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A Brief Overview Of Health, Poverty, And Mental Health Concerns In American Indian/Alaska (Ai/An) Populations Native, Abbie Hopson Apr 2024

A Brief Overview Of Health, Poverty, And Mental Health Concerns In American Indian/Alaska (Ai/An) Populations Native, Abbie Hopson

Liberty University Research Week

American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations consistently experience significant health disparities compared to other races and to the general population. The majority of the negative mental and physical health outcomes of this population are preventable. This study provides an overview of the health disparities faced by American Indians/Alaska Natives, outlines contributing social determinants, and suggests future directions for research and treatment. Primary focuses were identified from government and Native organizations, including census data, education reports, and other similar sources, and were explored more in-depth through a variety of studies from the fields of psychology, history, sociology, and anthropology. Initial …

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Chaplain Emil Kapaun: A Hero Of Faith, Kacie Wooten Apr 2024

Chaplain Emil Kapaun: A Hero Of Faith, Kacie Wooten

Liberty University Research Week

Of the 3,535 Medals of Honor that have been awarded, only nine chaplains have received one. The last chaplain to receive this medal was Father Emil Kapaun for his service in the Korean War. Chaplain Kapaun earned this medal because of the values that flowed out of his faith and his willingness to sacrifice his life for others. He lived out his faith for Jesus and was humble, calm, and generous. I researched Kapaun through books, articles, and documents at the Jerry Falwell Library, the Liberty University Chaplain’s Museum, and the Chaplain Kapaun Museum. Kapaun started his walk with Christ …

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The Partiality Of The American Social Gospel Movement, Karen Caverly-Molineaux Apr 2024

The Partiality Of The American Social Gospel Movement, Karen Caverly-Molineaux

Liberty University Research Week

Social gospel theology asked people to live their lives like Jesus, serving the poor and oppressed. Some major theological developers of social gospel were white church leaders such as Walter Rauschenbusch, John Commons, and Henry King – as well as black church leaders such as Reverdy Ransom. In 1908, the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ was established to unify American Protestants behind the Social Gospel (Social Christianity) Movement. Subsequently, the Social Gospel Movement was gradually reconsidered by Protestants in the mid- to late-1920s, and what followed was an era of return to Christian fundamentalism. This research project focuses …

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Manumission, Willed, Or Buying Their Freedom - From The Colonization Of The New World To The Civil War, Patrick Burghardt Apr 2024

Manumission, Willed, Or Buying Their Freedom - From The Colonization Of The New World To The Civil War, Patrick Burghardt

Liberty University Research Week

In 1782 an act of the Virginia General Assembly enabled the voluntary manumission (freeing) of thousands of slaves in the 80 or so years prior to the Emancipation Proclamation. The motivation of each slave holder to free their slaves varied from individual to individual and many of the "freedom documents" give some indication as to their thoughts, beliefs, and intentions. Though it is an unfortunate historical reality that slaves were treated as chattel property, this led to a documentation process in the court system that preserved these documents for future study. In 2022, Stephen Andrew Langland of the Helm School …

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Nursing Student-Faculty Relationships Enhancing Student Well-Being, Violet Coleman Apr 2024

Nursing Student-Faculty Relationships Enhancing Student Well-Being, Violet Coleman

Liberty University Research Week

While attending a four-year residential nursing school program, many students experience feelings of stress and self-doubt. These feelings can impact student well-being and overall academic success. Stress and self-doubt are due to many factors such as grades, clinical experiences, and meeting expectations of the profession. Studies revealed that positive student-faculty relationships support a reduction in stress and self-doubt. Positive psychosocial and academic outcomes, motivated learning, and a greater sense of self-worth in academic abilities are closely related to student-faculty relationships according to the literature. The presentation question of interest addresses student-faculty relationships and the impact on student well-being in four-year …

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Illegal Small-Scale Gold Mining In Ghana: A Public Health Perspective., Raymond Yovelanyine Suonyir Apr 2024

Illegal Small-Scale Gold Mining In Ghana: A Public Health Perspective., Raymond Yovelanyine Suonyir

Liberty University Research Week

Illegal small-scale mining popularly called “galamsey” in Ghana involves the practice of illicit mining and extracting gold from the surface or below the soil usually through unregulated methods such as the use of dangerous chemicals. Though this practice has been a major source of livelihood for many rural families in Ghana, it is associated with adverse outcomes such as water pollution, environmental degradation, ecological disturbance, and general environmental pollution. There is a paucity of literature that specifically targets the effects of illegal small-scale mining on public health. This study seeks to explore the consequences of small-scale mining as a public …

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Selena Quintanilla- Bridging The Gap Between Hispanics And Us Americans, Natalia Garcia Apr 2024

Selena Quintanilla- Bridging The Gap Between Hispanics And Us Americans, Natalia Garcia

Liberty University Research Week

The textual or investigative physical poster will examine Selena Quintanilla and her impact on pop culture history as a Hispanic American. Selena Quintanilla was born in Texas to a Mexican American family. Selena, due to her vocal talents, was able to become a well-known singer and was deemed as the "Queen of Tejano". ln 1994, Selena Quintanilla was the first Tejano artist won a Grammy Award for her album, Selena Live! Throughout her success, she was able to pave the way for many upcoming Hispanic Americans artists. This presentation would focus primarily on Selena Quintanilla being a second generation American …

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Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled: A Theological Investigation Of Expressive Individualism And Existential Anxiety, Elyse Penton, Joseph A. Dennis, Dennis Nicholson, Jorge Rivera Apr 2024

Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled: A Theological Investigation Of Expressive Individualism And Existential Anxiety, Elyse Penton, Joseph A. Dennis, Dennis Nicholson, Jorge Rivera

Liberty University Research Week

In his work Ethics of Authenticity, Charles Taylor explores the contours of anthropology through studying contemporary philosophical thought in the postmodern West, wherein human identity is viewed as an internal, unique, moral ideal that finds fulfillment through the affirmation of others. This phenomenon has been termed by Robert Bellah as expressive individualism (hereafter EI). Though the political and societal implications of EI have been discussed by Carl Trueman and other scholars, the intersection between EI and contemporary existential anxiety from a theological perspective has not been substantially studied. We argue that EI is a significant contributing factor to the heightened …

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The Battle Of The Chosin Reservoir, Luke Chavez Apr 2024

The Battle Of The Chosin Reservoir, Luke Chavez

Liberty University Research Week

Lake Changjin, also known as “The Chosin Reservoir” is located high in the Korean peninsula and is in modern-day North Korea. The Battle of the Chosin Reservoir took place on 25 November and lasted till 11 December 1950. The battle was between the Chinese Red Army and the 1st Marine Division alongside the 31st Regimental Combat Team of the 8th Army Division. The battle was part of the secret Chinese second advance to retake the Korean peninsula. The battle is regarded as the most brutal battle in American history. What led to the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir? Why is …

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The Spiritual Realm And The Christian Story: The Apologetic Value Of The Unseen Realm By Michael Heiser, Cameron Bonin Apr 2024

The Spiritual Realm And The Christian Story: The Apologetic Value Of The Unseen Realm By Michael Heiser, Cameron Bonin

Liberty University Research Week

Michael Heiser’s work in The Unseen Realm presents the deep mythos of the Bible and the spiritual saga it contains. As society continues to drift deeper into the consequences of Friedrich Nietzsche’s godless universe, Heiser’s unseen realm offers apologists an exciting and beautiful alternate narrative. Christianity is more interesting and compelling than other conceptions of the universe. The biblical worldview calls for humankind to be elevated within its glorification and service to God, and it identifies humanity’s failure as cosmically significant in both Heaven and Earth. While many narratives, ancient and modern, call for the glorification of the human as …

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Tackling Networked Misogyny Through Graduate Curriculum Design, Carolyn M. Cunningham Apr 2024

Tackling Networked Misogyny Through Graduate Curriculum Design, Carolyn M. Cunningham

Feminist Pedagogy

This paper explores the importance of sharing feminist research through digital projects. One of the barriers of digital projects is the networked misogyny that graduate students face. This paper offers several strategies for addressing networked misogyny, including teaching about digital privacy, strategies for documenting harassment, collective engagement, and integrating trauma-informed pedagogy.

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Gamified Ungrading: Playing With Andragogy And Feminist Instructional Design, Stefani Boutelier Apr 2024

Gamified Ungrading: Playing With Andragogy And Feminist Instructional Design, Stefani Boutelier

Feminist Pedagogy

This article explored an original graduate-level teaching activity of gamification and ungrading through a feminist instructional design lens. We can understand outcomes of gamified equitable grading experiences by de-centering adult interpretations and habits of colonial educational structures–not only for the learners but as current and future leaders. These strategies were evaluated with student self-evaluations, feedback loops, and reflexivity through modeling and co-reflection. The outcomes and potential for replication of a gamified ungrading experience bring forward a humanized curriculum for all levels of learners and designers.

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Teaching Citation Politics Through Literature Review Topographies: Towards Cultivating Relational Writing Practices, Mairi Mcdermott Apr 2024

Teaching Citation Politics Through Literature Review Topographies: Towards Cultivating Relational Writing Practices, Mairi Mcdermott

Feminist Pedagogy

Feminism teaches how power works and circulates through our often-unquestioned everyday practices. Since becoming a professor, I have committed myself to this feminist teaching by demystifying--and reimagining--habituated practices, relations, and expectations in higher education that produce and are produced through cis-hetero-patriarchal capitalist White supremacy. Since literature reviews and citation practices are core materials scholars work with, I invite doctoral students to consider different ways these materials can be engaged in efforts to craft transgressive knowledges and worlds through our research. In this article, I describe an assignment designed to disrupt hegemonic patriarchal inheritances in the conventions of writing literature reviews …

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Turning Theory Into Practice: An Application Of Queer Family Theory For Graduate Students, Shawn N. Mendez, Samuel H. Allen Apr 2024

Turning Theory Into Practice: An Application Of Queer Family Theory For Graduate Students, Shawn N. Mendez, Samuel H. Allen

Feminist Pedagogy

This paper describes an original teaching activity for instructors of graduate students. Leveraging a critical, transformative, and intersectional pedagogical perspective applied to graduate education, this paper prepares instructors to effectively teach queer theory through an application of the Hegemonic Heteronormativity (HH) model, introduced by Allen and Mendez in 2018. The HH model identifies heteronormativity as a pervasive, three-pronged hegemony, each of which shifts and changes intersectionally and over time. The three-part assignment described in this paper asks students to read the Hegemonic Heteronormativity manuscript independently before reviewing the model with instructor facilitation. Then, students apply the model to real-life examples …

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It’S Not On The Syllabus: The Case For Policy Writing In Modern Graduate Education, Andrea N. Hunt Apr 2024

It’S Not On The Syllabus: The Case For Policy Writing In Modern Graduate Education, Andrea N. Hunt

Feminist Pedagogy

Graduate students gain experience in a variety with different forms of writing while completing their studies; however, policy writing is less common although it is applicable to a variety of disciplines. Policy writing is an extension of theory and needs to be approached from a feminist perspective. Policy writing can be conceptualized as a critical feminist praxis where graduate students use their disciplinary skills in more applied work to engage in important conversations related to their field of study. This article provides some strategies for policy writing for graduate students that use existing skills such as forming arguments and applying …

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Breaking The Fourth Wall: Co-Constructing Evaluative Practices In The Graduate Methods Classroom, Kelly W. Guyotte, Carlson H. Coogler Apr 2024

Breaking The Fourth Wall: Co-Constructing Evaluative Practices In The Graduate Methods Classroom, Kelly W. Guyotte, Carlson H. Coogler

Feminist Pedagogy

This article centers on the authors' experiences co-teaching a semester-long qualitative ABR course by exploring a pedagogical practice implemented by Kelly—the co-construction of an evaluation rubric between teacher and student. We focus on this practice in particular because we believe it is uniquely situated for graduate student teaching. Typically, instructors develop course assessments on their own, establishing their own criteria for what should be included within an assignment. Students, then, refer to rubrics as they compose their assignments ensuring they ‘meet’ or ‘exceed’ the articulated criteria, with little opportunity to provide feedback on how their work is evaluated. Breaking the …

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Introduction To The Special Issue: Feminist Approaches To Graduate Level Instruction And Mentorship, Penny Harvey Dr, Atticus Wolfe Apr 2024

Introduction To The Special Issue: Feminist Approaches To Graduate Level Instruction And Mentorship, Penny Harvey Dr, Atticus Wolfe

Feminist Pedagogy

This abstract highlights the need for research and information on teaching approaches specifically tailored to the instruction of graduate students. While extensive research exists for undergraduate pedagogy, the nuances and differences in a graduate classroom require specialized attention. This special issue aims to provide a platform for exploring effective teaching methods and best practices that incorporate feminist epistemologies, including intersectionality, critical pedagogies, decolonial methods, and liberatory practices. By addressing the unique challenges and opportunities in graduate education, this issue aims to improve the quality of instruction and pedagogical practices for graduate students. The goal is to create an inclusive, equitable, …

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Botanical Education In The Us In The Post-Dshea Era (1994-2024), Loren Israelsen Apr 2024

Botanical Education In The Us In The Post-Dshea Era (1994-2024), Loren Israelsen

Oxford ICSB

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Synthesis And Structure-Property Relationships Of Sustainable Nanostructured Materials Towards Energy And Environment Applications, Nizamudeen Alungal Cherupurakal Apr 2024

Synthesis And Structure-Property Relationships Of Sustainable Nanostructured Materials Towards Energy And Environment Applications, Nizamudeen Alungal Cherupurakal

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

This doctoral research aims to advance clean energy technologies by developing specialized nanostructured materials. The study covers significant research themes, each forming separate sections in the thesis, explaining the important role of nanostructures in enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of energy devices and photocatalytic technologies. The enduring effort toward stabilizing and improving the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) has stirred the solar research community to follow innovative approaches. The primary objective of the research is centered on electrode materials design, which improves photoanodes' light-harvesting efficiency (LHE). To improve the Photoanode of DSSCs, a Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) derived porous photoanodes …

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Enhancing Health Analytics: Secure And Private Federated Learning Solutions, Nisha Thorakkattu Madathil Apr 2024

Enhancing Health Analytics: Secure And Private Federated Learning Solutions, Nisha Thorakkattu Madathil

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

Federated Learning (FL) is a collaborative approach permitting individuals to jointly train a model without sharing their local datasets with others. FL utilizes decentralized data sources to train machine learning models while protecting privacy, has emerged as a promising method. This holds especially true in medical contexts, where the confidentiality of data is critical. FL permits the utilization of heterogeneous datasets from a variety of healthcare organizations while maintaining patient confidentiality. It also plays a crucial role in advancing medical research and healthcare services while adhering to data distribution and compliance requirements. The primary challenges within federated healthcare encompass privacy …

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Cypress Falls, Jamie Paisant Apr 2024

Cypress Falls, Jamie Paisant

Liberty University Research Week

This sculpture demonstrates a conceptual display of world development and the ability of physical assets to support overall story development. The overall research question involves how one can support a story development and create tools to develop and communicate the concepts of the story. In creating this diorama, it demonstrates how building a structure such as this, a person can take two-dimensional ideas into three dimensions, and how it can advance the development of the story world. The creation of this display involved researching locations, cultures, building methods, and many more aspects. The methodology of the research was a combination …

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Distracted, Amanda Solomon Apr 2024

Distracted, Amanda Solomon

Liberty University Research Week

• Research Problem Statement Waste has become second nature for most nowadays, leading to a growing environmental crisis. As a result, this project's research problem was to explore various ways of recycling using trash people often throw away as a means of creation. One such method is creating a sculpture using this medium. • Communication Objective My communication objective was to create a character that looked like it was made out of trash to inspire others to imagine the possibilities of unwanted materials. And encourage more recycling amongst my peers. • Visual Solution To solve my problems, I started to …

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The Flight Of The Marauder, Jennifer Trahant Apr 2024

The Flight Of The Marauder, Jennifer Trahant

Liberty University Research Week

This sculpture's foundation consists of a wire framework embedded in the figure and anchored to a substantial wooden base. The sculptural form itself was crafted using Sculpey clay, cured in multiple layers, and adorned with acrylic paint. A luminescent wire base, featuring over 10 different settings controllable via a remote, was affixed to the base using hot glue and connected to an electrical port for viewing. The primary challenge faced during the creation process revolved around managing the sculpture's weight and ensuring structural integrity for ease of transport without introducing excessive wiring. To address this, I devised a solution involving …

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Consumer's Right To Withdraw From The Electronic Contract, Budour Saleh Alkatheeri Apr 2024

Consumer's Right To Withdraw From The Electronic Contract, Budour Saleh Alkatheeri

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

Among the effects of technological development is that it has brought about important changes in the processes of communication between people, especially in the field of concluding contracts, as sales contracts are among the most contracts concluded through modern means of communication and Internet networks, due to their speed, which made the consumer accept to conclude the contract with The supplier (or seller) without thinking in order to acquire the good or service sold, and the consumer may rely - only - on photographs and the description of the good by the supplier, because such contracts are carried out remotely …

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Wax In A Bottle, Aunna Leach Apr 2024

Wax In A Bottle, Aunna Leach

Liberty University Research Week

Research Problem Statement The research problem of my project was to create a sculpture that could communicate to the viewer the feeling of falling apart. This came with other problems like finding the right material and position that can make someone feel an emotion, give the illusion of melting away, as well as staying sturdy. Communication Objective Everybody goes through a period in their life where they feel like everything is falling apart, and they feel like life is slowly eating them alive. We often don’t even recognise when people around us are going through a hard time, because people …

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Dylan Andrews - The Vigilante, Heather Roberson Apr 2024

Dylan Andrews - The Vigilante, Heather Roberson

Liberty University Research Week

The proposal for this artwork was to take the fundamental principles taught in Sculpting I in terms of character sculpting, experiment, and taking it a step further. As the characters in class were based on ourselves as models, I wanted to take the information that I learned to bring a different character to life, as well as experiment with firing the sculpture and painting it. My initial vision remained very consistent with the sketches and ideas I had as this character was one I had been creating for a long time. This sculpture was extremely fun to work on as …

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Increasing The Phytoremediation Efficiency Of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils In The Uae Using Endophytic Actinobacteria For Sustainable Agriculture, Archana Mathew Mathai Apr 2024

Increasing The Phytoremediation Efficiency Of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils In The Uae Using Endophytic Actinobacteria For Sustainable Agriculture, Archana Mathew Mathai

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

Pollution caused by heavy metals (HMs) is a major environmental concern worldwide. Human actions, agriculture practices and industrial activities can cause the release of HMs into the environment. Soil contamination with HMs may have negative effects on crops, thus disrupting the food chain and posing risks to human health. Lead (Pb) is a common pollutant found in soils when at high concentrations. Conventional land remediation techniques depending on chemical and mechanical methods are quite expensive and would lead to long-term deterioration of the ecosystems. Phytoremediation can serve as an alternative, eco-friendly approach to restore the lands for agricultural purposes. Hyperaccumulator …

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Memories, Aunna Leach Apr 2024

Memories, Aunna Leach

Liberty University Research Week

Research Problem Statement The research problem of my project was to create a 3d digital sculpture of an ice cream sundae. I had a few smaller problems I needed to fix, as I worked on my bigger research project objective. I had a big learning curve on the software I was using to carve and shape my project, and I also had to find a way to illustrate the safe at home feeling that I wanted to share with the viewer. Communication Objective My communication objective was to share and create a sculpture that people could connect with their own …

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Gotta Have That Combo, Aunna Leach Apr 2024

Gotta Have That Combo, Aunna Leach

Liberty University Research Week

Research Problem Statement The research problem of my project was to create a painting that illustrated to the viewer how addictive fast food items have become. In this day and age, almost everyone eats fast food, and almost everyone knows that it’s not the healthiest thing for them to have. I wanted to create something that makes people view fast food in a different light, while still looking like a “safe” fast food meal. Communication Objective My communication objective was to share with the viewer that fast food is not always what they think it is. I want to show …

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Good Things Take Time, Aunna Leach Apr 2024

Good Things Take Time, Aunna Leach

Liberty University Research Week

Research Problem Statement The research problem of my project was to create an animated video using real images and mix realistic with 2d cartoon animation to make it relatable. The problems that I ran into were learning the Photoshop animation software, and creating an engaging and clear story plot that had a Christ-centered message. Communication Objective My communication objective was to show the viewer that even though everyone goes through difficult and painful things in life, God always has a plan and will use those painful things for our good. I also wanted to communicate a clear and flawless story …

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