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Invisible Poverty: Awareness, Attitudes, And Action, Joseph W. Johnson Jan 2020

Invisible Poverty: Awareness, Attitudes, And Action, Joseph W. Johnson

Doctor of Ministry Theses

In small-town rural America, we do not tend to see poverty. Poverty is relatively invisible, especially among our youth and children. Invisible Poverty explores the issues, challenges, stereotypes, and causes of small-town rural poverty while presenting possible solutions. Drawing from Alvin Luedke, Craig Van Gelder, Alan Roxburgh, Patrick Keifert, Cynthia Duncan, and Shannon Jung, Invisible Poverty presents a missional theology of accompaniment seeking justice and avoiding shame. In an effort to understand the complexity of rural poverty, Invisible Poverty asks; How might Action Research interventions affect awareness, attitudes, and actions of the congregation concerning the issues of poverty?

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Harvesting Hope: Biblical Preaching With People Of The Land, Catherine Belles Jan 2020

Harvesting Hope: Biblical Preaching With People Of The Land, Catherine Belles

Doctor of Ministry Theses

This project seeks to customize generic preaching skills to better serve rural Midwest churches in a time of great transition. “What seeds are we planting that our harvest will be hope in Jesus Christ? Does the Word of God affect our response, and are we transformed by that change, so that hope becomes part of our faith DNA?” Seeking to encourage prophetic visioning, preacher, leaders, and members to live into God’s ongoing new creation. Harvest is a major theme in rural communities and biblical narrative, a metaphor of grace and judgement. Preachers are encouraged to glean the faith stories of …

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Discarded Art And Furnishings, Part 2: Respectful Disposal, Paul Daniels Jan 2020

Discarded Art And Furnishings, Part 2: Respectful Disposal, Paul Daniels

Ask the Archivist

This article discusses options for respectfully disposing of sanctuary art and furnishings, including re-homing, working with local historical societies, and auctioning pieces.

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Discarded Art And Furnishings, Part 1: Repurposing, Paul Daniels Jan 2020

Discarded Art And Furnishings, Part 1: Repurposing, Paul Daniels

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This article presents suggestions for repurposing discarded sanctuary art and furnishings.

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Creating Effective Congregational Heritage Displays – Part 1: Planning The Project, Paul Daniels Jan 2020

Creating Effective Congregational Heritage Displays – Part 1: Planning The Project, Paul Daniels

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This article discusses purpose and scale of congregational heritage displays.

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Beading Practice Among The Samburu And Its Impact On Girls Sexual And Reproductive Health: A Critical Overview Of The Literature, Kelly Mclay Jan 2020

Beading Practice Among The Samburu And Its Impact On Girls Sexual And Reproductive Health: A Critical Overview Of The Literature, Kelly Mclay

Publications and Scholarship

Gender inequalities stemming from deeply rooted cultural practices negatively affect the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of East-African women and girls, particularly in the extremely patriarchal Kenyan pastoralist community of Samburu. This report describes secondary research and existing literature review with a focus on the cultural practice known as beading. The practice of beading in the Samburu community remains one of the worst silent contemporary forms of sexual exploitation. It can be briefly described as a community-sanctioned, non-marital sexual relationship between men in the warrior age group, and prepubescent girls who are not yet eligible to be married. This research …

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Food Memoir - Tortilla Panamenas, Stephany Contreras Jan 2020

Food Memoir - Tortilla Panamenas, Stephany Contreras

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences (FHASS)

Food memoir assignment created by Sheridan student Stephany Contreras for Peter Grevstad's class, Life Writing: Personal Narrative and the Construction of Self.

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The Marketing Of Fame: How Kim Kardashian Has Sustained Her Fame, And What Companies Can Learn From Her, Elizabeth Paquette Jan 2020

The Marketing Of Fame: How Kim Kardashian Has Sustained Her Fame, And What Companies Can Learn From Her, Elizabeth Paquette

Honors Theses

This research paper stands to prove that celebrities are no longer simply revered only for their talents or skill but have begun to outgrow the natural fame that comes with the skill, and/or have become famous for really no apparent or tangible reason at all, or possibly that there is now a new definition of celebrity. Their fame has worked in a cycle, famous for being famous. I will set out to prove the following: they continue their fame through the efforts of clever marketing. They use new or improved marketing tactics to further build their personal brands, create connections …

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Individual Differences, Economic Stability, And Fear Of Contagion As Risk Factors For Ptsd Symptoms In The Covid-19 Emergency, Adolfo Di Crosta, Rocco Palumbo, Daniela Marchetti, Irene Ceccato, Pasquale La Malva, Roberta Maiella, Mario Cipi, Paolo Roma, Nicola Mammarella, Maria Cristina Verrocchio, Alberto Di Domenico Jan 2020

Individual Differences, Economic Stability, And Fear Of Contagion As Risk Factors For Ptsd Symptoms In The Covid-19 Emergency, Adolfo Di Crosta, Rocco Palumbo, Daniela Marchetti, Irene Ceccato, Pasquale La Malva, Roberta Maiella, Mario Cipi, Paolo Roma, Nicola Mammarella, Maria Cristina Verrocchio, Alberto Di Domenico

Management, Marketing, and Organizational Communication Department Student Works

On January 30th 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 pandemic a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Italy has been one of the most affected countries in the world. To contain further spread of the virus, the Italian government has imposed an unprecedented long-period lockdown for the entire country. This dramatic scenario may have caused a strong psychological distress, with potential negative long-term mental health consequences. The aim of the present study is to report the prevalence of high psychological distress due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the general population, especially considering that this aspect is …

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Hobbes, Aristotle, And The Politics Of Metaphysics, Geoffrey M. Vaughan Jan 2020

Hobbes, Aristotle, And The Politics Of Metaphysics, Geoffrey M. Vaughan

Political Science Department Faculty Works

This is a book review of Hobbes's Kingdom of Light: A Study of the Foundations of Modern Political Philosophy by Devin Stauffer (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018).

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America, The Republican Nation: A Response To Critics Of The Nation-State, Bernard Dobski Jan 2020

America, The Republican Nation: A Response To Critics Of The Nation-State, Bernard Dobski

Political Science Department Faculty Works

Dedication to America’s national form is not about the thoughtless valorizing of one’s own that is so often at the heart of uglier forms of nationalism. It is about an understanding of the critical role played by size, scope, and dimensionality in the creation of stable and secure communities, the emergence of a citizenry attached to the public good, the rule of reasoned law, the preservation of diversity and minorities, and political transparency and accountability, the very things that critics of the nation tacitly seek to preserve. Critics of the national form thus fail to appreciate the conditions necessary to …

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America Is A Republic, Not A Democracy, Bernard Dobski Jan 2020

America Is A Republic, Not A Democracy, Bernard Dobski

Political Science Department Faculty Works

America is a republic and not a pure democracy. The contemporary efforts to weaken our republican customs and institutions in the name of greater equality thus run against the efforts by America’s Founders to defend our country from the potential excesses of democratic majorities. American republicanism and the ordered liberty it makes possible are grounded in the Federalists’ recognition that non-majoritarian parts of the community make legitimate contributions to the community’s welfare, and that preserving these contributions is the hallmark of political justice. But, the careful balance produced by our mixed republic is threatened by an egalitarianism that undermines the …

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"The Cool And Deliberate Sense Of The Community": The Federalist On Congress, Greg Weiner Jan 2020

"The Cool And Deliberate Sense Of The Community": The Federalist On Congress, Greg Weiner

Political Science Department Faculty Works

The American civic canon holds that the Constitution creates three branches of government that are both separate and “equal.” Publius’s essays on Congress cast serious doubt on this supposition, at least with respect to the extent of each branch’s influence on the workings of the national regime. It is no mistake that both the Constitution and The Federalist treat Congress as the first branch of government. It is “justly regarded” as such, Louis Fisher says, primarily because of the appropriations power elucidated in Federalist 58. The Federalist understands Congress, George W. Carey writes, “to be the heart of the proposed …

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Parental Self-Efficacy And Parenting Through Adversity, Christian Scannell Jan 2020

Parental Self-Efficacy And Parenting Through Adversity, Christian Scannell

Human Services and Rehabilitation Studies Department Faculty Works

This review examines the relationship between life adversities, parental well-being, parental self-efficacy, and social support as potential factors mediating parent-child relationships and children’s outcomes. Generally, research on adversity has focused on children’s experiences and the long-term impact of adversity on development and health trajectories. More recently, a focus on resilience and growth after adversity has received increasing attention. Existing literature has identified how parents can best support their children through adverse events and suggested parenting programs that emphasize skill-building to parent children who have experienced adversity. Yet often overlooked is the critical impact of adverse events on the parent and …

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Security Culture: Surveillance And Responsibilization In A Prisoner Reentry Organization, Francis B. Prior Jan 2020

Security Culture: Surveillance And Responsibilization In A Prisoner Reentry Organization, Francis B. Prior

Sociology and Criminology Department Faculty Works

As they have become increasingly common, prisoner reentry organizations have become a topic of interest to ethnographers, particularly those focused on race crime and justice. Reentry organizations are typically understood in terms of the social services they provide with the purpose of easing their clients’ social reintegration after incarceration. However, ethnographers of nonprofit prisoner reentry organizations have interpreted them as linked to a broader project of disciplinary poverty governance. Based on participant observation and interview evidence of a government-run prisoner reentry organization in a large northeastern city, I argue that an overarching security culture structured not only the organization’s security …

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Barely Bonded: Affective Politics And The Gendered Struggle For Water In Villa El Salvador, Lima, Peru, Kyle Woolley, Kelly Moore Jan 2020

Barely Bonded: Affective Politics And The Gendered Struggle For Water In Villa El Salvador, Lima, Peru, Kyle Woolley, Kelly Moore

Sociology and Criminology Department Faculty Works

Affect is increasingly understood as a critical element of political life and collective action in Latin America and elsewhere. It is critical to generating participation in collective action projects, sustaining or collapsing action, and how participants interpret the meanings and values of a project and the social relationships within it. More broadly, affective political experiences are markers of the sense of belonging or disaffection from others and broader political systems that are central to civic life. The meanings of participation after projects fade are often attributed mainly to the collective events themselves, and draw on one-off interviews after the events …

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Beyond The Coronavirus: Understanding Crises Of Social Reproduction, Smriti Rao Jan 2020

Beyond The Coronavirus: Understanding Crises Of Social Reproduction, Smriti Rao

Economics, Finance and International Business Department Faculty Works

From a feminist political economy perspective, the unfolding of the coronavirus is a further reminder of the fundamental contradiction between a capitalist system that prioritizes profits, and a feminist ethic that prioritizes life-making or social reproduction. This paper argues for a more systematic understanding of crises of social reproduction under capitalism, stressing the difference between such crises for labour, and those for capital. The coronavirus crisis represents an extraordinary example of a crisis of social reproduction for capital, but this paper examines crises of social reproduction for capital and labour that arise from the more ordinary workings of capitalism. The …

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Pissing In Political Cisterns, Or Laughing Into The Pot Of "The Flight 93 Election", Christopher J. Gilbert Jan 2020

Pissing In Political Cisterns, Or Laughing Into The Pot Of "The Flight 93 Election", Christopher J. Gilbert

English Department Faculty Works

Laughter can provoke both cultural catharsis and sociopolitical critique. However, in an era of Trumpism, laughter has become troubled by vulgar rhetoric of shrugging off comic possibilities insofar as the act of “laughing-at” has overtaken US media culture. This essay argues that political laughter in the shadow of President Donald J. Trump is at risk of being enervated by an overwhelming sense of humorless ridicule. Nowhere is this more apparent than the infamous manifesto, “The Flight 93 Election,” which makes Trumpism into the laughable outgrowth of a crude comicality so prevalent in democratic—and anti-democratic—affairs.

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A Preliminary Two-Phase Test Of How Inequity Aversion Is Modulated By Previous Dyadic Interactions, Marcelo Benvenuti, José De Oliveira Siqueira, Carla Jordão Suarez, Cesar Augusto Villela Silva Do Nascimento, Karen M. Lionello-Denolf, Josele Abreu-Rodrigues Jan 2020

A Preliminary Two-Phase Test Of How Inequity Aversion Is Modulated By Previous Dyadic Interactions, Marcelo Benvenuti, José De Oliveira Siqueira, Carla Jordão Suarez, Cesar Augusto Villela Silva Do Nascimento, Karen M. Lionello-Denolf, Josele Abreu-Rodrigues

Psychology Department Faculty Works

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The Signs Of Suicide (Sos) Prevention Program Pilot Study: High School Implementation Recommendations, Adam M. Volungis Jan 2020

The Signs Of Suicide (Sos) Prevention Program Pilot Study: High School Implementation Recommendations, Adam M. Volungis

Psychology Department Faculty Works

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for high school aged youth. There are many suicide prevention programs available, but few are evidence-based. The Signs of Suicide (SOS) Prevention Program is one of the few youth suicide prevention programs that have shown improvement in students’ knowledge and adaptive attitudes about suicide risk and depression, including a reduction in self-reported suicide attempts. With this being the high school’s first formal attempt at implementing a psychoeducation prevention program, they wanted to use an evidence-based program targeting a primary mental health concern – depression and suicide. One goal of the initial implementation …

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How Prior Testing Impacts Misinformation Processing: A Dual-Task Approach, Leamarie Gordon, Vivek K. Bilolikar, Taylor Hodhod, Ayanna K. Thomas Jan 2020

How Prior Testing Impacts Misinformation Processing: A Dual-Task Approach, Leamarie Gordon, Vivek K. Bilolikar, Taylor Hodhod, Ayanna K. Thomas

Psychology Department Faculty Works

Research suggests that testing prior to the presentation of misinformation influences how that misinformation is processed. The present study examined the relationship between testing, the demands of misinformation narrative processing, and memory for original and post-event information. Using response latencies to a secondary task, we tested whether prior testing influenced the available resources for secondary task processing. Additionally, we investigated whether changes in narrative processing were specific to critical details tested earlier. Participants engaged in an eyewitness memory paradigm in which half were tested prior to receiving the post-event narrative. Participants responded to the secondary task at specified time points …

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New Orleans Youth Master Plan Letter Of Commitment, New Orleans Children & Youth Planning Board Jan 2020

New Orleans Youth Master Plan Letter Of Commitment, New Orleans Children & Youth Planning Board

Phase 2 Action Strategies & Metrics

No abstract provided.

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Action Strategy Worksheets, New Orleans Children & Youth Planning Board Jan 2020

Action Strategy Worksheets, New Orleans Children & Youth Planning Board

Phase 2 Action Strategies & Metrics

Informed by prioritization and feedback on solutions by Implementation Tables and the Youth Planning Board, the Youth Master Plan partners (CYPB, NOYA, and the City's Office of Youth & Families) have identified the solutions that will be launched in the first two years of the 10-year Youth Master Plan.

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New Orleans Youth Narrative And Vision, New Orleans Children & Youth Planning Board Jan 2020

New Orleans Youth Narrative And Vision, New Orleans Children & Youth Planning Board

Phase 1 Solutions

New Orleans is a city where the full self-expression, leadership, creativity, and culture of all children and youth comes together to create a true community where everyone succeeds.

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New Orleans Youth Master Plan Desired Results Statements., New Orleans Children & Youth Planning Board Jan 2020

New Orleans Youth Master Plan Desired Results Statements., New Orleans Children & Youth Planning Board

Phase 1 Solutions

The Desired Results Statements were informed by lived experiences and youth perspectives; local sector-based expertise; and researched youth development goals and frameworks. The Desired Results Statements will go on to inform the creation of action strategies and steps of the New Orleans Youth Master Plan, and will ensure that our efforts are aligned with our vision.

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Key Components And Milestones, New Orleans Children & Youth Planning Board Jan 2020

Key Components And Milestones, New Orleans Children & Youth Planning Board

Phase 1 Solutions

The children and youth of New Orleans deserve lives filled with positive experiences and healthy relationships simply because they are our children and youth, worthy of our collective best. The Youth Master Plan will apply the positive youth development framework and an equity lens, ensuring its design and implementation sets a path for every youth to have access to what they need to be successful. In return, our children and youth can become change agents who continuously improve New Orleans.

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Steering Committee Description, New Orleans Children & Youth Planning Board Jan 2020

Steering Committee Description, New Orleans Children & Youth Planning Board

Phase 1 Solutions

CYPB’s general purpose, as outlined in ACT 555 and the City Ordinance, is to assist in the assessment, alignment, coordination, prioritization and measurement of all available services and programs that address the needs of children and youth. As the local planning board, CYPB is intended to encourage collaborative efforts among stakeholders for assessing the needs of children and youth and for assisting in the development of a comprehensive plan to address those needs.

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Strategic Document Review, New Orleans Children & Youth Planning Board Jan 2020

Strategic Document Review, New Orleans Children & Youth Planning Board

Phase 1 Solutions

The following briefing provides resources from community conversations, historical planning efforts, existing strategic plans, and reports from youth-facing organizations. In October 2020, Working Group members used the briefing book to inform solutions-building.

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Trends In State Medicaid Programs' Eligibility, Enrollment Rules And Benefits, Ashley Fox, Wenhui Feng, Jennifer Zeitlin, Elizabeth Howell Jan 2020

Trends In State Medicaid Programs' Eligibility, Enrollment Rules And Benefits, Ashley Fox, Wenhui Feng, Jennifer Zeitlin, Elizabeth Howell

Public Administration and Policy Faculty Scholarship

Recent literature has focused on the impact of the differential state adoption of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion. This DataWatch article highlights additional Medicaid policy dimensions where state-level trends in generosity have varied, including eligibility, benefits, and administrative burden, both before and after implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

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Administrative Easing: Rule Reduction And Medicaid Enrollment, Ashley Fox, Wenhui Feng, Edmund Stazyk Jan 2020

Administrative Easing: Rule Reduction And Medicaid Enrollment, Ashley Fox, Wenhui Feng, Edmund Stazyk

Public Administration and Policy Faculty Scholarship

Administrative burden is widely recognized as a barrier to program enrollment, denying legal entitlements to many eligible individuals. We examine what effect voluntary state reductions in administrative burden (what we call administrative easing) have had on Medicaid enrollment rates using differential implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Using a novel dataset that includes state-level data on simplified enrollment and renewal procedures for Medicaid from 2008-2017, we examine how change in Medicaid enrollment is conditioned by the adoption of rule-reduction procedures. We find that reductions in the administrative burden required to signup for Medicaid were associated with increased enrollments. Real-time eligibility …

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