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Self And Other, Translingualism And Pan-American Race Thinking In Xul Solar's San Signos, Thomas Genova

Spanish Publications

This article deals with translingualism, race thinking, and Pan-Americanism in Argentine polymath Xul Solar’s Los san signos. The purportedly autobiographic, mystical text is written in Neocriollo, an artificial creole that the author created as a lingua franca for the Americas. Based on visions that he claims to have received using the I Ching, Xul Solar elaborated his work during the 1920s, a period marked by transnational debate on the meaning of Pan-American politics in light of US imperialism and race thinking. Los san signos mobilizes the mystical union of self and Other as a trope for regional unity, …

Reinforcement Learning: A Christian Perspective, Paul Griffioen

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

No abstract provided.

The Colorado River Upper Initial Units Take Center Stage, Eric Kuhn, Anne Castle, Jack Schmidt, Kathryn Sorensen, Katherine Tara

The Traveling Wilburys of the Colorado River

In 1956, Congress authorized the Upper Initial Units—Flaming Gorge Reservoir,

Navajo Reservoir, and the Aspinall Unit (UIUs)—for a variety of water use

purposes in the Upper Colorado River Basin, including compliance with the

1922 Colorado River Compact (1922 Compact). The historical record is clear

that the primary reason these reservoirs exist is to satisfy the math of the 1922

Compact and the obligations it imposed on the Upper Division States

regarding flows at Lee Ferry.

Curating The Liberal Arts: High-Impact Approaches To Teaching Medical Humanities In The Archives, Alyssa Culp, Liz Bloodworth

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

This article emphasizes high-impact practices in the archives and encourages instructors and archivists to use prolonged collaboration as a way to teach digital learners analog thinking. The digital and physical exhibits we discuss were designed to model liberal arts thinking and curate experiential learning opportunities that led students to make connections between artifacts and lived experiences. Our case study focuses on one course developed with sustained archival interaction, which demonstrates an effective use of archives for promoting active learning through direct engagement with primary source materials in a liberal arts environment and thereby serves as an example of partnership for …

A Historian And A Sociologist Walk Into A Bar: A Data Archive For Social Sciences And Digital Humanities Hosted At A National Archives Institution, Benjamin Peuch, Oliver Lenaerts, Rolande Depoortere, Johan Van Der Eycken, Youssef Ouahalou

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

In October 2020, a new service was launched at the State Archives of Belgium, the Social Sciences and Digital Humanities Archive (SODHA). It is the result of several years of feasibility research into the viability of a data archive for social sciences and digital humanities in the research landscape of Belgium. SODHA acts as a service provider for the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archive (CESSDA ERIC) and takes up the task of preserving and disseminating research data in any of the disciplines that constitute the aforementioned fields.

SODHA is a latecomer compared to other similar organizations in Europe …

Recovering Hidden Histories: Christopher Page On The Guitar In Victorian England, Jenny Nex

Soundboard Scholar

A review of The Guitar in Victorian England: A Social and Musical History, by Christopher Page (Cambridge University Press, 2025)

Rotc Correspondence Between Dr. J.A. Keller And Congressman Robert E. Jones, Jr., 1947, President J.A. Keller

Correspondence

Thank you note from Dr. J.A. Keller to Congressman Robert E. Jones, Jr. about his help securing a ROTC unit for FSTC, 1947.

Enrollment Of Normal School By Years Since 1915 (Regular Session), 1929, Dr. Henry J. Willingham/State Normal School

Documents on Education and Progress of the University

Correspondence between Dr. Henry J. Willingham, President of State Normal College and Dr. R. E. Tidwell, Alabama State Department of Education-Enrollment of college students from 1915-1929.

Annual Report Of State Teachers College, 1947-1948, F.E. Lund, Acting President

Correspondence

Correspondence between F.E. Lund, Acting President of Florence State Teachers College and The Alabama State Board of Education, 1948.

Correspondence Between Lt. Col. J. J. Hamlin And President J.A. Keller, 1948, Lt. Col. J. J. Hamlin/J.A. Keller

Correspondence

Correspondence from Lt. Col. J.J. Hamlin to President J.A. Keller-the application for establishment of a Corps of Military Police, ROTC unit, has been approved, 1948.

News Release-Rotc Unit To Be Activated At Florence, Alabama, 1948, Florence State Teachers College

Correspondence

A news release about the activation of an ROTC unit at Florence State Teachers College in July, 1948.

Western Union Telegram, 1948, E.B. Norton

Correspondence

A Western Union telegram from E.B. Dorton to Dean F.E. Lund, Acting President of FSTC, 1948.

Comparative Analysis Of User Interface Design In Genshin Impact And Wuthering Waves: Generation Z Players’ Perceptions And Preferences, Nasywan Aqila Auliarai, Pranti Sayekti

Journal of Language, Literature, and Arts

This study examines the user interface (UI) designs of Genshin Impact and Wuthering Waves and explores Generation Z players' perceptions of their visual and functional characteristics. Employing a descriptive qualitative comparative approach, data were collected through direct game observation, interface documentation, semi-structured interviews, and open-ended questionnaires involving five Generation Z players domiciled on Java Island, Indonesia. The analysis focused on four interface components: the heads-up display, main menu, character menu, and inventory menu, evaluated using five design principles: clarity and simplicity, clear and concise language, consistency, visual hierarchy, and visual aesthetics. The findings indicate that Genshin Impact emphasizes descriptive navigation, …

Young People Are Legal Battlegrounds, Mark Rice

American Studies Faculty/Staff Publications

Using the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child as a frame of reference, this essay examines current Supreme Court decisions and Congressional bills in order to highlight the struggles over the bodies and minds of young people in the United States. It uses Barbara Kruger’s 1989 artwork, “Untitled (Your body is a battleground),” to link the struggles for reproductive and bodily autonomy for women with parallel struggles for the bodily autonomy of young people.

Florence, Ala., 1890: The Philadelphia Of The South, Florence Land Sale Company

Documents

Viewbook and promotional for the city-Grand sale of lots commencing November 1890.

Lanthorn, Vol. 61, No. 05, October 5, 2026, Grand Valley State University

Volume 61, August 10, 2026 – current

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Indigenous Religion And Community Order: Crime Prevention Strategies Among Worshippers Of Igbe Orhe In Nigeria, Onoseme Fortune Afatakpa Dr

African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies

This ethnographic study examines crime prevention strategies within Igbe Orhe, an indigenous African religious tradition practiced in Delta State, Nigeria. While existing security studies primarily emphasize formal and direct approaches to crime prevention, this research foregrounds the less explored structural mechanisms embedded in cultural spirituality. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with purposively selected participants, including the Uku Supreme (global leader), High Priests (Uku), High Priestess (Omote Uku), Chief Priests (Inori), Chief Priestesses (Ini Igbe), and Votary Singers (Akpine). Two focus group discussions were also conducted with female and youth members of selected …

Vocation, Grace, And Redemption In J. R. R. Tolkien’S Legendarium, Yoshie Shimai

Journal of Tolkien Research

Abstract

This essay reads Frodo's trajectory of vocation, sacrifice, and salvation in The Lord of the Rings through Aquinas's account of the cooperation of grace and free will (Summa Theologica I-II, qq. 109–114), and reads Gollum and Gríma as two unwitting mediators of grace. It does not argue that Tolkien consciously adopted this doctrine, but that his characters enact it. Frodo freely accepts two vocations, the destruction of the Ring and the protection of the Shire, yet cannot complete either by his own strength. Their completion comes through the two fallen figures: Gollum at the Crack of Doom, and …

Catalogue Of The State Normal College, Florence, Ala. (1887-1901), State Normal School

Documents

Catalogues fifteen through twenty-eight of the State Normal School, a predecessor of the University of North Alabama. The document contains information on faculty and staff, course requirements and offerings, as well as students enrolled in the institution.

Catalogue Of The State Normal School, Florence, Ala. (1886-1887), State Normal School

Documents

The fourteenth catalogue of the State Normal School, a predecessor of the University of North Alabama. The document contains information on faculty and staff, course requirements and offerings, as well as students enrolled in the institution.

Ornamental Letters In J.R.R. Tolkien's Manuscripts, Eduardo Boheme Kumamoto

Journal of Tolkien Research

The purpose of this article is to examine ornamental letters and decoration that in some way interacts with letterforms in J.R.R. Tolkien’s manuscripts. I explore Tolkien’s use of elements such as double strokes, color, dots, and flourishes to add prominence and beauty to the letterforms; where possible I also try to establish a relation between these ornaments and medieval manuscripts.

Strategi Kebahasaan Dalam Representasi Gender Feminin Pada Iklan Produk Kecantikan Di Tiktok Indonesia, Zulfa Maya Ramadhani, Afkarina Fajriatul Khasanah, Nida Baikah, Roekhan Roekhan

Journal of Language, Literature, and Arts

TikTok has become a digital communication space for promoting products while constructing representations of identity and gender. This study examines linguistic strategies in the representation of femininity in beauty product advertisements on TikTok Indonesia. It employs a qualitative descriptive method using Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis (Feminist CDA). The data consist of verbal elements from advertisements by Scarlett Whitening, Wardah Beauty, and Natur-E, analyzed in terms of lexical choices, grammatical structures, persuasive forms, and rhetorical strategies. Data analysis involved data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. The findings indicate that linguistic strategies construct femininity through associations among beauty, self-confidence, …

Representasi Kritik Terhadap Kerusakan Lingkungan Dalam Lirik Lagu “Alam Bukan Tempat Sampah” Karya Fiersa Besari: Analisis Semiotika Ferdinand De Saussure, Sophie Dwishinta, Talitha Gea Salsabila, Helmi Muzaki, Lutfi Wulandari

Journal of Language, Literature, and Arts

This study examines the representation of environmental criticism in Fiersa Besari’s song “Alam Bukan Tempat Sampah” through Ferdinand de Saussure’s semiotic framework. It employs a descriptive qualitative method, using the complete song lyrics as its data source. Analysis involves reading the text, identifying signifiers, interpreting signifieds, grouping meanings, and developing interpretations within the context of the lyrics as a whole. The findings indicate that environmental criticism is constructed through word choices, semantic contrasts, metaphors, imperatives, and repetition. The lyrics criticize environmental neglect, the pursuit of wealth and power, and complaints or blame unaccompanied by corrective action. The metaphor “our home” …

Objective And Formal Introversion In Medieval Khurasan Ceramics: A Visual-Semiotic Study Of Selected Bamiyan Vessels, Ammar Abdl-Kadhim Mahdi

Journal of Language, Literature, and Arts

This study examines objective and formal introversion as an analytical framework for understanding the visual organization of 12th–13th-century CE (6th–7th centuries AH) glazed ceramics from Bamiyan within the broader cultural context of medieval Khurasan. While previous scholarship has extensively addressed the typological, technical, and decorative characteristics of Khurasanian ceramics, comparatively less attention has been given to the structural principles governing their internal visual organization. Using an art-historical and visual-semiotic approach, the study analyzes five purposively selected vessels from a documented corpus of 15 objects. The analysis examines morphological characteristics, compositional structure, center–periphery relationships, directional movement, boundaries, figuration, and negative space. …

Morality And Me: An Investigation Of A Moral Framework For College Students, Jillian Lee Meyer '23, Ted Bitner

Student Research

How do college students explain their choices when everyday situations raise moral questions? This study examined the reasoning of 136 U.S. undergraduates across ten dilemmas involving friendships, coursework, employment, and social life. Participants chose a course of action and briefly explained why. Their written explanations were coded using six moral dimensions developed by the Prindle Institute for Ethics: consequences, intentions and motivations, principles and rights, care and relationships, virtues, and fairness. Across dilemmas, students most often emphasized consequences, followed by intentions and motivations. Other dimensions became more prominent in particular contexts: legal questions drew attention to principles and rights, while …

Kesalahan Berbahasa Indonesia Penutur Rusia Non-Imersi Di Tiktok Dan Instagram: Antara Interferensi Dan Register Kolokial, Dyah Ayu Larasati

Journal of Language, Literature, and Arts

This study aims to describe patterns of Indonesian language errors produced by a Russian speaker in social media content on the @marielle.world account and to identify the factors contributing to these errors. This descriptive qualitative study examined five posts, comprising one Instagram post and four TikTok posts. Data were collected using non-participant observation and note-taking techniques and analyzed through a five-stage language error analysis procedure. The findings identified 68 instances of deviation, classified into two analytical categories. First, 28 non-native errors resulted from interference and incomplete mastery of Indonesian linguistic rules, predominantly phonological errors (22 instances), followed by the omission …

Keefektifan Board Game Puzzle Dalam Meningkatkan Keaktifan Dan Pengetahuan Komposisi Visual Menggambar Still Life Di Smp Kelas 8, Novia Ratu Imronia, Iriaji Iriaji

Journal of Language, Literature, and Arts

Visual arts learning at SMPN 10 Malang still faces limitations in instructional media that support students’ understanding and active participation. This study aimed to analyze learning needs, develop and validate a visual composition board game puzzle, and examine its effectiveness in improving students’ knowledge and learning engagement. The study employed a Research and Development (R&D) approach using the ADDIE model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation). Data were collected through observations, interviews, expert validation questionnaires, knowledge tests, and observations of students’ learning engagement. The needs analysis indicated a demand for more engaging and interactive media for learning the …

Distribution Of The Students By Counties For The Regular Session 1926-1927, State Normal School, Florence, Alabama, State Normal School

Documents on Education and Progress of the University

Statistics of students from each county in Alabama, as well as Total numbers from other states) that attended State Normal School during the regular session of school, 1926-1927.

Could 'Real Existing Ai' Be Sentient?, Tim Crane

Animal Sentience

Jonathan Birch is rightly sceptical about the idea that today’s AI machines (e.g. LLMs) are candidates for sentience. Nonetheless, he gives three reasons for taking the future possibility of AI sentience seriously. I dispute them all. Birch fails to distinguish the very idea of an artificial mind from computational AI (what I call ‘Real Existing AI’); he does not adequately distinguish a simulation from a replica or copy; and he fails to acknowledge that the appeal to computational functionalism in this context is straightforwardly question-begging.

Graduates, 1914-1929, State Normal School

Documents on Education and Progress of the University

Number of Graduates from 1914-1929-State Normal School and Florence State Teachers College