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My Internship Experience With Homeworthy
No full textThis internship took place at Homeworthy, Midcoast Maine\u27s comprehensive homeless services organization. It consisted of direct client work under the supervision of Homeworthy\u27s case managers, and urgent needs assistance (such as supplies drop-off and shelter waitlist management) under the urgent needs coordinator. Daily activities included organization of and collection of supplies for drop-offs, sitting in on coordinated entries into Maine\u27s Homeless Management Information System, and observing management of the transitional shelter
LISC AmeriCorps/Fifth Avenue Committee
No full textThis submission is a final reflection on my experience as Community Services Fellow at a non-profit organization in New York City. The document includes a general rubric for which the paper is meant to abide by, in addition to the reflection paper itself. As is detailed, my vocational experience(a) this summer we’re marked by a great deal of growth, facilitated by the support I had the privilege of receiving this summer and made manageable through my effort and commitment
Adaptive Strategies: Italian Conservation Approaches for Pakistani Architecture
Full text linkThis project is an analysis of conservation and restoration techniques used in Italy, and ways in which they can be implemented in Pakistani heritage architecture amidst climate change. It examines how developed nation-states like Italy are conserving their architecture that is vulnerable to damage, highlighting the role of architectural preservation in maintaining cultural visibility and the social fabric of communities. By studying these techniques, the project explores the visual and structural features of select heritage sites in both countries and emphasizes the need for technological, legal, and community efforts to ensure the structural viability of historical sites amidst climate change
This Land isn’t My Land: How Canonical Literature has Shaped Representation in the Outdoors
Full text linkBuilding Resilience: Educators\u27 Role in Trauma-Informed Practices for Adolescent Development
No full textThis mixed-method study examines how veteran K-12 educators employ trauma-informed practices to support adolescent development. Individuals affected by trauma, including intergenerational trauma, often struggle with identity formation, trust, emotion regulation, and self-worth. All of these issues undoubtedly affect their ability to engage and learn. Addressing these challenges requires classrooms that promote safety, connection, healing-centered activities, and educator awareness. Eight educators, each with ten or more years of experience, participated through surveys, semi-structured interviews, and took part in a brief intervention: a series of evidence-based interventions on the neurobiology of trauma.
Qualitative analysis underscored four needs: (1) embedding trauma-informed coursework in teacher preparation, (2) strengthening partnerships with parents/guardians, (3) providing sustained peer and administrative support for teachers, and (4) dismantling mental-health stigma in schools. Quantitatively, participants demonstrated heightened recognition of the neurological effects of trauma on learning and behavior.
The preliminary findings within this study stress the urgency of professional development focused on effective communication with youth who have experienced trauma and on mitigating secondary traumatic stress among school staff. Future work should integrate guardian and student perspectives and longitudinal designs to determine the lasting impact of growth-minded and trauma-informed practices on adolescent resilience
Once Upon a Dream: Nostalgia and the Shaping of a Child Through Fairy Tale Retellings
No full textIn this thesis, I argue that fairy tale retellings play a crucial role in children’s literature and have the ability to impact childhood in a meaningful way. Childhood is a malleable part of our lives when identity is shaped, and children’s literature has the weighty task of supporting this delicate era of the human experience. Fairy tale retellings fall into this category because they are an empowering source of literature for children that addresses their subconscious worries and teaches age-appropriate lessons. Fairy tale retellings address the needs of a child through literature, specifically through the morals that fairy tales broach and how they are linked to the morals that children are learning in their own lives. Fairy tales and their retellings help define the genre of children’s literature by exhibiting what a child desires from literature. This is seen by how reliability and escapism work in fairy tale retellings to satisfy a child’s reading experience. As we typically read fairy tales during our childhood, fairy tale retellings are a chance for authors to rewrite problematic themes of old fairy tales, continue their lessons at a new angle or with a different perspective, and present these departures or changes to a young, impressionable audience. In addition, fairy tale retellings breathe new life into old stories and allow them to be retold to new generations, keeping the original story alive through centuries. Highlighting Beauty and the Beast, The Goose Girl, The Little Mermaid, and Cinderella as examples, I argue that fairy tales play a significant role in children’s literature because they allow children to come to terms with the self
The Role of Chronic Activity-Based-Anorexia in Drug-Paired Environmental Preference
Full text linkAnorexia nervosa (AN) has one of the highest mortality rates among psychiatric disorders. This disorder, and other eating disorders, have features that overlap with substance use disorder (SUD), including reward sensitivity, impulsivity, and emotional dysregulation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of chronic, restrictive eating disorders on the development of cocaine-paired environmental preference. Seven-week-old female rats were induced to a model of chronic activity-based-anorexia (ABA) and underwent conditioned place preference (CPP) testing to examine cocaine-paired environmental conditioning. The activity patterns of rats that underwent chronic ABA were not consistent with previous studies inducing chronic ABA in rats. The results of the conditioned place preference test did not show a significant difference between the groups receiving saline vs cocaine. The nucleus accumbens of all rats was sectioned for c-Fos staining but issues with antibody binding prevented analysis
