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Gender Revolutionaries: Every(body) has a History
No full textDr. Liam Oliver Lair is a feminist scholar with a PhD in Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies. His teaching and research are rooted in feminist studies with a specific focus sexuality, trans subjectivities, disability, and race. His research and teaching focus on the intersections of gender, racism, and ableism, and how we might begin to create more livable futures for historically marginalized individuals and communities. He has worked with faculty, staff, and students to create safe and affirming spaces for trans/GNC and queer students at each of his previous institutions, and this is work he continues at his current position at West Chester University
Espacios De Encuentro E Identidad: Actas del XXXV Congreso Internacional de ALDEEU
No full textPapers presented at the ADLEEU conference in Segovia, Spain, July 2015.https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/hispanic_studies_books/1021/thumbnail.jp
Theater of the Oppressed and the Politics of Memory
No full textWhat memories do our bodies hold? To what extent are my memories related to those of others? How can we bring forth these memories to better understand the realities that we live? Making use of Theater of the Oppressed (TO) methods, we undertake an aesthetic investigation of oppression: exploring individual memories and discovering the connection to collective memories as a necessary step toward understanding the structural nature of oppression. We will share our recent experiences along the Guatemala-Mexico border with the migrant caravan and how an aesthetic exploration reveals a historical relationship to the terriroty and the fear that it imposes on migration.
Lorena Roffé and Stéphane Gué reside in Guatemala, where they are founding artivists of METOCA, which means It\u27s my turn (to act) and (reality) touches me. Over the last ten years, they have used aesthetic processes with political impact to work with community groups (women with HIV, indigenous youth, and migrants) and supported those groups in becoming the protagonists of their own realities. They have trained in TO methodologies in Brazil, India, USA and Germany with the field\u27s leading practitioners and have organized two Latin American TO gatherings
Money Smart for Students
No full textPart of Money $mart Week, a discussion sponsored by the John and Elizabeth Myers Chair in Management, the Donald McNeely Center for Entrepreneurship, Experience & Professional Development (XPD), and the CSB/SJU Libraries
Collective Memory and Borders
No full textWhile the concept of nations is modern, the actual physical and geographical space of borderlands carries generational scars of collective memory and identity. The political character of the border as a wound materializes in a wall with sentiments of nationalism, protectionism, and absurdity. Most Latinas/os living in the United States are deeply marked by the notion of border. The concept of the border as material or ideological barrier is part of our identity. As protagonists of Latina/o history it is up to us to define and preserve jointly that memory however we choose to remember
Monks and the Church’s Obligation for the Poor
Get PDFExamining aspects of contemplative life as a Cistercian monk, this paper looks at the intersection of the Rule of St. Benedict and raises the question of its compatibility and implications with Catholic Social Teachings focused on the Church’s teachings on maintaining a ‘preferential option for the poor.
Quantification of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound
Get PDFThe aim of this experiment was to investigate the effect of manipulating ultrasound scanner settings on time-intensity curve parameters in a tube perfusion phantom system using contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging. Imaging was performed using a Philips LOGIQ E9 ultrasound scanner equipped with a C1-6VN transducer and utilized two different microbubble contrast agents: Definity and Lumason. The ultrasound scanner settings manipulated included: gain, dynamic range, and frequency. Additionally, relative microbubble concentration, microbubble type, and perfusion flow rate were manipulated. Four time-intensity curve parameters (time to peak, area under curve, gradient, peak intensity) were measured from linearized pixel data. Time to peak was the least impacted time-intensity curve parameter by manipulation of ultrasound scanner settings or the tube perfusion phantom system. Dynamic range and perfusion flow rate manipulation resulted in moderate variation in area under curve, gradient, and peak intensity. Gain, frequency, and relative microbubble concentration manipulation resulted in a high degree of variation in area under curve, gradient, and peak intensity. Both microbubble contrast agents demonstrated similar effects when manipulated. The tube perfusion phantom system contained a small degree of built-in variation, which was incorporated into all variation measurements. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound offers a novel way to quantify microvasculature perfusion. However, variability caused by manipulation of ultrasound scanner settings is still a challenge that hinders the clinical application of contrast-enhanced ultrasound quantification. Standardization practices can be used to limit some of the observed variation. Further research is warranted to investigate how variability in contrast-enhanced ultrasound affects the clinical assessment of microvasculature perfusion
