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Exploring Gender Disparities in the Overcriminalization of Psychiatric Illness and the Treatment of Mentally Ill Incarcerated Individuals
Get PDFThis comprehensive literature review explores the intricate relationship between mental health and the criminal justice system, discussing its nuanced and multifaceted disparities and complexities. The over- criminalization of mental illness in the U.S. correctional system along with historical and contemporary inadequacies in access to treatment has led to the disproportionate representation of individuals with mental illness within the carceral system, as correctional facilities have become the nation’s largest mental health care provider. Mass deinstitutionalization, biased police interactions, and improper training has increased the representation of individuals with mental illness in the criminal justice system. This review of the literature will explore gender and racial disparities in policing. Such documented realities of individuals with mental illness who come into contact with the criminal justice system urge the need for an intersectional perspective to address the systemic issues perpetuating such disparities. Proposals for reform that advocate for community-based alternatives for incarceration and specialized police response teams are also explored
The Impact of Food Insecurities on the Development of Psychopathology in Childhood and Adolescence: A Literature Review
Get PDFWith the widening inability to access affordable and nutritious food, many people worldwide deal with food insecurity, especially children and adolescents. This raises concerns for the well-being of children in the United States because of the impact food insecurity has on the development of children and adolescents regarding psychopathology. Recent research suggests that maternal depression, household sensitivity, parenting styles, and the exposure to violence may be directly linked to or explain the relation between food insecurity and psychopathology. This paper critically reviews and synthesizes the existing evidence of the direct relation between food insecurity and psychopathology. Additionally, this paper explores the mediating roles of maternal depression, household dynamics, parenting styles, and exposure to violence in understanding this relationship. The findings from this review will contribute to the future implications in terms of initiatives and intervention for those who have experienced food insecurity and related psychopathology
A Case Study of Backward Design in a Customized Business English Course for Global Supply Chain Vendors in Francophone Africa
Get PDFThe present article describes a case study in which the author used domain analysis to create a backward-designed remedial listening comprehension course for global supply chain vendors employed with logistics-focused multinational corporations operating in Francophone Africa. The course is designed to address weaknesses in listening comprehension skills as exhibited by global supply chain vendors in Francophone Africa who work daily with South Asian customers. The weaknesses emanate, in large part, from the existence of World Englishes due to the rise of English as a lingua franca by multinational corporations. World Englishes refers to the existence of “emerging localized or indigenized varieties of English” worldwide (Oxford English Dictionary, 2023). In this case study, the author describes the struggles between two groups of nonnative speakers of English (NNSEs): supply chain vendors from Francophone Africa and their customers from Asian countries such as China and India. Both groups struggle with heavily accented utterances and indigenized syntactic structures while attempting to complete business transactions. To enhance comprehension or “intelligibility” (Nelson, 2011), the author will describe a customized course designed to acclimate Francophone African supply chain vendors to the World English spoken by their Asian customers. The course will feature 25 subtitled YouTube videos involving global supply chain presentations offered by accented English- speaking Asian experts. The YouTube presentations will be accompanied by comprehension checks, language-building activities, and phonetic tutorials with their American instructor.
Keywords: International and cross-cultural business communication and negotiations, Language and business communicatio
Educate to advocate
Get PDFThis senior thesis is an autoethnographic study in which I retell and analyze my experiences engaging in student advocacy with other students in the College of Education (COE) at Eastern Michigan University (EMU). It consists of a reflection on my experiences, an analysis of personal communications between various members of the EMU faculty and me, and the meaning I now make or give to those experiences. I begin by providing both narrower and wider contexts to explain how I have come to advocacy work and what informs the value I place on it for fostering democratic civic engagement, including a sketch of a philosophical framework for education that values advocacy before I reflect on and analyze my experience as a student advocate in the COE at EMU. Themes identified in the analysis of my source materials include completing advocacy work on my own, advocacy work with peers, and advocacy work with faculty. The study finds that students need a safe place to learn how to be engaged citizens, they need to be taught how to be advocates for themselves at a young age, and students need their capacities to be able to be advocates built up by pulling out their strengths and helping them build their confidence and skills. These primary actions should be taken to support student advocacy
African American adolescent suicidality and prevention from an urban school counselor perspective
Get PDFAfrican American adolescent suicidality has become more prevalent, and urban school counselors are positioned uniquely to intervene. This research studied the overarching societal factors in the sociocultural, economic, and political spheres that influence increased suicidality behaviors in African American adolescents from the perspective of urban school counselors. The focus of this research was to hear the lived experiences of urban school counselors regarding the impact of racial discrimination on African American adolescent suicidality. The two theoretical frameworks that were used to support this study are the world-systems analysis theory and critical race theory. This study took a qualitative phenomenological approach that virtually interviewed seven school counselors that serve students in urban school settings. The interviews obtained information from the urban school counselor’s perspective on how race influenced suicidality in the real-life stories of adolescents they counseled. The research findings confirmed that racial discrimination may in fact influence African American suicidality but that further research is needed. Common themes that emerged were manifestation of African American adolescent suicidality, the Black experience, parental involvement, racial experiences in school, school procedure, and school prevention. Future topics of study were provided as well as implications for practical implementation for urban school counselors
Lauren London, Oral History Interview, 2024
Get PDFLauren London is the General Counsel for Eastern Michigan University, and has been working at EMU for over a decade now. In this interview, London explains her decision to become a lawyer, how she became EMU’s General Counsel, and the challenges of being a Jewish person in the modern political climate. London describes her connection to Jewish Family Services, falling into the role as the project manager for the Afghan resettlement process, and the legality and logistics of opening up on-campus housing to the 12 Afghan families in 2022. London discusses future projects EMU hopes to work on relating to refugees, her gratitude to work at an institution that genuinely cares about people, and the things she does to practice self-care.https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/1161/thumbnail.jp
Devon Meier, Oral History Interview, 2024
Get PDFDevon Meier worked as the Chief Development Officer at Jewish Family Services (JFS) of Washtenaw County from 2020-2022. In her role as Chief Development Officer, Meier was responsible for the annual giving and major gifts program, as well as, other fundraising efforts for JFS. In this interview, Meier explains how she got her role at JFS, a day in the life of a chief development officer, and what fundraising looked like during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meier describes how JFS got involved in the Afghan resettlement following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, the logistics of resettlement work, fundraising for the Afghan humanitarian parolees, and the collaboration between JFS and Eastern Michigan University in resettling 12 of the Afghan families into student housing in 2022.https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/1168/thumbnail.jp
Patrick McGill, Oral History Interview, 2024
Get PDFPatrick McGill has worked as a police officer for Eastern Michigan University since 1999. In this interview, McGill reminisce\u27s about how the EMU campus has changed during his time working here, and meeting international students when taking classes for his construction management degree at EMU. McGill recounts his experience getting fans for some of the Afghan families who were staying in on-campus housing in 2022, his perspectives on immigration law, and his thoughts on EMU providing the housing to the Afghan families.https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/1175/thumbnail.jp
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan
Get PDFThis project consists of a Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan created for the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, located at Whitefish Point, 11 miles north of Paradise, MI, prefaced with a methodological report of its drafting and creation and recommendations for its implementation. Disaster Preparedness and Response Plans are a core document for museums and cultural institutions. As is best practice according to guidelines from the American Alliance of Museums and International Council on Museums, this plan is tailored for the specific needs, location, collection, and personnel of the museum. It contains procedures, policies, and institutional information in a ready-to-use format that can be directly referred to in the event of an emergency. Ultimately, this plan will be adopted for us by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum