Oral History: William Iannello

Research paper devoted to the life of my grandfather, William Iannello, a second-generation Italian American. His parents came to the United States during the first decade of the 1900s from Calabria, the southernmost region of the Italian mainland

For Safety and For Liberty, The Devan Family of Gettysburg

This article explores Gettysburg’s 19th century black history through the exciting experiences of the Devan family. Originally from Frederick County, Maryland, they came to Gettysburg as free people of color. In town, one member of the family was suspected of assisting slave catchers by handing over escaped slaves for a profit. Four members of the family served during the Civil War in the United States Colored Troops, three of whom died in the service. This complex story proves the fact that black history is extremely complex and should not be painted by historians with a single brush stroke

An Early Black Cemetery on York Street

Many are familiar with William H. Tipton, a well-known local photographer who recorded iconic views of the town, battlefield, and monuments surrounding Gettysburg. What many people may not know is that Tipton built a house in the early 1900s right on top of Gettysburg’s first African-American cemetery. [excerpt

A Gettysburg Streetscape, North Washington Street in 1925

This paper explores life in Gettysburg on North Washington Street in 1925. It was the final project for Dr. Michael Birkner\u27s Spring 2017 Historical Methods class

Cutting the Ribbon? The Current Health of UK based HIV/AIDS Organisations and the Effects of Austerity (2016)

With austerity seemingly becoming more intense, changes to the voluntary/third sector increasingly pressured, and an uncertain and changing future for HIV organisations, it is time to stop, take a snapshot of the sector and to use it to reflect upon the future. This research is designed to inform HIV/AIDS organisations, community groups and charities to look at the sector around them and to encourage further partnership working to ensure that, whilst advances in HIV continue to happen, the support for those living with the virus is still there. Austerity has crippled the HIV third/voluntary sector and this looks likely to get worse as local authorities continue to withdraw or dramatically reduce funding. This research document can be used to support your funding bids, advocacy points, press releases, policy decisions and organisational plans. I hope that it makes a positive contribution to your work and helps your organisation, whether it is a national charity or small community group, to reflect and consider the changing nature of the sector and the campaigns in which you are involved. A clear issue raised by organisations who have taken part in this research is that working in silos will not safeguard the future of the sector and we should be aiming to support one another in a time of austerity, funding cuts and changes. I would like to take the time to thank the assistance of VONNE (Voluntary Organisations Network North East) who kindly gave me permission to use their model of survey questions from their ‘Surviving or Thriving’ report and to structure my own survey around this. I would also like to thank all of the respondents from HIV/AIDS organisations across the United Kingdom who completed this survey and who contributed case studies and recommendations for this research project. Your time and effort was appreciated and vital for this project to take place

‘Just Take a Tablet and You’ll be Ok’: Medicalisation, the Growth of Stigma and the Silencing of HIV.

This article explores the growth and impact of the medicalisation of HIV and HIV-related stigma. Since the early days of the virus when treatments were unavailable, political voices for HIV advocacy were powerful; public discourse reflected these changes with growing public-health campaigns that began to demystify HIV as a concept. However, with the development of antiretroviral therapy (ART) the voices powerfully associated with HIV have largely moved away from the campaign and advocacy groups, having switched to, and accruing dominance from, the biomedical establishment through the medicalisation of HIV. This has led to a parallel system in which people today are living longer with HIV treatment and their standards of living are getting better; however, the once powerful process of demystification and public discourses discussing HIV and its stigma, have become much more muted. HIV in the public realm has become largely ‘silenced’ outside the work of HIV organisations and biomedical institutions and so has yet to develop into a ‘post-HIV’ stage of public understanding and acceptance. This article uses the work of Ghaziani and applies his three-stage model of community change, arguing that HIV as a concept has not begun the final stage of acceptance where HIV stigma is tackled through public discourse because of the medicalisation process itself

Schumpeter in Vienna: A Study Abroad Course

This paper builds upon the work of Dalton and Logan (forthcoming a) by describing the motivation for and mechanics of teaching a course dedicated to Schumpeter as a study abroad program in the city of Vienna. We argue that the qualities Vienna possesses, both historical and contemporary, make a good laboratory for exploring Schumpeter's ideas and that the process of encountering a new culture through a study abroad course is the best way to internalize his theory of innovation. To do so, our paper first outlines the course content before describing the linkages between "techno-romantic" Vienna and Schumpeter's intellectual development. We then describe specific examples for how instructors can use Vienna as a laboratory for teaching Schumpeter's ideas. We close by sharing preparatory details for instructors and offering the perspective of a student who took this course in the summer of 2018

Schumpeter in Vienna: A Study Abroad Course

This paper builds upon the work of Dalton and Logan (forthcoming a) by describing the motivation for and mechanics of teaching a course dedicated to Schumpeter as a study abroad program in the city of Vienna. We argue that the qualities Vienna possesses, both historical and contemporary, make a good laboratory for exploring Schumpeter's ideas and that the process of encountering a new culture through a study abroad course is the best way to internalize his theory of innovation. To do so, our paper first outlines the course content before describing the linkages between "techno-romantic" Vienna and Schumpeter's intellectual development. We then describe specific examples for how instructors can use Vienna as a laboratory for teaching Schumpeter's ideas. We close by sharing preparatory details for instructors and offering the perspective of a student who took this course in the summer of 2018

Silent Scream? The Life Histories of People Living with HIV in the North East of England

A research report on the life histories of people living with HIV in the North East of England. This research was conducted for Body Positive North East, an HIV charity, and it highlights the unique, personal and individual lives of people living with HIV. The report gives recommendations for the future, highlighting issues within healthcare stigma, the need for HIV recognition in employment and the invisibility of HIV within public discourse

Economic evaluation of a group-based exercise program for falls prevention among the older community-dwelling population

BACKGROUND: Falls among older people are of growing concern globally. Implementing cost-effective strategies for their prevention is of utmost importance given the ageing population and associated potential for increased costs of fall-related injury over the next decades. The purpose of this study was to undertake a cost-utility analysis and secondary cost-effectiveness analysis from a healthcare system perspective, of a group-based exercise program compared to routine care for falls prevention in an older community-dwelling population. METHODS: A decision analysis using a decision tree model was based on the results of a previously published randomised controlled trial with a community-dwelling population aged over 70. Measures of falls, fall-related injuries and resource use were directly obtained from trial data and supplemented by literature-based utility measures. A sub-group analysis was performed of women only. Cost estimates are reported in 2010 British Pound Sterling (GBP). RESULTS: The ICER of GBP£51,483 per QALY for the base case analysis was well above the accepted cost-effectiveness threshold of GBP£20,000 to £30,000 per QALY, but in a sensitivity analysis with minimised program implementation the incremental cost reached GBP£25,678 per QALY. The ICER value at 95% confidence in the base case analysis was GBP£99,664 per QALY and GBP£50,549 per QALY in the lower cost analysis. Males had a 44% lower injury rate if they fell, compared to females resulting in a more favourable ICER for the women only analysis. For women only the ICER was GBP£22,986 per QALY in the base case and was below the cost-effectiveness threshold for all other variations of program implementation. The ICER value at 95% confidence was GBP£48,212 in the women only base case analysis and GBP£23,645 in the lower cost analysis. The base case incremental cost per fall averted was GBP£652 (GBP£616 for women only). A threshold analysis indicates that this exercise program cannot realistically break even. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that this exercise program is cost-effective for women only. There is no evidence to support its cost-effectiveness in a group of mixed gender unless the costs of program implementation are minimal. Conservative assumptions may have underestimated the true cost-effectiveness of the program