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2024 September 17, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

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Faculty Senate Minutes No. 2 September 17, 2024

A Critical Evaluation Of Governance, Democracy And The Rule Of Law In Africa, Bimbo Ogunbanjo

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

African leaders came to the conclusion at their summit in Sirté that creating a new organization would be the best way to resolve differing views over the reform of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). The proclamation of Sirté was released on September 9, 1999. The African Union’s Constitutive Act was ratified in 2000 in Lomé at the Heads of State and Government Assembly. Following that, an extraordinary OAU summit took place in Sirté in 2001, and the implementation plan was produced during a meeting in Lusaka. The acceptance of the declaration of establishment meant that in order for the …

Supporting Principals As Instructional Leaders: Exploring A Supervisory Model That Empowers And Removes Barriers, Dale Uselman

Doctorate in Education

In recent years, an increasing amount of pressure has been placed on K-12 school principals to engage as instructional leaders to increase student achievement. Historically, however, principals were expected to operate as school managers instead of instructional leaders, and therefore, often felt unprepared as instructional leaders. Many principals also faced barriers, such as time constraints, that impeded their ability to be effective instructional leaders. To remedy this problem of practice, school districts repurposed the principal supervisor role to provide both supervision and coaching for principals. Existing research on this principal supervisor-coach model identified practices that supervisor-coaches used to support principals …

Rhonda Rawlinson Oral History, Rhonda Rawlinson

Raymond College

No abstract provided.

What About Us? A Quantitative Analysis Of Microaggressions In Community Colleges, Marcelo Angulo

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Microaggressions have been studied in higher-education institutions, professional work environments, and ordinary life. However, most research studies on microaggressions in higher education focus on the experiences of college students at four-year institutions, exposing a gap in the literature on microaggressions in two-year community colleges. Research has shown that community college students’ collegiate experiences differ from those of students at more “traditional” college settings, based on factors such as cost of attendance, flexibility, and campus life. The increasing diversity of student demographics in community colleges suggests a greater likelihood for microaggressions to arise within these institutions. Thus, a quantitative approach was …

Bronx 1134 W. Farm Rd. Lp V. Arriaga

All Decisions

The tenant in a rent-stabilized apartment sought to amend their answer to raise warrant of habitability and overcharge defenses. The landlord opposed the overcharge defense. The court granted the tenant's motion to amend to include the warrant of habitability defense but denied the motion to include the overcharge defense. The court found that the tenant failed to adequately plead the existence of a fraudulent scheme to deregulate the apartment.

1267 Rogers Ave. Llc V. Morgan

All Decisions

In this nonpayment proceeding, the landlord's motion to reargue a prior decision granting summary judgment in favor of the tenant and dismissing the case was denied. The court found that the landlord failed to comply with the Rent Stabilization Code by not registering the latest rent with the DHCR, thus preventing the landlord from collecting rent until the issue was remedied. The landlord's arguments were rejected, and the tenant's counterclaims remained viable.

Committee Meeting Minutes 9-17-24, Unk Student Government

Committee Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Elements, Andres L. Sanchez

Theses and Dissertations

Elements is a dissertation that presents my work as an out-of-the-Academy conceptual writer that loves teaching even though I won’t ever teach again. The dissertation includes a critical introduction, “Do You Actually Want to See This?” that seeks to examine conceptual poetry in the light of Sianne Ngai’s stuplimity and Antonin Artaud and Bertolt Brecht’s performance theories so that we may rethink conceptual poetry’s effect on the audience when it is performed. The creative manuscript, “Elements,” is the result of a process stolen from Raymond Queneau to be used on David Hilbert’s The Foundations of Geometry but is instead redirected …

Body, Ritual, And Place: Advancing Their Chronotopic Interrelationship In Design Praxis And Pedagogy Through An Exploration Of Juxtaposed Surfaces, Threshold Sites Of Dialogic Encounter, And Collage, Robert Brown, Zoe Latham

School of Art, Design and Architecture

Echoing philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin’s chronotope, an ‘intrinsic connectedness of temporal and spatial relationships,’ our work explores the interrelation of the body, ritual, and place as a chrontopic site of design and pedagogy. This exploration reaffirms architecture’s grounding in people, their inhabitation of place, and spatial form, an interrelatedness too often underexamined withinarchitectural education. First positioning ritual thematically, our discussion addresses three interrelated issues: the role of juxtaposed ritual surfaces in activating the body, ritual and place; the potential of ritual surfaces as threshold sites of dialogic encounter; and collage as a medium to investigate and communicate the interrelationship of body, …

Drivers Of Coral Reef Benthic Changes And Implications On Ecosystem Functioning And Services, Miriam Reverter

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Increasing anthropogenic stressors will likely result in many coral reefs undergoing compositional and functional benthic changes, including towards non-hard coral dominated communities. The decline of reef building species and the increase of alternative (i.e., non reef-building) organisms profoundly affect the functioning of coral reefs and the services provided, but this remains poorly understood, especially for non-algal alternative communities. Here, we propose a standardised framework to study coral reef benthic changes and review the knowledge on coral reef shifts and their implications on coral reef functioning and service provisioning using this framework, which contains the five following elements: 1) contextual information, …

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• Make your vote count on National Voter Registration Day
• Charme brings luxury Student Housing to Statesboro
• Hidden Gems: Boro the Hatchet
• Statesboro Vintage Market
• Eagle Spotlight: Matthew the Unicyclist
• Campus Fashion
• Petsboro
• Recreational Activity Center (RAC) Showcases new improvements for Students and Faculty
• First Flight
• Georgia Southern Women's and Men's Basketball 2024-25 Roster Update
• Student Org Fair
• Fun Puzzles for You

Essays On Personal Bankruptcy, Wealth, And Entrepreneurship, Wonjin Lee

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

The first two chapters of my dissertation study the role of personal bankruptcy in U.S. entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship inherently carries risk. The majority of businesses are unincorporated, meaning the business debts become personal liabilities for the owner. Consequently, when such a business falters, the owner may be incentivized to file for personal bankruptcy. This paper studies the impact of wealth protection on entrepreneurial activities. Utilizing a regression kink design, I establish a first causal link between potential debt forgiveness and entrepreneurial activities. My findings indicate that more lenient debt relief policies motivate business owners to finance their enterprises. Specifically, an additional …

Essays On Personal Bankruptcy, Wealth, And Entrepreneurship, Wonjin Lee

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

The first two chapters of my dissertation study the role of personal bankruptcy in U.S. entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship inherently carries risk. The majority of businesses are unincorporated, meaning the business debts become personal liabilities for the owner. Consequently, when such a business falters, the owner may be incentivized to file for personal bankruptcy. This paper studies the impact of wealth protection on entrepreneurial activities. Utilizing a regression kink design, I establish a first causal link between potential debt forgiveness and entrepreneurial activities. My findings indicate that more lenient debt relief policies motivate business owners to finance their enterprises. Specifically, an additional …

Advancing Consensual Non-Monogamy In Psychological Research, Practice, And Policy: A Guide For Psychologists, Amy C. Moors, Michelle Denise Vaughan, Sharon M. Flicker, Kaiponanea T. Matsumura, Heath A. Schechinger

Psychology Faculty Articles and Research

In this article, we present a brief overview of the topic of consensual non-monogamy (CNM) as a scientific inquiry, including reviews related to stigma, relationship functioning, and health and well-being. Next, we discuss how psychologists can be more responsive to people who engage in CNM, by (1) conducting research that is inclusive of CNM, including challenging mononormativity in theory and measurement; (2) training clinicians to be more knowledgeable about CNM, including expanding diversity requirements and evidence-based clinical practice; (3) working in advocacy to help shape law and policy, including future directions for research to inform marital/family and antidiscrimination law. Our …

Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On The Elderly, Jessica Odikpo

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Lindsay Partners Llc V. Young

All Decisions

The tenant sought to amend their pro se answer to assert a personal jurisdiction defense. The court granted the motion to amend but disallowed the personal jurisdiction defense, finding it was not properly raised. The court ruled that filing a notice of appearance does not necessarily waive personal jurisdiction defenses if an appropriate answer or motion is filed promptly. However, the tenant's affidavit was deemed insufficiently detailed to overcome the presumption of proper service established by the landlord's process server's affidavit.

Matter Of P & I Prop., Llc V. Commissioner, State Of N.Y., Div. Of Hous. & Community Renewal (Dhcr)

All Decisions

The landlord sought review of an $8,000 DHCR penalty for failure to repair a rent-stabilized apartment as directed. Despite the landlord's claim that the tenant refused access for repairs, the DHCR found the refusal not improper. The court ruled the penalty was neither disproportionate nor shocking, and it represented the minimum allowed under Rent Stabilization Code § 2526.2(c)(1). The landlord's petition was denied, and the case dismissed.

14-Month-Old Female With Anti-Mda5 Juvenile Dermatomyositis Complicated By Liver Disease: A Case Report., Mitch Kinkor, Sameena Hameed, Alexander Kats, Voytek Slowik, Emily Fox, Maria Ibarra

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND: Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare disorder with subtypes associated with different myositis-specific antibodies (MSAs) including anti-MDA5. Hepatic involvement in JDM is rare and has not previously been documented in anti-MDA5 JDM. There is a lack of formal research on treatment protocols for anti-MDA5 JDM, though tofacitinib is a highly regarded emerging therapy.

CASE PRESENTATION: A previously healthy 14-month-old Hispanic female presented to a pediatric rheumatology clinic with eight months of worsening rash, weakness, periorbital edema, intermittent fevers, and weight loss. Her physical exam was notable for fever, thinning of hair, heliotrope rash, periorbital edema, violaceous macules on her …

Adamts12 Promotes Fibrosis By Restructuring Extracellular Matrix To Enable Activation Of Injury-Responsive Fibroblasts, Konrad Hoeft, Benjamin D. Humphreys, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Fibrosis represents the uncontrolled replacement of parenchymal tissue with extracellular matrix (ECM) produced by myofibroblasts. While genetic fate-tracing and single-cell RNA-Seq technologies have helped elucidate fibroblast heterogeneity and ontogeny beyond fibroblast to myofibroblast differentiation, newly identified fibroblast populations remain ill defined, with respect to both the molecular cues driving their differentiation and their subsequent role in fibrosis. Using an unbiased approach, we identified the metalloprotease ADAMTS12 as a fibroblast-specific gene that is strongly upregulated during active fibrogenesis in humans and mice. Functional in vivo KO studies in mice confirmed that Adamts12 was critical during fibrogenesis in both heart and kidney. …

Wmdds Bulletin Spring 2020

West Michigan District Dental Society Bulletin

In the Spring 2020 issue, the reader will find the following feature articles:

• Treating Emergency Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Expanding the ”Quaranteam"
• Dentists Beyond the Chair: Competitive Dancers – David Armbrecht, DMD, and Sally Kotani, DDS

Also included are your monthly tripartite update, news from West Michigan counties, the President's Message and Editor's Letter.

Wmdds Bulletin Fall 2020

West Michigan District Dental Society Bulletin

In the Fall 2020 issue, the reader will find the following feature articles:

• Looking to Leadership: Personal Experiences During the Pandemic
• Dentists Doing Good: WMDF Golf Outing
• Dentists Beyond the Chair: Maintaining a Pollinator Habitat and 52 Acre Farm
• 2020 WMDDS Directory Corrections/Additions

Also included are your monthly tripartite update, news from West Michigan counties, the President's Message and Editor's Letter.

The Quadruple Helix Of Strategic Alliances And Its Application For Community Development In Las Acequias De Atrisco, Jorge Garcia

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

In today’s society, the development of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) is imminent yet, large segments of the world remain marginalized. I contend that peer-to-peer and inter-institutional networks can be used to connect local with global systems to close this divide. Using today’s virtual and digital technologies the gap can be bridged using collaboration platforms using different knowledge systems that do not simply replicate the same information. The suggested model represents forming strategic alliances for information sharing and collaboration to empower and support local knowledge systems. The examples discussed show our efforts toward an inclusive approach with communities in full partnership, …

Myth And Monument In Old Town Albuquerque: Southwest Pietà And The War Of Presiding Histories, Eric Castillo

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

Luis Jiménez’s Southwest Pietà (1984) intended to combat cultural amnesia that obscured Native Americans’ and Mexicans’ contributions to the state. Jiménez’s Pietà sought to counter the iconography that shaped New Mexico’s colonialist heritage. But Old Town Albuquerque shrouds Native American and Mexican contributions to the region. Albuquerque’s public art has often been deployed as a wedge to write and rewrite narratives about land inhabitants, but the city’s public art tells a powerful story about race and place in New Mexico. This essay explores the socio-historical battle of land memorialization in Old Town Albuquerque and provides a geo-racial perspective about the …

The Queer Body And The Obstructed Gaze: Chicanx Performance Artists And The Power Of Self-Objectification, Tracie N. Amend

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

The Queer Body and the Obstructed Gaze: Chicanx Performance Artists and the Power of Self-Objectification

This article examines the ways in which four queer Chicanx performance artists have manipulated and obstructed the spectator’s gaze as a method for activating their abjection, performing self-objectification or fetishization, or asserting agency. As seminal Chicanx and queer performance artists, Luis Alfaro and Nao Bustamante set the stage for identity exploration through the corporeal and figurative display of excess: they invite in the spectator’s gaze to look at the queer brown body and challenge them to resist a reductive framing of their othered voluptuousness. In …

Cuba’S Potential Contribution To The Success Of Chicano Students In The U.S.: Directions To Decolonize The Raza Community, Patrick M. Velásquez

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

Cuba’s Potential Contribution to the Success of Chicano Students in the U.S.:

Directions to Decolonize the Raza Community

This exploratory paper examines the success of Cuba’s education system and the potential application of their education strategies to increase achievement among Chicano students in the U.S. While Chicanos remain one of our nation’s most underachieving ethnic groups, Cuba’s success in eradicating inequality in educational outcomes stands out among Latin American countries. Both Chicanos and Cubans have experienced a form of colonialism that poses a formidable barrier to educational success. Using a mixed methods approach that includes a review of scholarly literature …

Teaching Manita/O New Mexico To Knowledge And Power Curators: Epistemologies Of The Manita Nuevo Mexicans/O, Keith E. Sanchez

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

This essay examines the cultural ecologies of Manita/o New Mexico and the educational model of La Academia de La Nueva Raza developed therein. The conclusion section offers a brief synthesis of applied pedagogical models of CCM and a sampling of culturally relevant experiential curricula concepts authored by me. The academic aim is to inform power and knowledge curators working within the Manita/o expression of the Chicana/o diaspora. The objective of this text is to create an infrastructural guide for further study and curricula development. The curriculum directed to teach and inspire professors, teachers, and public-policy makers are intended to …

Where Is Chican@ Studies? Infrastructure & Institutionalization In The 21st Century, Reynaldo F. Macias

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

This article provides for only a marginal update to the institutional context and complexity of Chican@ Studies in the US, so that we might better understand the need for comprehensive institutional history and its impact on the field as a discipline and as an Alter-Native curriculum framework for schooling. The question answered in this essay is “what is the 21st century institutional presence of Chicana & Chicano Studies in the schools?” focusing primarily on higher education, historicizing, contextualizing, and politicizing it. It describes the number and locations of undergraduate and graduate degree programs, administrative units, and, in part, relationships to …

Wmdds Bulletin Winter 2023

West Michigan District Dental Society Bulletin

In the Winter 2023 issue, the reader will find the following feature articles:

• Congress and the State Legislature: Is There a Difference?
• 2023 Silent Bell Recipient: Debra A. Peters, DDS
• 2023 Silent Bell Awards Night and Celebration Highlights
• Practice Perspective: My Journey into Public Health Dentistry
• Kent County Low Cost Dental Clinics

Also included are your monthly tripartite update, news from West Michigan counties, the President's Message and Editor's Letter.

Wmdds Bulletin Fall 2023

West Michigan District Dental Society Bulletin

In the Fall 2023 issue, the reader will find the following feature articles:

• Reflections on ADA Delegation
• Advocacy in Action: Network Leasing Part II
• Practice Perspective: Life as a Dental Student in 2023

Also included are your monthly tripartite update, news from West Michigan counties, the President's Message and Editor's Letter.