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Book Review: The Door Of No Return, Krista Thornock

The Utah English Journal

Eleven year old Kofi Offin lives on the banks of the Offin River in Ghana. His Asante village in the fictional region of Upper Kwanta provides a setting for Kofi to explore his imminent manhood as he navigates relationships with family, friends, a schoolmaster, and even the village rivals in Lower Kwanta.

Book Review: The Ogress And The Orphans, Ashlyn Anderson

The Utah English Journal

Unfolding as an allegory, The Ogress and the Orphans analogizes the perils of selfishness and suspicion to the repercussions of a sinister dragon descending upon a credulous town.

Book Review: Iveliz Explains It All, Pamela Fetzer Hawker

The Utah English Journal

The voice of the child becoming a woman played through my head as I read Iveliz Explains It All, Andrea Beatriz Arango’s debut novel. The poetry flows from page to page explaining the world of Iveliz, filled with second chances, 7th grade, a journal, Spanish, sightings of her dead dad, Mami (her mother), and Mimi (her grandmother, who has Alzheimer’s). Iveliz is faced with an In School Behavior Intervention (ISBI) because she messed up her second chance. In ISBI, she has time to write her Seventh-Grade Goals: An Official List, which modulates and changes throughout the book.

Book Review: The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea, Annika Nielson

The Utah English Journal

When faced with two paths and two destinies, Mina makes a bold, irreversible choice: She will sacrifice herself to be the Sea God’s bride and go below the ocean to the City of Ghosts. By doing so, she takes the fated place of Shim Cheong, the girl that Mina’s brother Joon loves with his whole heart. This decision, born out of a place of sisterly love, sets the tone for the entirety of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh, since Mina’s mission after she’s pulled under the waves is to find the Sea God and end …

Book Review: All My Rage, Marci Nelson Ozer

The Utah English Journal

Sabaa Tahir, in her National Book Award winning novel All My Rage, weaves a tale that spans from Lahore, Pakistan to the fictional town of Juniper, California as told through the voices of three characters in alternating chapters.

Cinema And Ritual: Decolonial Feminist Approaches To Image-Making In The Americas And The Caribbean, Natalie M. Erazo

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This thesis project is composed of an open-access syllabus hosted on a CUNY commons site, as well as a paper that examines various films and texts responding to the theme of cinema and ritual. Referenced films will focus on ritual as a decolonial feminist methodological framework, rooted primarily in Afro-descended and Indigenous cosmovisions within Latin America and the Caribbean. From a dance ritual spell warding off U.S. imperialism in present-day Puerto Rico, to a poetic visual eulogy for murdered women in rural Mexico, to a community prayer to Yemaya bringing relief for water scarcity in Cuba to a cautionary tale …

Representaciones Ideológicas De La Lengua, La Conversación Y La Comunicación En Manuales De Urbanidad Del Siglo Xix En México: Guías Para La Civilización, El Orden Y El Progreso Nacional, Luis B. Quesada Nieto

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This study explores the main ideological representations of language, language use, conversation and communication found in a set of five etiquette manuals that were published and used in Mexico during the 19^th century. Following a glottopolitical perspective for the study of normativity, language policies, and sociolinguistic practices, the main hypothesis developed establishes that the ideas about language contained in these texts are strongly connected with the social, political, and economic period in which they are elaborated and enunciated, that is, the moment in which the nation is still defining itself, struggling to consolidate its viability and its value facing …

No Ela Without Ella: Understanding The Naming And Crafting Of Gendered Subjectivities In Puerto Rico, Carmín Quijano Seda

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

At the beginning of the 20th century, the official metadiscourses about gendered job titles sedimented the idea that names or indexes pointing to women should be interpreted as unskilled, cheap, or even free labor in Puerto Rico (Azize, 1985; Muñiz Mas, 1998; Baerga-Santini, 1999). For this reason, Puerto Rican women organized and fought for equality in work settings. Furthermore, they became more active in politics and the government. Nevertheless, the Estado Libre Asociado (ELA) and local media discourses and interpretations about women’s labor discouraged them from participating in more senior positions (Acevedo Gaud, 2012).

However, this interpretation seemed to have …

Culturally And Socially Responsive Teacher Professional Learning At The American Museum Of Natural History, Jessica Correa

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This capstone project consists of a series of professional learning sessions to support teachers in their implementation of Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education (CR-SE) using the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) as a resource and case study. Through the lens of Historically Responsive Literacy, the series also seeks to reestablish social science as a critical element of natural history for teachers. This series can help teachers see the museum as not only a place to explore life and physical science, but also a place to explore identity, social/emotional development, cultural studies and American History. The project includes resources and directions for …

A Word From The Writing Team (February 2024), Pam Walter, Mfa, Liz Declan, Ma, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Join Us for Our Virtual Writing Retreat This Friday
• Upcoming Biorender Workshop for Building Graphical Abstracts
• Publication Spotlight
• Co-Authorship and OA Fees: Do Your Homework!
• The OPWPC Canvas Page Offers Helpful Tools
• Scott Memorial Library Renovations Continue
• Wiley Open Access Fees Waived for Jefferson Authors

Issue 5, Fall 2024, Janell Gamboa

Thrive

No abstract provided.

02.26.2024 Orsp Connect, Liz Williamson

ORED Newsletter

No abstract provided.

02.12.2024 Orsp Connect, Liz Williamson

ORED Newsletter

I-RED Program, Training on Python and R available, Christy White spotlight, UM Researchers Find Turmeric, Thyme Oils Repel Fire Ants

02.05.2024 Orsp Connect, Liz Williamson

ORED Newsletter

NSF Revises PAPPG, Mickey McLaurin spotlight, ORSP Training Available: NSF Project Summary, Inclusive Entrepreneurship Event

Forging The Future: A History Of The John Martinson Honors College, 2013–2023, Emily Allen, Jannine Huby, Pulkit Manchanda

The Founders Series

Forging the Future: A History of the John Martinson Honors College, 2013–2023 is the story of a collaborative effort to build a visionary place: an academic-residential college that would bring together students from across disciplines and differences to rethink the goals and practices of a college education. Designed to be a hub for interdisciplinary learning and innovative pedagogy at Purdue University and a national leader in honors education, the John Martinson Honors College (JMHC) was first and foremost a dream of the future. How that collective dream took shape—from the first, speculative discussions of a college to the literal construction …

Book Review: I Must Betray You, Rebekah Crawley

The Utah English Journal

Anyone planning to read one of Ruta Sepetys’ historical fiction novels should prepare to have their eyes open to some of the world’s most hushed atrocities. From buried genocides to kidnapped babies, her stories will have you googling the veracity of her words. I Must Betray You is no different. Set in 1989 Romania, this historical fiction will have you captivated by the story of 17-year-old Cristian Florescu as he navigates life under a communist regime.

Book Review: The Life And Crimes Of Hoodie Rosen, Megan Colson

The Utah English Journal

Yehuda Rosen, also known as Hoodie, is a practicing Orthodox Jewish boy living in a new town called Tregaron. His father and others are trying to grow the Jewish community to the dismay of the mayor and other locals. Hoodie doesn’t see this as his problem though, especially after meeting and falling for Anna- Maria Diaz O’Leary, the daughter of the mayor who is trying to keep the Jewish community from moving in.

Book Review: Maizy Chen’S Last Chance, Ashley Hauber

The Utah English Journal

In Lisa Yee’s latest novel, Maizy Chen’s Last Chance, eleven year old Maizy joins her mom for a summer helping at her grandparents’ Chinese restaurant in the tiny little town of Last Chance, Minnesota. While Grandma and Mom run the restaurant, Maizy keeps Grandpa company as he tends to his health and regales her with thrilling stories of their ancestors’ journey from China to a new life in America. When a racist note attempts to blackmail the family restaurant, Maizy leans on the strength and resilience she’s learned from her grandpa’s stories to speak up and fight back against the …

A Lens Shift To Encourage Student Voice In Writing, Camille P. Stewart

The Utah English Journal

The sentence starters I worked so hard to spiral into the year’s curriculum became more than a scaffold– they were a permanent fixture. It was March, and my struggling writers were asking, “What sentence starter comes next?” without understanding why the transition worked. Their writing was organized, but lacked voice and intentionality. Students should know they control and choose their writing, so I decided to give students a new way to see their work and adapt the sentence starters they already knew. To do this, I looked for an allegory that students could connect to while planning their writing.

Adding Diversity Into Your Curriculum: A Three-Step Process With Examples, Lisa Jones

The Utah English Journal

Walking around my classroom library, I noticed a recurring theme among the books: White characters and White authors. While this technically reflected the demographic of my predominantly White community, it did not provide enough representation for my BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and other Persons of Color) students. Rudine Sims Bishop (1990) compares literature to windows (where readers see a different life experience than their own) and mirrors (where readers see themselves and their potential); she warns, “When children cannot find themselves reflected in the books they read… they learn a powerful lesson about how they are devalued in the society of …

2024-02-00 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter from February of 2024.

The Conviction Of Miss Prediction, Dane C. Joseph

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

Miss Prediction is questioned in a court of law over her involvement in the mischaracterization of linear models when they were inappropriate.

Polygon Quadrature And Dodecagonal Tessellation With Pattern Blocks, Gunhan Caglayan, Ben Kamau

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

The age-old challenge of polygon quadrature involves converting a polygon into a square of equal area. In this educational resource, we utilize pattern blocks, commonly employed instructional aids in K-12 education across the United States, to visually demonstrate the transformation of different equilateral and regular pattern block polygons into squares. This is achieved through the application of the area conservation principle and geometric congruence/similarity reasoning.

Seating Groups And 'What A Coincidence!': Mathematics In The Making And How It Gets Presented, Peter J. Rowlett

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

Mathematics is often presented as a neatly polished finished product, yet its development is messy and often full of mis-steps that could have been avoided with hindsight. An experience with a puzzle illustrates this conflict. The puzzle asks for the probability that a group of four and a group of two are seated adjacently within a hundred seats, and is solved using combinatorics techniques.

Sharing Four Biscuits Between Three People: An Illustrative Example Of How Mathematics Is Intertwined With Human Values, Lovisa Sumpter, David Sumpter

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

Despite convincing arguments by mathematicians, philosophers, sociologists and machine learning practitioners to the contrary, there remains a widespread notion amongst many members of the general public (and some practitioners) that mathematics is neutral, that it is free from human values. One reason why this notion persists is that we lack clear-cut examples that demonstrate how mathematics and values are intertwined. In this paper, we offer one such example. In particular, we show that when sharing four biscuits between three people, several possible mathematical and ethical frameworks can be used. We demonstrate that different solutions—hiding one biscuit, arbitrarily sharing the extra …

Finding Your Mathematical Roots: Inclusion And Identity Development In Mathematics, Linda Mcguire

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

This paper details a semester-long course project that has been successfully adapted for use in mathematics courses ranging from introductory level, general-education classes to advanced courses in the mathematics major. Through creating aspirational mathematical family trees and writing mathematical autobiographies, this assignment is designed to help battle belonging uncertainty, to challenge students to self-situate in relation to the history of mathematical and scientific knowledge, and to make visible a student’s developing identity in mathematics and, more broadly, in STEM.

The construction and scaffolding of the project, assignments, examples of student work, foundational readings, assessment and outcomes, and adaptation strategies for …

Gödel's Theorem In The Continuing Education Of Mathematics Teachers, Ana J. Lemes

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

The notion of dépaysement épistémologique (epistemological disorientation) aims to capture the sense of disorientation when a learner is led to question their prior assumptions and understandings, generating uncertainty in a context in which they thought they had certain knowledge. This article describes an activity used with a group of practicing mathematics teachers in Uruguay that integrates elements of the history of mathematics related to Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, with the aim of provoking in the participants the experience of dépaysement épistémologique. Results show that several of the teachers participating in the activity felt dépaysement épistémologique, and this feeling triggered …

Student Perceptions Of Icc Development And The Reasons For It During Casa@Auc, Stephen Wright

Theses and Dissertations

Research has described how studying abroad has become a major goal in the Arabic world, focusing on understanding the ideas and way of life of another culture and people. Study abroad programs increase students' “Intercultural communicative competence” as indicated by researchers like Maharaja (2018) and Lee and Song (2019). The current study is a case study involving three participants. It focuses on students' perceptions of the influence of the CASA@AUC study abroad program on their intercultural communicative competence (ICC) as reflected by ACTFL performance indicators they are capable of executing. Results of the study indicate that they have reached advanced …

Students' Perceptions Of Non-Native Arabic And Native Arabic Teachers, Mohamed Firgany

Theses and Dissertations

Educators teach Millions of Arabic language learners worldwide, most of whom are not native speakers. Despite their efforts in teaching, developing educational materials, and significant contributions to scientific research, there is a lack of research on them within the context of the Arabic language.

In this project, I explore students' perceptions of teaching practices for native-speaker teachers (NSTs) and non-native-speaker teachers (NNSTs), along with the advantages and disadvantages associated with each. Additionally, I aim to understand the impact of certain variables such as gender, age, nationality, language proficiency, and the purpose of studying on these perceptions.

Through 173 survey responses …

Interbensyong Ludiko Sa Ekopedagohiya: Paglalarong Arkipelahiko Sa Pawikan Patrol At Resilience: Survive And Thrive Tungo Sa Konserbasyon Ng Kalikasang Pilipino, Jose Monfred C. Sy

Dalumat: Multikultural at Multidisiplinaryong E-Journal sa Araling Filipino

Marapat na mabigyan ng kritikal na makakalikasang atensyon ang kapuluang Pilipinas sapagkat pinagbabantaan ng kapitalohenikong aktibidad ang mayamang panlupa’t pantubig na biodibersidad nito. Interesado ang papel kong ito sa mga larong tabletop at ang kanilang potensyal sa paglinang ng imahinaryong isinasaalang-alang ang ekolohiyang pang-isla ng bansa. Nagpopokus ako sa dalawa: ang Pawikan Patrol (2018) at Resilience: Survive and Thrive (2015). Sa pag-aaral na ito, binibigyan ng malapitang pagbasa ang “retorikang prosidyural” (“procedural rhetoric”) ng dalawang laro. Sinusuri sa naturang lapit ang saligan, layunin, mga piyesa at elementong pisikal, at mekaniks ng mga tekstong binubuo ng mga hakbang at panuto tulad …