Midwest China Oral History and Archives Collection

Early life: education; receives orders from US Army for China, 1923. China experience: organizes language school for US Army officers; gathers information for military intelligence regarding warlords prior to the Japanese war; response to the White Russians in China; impressions of missionaries, foreign business people and Chiang Kai-shek memerable American military figures in China; rescue of lost American servicemen during WWII.https://digitalcommons.luthersem.edu/china_histories/1024/thumbnail.jp

Midwest China Oral History and Archives Collection

Life in China: brief description of housing and education in Peking and Tientsin; memories of beggars and amahs; relations between the military, business and missionary communities.https://digitalcommons.luthersem.edu/china_histories/1022/thumbnail.jp

A Correlational Study of Emotional Intelligence and Language Style Matching

ABSTRACT Individuals subconsciously convey emotions through language. The present study investigates the relationship between emotional intelligence (EQ) and language style matching (LSM). Emotional intelligence involves the ability to regulate, maintain, and express one’s emotions and to perceive the emotion of others. LSM involves the phenomenon that when individuals talk they tend to mimic each other’s word usage (Neiderhoffer & Pennebaker, 2002). The hypothesis of the present study is that individuals who are emotionally intelligent subconsciously match their language to their communication partner. Ten participants from the University of Central Florida’s Psychology Department were given an emotional intelligence test. The participants were then asked to submit three text conversations stored in their phones, one in which they interpret as a positive encounter, another which they interpret as a negative encounter, and one interpreted as a neutral encounter. Bivariate correlations were used to analyze the data. The results did not support the hypothesis. Keywords: Emotional Intelligence, Language Style Matching, Empath

A Cut Above the Rest: A Qualitative Study to Evaluate the Feasibility of Implementing Early Childhood Mental Health Interventions into Boston Black/African American Barbershops and Beauty Salons

Objective: This qualitative research aimed to fill a gap in literature by determining the feasibility of implementing early childhood mental health tools into Black/African American barbershops and beauty salons in three Boston neighborhoods: Dorchester, Mattapan, or Roxbury. Methods: Qualitative data collection included key informant interviews with two African American pediatric mental health clinicians who worked with children and families that lived in Mattapan, Dorchester, and/or Roxbury neighborhoods (n=2), a barber who worked in Mattapan (n=1), and a focus group of an active parent council hosted by the city of Boston (n=9). Data was analyzed using descriptive and simultaneous coding methods and reviewed to identify key themes. Results: Participants shared that a parent-centered intervention would be most effective and feasible in a barbershop or beauty salon venue. This intervention should address the following challenges: parental stress (individual and social), parental isolation, and resource access and support. Conclusion: Barbershops and beauty salons may be a feasible health promotion site for early childhood mental health by targeting parents of young children

What Really Happens When Patients leave the ED? Self-Reported Discharge Instruction Adherence Among Different Racial Groups Seen in the Emergency Department

Objectives: To compare the adherence rates to discharge instructions and barriers faced between White, Black and Hispanic patients. Methods: Of 268 White, 141 Black, and 64 Hispanic eligible patients who were discharged from the emergency department with a recommended follow-up within two weeks, 133 (53.1%) White, 69 (48.9%)Black, and 49 (76.6%) Hispanic completed a telephone interview within two to four weeks following their emergency department discharge to determine their adherence to follow-up and prescription filling. Results: Adherence to follow-up was 62.41% in Whites, 56.52% in Blacks, and 53.06% in Hispanics (ns with X[2] test). Adherence to prescription filling was 83.75% in Whites, 86.79% in Blacks, and 94.59% in Hispanics (ns with X[2] test). White patients were more likely to report feeling better (30%) as a barrier to follow-up, while Black (49%)and Hispanic (34%) patients were more likely to have difficulty in getting an appointment within the 2 weeks. Conclusion: Blacks and Hispanics are more likely than Whites to report difficulty in getting an appointment within a two-week period for follow-up even though the overall adherence is similar between groups. Despite the varied level of uninsured patients within each racial group, cost was not found to be a major barrier. This suggests that improving adherence for a diverse population will require addressing institutional barriers such as appointment wait time and physician to patient ratios in addition to current efforts to increase access to care.Master of Public Healt

Recruiting, Retaining, and Advancing Women in STEM at an HBCU:A Model for Institutional Transformation

Women, especially women of color (WOC), STEM faculty are underrepresented in full professor and leadership positions and overrepresented in non-tenure track positions. It is essential to develop organizational-level approaches which foster equitable and sustainable practices that lead to the success of women STEM faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The purpose of this paper is to share a model for institutional transformation focusing on recruitment, retention, and advancement of women STEM faculty. We describe our approaches, outcomes, challenges, successes, and lessons learned to serve as a model for other institutions. In order to transform our institution, we focused on changes in policy, practice, and programming. Several approaches were implemented to increase the number of women STEM faculty and position them for leadership opportunities. Our outcomes demonstrate that by implementing multi-faceted strategies we have successfully moved the needle for institutional transformation

50 Years of the CIESC - Looking Back and Envisioning Forward: Reflections from Past-Presidents

This paper stems from the panel of past Presidents of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIESC) that was part of the 2017 conference of the CIESC. The theme of the panel was “Looking Back, Visioning Forward: The Promise of Comparative and International Education” and the panelists were asked to present their perspectives based on their experiences as past Presidents of the Society. Their reflections were gathered to create this combined piece, in order to capture their insights on the past, present and future of comparative and international education

Toxicity studies with Sesbania spp. in domestic and laboratory animals

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From periphery to periphery: employment equity for visible minorities in Canada

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