A Dakota Cultural Intervention’s Influence on Native Students’ Sense of Belonging: A CBPR Case Study

This community-based participatory research case study demonstrates how Dakota Wicoḣaƞ utilized Indigenous and feminist epistemologies to create, implement, and evaluate a cultural intervention, the Mni Sota Makoce: Dakota Homelands Curriculum, to increase Native 6th- and 10th-grade social studies students’ peoplehood sense of belonging (Tachine et al., 2017). Findings demonstrate Native students liked the curriculum and reported an increase in support and a decrease in invalidation of their sense of belonging. While the curriculum provided a source of racial-ethnic socialization, some European American students criticized the curriculum, which likely negatively impacted 6th-grade students psychological sense of school membership (Goodenow, 1993). Results indicate Indigenous culture, epistemologies, and pedagogies should be infused throughout all curricula, teachers need to be prepared to effectively deal with racist and discriminatory behavior, and Indian education is important to Native students’ belonging. Implications and recommendations for funders, schools, researchers, teacher education programs, and Native communities are discussed

2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium Abstract Book

Abstract book from the 2023 UMN Morris Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) which celebrates student scholarly achievement and creative activities. Screenshots taken from the website

Emerging Patterns in Population Structure and Trap Efficacy After Three Years of a Survey of Western Painted Turtles (\u3ci\u3eChrysemys picta bellii\u3c/i\u3e, Gray, 1830) in Marshall County, South Dakota

Turtles are long-lived and globally declining, but relatively little is known about the natural history of many turtle species. Even amongst relatively well-studied species, there is a paucity of information for some habitats and long-term population trends are lacking. Here we report the results from the first three years of an intended long-term population survey of Western Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta bellii) in the prairie highlands of the Coteau des Prairies, South Dakota. Turtles were sampled using basking traps, hoop traps, and dip nets. Catch per unit effort varied between years, but not significantly so, and hoop traps significantly outperformed basking traps. Population estimates calculated using the Schnabel Index decreased over the three years of the study; although this could accurately represent a decreasing population, it is likely the result of small sample sizes. The adult sex ratio was slightly skewed toward females, but not significantly so. Our results underscore the need to study wide-ranging species, such as the Painted Turtle, in all habitats within their range using multiple sampling techniques

Marissa Holst

Doudna, K., Chen, J., Holst, M. (2023, November 8-11). Relative Risk: A Comparison of Two Time-Points During the Pandemic [Conference Presentation]. NCFR 2023 Conference, Rosen Centre, Orlando, FL, United States.https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/cosa2023/1015/thumbnail.jp

Research Ethics Panel 03/01/2023

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend a panel, and open discussion on the topic of research ethics. The ethical concerns in research are widespread. They include such considerations as: honesty, integrity, objectivity, confidentiality, human subject protection, responsible publication, and many others. Panelists will talk about the ethical considerations in their own work, and respond to audience questions. This event is being held in conjunction with the University of Minnesota\u27s Research Ethics Week.https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/special_events/1012/thumbnail.jp

Student Honors and Awards Program 2023

Recognizing students who demonstrate academic excellence and enrich campus life.https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/honorsawards/1031/thumbnail.jp

Multipath TCP, and New Packet Scheduling Method

Today many devices contain hardware to transmit data across the internet via cellular, WiFi, and wired connections. Many of these devices communicate by using a protocol known as Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). TCP was developed when network resources were expensive, and it was rare for a typical network-aware device to have more than one connection to a network. An extension to TCP known as Multipath TCP (MPTCP) was developed to leverage the multiple network connections to which devices now have access. While the MPTCP extension has been successful in its goal of using multiple network connections to send data simultaneously, MPTCP presents new challenges. Scheduling data to be sent across multiple network connections with varying network conditions can result in data arriving out of order, adding increased system overhead and network latency. This paper presents the challenges of MPTCP packet scheduling and summarizes a proposed solution that has been found to increase performance over existing MPTCP scheduling methods