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Shared Trauma: Implications for Signed Language Interpreters
Get PDFThe concept and implications of shared trauma have been widely debated and discussed within the field of psychology, but these studies do not adequately attend to the experiences of signed language interpreters. This thesis addresses the potential outcomes and impacts of shared trauma on interpreters and consumers with special attention to assignment content that specifically relates to said trauma. Qualitative research was conducted through interviews with interpreters selected at random from participants in the initial survey. Interview data was categorized into pre-, during, and post-assignment information and several patterns were found. Within the pre-assignment interview data, interpreters discussed the decision to accept work, including assignment content, a sense of obligation, and the need to build a reputation. Within the during assignment interview data, interpreters discussed their emotional response, a fight or flight response, the value of team interpreting, and the effectiveness of their work. Within the post-assignment interview data, interpreters discussed their own personal engagements as well as debriefing and supervision. The discussion based on the interview content included several topics: interpreter training programs, confidentiality, interpreters as members of the Deaf community, the value of having a voice, and the mental health of interpreters. Recommendations for further research include studies with greater than three interview candidates, considerations for interpreters within marginalized groups who experience shared trauma, studies on the impact of interpreting shared trauma on the working memory of practitioners, and comparing the experiences of interpreters with and without a team interpreter
The Black Perspective: A Need for Representation and Inclusion in ASL/English Interpreter Training Programs
Get PDFAmerican Sign Language/English interpreting is a profession growing in recognition in the United States and internationally. As its popularity increases, its diverse groups, specifically interpreters who identify as Black or African American, should follow. As a result, the diversity of its practitioners should imply that more interpreters of diverse backgrounds, under the influence of interpreter educators, are acquiring knowledge under keen leadership that positively impacts their acquisition of knowledge and their social and professional identity.
Interpreters acquire language, cultural information, and knowledge through varying degree levels of Interpreter Training Programs (ITPs) across the United States. However, this paper hypothesizes that the documented programs, established at institutions of varying levels, struggle to meet the diverse needs of the students they serve, or lack the attendance of culturally diverse groups.
This project seeks to obtain insightful information from Black and African American ITP students and graduates through personal accounts, resulting in discussion relating to the growing issue of ITPs and the deficit produced in serving marginalized and culturally diverse populations. By collecting data specific to identifying experience impact on social identity, professional identity, and their acquisition of knowledge, this collection aims to provide suggested practices to mediate the cultural deficit. The desired result is greater awareness leading to an increase in accessibility and strategies fostering the social and professional identities of Black/African American and other diverse interpreters, interpreting students, and ITP graduates
Captikwł and The Laws of Nature; The Syilx People\u27s Ethical and Cultural Connection with Mother Earth
Get PDFIn this paper, I explore how the Syilx\u27s oral history (captikwł) shapes their identity and ethics through their understanding and respect for mother earth. I analyzed the captikwł of the Syilx and their discourses about life; drawing on their orature (written oral history) to demonstrate that because oral history is an important aspect of Syilx culture, the Syilx people of the British Columbia and Washington region have learned to survive for centuries due to how they relate to their lands. The anthology of the Syilx captikwł are reviewed in the paper to gain a better understanding of how this collection of stories inspire an environmental ethical philosophy and justice that is deeply rooted in their identity as indigenous people and practiced across generation
Big Brother Big Sister Mentoring Program
No full textThe Big Brother Big Sister program emphasizes the importance of providing a meaningful mentoring relationship to children who may not have the opportunity for one otherwise. Children benefit from a mentor invested in their future success but attaining a meaningful mentoring relationship is multi-faceted. This project examined two research articles about the Big Brother Big Sister program related to expectations and closure with mentoring relationships and the subsequent impact on youth. This analysis was also compared to the authors’ own experiences with mentoring. Findings indicated that youth and adults had different expectations regarding the mentoring relationships - with youth emphasizing self-sufficiency and “having fun.” The end of the mentoring relationship also played a significant role in the child’s life and perception of the program. The research shows a side of mentoring that is more implicit than just a cursory relationship, and these social interactions can be crucial to children’s growth
Development of an Exit Survey to Identify the Efficacy of Public Assistance in Polk County
No full textHousing stability has been a critical issue, as expressed in the 2019 Polk County Community Health Assessment. The purpose of this Process Improvement Project (PIP) was to design and administer an exit survey to assess the long-term stability of clients who utilized services from the Polk County Family and Community Outreach (FCO) division. The exit survey was developed to meet several goals: to communicate client outcomes to funders to obtain grants, identify and improve unmet needs within the services offered, and to collect client experiences. The research was conducted on evidence-based survey design, the incorporation of incentives, the impact of public assistance on health and well-being, and the role of text messaging technology in health care interventions. Findings indicate that this assessment method displays a strong potential for FCO to analyze assistance effectiveness and adapt services to meet the current needs of their clients
Frieze Patterns
No full textFrieze patterns are two dimensional patterns that respect certain groups of symmetries and are repetitive in only one direction. In this presentation we will briefly see what a frieze pattern is in architecture/art and see how that compares to frieze patterns in mathematics. There are 7 frieze groups that all frieze patterns follow. They include: step, hop, spinning hop, sidle, spinning sidle, jump and spinning jump. We will also look at polygons with n sides and see how they are related to frieze patterns and their composition. There are three main types of friezes that we will focus on, Conway-Coxeter friezes, additive friezes, and NIM friezes
Fractal Ferns
No full textIn this presentation, we will delve into the world of fractals. A form of mathematics that has long been studied, but only until recently has it had the name. When most think of fractals they think of the work of Benoit Mandelbrot, which we will touch on. However, we will mostly be working on the findings of Micheal Barnsley. More specifically, we will be using his creation of the Barnsley fern, which uses iterated function systems (IFSs), as a basis for generating a specific fern found in nature, the Western Sword fern. Along with IFSs, the Barnsley Fern uses matrices and affine transformations to generate the fern, something we will use in our process as well
Protective Labor Legislation: How Oregon Attached Motherhood to Working Women
Get PDFIn 1913 the Consumers’ League of Oregon, published their “Report on the Wages, Hours and Conditions of Work and Cost of Standard Living [for] Woman Wage Earners” in support of the “Bill for an Industrial Welfare Commission.” The report’s data collection reflected the increased concern for women that left home and entered the workforce at the turn of the 20th century. To achieve the goal of protecting women, the Consumers’ League of Oregon adopted ideas of difference theory, which stated that men and women were fundamentally different and that women needed protection that men did not need. Protective labor legislation aimed to aid women workers in securing shorter hours, higher wages, and better working environments. While sex-based legislation served as the opening wedge for this protective reform, it also convinced both the state and federal courts that women would never be equal to men
Testing Tutor: Integrating an Inquiry-Based Learning Approach into Testing Pedagogy
Get PDFSoftware testing is an inherently critical aspect of computer science education, however current pedagogical and industry tools lack inductive learning approaches which lead to trial-and-error behavior. Research into software testing pedagogy and the construction of a learning tool (Testing Tutor) is being developed in collaboration with University of Alabama and Georgia Southern University, made possible by an NSF grant. Testing Tutor will identify the testing concepts that are attributable to missing test cases and will provide feedback (via a customizable feedback engine) to correct test case deficiencies along with learning resources (textual and video). WOU’s research team is focused on building the subsystem to support the Python and C# languages, which WOU and many universities utilize in their curriculum. In addition, the team is developing a repository of assignments that will be shared with instructors at other institution
Unpacking our impact: teacher educators’ J.E.D.I. journey
No full textJ.E.D.I. is an acronym that includes the goals of equity, diversity, and inclusion but intentionally places the need for justice first. In this session, faculty in the College of Education will discuss their racial justice journeys as teacher educators. Together, we will present why we engage in the work of encountering and dismantling racism including reflections on our personal processes of racial identity development. Following the presentation, there will be an opportunity for questions and collective sense-making on Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion work in teacher education