Disorienting Experiences: Guiding Faculty and Students Toward Cultural Responsiveness

This essay examines the challenges of integrating culturally responsive teaching into an honors curriculum at a predominantly white institution. Through self-reflection resulting from three specific incidents, one author examines the trajectory of risk-taking as it pertains to assigning difficult or challenging texts. The second author provides a vital complement to self-reflection: the mentorship of a senior colleague

Developing a global aeronautical satellite system

Arinc, an airline industry-owned and operated company in the United States, has taken steps toward establishing a global aeronautical satellite communications system. Plans call for initiation of a thin-route data operation in 1989, upgrading to establish voice communications via shared spot-beam transponders carried on other satellites, and deploying a worldwide network using dedicated satellites by 1994

Facebook and emotion regulation

Social Media Use (SMU) is a relatively new phenomenon, but one which has rapidly become ubiquitous in common culture, globally. Many users report benefit and some research supports assertions that there are benefits to be gleaned from healthy SMU. However, there are a great deal of studies exploring risks and negative consequences for some users. More specifically, there is a growing body of research considering whether SMU is an addictive behavior that may function to regulate emotion. Emotion Regulation (ER) has not been studied in any depth in relation to SMU, but has been studied in relation to established addictions. It is the purpose of this paper to explore existing research and ways in which current knowledge supports new ER questions and to explore considerations of protections related to SMU, particularly those related to psychological and behavioral intervention in cases in which SMU has become harmful

Community Land Trusts: Building Affordable Housing and Community

Community Land Trusts are a unique affordable housing model predicated on radical community participation and the separation land ownership from housing ownership. This thesis explores the model's applicability in a dense urban context through a case study of the Cooper Square Community Land Trust in New York City. Affordability and community participation are the two fundamental purposes of the model. Through a series of indicators and qualitative interviews, the results found that Cooper Square succeeded in maintaining affordability and including community in the governance structure, but did not succeed in creating a larger sense of community purpose

The relationship of self -evaluation, writing ability, and attitudes toward writing among gifted Grade 7 language arts students

Previous research has indicated that literary skills performance in reading and writing for middle school students has declined. There remains an important gap in the current literature regarding the decline in literary skills, which is a good predictor of the potential for students to drop out of school. The goal of this study was to determine if the use of self-evaluation influences students\u27 writing ability and their attitudes toward writing. Using a quasi-experimental nonequivalent control group design, and over the course of 10 weeks, the researcher administered a writing pre- and posttest, as well as a pre- and posttest Writing Attitude Survey (WAS) to 70 gifted Grade 7 students. Two classes formed the experimental group, and 2 classes formed the control group. Students in the first group participated in focused self-evaluation instruction and practice. A pre- and postwriting test patterned after the Georgia Grade 8 Writing Assessment was assessed with a standardized writing rubric, and the WAS provided the quantitative data. ANCOVA and an independent sample t test compared the average change from pretest score to posttest score between the groups in overall writing score, ideas, style, organization, and conventions. They showed a level of significance. A Cramer\u27s V compared the average change from pretest survey score to posttest survey score between the groups in the areas of gender, ethnicity, and group. It showed a statistically significant difference. Findings from this study may directly influence the increased use of self-evaluation across language arts, as well as other content area subjects

Community Land Trusts: Building Affordable Housing and Community

Community Land Trusts are a unique affordable housing model predicated on radical community participation and the separation land ownership from housing ownership. This thesis explores the model's applicability in a dense urban context through a case study of the Cooper Square Community Land Trust in New York City. Affordability and community participation are the two fundamental purposes of the model. Through a series of indicators and qualitative interviews, the results found that Cooper Square succeeded in maintaining affordability and including community in the governance structure, but did not succeed in creating a larger sense of community purpose

Trauma is My Life --- My Trauma Narrative

Having worked for 25 years as a Respiratory Care Practitioner in Trauma Care, and having survived my own catastrophic motorcycle accident, I believe I offer an unusual if not unique perspective on surviving trauma, and the ongoing struggle to thrive in the wake of it. This essay is a narrative of my experiences

Personal Health Screening Practices Among Female Nurse Practitioners

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which female nurse practitioners within the state of Mississippi are in compliance with the United States Preventive Services Task Force Guidelines

Empowering Cultural Competency in Healthcare Providers

Racial and ethnic health disparities are highest in communities of color; providing culturally competent care could address these disparities. Culturally competent communication between the healthcare provider and the patient is an essential behavior that may improve health in racially and ethnically diverse women. A quality improvement project was completed with guidance from the 5 constructs of the Campinha-Bacote model as the conceptual framework, and the method used was the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey. The perspective of 20 Mexican American and 20 African American women in El Paso, Texas between ages 45 and 72 with menopausal symptoms was surveyed to determine if culture had an impact on the presence or absence of communication with their healthcare providers. Results showed women\u27s perceptions of positive and negative communication behaviors with their healthcare providers was inconclusive; however, results showed that provider communication about health promotions, use of alternative medicine, and shared-decision making regarding health management needs improvement to promote adherence to medical regimen and feelings of mutual respect. Integrating cultural competence into existing evidence-based care can positively impact the delivery of services and help improve the quality of care. Healthcare providers can impact positive social change through the lessening of burdens associated with the lack of diversity in the workforce by including cultural competence training into the curriculum of nursing and medical schools