, William Schweinle

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

An observational study was conducted to evaluate the differences in the phonological awareness (PA) abilities of undergraduate college students in majors related versus unrelated to PA. In order to participate, students must not have had any formal PA or phonetics instruction at the college level. A total of 116 undergraduate students voluntarily participated in an PA assessment, with results analyzed based upon the following three categories: Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) major, education major, and other major. Using non-parametric statistical analysis, there were statistically significant differences in CSD majors, in multiple categories of PA skills, compared to both education majors …


Academic And Clinical Experiences Of Au.D. Students Who Identify As Members Of Historically Marginalized Racial And Ethnic (Hmre) Groups, Annicka S. Golding, Diana C. Emanuel, Iona Ringgold, Artice Weston Feb 2025

Academic And Clinical Experiences Of Au.D. Students Who Identify As Members Of Historically Marginalized Racial And Ethnic (Hmre) Groups, Annicka S. Golding, Diana C. Emanuel, Iona Ringgold, Artice Weston

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

Few qualitative research papers detail the experiential narratives of communication sciences and disorders (CSD) students from historically marginalized racial and ethnic (HMRE) groups, especially Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) students. This study examined the educational experiences of Au.D. students from HMRE groups. A mixed methods design including a survey (n = 28) and journal narratives (n = 9) was used. Qualitative analysis of survey questions and journal entries revealed five themes: Wellness Management, Presence of Stressors, Significance of Representation, Discrimination Experiences, and Diversity Initiatives. Participant narratives revealed academic and clinical experiences are often influenced by racial and ethnic identity …


Csd Students Of Color Navigating The Graduate School Admissions Process: A Gauntlet, Marcella Cardoza Mccollum Feb 2025

Csd Students Of Color Navigating The Graduate School Admissions Process: A Gauntlet, Marcella Cardoza Mccollum

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

Regardless of entry point, nearly all potential speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in the United States (US) share the experience of navigating the arduous application process for graduate school. For students of color, especially first-generation students, this application process can serve to cause them to question whether they belong in the field. This may be one of the key factors that manifests itself in the lack of diversity within the profession. This study followed nine undergraduate Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) students across nine months from application cycle through post-baccalaureate life as they shared their experiences about deciding whether to apply for …


Eng 1105-001 English Major Forum, Melissa Caldwell Feb 2025

Eng 1105-001 English Major Forum, Melissa Caldwell

Fall 2024

No abstract provided.


Lanthorn, Vol. 59, No. 11, January 20, 2025, Grand Valley State University Feb 2025

Lanthorn, Vol. 59, No. 11, January 20, 2025, Grand Valley State University

Volume 59, August 5, 2024 – April 14, 2025

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.


Exegesis Of The Corinthian Correspondence, Ruth (Ruth Anne) Reese Feb 2025

Exegesis Of The Corinthian Correspondence, Ruth (Ruth Anne) Reese

Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Advanced Exegetical Studies In Wisdom Literature, John Cook Feb 2025

Advanced Exegetical Studies In Wisdom Literature, John Cook

Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Advanced Greek Discourse Grammar, Fredrick Long Feb 2025

Advanced Greek Discourse Grammar, Fredrick Long

Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Research Methods In New Testament Interpretation, Fredrick Long Feb 2025

Research Methods In New Testament Interpretation, Fredrick Long

Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Advanced Inductive Studies In The Pauline Epistles, David Bauer Feb 2025

Advanced Inductive Studies In The Pauline Epistles, David Bauer

Syllabi

No abstract provided.