Video of Rare Book Salon Fall 2024: Charges of Forgery

In the Fall 2024 Rare Book Salon, Salve’s archivist and faculty with expertise in the fields of archaeology, cultural and historic preservation, and history engage in a multidisciplinary discussion spanning Indigenous histories and land evidence. In this 1896 paper from Salve Special Collections on the authenticity of the 1638 deed to Moshassuck, which would become the site of Providence, George Paine uses legal evidence and primary sources to examine the document signed by Sachems Canonicus and Miantonomi that conveyed the land rights to the English colonizer

Recollections of Gerry Willis \u2786

Gerry Willis, class of 1986, shares his experience at Salve Regina University. He initially arrived as a transfer student from Rhode Island College but soon grew to call Salve his home. Willis’ history with Salve spans from his time as a student, to being an active member of athletics, to coming back after graduation as a faculty member. He discusses his experiences as a member of one of Salve’s first co-educational classes, and how that affected the education and social scene on campus. In the mid-1980s, Willis became a weightlifting champion, earning national titles and several gold medals. He was inducted into the Salve Regina Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002 for his efforts. Willis returned to the university as a professor and eventually became the Associate Dean of Students, where he got to grow as an administrator and a mentor for students. He discusses several campus events he was an integral part of during his time here, and he emphasizes the importance of Salve’s community spirit and the relationships he continues to forge

The Failure of Poland’s Intermarium Policy in the Interwar Period

After the collapse of Europe’s continental empires following World War I, a number of national movements established states in Central/Eastern Europe amid the ensuing power vacuum. Amongst these new states was the 2nd Polish Republic, sitting between a defeated Germany and a Russia embroiled in civil war. Recognizing that this situation would not last, Polish federalist thinkers, including Józef Klemens Piłsudski and Józef Beck, opted to create a political alignment of Central/Eastern European states to more effectively resist the traditional German and Russian dominance of the region following the collapse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the late 18th century. In modern academic circles, this policy became known as Intermarium, literally meaning ‘between the seas’. This study will use a historical institutionalist framework and causal process tracing to understand how the rise of nationalism, internal and regional political divisions, and the lack of outside support doomed the policy’s outcome. These institutional forces meant that Central/Eastern European states were unsuccessful in adopting a unified political position during a critical period of weakness in Germany and Russia. Following the recovery of Germany and the consolidation of the Soviet Union, the policy became less and less viable, particularly since Western support to the region declined in favor of adopting an appeasement approach toward Germany. The increasing power disparity between Central/Eastern States and the two surrounding powers led many of its components to adopt a policy of non-provocation eventually contributing to the region’s collapse during World War II

Recollections of Rose Albert \u2713

Rose Albert, class of 2013 and later Associate Director of the Office of Multicultural Programs and Retention, reminisces about her time as a student and a staff member at Salve. She recalls the role Sister Leona Misto and Pam Heroux played in her leaving Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, flying to New York, and driving overnight to Salve so that she would be able to enroll before the cutoff. She speaks of feeling isolated after the trauma of the earthquake, and of friends and staff members who opened their offices to her. She also discusses the community she found with other international students, and of experiencing the life of Salve Regina\u27s mission and racism at the same time. She talks about the formation of the Multicultural Students Office and hiring of Sami Nassim, and of her return to Salve in 2018. She talks about what changed in her absence, and what didn\u27t, and the formation of the Black Student Union in 2016, and the formation of the Inclusive Reading Club, which she started with the library in 2018, and is still running at the time of the interview in 2025

Using Nuclear Forces to Reconcile Status Deficits in China and Russia: Status and Identity Perception as Motivating Drivers of Change

Status is a cognitive perception demonstrated by social interactions, self-identity reciprocity from key-comparison others, and voluntary deference. This research offers a novel theory arguing that when a nuclear weapon state suffers a status deficit, it will often adjust its nuclear force structure to reconcile the difference between the status it has and the status it desires. The two primary categories of nuclear force structures are changing and maintaining and there are three subcategories of the changing category: emergent proliferation, diversification, and reduction. Understanding China’s emergent proliferation and Russia’s diversification is possible through a systemic, holistic analysis of the following indicators of a status deficit: demonstrated understanding of an existing hierarchy, dissatisfaction with one’s own ranking in the hierarchy, dissatisfaction with the actions of a higher-ranked actor (recognized by the dissatisfied party), and a clear outline or path about how the dissatisfied actor intends to change either their ranking within their status group or change the actual hierarchy itself. Xi’s and Putin’s messaging to domestic and international audiences and their specific changes in nuclear force structure exposes the psychological relationship between nuclear forces, social mobility strategies, and status. Both are pursuing nuclear force structures for the purpose of achieving deference in the international system commensurate with their own self-perception. The intersection between nuclear forces and status shows how leaders of nuclear weapons states who perceive a status deficit use nuclear forces to generate cognitive status perceptions and status and identity reciprocity from others

The Failure of Poland’s Intermarium Policy in the Interwar Period

After the collapse of Europe’s continental empires following World War I, a number of national movements established states in Central/Eastern Europe amid the ensuing power vacuum. Amongst these new states was the 2nd Polish Republic, sitting between a defeated Germany and a Russia embroiled in civil war. Recognizing that this situation would not last, Polish federalist thinkers, including Józef Klemens Piłsudski and Józef Beck, opted to create a political alignment of Central/Eastern European states to more effectively resist the traditional German and Russian dominance of the region following the collapse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the late 18th century. In modern academic circles, this policy became known as Intermarium, literally meaning ‘between the seas’. This study will use a historical institutionalist framework and causal process tracing to understand how the rise of nationalism, internal and regional political divisions, and the lack of outside support doomed the policy’s outcome. These institutional forces meant that Central/Eastern European states were unsuccessful in adopting a unified political position during a critical period of weakness in Germany and Russia. Following the recovery of Germany and the consolidation of the Soviet Union, the policy became less and less viable, particularly since Western support to the region declined in favor of adopting an appeasement approach toward Germany. The increasing power disparity between Central/Eastern States and the two surrounding powers led many of its components to adopt a policy of non-provocation eventually contributing to the region’s collapse during World War II

Recollections of Domenic DiPiero \u2794

Domenic DiPiero, class of 1994 and founder of the Newport Capital Group, shares his experience at Salve Regina University. He was a student of business from 1990 to 1994 and a leading force in the establishment of the football team on campus. DiPiero served as the team’s first captain and had close relationships with Tim Coen and Vincent Petrarca, the coach and assistant coach respectively. After his graduation from Salve, he founded the Newport Capital Group, a financial consulting firm, in 2004; DiPiero discusses the rewards and challenges of starting his own company. He shares memories of the leadership skills he learned and the importance of valuing the community around him. DiPiero hopes that Salve Regina will continue to foster the legacy of the football team and provide exciting opportunities for students for years to come

Lectures on Cultural Space Economics: A study of Mutual Economy and Holistics

In light of holistics, this book presents lectures on culture-space economics which is ultimately rooted in the mutual economy. As a frontier approach to study humanities and socio-political and economic phenomena, holistics introduces various formulations of systrix. With its framework of wealth creation-accumulation and humane distributions, the book introduces the economic mechanisms employed to investigate the systematic and holistic transformations of the human economy in the era of earth-space transformations. To deal with the economic competition between the U.S. and China of the twenty-first century, an in-depth analysis of the hegemonic competition between Type I and Type II Economies are addressed as well, with the hope of searching for permanent universal peace.https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/fac_staff_ebooks/1007/thumbnail.jp

Signs of Inequality: Addressing Deaf Healthcare Accessibility

Despite advancements in accessibility and accommodations, there remains a significant gap in healthcare access for the Deaf community. This paper explores some causes and effects of this gap such as miscommunication, ableism, and discrimination as key issues that are damaging to the Deaf community and lead to further health problems and stress. It also examines the difficulty of acquiring an interpreter through social, political, and economic lenses. This paper analyzes policies in action that address the rights of the Deaf community to adequate communication, and it gives recommendations to better support the Deaf community in navigating the healthcare system. Advocacy is necessary to amplify Deaf voices and ensure healthcare equity as a fundamental right.https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/glo100/1007/thumbnail.jp

Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record Clinical Reminder for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Treatment for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a treatment method that consists of medications taken to decrease the risk of contracting and transmitting Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (Becquet et al., 2021; Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2023a; Davis et al., 2023). PrEP is recommended and highly effective for preventing HIV when taken as prescribed in uninfected high-risk individuals, including men having sex with men, and people who inject drugs (PWID) (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2024a.; Cooper et al., 2021; Davis et al., 2023; O’Byrne et al., 2019; Rutstein et al., 2020; Storholm et al., 2021; Zhang et al., 2020). PrEP reduces the risk of getting HIV from injection drug use by 74% to about 84% and from sex by 99% (CDC, 2023a.; Dubov, et al., 2023; Walters et al., 2022). Despite the proven effectiveness of PrEP and the 1.2 million adults in the United States who would benefit from PrEP, only 80,000 high-risk people who could benefit from PrEP treatment are taking PrEP (Petroll et al., 2017). This DNP project utilizes the PrEP assessment tool from the New York Department of Health to assess a high-risk population of people who use drugs (PWUDs) and identify risk factors for HIV and PrEP eligibility. Based on these findings, the use of a clinical reminder is proposed to prompt healthcare providers to complete HIV screening, increase the prevalence of PrEP use, and potentially decrease the incidence of HIV. This supports the Health and Human Services Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Initiative to reduce new HIV infections by 75% by 2025 and 90% by 2030 (Fauci et al., 2019; Hamilton et al.,2023)