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Ua19/16/2 Volleyball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Administration Documents

Press releases and game statistics for WKU volleyball team in 2023.

Ua19/16/2 Baseball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Administration Documents

Press releases and game statistics for WKU baseball team in 2023.

Suitup: Addressing Employee Retention, Satisfaction, And Scaling, Melia Furst, Lauren Jones, Ananya Pagadala

Miller Center Fellowship

This research paper delves into the complex dynamics of employee retention and company growth within the context of SuitUp, a social enterprise (SE) focused on innovative virtual and in-person business competitions, providing coaching and mentorship. Utilizing a mixed-method approach, including surveys, interviews, and participant observation, our study addresses key questions related to employee retention, opportunities for support, and the broader implications for work-life balance in remote settings. The study identifies the critical role of passion among SuitUp employees, emphasizing the need for clear growth opportunities and a well-established work-life balance for sustained engagement. Drawing on the organization's mission and context, …

Jibu Customer Carbon Savings In Rwanda, Lauren Kelley, Lia Kraaijvanger

Miller Center Fellowship

Jibu Inc. is a social enterprise in Rwanda that addresses the essential service need for clean drinking water. The following report aims to understand Jibu’s potential for acquiring a carbon credit certification by investigating customers’ water treatment methods before becoming Jibu customers. Data was collected on Jibu customers by way of a quantitative survey that uncovered customer profiles and carbon savings. Our analysis reveals that before purchasing Jibu water, many current customers treated water at home using carbon-emitting practices such as boiling water with charcoal or gas. Jibu customers are now reducing carbon emissions since they are no longer boiling …

Saach B'A'X Ta'n Naj La's / Chamuscas Con Francisco / A Soccer Game With Francisco, Juan Romeo Guzaro Luis, María Luz García

Books - Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology

Hi! I’m Francisco. I’m eight years old, and I was born in Nebaj. I live with my grandma and a total of 30 souls: eight people, five dogs, four cats, one bird, a pig, three hens, two roosters, two ducks, and five chicks. The eight people living with my grandma and me are my aunt, my uncle, my sister, my brother, and my mom. I never had the chance to meet my dad because my mom says that he died when I was just a baby, and we miss him a lot. Now let me tell you what my life …

Lejich Yol Tu Yolb'al Ixhil / Adivinanzas Ixiles / Ixil Riddles, Ma'l B'Alay Raymundo Pérez, Juan Romeo Guzaro Luis, María Luz García

Books - Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology

This collection of riddles began in Ixil as a way to share the playfulness that Ixilspeaking members of the team of authors enjoy in their language. We have paid careful attention to how language and culture work together in creating meaning and a sense of playfulness. Like all poetic and playful forms, riddles can never be the same in translation. They work because of the way that forms of the language interact with expected or unexpected cultural meanings. We have tried to choose riddles that can be understood in all three languages, but the fullest meanings are available only in …

2023 Report To The Governor And Legislature On Utah's Land, Water & Air, Janet Quinney Lawson Institute For Land, Water & Air

Reports

This report serves as a 2023 snapshot of key issues and concerns with Utah’s shared resources. It highlights gathered data that is available to provide context to these issues, as well as identifies areas where more study is needed. Addressing these challenges will enable Utah policymakers to make informed decisions for the future. Under the authorship of 43 researchers and experts and the general guidance of 49 advisory committee members, the report outlines 32 issues and trends to pay attention to in the coming months and years.

Social Ecological Factors And Medication Treatment For Opioid Use Disorder Among Justice-Involved Rural And Urban Persons: The Geographic Variation In Addiction Treatment Experiences (Gate) Longitudinal Cohort Study Protocol, Carrie B. Oser, Evan Batty, Marisa Booty, Kate Eddens, Hannah K. Knudsen, Brea Perry, Maria Rockett, Michele Staton

Sociology Faculty Publications

Introduction Three medications are Food and Drug Administration approved for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD); however, these medications are underused within prisons, which elevates the risk of relapse and overdose when persons with opioid use disorder (POUD) are released. Research is scant regarding the multilevel factors associated with POUDs’ willingness to initiate medication treatment for opioid use disorder (MOUD) while in prison and their continued engagement in treatment after release. Furthermore, rural and urban populations have not been compared. The Geographic variation in Addiction Treatment Experiences (GATE) study seeks to identify multilevel factors (ie, individual, personal network, and …

Privacy Protection, At What Cost? Exploring The Regulatory Resistance To Data Technology In Auto Insurance, Omri Ben-Shahar

Articles

Regulatory and sociological resistance to new market-driven technologies, particularly to those that rely on collection and analysis of personal data, is prevalent even in cases where the technology creates large social value and saves lives. This article is a case study of such tragic technology resistance, focusing on tracking devices in cars which allow auto insurers to monitor how policyholders drive and adjust the premiums accordingly. Growing empirical work reveals that such “usage-based insurance” induces safer driving, reducing fatal accidents by almost one third, and resulting in more affordable and fair premiums. Yet, California prohibits this technology and other states …

What Students? Which Mission?, Laura Nichols

Sociology

To understand decoupling from mission at CCUs, this chapter analyzes demographic data regarding the students whom a range of types of CCUs enroll. My aim is to examine the current state of CCUs in the United States, consider how they have evolved, and assess the extent of decoupling from mission that has occurred as indicated by the characteristics of students. The chapter's focus aligns with the directive in Pope Paul VI's 1971 apostolic letter Octogesima Adveniens that "it is up to the Christian communities to analyze with objectivity the situation which is proper to their own country, to shed on …

The Rock, Winter 2022-23, Whittier College

The Rock

No abstract provided.

The Healthcare Experiences Of African Americans With A Dual Diagnosis Of Hiv/Aids And A Nutrition-Related Chronic Disease: A Pilot Study, Meena Mahadevan, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Valerie Kwong

Department of Nutrition and Food Studies Scholarship and Creative Works

For HIV-positive African Americans, the mistrust of medical providers due to anticipation of unequal treatment care, prejudice, and bias can become a major deterrent to medication and treatment adherence. Although programs and services incorporate strategies to improve patient–provider relationships, a deeper understanding of their healthcare experiences, especially among those with a dual diagnosis of HIV/AIDS and a nutrition-related chronic disease, is lacking. This qualitative study aimed to address this gap by conducting focus groups with participants who identified themselves as being African American, and having a dual diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, and a chronic disease. Content analysis generated several major themes, …

No. 60: Opening Access To Urban Food Security Data In Africa From The Hungry Cities Partnership, Gareth Haysom, Bruce Mcdougall, Samuel Owuor, Ndeyapo Nickanor, Ines Raimundo, Lawrence Kazembe, Lynn Woolfrey, Jonathan Crush

Hungry Cities Partnership

The Hungry Cities Partnership (HCP) initiated a 7-year programme of food system research in eight cities of the Global South in January 2015: Mexico City, Mexico; Kingston, Jamaica; Windhoek, Namibia; Cape Town, South Africa; Maputo, Mozambique; Nairobi, Kenya; Bangalore, India; and Nanjing, China. This paper describes the research process in the four African cities of Cape Town, Maputo, Nairobi, and Windhoek. The HCP data provide rich and context-specific information useful in avoiding generalizations in theory and inserting a Southern and African perspective into wider food studies and global policy debates. The paper describes and compares the survey methodology in the …

No. 59: Increasing The Use Of Spatial Data In Urban Household-Level Food Security Measurement, Jordan Blekking, Kurt Waldman

Hungry Cities Partnership

Measuring urban food security in Africa is challenging because the current food security metrics were designed for rural contexts, and often feature a bias toward food availability, yet limited urban food production means urban food security measurement requires a multi-dimensional evaluation that also takes stock of the spatial and behavioural dimensions of food security. Current metrics are poorly suited to evaluate urban food security because they do not incorporate the spatial and behavioural dimensions of urban livelihoods, which relate to the variability of entitlements across space and how urban infrastructure accessibility enhances or constrains the choices available for a household …

No. 56: Towards A New Food Security Index For Urban Household Food Security, Cameron Mccordic, Bruce Frayne, Naomi Sunu, Clare Williamson

Hungry Cities Partnership

The multidimensionality of food security can confound both statistical modelling and clear policy narratives. That complexity can become amplified in urban areas where food security is often a function of both local and global factors. Rather than focusing on one dimension of food security metrics, this investigation proposes a method for building an index of urban household food access, utilization and stability. The performance of this index is compared across three aggregation methods using household surveys collected from five cities around the world. The findings indicate that each aggregation method was internally consistent, although one of the aggregation methods, relying …

Virtues In Community, Gretchen Olson, Joshua Parkhurst, Dr. Julie Yonker

Summer Research

This project consisted of three different arms: (systematic review of literature, analyzing existing data from two studies, and faculty and staff interviews).

1. Learn more how virtues are thought about and implemented in education, did an extensive systematic review of literature.

2. Examine data from virtue intervention in Psychology course, ran statistical tests using Jamovi to analyze this data.

3. Conduct faculty and staff interviews of those using virtue practice pedagogy, gathered information on different virtue practices at Calvin.

Northeast Delhi Riots Of 2020: Contesting And (Re)Claiming The Western Media Narrative, Sumanth Inukonda

Publications and Research

The New Delhi Riots of 2020 dominated the news cycle for days, even as U.S. President Trump visited India. This article is based on news coverage of these riots during and immediately following their occurrence between February 23 and March 10, 2020. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this article investigates the discourse on India and its minorities that frames the understanding of these riots to argue that Western media coverage betrays biases and contradictions. This article analyzes the varied alternative narratives of these riots in the Indian media, including secular and Hindu nationalist media, to critique the Western media narrative. This …

Rural Education In Peru: A Study Of Its Performance, Physical And Digital Infrastructure, Gender, Linguistic, And Social And Cultural Development, Mohammed Forero Bucheli

Master of Liberal Studies Theses

Rural and indigenous education in Peru significantly differs from its urban counterparts. The physical and digital infrastructure, gender-based education, linguistic neglect, and sociocultural discrimination that rural and indigenous communities’ education receive profoundly affect performance. This thesis aims to showcase these characteristics through case studies, comparing different government and community projects to understand their development in these areas. These cases explore different aspects of the educational situation of the Huallatiri, San Antonio de Cusicancha, and Quispicanchi communities in the Southern Peruvian Andes. Through these analyses, this study portrays the intersectional characteristics of educational development in rural and indigenous communities and how …

Does Where You Meet Your Partner Influence Relationship Satisfaction? An Investigation Of Online Dating In The Lgbtq+ Community, Brooke M. Fornetti

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

There has been a multitude of research conducted on the impact of online dating and relationship satisfaction for heterosexual couples. However, little research has been done on how utilizing online dating methods as a way to meet potential partners can impact LGBTQ+ relationships. The purpose of the current study is to explore the potential relationship between meeting a romantic partner through online methods – such as utilizing dating applications or websites – and relationship satisfaction for LGBTQ+ couples. Data from 115 participants with ages ranging from 18 to 64 years were analyzed to determine if meeting a romantic partner online …

The Role Of Body Appreciation And Self-Worth In The Social Support, Self-Management, And Glycemic Control Relationships With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Adult Arab Omani Women, Samia Alharrasi

Wayne State University Dissertations

Background: Diabetes self-management (DSM) is the mainstay of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) control. Adhering to self-management tasks is demanding, especially for women living with T2DM. Adult Arab Omani women living with T2DM are highly influenced by their social environment, which might impact women’s body appreciation and self-worth. The literature focused on these psychological determinants of DSM adherence behavior among Omani women living with T2DM is scared. Objective: Therefore, this study aimed to examine the relationship between social support and DSM behavior as mediated by body appreciation and self-worth in adult (≥ 40 years old) Arab Omani women living with …

Neurodiversity, Networks, And Narratives: Exploring Intimacy And Expressive Freedom In The Time Of Covid‐19, Kerri Betts, Louise Creechan, Rosemarie Cawkwell, Isabelle Finn-Kelcey, C. J. Griffin, Alice Hagopian, David Hartley, Marie Adrienne R. Manalili, Inika Murkumbi, Sarinah O'Donoghue, Cassandra Shanahan, Anna Stenning, Alyssa Zisk

Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program Faculty Publications

The Narratives of Neurodiversity Network (NNN) is a neurodivergent academic, creative, and educator collective that came together with allies during the Covid‐19 pandemic to create a network centred around emerging narratives about neurodiversity and exploring new ways of learning and socialising. The network focuses on exploring the roles of written, spoken, and visual narratives across cultural locations about neuro‐atypical experiences in generating improved agency and self‐advocacy for those who have been subject to pathologization through neuro‐normativity and intersecting oppression. During the last year, widening access to digital platforms has provided a space to explore these issues outside of traditional academic …

The Texas Coast: Ship Channel Network Of The Petroleum Age, Alan Lessoff

Faculty Publications – History

This article provides an overview of the Texas Gulf Coast as a port city region dedicated above all to oil and gas. By the late 1800s, the same trends in transportation and industry that encouraged ship channel construction around the world drew attention to schemes to transform the Gulf Coast’s shallow bays and estuaries into inland deep-water harbors. An added factor in Texas was the vulnerability of Galveston and other coastal locations to hurricanes. Between 1902, when construction began on the 52-mile Houston Ship Channel, and the 1950s–60s, when a deep-water channel opened at Matagorda Bay along the mid-Texas coast, …

End Of The Year Report (2023-2024), Associated Students, Incorporated

Associated Students, Incorporated records

No abstract provided.

Critical Theory And Poverty, David Ingram

Philosophy: Faculty Publications and Other Works

This chapter explores the contributions that the Frankfurt School of critical theory has made to philosophical discussions about the meaning and injustice of poverty. Critical theorists interpret poverty to mean more than material deprivation, and they see its injustice as 2 extending beyond wrongful suffering and the threat to a human right to life to encompass psychological impoverishment and dehumanization. The chapter begins by examining critical theory’s historical roots in the Marxist critique of capitalism. The next section discusses early efforts by critical theorists to extend this critique to state-administered economies (capitalist and socialist) that have succeeded in sharply reducing …

Graduate Bulletin & Catalog | 2023-2024, Jacksonville State University

Bulletins & Catalogs | Graduate

Jacksonville State was granted University status in 1966 and began adding graduate programs to its curriculum at that time. Graduate bulletins and catalogs contain information on the academic calendar, policies and procedures, faculty, scholarships and tuition, and degree requirements for graduate programs.

White-Collar Crime, Sentencing Gender Disparities Post-Booker, And Implications For Criminal Sentencing, Sarah Turner

JCLC Online

“White-collar crime” is an amorphous term that has yet to be conclusively defined since its first use in 1939. This category of criminal activity results in what can be characterized as either economic harm or an impediment to the government’s ability to run successfully while minimizing conflicts of interest. Sentencing of white-collar crimes came into question in the late twentieth century due to a perception that white-collar offenders were receiving much lower sentences than offenders committing more traditional crimes. Additionally, the relationship between sentencing outcomes and status characteristics like race, age, citizen status, and gender were cause for concern. Different …

Olivia Rodrigo And The Twenty-First Century Personal Brand, Edina Alix

Undergraduate Review

No abstract provided.

Undergraduate Review, Vol. 17, 2022/2023

Undergraduate Review

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Women Religious (1882-1974) In The Work Of Evangelization Among The Fijian People, John Pickering

Jesuit School of Theology Dissertations

This research has undertaken the study of the role of religious women in the work of evangelization among the Fijian people between 1882 and 1974. Using the methods of historical research and an interdisciplinary approach, which includes disciplines of history, theology, spirituality, missiology, and cultural anthropology, this work evaluates the work of religious women and the immense contribution they have made to the Fijian Catholic Church and society, particularly in the areas of education and healthcare despite not receiving recognition for their work. The study revealed that women religious who helped to build the Catholic Church in Fiji and lay …

Algorithmic Literacy As Inclusive Pedagogy, Melanie Sellar

Staff publications, research, and presentations

The call for inclusive pedagogies has captured the wide interest of information literacy practitioners, who are now exploring what it means to teach inclusively and equitably within our discipline. This chapter argues that incorporating algorithmic literacy into our teaching praxis is an inclusive pedagogy, one which not only builds upon much of our professional priorities of the last ten years but also addresses an emerging need. By facilitating student awareness of algorithmic biases, for example, we can help to create a classroom environment that values the experiences and voices of all communities and that equips students with the willingness and …