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Place-Based Strengths: Review & Assessment
Get PDFThis is the research project that I have done in my Independent study. The research evaluates and defines the main topics of psychology that relate to resilience and geographyUniversity of the Sout
Equitable Broadband Access
No full textCommunity Partner: Thrive Regional Partnership
Thrive Regional Partnership is a non-profit based in Chattanooga who collaborated with Sewanee DataLab to highlight the disparity of broadband internet access in its neighboring communities.
Problem: Due to the lack of broadband asset inventory, there is an insufficient understanding of broadband assets and access which restricts the ability to explore trends and patterns in broadband access.
Solution: The DataLab team created an interactive open source map showing the available broadband assets and distribution in 16 counties of Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.
Impact: The online dashboard highlights the disparity in broadband assets and distribution, which will allow for necessary intervention to bridge the gap in broadband disparity of the tri state region that was evaluated.
A Sewanee DataLab team of 3 worked to increase equitable internet access.Thrive Regional Partnershi
Incarceration Effects on Voter Turnout
No full textThe United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world and disproportionately imprisons minorities, particularly African-Americans. Research shows that incarceration has many impacts on the individuals and families affected. One important question is whether high rates of incarceration silence the voices of minority communities by discouraging voting, affecting the structure of the political system. We use county-level data from 2010-2018 to study the impact of incarceration on the voter turnout rate in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections. We find that incarceration has an insignificant effect on voter turnout after controlling for other demographic variables. However, the impacts of incarceration may operate through other channels, impacting demographic characteristics such as income and education. Thus, further research is needed to determine the effects of mass incarceration on voter engagement
Comparison of organic matter treatment on a previously graveled site
Get PDFThe Lake Cheston study site is a previously graveled parking lot that was converted into green space. In summer 2017, gravel was dug from the site, and replaced with mostly subsoil from a strip mining operation, along with a thin layer of topsoil. The objective of this study is to compare the ability of two different mulching techniques to enhance fertility and improve tree growth potential in the site. Soil tests were conducted across the sites to find baseline values of total carbon and nitrogen, along with pH, and percent P, K, Ca, Mg, Zn, and Mn. Results indicated that the site has very bad compaction, water holding capacity, and a high concentration of calcium due to surrounding limestone gravel. Delays due to Covid resulted in allowing the clover that was on the site to remain as a cover crop. In March 2021, the site was ripped to reduce subsoil compaction, divided in half, and two different surface treatments of organic matter were applied, one to each half. The two treatments were grass clippings from campus and horse bedding, which includes manure and cypress chips, and they were applied up to 2 inches thick. The treatments were chosen because they are relatively inexpensive and often available in urban areas. On April 16, 2021, six 10 gallon container Diospyros virginiana (persimmon) and six 2 gallon Prunus americana (wild plums), were planted across the site, half of each species in each treatment. Data collected on each tree included height, diameter at breast height, basal diameter, and # of primary branches. The trees were dispersed to have the larger persimmons close to the center and the plums on the outer edge. Each tree had a fence installed to protect it from deer brows and rubbing. Fences consisted of three 6 foot T-posts wrapped with bird netting. All of the trees will be watered weekly, and trees will be remeasured at the end of the 2021 growing season and again at the end of the 2022 growing season to allow comparison of the treatments
Predicting Body Image Avoidance in Predominantly White College Undergraduates
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to examine how personality, especially introversion, was related to body image perception in college undergraduates. We hypothesized that higher levels of introversion, specifically anxious introversion, would be related to higher levels of body image avoidance. Participants included 109 undergraduates at a small private liberal arts institution. The sample was 78% female, with a mean age of 19.83 years, (SD = 1.18). The Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire (BIAQ) was used to measure body image perception (Rosen, Srebnik, Saltzberg, & Wendt, 1991). Introversion was measured with the Scales for Four Domains of Introversion: Social, Thinking, Anxious, and Restrained Introversion (STAR; Cheek, 2014). Hierarchical regression analysis was used to determine the presence and nature of any relationship between body image and introversion. Higher levels of anxious introversion (as measured by STAR-A) were indeed correlated with higher scores of body image avoidance. BMI was associated with body image avoidance of the exposure type (BIAQ-E). However, BIAQ-E was found to be
mediated by anxious introversion. It appears that the characteristics we ordinarily associate with body image disturbance like body image avoidance may be partly or wholly explained by anxious introversion
The Effect of Broadband Internet on RGDP in OECD Countries
Get PDFThis paper aims to measure the impact of broadband internet access on economic growth in OECD countries. The data for this study were collected from OECD databases and Penn World Tables. With this, annual cross-sectional data for 37 OECD countries during the period 2009-2010 are examined with both pooled data and fixed effects. The study finds that the estimated coefficient of broadband internet access is statistically significant. The results suggest that broadband internet access has had a positive impact on economic growth, and a 1 unit increase in the growth of broadband internet access will raise real GDP per capita by approximately $1,201.932 for any given country. The results convey that the saving rate of physical capital, measured as the gross capital formation in GDP, is also statistically significant for the fixed effects regression
The Old Testament Shaping the Book of Revelation
No full textIt would be inadequate to read the book of Revelation without considering the Old Testament traditions that influenced its content. As Revelation contains more Old Testament allusions than the rest of New Testament books, this work is a contribution to indicating that the author of Revelation used the Old Testament texts to shape this book. The present work begins with some generalities that should orient the reader to discover the relationship between the perspective of Revelation and that of Old Testament texts to which the author of Revelation alluded. The work proceeds by indicating that the author of Revelation intentionally used the Old Testament materials by recontextualizing them for his audience through thematic, analogical, universalization, indirect fulfillment, and solecisms uses, in a way that proves the author's sense of creativity. To end, this work analyzes Rev. 21 •.1-8 and its use of Second Isaiah, which shows that the language and the perspective of this pericope relate to the traditions of Second Isaiah in multiple ways. In short, as this work demonstrates, the general setting of Revelation, the specific uses of Old Testament allusions, and the comparison of Rev. 21:1-8 with Second Isaiah should lead the reader of Revelation to recognize that the composition of Revelation was shaped by various Old Testament traditions.Professor Collin Cornel
“That was the happiest time of my life”: Understanding Eco-Connections in Appalachian Communities
Get PDFObjective: To further the psychological study of place and understand how eco-connections, the quality and strength of our relations to nature, can influence an individual’s wellbeing and impact their experience of community.
Methods: 145 adult participants from predominantly rural communities in southern Appalachia (71.7% female), ages 21 to 69 years (M=36.23 years; SD=12.08 years) participated in semi-structured qualitative interviews. The sample identified as 75.5% White/European American, 12.6% Black/African American, 4.9% multiracial, 3.5% Asian, 2.1% Latino/a, and 1.4% Pacific Islander. Through semi-structured qualitative interviews, participants described high, low, and turning points, positive and not-so-positive behaviors. They were also asked to describe the context of their early childhood. Recorded and transcribed interviews were coded for mentions of place, nature, or geography using grounded theory analysis.
Results: Participants mentioned several ways their lives were impacted by interactions with their immediate environment. Mentions about place-related memories or interactions were coded into four themes: Formative/educational experiences with nature, stories of interactions with nature that affected their life long term; nostalgia about nature, stories of environmental bonding; rhythms of nature, examples of working in nature; general interactions with nature, recreational activities in nature.
Conclusions: The results of this study show the importance of the natural environment to people’s experience of community, at least for this population from largely rural areas in southeastern Tennessee. Too many existing definitions of community omit the physicality of community spaces. Greater attention to this is a promising avenue to more effective collective action on climate and other issues