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(Re)Membering As Resistance: Learning From My Grandma’S Story In A Time Of Historical Erasure, Akilah K. Lyons-Moore

Occasional Paper Series

In the current moment of historical erasure—marked by book bans, curricular restrictions, and political efforts to sanitize discussions of race—(re)membering becomes a pedagogical imperative. Drawing on Morrison’s (1987) articulation of (re)membering and Black feminist theories of memory (Collins, 2000; Hartman, 2008; hooks, 1994), this paper uses narrative inquiry to trace the intergenerational educational journeys of a Black rural Southern woman born in 1914 and her granddaughter, a contemporary teacher educator. Through autobiography and lived experience, this paper examines how personal and communal histories counter disremembering (Trouillot, 1995) and the politics of being forgotten. By weaving together these two lives—rooted in …

Beyond The Chalkboard: Black Oral Traditions And The Kitchen Table As Pedagogy, Gerald D. Smith Jr

Occasional Paper Series

This article positions the kitchen table as a vital pedagogical archive within Black educational history. Drawing on the work of various Black scholars, it argues that domestic spaces—kitchen tables, living rooms, basements, and barbershops have long functioned as fugitive classrooms where Black communities cultivated knowledge, identity, and political consciousness beyond the constraints of formal schooling. Using Carrie Mae Weems’ Kitchen Table Series as a central metaphor, the article traces how oral traditions, storytelling, and community dialogue preserved Black intellectual traditions during eras of segregation, educator displacement, and systemic erasure throughout history. Highlighting Black feminist educators such as Anna Julia Cooper, …

Voices From The Atrato: Reclaiming Afrocolombian Education From The Riverbank, Siris Sulay Mena-Rivera, Karen Chaverra-Mosquera, Maure Aguirre Ortega

Occasional Paper Series

This article reconceptualizes the Atrato River as a living pedagogical archive that participates in the formation of Black education in Chocó, Colombia. Drawing on Black feminist oral methods, it centers a dialogue among Black educators to examine how educational knowledge emerges through relationships with the river, territory, memory, and community life. The analysis argues that river-based pedagogies distinct Afro-Colombian epistemologies that challenge White/Mestizo-centered and standardized models of schooling. Storytelling, river travel, intergenerational memory, and everyday territorial practices are examined as pedagogical processes through which Black communities sustain identity, historical consciousness, and collective sovereignty. The article further contends that the Atrato's …

Recovering A Gem: Melva L. Price, A New York City Teacher, Emmanuelle St. Jean

Occasional Paper Series

The paucity of research on the experiences of Black women teachers in integrated New York City schools underscores the need for further investigation. Studying Black women teachers in integrated school settings opens the door for reshaping the traditional framings of Black women teachers as revolutionary individuals who largely taught and transformed the learning experiences of Black children. This article focuses on Melva Price, a Latin language teacher at a New York City high school. Price became a teacher during a period of intense marginalization and oppression. Her journey to becoming a teacher, her pedagogical practices, and her experiences as a …

Black Pedagogical Excellence From Fugitive Classrooms To Freedom Dreams: An Endarkened Perspective, Romonda Middlebrooks-Jefferson

Occasional Paper Series

This article traces the long tradition of Black Pedagogical Excellence (BPE), a lineage spanning fugitive literacy practices, Reconstruction and Jim Crow classrooms, Black literary societies, Afrocentric schools, and contemporary Hip Hop and Afrofuturist learning spaces. Using Endarkened Feminist Epistemology as a guiding framework, I conceptualize Black educators’ stories as theory and their classrooms as sacred, intellectual, and political sites. Through historical-literary analysis and synthesis of current research, the manuscript highlights four enduring constructs of BPE—care as resistance, ideological clarity, cultural attentiveness, and humanism—while demonstrating how Hip Hop pedagogy, storywork, and speculative literacy practices extend these commitments today. In a climate …

(Re)Membering The Work Of Septima Clark Amid The Gift Of Chaos, Terrance J. Lewis, Alex Chisholm, Kristen E. Duncan

Occasional Paper Series

The current state of American society and the future of its democracy have caused many Americans to develop feelings of hopelessness, especially pertaining to education. In the spirit of Sankofa and using Dillard’s (2021) Spirit of Our Work, we (re)member the work of Septima Clark to seek what can be learned and applied during this period of societal unease and educational uncertainty. By (re)membering Septima Clark, we provide recommendations for thought practice that formal K-12 and community educators might consider as we navigate educational spaces amid an open and direct period of intellectual warfare.

Freedom Is Taught Here: Freedom Schools And The Radical Tradition Of Intergenerational Community Learning In Black Education, Trayc D. Freeman, Wintre F. Johnson, Tiffany D. Meadows, Christine Onyinyechi-Uju Emuka, Naila A. Smith

Occasional Paper Series

The Black American community has always understood the power of literacy and education, and the importance of Black self-sufficiency to attain these. The establishment of Freedom Schools during the 1964 Freedom Summer in Mississippi is an actualization of that understanding. Since 1995, the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) has carried on the work and legacy, with Freedom Schools still taking place all over the United States. For two summers, we, researchers from the University of Virginia, have had the opportunity to partner with a CDF Freedom School as part of a mixed-method research study. This essay serves as a reflection and …

Introduction: Recovering And Reclaiming Black Histories: Integrating Historical Perspectives In Teaching And Research, Mariah Deans Harmon, Taryrn T.C. Brown

Occasional Paper Series

During one of our many virtual writing sessions–spaces that for us had become as much about thinking and collective sensemaking as they were about writing–Taryrn shared plans for an upcoming research visit to Zimbabwe. Supported by an International Center Global Fellows grant at her institution, the research visit was intended to extend her existing research agenda into a more explicitly global and transnational context. Yet, as our conversation unfolded, what began as a discussion of an upcoming research experience deepened into reflection on place, memory, family, and the histories that accompany us into our scholarly work.

Five Stages Of Greek Religion., Gilbert Murray

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

Boston, Beacon Press [1951]

Call # : BL781 .M87

Contains underlining and marginal lining

PDF Information : 53 Pages. 3.8 MB

Uplifting And Shifting Graduate Professional Preparation Programs In Higher Education At Hbcus, Pietro A. Sasso, Justin Alexander, Ashley Gray, Adriel Hilton, Fred Bonner

New York Journal of Student Affairs

Scant research elucidates the contributions of both master’s-level and doctoral higher education administration professional preparation programs at HBCUs. These programs exist across only approximately 20% of these institutions. In this conceptual research piece, the researchers will explore the historical legacies and contemporary status of HBCU higher education graduate programs in higher education. Recommendations and future directions are provided to enhance capacity and amplify the contributions of these significant programs. These include strategies for program distinction, professional connectivities, and increasing scholarly contributions.

Chancery Court Takes Pro- “Sandbagging” Position, Underscoring Delaware’S Commitment To Honoring The Risk-Allocation Decisions Made By Parties In Negotiating M&A Agreements, Robert S. Reder, Miranda J. Moore

Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc

No abstract provided.

The Last Casebook Hero, Stephen J. Choi, Mitu Gulati

Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc

No abstract provided.

An Eco-Corpus Stylistic Analysis Of The Underland: A Deep Time Journey By Robert Macfarlane, Eman Adil Jaafar, Haida Kareem Ali

AUIQ Humanities and Social Sciences

This paper examines patterns of linguistic foregrounding in the nature writing book Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane (2019) through a corpus stylistic approach. It aims to identify and interpret distinctive language features that stand out within the text and shape its expressive qualities. Such foregrounded elements are shown to intensify both the aesthetic and persuasive dimensions of climate fiction, functioning as a narrative mechanism that draws readers into deeper engagement with environmental issues. By integrating insights from stylistics and climate discourse, the study highlights the role of this text as an effective medium for environmental communication and …

Bibliographie, Poej, Pierre Vialle

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

Le Droit Des Sociétés Anonymes Dans Certains Pays Arabes Du Proche-Orient – Étude Comparée, Michel Soumrani

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

Le Refus De Paiement Par Une Banque D’Un Compte Créditeur Ne Réalise Pas En Soi L’État De Cessation Des Paiements De La Dite Banque Au Regard De La Loi N° 2/67, Michel Soumrani

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

Les Monarchies De La Péninsule Arabique : Conditions De La Survie, Ghassane Salamé

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

Method And System For Determining Real-Time Operational Status Of A Merchant And Optimizing Dynamic Resource Strategy Thereof, Yuexi Chen

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure relates to a method and system for determining real-time operational status of a merchant and optimizing dynamic resource strategy thereof. The method involves obtaining real-time payment transaction data from a merchant and analyzing this data to determine the merchant's operational status. Furthermore, the method compares the real-time payment transaction data with historical payment transaction data to establish the busy and idle status of the merchant. It also includes generating a dynamic pricing modifier based on this comparison to effectively distribute demand across operational hours. Finally, the operational status and dynamic pricing modifier are communicated to a mapping …

Enterprise Software Portal, Syed Rizvi, Fatima Zahra Pendleton, Jason Glazman

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for managing software in an enterprise computing environment. A natural language query describing a software need is received from a client device. Search operations are concurrently initiated against a software catalog, comprising a lexical match operation applied to a text index representation of catalog entries, an approximate string match operation applied to a name attribute of the entries, and a vector similarity operation applied to embedding representations of the entries. Over a persistent event stream to the client device, a partial result set of each search operation is transmitted as that search operation …

The Role Of User-Generated Content Credibility In Enhancing Digital Emotional Engagement With Brand Identity: A Statistical Analysis Of Consumer Behaviour In E-Commerce, Ali Thamer Ali Al-Ibadi, Fatma Issa Hussien

AUIQ Humanities and Social Sciences

The growing role of user-generated content (UGC) in digital marketplaces has raised critical questions about how perceptions of credibility consumer emotions and behavior. This study examines how UGC credibility dimensions influence digital emotional engagement and subsequent consumer behavior in e-commerce settings. A mixed-method design integrating PLS-SEM, fsQCA, and netnography was applied to data collected from 437 active e-commerce consumers. Review neutrality (β = 0.318) and content accuracy (β = 0.284) were the strongest predictors of emotional engagement, while trust in content (β = 0.342) and sense of familiarity (β = 0.276) most effectively converted engagement into …

Operational Risks Of Insurance Against Banking Fraud, Manal Hameed Majeed

AUIQ Humanities and Social Sciences

This research paper attempts to examine the underlying paradox when using insurance as an instrument of transferring the banking fraud risk along with the introduction of new and complicated operational risks that have often been neglected in academic discussion. A mixed method research design is utilized, which combines quantitative analysis of 320 operational losses, 24 insurance policies and 72 valid questionnaires (from 80 distributed) along with the qualitative analysis based on 25 semi-structured interviews with risk managers, claims officers and legal advisors. The major findings of the research consist of the three-category differentiation of operational risks related to insurance – …

Les Mécanismes De Protection De La Liberté De Conscience Dans Un État Multi‑Communautaire : L'Exemple Libanais, Pierre Gannagé

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

La Protection Des Droits Fondamentaux Par Le Conseil D'État Du Liban, Hassan-Tabet Rifaat

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

Le Point De Départ Du Délai Du Recours Pour Excès De Pouvoir À La Suite D'Une Déclaration D'Utilité Publique En Droit Libanais, Elias Haswany

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

La Décentralisation Territoriale : Contribution À Un Débat Politique Et Administratif Fondamental, À Partir De L'Exemple Français, A.-H. Mesnard

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

Amortizing Vocabulary Projection Cost With Deferred Batched Verification, Karan Yadav

Defensive Publications Series

Autoregressive decoding in machine learning models with large vocabularies can be limited by memory bandwidth, as the output projection matrix may be read from memory for each generated token. A described method can address this by introducing a multi-step decoding process that first speculatively generates a sequence of draft tokens by scoring only a small, dynamic subset of the full vocabulary, while the full model body is still executed at every step.

Subsequently, a deferred, batched verification phase may validate the drafted tokens by computing full-vocabulary distributions for the entire sequence in a single operation. This approach can amortize the …

Chatgpt Employment Anxiety And Career Confidence: Discipline-Contingent Evidence From Malaysian Undergraduates, Fahd A. Raza, Abtar D. Singh, Rabia Anwar, Jonathan Js Kovilpillai, Analisa Hamdan, Fumiko Konno, Husna Hr Azami, Murali Raman

Higher Learning Research Communications

Background: The rapid diffusion of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has raised concerns about graduate employability, yet evidence on how ChatGPT employment anxiety relates to career confidence remains limited, particularly in non-Western contexts.

Objectives: We examined whether ChatGPT employment anxiety is associated with career confidence among Malaysian undergraduates and whether academic discipline or usage intensity moderates that association.

Methods: Using the Malaysian subset of the 2024–2025 Global ChatGPT Student Survey (Aristovnik et al., 2025; N = 315 ChatGPT users), we constructed a four-item employment anxiety index (α = .80) and estimated hierarchical ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions predicting a single-item measure …

A Mediterranean Puzzle: Paternity Leave Divergence In Italy And Spain, Ricardo Camacho

Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union

In 2019, the European Union (EU) adopted legislation establishing the right to paternity leave for fathers and second parents, advancing the equitable distribution of caregiving responsibilities and gender equality in labor markets. This paper examines why Italy and Spain—two Southern European Member States with shared historical, cultural, and religious legacies—have diverged significantly in their paternity leave entitlements: Spain offers nineteen weeks of full-paid paternity leave, while Italy provides just two. This paper finds that Spain’s more expansive paternity leave policy reflects higher levels of descriptive representation, effective interest group dynamics, and positive policy framing, with institutional design and cultural norms …

Best For Denmark: Monetary Sovereignty And Nationhood In Denmark’S Campaign For Euro Membership, 1999-2000, Maria S. Cheng

Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union

This mixed-methods, analytical-empirical paper traces the development of the 2000 Danish euro referendum. Despite its long-term fixed exchange rate, Denmark opted out of Economic and Monetary Union in 1993 and rejected euro membership in 2000 through a series of national referenda. This apparent contradiction raises the question of how political elites of the time framed the preservation of a national currency constrained by its choice of monetary regime. I argue that, as they grappled with the nascent euro’s uncertainties, the Social Democrat government sought to redefine Danish sovereignty from that of isolationism to a concept only realized through European regionalism. …

Explaining Divergent Healthcare Entitlements For Undocumented Migrants: A Comparative Analysis Of Spain And Denmark, Jimin Jeong

Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union

This paper examines the puzzling divergence in healthcare entitlements for undocumented migrants in Spain and Denmark. Despite being a wealthy social democratic welfare state, Denmark restricts undocumented migrants to emergency-only care. Spain, a Mediterranean welfare state with fewer resources and a larger undocumented population, extends universal access to healthcare. This paper evaluates six theoretical explanations from the social policy scholarship to explore why Spain has adopted more generous healthcare entitlements for undocumented migrants than Denmark. The findings suggest that three mechanisms play the most significant role in explaining these differences: party configuration, elite framing, and the strength of interest group …