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Ozark Historical Review, V. 44, 2015 Oct 2025

Ozark Historical Review, V. 44, 2015

The Ozark Historical Review

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When Faculty Profit: The Ethics Of Student Involvement, Kristy C. Grayson Dba, Kathryn Davis Phd, Phillip Garner Oct 2025

When Faculty Profit: The Ethics Of Student Involvement, Kristy C. Grayson Dba, Kathryn Davis Phd, Phillip Garner

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

This study explores the ethical and educational implications of integrating classroom-based student assignments with faculty members' externally compensated business ventures outside of the educational institution. It examines both student and faculty perspectives on the practice, focusing on the potential benefits and ethical challenges of involving students in faculty-led, for-profit activities. The study challenges the assumption that faculty engagement in personal business ventures should exclude student involvement due to ethical concerns. Findings suggest that faculty members often view this integration as an ethically sound practice, while students perceive participating in these opportunities as beneficial to their professional development. The research sheds …


Polarization, Performance, Responsiveness, And Trust In Malawian Executive, Legislative, And Judicial Institutions, Rodgers Brenner Chawani Oct 2025

Polarization, Performance, Responsiveness, And Trust In Malawian Executive, Legislative, And Judicial Institutions, Rodgers Brenner Chawani

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Political trust matters for good governance and democracy. Although Malawi's constitution affirms trust as a key component of authority, Afrobarometer surveys have revealed broad declines, hindering democratic consolidation and the achievement of the long-term Vision 2063 development goals. Prior researchers studying the country have fixated on qualitative analyses and overlooked affective polarization and differentiation across government branches. The purpose of this cross-sectional quantitative study was to examine the predictive relationship between perceived government performance, responsiveness, corruption, affective polarization, democratic satisfaction, and trust in the Malawi president, parliament, and judiciary, using generalized linear models to apply Easton's political support theory to …


The Rider (2025-10-13), Daniela Martinez Salazar Oct 2025

The Rider (2025-10-13), Daniela Martinez Salazar

The Rider Archives

Vol. 11, No. 7


Arizona’S Experiential Learning Opportunities: Regional Security Operations Centers And Cybersecurity Clinics, Joshua Kipers, Paul Wagner, Robert J. Honomichl Oct 2025

Arizona’S Experiential Learning Opportunities: Regional Security Operations Centers And Cybersecurity Clinics, Joshua Kipers, Paul Wagner, Robert J. Honomichl

Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

The increasing frequency, sophistication, and economic impact of cybersecurity incidents have intensified the global demand for a skilled cybersecurity workforce. Traditional academic programs often fail to provide the applied experience necessary to prepare graduates for the rapidly evolving threat landscape. This paper examines Arizona’s innovative approaches to experiential cybersecurity education through the establishment of Regional Security Operations Centers (RSOCs) and the Arizona Cybersecurity Clinic. These initiatives integrate Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory and the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework to align academic preparation with real-world practice. The RSOCs, supported by the Arizona Department of Homeland Security, provide paid student internships focused on …


Performing "Manly" Worship Music: Gender And Timbre At Mars Hill Church, Maren Haynes Marchesini Oct 2025

Performing "Manly" Worship Music: Gender And Timbre At Mars Hill Church, Maren Haynes Marchesini

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

Ten years ago, Mars Hill boasted fifteen campuses and 15,000 members. Amid mounting allegations of abuse and mismanagement leveled against founding pastor Mark Driscoll, the church famously collapsed, closing its doors at the end of 2014. Driscoll had built Mars Hill’s core brand around his opposition to the perceived feminization of the Christian mainstream, and appointing himself the “leader of a heterosexual male backlash” in the church and broader culture. While Driscoll’s muscular Christianity stands in a wide historical stream, Mars Hill long led the charge in establishing a youth-oriented, hipster brand of hypermasculine Calvinism. And while rhetoric and theology …


Sounds Like 'Saudade': Eschatological Echoes In Brazilian 'Gospel' Music, Fernando Berwig Silva Oct 2025

Sounds Like 'Saudade': Eschatological Echoes In Brazilian 'Gospel' Music, Fernando Berwig Silva

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

This paper analyzes the song “Saudade” by the Brazilian gospel singer Stella Laura. In the song, I argue that Stella Laura uses Brazilian timbral markers from the Sertanejo and Gospel Brazilian music genres to articulate a unique perspective on eschatology, one that is based on the affective structure of the Lusophone word ‘saudade.’ Furthermore, I contend that the song, rooted in the Brazilian nostalgic sertanejo music tradition, leans on stylistic and timbral tools to communicate the idea of saudade from heaven. Beyond lyrics that feature theological notions of origin, identity, and nostalgia, Stella Laura’s song employs timbral, poetic, …


Criteria For Rejecting Ideas In African Philosophy : A Historical And Epistemological Analysis, Eric C. Mgalula Oct 2025

Criteria For Rejecting Ideas In African Philosophy : A Historical And Epistemological Analysis, Eric C. Mgalula

Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies

The rejection of African ideas remains a pivotal debate in African philosophy, centring on tensions between universalist epistemologies and culturally specific criteria. This study synthesizes fragmented discussions into a cohesive framework, interrogating when and why African ideas may be deemed inadequate. It critiques contemporary African scholarship that rigidly adheres to indigenous traditions under decolonial and nationalist imperatives, advocating instead for a balanced approach that harmonizes intellectual rigor with cultural authenticity. Through a historical analysis of key thinkers—from Tempels and Hountondji to Wiredu and Oyewumí—this article historicizes the evolution of evaluative criteria in African philosophy, challenging colonial legacies and romanticized traditionalism. …


Engineering Inefficiencies And Technical Dependency : A Vital Lens In Understanding Power Outages In Postcolonial Tanzania, 1960s-1990s, Emanuel L. Mchome Oct 2025

Engineering Inefficiencies And Technical Dependency : A Vital Lens In Understanding Power Outages In Postcolonial Tanzania, 1960s-1990s, Emanuel L. Mchome

Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies

This article examines how the construction of power infrastructure in the 1960s-1980s shaped the future functioning of the Tanzanian power grid from the 1990s. The article is based on oral sources and archival material collected from the Swedish National Archives in Stockholm, the Tanzania National Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO), the East Africana Section of the Wilbert Chagula Library at University of Dar es Salaam, the Rufiji Basin Development Authority (RUBADA) and the World Bank online sources. The article argues that engineering inefficiencies of some Western planners and builders of TANESCO’s power grid who failed to consider local ecological issues …


Building Resilient And Sustainable Supply Chains: A Distributed Ledger-Based Learning Feedback Loop, Tan Gürpinar, Mehmet A. Gulum Oct 2025

Building Resilient And Sustainable Supply Chains: A Distributed Ledger-Based Learning Feedback Loop, Tan Gürpinar, Mehmet A. Gulum

Computer Science Faculty publications

Global supply chains face increasing disruptions from cyber threats, geopolitical instability, extreme weather events, and a range of economic, social, and environmental sustainability challenges. As these disruptions intensify, enhancing Supply Chain Resilience (SCR) has become a strategic priority. This study investigates how Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) can contribute to SCR by mitigating vulnerabilities and strengthening key capabilities within global supply chains. A qualitative research approach is employed, utilizing expert evaluations to examine DLT’s impact on supply chain vulnerabilities and capabilities. Five workshops were conducted with 25 industry professionals from logistics, IT, procurement, and risk management. Experts examined how DLT could …


Pakistan’S Experience With The Imf, 2000–2004, Ishrat Husain Dr. Oct 2025

Pakistan’S Experience With The Imf, 2000–2004, Ishrat Husain Dr.

Faculty Research - Talks, Speeches, & Discourse

Pakistan’s relationship with the IMF during the 2000 – 2004 period was quite unique and distinctive. Unlike the earlier eight agreements that were concluded with the IMF during 1988-99 and were never implemented beyond the first tranche release it was only in this period that two successive agreements – a nine month Stand-by Arrangement (SBA) in the year 2000 followed by a three year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) were successfully completed. All the sixteen reviews by IMF staff were completed and eleven successive tranches were drawn on time without any extension or interruption. The last two tranches were …


Outdoor Play And Risk In Kids:: A Cross-Sectional Study, Fiona Armstrong, Michael Barrett, Lorraine D’Arcy, David Gaul Oct 2025

Outdoor Play And Risk In Kids:: A Cross-Sectional Study, Fiona Armstrong, Michael Barrett, Lorraine D’Arcy, David Gaul

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

Background Outdoor play promotes healthy development in children, fostering physical, social and cognitive growth. Play involving age-appropriate challenges is an important aspect of child development. Physical activity injuries from play are a frequent reason for paediatric emergency department (ED) presentation. Balancing injury prevention with the developmental benefits of risky play is essential for promoting child health and safety.Aim The aim of this study was to describe the circumstances of injury (risky or dangerous play), injuries sustained while playing outdoors and attendance at a large regional paediatric ED service.Methods The electronic medical record system was searched to identify cases of outdoor …


The Self-Curating Musician: An Innovative Concept And An Intensive Learning Experience By Systemic Design Thinking, Joris Blanckaert, Ellen Loots, Saskia Westerduin, Pawan V. Bhansing Oct 2025

The Self-Curating Musician: An Innovative Concept And An Intensive Learning Experience By Systemic Design Thinking, Joris Blanckaert, Ellen Loots, Saskia Westerduin, Pawan V. Bhansing

Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship Education

Self-curation is an emerging notion in the artistic practice that we propose as an alternative to the questioned notion of entrepreneurship in the realm of classical music. Systemic Design Thinking (SDT) methods helped conceptualize self-curation and develop an intensive, week-long learning experience. Participants validated the self-curation concept and its five components: activating creativity, seeking uniqueness, developing a discourse, understanding the performance practice and engaging communities. Our study further highlights that rather than suffering from a tension between arts and commerce, young (performing) musicians experience a tension between the expectation of the outside world that they need to be exceptional as …


"What's A Computer?" Exploring Insurance Agents' Role In Small Business Cyber Insurance Transactions, Dalton A. Crabtree Oct 2025

"What's A Computer?" Exploring Insurance Agents' Role In Small Business Cyber Insurance Transactions, Dalton A. Crabtree

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This mixed-methods study examined how insurance agents' role identity impacts cyber insurance transactions, addressing gaps in professional practice and academic literature. Small businesses increasingly rely on cyber insurance for protection as cyber risk continues to evolve. The study employed sequential explanatory methodology with 25 interviews across three groups: insurance agents (n=15), corporate cyber insurance professionals (n=5), and small business owners (n=5). Thematic analysis using Katz and Khan's Role Episode Model informed development of the Cyber Insurance Role Identity Scale (CIRIS), tested with 100 agents. Six themes emerged. Key findings reveal that successful cyber insurance transactions require agents to transition from …


Faculty Perceptions Of Interprofessional Education To Prepare Physical Therapy Students For The Workforce, Marianne Hanover, Heather Pederson Oct 2025

Faculty Perceptions Of Interprofessional Education To Prepare Physical Therapy Students For The Workforce, Marianne Hanover, Heather Pederson

Journal of Educational Research and Practice

Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) aims to enhance patient care by improving outcomes. Interprofessional education (IPE), a teaching approach for IPC, is now mandated in Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) curricula. Although faculty perceptions of IPE in other healthcare fields are documented, studies exploring faculty attitudes in entry-level DPT programs remain limited. In this qualitative study, we investigated how DPT faculty perceive IPE as a means to prepare students for clinical practice. Using Rogers’s Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) theory as a guide, we collected data during interviews with PT faculty in DPT programs. Study findings suggest that the advancement of IPE in …


The Soldier’S Stigmata, Part I: Habitus And Speaking Of The Future Otherwise In Lois Mcmaster Bujold’S “The Borders Of Infinity”, Andrew Hallam Oct 2025

The Soldier’S Stigmata, Part I: Habitus And Speaking Of The Future Otherwise In Lois Mcmaster Bujold’S “The Borders Of Infinity”, Andrew Hallam

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

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This article will explore the connection between Lois McMaster Bujold’s novella “The Borders of Infinity,” the Aristotelian theory of habitus as developed further in the letters of the Apostle Paul and by the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, and the four senses of interpretation of scripture first conceived in antiquity and later refined by medieval philosophers. Habitus as a durable disposition, state, or condition (Aristotle) is a structured and structuring social practice or set of social practices (Bourdieu) that …


A Vision With A Business: Kerista Commune’S Utopian Capitalism, Annelise Vought Oct 2025

A Vision With A Business: Kerista Commune’S Utopian Capitalism, Annelise Vought

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Self-Justification In The Artistic Practice And Artworks Of Kibbutz Women Artists, Ruth Yurovski Oct 2025

Self-Justification In The Artistic Practice And Artworks Of Kibbutz Women Artists, Ruth Yurovski

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Constructing Community: Building Design, Infrastructure, And Ecological Habitus At Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Zach Rubin, Joshua Lockyer Oct 2025

Constructing Community: Building Design, Infrastructure, And Ecological Habitus At Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Zach Rubin, Joshua Lockyer

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


The Marketplace, Migration, And Material Culture: Origins Of Distinction In Kentucky Shaker Furniture, Marc A. Rhorer Oct 2025

The Marketplace, Migration, And Material Culture: Origins Of Distinction In Kentucky Shaker Furniture, Marc A. Rhorer

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


(((Qpie))) Prior Art 2 Of 9 Resonance Science, Teddy Burroughs Oct 2025

(((Qpie))) Prior Art 2 Of 9 Resonance Science, Teddy Burroughs

Defensive Publications Series

The Grand Unified Theory (QPIE)

Perspective Is Everything – What we are Believing, Expecting and Feeling in Life Matters

(((QPIE))) Prior Art Disclosure Part 2 of 9

(((QPIE))) Prior Art Disclosure - Frontiers & Strategic Coherence

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The Student Movement Volume 110 Issue 4: Remembering Those We Have Lost, Megan Constantine, Esther Martin, Andrew Francis, Madison Vath, Lia Glass, Isa Demoraes, Nicholas Gunn, Aiko J. Ayala Rios, Joey Carrion, Brennan Jarnes, Caleb Chung, Nicoleta Cojan, Alyssa Caruthers, Melissa Moore, Nathaniel Reid Oct 2025

The Student Movement Volume 110 Issue 4: Remembering Those We Have Lost, Megan Constantine, Esther Martin, Andrew Francis, Madison Vath, Lia Glass, Isa Demoraes, Nicholas Gunn, Aiko J. Ayala Rios, Joey Carrion, Brennan Jarnes, Caleb Chung, Nicoleta Cojan, Alyssa Caruthers, Melissa Moore, Nathaniel Reid

The Student Movement V. 110 (2025-2026)

HUMANS

From Student to Staff: Jeana Wallin Reimagines Alumni Connections at Andrews, Megan Constantine

Balancing Act: Freshman Laura Valenzi's Thoughts on College Life, Esther Martin

AU Remembers Micah Harris, Andrew Francis

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Arts, Crafts, and...Dish Towels?, Madison Vath

The Lost Art of Episodic Television, Lia Glass

NEWS

Alabanzas: Celebrating Faith and Culture, Isa DeMoraes

AU Student Dies in Tragic Lake Drowning, Andrew Francis

Andrews University Pre-Law Students Volunteer at Expungement Fair, Nicholas Gunn

Andrews Mourns Former Seminarian Takura Carlos Rukuni, Aiko J. Ayala Rios

IDEAS

Why the House of Representatives is Capped at 435 Members, Joey Carrion

AI-ko …


The Role Of Cooperatives In Social Capital Formation: Empirical Evidence In Indonesia, Nia Kurnia Sholihah, Muhammad Halley Yudhistira, Sulistiadi Dono Iskandar Oct 2025

The Role Of Cooperatives In Social Capital Formation: Empirical Evidence In Indonesia, Nia Kurnia Sholihah, Muhammad Halley Yudhistira, Sulistiadi Dono Iskandar

Jurnal Kebijakan Ekonomi

Social capital is one of the indicators used to assess changes in societal conditions, particularly in evaluating the sustainability of welfare. Higher social capital tends to reduce conflict and facilitate economic transactions. Cooperatives, as organizations with dual objectives (economic and social), represent one potential mechanism for strengthening social capital within communities. This study adopts a quantitative approach and uses Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) data to estimate the impact of cooperative participation on social capital formation, proxied by individuals’ trust across various dimensions and events.


Religious, Spiritual, And Cultural Influences Of Dysphagia In The Usa, Emily J. Helder, Elizabeth Oommen, Natalie Bekmetjev, Abigail Mosher, Laura Schipper, Stacia Hoeksema, Katie Georges, Maddie Willemstein, Anna Bierma, Emily Cameron Oct 2025

Religious, Spiritual, And Cultural Influences Of Dysphagia In The Usa, Emily J. Helder, Elizabeth Oommen, Natalie Bekmetjev, Abigail Mosher, Laura Schipper, Stacia Hoeksema, Katie Georges, Maddie Willemstein, Anna Bierma, Emily Cameron

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Dysphagia, difficulty with swallowing, affects approximately 16% of US adults and can result from conditions such as stroke, neurodegenerative conditions, and cancer. Despite growing emphasis on the intersection of religion/spirituality (R/S) and health, little research has examined these connections in dysphagia. This qualitative study explored the impact of dysphagia on engagement in R/S rituals and communities and access to cultural food traditions. It also examined ways that R/S beliefs shaped coping practices in persons with dysphagia and their caregivers. Data were gathered through focus group sessions as a part of an interprofessional support group. Participants’ dysphagia symptoms were caused by …


Rape Myth Acceptance, Pretrial Publicity, And Decision-Making: An Examination Of Perceptions Of Victim Credibility And Perpetrator Guilt In A Real-World Sexual Assault Case, Lindsey Strouse Oct 2025

Rape Myth Acceptance, Pretrial Publicity, And Decision-Making: An Examination Of Perceptions Of Victim Credibility And Perpetrator Guilt In A Real-World Sexual Assault Case, Lindsey Strouse

Student Theses

This study explores how the media narratives and political perspective of pretrial publicity (PTP) can influence jurors’ perceptions in sexual assault cases, raising significant concerns about justice in courtrooms. Specifically, it examines whether media framing of a real-life sexual assault case — through varying media narratives, with media that either challenges or endorses rape myths, and media source (liberal vs. conservative) — affects mock jurors’ rape myth acceptance (RMA), views of victim credibility, and judgements of perpetrator guilt. Participants first completed a RMA scale, then read mock news articles varying in media narrative and political affiliations (media source), followed by …


Liberatory And Public Health Harm Reduction: Retracing Genealogies, Forming Queer Imaginaries, Ana Sofia Harrison Oct 2025

Liberatory And Public Health Harm Reduction: Retracing Genealogies, Forming Queer Imaginaries, Ana Sofia Harrison

Sociology Between the Gaps: Forgotten and Neglected Topics

No abstract provided.


2016 - Appalachian Student Research Forum Program Booklet, Appalachian Student Research Forum, East Tennessee State University Oct 2025

2016 - Appalachian Student Research Forum Program Booklet, Appalachian Student Research Forum, East Tennessee State University

Appalachian Student Research Forum

No abstract provided.


2011 - Appalachian Student Research Forum Program Booklet, Appalachian Student Research Forum, East Tennessee State University Oct 2025

2011 - Appalachian Student Research Forum Program Booklet, Appalachian Student Research Forum, East Tennessee State University

Appalachian Student Research Forum

No abstract provided.


2009 - Appalachian Student Research Forum Program Booklet, Appalachian Student Research Forum, East Tennessee State University Oct 2025

2009 - Appalachian Student Research Forum Program Booklet, Appalachian Student Research Forum, East Tennessee State University

Appalachian Student Research Forum

No abstract provided.


2008 - Appalachian Student Research Forum Program Booklet, Appalachian Student Research Forum, East Tennessee State University Oct 2025

2008 - Appalachian Student Research Forum Program Booklet, Appalachian Student Research Forum, East Tennessee State University

Appalachian Student Research Forum

No abstract provided.