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Soundscaping The Archives: Disrupting Boundaries Through Sensory Research, Kathryn Allyn, Roza Tchoukaleyska
Soundscaping The Archives: Disrupting Boundaries Through Sensory Research, Kathryn Allyn, Roza Tchoukaleyska
Geography & Environment Publications
Through this paper, we seek to re-imagine and challenge the meaning of archival spaces. While archival spaces are repositories of information, they are also sites where cultural values and public memory are shaped, and forms of power enacted. Drawing on sensory ethnography research in the Le Corbusier archives in Paris, France, we consider how boundaries are disrupted through noise, echo, reverberations, buzzing, and other “sounds.” Our work is presented in two overlapping textures: a soundtrack, with recordings from the Le Corbusier archives; and the text written out below. Alongside tracing archival soundscapes, a secondary function of this paper is to …
Understanding Global Change: From Documentation And Collaboration To Social Transformation, Karen E. Pennesi
Understanding Global Change: From Documentation And Collaboration To Social Transformation, Karen E. Pennesi
Anthropology Publications
The conclusion to the book situates the chapters within four programs of anthropological research on climate change: (1) documentation of local impacts of and adaptations to climate change, (2) connections to socioeconomic and political contexts, (3) collaborations with nonanthropologists, and (4) activism and social transformation. The final section notes the persistent challenges to creating positive change and meaningful research outcomes. It highlights some examples of success and outlines future directions for politically engaged anthropological work around climate change.
Improving Supports For Diverse Women Entering Executive Roles, Karen E. Pennesi, Ibtesum Afrin, Fattimah Hamam, Badarinarayan Maharaj, Raisa Masud, Luis Meléndez, Natalia Parra, Ashley Piskor
Improving Supports For Diverse Women Entering Executive Roles, Karen E. Pennesi, Ibtesum Afrin, Fattimah Hamam, Badarinarayan Maharaj, Raisa Masud, Luis Meléndez, Natalia Parra, Ashley Piskor
Anthropology Publications
We report on research identifying supports and barriers for women of diverse backgrounds entering executive roles in Canadian organizations. Intersectionality explains how different social categories such as gender, age and ethnoracial identity are interrelated and affect the professional lives of women. Family supports and networking are key to women's success. The COVID-19 pandemic presents both problems and opportunities for working women. This research was conducted as a graduate student project in collaboration with the Women's Executive Network. We offer recommendations for how organizations can better support women entering leadership roles.
Supports For Migrant Farmworkers: Tensions In (In)Access And (In)Action, Susana Caxaj, Amy Cohen, Sarah Marsden
Supports For Migrant Farmworkers: Tensions In (In)Access And (In)Action, Susana Caxaj, Amy Cohen, Sarah Marsden
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Publications
Purpose: This study examined the role of support actors in promoting or hindering access to migrant agricultural workers' (MAWs) needs, and, to determine the factors that influence adequate support for this population.
Methodology: Employing a Situational Analysis methodology, we carried out focus groups and interviews with 35 support actors complimented by a community scan (n=28) with public-facing support persons and a community consultation with migrant agricultural workers (MAWs).
Findings: Two major themes were revealed: (In)access and (In)action, and; Blurred Lines in Service Provision. The first illustrated how support actors could both reinforce or challenge barriers for this population through tensions …
Biology 4920g: Companion Planting In The Community, Jacquline A. Nathaniel
Biology 4920g: Companion Planting In The Community, Jacquline A. Nathaniel
Community Engaged Learning Final Projects
LIFE*SPIN is a local organization in London, Ontario that provides resources to individuals and families dependent on low income to ultimately break the poverty cycle by encouraging sustainable living and self-sufficiency. For this Seminar in Biology course, Maria Bata and I partnered with LIFE*SPIN to plan and execute a "Seeding Planting Party" to teach children about basic botany, nutrition, and leadership. The following final paper for this seminar discusses the project deliverables and efforts, biological research concerning companion planting, and personal reflection on this experience.
Finding Those Once Lost: The Analysis Of The Potter's Field At Woodland Cemetery, London, On
Finding Those Once Lost: The Analysis Of The Potter's Field At Woodland Cemetery, London, On
Archaeology eBook Collection
Mortuary archaeology is the archaeological study of death and burial. In North America, the anthropological, cross-cultural, and deep temporal perspectives are employed (cf. Martin et al. 2013a). The myriad ways that societies deal with death are the product of complex and intertwined social, economic, and environmental factors such as class, gender, ethnicity, subsistence practice, and social complexity, to name a few. Therefore, the study of mortuary rituals sheds important light on social complexity and organization. This makes it an excellent topic for an advanced course in a Department of Anthropology. The research described in this report is the result of …
To Follow Or Not To Follow: Social Norms And Civic Duty During A Pandemic, Laura French Bourgeois, Allison Harell, Laura B. Stephenson
To Follow Or Not To Follow: Social Norms And Civic Duty During A Pandemic, Laura French Bourgeois, Allison Harell, Laura B. Stephenson
Publications
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread calls from government officials for people to drastically change their behaviour to slow the spread of the disease. From self-quarantining to maintaining physical distance from others, these measures only work if there is widespread adherence. In this article, we explore how one's sense of duty and one's perception of other people's behaviour shape who follows health recommendations. Drawing on the 2020 Democracy Checkup survey, we show that one's own sense of duty and a belief that most other Canadians are adhering to the rules decrease how often people report breaking the rules. Furthermore, …
C-Dem Annual Report 2020, Allison Harell, Laura Stephenson
C-Dem Annual Report 2020, Allison Harell, Laura Stephenson
Annual Reports
No abstract provided.
Southwwestern Library Association Records, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Southwwestern Library Association Records, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Records of Book Award Committee, 1963-1966; records of Executive Board, 1965-1966.
Virgil Orr Handwriting Analysis Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Virgil Orr Handwriting Analysis Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
Manuscript Finding Aids
Items relating to the analysis of handwriting.
Leadership, Development, And Expertise: A Qualitative Content Analysis Of Scholarly Communication Librarian Position Announcements, Angela Hackstadt
Leadership, Development, And Expertise: A Qualitative Content Analysis Of Scholarly Communication Librarian Position Announcements, Angela Hackstadt
University Libraries Faculty Scholarship
In 2012, the Association of Research Libraries reported that 95% of libraries identified their libraries as leaders of scholarly communication efforts on campus. While academic librarians have long been responsible for SC issues, institutions have explicitly tasked positions with these responsibilities increasingly over time. This qualitative analysis of position announcements focuses on the ways libraries expect these librarians to engage with SC issues and responsibilities, rather than describing the prevalence of SC-related functions. Specifically, this study asks the following questions: (1) How do administrators communicate leadership expectations of SC librarian roles through job advertisements? (2) In what ways could these …
21st Century Anthropology Scholarship: A Citation Analysis, Priscilla Seaman, Sue A. Kaczor
21st Century Anthropology Scholarship: A Citation Analysis, Priscilla Seaman, Sue A. Kaczor
University Libraries Faculty Scholarship
A 2017 citation study looked at four scholarly anthropology journals in order to evaluate current research trends. This study examined the following journals: Current Anthropology, the American Anthropologist, the American Ethnologist, and the Journal of Anthropological Research. The results showed an average of 89.9 citations per article, which is a large increase over previous studies. The breakdown by the largest two categories showed 48.1% citations to total books, compared to 41.2% for scholarly journals. All other source types of citations comprised only 10.7% of total citations. These results were compared to a 2005 study by William Robinson and Paul Posten …
The Question Of National Self-Determination In Catalonia, Ethan Waugh
The Question Of National Self-Determination In Catalonia, Ethan Waugh
Politics, Philosophy, and Legal Studies: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
National self-determination movements are ubiquitous social attempts of one regional or ethnic community to gain independence from a larger nation-state. These movements, although founded on democratic ideals, have the potential to disrupt the democratic process and drastically change international order. In the following paper, I first examine national self-determination movements, as a whole, from a theoretical perspective. In order to more critically analyze them, I take the case of Catalonia and its relationship with the Spanish national government, closely following the movement’s economic, cultural, and political claims to independence. Finally, I conclude my study by explaining Catalonia’s movement in the …
America First As A Foreign Policy : Multilateralism And Security Policy, Alissa Stoneking
America First As A Foreign Policy : Multilateralism And Security Policy, Alissa Stoneking
Politics, Philosophy, and Legal Studies: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
President Donald Trump has redefined America’s foreign policy around his mantra, “America First.” This has led to attempts at renegotiating international treaties and reversing American Foreign policy toward inter-governmental organizations (IGOs). His actions, specifically on security policy issues including Iran and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as well as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), have led to multiple short-term as well as potential long-term consequences. These include a level of uncertainty surrounding President Trump’s meaning of “America First” and a difficulty in understanding and/or anticipating his actions and intentions due to the lack of a clear foreign …
Fostering Resilience Of Latinx Youth Within School Environments, Savannah K. Martinez
Fostering Resilience Of Latinx Youth Within School Environments, Savannah K. Martinez
Social Work: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
No abstract provided.
Investigating Identity Development And “Finsta” Use Amongst Emerging Adults, Sara Holsing
Investigating Identity Development And “Finsta” Use Amongst Emerging Adults, Sara Holsing
Psychology: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
Finstas, which stands for “fake Instagram,” are a new type of social media. Past research has found that self-presentation and social comparison are important on social media and may have implications for Finstas use and identity development for college-aged adults. In our first study, we hypothesized that social media self-presentation would relate to the content posted on Finstas, the current state of a participants' identity, and what comparison style they engaged with most on their public Instagram. One hundred twelve college-aged participants took an online survey and answered questions to four scales and also a Finsta survey created by the …
Long-Distance Relationships In The First Year Of College, Alexis Trionfo
Long-Distance Relationships In The First Year Of College, Alexis Trionfo
Psychology: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
Previous research highlights long-distance relationships’ negative impact on academic adjustment, social life, and personal-emotional well-being for individuals in college. This study examined the impact of long-distance relationships on college adjustment, specifically in the first year of college. The concept of societal location—whether one’s partner also attended a traditional 4-year institution or not—and its impacts on college adjustment and relationship satisfaction were also investigated. Through an online survey sent to first-year students, 77 participants completed the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire. Of these participants, 33 were in a long-distance relationship and completed the Couples Satisfaction Index. During Time I, the hypothesized …
Healthy Eating & Active Living In Childhood In Latinx Households In Spartanburg, Sc: A Community-Engaged Qualitative Research Study On Assets And Challenges, Laura Barbas Rhoden
Healthy Eating & Active Living In Childhood In Latinx Households In Spartanburg, Sc: A Community-Engaged Qualitative Research Study On Assets And Challenges, Laura Barbas Rhoden
Community Based Research
Spartanburg County organizations have engaged in coalition-driven, data-informed work for over a decade related to healthy eating and active living in the community. Work has been exceptional with regard to data gathering, data sharing, and the piloting of evidence-based interventions. Quantitative data, such as BMI data gathered by the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) countywide through schools, as well as survey results from the Road to Better Health initiative, give some sense of community demographics and needs. However, this large-scale picture reveals little about experiences at the household level and is of limited use in determining ways to …
Increasing Diversity Among Women Entrepreneurs In High Growth High Tech Using Hbcu Female Academic Entrepreneurs, Clovia Hamilton
Increasing Diversity Among Women Entrepreneurs In High Growth High Tech Using Hbcu Female Academic Entrepreneurs, Clovia Hamilton
Technology & Society Faculty Publications
There is a concentrated number of potential women entrepreneurs of diverse races among faculty in the United States' Historically Black Colleges and Universities (known as HBCUs and are called 'Black Colleges' herein). This study describes the potential for developing university technology transfer in these Black Colleges as a strategy for increasing diversity among women entrepreneurs in high growth, high tech fields using female academic entrepreneurs. Currently, Black Colleges lag behind their peer non-Black Colleges in . technology transfer because historically they have been under, served and were originally established largely as teaching and blue-collar trade schools. Although Black female STEM …
Library Olympics For Student Employees, Melissa Correll, Emily Moran
Library Olympics For Student Employees, Melissa Correll, Emily Moran
Library Faculty Scholarship
This cookbook chapter provides instructions that can help librarians celebrate student employees with a year-end appreciation event. Adapt it for use as a training event at the beginning of the year.
Streets, Sidewalks And Covid-19: Reimaging New York City’S Public Realm As A Tool For Crisis Management, Donovan Finn
Streets, Sidewalks And Covid-19: Reimaging New York City’S Public Realm As A Tool For Crisis Management, Donovan Finn
School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Publications
The 2020 COVID-19 outbreak has caused significant disruption to economic and social systems. New York City, as the United States’ largest city and among the nation’s most densely populated, was an early epicenter of the crisis. Modifications to the design, planning and operations of the city’s public realm have been important components of the city’s overall response to mitigate the effects of the pandemic while also facilitating economic recovery and providing social, educational, and recreational opportunities for city residents. This commentary provides an overview of New York City’s urban design responses to COVID-19, highlighting some of the successes and limitations …
Programming As Pedagogy In The Academic Library, Kathleen Kasten-Mutkus
Programming As Pedagogy In The Academic Library, Kathleen Kasten-Mutkus
Library Faculty Publications
This paper considers library programming as a means of extending and enhancing the academic library’s pedagogical mission and role in student success. Scholarly programming in the form of faculty speakers, film screenings, or other kinds of research-based events creates opportunities for students to join an academic community and to practice critical thinking skills learned in class. These presentations inscribe the library within the students’ journey from student to scholar, highlighting its importance as a nexus for scholarly exchange. At the same time, this programming strengthens the library’s mission by encouraging engagement with the campus, interdisciplinary research, and efforts to support …
Swiping More, Committing Less: Unraveling The Links Among Dating App Use, Dating App Success, And Intention To Commit Infidelity, Cassandra Alexopoulos, Elisabeth Timmermans, Jenna Mcnallie
Swiping More, Committing Less: Unraveling The Links Among Dating App Use, Dating App Success, And Intention To Commit Infidelity, Cassandra Alexopoulos, Elisabeth Timmermans, Jenna Mcnallie
Faculty Authored Articles
The present study was conducted to explore the cognitive processes linking people's perceptions of their mobile dating app experience and their intention to commit infidelity. Three hundred and ninety-five participants were recruited through a U.S. based university (44.6%) and MTurk (55.4%). Our results indicate that people's perceived success on a dating app was positively associated with their intention to commit infidelity through self-perceived desirability, and negatively associated with their intention to commit infidelity through perceived amount of available partners. These findings are discussed in light of theories of relational investment.
Assessment Of Bias In Police Lineups., Nancy K. Steblay, Gary L. Wells
Assessment Of Bias In Police Lineups., Nancy K. Steblay, Gary L. Wells
Faculty Authored Articles
Materials from five extant field studies were analyzed to determine the level of structural bias in police lineups. Depending on the jurisdiction, between 33% and 68% of lineups sampled from 1,548 real police lineups scored as suspect-biased using mock-witness proportion score. The suspect did not draw a fair portion of mock-witness picks in 20% of field lineups (reverse-biased lineups). Lineup fairness measures revealed that a point estimate (mean) for a set of lineups can mask significant problems in lineup construction and that any single lineup should not be assumed to be fair based on an aggregate score. A sample of …
Early Findings From A Tri-County Collaborative Approach To Addressing The Opioid Crisis, Sandra Mcginnis, Thomas Laporte
Early Findings From A Tri-County Collaborative Approach To Addressing The Opioid Crisis, Sandra Mcginnis, Thomas Laporte
Behavioral Health Services Publications
While the opioid crisis has captured the concern of public health officials and the public, the epidemic is not evenly distributed. Rural communities are especially hard-hit, particularly areas with a large working-class population where dim economic prospects have led to dramatic increases in so-called “deaths of despair” (Case and Deaton, 2017). These communities bear a high share of opioid-related mortality, and also suffer from limited supports to treat addiction and related problems such as mental illness and chronic pain.
Doctor Recommendations Are Related To Patient Interest And Use Of Behavioral Treatment For Chronic Pain And Addiction, Lisa M. Mcandrew, Alexandria Brunkow, Margeaux Cannon, Fiona S. Graff, Jessica L. Martin, Leslie R.M. Hausmann
Doctor Recommendations Are Related To Patient Interest And Use Of Behavioral Treatment For Chronic Pain And Addiction, Lisa M. Mcandrew, Alexandria Brunkow, Margeaux Cannon, Fiona S. Graff, Jessica L. Martin, Leslie R.M. Hausmann
Educational & Counseling Psychology Faculty Scholarship
The opioid crisis has highlighted the importance of improving patients’ access to behavioral treatments for chronic pain and addiction. What is not known is if patients are interested in receiving these treatments. In this cross-sectional study, over 1000 participants with chronic pain were surveyed using an anonymous online questionnaire on Amazon Mechanical Turk (Mturk) to investigate participants’ use of and interest in pharmacological and behavioral treatments for chronic pain and addiction. Participants also indicated whether their doctor had recommended these treatments. The majority of participants reported using medication for their pain (83.19%) and that their doctor recommended medication (85.05%), whereas …
A Heartbeat Away: Popular Culture’S Role In Teaching Presidential Succession, Jay L. Wendland
A Heartbeat Away: Popular Culture’S Role In Teaching Presidential Succession, Jay L. Wendland
Articles & Book Chapters
The role of popular culture in civic education is important. Many television viewers learn about the American political process through various dramatized depictions. The 25th Amendment has often received much attention from Hollywood, as it provides writers, directors, and producers a tool with which to further dramatize presidential succession. Through the television shows West Wing, Designated Survivor, Commander in Chief, Madam Secretary, and Political Animals, viewers are exposed to storylines revolving around the 25th Amendment. By viewing these dramatized versions of presidential succession, viewers are better able to understand the process and political science instructors …
Ranked Choice Voting Now: A Shift Toward A Better Democracy, Erin Carman, Vanessa Glushefski
Ranked Choice Voting Now: A Shift Toward A Better Democracy, Erin Carman, Vanessa Glushefski
Articles & Book Chapters
No abstract provided.
Prescribing Biases: Evaluating Race And Gender Biases Held By Medical Professionals, Adelaide Scenti
Prescribing Biases: Evaluating Race And Gender Biases Held By Medical Professionals, Adelaide Scenti
Sociology
Evaluating medical professionals implicit racial and gender biases compared to other professions provides a window into medical professionals’ covertly biased behaviors. I examine whether or not medical professionals, compared to other professions, are more likely to hold predisposed racial and gender biases. Analysis of 2000 to 2014 General Social Survey Data (N=4,772) found the framework of implicitly biased behavior against Black and female- identifying individuals held by medical professionals to be faulty. The results from the multivariate regression revealed the opposite of my hypothesis, regarding sexist (pro-natal) attitudes, medical professionals were less likely than other professions to exhibit sexist attitudes. …
Beyond Equality And Discrimination, Martha Albertson Fineman
Beyond Equality And Discrimination, Martha Albertson Fineman
Faculty Articles
The theme of this Article for the SMU Law Review Forum focuses us on the challenges faced by the “economically disadvantaged” in the past decade and in the future. This framing is rooted in a distinction between that conceptual status of equality and the actuality of discrimination and disadvantage. This is the lens through which contemporary legal culture tends to assess the nature and effect of existing laws and determines the necessary direction of reform. As such, this paradigm provides the governing logic for both criticism and justification of the status quo. It is rooted in an understanding of the …