Building Media Literacy in Adolescence: A Cognitive Behavioral Clinician\u27s Manual to Combat Misinformation and Misdiagnosis During Sessions

This paper examines the role of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in countering misinformation that youth encounter on social media and other informal sources, with the goal of creating a manual for mental health clinicians. The use of CBT by clinicians working with adolescents to combat the issue of misinformation and misdiagnosis has received little attention in the literature. Mental health clinicians’ knowledge of media literacy as a psychological construct can foster an effective treatment style by building upon the foundation of well-established theory and practice, such as CBT. CBT is a multifaceted treatment that can help guide mental health clinicians in helping adolescents to critically assess and reframe inaccurate beliefs, particularly around mental health diagnoses, by teaching them to evaluate sources, question cognitive distortions, and develop stronger media literacy skills. By fostering critical thinking and self-awareness, culturally informed CBT can support adolescents in navigating and combating false information that may otherwise negatively impact their mental health. Ultimately, synthesizing cognitive behavioral therapy with the relevant cultural impacts of media literacy on youth populations is a valuable tool for supporting clinicians who seek guidance in an area that is both inundated with information yet lacking in empirical and formalized approaches

Workshop on Quantitative EPR

Presentations on quantitative EPR at the workshop that preceded the writing of our text, Quantitative EPR. Presented at the 31st Annual EPR Symposium in Breckenridge, Colorado on July 27, 2008

Exploiting Vulnerability: Human Trafficking as a Tool of Genocide

This thesis examines the relationship between human trafficking and genocide, arguing that when trafficking is used with the intent to destroy a targeted group, it should be understood and prosecuted as an act of genocide. While international law traditionally treats genocide and human trafficking as distinct crimes, historical and contemporary evidence reveals significant overlap in their mechanisms, motivations, and outcomes. Through a thematic analysis of three case studies, this research demonstrates how trafficking has been systematically employed to further genocidal objectives, including displacement, exploitation, cultural erasure, and the destruction of communities. The case studies are the genocide of Indigenous peoples in North America during the colonization and founding of America; the genocide of Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War; and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. This thesis concludes with a call to action to expand the legal interpretation of genocide to include human trafficking when used as a mechanism of group destruction

Copper Line Shapes

The spectrum of Cu2+ has 4 lines, since I = 3/2. Cu has two major isotopes, 63Cu (69.2%) and 65Cu (30.8%). The magnetic moment of 65Cu is 7% larger than that for 63Cu, so the hyperfine coupling is 7% larger. If the lines are narrow enough, one can observe superposition of spectra due to complexes of the two isotopes

Participant 11 – English, French, and Swahili

An interview with Samantha Tshibanda, a multilingual undergraduate student at the University of Denver, about the benefits and challenges of multilingualism in education as part of Professor Kamila Kinyon\u27s Multilingual DU study

Artistic Exploration of Synesthesia

This thesis investigates synesthesia as both a neurological condition and a broader sensory perception shaped by culture, cognition, and creative practice. Although not a synesthete in the medical definition of the condition, I explore how sensory overlaps particularly between sound, sight, touch, taste, and smell can be simulated and explored through art. Through historical research, theoretical analysis, and personal experimentation, I examine synesthesia as a potential extension of universal perceptual pathways rather than an isolated anomaly. Drawing from semiotic theories by Ferdinand de Saussure and Charles Sanders Peirce, the project considers how meaning is made through sensory signification and how these processes are culturally and personally constructed. Important influences to the project include artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Wassily Kandinsky, and contemporary figures like Billie Eilish and Pharrell Williams, who exemplify the power of cross-sensory creativity. The culminating project is an immersive synesthesia simulator: an interactive installation that uses sound-reactive visuals in Touch Designer, textured projection surfaces, essential oils, sensory music, and flavored elements to create a fully embodied sensory experience. This work challenges viewers to reconsider the boundaries of perception, particularly in art and design, proposing that synesthetic experiences may lie dormant within us all, awaiting activation through immersive, multi-sensory art

Participant 15 – Spanish and English

An interview with Professor Esteban Gomez, a bilingual faculty member at the University of Denver, about the benefits and challenges of multilingualism in education as part of Professor Kamila Kinyon\u27s Multilingual DU study

Participant 20 – Czech, English, and French

An interview with a multilingual faculty member at the University of Denver about the benefits and challenges of multilingualism in education as part of Professor Kamila Kinyon\u27s Multilingual DU study

Lab Practical: Nitroxides

How do you fill a capillary tube with an aqueous solution? How are capillaries positioned in the resonator? How does the spectrum of a nitroxide change when the viscosity of a solution is increased? How do you determine the concentration of the radical in the solution