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Making An Impact: Building A Workforce That Represents Our Community, Rosemary Pine, Janelle Headley, Nancy Yuill, Leah Blackwell, Bryan Sisk

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Two decades ago, the Sullivan Commission's report Missing Persons: Minorities in the Health Professions (2004) underscored the need to increase the number of professionals from underrepresented minorities in health care. The report stressed that, “the lack of minority health professionals is compounding the nation's persistent racial and ethnic disparities.” The Advisory Board (2021) recommends action in providing development, advancement, and promotion opportunities for Patient Care Technicians (PCT) who are people of color. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (2022) reports that 46% of certified nursing assistants identify as an underrepresented racial or ethnic minority, Patient care technicians (PCTs) provide a critical …

1. Javier Marín-López, "Singing The Camino Real De Tierra Adentro: Sacred Choral Repertoires And Historical Imagination In ¡Música Del Corazón!"

Chamisa: A Journal of Literary, Performance, and Visual Arts of New Mexico and the Greater Southwest

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Of A Multi-Level Lgbtq Bystander Intervention For College Athletics: A Pilot Study, Christi R. Mcgeorge, Russell B. Toomey, Ashley A. Walsdorf

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

This mixed methods pilot study explored the impact of a multi-level bystander intervention training for collegiate athletes, coaches, and athletic department staff. The trainings consisted of three components: 1) education about constructs relevant to being an ally to the LGBTQ community; 2) engagement in self-reflective activities to raise awareness and decrease the influence of prejudicial beliefs and biases about the LGBTQ community; and 3) training on preventative actions and bystander intervention strategies specific to stopping LGBTQ-related bias. Quantitative data were collected through online pretest and posttest surveys (prior to the intervention and 12 weeks following the intervention; N = 267 …

Achieving Empowerment In Transition: Advice From Former Female Athletes, Ashlyn Hardie, Molly Harry, Kristi Oshiro, Marlene A. Dixon

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

Scholars have highlighted the various challenges college athletes encounter in their transition from sport. Yet, the strategies athletes adopt to navigate this transitory period require further examination. Thus, we leveraged Zimmerman’s Psychological Empowerment Model and Schlossberg’s Transition Theory to explore these strategies and associated processes in-depth. The sample for this study consisted of 20 former female athletes from the U.S. who played a college sport. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews. Findings revealed numerous strategies current and future female college athletes implement to mitigate the challenges present in their transition, specifically: Finding Acceptance, Be Proactive, Don’t Stop 100%, Embrace the …

Sport Media Consumption In Ncaa Division І Fbs Subdivision: A Panel Regression Model Using X/Twitter, Seungbak Lee, Minsoo Kang, Wonson Lim, Ju-Pil Choe, Brennan K. Berg

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

Athletic departments in collegiate sports have increasingly focused on enhancing sport consumer interest through social media. As social media usage continues to grow in college sports, understanding audience behavior on these platforms has become essential for athletic departments. This study examines the factors influencing consumer interest in Division I football teams’ X (formerly Twitter) accounts, utilizing a panel dataset comprising 18,221 team-day observations. Key determinants of changes in X followers were identified, including teams’ social media activity, on-field performance, scheduling events, and timing effects, with a focus on fan interest across temporal patterns such as month-to-month and day-to-day variations. The …

Sport Employees And Resilience: An Examination Of Organizational Change With Ncaa Conference Realignment, Hailee Hernandez, Claire C. Zvosec, Brent D. Oja

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

NCAA conference membership is critically important to institutions as it is closely associated with revenue generation (i.e., conference-wide revenue distribution, ticket sales, fundraising, etc.) in addition to institutional visibility and prestige. Therefore, universities may pursue conference realignment opportunities based on higher potential revenue, institutional and athletics financial stability, and increased notoriety. Over the past 20 years, there have been at least 80 cases of schools moving conferences at the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level. As universities move conferences, employees within the athletics department are exposed to rapid change in organizational structure and are forced to adapt to new institutional, athletics …

Name, Image, And Likeness: A Critical Exploration Through Self-Determination Theory, Molly Harry

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

Through Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), this study explored college athletes’ experiences with Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL). Analyzing congressional testimonies from 10 current and recently graduated college athletes, this research highlighted how NIL fostered/constrained athlete development within the broader power structures of college sport. Findings revealed while NIL enhances self-determination through autonomy, competence, and relatedness, institutional discourses and governance mechanisms continue to regulate athlete development. Through Fairclough’s (1995) CDA framework, this study demonstrated how language throughout the athletes’ testimonies maintained/disrupted power dynamics which reinforced/challenged authority of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The integration of SDT and …

Peer-Led Sexual And Reproductive Healtheducation Programs At Universities, Madison Michelle Patrick

Silicon Valley Sociological Review

This applied research explores the accessibility, visibility, and comprehensiveness of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) education and services at universities, with a specific focus on contraceptive risk awareness. Recognizing college students as particularly vulnerable to misinformation regarding hormonal contraceptives, unintended pregnancy, and STI exposure, the study examines the role of university-provided SRH resources in mitigating these risks.

A mixed-methods content analysis was conducted on the SRH publicly-available web pages of four Northern California universities—Stanford University, San Francisco State University, Santa Clara University, and the University of California, Berkeley, chosen for their diversity in institutional identity. The research assessed each university’s …

Legislation, Racialization, And The Societal Issuessoutheast Asian Americans Face, Sydney Nguyen

Silicon Valley Sociological Review

This research proposal investigates the intersection of racialization and law in the Southeast Asian diaspora in the US at a time of rising anti-Asian hate crimes and marginalizing legislation. I propose a mixed-methods approach—integrating qualitative methods such as interviews and focus groups with quantitative surveys—to determine how racial formations and state policies contribute to the social and economic stratification of these groups. To contextualize these questions, I discuss how Asian Americans are underrepresented and miscategorized in criminal justice statistics, resulting in their ongoing marginalization and the masking of specific issues they face. This work aims to make a contribution to …

Silicon Valley Sociological Review Vol. 23 2025

Silicon Valley Sociological Review

No abstract provided.

The Orthodox Parish And Community: A Reflection On The Post-Totalitarian Model Of Identity In Bulgaria, Presb. Sava (Shtoni) Kokoudev

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The article examines parish multifaceted identities and its function as a Eucharistic community, while also exploring its cultural, and historical influences in post-totalitarian context. The study delineates two identities and ecclesiological models—liturgical and institutional—to facilitate comparative analysis. The confusion and mixture of these models has caused a loss of parish community identity and function, which is evident in contemporary post-totalitarian status quo. Important issue is the restoration of the Orthodox Church’s authentic catholic identity (ɫɴɛɨɪɧɨɫɬ). This predicament gives rise to the second challenge of revitalizing liturgical life in parishes and reestablishing communion between bishops, priests, and laypeople. It also necessitates …

The Idea Of A Just Peace In Christian Social Ethics And The Possibility Of Its Implementation In The Context Of The Russian-Ukrainian War, Iryna Fenno

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

This research examines the concept of just peace, which is most often discussed in the public sphere, particularly among political and religious circles, in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war. After analyzing Christian discourse on war and peace—including extreme pacifism, the idea of a just war, and just peacemaking—the author argues that the idea of a just peace is the most effective response. Through an analysis of sociological surveys, the article reveals Ukrainian society's attitudes toward the idea of just peace and demonstrates a direct correlation between these attitudes and political events on the international stage. Nevertheless, the mechanisms and …

It's All Connected: The Emotional Triad In Nursing - Workplace Aggression, Burn-Out, And Resilience, Kerstin Hudgins

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

For years, nursing has been dealing with the problems of unhealthy work environments. This session explores the phenomenon of interconnection between the various modalities to combat this issue and discusses prevention strategies. Toxicity will prevail unless we recognize the relationship between incivility, bullying, and other workplace aggressions. By identifying the root causes and making the connection between them, nurses will be able to manage this situation instead of treating these modalities as separate occurrences and issues. Just as nursing is no longer a profession that functions in a silo, we must also approach these issues as interconnected and not as …

Empowering Confidence Through Simulation: De-Escalation Training For Pcts, Lagidgette Chantelle Robinson

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Patient Care Technicians (PCTs) are vital to healthcare delivery, particularly in managing escalating situations with patients. Given the challenges posed by workplace violence, effective de-escalation skills are essential for PCTs. However, traditional training methods may not fully equip them for real-world scenarios. Simulation offers a valuable approach to learning complex skills by replicating real-life situations. Research supports simulation’s effectiveness in enhancing nursing students' communication, self-efficacy, problem-solving abilities, and learning satisfaction. Despite this, the impact of simulation on PCTs' professional development remains underexplored.

This IRB-approved study evaluated the effect of simulation pedagogy on PCTs' confidence in de-escalating aggressive patients. Using a …

From Surviving To Thriving—Research To Support Nurse Leaders In Addressing Workplace Bullying, Laura Cox Dzurec, Jennifer Hehl

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Nurse leaders play essential roles in managing and addressing the strain that workplace bullies impose on organizations and on the individuals working within them (Al Hassan et al., 2023); yet nurse leaders often report finding themselves personally overwhelmed by bullies’ masterful manipulations (Hampton et al., 2019). As skilled communicators, workplace bullies typically convey messages that appear supportive and in line with organizational expectations (Dzurec, 2020). Those messages most often, though, are insincere, proffered to hide bullies’ real intent—garnering personal and professional power in the workplace (Dolan, 2024). This presentation overviews the investigators’ use of the realist review process (Pearsons, 2024) …

An Early Review Of Generative Language Models In Automated Writing Evaluation: Advancements, Challenges, And Future Directions For Automated Essay Scoring And Feedback Generation, Yue Huang, Corey Palermo, Ruitao Liu, Yong He

Chinese/English Journal of Educational Measurement and Evaluation | 教育测量与评估双语期刊

Automated writing evaluation (AWE) has long supported assessment and instruction, yet existing systems struggle to capture deeper rhetorical and pedagogical aspects of student writing. Recent advances in generative language models (GLMs) such as GPT and Llama present new opportunities, but their effectiveness remains uncertain. This review synthesizes 29 studies on automated essay scoring and 14 on automated writing feedback generation, examining how GLMs are applied through prompting, fine-tuning, and adaptation. Findings show GLMs can approximate human scoring and deliver richer, rubric-aligned feedback, but fairness, validity, and ethical issues remain largely unaddressed. We conclude that GLMs hold promise to enhance AWE, …

自然语言处理在评估数据中的应用流程：基于R的教程, Constanza Mardones-Segovia, Yaxuan Yang, Shiyu Wang, Allan S. Cohen

Chinese/English Journal of Educational Measurement and Evaluation | 教育测量与评估双语期刊

自然语言处理（Natural Language Processing, NLP）在教育测评中对文本作答的分析应用日益广泛。NLP 的关键环节之一是对被试的书面作答进行清理与结构化，以构建保留词汇语法、语义与语用特征的输入数据，从而支持相关特征的提取。本文旨在为教育测量任务中使用 NLP 技术提供基本方法指导，系统介绍文本预处理、特征提取及构建性题型文本数据分析的关键步骤。此外，文中还提供了一个基于 R 的潜在狄利克雷分配（Latent Dirichlet Allocation, LDA）分析示例，以展示该处理流程的实际操作。

Engaging Nurses To Prevent Workplace Violence, Rebekah Powers, Carol A. Boswell, Nancy Ornelas, Christina S. Ramdeo

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Workplace violence in healthcare settings is a multifaceted problem and must be addressed using various strategies. Engaging nurses and providing opportunities for professional dialogue about workplace violence. The creation of innovative ways to reduce or eliminate workplace violence was the goal of this project.

Interventions
Using grant funds awarded, the team embarked on a 2-year journey to identify and mitigate workplace violence against nurses. The team formed a workplace violence prevention committee which included nurses from various areas of the hospital, implemented educational activities, reviewed hospital policies, re-issued ID badges to not include last names, provided de-escalation training, completed an …

Providing Robust Education On Whole Health Assessment While Enhancing Professional Well-Being, Jean Ann Davison

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The purpose of this presentation is to highlight innovative teaching strategies for comprehensive whole health while enhancing the professional well-being, and self-care of our students and faculty. Our Advanced Practice RN students’ first clinical course is Advanced Health Assessment which includes a lab component. One learning objective is to use educational strategies and principles of health literacy, coaching, and counseling for SMART goal attainment and shared decision-making in evidence-based health promotion strategies.

While we teach the APRN students about health promotion, disease prevention, motivational interviewing, and SMART goal setting, along with strategies to achieve self-management support in primary care, we …

Authentic Behavior Of Nurses: Antecedents, Mediators, And Outcomes, Pamela J. Love, Brad Gilbreath, Yubo Fu, Jessica Rainbow, Luke Fiorini, Veysel Karan Baris

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Background: Nurses consistently earn the highest trust among professionals in the United States, but the profession experiences high turnover rates, amplified by the increasing demands of an aging population. This study explores factors such as psychological safety, neuroticism, person-group fit, authentic behavior, work engagement, job satisfaction, and turnover intention among nurses. Additionally, it examines the concept of self-verification perception as a mediator of the effects of authentic behavior.

Methods: Data were collected from 956 nurses across the United States using an online questionnaire. Path analysis was employed to analyze the data to identify direct and mediated effects. Psychological safety …

The Student Evaluation Of Clinical Education Environment (Secee) Instrument: Psychometric Testing, Tahani Maashi, Pamela B. De Cordova, Amal Mobarki, Majda Alharbi

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Background: Clinical learning is an important component of nursing education; the student’s clinical learning experience supports the development of clinical competency¹.Therefore, evaluating the quality of the student’s clinical experience is important. The Student Evaluation of Clinical Education Environment (SECEE) instrument has been evaluated and used internationally; however, the tool has not been used to evaluate clinical learning among Arabic-speaking students². A translation and evaluation of the SECEE are required to assess nursing students’ clinical learning experiences in the Arabic population.

Purpose: This study aimed to translate the Student Evaluation of Clinical Education Environment (SECEE) from English …

Exploring The Relationship Between Sleep Hygiene Habits And Fatigue In College Students, Lakesha Carter, Adison Dack

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Purpose: This study explores the relationship between sleep hygiene and fatigue in undergraduate college students. Sleep hygiene is a term that relates to habits that promote better sleep. These habits include maintaining a consistent sleep schedule, creating a comfortable sleep environment, avoiding stimulants before bedtime, engaging in relaxing pre-sleep routines, stress management, and more (Al-Kandari et al., 2017). Along with that, fatigue is a state of decreased ability and effectiveness that is associated with changes in an individual's performance and well-being (Li et al., 2022). This is important to understand in college students because poor sleep hygiene and resulting fatigue …

Predictors Associated With Non-Adherence To Postpartum Visits Among Arab Immigrant Women In New Jersey, Abeer Mobarki, Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The aim of the study Is to explore predisposing and enabling factors that contribute to postpartum visit non-adherence by female immigrants of Arab descent in N.J. Are levels of acculturation, diminished social support, negative health beliefs, and health insurance status independently associated with postpartum visit non-adherence among Arab immigrant women in N.J.?

Background: The underutilization of postpartum care is a global problem that limits the early detection of physical and mental complications during the postpartum period. Internationally, the prevalence of nonadherence to postpartum visits ranges from 25% to 75%. Arab immigrant population in N.J. has doubled since 1980. Yet, …

Assessing The Transition Home: A Study Exploring Post-Deployment Reintegration In The Ar Army National Guard, Erin Michelle Robinson, Pamela Ashcraft

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Service members face a variety of challenges after deployment. The transition home can be difficult due to having to reestablish important relationships, losing intense bonds with battle buddies, and feeling misunderstood, especially after experiencing combat (Adler et al., 2011). The military-civilian divide can also make that transition difficult (Sayer et al., 2021). One of the moderating factors for reintegration is decompression, the process of returning to civilian life (Adler et al., 2011). While there is research about combat and Active-Duty deployments, there is limited information about the post-deployment reintegration experience for service members in the National Guard and Reserve components. …

Association Between Area Deprivation Index And Outcomes After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Michelle Chung, Zhirui Deng, Dianxu Ren, Kelly Isola, Elizabeth Crago

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a life-threatening hemorrhagic stroke caused by bleeding in the arachnoid space of the brain, often resulting in long-term disabilities and poor quality of life (QOL). Individuals living in more advantaged neighborhoods report higher levels of QOL post-stroke, but little has been reported about QOL and neighborhood data after SAH.

This study sought to examine the relationship between measures of socioeconomic status (SES) and outcomes after SAH. SES encompasses a variety of factors. For this analysis, the area deprivation index (ADI) - a measurement of neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage - was used as a surrogate for SES. We …

Mapping Expert-Endorsed Communication Skills With Surrogates To Uncertainty In Illness Theory, Jiayi Zhu, Jennifer Burgher Seaman

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Making medical decisions for patients with impaired decision-making capacity due to serious illness is a stressful experience for surrogate decision makers (SDMs), which can result in emotional and psychological distress^6,7 and delayed decision-making³. Uncertainty has been identified as a key contributor to the stress experienced by SDMs in decision-making¹. High-quality communication addressing uncertainty improves the decision-making experience for SDMs^2,3. Yet, there is a lack of targeted education to help healthcare providers effectively address uncertainty in communication with SDMs. Purpose statement: This study aims to identify techniques and strategies clinicians use to address …

Bridging The Gap Of Bipoc Patients, Clinicians, And Doulas, Tasha Chatman

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The project is a Doctor of Nursing practice quality improvement project addressing the barriers to collaboration between BIPOC prenatal patients, clinicians, and doulas. Maternal mortality and morbidity are a crisis in our nation with black women dying three times more than their white counterparts (Harris, n.d.). BIPOC prenatal patients are suffering from maternal mortality and morbidity. Stemming from such as historical racism, racial inequalities, implicit bias and structural determinants of health. The Doula can give cultural congruent care, impower BIPOC prenatal patients, while providing emotional and physical support. The utilization of a doula as continuous labor support is shown to …

Quantitative Analysis Of Hardiness Within Night Shift Nurses: A Survey-Based Study, Megan Brunson

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This dissertation proposal aims to examine the relationship between fixed night shift nurses and their level of hardiness using the Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS-15). The study focuses on nurses working in acute care settings, categorized into four groups based on years of night shift experience: 0-2 years, 3-6 years, 7-9 years, and 10+ years.

The research employs a cross-sectional quantitative design, utilizing an online survey comprising demographic questions and the DRS-15. The theoretical framework is the society-to-cells resilience theory, which integrates multiple levels of analysis to understand human development and resilience.

The study has two primary aims:
1. Determine the …

Exploring The Role Of Ict In Empowering Grassroots Innovation And Entrepreneurship: A Cross-Sectional Study Of Iringa Region In Tanzania, Emma Nkonoki, Ruthbetha Kateule, Ville Leppänen

The African Journal of Information Systems

ICT-enabled grassroots innovation has been extensively researched; however, there is a lack of empirical evidence as to its potential contribution to resource-scarce settings in Africa. This paper aims to explore the transformative role of ICT from idea generation to sustained entrepreneurship using the Iringa region in Tanzania as a case study. This qualitative study delves into the experiences of four grassroots entrepreneurs, revealing the interplay between technology, resource scarcity and the aspirations of those entrepreneurs. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and was examined extensively using thematic analysis. This revealed how ICT assists innovative young entrepreneurs to identify and utilize …

Upcycling Waste To Wealth: Cuo-Sio₂/Reduced Graphene Nanocomposite From Pomegranate Peels For One-Pot Low-Temperature Conversion Of Waste Oils Into Valuable Fatty Acid Monomers, Attia Attia, Shahenda Mahran Dr., Maria Centeno Prof., Basudeb Saha

Petroleum Engineering and Gas

and hence reduce the price of the fatty acid monomers. This study reports for the first time a novel, environmentally benign, highly active copper oxide-silica oxide/reduced graphene oxide (CuO-SiO2/RGO), heterogeneous nano-catalyst derived from waste pomegranate peels, for the one-pot, low-temperature synthesis of fatty acid monomers from high-acid-value waste vegetable oil (WVO). The synthesised nano-catalyst was extensively characterised using XRD, FT-IR, TEM, SEM, EDX and TGA-DTA. Further, it was utilised to synthesise fatty acidrich oleic phenoxypropyl acrylate (OPA) monomer from high acid value WVO via a single-step reaction.