Black (Counter-) Storytelling at an HWCU: Students and Personnel Coping with Racial Tension in 2020

Storytelling is a cultural practice and tool supporting Black collective persistence and resilience against racial oppression. As incidences of racial tension have increased at historically White colleges and universities (HWCUs) over the past 10 years, little is known about the ways storytelling may be engaged as a coping mechanism in this specific context between Black students and personnel. This qualitative research leverages critical race theory to explore two central guiding questions: (a) How do Black students and personnel experience intragroup (counter-) storytelling during moments of elevated racialized tension at an HWCU? and (b) In what ways does this experience influence how Black students and personnel cope with the elevated racial tension, if at all? Fourteen individuals, including Black faculty members, undergraduates, graduate students, and administrators, participated in two distinct focus groups from an HWCU in the southeastern United States experiencing elevated racial tension. Critical race methodology informed a thematic analysis of the focus group data and follow-up interviews, which provided insight on the experience of storytelling and its potential influence on Black people at HWCUs as a strategy for collective persistence and resistance during moments of elevated racial divisiveness. The dissertation concludes with implications for future directions in practice and research.Doctor of Philosoph

Volume 03

Introduction from Dean Dr. Charles Ross Little Shop of Horrors by Longwood Theater Department Who Has the Hottest Hotsauce in Farmville: A Quantitative Comparison of Sauces from Local Restaurants by Cheryl Peck and Charles Hoever Precipitation Effects on the Growth of White Oaks and Virginia Pines on the Mt. Vernon Plantation by Brittany Anderson Design and Synthesis of Novel Ion Binding Molecules for Self-Assembly and Sensing Applications by J. Ervin Sheldon A Statistical Analysis of Algorithms for Playing SameGame by Richard Hayden Intersecting Cylinders at Arbitrary Angles by Yuri Calustro Putting a Foot in the Revolving Door: Strategies for Reducing Teacher Attrition by Candice Fleming and Rebecca Franklin The Effect of Presentation on Spanish Vocabulary Recall by Ashley Yocum How Attractive Are You? Individuals Sensitivity to Number of Sexual Partners by Danielle M. Jagoda and Cristina M. Valdivieso Culturally Relevant Practices for Teaching Code-Switching to African-American Students in Kindergarten Classrooms by Jameka Jones Two Poems – “Dust” and “Check Out Girls” by Amy Ellis Three Poems – “Rosewood Massacre, 1923”, “Jarring” and “Reverence” by Ashley Maser Three Poems – “Dirty Thunderstorm”, “Summer Hide \u27N Seek Car Tag” and “Bliss” by Erikk Shupp Analysis of the Wilton Diptych by Jamie Yurasits “Nod”, “Corriline” “Flying” “Familiar” by Alexander Leonhart Papermaking by Kenny Wolfe and Sally Meadows “Plant” by J. Haley, Amy Jackson, and Morgan Howard “Dare to Dart” by Amy Jackson, Adrienne Heinbaugh and Melissa Dorton Untitled Photographs by Hopson “Lockets” by Morgan Howard Graphic Designs and Untitled Photographs by Ciarra Stalker Selections from a Senior Recital by Joshua Davi

Vacina experimental produzida em cultivo celular confere proteção parcial contra o ectima contagioso em ovinos

O ectima contagioso (também conhecido como orf), é uma doença debilitante de ovinos e caprinos causada pelo vírus do orf (ORFV). A vacinação tem sido usada com relativo sucesso no controle da doença. No entanto, as vacinas atuais contêm amostras virulentas do agente, são produzidas por escarificação cutânea de animais, e apresentam eficácia questionável. Assim, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo produzir e testar a eficácia de uma vacina experimental produzida em cultivo celular. A cepa IA-82 do ORFV foi submetida a 21 passagens em cultivo de células BHK-21 e usada para vacinar ovinos jovens (n=30), por escarificação cutânea na face interna da coxa. A vacinação produziu pústulas e crostas em 16 dos 30 ovinos vacinados, indicando imunização adequada. Noventa dias após a vacinação, ovinos vacinados (n=16) e controles (n=16) foram inoculados com uma cepa virulenta do ORFV (10(6,9)DICC50/mL) após escarificação na comissura labial. Todos os animais desenvolveram lesões típicas de ectima, incluindo hiperemia, vesículas, pústulas e crostas. No entanto, os animais vacinados desenvolveram lesões mais leves e passageiras do que os controles, e os escores clínicos foram estatisticamente diferentes (p<0,05) entre os dias 10 e 22 pós-desafio. Além disso, o tempo de duração da doença foi significativamente inferior (p<0,05) nos animais vacinados. Os animais vacinados também excretaram menor quantidade de vírus (p<0,05) e por um período significativamente mais curto do que os controles (13 dias versus 22 dias, p<0,001). Esses resultados demonstram a proteção parcial conferida pela vacina experimental e, dependendo da melhoria dos índices de imunização e proteção, são promissores no sentido da utilização de vacinas contra o ORFV produzidas em cultivo celular

Proceedings of the 3rd Biennial Conference of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) 2015: advancing efficient methodologies through community partnerships and team science

It is well documented that the majority of adults, children and families in need of evidence-based behavioral health interventionsi do not receive them [1, 2] and that few robust empirically supported methods for implementing evidence-based practices (EBPs) exist. The Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) represents a burgeoning effort to advance the innovation and rigor of implementation research and is uniquely focused on bringing together researchers and stakeholders committed to evaluating the implementation of complex evidence-based behavioral health interventions. Through its diverse activities and membership, SIRC aims to foster the promise of implementation research to better serve the behavioral health needs of the population by identifying rigorous, relevant, and efficient strategies that successfully transfer scientific evidence to clinical knowledge for use in real world settings [3]. SIRC began as a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded conference series in 2010 (previously titled the “Seattle Implementation Research Conference”; $150,000 USD for 3 conferences in 2011, 2013, and 2015) with the recognition that there were multiple researchers and stakeholdersi working in parallel on innovative implementation science projects in behavioral health, but that formal channels for communicating and collaborating with one another were relatively unavailable. There was a significant need for a forum within which implementation researchers and stakeholders could learn from one another, refine approaches to science and practice, and develop an implementation research agenda using common measures, methods, and research principles to improve both the frequency and quality with which behavioral health treatment implementation is evaluated. SIRC’s membership growth is a testament to this identified need with more than 1000 members from 2011 to the present.ii SIRC’s primary objectives are to: (1) foster communication and collaboration across diverse groups, including implementation researchers, intermediariesi, as well as community stakeholders (SIRC uses the term “EBP champions” for these groups) – and to do so across multiple career levels (e.g., students, early career faculty, established investigators); and (2) enhance and disseminate rigorous measures and methodologies for implementing EBPs and evaluating EBP implementation efforts. These objectives are well aligned with Glasgow and colleagues’ [4] five core tenets deemed critical for advancing implementation science: collaboration, efficiency and speed, rigor and relevance, improved capacity, and cumulative knowledge. SIRC advances these objectives and tenets through in-person conferences, which bring together multidisciplinary implementation researchers and those implementing evidence-based behavioral health interventions in the community to share their work and create professional connections and collaborations

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

Abstract Background Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres. Methods This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries. Results In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia. Conclusion This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries

Public Judgment of Corruption in City Hall: Experimental Evidence of the Roles of Demographic Factors and Congruence

This presentation was given at the Midwest Public Affairs Conference (MPAC)

Citizen Judgement of Rule Breaking in City Hall: An Experiment of Race, Gender, Age, and Violation Motives

This presentation was given at the Southeastern Conference for Public Administration (SECOPA)

Citizen Judgement of Misbehaving in City Hall: Experimental Evidence of the Role of Demographic Factors and Behavioral Intentions

This presentation was given at the Public Management Research Conference (PMRC). ABSTRACT. Social equity research provides evidence of inequities at all levels of government and within diverse policy domains ranging from education to healthcare to public transportation and the environment (Guy and McCandless 2012; Gooden 2017). Similarly, the human resource management literature finds workplace disparities, such as those related to unequal pay or assessment of performance resulting from biases and stereotypes of age (Posthuma and Campion 2009; Ng and Feldman 2012; Abrams, Swift, and Drury 2016); gender (Hale 1999; Alkadry and Tower 2011; Meier and Wilkins 2002); and race (Wilson 2006; Ortega, Plagens, Stephens, and Berry-James 2012; Riccucci and Saldivar 2014). Citing the theoretical and practical limitations of viewing these factors in isolation, Bearfield (2009), Stivers (2002), and others advocate for social equity research that accommodates intersectionality (Crenshaw 1994) and the reality of simultaneous membership in multiple identity categories. This perspective is consistent with recent public administration studies of the interaction effects of race and gender on disparities in work assignments (Christensen, Szmer, and Stritch 2012), government contracting with minority- and women-owned firms (Fernandez, Malatesta, and Smith 2013), and use of legal authority (Portillo 2008). This study extends the intersectionality conversation into representative bureaucracy, ethics, and public opinion, exploring the effects of particular demographic profiles of government officials on citizen attitudes toward such actors and their behaviors. Specifically, the paper’s research questions ask: Are citizen assessments of city managers’ formal rule violations driven by gender, age, and race or a confluence of these factors? Are patterns of citizen judgment of rule breaking city managers of specific gender-race-age profiles similar for violations driven by pro-social versus self-interested motives? And, do similar patterns emerge with citizen response to city managers accused of criminal behavior? Using survey experiments, the authors test for main and interaction effects of gender, race, age, and violation intentions on the severity of citizens’ recommendations for penalties taken against city managers reported to have broken formal rules or allegedly engaged in unlawful acts. Study participants are randomly presented with fictional news reports, which include photographs of the alleged offender along with descriptions of the events, and then asked to levy hypothetical punishment. The study contributes empirical evidence for social equity discussions related to disparities existing at the intersection of multiple identity categories while incorporating the effects of behavioral intentions of government leaders. Findings have implications for management of diversity and inclusion as well as leadership and ethics in public service

Ascending to Managerhood: An Examination of the Career Paths of Local Government Executives

This presentation was given at the American Society for Public Administration (APSA)