Diachronic Demographic Patterns of Enslaved People at Mulberry Hill

The Atlantic Slave Trade was responsible for forcibly importing captive Africans to North and South America as enslaved laborers for white plantation owners. This process acted as a catalyst for the creolization of enslaved African communities inside plantations across the Americas. This research thesis discusses the diachronic demographics of one such plantation community, Mulberry Hill, located in Charlotte County, Virginia. The goal is to determine which of the enslaved Africans were brought to the planation directly from Africa, and which ones were acquired from existing plantations in the Americas. The specific combination of these sources for Mulberry Hill’s enslaved community is hypothesized to be a significant influence on the nature of creolized culture of the plantation’s enslaved community

Investigating the Future of Student Affairs Professionals

To date, we have the most diverse workforce in history. There currently four generations of professionals within our workforce: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Gen Z. Millennial and Gen Z professionals have recently overtaken Generation X and Baby Boomers as the largest generational cohort in the workforce. During this generational transition within the workforce, the Student Affairs field within Higher Education has experienced extremely high turnover, impacting colleges and university’s ability to sustain student support. If this trend continues, colleges and universities will have a limited pool of qualified candidates to fill current and future leadership positions. The study will examine if generational differences impact Student Affair professional’s perception of their job satisfaction. In addition, characteristics such as gender, race/ethnicity, education level, years of experience, salary, two-year and four-year institutions, and functional area will be assessed to determine potential impact on job satisfaction for Student Affair professionals as well. This study will also determine if the Student Affair Job Satisfaction Survey (SAJSS) tool can effectively measure job satisfaction of Student Affair professionals. If proven to be effective, institutions will have an assessment tool that can be used to measure job satisfaction of their Student Affair staff to identify areas of strength and weakness. Having such a diverse workforce, colleges and universities will need to ensure their fostering a work environment that is attractive to professionals of all backgrounds to retain the best Student Affair talent

Manuscript of Thomas de Quincey\u27s essay \u27Anecdotage\u27

Manuscript of de Quincey\u27s essay \u27Anecdotage\u27, which was first published in The London Magazine, March 1823. Available online at: http://books.google.com/books?id=gtcYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA244https://scholarworks.umt.edu/whicker/1020/thumbnail.jp

The development of a surrogate soil to assist the revegetation and stabilisation of metal-mine tailings

Abandoned mines are considered among the most severe of environmental issues, and are a significant danger to environmental, animal, and human health (Mehta et al., 2020). To date, ~ 600,000 abandoned mines exist, the costly reclamation of which often falls to publicly funded bodies (Archer & Caldwell, 2004; Mayes et al., 2009). Traditional reclamation methods are financially unattainable at ~ £50 million per large mine (McKenna, 2002), and an alternative, lower-cost method is required (Garcia, 2008). One contemporary reclamation method found to be effective is that of capping mine waste with a soil cover (O’Kane & Ayres, 2012). In this research, an adhesive surrogate soil capping layer for the hydraulic application to steep-sided metal-mine tailings was developed at the cost of ~ £6 .m-² (at the time of writing). The surrogate soil was refined throughout a series of trials. A rainfall trial was conducted to develop an adhesive and erosion resistant soil material. A germination trial (N = 500) determined the soil materials which best assisted rapid plant establishment. The successful results of these laboratory-based trials guided a nine-month field trial on an abandoned Pb mine, Nantymwyn (UK) (N = 154). The field trial concluded that the surrogate soils effectively resisted erosion and supported the early (seven month) growth of metal-tolerant grass species. The grasses contained Pb, Zn, Cd and Cu concentrations at < 1% of the phytotoxic threshold. However, seasonal climatic events and a negative water balance ultimately led to complete grass mortality after nine months. Tailings bank destabilisation also influenced grass survival. The research revealed that the soil’s available water supply was of greater impact to plant survival than metal toxicity. The results indicated that should the soils water-holding capacity be improved, the application of a carefully designed surrogate soil has the potential to support vegetative cover on steep, bare metal-mine tailings