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Towards Just Futures: A Feminist Approach To Speculative Design For Policy Making, Sofie-Amalie Torp Dideriksen, Himanshu Verma, Nazli Cila, Dave Murray-Rust

DRS Biennial Conference Series

There is a call for more use of future-oriented design methods like speculative de-sign in developing policies. While these methods offer potential benefits in helping future-proof policies, they also run the risk of solidifying existing structures of pow-er if not applied critically. In this paper, we describe a case study examining smart doorbells in Amsterdam, where we created a speculative design exhibition grounded in feminist theory in order to challenge the existing power structures in the public domain. We then discuss the insights from our design process and the reaction the exhibition received in light of how feminist theory can …

Through The Megascope: Reimagining Design Education, Nekita Thomas, Lisa Mercer, Teressa Moses, Angelica Sibrian

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Addressing global challenges like racial tension and health inequalities, this paper urges a reimagining of design education's core principles. Four educators from diverse, often marginalized backgrounds collaboratively investigate design education's future, moving beyond mere reflection. Their insights fuel a broader initiative to envision inclusive design education. Drawing inspiration from W.E.B. Du Bois’ 'Megascope', this concept resists conventional paradigms, sheds light on overlooked narratives, and challenges ingrained epistemologies. The Megascope acts as a dynamic discourse tool, pushing the boundaries of design education. The educators, influenced by the Megascope's principles and their backgrounds, emphasize their dedication to anti-racist, equity-driven education, underscoring the …

Materials Designers And The Translational Approach: A Case From A Product Design Company, Sofia Soledad Duarte Poblete, Laura Anselmi, Valentina Rognoli

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Design professionals are inherently translators due to the multi-faceted nature of the design process that often encompasses considerations of technologies, manufacturing, materials, etc. In investigating the emerging practice of 'materials designers', it has been found that they must develop strong 'translational design skills' to address a material-driven design process when collaborations with diverse stakeholders exist. Especially to create new materials and products or to obtain exclusive material features and experiences. Through a real-life case study on developing a circularity-oriented material from waste, this paper articulates translational design practice in materials design, highlighting its relevance in the design process. The study …

Genocide Memorialization Through Law In Bosnia And Herzegovina: Reconciling The Irreconcilable?, Carna Pistan

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

This article focuses on the law banning genocide denial and other war crimes and the glorification of convicted war criminals imposed in Bosnia and Herzegovina by the former High Representative Valentin Inzko in mid-2021 to facilitate the country’s reconciliation process. It first positions the genocide denial ban into the vast category of memory laws by examining its content and scope, as well as the reactions and consequences it has provoked up to now. The article maintains that an internationally imposed memory law cannot create reconciliation in a deeply divided society. It shows, on the contrary, that the imposed legislation has …

E-Learning Challenges Faced By University Teachers During Covid-19 Pandemic, Ayesha Noor, Sana Mumtaz, Fozia Malik, Sultan Maqsood

The Qualitative Report

The research has explored various challenges related to E-learning dynamics faced by high-education academicians during the COVID-19 period. To develop an in-depth understanding, qualitative research methods were used and the narrative inquiry method was integrated for collecting data from interviewees. Data were collected from 14 university teachers via focus group discussions in which respondents were required to provide written narrations about the teaching-related challenges as well. Data were narrated from the words of respondents using the thematic analysis approach. Based on the analysis, seven major themes were derived and characterized as the key challenges of e-learning during COVID-19 named as …

The Relationship Between Abusive Management And Counterproductive Employee Behavior In The United States, Norma Ivette Rosado

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Abusive supervision is a kind of destructive leadership that has a detrimental influence on direct subordinates, teams, and the whole business, and counterproductive work behavior has been a critical worry for researchers and managers over the last three decades. It results in undesirable reactions, including workplace deviance, damaging attitudes, and unproductive work habits. Toxic leadership and followership are still relatively new areas of study within the broader field of leadership studies. This study aimed to determine the effects of abusive management on personnel and the business. With counterproductive work behavior (CWB) becoming an increasingly prevalent concept in the workplace, the …

Development And Preliminary Validation Of The Internalized Heterosexist Racism Measure For Sexual Minorities Of Color, Juan Pantoja-Patino

Dissertations

Research on intersectional internalized oppression among sexual minorities of color is scant. One of the reasons as to why such oppression is understudied amongst such population is the lack of psychological measures. At the same time, sexual minorities of color are faced with the negative impact of living in a racist and heterosexist society. Therefore, this study is one of first to develop and preliminarily validate the Internalized Heterosexist Racism Measure (IHRM) that evaluates internalized heterosexist racism in sexual minorities of color. By applying an intersectionality framework, the IHRM was generated from an extensive literature review and then reviewed by …

Um Students Win Medals In Russian Poetry Recital Competition, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi students recently received medals from a prestigious national Russian poetry recital competition.

The Relationship Between Abusive Management And Counterproductive Employee Behavior In The United States, Norma Ivette Rosado

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Abusive supervision is a kind of destructive leadership that has a detrimental influence on direct subordinates, teams, and the whole business, and counterproductive work behavior has been a critical worry for researchers and managers over the last three decades. It results in undesirable reactions, including workplace deviance, damaging attitudes, and unproductive work habits. Toxic leadership and followership are still relatively new areas of study within the broader field of leadership studies. This study aimed to determine the effects of abusive management on personnel and the business. With counterproductive work behavior (CWB) becoming an increasingly prevalent concept in the workplace, the …

A Case Study Of Layered Border Security And Traffic Problems At Laredo, Texas Port Of Entry, Christopher S. Castacio

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Securing the border is the United States Government's top priority to keep terrorists, illegal weapons, nuclear weapons, human smuggling, and drug smuggling from entering the United States during the continuous crossing of legitimate international trades and legitimate travelers. The primary purpose of this qualitative research study was to examine layered U.S. border security and analyze the vehicle and pedestrian flow of traffic problems in Laredo, Texas, Port of Entry. Qualitative methodology was used in this study using seven interviews and open-ended questionnaires. This study's theories were the environment criminology theory, which explored and analyzed the criminal act's environment; and the …

A Case Study Of Layered Border Security And Traffic Problems At Laredo, Texas Port Of Entry, Christopher S. Castacio

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Securing the border is the United States Government's top priority to keep terrorists, illegal weapons, nuclear weapons, human smuggling, and drug smuggling from entering the United States during the continuous crossing of legitimate international trades and legitimate travelers. The primary purpose of this qualitative research study was to examine layered U.S. border security and analyze the vehicle and pedestrian flow of traffic problems in Laredo, Texas, Port of Entry. Qualitative methodology was used in this study using seven interviews and open-ended questionnaires. This study's theories were the environment criminology theory, which explored and analyzed the criminal act's environment; and the …

Fort Hays State University Tiger Weekly, June 21, 2024, University Relations

Tiger Weekly Newsletters

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Oppressive Pushout: Examining Differences In Discipline And “Dropout” By Race, Gender, And Sexual Orientation, Danielle N. Aguilar, Taylor Lewis, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Pearl Lo, Ángel González, Jason C. Garvey, Mario I. Suárez

Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education

Drawing on well-established insights, our study adds nuance to the discussion regarding school pushout practices by centering race, sexual orientation and gender beyond the binary. By way of descriptive and inferential statistics using the High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS:09), our article seeks to disrupt the cisheteronormative discussion regarding exclusionary school discipline and institutionally inflicted pushout that impacts the educational trajectories and opportunities of queer and trans Black, Indigenous, students of color (QT BIPOC). Results from our chi-square analyses revealed significant differences in rates of cutting/skipping class, in-school suspension, suspension or expulsion, and dropping out across our four groups: QT BIPOC …

Race As A Two-Sided Factor In Perceptions Of Policing: The Intersection Of Community Race And Police Race, Dani Wolfe

Theses

Police practices tend to produce disparate outcomes for people of color. Outcome disparities have been addressed in other industries by increasing representativeness within those industries (i.e., increasing “organizational diversity”), though the outcome of these efforts is less clear in policing. Despite mixed findings, examining the barriers and facilitators to diversity within policing has been a growing focus of related research. While research has been done that investigates the experiences of minority race officers and how the presence of minority race officers may affect perceptions of police integrity in communities, little research has focused on how minority communities perceive minority police …

Bridging The Gap To Every American: How A National Regulatory Sandbox Can Prompt Radical Collaboration To Adopt Legal Artificial Intelligence Tools, Samuel Hoy Brown Vii

Georgia State University Law Review

The United States of America is at a crossroads. The foundational promises of the American dream—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—have been thrust into public pessimism as the nation’s most economically vulnerable populations find themselves outsiders in their own communities, unable to access the legal tools and services required to resolve even the most rudimentary of legal disputes. In the wake of groundbreaking studies by the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System and the American Bar Association’s Commission on the Future of Legal Services, the need for alternative legal service providers is more prevalent than ever. …

Maturing Out Of Crime: A Test Of The Integrated Maturation Theory Of Desistance, Kelly E. Kortright

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation partially tested a newer integrated theory, the Integrated Maturation Theory (IMT) of desistance. IMT argues that as maturation increases across five maturation domains (social role, civic, identity, psychosocial, and neurocognitive) the likelihood of offending decreases. Using a sample of serious justice-involved juveniles spanning ages 14-24 from the Pathways to Desistance Study, the individual and simultaneous maturation domain development of the social role, civic, identity, and psychosocial maturation domains, were explored for heterogeneity. Using a group-based trajectory modeling approach, including multi-trajectory modeling, this study advanced the understanding of maturation development by identifying sub-groups following declining trajectories of maturation and …

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Substance Abuse Treatment Within The Illinois Prison System And Its Effect On Recidivism, Maria Dimeglio

Master's Theses

The present study aims to evaluate the efficacy of two specific substance use disorder (SUD) treatment programs within the Illinois State prison system between July 1, 2010, and June 30, 2015. This study utilizes a quasi-experimental research design to evaluate the corrections-based Therapeutic Community (TC) programs at the Sheridan and Southwestern Illinois Correctional Centers. These programs are evaluated based on the effects they have on reoffending, specifically highlighting their effect on young individuals. The final sample used in the present study was taken from a population of 72,906 men released from the Illinois state prison system between July 1, 2010, …

Effect Of Incarceration On Prisoners Diagnosed With Mental Health Conditions: Trauma, Treatment, And Transitioning, Ingria S. Haywood

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

A mental illness is a medical disorder that affects a person’s behavior, thoughts, and emotions. It also has an impact on social and cognitive functions. Misuse of substances, biological factors, or abuse, whether as a victim or a bystander to repeated abuse, are all variables that contribute to mental illness. The prevalence of mental illness among incarcerated prisoners is alarming, and it is nondiscriminatory in that it affects both men and women. Several variables contribute to inmates’ susceptibility to mental health problems. Anxiety disorders, depression as a mood disorder, dementia, and schizophrenia are examples of these. A diagnosis of mental …

Innovation And Technology: The Era Of Autonomous Cars And Their Outcomes In Law Enforcement, Gabrielle Banish

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this research study is to explore the cybersecurity of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs), including the technological challenges, barriers, and impacts on society. This research study provides a framework for law enforcement agencies to understand the scope of security of AVs and develop relevant policies and strategies to enhance the security of these vehicles. AVs are a relatively nascent concept in the automotive industry, and thus, there is limited knowledge about cybersecurity. In the upcoming years, there will probably be a considerable increase in the number of semi-autonomous vehicles on many US and European roads. Some experts even predict …

A Causal Comparison Study Of Social-Emotional Learning At Private Elementary And Middle Schools With And Without Restorative Practices After Covid-19, Jai'eisha Huntley

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this study was to conduct a quantitative, causal-comparative study to determine if there was a significant difference in social-emotional learning between students at elementary and middle private schools with and without restorative practices after COVID-19. There is limited research investigating the integration of social-emotional learning and restorative practices and their effects on private elementary and middle school students. This study was important to pinpoint whether integrating social emotional learning and restorative practices has a significant benefit on student’s self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. The study includes 128 students from grades three-eight. Students were …

A Qualitative Descriptive Study Of Therapists And Their Work With Socially Isolated Female Victims Of Sexual Violence Amid The Covid-19 Pandemic, Iris Lazette Saldivar

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to assess the experiences of therapists and the descriptions of their navigation processes while working with female victims of sexual violence who were socially isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Texas. The theory that guided this study was the theoretical framework of loneliness, social isolation, and associated health outcomes. The research study focuses on two research questions that sought to examine the experiences and navigation of virtual treatment of therapists who provided counseling during the COVID-19 pandemic from March 2020 to March 2022. This study sought to find a …

Mass Incarceration: Racial Disparities Within The U.S. Criminal Justice System, Crystal Nichole Pugh

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The United States incarceration rate has remained steady at over two million people incarcerated within their criminal justice facilities. Among the U.S. criminal justice system incarcerated populations, African Americans are disproportionately represented contributing to its overwhelming numbers and overcrowded facilities nationwide. Studies have shown racial disparities experienced within the correctional system have been credited as a direct result of decision-making at various points throughout the criminal justice process. Previous and even current research on racial disparities within the criminal justice system have attributed much of its data to disproportionate minority contacts in the juvenile population and a heavy police presence …

Low-Income Litigants In The Sandbox: Court Record Data And The Legal Technology A2j Market, Claire Johnson Raba

St. John's Law Review

(Excerpt)

Katrina was a community college student with two children, trying to juggle work, childcare, and school. During class in the spring of 2018, her phone buzzed incessantly. She looked down to see a message from her roommate saying a process server had shown up at the house to deliver a summons and complaint, naming Katrina in a lawsuit filed in county court by a debt collection company she had never heard of. Katrina turned to the internet for help and found herself overwhelmed with advertisements that began to pop up in her social media feeds trying to get her …

Ua-Rg13-01 Executive Director For Budget & Institutional Research / Office Of The Vice-President, Archives

Archives Registers

correspondence, committees, flyers, budget data, notices, announcements, cards, 1972-2007

Ua-Rg05-10 College Of Arts And Sciences / Criminal Justice, Archives

Archives Registers

Program description, various newspaper clippings, faculty schedules and lectures, review committee meeting notes 1973-1980

Ua-Rg05-01 College Of Arts And Sciences / Office Of The Dean, Archives

Archives Registers

Faculty publications, various academic/personnel documents, departmental reviews, various staff correspondence/documents (1938-1992)

Ua-Rg04-01 Academic Affairs / Office Of The Provost, Archives

Archives Registers

USM self-report to NEASC, policy reports, program curricula, correspondence, fellowship recipients (1965-2008)

Intersection Between Psychopathy And Aggression In Correctional Officers, Lindsay Bergeson

Theses and Graduate Projects

Excessive use of force incidents within the last decade has resulted in high media coverage. One consequence of this high media coverage is the community more frequently questioning the personality characteristics of police and correctional officers. While the literature has begun to dive into the maladaptive traits of police officers and its relationship to excessive use of force, research on this topic in correctional institutions is scarce. The present study examined the relationship between psychopathy, aggression, and use of force in 27 correctional officers (COs) in Minnesota. The study collected self-report data from COs enrolled in Crisis Intervention Training. Using …

Race And Police Violence: The Role Social Disorganization Plays In Police Use Of Force, Marcia J. Jackson

Student Theses

Abstract

The study aims to explore the relationship between neighborhood Social disorganization and police use of force, specifically focusing on the Precinct level as a potential factor influencing forceful actions. The data for this research was taken from the following secondary sources: NYC Open Data for NYPD use of force incidents (2018), NYPD Historical Arrest 2018, Info Share for NYPD complaints, and American Community Survey 2014-2018.

As noted by Stroshine & Brandi (2020), the issue of police use of force has been a longstanding controversy, but recent years have seen heightened scrutiny and turbulence surrounding policing practices in the United …

Cleaning The Dirty Pool: Testing Interaction Effects Using Different Panel Model Specifications, Rhiannon Berry

Dissertations and Theses

This exploratory study seeks to uncover the most effective approaches for constructing interaction terms within panel models. With no preconceived hypothesis in mind, the primary aim is to discern which modeling configuration yields the most robust results, laying the foundation for future research in statistical modeling. Using a large data set of sentencing reforms passed between the mid-1970s and mid-2000s, this study systematically assesses interaction terms and determines the most appropriate modeling. Different specifications of sentencing reforms at the state level within different modeling specifications will be explored to highlight which models are most appropriate in predicting imprisonment rates. By …