Business record, Tippah County, MS, 20 April 1844

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Intergenerational Service-Learning with Exercise Science Students

Exercise science professionals often work with older adults to help maintain function and independence. Ageism may begin during undergraduate training, as most have not interacted with older adults. Intergenerational service-learning (ISL) may be a useful pedagogy to facilitate interactions with older adults. PURPOSE: To determine if exercise science students’ knowledge of older adults and ageism are significantly improved by incorporating ISL into an exercise science course. METHODS: Students (n =10) enrolled in Exercise and Aging and from two additional exercise science courses (n = 17) completed pre and post assessments of attitudes towards and knowledge of older adults. Students implemented Bingocize™, a combination exercise program and bingo game, once a week for 15 weeks at assisted living facilities. Curriculum focused on physical and psychosocial changes with aging. Independent t-tests were used to determine significant differences (p \u3c .05). RESULTS: No significant differences were found in students’ ageism (t (25) = .099, p = .922) or knowledge of older adults compared to controls (t (25) = .729, p = .473). CONCLUSIONS: Although significant improvements were not found, students were positively affected by the service-learning experience based on written and oral reflections. It is important for exercise science faculty to continue fostering quality intergenerational contact

Agency, Gender, and Constraint: Examining Shame in The Awakening

This thesis focuses on The Awakening by Kate Chopin and examines how shame constrains the performance of gender through the lens of Butler’s theory of gender performativity. Judith Butler claims that gender is the “practice of improvisation within a scene of constraint,” and I argue that shame organizes the scene of constraint by commanding specific responses to shame. In other words, I argue that shame is a social situation, not a personal emotion. The Awakening was written and is set at a unique moment in history that allowed for such a conversation about gender and gender performance to occur because of the social shift to a class system. The shift made leisure time more available, which allowed for this conversation of gender to develop. Within the novel, Edna Pontellier is shamed in various scenes for her gender performance, and she responds to this shaming by resisting, acquiescing, or improvising. In order to counter shame, Edna exercises agency through resistance or improvisation. The novel proves through Edna’s navigation of the complex oppressive social structure that it is possible to combat constraints without compromising agency or succumbing to oppression