19468 research outputs found
Sort by
The Jew Who Fed an Army: Jacob Benjamin and the French Revolution
No full textThis article tells the story of a Jewish army supplier in the French Revolution. Jacob Benjamin literally fed an army: the Army of the South (l’Armée du Midi), a vast force that spread from the Pyrenees to the Alps. He provided meat for every one of the army’s 30,000 soldiers for the second half of 1792. He sold goods to three of France’s four other armies (of the North, the Centre, and the Rhine). His shoes were probably on the feet of the soldiers who won the battle of Valmy, a battle that prevented France’s enemies from suppressing the Revolution. Though he profited from contracts with the army, he was a radical member of the sans-culottes assembly in his neighbourhood. He was arrested for allegedly gouging the army, but acquitted by the tribunal of Lyon. His story reveals the extent of Jewish provisioning and the surprising lack of antisemitism in the discourse surrounding his case. The article is based on more than 200 documents seized from Benjamin’s home following his arrest, court documents from Lyon, and an extraordinary open letter by his wife to the Convention.Histor
The Cost Of Curls: Discrimination, Social Stigma, And Identity Oppression Of Black Women Through Their Hair
Get PDFThis thesis analyzes the discriminatory practices facing Black women in a multitude of arenas and spaces as a result of their hairstyles and texture. A marker of, as well as a way to express, identity, Black women’s hair is more heavily policed than that of their White counterparts and manifests itself in the form of decreased job opportunities, public humiliation, and restricted stylistic choice. The highly visible nature of hair makes it a prime target for unfair targeting by authoritative bodies, working to further ‘other’ the Black female body along with skin-tone. Looking first at how Black women navigate the institutions of the United States military, educations system, the workplace, and the entertainment industry, this analysis demonstrates that there is clear discriminatory treatment inflicted upon Black women directly resulting from how they choose to wear their hair. Further analysis shows that such treatment extends across various spaces, income brackets, and age groups, highlighting the racially transverse nature of hair discrimination. Following this analysis, a more in-depth approach is taken to further dissect the United States military’s policies regarding hair styling and maintenance. As a federally regulated institution, highlighting the ways in which these practices are not only the result of bigoted individuals, but are rather entrenched in American systems of government and control. Specifically, the second section of this work looks at the effect of implicit language and connotation on Black bodies as outline in military grooming policies. Taken together, these works suggest that there exists a social stigma surrounding the biological occurrence and identity expression of hair for Black women.American StudiesMaster of Arts (M.A.
COVID-19 Stress on College Students Mental Health: An Examination of Socioeconomic Status and Coping Flexibility
No full textIn recent years, mental health has rapidly become a public health concern and was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. College students are a high-risk population due to the stress culture of increased rigor and workload compared to prior years of education. Existing literature has found that increased stress is associated with poor mental health, and the impact differs based socioeconomic status and coping flexibility. The present study aimed to examine the moderating effects of SES and coping flexibility on the relationships between COVID-related stress and mental health symptoms (i.e., anxiety and depression) among college students within the U.S. Participants (n = 1854) were college students recruited through their respective Psychological Sciences department for academic credit in Spring 2022 to complete a battery of questions related to COVID-19, substance use, and mental health outcomes. The demographics of the analytical sample highlighted that the majority of participants identified as female (60.4%) and were White, non-Hispanic (66%) with a mean age of 19 years (SD = 2.95). Within our moderation models, we did not find any statistically significant moderation effects (including three-way interactions). However, multiple significant main effects were found. Specifically, higher COVID-related stress was associated with higher anxiety/depressive symptoms. Further, higher coping flexibility was associated lower mental health symptoms, whereas lower SES was only associated with higher reports of depressive symptoms. Future research is needed to examine additional interactions causing increased risk or protection against poor mental health among college students when dealing with stress related to a pandemic.Kinesiology & Health SciencesBachelors of Science (BS
Automating sandhill crane counts from nocturnal thermal aerial imagery using deep learning
No full textPopulation monitoring is essential to management and conservation efforts for migratory birds, but traditional low-altitude aerial surveys with human observers are plagued by individual observer bias and risk to flight crews. Aerial surveys that use remote sensing can reduce bias and risk, but manual counting of wildlife in imagery is laborious and may be cost-prohibitive. Therefore, automated methods for counting are critical to cost-efficient application of remote sensing for wildlife surveys covering large areas. We conducted nocturnal surveys of sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) during spring migration in the Central Platte River Valley of Nebraska, USA, using midwave thermal infrared sensors. We developed a framework for automated counting of sandhill cranes from thermal imagery using deep learning, assessed and compared the performance of two automated counting models, and quantified the effect of spatial resolution on counting accuracy. Aerial thermal imagery data were collected in March 2018 and 2021; 40 images were analyzed. We applied two deep learning models: an object detection approach, Faster R-CNN and a recently developed pixel-density estimation approach, ASPDNet. Model performance was determined using data independent of the training imagery. The effect of spatial resolution was quantified with a beta regression on relative error. Our results showed model accuracy of 9% mean percent error for ASPDNet and 18% for Faster R-CNN. Most error was related to the undercounting of sandhill cranes. ASPDNet ha
A Qualitative Investigation Into The Ethnic And Racial Identity Development Of Counseling Students
No full textThis transcendental phenomenological study sought to understand the experiences of graduate counselor students during the development of their ethnic and racial identity (ERI). The research questions for the study were: How do counseling students experience ethnic and racial identity development during their graduate program and what is the meaning made by graduate students in their experiences with ERI development in their graduate program? Participants were recruited from a CACREP accredited graduate counseling program and the purposive sampling technique was used to identify those who have experience with the phenomena. In-depth, open ended questions were utilized to gather comprehensive descriptions of the participants' experience. The Modified Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen was used for the data analysis procedure (Moustakas, 1994). Findings included: Shifting Perspective of ERI, ERI Complexity, Personal ERI Development, Integrating ERI into Clinical Work, Faculty Support and Peer Support. Future research and implications for counseling institutions are discussed.EducationDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.
Medieval Jewish Philosophy and Authentic Jewish Piety: Yitzhak Baer and Julius Guttmann on Hasdai Crescas’s Philosophy
No full textThe article examines personalistic elements in Hasdai Crescas’ conception of God. It argues that embedded in Crescas’ innovative approach to divine attributes and divine love is a critique of Maimonides’ impersonalistic theology and an alternative theology which attributes to God a relation with human beings and personalistic features. It also examines how Crescas’ theological orientation regarding divine personalism is integrated into the philosophies of modern Jewish thinkers particularly Samuel David Luzzatto and Julius Guttmann