Receiving A Queen: A Queer and Trans Feminist Classical Reception Rhetorical Historiography of Elagabalus

This dissertation studies representations of Elagabalus, the sovereign of Rome who ruled between 218–222ce, after her assassination to examine how depictions and historical accounts of Elagabalus\u27s life make rhetorical decisions about Elagabalus\u27s identity and being that can foreground the composer\u27s relationship to history and the function of history as a rhetorical force. Thus, this project, through studying Elagabalus\u27s composers, raises questions about the nature of figure studies and history. The project draws on trans, queer, and feminist theories and rhetorics which help highlight the contingent and conflicting nature of Elagabalus\u27s identities across representations without settling them into a singular narrative of being allowing for multiple queer potentialities to emerge. Thus, while firmly rooted in rhetoric and rhetorical theory and deeply invested in history contributing and shaping the available means, this project is conversant with classics, women and gender studies, LGBT studies, and history, among other disciplines. The methodology of the project reflects this interdisciplinary approach, braiding together classical reception studies, circulation studies, and queer, trans, and feminist historiographical methods together to engage this scholarly conversation

Bridging the Gap: Achieving Excellence in Oncology Transitional Care

Transitional care (TC) is the provision of care coordination for at-risk populations aimed at improving continuity and overall patient outcomes. The purpose of the DNP project was to utilize the evidence-based Transitional Care Model (TCM) to facilitate care transitions by oncology nurse navigators and social workers. The project's goals were to increase transitional care visits provided to lung cancer patients by navigators and improve patient satisfaction for patients experiencing transitions in care. The model included identifying high-risk cancer patients using risk stratification tools and the delivery of timed interventions for following patients from their hospital stay to an outpatient setting. Primarily, the team was responsible for complex care coordination, including the identification of barriers that precluded patient success with treatment. By ensuring that care was coordinated effectively, patients were actively engaged in their care, resulting in improved patient satisfaction. Additional benefits included reducing hospital readmissions and improved team productivity. Future work includes incorporating the new process for the entire navigation team at the organization and examining the impact of the ongoing process on outcomes.D.N.P

Expanding the Orbit of Maya Culture: Creating a Non-Profit in the United States

Archaeologists Without Borders of the Maya World (AWBMW) is a Mexican non-profit organization focused on promoting and preserving Mayan history, particularly archaeological sites and tangible culture. To assist its mission, AWBMW wants to be able to solicit donations from U.S. entities to assist in spreading awareness of Maya culture worldwide. Using the U.S. tax code and laws from state of Georgia, this article outlines the legal steps and strategies a foreign non-profit organization must consider when desiring to start a non-profit organization in the United States. Strategies on opening a U.S. branch of an existing foreign non-profit, linking a new non-profit in the U.S. to a foreign one, and how to achieve tax exempt status are considered. For AWBMW the best course of action would be to option a branch of its existing Mexican non-profit in the United States. The same processes described in this article may be used for other heritage-based non-profit organizations seeking to establish a U.S. presence

Seeking Glimpses: Reflections on Doing Archival Work

This article explores the role of archival research in understanding and generating social histories from the perspectives of four different doctoral students as they reflect on their archival research experiences. We argue that archival research is complex, subjective, contextual, and at times, incomplete. Our various perspectives address ideas of privilege, representation, what it means to remember (or forget), how archives are constituted and reconstituted, and where we can make meaning in archival spaces. This article demonstrates that although archival research has had a presence in Composition and Rhetoric for some time, that presence is continually shifting, and even when embarking on archival research with comparable exigencies, the undertaking and experiences of that work is inconsistent. This article, therefore, explores the inconsistencies present in archival work, arguing that part of understanding archival research is understanding varied archival research experiences, perspectives, and understandings

Exploring behaviors, treatment beliefs, and barriers to oral chemotherapy adherence among adult leukemia patients in a rural outpatient setting

Objective: Adherence to oral chemotherapy is essential for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and multiple myeloma (MM) to remain in remission. Few studies have used a Likert-type scale to measure medication adherence in CML and MM patients. We applied a validated treatment adherence tool, the ASK-12 (Adherence Starts with Knowledge®) survey, which assessed inconvenience and forgetfulness, treatment beliefs, and medication-taking behaviors recorded on a five-point Likert-type scale at two visits. Results: A medication adherence survey was administered to 42 newly diagnosed or pre-existing CML or MM patients at two outpatient oncology clinics affiliated with an academic medical center in rural eastern North Carolina. Thirty-one patients completed surveys at visit 1 and visit 2 (median 4.5 months apart). Most patients were treated for MM (65%), were non-Hispanic black (68%) and female (58%). Within subscales, mean adherence scores decreased between visits, signaling better adherence. Overall, visit scores were correlated (0.63, p = 0.001). Forgetting to take medication sometimes was the most common reason for non-adherence. Medication costs were not a barrier for MM patients. Greater patient–provider informed decision-making was identified as an opportunity for quality improvement among CML patients. The ASK-12 survey provided a strategy to obtain robust information on medication adherence

Examining transformational leadership self-perceptions of current chief executive officers within executive peer advisory groups

This quantitative study examined the leadership perceptions of current chief executive officers from executive peer groups. The goal of this examination was to investigate to what extent these leaders view their behaviors as being transformational. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) 5X was used as the research instrument. The results indicate significant relationships between the 5 I’s of transformational leadership and the demographic questions in several key areas. Conclusions and recommendations for further research are provided based on the results of this study

Bridging the Gap: Achieving Excellence in Oncology Transitional Care

Transitional care (TC) is the provision of care coordination for at-risk populations aimed at improving continuity and overall patient outcomes. The purpose of the DNP project was to utilize the evidence-based Transitional Care Model (TCM) to facilitate care transitions by oncology nurse navigators and social workers. The project's goals were to increase transitional care visits provided to lung cancer patients by navigators and improve patient satisfaction for patients experiencing transitions in care. The model included identifying high-risk cancer patients using risk stratification tools and the delivery of timed interventions for following patients from their hospital stay to an outpatient setting. Primarily, the team was responsible for complex care coordination, including the identification of barriers that precluded patient success with treatment. By ensuring that care was coordinated effectively, patients were actively engaged in their care, resulting in improved patient satisfaction. Additional benefits included reducing hospital readmissions and improved team productivity. Future work includes incorporating the new process for the entire navigation team at the organization and examining the impact of the ongoing process on outcomes