Empire of the Self: Life Writing and the Professional Persona of the Lifestyle Blogger

This article explores how lifestyle blogs use life writing to establish a professional persona and an aura of authenticity that is necessary for maintaining a community of readers. Utilizing close readings of lifestyle blogs across a spectrum of personas, I argue that these two purposes often come into conflict, creating a precarious dynamic for lifestyle bloggers that they attempt to manage through their use of the diary, which is deployed in two key ways. The first is through the use of the diaristic mode, a reflexive and revelatory discourse that disrupts the façade of the self-brand and underscores the blogger’s authenticity. The diary is also used as a prescriptive disciplinary practice in order to create didactic and formulaic narratives that can be readily consumed and replicated but that often result in a sense of inauthenticity

Out in the Field: Experiencing a Research Learning Journey through a Community-Based Pilot Project

Applied undergraduate degrees have become regular offerings at community colleges across Ontario, including the Bachelor of Applied Arts in Early Childhood Leadership and the Autism and Behavioural Science Graduate Certificate at Fanshawe College, both of which include coursework related to applied research. In collaboration with community agencies, this research project provided college students with practical experience in various components of research methodology, and explored their experiences in conducting research through the implementation of a peer-mediated social skills program with preschool-aged children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Camp is for Everyone: Intentional Inclusion of Gender-Expansive Teens at Camp

Camp remains a powerful experience for youth of any age, but special care must be taken to ensure camps are supportive of diverse audiences. This article describes the process by which 4-H camp organizers created a welcoming and affirming camp for teen dependents of active duty, retired, or veteran military personnel, especially those campers who identified as non-binary or LGBTQ+. This included careful consideration of language used in recruitment documents, evaluation documents, volunteer and staff training, as well as communication with campers and families. Through careful planning and implementation, the 4-H adventure camps engaged over 90 teens, and survey results showed statistically significant improvements in camper perceptions of self-worth and satisfaction after their camp experience

Pediatric Discharge G-Tube Toolkit

Surgically placed gastrostomy tubes (G-tubes) are used in pediatric patients to provide proper nutrition and hydration when illness or trauma renders the child unable to consume adequate oral intake. Parents/caregivers are given education and training on their child’s G-tube, which varies from hospital to hospital. Parents/caregivers are responsible for all aspects of the G-tube once discharged from the hospital. Studies have shown that after discharge, ER visits and/or unscheduled clinic visits are necessary for G-tube complications, many of which could be dealt with at home given the proper education and resources. The aim of this project was to provide a Pediatric Discharge G-tube Toolkit to parents/caregivers of children with newly placed G-tubes which would help prevent unnecessary ER visits and/or unscheduled clinic visits for G-tube complications. The kit consists of all necessary supplies for G-tube care and a quick refence guide on managing common complications. Participants were identified by bedside nurses and discharge planners in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The student project leader delivered the toolkit to five parents/caregivers, discussed the contents, and made follow-up calls at one and four weeks post-discharge, using the phone assessment and administering the Modified Version of the Post-Discharge Coping Difficulty Scale (PDCDS). The participants’ PDCDS scores ranged from 16-39, with a mean of 29 ± 7.9 indicating they were coping well. Only one of the project participants made an ER visit for a G-tube complication within the first month post-discharge, none made an unscheduled clinic visit, and none were readmitted to the hospital. The pre-project cohort made three ER visits within the first month post-discharge and had two hospital readmissions for G-tube complications

The prevalence of femoroacetabular impingement anatomy in Division 1 aquatic athletes who tread water

Abstract Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a disorder that causes hip pain and disability in young patients, particularly athletes. Increased stress on the hip during development has been associated with increased risk of cam morphology. The specific forces involved are unclear, but may be due to continued rotational motion, like the eggbeater kick. The goal of this prospective cohort study was to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify the prevalence of FAI anatomy in athletes who tread water and compare it to the literature on other sports. With university IRB approval, 20 Division 1 water polo players and synchronized swimmers (15 female, 5 male), ages 18–23 years (mean age 20.7 ± 1.4), completed the 33-item International Hip Outcome Tool and underwent non-contrast MRI scans of both hips using a 3 Tesla scanner. Recruitment was based on sport, with both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals included. Cam and pincer morphology were identified. The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank/Rank Sum tests were used to assess outcomes. Seventy per cent (14/20) of subjects reported pain in their hips yet only 15% (3/20) sought clinical evaluation. Cam morphology was present in 67.5% (27/40) of hips, while 22.5% (9/40) demonstrated pincer morphology. The prevalence of cam morphology in water polo players and synchronized swimmers is greater than that reported for the general population and at a similar level as some other sports. From a clinical perspective, acknowledgment of the high prevalence of cam morphology in water polo players and synchronized swimmers should be considered when these athletes present with hip pain

Big Visions: Navigating Community and Mural-Making

From billboards to graffiti, cave paintings to wallpaper, people draw big to tell meaningful stories. When you have big art on the wall, you look at it every day, and over time you begin to look at it without ‘seeing’ it at all. "e images seep into our brains this way. Over time those images start to form stories and become a part of our lives and who we are. Storytelling helps humans understand who they are and what they believe. Artists who make images hold power as authors of these image-based stories. When community groups commission mural art, how do they manage the power of authorship in the artists they hire? How do communities get a say in what they have to look at? How do artists have a vision if they have to answer everybody else? "is paper will be a survey of experiences, techniques, processes, and examples gleaned from projects across the US and UK, examining similarities and differences and considering not only good working practice, but how to navigate these complex ideas with an open mind to the possibilities of future visions of how public art by an individual artist and community experience might intersect. Lastly, a variety of the projects will be illuminated by photographs of the projects with extended captions in order to explore murals that reflect community and artistic intent in a variety of ways

Interpersonal Skills in a Sociotechnical System: A Training Gap in Flight Decks

This research analyzed the perceptions of interpersonal skills on established aviation safety models, Crew Resource Management (CRM), and Threat and Error Management (TEM) using feedback from industry pilots. The flight deck is a sociotechnical system where much research has focused on the technical aspect, whereas we spotlight its socio aspect. The aviation industry must invest in training pilots on interpersonal skills to enhance safety through increased efficacy of safety models integrated throughout existing training programs. A 34-question survey was disseminated across both commercial and business aviation pilots (N=822). We explored three research questions regarding pilots’ perceived training on interpersonal skills and Federal Aviation Administration-recommended training content as well as the impact of psychological safety on the efficacy of CRM. Safety models lost efficacy when an individual felt a reduction in team psychological safety. Pilots experiencing reduced psychological safety within the flight deck were less likely to admit mistakes, share safety concerns, or ask for help. While regulatory authorities recommend interpersonal skills training, feedback from industry pilots revealed a perceived training gap. The results of this research demonstrate that interpersonal skills training (e.g., bias literacy, psychological safety, and interpersonal communication) is correlated with overall safety in the flight deck as it enhances the ability to activate safety voice, a necessary, albeit lacking, aspect of current industry safety models. Our findings apply both within flight decks, and other safety-sensitive, time-critical, dyadic environments in high-reliability industries, such as nuclear power plants, and healthcare

We Make the Library by Being in It.

My class of first-year BA (Hons) illustrators, working with our library at the Francis Close Hall campus of the University of Gloucestershire, were tasked to examine the structures around how libraries work and propose a plan to begin a zine collection in our art library. We first began this project because we felt the primary role of the art library is to acquire, store and provide access to materials, period, but in our practice several areas of disruption began to emerge: • Embodiment: Students planned for cosiness in their zine collection proposals • Joy: They wanted to emotionally move patrons in the library • Surprise: They attempted to make the library alive with unexpected surprises • Authorship: Students wanted to share a community of local zines rather than curate a collection of selected works • Sharing: Students proposed to swap zines with other university zine libraries Students’ experience of libraries throughout the pandemic was often strictly online, and the importance of digital scholarship during that time cannot be dismissed, but the focus on collections as data, accessible digital information, and creative computational development is missing many of the secondary functions of art libraries as creative space, living location, and physical experience. We would like to submit an illustrated, collaborative poster examining the importance of these functions of the library, in light of the digitization of materials in libraries

Stressors and resilience are associated with well-being in young adult college students

Objective: The purposes were to describe stressors and resilience behaviors of college students and examine the relationships among stressors, resilience, and well-being. Hypothesis: Resilience will modify the relationship between stressors and well-being. Participants: The sample included 1,010 college students, ages 18–26, from an urban Midwestern university. Methods: A secondary analysis of cross-sectional data from an anonymous survey was conducted using multiple regression and simple slopes analysis. Results: Resilience did not modify the relationship between stressors and well-being. Stressors (β = −.44, p \u3c .0001) and resilience (β = .33, p \u3c .0001) accounted for 42% of the variance in well-being (adjusted R2 = .42, F2,999 = 365.98, p \u3c .0001). The most frequently endorsed stressors were sleep problems, anxiety, and relationships. Conclusions: Stressors and resilience warrant special attention in the allocation of resources and development of programs to improve student well-being