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False Starts & Finish Lines: Youth Sports, Coaching, & the Crisis of the American Dream
Full text linkFalse Starts & Finish Lines: Youth Sports, Coaching, & the Crisis of the American Dream examines how the American youth sports system reflects, reproduces, and at times resists the evolving contradictions of the American Dream. Drawing on a comparative analysis of institutional documents from public high schools, travel clubs, and recreational leagues, this thesis interrogates how youth sports have shifted from inclusive spaces of play and character-building to stratified marketplaces governed by the Athletic Industrial Complex (AIC). It argues that rising costs, performance pressures, and privatized structures have transformed access to sport—and, by extension, to the Dream itself—into a function of wealth, visibility, and institutional gatekeeping.
Structured across four chapters, the study begins by tracing the American Dream’s historical and cultural evolution, then explores how sports have become one of its most potent yet paradoxical arenas. Through case studies and primary documents, it analyzes how institutional philosophies shape participation, how coaches navigate competing ethical demands, and how parental roles have been reshaped by escalating economic and emotional stakes. The findings reveal a system that increasingly equates success with specialization, outcomes, and branding—often at the expense of development, joy, and equity.
Ultimately, this thesis calls for a reimagining of youth sports not as pipelines of performance, but as democratic spaces of growth, belonging, and transformation. It argues that reforming the culture and structure of youth athletics can offer a renewed vision of the American Dream—one rooted not in competition and exclusion, but in care, character, and community
Hurricane Helene and Impacts on Georgia Libraries
Full text linkIn late September 2024, Hurricane Helene moved from Florida up the east coast of the United States. The hurricane struck land in the Florida panhandle, and moved north up through North Carolina. It passed over much of Georgia. The hurricane made landfall at around 11pm in Perry, Florida on Thursday, September 26. That night, it moved up through Georgia, and through to North Carolina. Governor Brian Kemp issued a state of emergency for Georgia, and later a state of emergency for 41 counties in Georgia. This article shares the experiences of librarians in Georgia in responding to and living through the storm, and how libraries were impacted
Restorationland: The Lost and Found Objects of Atlanta\u27s Doll\u27s Head Trail
Full text linkThe Doll’s Head Trail is a grassroots, low-art installation nestled within a Southeast Atlanta wildlife preserve. Constructed by volunteers and visitors from decades of environmental debris, the trail converts waste into folk art-inspired “junk” displays. The creative upcycling ranges from a miniscule shrine to “Toxic Masculinity” to a stark shoe pile commemorating child gun violence. This article details how queer theory’s “temporal turn” provides insights into material performance as collaborative regeneration. The curious vignettes playfully invert hierarchies, revealing the merits of small-time memorialization. Through these defiantly unofficial grassroot performances, the Doll’s Head Trail both remembers and restores community ruins, demonstrating the aesthetic and political potential of low-art material performance
Faculty Recital: John Warren
Full text link“It’s all about that Bass!”https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/2926/thumbnail.jp
ArtsKSU Presents Professional Series: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Full text linkThe Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble was formed in 1967, drawing its membership from the principal players of the internationally acclaimed UK orchestra the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. The ensemble performs in multiple configurations from wind trios to string octets. This performance will feature strings and woodwinds, including the monumental Schubert Octet.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/2934/thumbnail.jp
Work Measurement and Ergonomics Open Textbook
No full textThis open textbook for Work Measurement & Ergonomics was created under an Affordable Materials Grant. Topics include operation process charts, flow process charts, manual work, workflow and yield, manual assembly lines, service processes, motion economy, performance rating, and direct time study
Holocaust Resistance Activity: StoryMaps and Museum Exhibition
Full text linkThe Museum of History and Holocaust Education created this classroom activity and teacher guide to supplement our free educational videos and digital content about resistance to the Holocaust. To access the free resources needed for this activity, visit our StoryMaps webpage. We recommend that teachers preview the video content before showing it to students. The worksheets on pages 11–18 and copies of our Holocaust Resistance Image Gallery PDF can be printed out for classroom purposes.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/mhheguides/1000/thumbnail.jp
Gamification and Collaborative Learning in Physical Geography: Teaching Geological History in Higher Education
Full text linkThis paper evaluates the impact of a collaborative gamification approach designed to help university students better understand and retain abstract content in geological and climatic history. Inspired by the board game Timeline, the activity required students to physically organize themselves to represent a chronological sequence of key geological and climatic events. Conducted within a first-year physical geography course, the intervention was tested by comparing learning outcomes between an experimental group engaging in this gamified activity and a control group receiving traditional lecture-based instruction. Results show that students in the gamified group performed significantly better on assessments administered one week and one year after the intervention, indicating both immediate and sustained benefits. These findings suggest that physically interactive, collaborative learning activities can meaningfully enhance student engagement and comprehension, especially when dealing with complex temporal concepts typically perceived as abstract or tedious. The approach provides educators with an accessible, effective technique to enrich classroom practice in physical geography education
Eugene Talmadge’s Library Book Purge of 1941
Full text linkIn Summer 1941, Governor Eugene Talmadge ordered a purging of 23 books from Georgia’s public school libraries. The books covered several subjects: race relations, sex education, evolution, South-bashing, states’ rights, communism, and more. He was planning on running for a US Senate seat in 1942, and perhaps he did this to attract voter support—showing that he would protect the state’s traditional values from various modern threats. There was immediate opposition, with many people comparing Talmadge’s ban to German Nazism
