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Kenyon Collegiate - November 16, 2022

Kenyon Collegiate

No abstract provided.

Poverty In New York City: Social, Demographic And Spatial Characteristics, 1990-2019, Marco Castillo

Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies

Introduction:

This report analyzes trends in poverty in New York City over a period spanning from the year 1990 to 2019, including maps of poverty hot spots in the city.

Methods:

This report uses the American Community Survey PUMS (Public Use Microdata Series) data for all years released by the Census Bureau and reorganized for public use by the Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, IPUMSusa, (https://usa.ipums.org/usa/index.shtml). See Public Use Microdata Series Steven Ruggles, J. Trent Alexander, Katie Genadek, Ronald Goeken, Matthew B. Schroeder, and Matthew Sobek. Integrated Public Use Microdata Series: Version 5.0 [Machine-readable database]. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, …

Mindful Musicians: Trait Mindfulness, Deliberate Practice, Anxiety And Depression In College Musicians, Sally S. Wynn

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Background. Mindfulness is understood as a capacity to cultivate moment-to-moment awareness with a sense of nonjudgement, curiosity, and kindness. Anxiety and depression are prevalent in the undergraduate musician population, despite positive effects on mental health that are often associated with listening to music. This study explored factors of music practice including instrument category, practice time, and the use of deliberate practice techniques. Our objective was to test the relationships between dispositional mindfulness, musicianship, and mental health among college instrumental musicians. I hypothesized first, that dispositional mindfulness would be positively associated with musicianship; second, that mindfulness would be negatively associated with …

Action Civics In Rural Communities, Karon N. Lecompte Ph.D., Kevin Magill, Brooke Blevins, Kenley Ritter, Tori Smith, Nate Scholten, Michelle Bauml

The Rural Educator

We used an action civics curriculum and conducted a qualitative analysis of two fifth-grade classrooms in a rural setting called Green Independent School District (pseudonym). We organized the curriculum into a week-long study whereby we conducted interviews, collected student work, and analyzed teacher and student data. We focused on Baiocchi et al.'s (2014) concept of the civic imagination to analyze rural students' beliefs about themselves as citizens as they engaged in an action civics inquiry model of learning. Three primary findings emerged from our data; an emphasis on solidarity by citizens in the community, student use of problem-solving through civic …

"We'll Probably All Be In Trouble For Hugging A Kid": Rural Teacher Radicalism In Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences, Catharine Biddle

The Rural Educator

There is a tension between the principles of global education reform, with its focus on fiscal efficiency, literacy and numeracy, and the increasing interest in meeting the needs of the whole child and addressing childhood adversity within schools. In rural communities, this tension may be heightened by fractured social service networks mediated by distance and the declining economic well-being of many communities perpetuated by decades of unfavorable social and economic policy. Drawing on focus group discussions with 110 rural Maine educators, this study examines how rural educators negotiate this tension in their day to day practice to address student needs …

Hacia La Preservación De Los Relatos De Las Comunidades Digitales De Los Mmorpg Mediante Etnografías Digitales: Una Mirada Desde Los Estudios Visuales Al Caso Futur0 Server [2005-2012] De Ragnarok Online, Romano Ponce Díaz

Journal of Roleplaying Studies and STEAM

Resumen: La ponderación planteada en los siguientes párrafos centra su interés en las plataformas digitales de narrativa audiovisual donde los participantes pueden alterar y determinar el relato por medio de la interacción social sucedida en el mismo, concretamente, los videojuegos multijugador masivos de rol en línea en servidores emulados. Además, se abordan las implicaciones de la desaparición potencial y real de la información, datos, testimonios y vestigios de estas comunidades digitales participativas a causa de la naturaleza falible de los dispositivos de almacenaje electrónico. De esa forma, se busca plantear un breve panorama general de los antecedentes históricos de las …

Counter-Mapping As Method: Locating And Relating The (Semi) Peripheral, Dr. Manuela Boatca

Duquesne Studies in Phenomenology

No abstract provided.

Editor's Introduction, Dr. James Haile Iii

Duquesne Studies in Phenomenology

No abstract provided.

Entrepreneurship Education As Tool For Economic Growth: The Roles Of Information Centres In Nigeria, Peter Olubunmi Olubiyo, Jude Timilehin Olubiyo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Entrepreneurship education has been embraced by almost all the developed countries so it is important to develop the spirit and culture of entrepreneurship education also in the developing countries. Entrepreneurship education is the type of education that shapes people’s mindset and also provides the skills and knowledge that one requires to develop an entrepreneurial culture. Entrepreneurship education should be available to all university students regardless of their courses through the provision of its information resources in the library and information centres for economic growth.

العشوائيات في مدينة السماوة واثارها الاجتماعية, م. م احمد حامد البركي, م. م هدى عيدان جبار الربيعي

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

شغل موضوع العشوائيات في المدن الع ا رقية العديد من الباحثين في الأنثروبولوجيا وعلم الاجتماع والاختصاصات الأخرى كونه حالة جديدة في المجتمع الع ا رقي المعاصر، كما برزت أهمية ذلك نظ ا رً للتداعيات التي يتركها السكن العشوائي على الساكنين من جهة وعلى تنظيم المدينة وما يفرزه من ظواهر سلوكية ومشكلات اجتماعية على المجتمع الحضري من جهة أخرى ، و اوجهت مدينة السماوة هذه المشكلة شأنها شأن باقي المدن الع ا رقية، بسبب تضافر عوامل عديدة اذ ساهمت الظروف المناخية كالجفاف وانخفاض معدلات سقوط الامطار في السنوات القليلة الماضية في نزوح السكان الى داخل المدن من المناطق البدوية والريفية للاستق …

جدلية العلاقة بين المنهج العلمي والدراسات الإنسانية المفاهيم والتأثير, د. أحمد عبد الجبار فاضل

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

ويعد أول ظهور للعلوم الإنسانية في القرن التاسع عشر كمحاولة للتخلص من شمولية الفلسفة لكل تلك العلوم، ولذلك اختصت العلوم الإنسانية بتناول دراسة الذات الإنسانية وأنشطتها في صورها المختلفة، ويتم ذلك عبر عدة علوم مكونة للعلوم الإنسانية هي :

• الدراسات الدينية، علم الآثار، ثقافات الشعوب الإقليمية، الأدب والنقد، علم الاجتماع، الموسيقى، علم الأنثروبولوجيا، دراسات الفلسفة، التاريخ، تاريخ الفن ونظرياته. وتعد علوم اللغة ومنها الادب والنقد، من اكثر العلوم الانسانية تأثرا بظهور المنهج العلمي في الدراسة والبحث . ومن هذا المنطلق يحاول هذا البحث مقاربة هذه القضية الاشكالية، وفق رؤية وصفية تحليلية تاريخية. إن اول مشكل يواجه البحث يتمثل في …

Transculturalism In Women Travel Writings : A Study Of Selected Works, المدرس المساعد خولة مزاحم علي

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

ان للنقد الثقافي ف ي كتابات ادب الرحلة دورًا حيويًا في الأدب متعدد الثقافات والتفاعل الحضاري. فهو يفتح آفاقًا جديدة للفكر ويعزز العلاقات الثقافية ويجسر بين الاختلافات. ويعتب ر ادب الرحلة مصدرًا للمتعة وايض ا هو وسيلة للإضاءة الفكرية لكونه وسيلة مهمة تمكن الثقافة من التفاعل مع الثقافات الأخرى وخاصة الثقافة العربية والغربية. من خلال سفر المستشرقين دخل الشرق والغرب في حوار تاريخي . على الرغم من أن هذا الحوار اختلف في نبرت ه عبر مراحل التفاعل ، إلا أنه ساهم بشكل كبير في عال م الفك ر . كانت روايات الرحلة هي العين السحرية التي تمكن الغرب من خلالها …

25 Year Club: 41st Annual Gala, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club: 41st Annual Gala

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

• Reception
• Welcome
• Dinner Buffet
• Remarks
• 1997 in Review
• Recognition - New Club Members from 2020 & 2021
• Induction - New Club Members 2022

Moving Beyond Gender Bias, Mariam Ayad

Faculty Book Chapters

"There has been considerable scholarship in the last fifty years on the role of ancient Egyptian women in society. With their ability to work outside the home, inherit and dispense of property, initiate divorce, testify in court, and serve in local government, Egyptian women exercised more legal rights and economic independence than their counterparts throughout antiquity. Yet, their agency and autonomy are often downplayed, undermined, or outright ignored. In Women in Ancient Egypt, twenty-four international scholars offer a corrective to this view by presenting the latest cutting-edge research on women and gender in ancient Egypt. Covering the entirety of Egyptian …

Movement Lessons In The Apostolic Fathers, Michael T. Cooper

Essays

No abstract provided.

The State Of Accountability In The Global South: Challenges And Responses, Sony Pellissery, Sylvia I. Bergh, C. Sathyamala

Books

Political leaders and institutions across the Global South are continually failing to respond to the needs of their citizens. This incisive book sets out to establish the pathways to and outcomes of accountability in a development context, as well as to investigate the ways in which people can seek redress and hold their public officials to account.

The Unequal Burden Of Long Covid, Marc A. Garcia, Catherine Garcia, Erin Bisesti

Population Health Research Brief Series

Racial/ethnic disparities in U.S. COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and deaths have been well documented. However, less research has focused on racial/ethnic disparities in long COVID. This data slice summarizes data from the U.S. Census Household Pulse Survey and reports that although there are no significant racial/ethnic differences in overall activity limitations from long COVID, a higher percentage of Black and Hispanic/Latino adults report experiencing “significant” activity limitations compared to Whites.

The World At 8 Billion, Raya Muttarak, Joshua Wilde

Essays: The World at 8 Billion

No abstract provided.

Violence And Intellectual Extremism And Their Impact On Peaceful Coexistence And State-Building In Iraq After 2003, Abbas Jaber Abdullah

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Indeed, ideological extremism and violence lead to a political and economic conflict between the parties responsible for the governance of Iraq. This is the weakest framework for building the state, especially after the historical opportunity that came to the political decision-maker, especially after the end of the totalitarian regime (dictatorship) era in 2003. The fragility of the Iraqi state played a major role in turning to the extremism of the political decision-maker according to sectarian (ideological) affiliation, not the homeland, and moving away from loyalty to the homeland and moving towards sectarian components that believe in violence and ideology extremism, …

The Dance Of Domesticity: How Gender Constructs Obscure Lived Experience At Museums, Marcy J. Botwick

Museum Studies Theses

My thesis focuses on Mary Shepard Greene Blumenschein and Ernest L. Blumenschein, married artists born in the late 1860s. Ernest Blumenschein was an important regional artist and member of the Taos Society of Artists (TSA). Paintings by Blumenschein and other TSA members promoted tourism in the Southwestern United States through annual exhibitions and their use in advertising the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF). Mary Greene Blumenschein was an award-winning painter and illustrator whose work focused on images of women at the beginning of the twentieth century, however, she is now a secondary and obscure figure in art history. …

In Vitro Liquid Culture Of The Mollusc-Parasitic Nematode Phasmarhabditis (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae), A. Pieterse, S. Haukeland, V. Půža, J. L. Ross, A. P. Malan

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The success of the mollusc-parasitic nematode, Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Schneider) Andrássy (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae), as a biological control agent in Europe has led to worldwide interest in phasmarhabditids as biocontrol agents. In this study, the mass culture potential of three phasmarhabditids, namely Phasmarhabditis papillosa, Phasmarhabditis kenyaensis and Phasmarhabditis bohemica, was assessed. In addition, ten bacterial candidates, consisting of seven associated with slugs and three associated with entomopathogenic nematodes, were investigated. The bacteria were tested for their ability to cause mortality to Deroceras invadens, as well as to support nematode growth. Initial mortality studies demonstrated that Kluyvera, Aeromonas and Pseudomonas spp. (AP3) caused …

Status Seeking In Conspicuous Spectator Sports Consumption: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective, Yong Wang

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

According to self-determination theory, people are intrinsically and/or extrinsically motivated to self-regulate their behavior (Deci & Ryan, 2012). Sport fans watch games for intrinsic rewards such as having fun and supporting a team, which, from the identity fusion perspective (Swann Jr et al., 2009), derive from their visceral sense of oneness with a team. Although they can choose to watch games at home, many fans spend money attending expensive games (e.g., major sports) and publicly display their experience. A plethora of sport management literature has addressed the intrinsic motivation for attending games; however, less attention has been paid to the …

Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics (Stem) Project-Based Learning (Pbl) Education: A New Mexico Case Study For Equity And Inclusion, Kimberly A. Scheerer

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This research addresses how student participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) project-based learning (PBL) education activities encourages underrepresented minority student achievement in STEM career field trajectories. Seven New Mexico high school counselors and 12 STEM organization personnel were interviewed during this study. Their responses represent the nuanced professional voices where New Mexico public education intersects with STEM student interest and cultural influence.

For students, STEM PBL can foster deep integration across educational disciplines and enhance STEM career trajectory interest and readiness. STEM education converged with PBL methodologies has the ability to leverage community support while broadening student networks. …

Reclaiming Justice From Below: Victim Participation And Reparations In Post-Conflict Peru, Fiorella P. Vera-Adrianzen

Political Science ETDs

Since 2007, Peru’s Plan Integral de Reparaciones (PIR, Comprehensive Reparations Plan) has provided material, symbolic, individual, and collective reparations to victims of the civil conflict (1980-2000). Important differences in the implementation of reparations have emerged across time and space. Previous studies have examined factors conditioning the adoption and the effects of reparative justice, generally at the national level. How reparative processes unfold on the ground from design to implementation remains underexplored. Drawing upon original interviews, focus groups, participant observation, and archival research in three highly affected Andean regions (Apurímac, Junín, and Ayacucho) and in the capital city, Lima, I examine …

That's A Wrap: Using Cultural Discourse Analysis To Explicate The Film Portrayal Of Communication Between Elderly Parents And Their Adult Child(Ren) In A Caregiving Relationship, Gerri A. Duran

Communication ETDs

There are burgeoning numbers of elderly and a significant number of their adult children provide them with some level of care. To date, there has been little research on elderly parents’ perspective as they communicate with their adult children about the care provided by their children. This dissertation addresses this gap by identifying the nature of the communication, as portrayed in film, which occurs between an elderly parent (EP) and their caregiving adult child (AC).

In addition to identifying the nature of communication between an EP and their AC, I examine the similarities/differences of their communication among the films. I …

Los Juegos De Rol Como Apoyo Para El Desarrollo De Narrativas Literarias De Fantasía Y Ciencia Ficción, Ricardo Victoria-Uribe, Nazario Robles-Bastida

Journal of Roleplaying Studies and STEAM

ESPAÑOL

El ‘storytelling’ o la narrativa, al igual que el juego, han formado parte de la civilización humana desde tiempos inmemoriales. Ambos han tenido como función ayudar al desarrollo psicológico y cultural de los participantes, así como al desarrollo de historias que transmiten una serie de creencias, valores, conocimientos y filosofías. A finales del Siglo XX, se dio origen a una transversalidad entre juegos y narrativa, cuando obras como las del afamado Tolkien, Conan el Bárbaro de Robert E. Howard y ‎Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser de Frietz Leiber, entre otras, inspiran la creación de los primeros juegos de …

The Penn Effect And Marx's International Law Of Value: A Review Of Value And Unequal Exchange By Andrea Ricci, Giuseppe Quattromini

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

Placing itself in the revival of interest in unequal exchange, Ricci's book claims the need to give the theory a new conceptual foundation to justify recent proposals to estimate unequal exchange on the basis of the so-called Penn effect. In order to do that, Ricci identifies Marx's international law of value as a fitting theoretical framework and hence develops a radically innovative theory of global capitalist exploitation through international trade. Finally, he assesses the magnitude of unequal exchange over the past three decades by producing estimates based on the proposed approach.

Doing Good: Navigating The Csr Maze In India – Review Of Book By Meena Raghunathan, Ruchi Tewari, Aatman Shukla

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

No abstract provided.

Competing Visions Of Fundamental Global Change: Comparative Book Review Of Rethinking Humanity By Seba & Arbib, Cristian Ziliberberg

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

No abstract provided.

Turning Red: Tradition, Repression, Mommy Issues, And A Millennial Way Of Growing Up, Hazal Bayar

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

No abstract provided.