Other Lovings: An AfroAsian American Theory of Life

Introduction: Other lovings and racial ontology -- Audre Lorde and affectable flesh -- David Henry Hwang and Asian American love-being -- The Amiri Baraka of surplus love -- Jeremy Lin, G Yamazawa, Lyricks: an AfroAsian commons -- Gayl Jones and somatic wisdom -- Adrian Tomine and the love of the Asian American object -- Theodor Adorno, Eve Sedgwick, and the Kyoto School's optimism -- Conclusion: bell hooks's and Charles Yu's love-being in practice.Item embargoed for five year

On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power

A Tale of Two Kinshasas, or The Plurality of Everyday Postcolonialism -- The AYA Effect, or Marguerite Abouet's Timely and Timeless Interventions -- Reframing Migration in the Twenty-First Century -- Black Bandes Dessinées and Decolonial Ecocriticism -- Coda : Black Bandes Dessinées and BeyondItem embargoed for three year

The effect of polymer topography on lens epithelial cell morphology and epithelial to mesenchymal transition

Third place, EHIRS symposiumPosterior capsule opacification (PCO), also called secondary cataract, is the clouding of the posterior lens capsule that occurs after cataract surgery. When a patient has cataracts, an ophthalmologist removes the clouded lens and replaces it with an intraocular lens (IOL) to restore sight. However, leftover lens epithelial cells (LECs) can migrate, attach, and proliferate on the back of the lens capsule after the surgery. The stress experienced by these cells during the procedure can lead to the production of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β, leading to a process called epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). This transition causes the cells to become myofibroblasts, adopting fibrotic phenotypes and producing opaque proteins like collagen and fibrin. The accumulation of these fibrotic cells can cause post-operative clouding that negates the benefit of the initial surgery. The objective of this project is to investigate a potential method for preventing human LEC attachment, migration, and proliferation using micropatterned polymer surfaces. These polymer surfaces could be implemented on IOLs to prevent the secondary clouding that can be detrimental to the vision of cataract patients. To approach this goal, a specific polymer was synthesized from a 1:1 TRIS and HEMA polymer combination. This polymer solution was spin coated on glass coverslips and then left with a micropattern using a polymer stamping process. Cells were seeded on these surfaces, which were tested for cytotoxicity, cell attachment in the desired patterns, and for markers of EMT in cells on the surfaces. The result was the continued promise of biocompatible TRIS-HEMA 1:1 as a polymer that deters LEC attachment and viability, but the patterning on the surface increased EMT rather than decreasing as hoped. Treating a TRIS-HEMA 1:1 surface with a TGF-β inhibitor or differentially patterning the surface may be the key to lowering levels of attachment and EMT for LECs in the posterior capsule.No embargoAcademic Major: Biomedical EngineeringAcademic Major: Classic

An Analysis of Hybrid/Remote Work Eligibility in Academic Librarian Job Advertisements

This paper seeks to capture changing policies and approaches to hybrid and remote work in academic libraries following the COVID-19 pandemic. For this study, job advertisements were gathered and those hiring managers surveyed. Results show hybrid/remote positions have competitive salaries, many types of academic library positions have hybrid eligibility, and campus and library policies regarding hybrid/remote work and their inclusion in job postings continue to evolve. Despite the potential recruitment benefits of these flexible work arrangements, many who offer them are not including this information in their job advertisements; therefore, job candidates should ask or negotiate for this benefit.Publisher allows immediate open acces

Unsettling Acts: Performing Transnational Adoption

This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to the generous support of Emory University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Against! Rebellious Daughters in Black Immigrant Fiction in the United States

Introduction: Against! -- Rebelling in the in-between -- Rebelling against repetition -- Self-destructive rebellion -- Rebelling against stereotypes and confinement -- Conclusion: The future of immigrant Blackness