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Media influence on perception of crime
Get PDFMedia outlets’ influence on individual perceptions of crime has increased over the years. Crime
related events have become a way to increase ratings and revenue. This is a study of the (1)
relationship between media perception of crime and society’s fear and also (2) the effect this
media perception of crime has on specific elderly, female and minority demographics and their fear
of crime. The survey method for the study is a questionnaire, delivered by social media and to
undergraduate criminology classes. The hypothesis tests outside factors such as race, gender,
income, education, marital status, and residence. The sample population consisted of 83
participants. The results indicate outside factors do influence individuals’ misperceptions on fear
of crime
Seabrook History Exhibit -- Visualize Prehistoric (21)
No full textIllustration of lithic tool found at Pone Gully Park
Seabrook History Exhibit -- Visualize Prehistoric (26)
No full textlithic tool found at Pone Gully Park
Seabrook History Exhibit -- Visualize Prehistoric (19)
No full textIllustration of lithic tool found at Pone Gully Park
Examining the relationship between teacher self-efficacy and instructional style of community college stem faculty
Get PDFThe purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between teacher self-efficacy and the instructional style of community college STEM faculty to explore a possible connection between teacher self-efficacy, instructional style choice, and its possible impact on STEM reform for community colleges. This study is designed as a sequential mixed-method approach with a quantitative survey that is then followed by qualitative interviews to explore emergent themes not captured in the survey. Thirty-nine STEM community college faculty from two community colleges in southeast Texas participated. This study revealed that overall teacher self-efficacy, its subcategories in student engagement, and instructional strategies showed significant differences between the teacher-centered and student-centered STEM community college faculty. These discrepancies were explained by the interviews and included topics of disrespect from university faculty, differences in the accepted definition of student engagement and student-centered instructional styles, and beliefs that having a lab attached to the course makes your instructional style student-centered. Possible causes of these discrepancies were explored and were found to be tied to the lack of training in both pre-service and in-service. Recommendations for changes to both pre-service and in-service training and institutional response were discussed to repair the system of professional development and pre-service academics to get a stronger response to STEM reform in community colleges
The Effects of Quantum Tunneling on the Conformational Entropy of the Cas9 Protein
Get PDFThe Cas9 protein is a protein that is used in bacteria to edit out viral DNA. Cas9 is very precise and is used in laboratories all over the world for the purposes of editing gene sequences. In order for Cas9 to function properly it needs to fold into a specific shape. These shapes are referred to as conformations and the entropy corresponding to the number of conformations that a polymer chain can fold into is referred to as the conformational entropy. Until recently, the current model used for calculating the conformational entropy failed to incorporate the effects due to hydrogen bonds. Now a research group from Chicago has constructed a model that incorporates these effects. It has been demonstrated that the effects due to quantum interactions without tunneling effects influence the conformational entropy by an order of magnitude of 0.7% for backbone interactions and 10% for sidechain interactions respectively. The effects due to tunneling further influence the backbone entropy by an order of magnitude of 0.08%
Construction (6)
No full textOne of ten photographs showing views of construction. Paper manufactured by Kodak
"Prison Cannot Crush Their Spirit": The Ideological Impact of Incarceration on Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, and Eugene V. Debs
Get PDFThis thesis revolves around the prison experiences of Eugene V. Debs, Emma Goldman, and Alexander Berkman. These working-class revolutionary intellectuals were each imprisoned multiple times between 1892 and 1921. By using their memoirs and prison letters, I explore and analyze how prison affected the ideology of these revolutionaries, how it changed their personal lives, and how these individuals influenced their contemporaries as well as future radicals. By examining their relationships with other inmates while incarcerated, I reveal aspects of their personal character to better illuminate their revolutionary ideals.
All three experienced profound ideological change during their first long-term imprisonment. Prison also served to reinforce their commitment to revolution. For all three, their commitment to revolutionary activism and organizing forced them back into prison cells, and all three emerged from their second long-term prison sentences yet more committed to their ideals.
For Eugene Debs, this thesis focuses on his time at the Woodstock prison in Illinois as a result of his role in the 1894 Pullman Strike, as well as his time at the federal penitentiary at Atlanta for violating the Espionage Act in 1918. For Emma Goldman, this thesis looks at her time at Blackwell's Island in 1893 after she was convicted on charges of inciting to riot, as well as her imprisonment in 1917 at the Missouri State Penitentiary for violating the Espionage Act. For Alexander Berkman, this thesis explores his fourteen years at the Western Penitentiary from 1892 - 1906 for his attempted assassination of Henry Clay Frick, as well as his imprisonment at the federal penitentiary at Atlanta for violating the Espionage Act in 1917
Citizen of the Year Banquet (2)
No full textLyrics included with the Seventh Annual Citizen of the Year Banquet program
A.L. Ballentine House, 1113 Cook St., Preparation and Move to Hall St. (11)
No full textOne of fifteen photographs of the A.L. Ballentine house showing the preparation and move from 1113 Cook St. to Hall St