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Emphasizing A Student-Centered Process: Open Pedagogy Course Assessments Across Disciplines, Angela M. Mcgowan-Kirsch, Kelly Soczka Steidinger, Christina R. Hilburger, Heather J. Hether, Jean Hertzberg, Amanda Lohiser

Milne Open Textbooks

Emphasizing a Student-Centered Process: Open Pedagogy Course Assessments Across Disciplines showcases how Open Educational Practices (OEP) empower students as active contributors to knowledge creation. Grounded in constructivist principles, this collection highlights student-centered assessments—from collaborative course design and renewable assignments to generative artificial intelligence—that foster critical thinking, active learning, and inclusivity. Through practical examples and reflective discussions, the book provides educators with actionable strategies to integrate open pedagogical practices across disciplines while addressing challenges such as institutional support, professional development, and resource accessibility.

Biophobia And Pet Ownership: Can Having A Pet Mitigate Our Fear And Aversion Towards Nature?, Alexia Barrable

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

Biophobia, which we defined as fear, disgust, or aversion toward natural environments or organisms, has received little empirical attention when compared to biophilia, despite its implications for human and planetary wellbeing. This mixed-methods study explores the relationship between pet ownership, biophobia, and nature connectedness among 373 English- speaking adults. Quantitative findings reveal that (M = 26.4) exhibit significantly lower levels of biophobia than non-pet owners (M = 30.1; U = 5179, Z = -2.95, p = .002, R = 0.27), although no significant differences in nature connectedness were found across pet ownership (U = 7033, Z = 0.31, p = …

From Weberian Rationalization To Javascript Components: Modularism In Academic Library Software, Mark E. Eaton

Publications and Research

This paper considers modular approaches to building library software and situates these practices within the context of the rationalizing logics of modern programming. It briefly traces modularism through its elaboration in the social sciences, in computer science and ultimately describes it as it is deployed in contemporary academic libraries. Using the methodology of a case study, we consider some of the very tangible and pragmatic benefits of a modular approach, while also touching upon some of the broader implications. We find that the modularism is deeply integrated into modern software practice, and that it can help support the work of …

State Sexual Violence At Carceral Institutions In Iowa: A Position Paper, Chikako Inoue

Sociology Between the Gaps: Forgotten and Neglected Topics

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A Neutrosophic Locality-Based Algebraic Model For Evaluating Teaching Quality In Music And Dance Classes: Hybrid Human Performance As A Multidimensional Entity, Yuxi Guo, Yue Zhang

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Citizen Perception Of Institutional Communication: A Study With Plithogenic Hypotheses, Karla Melissa Ruiz Quezada, Juan Roberto Pereira Salcedo, Ronald Ricky Alcívar Cabada, Pedro Ma Nuel Garcia Arias M.C, Edison Luis Cruz Navarrete

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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M-Polar Single-Valued Neutrosophic Sets For Evaluation Of University Sports Management Models And Sports Teaching Quality, Huali Huang

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Triple-Valued Neutrosophic Off For Public Digital Cultural Service Level Evaluation In Craft And Art Museums, Jiarong Jia

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Sets And Systems, Vol. 88,2025, Florentin Smarandache, Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Maikel. Leyva Vazquez

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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2025 Latinx Heritage Month, Illinois State University, Latin American And Latino/A Studies Program

Latinx Heritage Month Posters

Schedule of events for Illinois State University's Latinx Heritage Month celebration

Modern Zombies As Subaltern In Max Brooks’S World War Z: An Oral History Of The Zombie War (2006), Hamza Alwan Jaber, Azhar Noori Fejer

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Max Brooks’s World War Z (2006) has made many contributions to the zombie genre, particularly in making it an international plague. With key situations occurring in the Middle East, which in the Christian tradition will be the location of the “End of Days,” the Apocalypse, the Armageddon at the Megiddo. While Brooks was not the first to assign infectious disease/plague/epidemiology as the cause of zombies, he emphasized that explanation for the 21st-century culture that has been rife with fears of disease and pandemics, from Ebola, Bird flu, etc. This study aims to show the image of the modern zombie as …

The Effect Of The Popsicle Sticks Strategy On Developing Socratic Thinking Among First-Grade Intermediate Female Students In Social Studies, Zainab Ali Dara

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The current research aims to find out the impact of the ice cream sticks strategy in the development of sounding thinking among first-grade intermediate students towards sociology and to achieve the goal of the research, the researcher formulated the following null hypothesis: (There is no statistically significant difference at the level of (0.05) between the average scores of the experimental group students who study sociology according to the ice cream sticks strategy and the average scores of the control group students who study the same subject according to the traditional method of testing the saber thinking. In a random manner, …

Urban Sprawl's Effect On Social And Behavioral Changes In Desert Environments, Huda Abozaid Esmail, Dr- Engy Ibrahim Al-Darwish, Dr. Ahmed Hussein Abo Al-Saadat

Journal of Engineering Research

As one of the most important modern urban dynamics that reshapes social structures and redefines residents' psychological frameworks, this study explores the behavioral and social effects of urban sprawl in desert environments. In order to investigate the complex effects of unchecked urban growth, the study employs four interconnected analytical frameworks: social capital, fragmented urbanism, urban alienation, and social change. Rapid and uncontrolled urban growth in delicate ecosystems, like desert cities, weakens conventional social cohesion, breaks communal links, and fosters increased sentiments of spatial detachment and alienation, according to the report. It also examines the effects of these changes on communal …

The Dynamics Of Implementing International Norms On The Elimination Of Sexual Violence In Indonesia, Muhammad Iqbal Yunazwardi, Erina Ikawati

Global: Jurnal Politik Internasional

This study analyses the dynamics of the implementation of international norms regarding the elimination of sexual violence in Indonesia, with a focus on the influence of narrative contestation on the protection of victims. Although Indonesia has ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), implementing these norms at the domestic level still faces various challenges. The ratification of the Sexual Violence Crime Law (TPKS Law) marks a significant milestone in the protection of victims. Still, its effectiveness is doubtful due to resistance from domestic actors and political interests that shape the public will. Through …

An Exploration Of Temporally Differentiated Associations Between Alcohol Outlets, Social Disorganization, And Assaults: A Multilevel Approach, Jinuk Jeong, Yunho Yeom

Publications and Research

A substantial body of research consistently shows that the concentration of alcohol outlets is positively associated with violent crimes, such as assaults. While recent studies have incorporated both spatial and temporal dimensions of this relationship, particularly within-day variations, how this temporally differentiated association of alcohol outlets with violent crimes varies depending on the broader context, such as social disorganization, remains underexplored. This study addresses this research gap by investigating whether the relationship between alcohol outlets and assaults in New York City from 2017 to 2019 differs by time of the day, while accounting for neighborhood structures in terms of their …

Uteach A Quarter Of Century In Review: Impacts, Challenges, And New Directions In Stem Teacher Preparation, Patrick Mcguire, Mary Urquhart, Mary Enderson, Kimberly Hughes, Michael Marder, Elizabeth R. Goldberg

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences Faculty Publications

This article provides a summary of the first quarter century of the UTeach secondary STEM teacher preparation program (from 1997-2022). In addition to UTeach program expansion and impact statistics, we highlight current challenges faced by secondary STEM teacher preparation programs, including overall declines in university-based enrollments. To conclude, we discuss new directions of UTeach and offer recommendations for ways that university-based stakeholders can work together with K-12 district partners to make a positive impact on teacher preparation and STEM education for the next 25 years.

Nurses And International Service Work: Do Short-Term Trips Really Make A Difference?, Stephanie Matthew

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Introduction: Nursing students often have international service-learning (ISL) experiences (Huang et al., 2020; McClure et al., 2020; McKinnon et al., 2022). ISL often includes ethical concerns (Claire et al., 2022; Greig et al., 2022; Rowthorn et al., 2019). Additionally, we do not have strong studies linking ISL to effects on nursing practice later. Many trips show short-term benefits for nurses, but it is unclear whether ISL will improve patient care at home later (Wu et al., 2020).

Purpose Statement: The purpose of this study was to explore the reflections of registered nurses to discover how past ISL influence their current …

Cultivating Critical Hope: Reflections On Pedagogical Partnerships In Higher Education, Austen Morris

Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education

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Introduction: The Framing Perspectives Student And Faculty Partners Bring To Their Work, Amy Reyes, Alison Cook-Sather, Asma Zulfiqar, Anna Santucci, Bonnie Mullinix, Sharon Ultsch

Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education

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Section Iii -- College Of Liberal Arts Policies And Procedures (Updated 9/12/2025), All Faculty

Faculty Handbooks

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2025-09-12 Minutes & Appendices, Longwood University

Board of Visitors Meeting Minutes 1964-

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September 12, 2025 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

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Ud In The News Sept. 6-12, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Local media covered the University's remembrance of 9/11 and blessing of first responders. Faculty experts provided insight to Public News Service, WWL-AM in New Orleans, knewz, WYSO-FM, the Dayton Daily News and Dayton 24/7 Now.

2025 September 12 - Academic, Research And Student Success Committee Agenda And Minutes, Board Of Trustees, East Tennessee State University

Board of Trustees Agendas and Minutes

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The Beacon, September 12, 2025, Beacon Staff

The Beacon, 2025-2026

New and improved NW food; Teacher Of The Year: Scott Monsma; The Gray Havens most vulnerable album; Lifelight festival in Sioux Falls impactful; Strong start for movie “Caught Stealing”; Black V is back on stage for another season; Returning raiders: alumni working at NW; VPH: refreshed and refurnished; Art deco: maximalism; Over the trend of craftism; Raiders take down Waldorf in first game; Raiders win in first volleyball GPAC matchup; Raiders illuminated in Twilight meet; Cracker Barrel changes course; The problems with poorly planned pranks

Political Empowerment Of West Java Pdi-P Women’S Cadres In The 2024 Legislative Election, Ahmad Rifki Nurfebriansyah, Mudiyati Rahmatunnisa, Ratnia Solihah

Jurnal Wacana Politik

The involvement of women in political parties cannot be ignored. This is because gender equality allows democracy to function properly. PDI-P is the only party that has the highest level of women participation. West Java is one of the crucial provinces in both the 2024 General Election or Regional Election. This study aims to explore how women’s empowerment is carried out by PDI-P West Java in each stage of their politics and what the results are. Qualitative research is conducted by collecting primary and secondary data. Primary data is conducted by interviewing selected informants and secondary data trough related document. …

Global Solidarities Against Water Grabbing: "Without Water, We Have Nothing", Dr. Caitlin H. Schroering

LAII Events

Friday, September 12, 2025 | 01:30 pm - 02:30 pm

Sociology Commons | Social Sciences 1061

About:

Dr. Schroering analyzes the global dynamics of water privatization and seizure by corporations and government infrastructure projects. Through her research on resistance to such efforts by the Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens (MAB), she outlines activist strategies to communicate and safeguard their communities’ environmental interests in the midst of rapidly escalating water crises in the Global South.

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This event is free and open to the public.

A Picture Paints A Thousand Words: Understanding How People Conceptualise Autism Through Images, Gray Atherton, Emily Dawson, Andrea Piovesan, Lauren Hawksworth-Quill, Liam Cross

School of Psychology

Conceptions of autism and neurodiversity vary widely, with differing views on how they are portrayed in contemporary culture. Although autism scholars have long advocated for greater involvement of autistic individuals in knowledge creation, meaningful co-production between autistic stakeholders, researchers, and the broader community remains limited. To explore differences in autism knowledge between autistic and non-autistic people, we used a qualitative method called visual elicitation. We invited the public to upload an image they felt represented autism and explain their choice. Through thematic analysis of these images and their accompanying descriptions, we identified three key themes highlighting how autism is currently …

Patterns Of Resilience, Patterns Of Tragedy: Perspectives From Inside And Outside To Theorize Beneficial Interventions Serving Urban African American Youth Struggling With Community Violence, Katherine Tyson Mccrea, Kevin Miller, Amzie Moore, Heather L. Watson

Social Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works

Community violence, defined as violence perpetrated in community as opposed to home settings, is a salient social problem, causing terror and tragedy, especially in urban, low-income communities of color. Interventions supporting youth struggling with community violence have been insufficiently studied and theorized, especially from strengths-focused, culturally relevant standpoints in the context of contemporary social policies. This paper outlines psychodynamic theoretical models for services that have been developed via participatory research and provided for 19 years for over 1000 youth. Then, to understand how youth make use of the programs from an “inside” perspective, four intensive case examples are described. From …

Demographic And Economic Implications Of Alternative Us Immigration Policies, Guizhen Ma, Erin Trouth Hofmann, Ethan Sharygin

Publications, Reports and Presentations

Due to the United States’ decades-long stalemate in federal immigration policy-making, major institutional forecasts of the U.S. population have not included assumptions about changes in immigration policy. However, the 2016 election of President Donald Trump and the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated just how much policy shifts can affect immigration flows, with substantial implications for the country’s demographic future. We created national-level population and economic projections through 2060 using nine different immigration policy scenarios, reflecting differences in both the scale of immigration allowed and the mix of immigrant visas issued (family reunification versus economic and labor visas). The projections highlight the dramatically …