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Expert Testimony On False Confessions: An Old Psychological Problem With New Challenges In New York Courts, Alysia Lo

Fordham Urban Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Domestic Violence And Eviction: Housing Protections For Survivors, And What We Can Learn From Eviction Diversion Programs, Ryan Schaitkin

Fordham Urban Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Course Materials In The Foreign Language Classroom: A Study Of Student And Instructor Perceptions, Katherine Joy Christie

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The current study seeks to understand the influence of a curricular intervention on achievement and on students and instructors perspectives in the most commonly taught course (Spanish 101) at a mid-sized public university in the Midwest of the United States. The primary objectives of the research are to: (a) identify and compare students and instructors perceptions of learning with the current Spanish 101 textbook and with Open Educational Resources in the areas of communication and culture, (b) understand how students and instructors motivation for learning is impacted by the textbook and Open Educational Resources, (c) evaluate the perspectives and connections …

Exploring The Impact Of Diversity In Medicine Through The Narratives Of Underrepresented Minoritized Medical Students, Brittany Russell

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The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of diversity on underrepresented minoritized (URM) students in academic medicine through their experiences and stories. A narrative study design was implemented to capture and understand URM first-year medical students lived experiences and to answer the following research questions: what are the experiences of underrepresented minoritized students in academic medicine, and what strategies do underrepresented minoritized medical students use to meet the academic and social challenges of medical school? Six participants were chosen using purposeful sampling and were interviewed for about an hour via Zoom. Three major emergent themes were derived …

Hiring And Retaining Black Educators, Allen Mickens

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Addressing the limited up-to-date evidence on the relationship between the academic success of African American and Latinx students and the diversity of the educators is important since the insights could provide guidelines to educational leaders on the interventions that can be taken to reduce the widening achievement gap. This study addressed the existing knowledge gap by assessing if and to what extent there is a relationship between minority (African American and Latinx) students academic success and educator diversity. The study utilized a quantitative methodology and employed correlational design to examine the relationship between students of color academic success and educator …

School Administrators Preparedness For Mental Health Intervention, Jennifer R. Mcneany

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the training of Indiana public school building-level administrators preservice education in mental health topics related to students. One overarching research question guided the researcher: What training in identifying mental health needs and services have current Indiana building-level administrators received from public or private colleges and universities in Indiana?” The study focused on educators in Indiana with less than 5 years of experience as a building-level administrator. Five principals were virtually interviewed to survey their knowledge and comfort with mental health. Open coding was used to determine the themes from the transcriptions …

The Experiences Of African American College Junior And Senior Stem Majors At Three Historically White Institutions, Patrick D. Smith

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This qualitative study explored the experiences of African American college junior and senior science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) majors attending three historically White institutions (HWIs) in the Midwest using theoretical frameworks of social learning theory (Bandura, 1977), social cognitive career theory (Lent et al., 1994), and critical race theory (CRT; Delgado & Stefancic, 2017; Tuitt & Carter, 2008). This study used participants voices to explore their experiences and examine strategies they employed that prompted their decisions to continue persisting in high stakes STEM environments that involved isolation, racial bias, and/or gender discrimination, and challenges to their intellectual ability. Despite …

Superhydrophobic Magnetic Sorbent Via Surface Modification Of Banded Iron Formation For Oily Water Treatment, Mohsen Farahat, Ahmed Sobhy, Moustafa M. S. Sanad

Mining Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In the current study, a simple dry coating method was utilized to fabricate a super-hydrophobic super-magnetic powder (ZS@BIF) for oily water purification using zinc stearate (ZS) and banded iron formation (BIF). The produced composite was fully characterized as a magnetic sorbent for oily water treatment. The results of X-ray diffraction diffractometer (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and particle size analysis revealed the fabrication of homogenous hydrophobicmagnetic composite particles with core–shell structure. Contact angle and magnetic susceptibility results showed that 4 (BIF): 1 (Zs) was the ideal coverage ratio …

The Words That Made Original Jurisdiction, James E. Pfander

Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 37 and later (2023–present)

No abstract provided.

Breaking Down Bigotry, Amy J. Sepinwall

Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 37 and later (2023–present)

No abstract provided.

Law Between Optimality And Normativity, Massimo La Torre

Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 37 and later (2023–present)

No abstract provided.

The Reign Of Constitutional Positivism: Revolution Reconceived In The New Constitutional Age, Ming-Sung Kuo

Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 37 and later (2023–present)

No abstract provided.

"Originalist" Justices And The Myth That Article Iii "Cases" Always Require Adversarial Disputes, Robert J. Pushaw Jr.

Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 37 and later (2023–present)

No abstract provided.

Impeachment, Free Speech, And The Cancel Culture Narrative, Heidi Kitrosser

Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 37 and later (2023–present)

No abstract provided.

Hemodynamic And Lactate Response To Exhaustive Exercise With L-Arginine Supplementation, Matthew Feeback, Bailey Reitsma

Open Access Publishing Support Funded Articles

Introduction: To further understand the effects of L-arginine on both its ability to enhance lactate clearance and increase overall blood flow before, during, and after exhaustive anaerobic exercise.

Methods: Twelve healthy male subjects between the ages of 18-25 first completed an initial visit where baseline data was recorded. Subjects completed three additional visits, in which they ingested either a placebo, two-gram or four-gram dose of L-arginine. Blood flow (BF) and lactate were recorded before ingestion of the treatment, 5 and 15-minutes post-ingestion prior to performing a push-up test to volitional fatigue. Immediately following the push-up test, BF and lactate …

2022 Crime On Campus In Tennessee, Tennessee. Bureau Of Investigation

Crime on Campus

The “Crime on campus” reporting program is operated pursuant to the requirements of the “College and University Security Information Act”, (T.C.A. § 49-7-2201 et. seq.) enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, effective July 1, 1989. The Act requires each institution of higher education to report to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation data relating to crimes occurring on the campus and in student housing.

The Politics Of Humanitarian Aid: A Case Study Of Emdr In Cambodia, Lorien S. Jordan, Desiree M. Seponski, Amber Kelley, Nea Krpo

Rehabilitation, Human Resources and Communication Disorders Faculty Publications and Presentations

The global expansion of psychotherapy through humanitarian aid is a political act. International aid organizations assert power over resource-scarce countries, make critical decisions about who receives care, who provides care, and what modalities are delivered. Once embedded in a country, programs exert influence between international interests, local governance, and the targeted population. This study adds to the limited information on how the humanitarian aid phenomenon is experienced by the practitioners who must navigate these conflicts through a case study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in Cambodia. As a non-Western nation with a colonial and autogenocidal history, Cambodia offers …

The Economics Of A “Portion Size Reduction” Policy, Hanin Hosni, Konstantinos Giannakas

Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications

This study develops novel models of heterogeneous consumer preferences for different dining options and imperfect competition among food suppliers to analyze the market and welfare effects of portion size reduction (PSR) for food away from home. Different scenarios on the nature of differentiation of the dining options, the information available to consumers, and their response to links between portion size and obesity, food waste, and climate change are considered within this framework. The market and welfare effects of the policy are quantified using a simulation analysis. The analysis shows that the market and welfare effects of the policy are case-specific …

Matching Extendability In Cartesian Products Of Cycles, Jennifer Vandenbussche, Erik E. Westlund

Faculty Articles

In a bipartite graph G, a set (Formula presented) is deficient if |N(S)| < |S|. A matching M with vertex set U is k-suitable if G − U has no deficient set of size less than k. Define the extremal function fk (G) to be the largest integer r such that every k-suitable matching in G with at most r edges extends to a perfect matching. Let G(2m)d be the d-fold Cartesian product of the cycle C2m,wherem ≥ 2. We extend results of Vandenbussche and West by showing that for any integers k and d such that (Formula presented), except when m =2 and d =1.

Social Media And The Demotic Turn In Africa's Media Ecology, Farooq Kperogi

Faculty Articles

Social media platforms have exploded in the last decade and have emerged as the arenas for discursive democracy, sociality, and digital dissidence across Africa. This article historicizes and genealogizes the exponential, if slightly imperceptible but nonetheless phenomenal, growth, maturation, and spread of social media on a continent that had been described in the scholarly literature as the blackhole of informational capitalism. It argues that the progressive centrality of social media in the quotidian lives of Africans, which has invited consternation and censorship from many African governments and inspired precarity in the traditional media sphere, instantiates the materialization of the demotic …

Rhyme, Metrical Tension, And Formal Ambiguity In Kendrick Lamar’S Flow, Benjamin Wadsworth, Simon Needle

Faculty Articles

The flow of Kendrick Lamar veers between old-school, metrically rigid and new-school, prose-like rhymes. Through manipulating rhymes within 4/4 time, Lamar increases and decreases affective tension, suggests formal ambiguity, and highlights changes in point of view and literary topic. Although rhyme manipulations have been discussed by Kyle Adams (2009), Mitch Ohriner (2019a), and others as sources of formal contrasts, their effects on affective tension, relaxation, and formal functionality have been unspecified. In this essay, we propose a more comprehensive model of rhyme-based tension and relaxation, then apply it to questions of formal norms and ambiguities in Lamar’s songs. Analyses of …

An Outline Of Romanticism In The West, John C. Isbell

Writing and Language Studies Faculty Publications

Navigating the landscape of Romantic literature and art across Europe and the Americas, An Outline of Romanticism in the West invites readers to embark upon a literary journey. Showcasing a breadth of theoretical and contextual approaches to the study of Romanticism, John Isbell provides an insightful contemporary overview of the field, paired with wide-ranging comparative reflections on the art and literature that helped shape it. Discussing seminal Romantic texts such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, or Germaine de Staël’s Corinne ou l’Italie, Isbell provides a foundation through which to investigate core concepts, such as the continuum of Romance, the Romantic hero, …

The Use Of Video Modeling To Improve Transitions Within A Preschool Classroom, Amanda L. Duncan

Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education

Video modeling is a widely accepted and utilized intervention for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A multiple probe design across participants was utilized to evaluate the effectiveness of using video modeling to decrease transition duration within a preschool classroom. Participants were between the ages of 3-5 and students within an interdisciplinary public preschool classroom in a rural county. All sessions were conducted in the student’s classroom during their typical routine and the intervention was implemented by their classroom teacher. Preliminary results indicate that video modeling is an effective intervention for reducing the duration of transitioning.

Peer Supports Across Inclusive Environments, Lyndsay Mccullers

Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education

Peer-mediated interventions provide opportunities for students with disabilities to learn a variety of different skills and meet individualized goals. Peers can provide targeted social, behavioral, and academic supports to students with moderate and severe disabilities. One specific peer-mediated intervention is peer support arrangements. These interventions involve providing supports to students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms or other instructional contexts. These supports contain four key components: selection of students, training of peers, peer delivery of supports, and adult monitoring. When implemented with fidelity, peer support arrangements provide numerous benefits to both students with and without disabilities.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Using A Rapid Coaching Intervention To Teach Parents Naturalistic Strategies To Teach Communication, Rose Campbell

Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education

In this study, a multi-component, rapid coaching intervention that included providing rationales, modeling, coaching during brief practice sessions, and performance-based feedback to train parents of children with communication delays to use naturalistic strategies during play. In addition, this study modeled successful interdisciplinary collaboration. A multiple baseline design across behaviors was used to evaluate the intervention and subsequent changes in the parent’s behavior. Results indicated that hat the rapid coaching model can be effective when it came to teaching parents how to implement naturalistic strategies. Additional data are needed before a definitive decision can be made regarding the effectiveness of the …

Comparison Of In-Person And Virtual Coaching Of Preservice Special Education Teachers, Sydney Green

Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education

Traditionally, university supervisors have provided coaching to special education preservice teachers after direct observations of sessions within the classroom. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many public school districts in the United States enforced visitor restriction policies that made face-to-face observations difficult or impossible. When faced with this challenge, university supervisors were forced to consider alternative ways to provide feedback. Many questioned whether virtual coaching was as effective as in-person coaching in increasing teacher behaviors. Presently, there are limited studies that suggest one delivery method is more effective or efficient than the other. This study used a Repeated Acquisition …

Coaching Pre-Service Aba Students To Correctly Respond To Challenging Behaviors During A Functional Analysis, Gabrielle Lonnemann

Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education

As Board Certified Behavior Analysts, we are responsible for training and implementing a variety of skills including a functional analysis. Bug in Ear teaching is an effective way to teach a variety of skills to a variety of professionals in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), as well as related fields. This study examined the effectiveness of using a Bug in Ear treatment package to teach preservice ABA masters students how to implement a functional analysis with isolated contingencies. This study suggests that the BIE treatment package may be an effective approach to teaching pre-service ABA students how to conduct a functional …

An Overview Of Functional Communication Training For Registered Behavior Technicians, Christopher Dollinger

Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education

Functional Communication Training (FCT) is an intervention involving the differential reinforcement of an alternative response (DRA), in which an appropriate communicative response (e.g., asking for a break) is reinforced while the behavior targeted for decrease (e.g., hitting to get out of work) has reinforcement withheld in its presence. Individuals who work as registered behavior technicians (RBT), under the supervision of a board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA), may implement FCT daily. With that being said, many individuals who choose to work as an RBT may not have as deep of an understanding of the concepts and principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA) …

Comparing Self-Delivered To Instructor-Delivered Reinforcement During Vocational Instruction For Students With Intellectual Disability Using Video Activity Schedules, Katherine Elise White

Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education

In this study, an adapted alternating treatments design was used to compare the effectiveness of teaching vocational task when using self-delivered reinforcement versus instructor-delivered reinforcement while using video prompting. Participants consisted of four high school students who had been diagnosed with intellectual disabilities. Results indicated that instructor delivered reinforcement was slightly more effective at teaching a vocational task for 2 of the 4 participants. The results of the other 2 participants indicated that both forms of reinforcement delivery were similarly effective.

Teaching Children To Use Interaction Strategies With Their Younger Siblings That Are Minimally Verbal, Abby Rucker

Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education

Children that are minimally verbal often lack same- or near-age peer interaction outside of the home environment. This study attempted to bridge that gap by training older siblings of minimally verbal children to use interaction strategies during play sessions. Through this, researchers were able to examine both the fidelity of use of the trained interaction strategies as well as their effect of the younger siblings’ communication skills.